Photos of Chinese WWII Reenactors

Great you got your pics before mine. I have been searching my files yesterday, but I still can't find it. It could be under "Chinese", or a date etc... I will keep on looking, it's not the kind of picture I use every day, but I know I have it either on a harddisc or on a cd. It will probbably pop up one day when I won't be looking for it, but even if it takes a while, I won't forget to post it.

 

Here is a great site on the uniforms. All in Chinese though . But great drawings!! .

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On Ebay recently

 

Republic of China
KuoJun (National Revolutionary Army) of the Kuomingtang (Chinese Nationalist Party)



The armed force that kept the Japanese military tied up more than any other (including
the USMC) was the armed men and women of China.

The uniforms of the three armies were similar in pattern, different in color. The tunic
was very simple and practical, consisting of a five-button front, four, button closure
patch pockets, and a high fold-down collar that was secured with two hook and loop
clasps. The high waisted trousers were straight legged, had two waist pockets, and
waist belt loops. Woolen or cloth puttees where worn with each uniform combination.

The field cap used by the KuoJun was similar to European military ski caps, most
notably German M43. Versions existed that had functional pull-down sides or mock
protective sides. A Nationalist Chinese roundel was affixed to the front of the cap.

The differences in uniforms are as follows:

Northern Army:
British MkII steel helmet
M1929 (Republic Year 18 Pattern) Blue-Gray Uniform
Footwear: Cloth shoes

Central Army:
German M35 steel helmet
M1936 (Republic Year 25 Pattern) Grass-Green Uniform
Footwear EM: Black leather ankle boots,cloth shoes or straw sandals. Officers: Black
leather shoes, ankle boots, or jackboots

Southern Army:
French M15 Adrian helmet
Khaki-tan summer fatigues (similar to the other uniforms)
Footwear EM: Straw sandals. Officers: Black leather shoes, ankle boots, or jackboots

Basic Equipments:
Brown leather belt and bayonet frog.
Cloth ammunition bandoleer
Bread bag (Similar in pattern to German version)
Canteen
Gas mask Carrier & Respirator (French/Belgian version imported, used by Central
Armies)

Basic Weapons:
Hanyang Type 88 Rifle [version of Gew.88]
Zhong Zheng Shi (aka Chiang Kai-Shek) Rifle [licensed copy of Mauser "Standard
Modell"]
Mauser Kar98k Rifle
Brno Vz-24 Rifle
FN Mle 1924/Guangdong Arsenal Type 21/Zhejiang Iron Works Type 77 Rifle


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This has been a positively enlightening thread! I had no idea about any of this. Thanks to all of you!

 

No Prob.

 

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UMMMM....... OK LOL.

 

Yes it does. I wonder whats up with that?

 

Wrong color thread.

 

It's not a dress uniform it's a twill summer weight uniform which does have quite prominent stitching. I think it's just a rather bright flash and a polycotton blend in the fabric (which would suggest it's one of the Hong Kong repro companies).

 

I had forgotten about the Twill summer uniform LOL. Looks very neat and pristine doesn't it?

 

More pics here of the Chinese Nationalist reenactors. I guess that they are a US based group,

China Theater Group, WWII at American Heritage Festival 2007
Queen Creek, Arizona

+ AHF2007 + Photo Gallery by Kampfer Lin at pbase.com

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This is getting quite documented. The Hong kong repros are no so bad actually, they look quite cheap but consider that these guys probably have low budgets too and they don't seem to take things too seriously anyway. I mean even with and original E.K. and a uniform they still would not look convinvcing.

 

Actually they take things VERY seriously, more so than a lot of the re-enactors over here. From what I hear when they are 'in character' they go the whole hog, drill, referring to each other by rank, paying compliments and so on. As for looking realistic, to my mind they are no more or less convincing than the thousands of fat paras, bearded marines and 60 year old panzertruppen kicking about on the scene.

Hong Kong repro stuff is gaining popularity over here, generally the cut and detailing is spot on. The problem is the fabric which is usually a polycotton blend and so can look shiny in photographs and doesn't 'feel right.' On the other hand it is a dirt cheap way to get a uniform together in no time at all and you have to be a proper stitch nazi to spot most of the problems so who cares.

As for looking pristine, well, the feller is in his living room after all. Anyhow, you must be familiar with the mud resistant kit popular amongst German re-enactors, thats why they never seem to get dirty, it's definately not the cost of the kit at all!

 

I dunno why. But I seem to prefer the well used,actually lived in look LOL.

 

Yeah, when I re-enacted I had a reputation for being filthy most of the time. I had the mankiest, scruffiest Ukranian peasants jacket I tended to wear over muddy trousers and filthy boots, great stuff. That said, I think the most I have ever been photographed was when I fell asleep one night propped up against the side of a trench just wearing my trousers and with a jacket pulled over me, no one woke me in the morning, just propped a rifle by my head and a bottle at my feet. I was eventually woken up by a kid saying 'is that a real man there?'

 

I think it just looks a tad bit more authentic then trying to look pretty LOL.