The difference between the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army clothing

1, the military insignia is different

The Eighth Route Army has "Eight Road", "Eighteen Group Army" and "18GA", while the New Fourth Army has "New Fourth Army" or "N4A". "New Fourth Army" or "N4A" and so on.

2, uniforms of different colors

The Eighth Route Army uniforms are extremely confusing, the backbone of the troops inherited from the Central Red Army of grass gray, early on a small number of national army logistical supply of troops for the imitation of the German grey, and later uniforms are based on the production of the local method, Shandong, Hebei is usually made of yellowish-green, wearing gradually faded into a yellowish-gray or grayish-white. Shaanbei made mostly gray, wearing gradually faded into grass green.

The New Fourth Army is located in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the conditions are better, generally more stable blue-gray.

3, the cap cap emblem is different

New Fourth Army: the early Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army are completely wearing the "White Sun" cap emblem, in 1940, due to the Anhui Incident, caused by the New Fourth Army Army, the whole army is very angry, the remnants of the New Fourth Army and rebuilt after the New Fourth Army is basically no longer use this cap emblem.

The Eighth Route Army: Due to the significant expansion of troops after 1940, far more than the agreed size of three divisions, coupled with the national **** cooperation in good times and bad times, can not get the National Unification Zone industrial sector can only provide the blue sky and white sun enameled cap insignia, more and more officers and soldiers on the cap does not have the blue sky and white sun cap insignia but only two imitation of the German mountain cap style buttons.

The above reference? Baidu Encyclopedia - Eighth Route Army