[Wustenfuchs]

An example of a WW2 Chinese uniform:

[Wustenfuchs]

Chinese Southern Forces Summer uniform.

[Wustenfuchs]

Chinese soldiers.

[SSTrooper]

wow, think they were influenced by the germans as far as helmets?

[Blackie Lawless]

That is correct also before the Germans allied themselves with Japan there was a large portion of the Chinese army being trained by Germans also the Germans supplied them with many weapons and gear such as the stick grenades and the Helmets and Kar 98k they also supplied the Chinese with some Panzer I's and Flak 88's you can sometimes be lucky and catch a picture of Chinese troops using them.

Great thread Bill look forward to more pics.

[SSTrooper]

Cool. I knew about the stick grenades and the helmets, but I did not know about the flak 88's and the panzer I's. Great info!

[piet]

Blackie Lawless said:

That is correct also before the Germans allied themselves with Japan there was a large portion of the Chinese army being trained by Germans also the Germans supplied them with many weapons and gear such as the stick grenades and the Helmets and Kar 98k they also supplied the Chinese with some Panzer I's and Flak 88's you can sometimes be lucky and catch a picture of Chinese troops using them.

Great thread Bill look forward to more pics.

Chinese Panzer-Ia light tanks were captured by Japanese troops during the battle of Nanking, Dec.1937

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[charlieboy]

how many crew did the 1a have as standard.

[piet]

两名机组成员

[piet]

crew 2

[bishop]

lol!!! Its funny, if ever there was a theatre where the Pz Is and IIs would actually have held their own, it would be in the pacific. Small, light, and small enough to get places the Japanese Tiger would never get to. Of course, no armour and no weapon worth the name would still do them in. I can't get over the helmets.

[Wustenfuchs]

bishop said:

I can't get over the helmets.

You should find this interesting then.

Here's Chiang Wei-kuo, son of Chinese president Chiang Kai-shek. In the 1930's the president sent Wei-kuo to Germany to attend the Munich Military Academy where he learned modern German military tactics and weaponry. He went on to specialized Alpine training and earned his Gebirgsjäger Edelweiss badge. During the 1938 Austrian Anschluss, Wei-kuo commanded a Panzer and took part in the "invasion" of Austria. He was promoted to Leutnant in a Panzer division and was being prepared to join in the invasion of Poland when he was recalled to China. In 1948 Major General Chiang Wei-kuo led a M4 Sherman tank battalion against the Chinese Communist forces of Mao Zedong.

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[Blackie Lawless]

Wustenfuchs said:

You should find this interesting then.

Here's Chiang Wei-kuo, son of Chinese president Chiang Kai-shek. In the 1930's the president sent Wei-kuo to Germany to attend the Munich Military Academy where he learned modern German military tactics and weaponry. He went on to specialized Alpine training and earned his Gebirgsjäger Edelweiss badge. During the 1938 Austrian Anschluss, Wei-kuo commanded a Panzer and took part in the "invasion" of Austria. He was promoted to Leutnant in a Panzer division and was being prepared to join in the invasion of Poland when he was recalled to China. In 1948 Major General Chiang Wei-kuo led a M4 Sherman tank battalion against the Chinese Communist forces of Mao Zedong.

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Ive heard of that before its interesting how it worked out Germany being allied sortof with China and then having to break away for Japan and China then Allies its self with Britain and America who's enemy was Germany I just think that its kind of interesting how it all worked out.

[bishop]

Nuts when you think about it.