The Chinese in WW2 (Pic thread)

[King_Comm]

The communist uniform was meant to be grey, but there was no standard dye, and there were no reliable lines of communication between different regions/units, so region/unit had to improvise, so the uniform from some places look blue.

 

[bd popeye]

recon071, Apparently you did not attempt to read the forum rules. Your type of post is not allowed in our forum. The following is directly from the forum rules.

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In my opinion you fit this criteria. You shall be banned.

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[ADG_Wraith]

The days of British "Redcoat" infantry were very different to modern conflict- after all, they fired weapons that were highly innacurate, so massed volleys were the only way to ensure that you could hit the enemy. They also formed up in ranks and fired on other, similarly ranked troops.
Bright, distinctive uniforms in those days would help commanders to distinguish where their troops were. Higher quality uniforms would also send a message to the enemy that the force arrayed against them was probably well equipped (quality if not size or quantity of arms).

 

[ADG_Wraith]

note - KMT lost this german trained division in the battle. mainly because they pitted light infantry with no anti tank weapons aginest japanese navy, airforce and armor.

I'm curious... are example strongpoints like this one are a good example of a Chinese departure from their German training or just a matter of the expedient defences thrown up in Shanghai? It seems to be a lot of troops in a single open position, not a good place to be. If the position is engaged by mortars or howitzers, it would result in massed casualties. If engaged with small arms and MGs, it would mean that all of those troops would be pinned in place from very few weapons firing.
In the European theatre, there was more emphasis on more positions with fewer people in each, all mutually supporting each other. I know that Shanghai was a dense urban environment, so was a single point with a lot of troops in it a common approach to defensive positions?

 

[bd popeye]

ADG_Wraith, Welcome to the forum!!

I know you are new to the forum. Next time do no open a long dead thread...please read.

Members shall not re-open a thread that has been without a reply for more than six months!. With the quickly advancing PLA there's no need to re-hash old subjects.

However.. If a member desires to respond to a post in a old long dead thread open a new thread on the subject..titled as such;

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Leave a link back to the old thread in your first post of the new thread.

However because of the subject matter of this thread I shall let this thread stand.

ADG_Wraith please read the forum rules..and introduce yourself to the other forum members.

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Once again welcome to SDF!!

 

[ADG_Wraith]

Thanks for the welcome.

I would love to have opened it in a new thread, but unfortunately I wasn't able to until I'd made at least 5 posts, so I had to find something that I could comment on first!

Looking forward to learning more.