this topic was called up in my another thread. as i didn't want my thread to got locked up, i start a new one here. and please let me say, some of you guys are not cool, come on it's a forum, even though we are talking about serious problems, still, we could make a joke or two. don't be too hard.
anyway.
the problems about chinese uniform were called up in another thread and i am surprising found that many people know so little about chinese military uniform. so i will talk about it here a little bit, i can't cover all the areas, so if anyone has problems, feel free to reply your questions.
chinese communist armed force was offically formed in 1927 august 1st. as 1945, when the civil war broke out again, most of the army still wears the old nationalist uniform. during the civil, slowly as the force gains more land and factories, they started to make their own uniform. the common "liberation army uniform" was out at the time. the main difference is they used the "liberation cap".
After 1949, the first generation uniform was established, as called type 50 uniform. it's bascily just fixing some of the parts of the uniform. 50 uniform established the symble of PLA, the red star with gold rim with a gold chinese charator 8/1, august 1 in the middle. air force with a pair of wings on the sides, and navy with anchor at the back.
in 1955, after years of fighting with both natonalists and the UN forces in korea. a new uniform was established, and ranks were given out to the soldiers. it was main step of the force, as the uniform was a copy from the rest of the socialist nations. the uniform has a great impression from the soviet uniform. the liberation cap was gone, with a replacement of the "pilotka", the wedge cap for common soldiers. this year, the offcial PLA symble was established, as in the middle is the red 81 star, with a blue (dark blue) back colour, on the rim is the gold wheat symblize the peasents and the gear at the middle bottom as the workers. the whole symble is a circle shape. air force with wings on the star int he middle, and navy with an anchor at the star's back in the middle. this symble is used until now.
in 1958, as the great leap is going on in the same year. a bill past as the wedge cap is too "soviet union", same year wedge is replaced by the liberation cap, for both officers and soldiers.
in 1966, as the cultrue revolution started in the same year, type 65 uniform was established ( i am not sure which year type 65 was starting to issue to the troop) As the bill called type 55/58 uniform was "too soviet union" " too different from chinese own uniform" "can't represent the power of people and the lead of chairman mao", all type 55/58 uniform was stopped using and replaced by the famous green uniform with green liberation cap with a red star and two piece of red collar patches.
anyway.
the problems about chinese uniform were called up in another thread and i am surprising found that many people know so little about chinese military uniform. so i will talk about it here a little bit, i can't cover all the areas, so if anyone has problems, feel free to reply your questions.
chinese communist armed force was offically formed in 1927 august 1st. as 1945, when the civil war broke out again, most of the army still wears the old nationalist uniform. during the civil, slowly as the force gains more land and factories, they started to make their own uniform. the common "liberation army uniform" was out at the time. the main difference is they used the "liberation cap".
After 1949, the first generation uniform was established, as called type 50 uniform. it's bascily just fixing some of the parts of the uniform. 50 uniform established the symble of PLA, the red star with gold rim with a gold chinese charator 8/1, august 1 in the middle. air force with a pair of wings on the sides, and navy with anchor at the back.
in 1955, after years of fighting with both natonalists and the UN forces in korea. a new uniform was established, and ranks were given out to the soldiers. it was main step of the force, as the uniform was a copy from the rest of the socialist nations. the uniform has a great impression from the soviet uniform. the liberation cap was gone, with a replacement of the "pilotka", the wedge cap for common soldiers. this year, the offcial PLA symble was established, as in the middle is the red 81 star, with a blue (dark blue) back colour, on the rim is the gold wheat symblize the peasents and the gear at the middle bottom as the workers. the whole symble is a circle shape. air force with wings on the star int he middle, and navy with an anchor at the star's back in the middle. this symble is used until now.
in 1958, as the great leap is going on in the same year. a bill past as the wedge cap is too "soviet union", same year wedge is replaced by the liberation cap, for both officers and soldiers.
in 1966, as the cultrue revolution started in the same year, type 65 uniform was established ( i am not sure which year type 65 was starting to issue to the troop) As the bill called type 55/58 uniform was "too soviet union" " too different from chinese own uniform" "can't represent the power of people and the lead of chairman mao", all type 55/58 uniform was stopped using and replaced by the famous green uniform with green liberation cap with a red star and two piece of red collar patches.