--- title: Japanese Army uniforms url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/japanese-army-uniforms-identification-chart-1942/ description: 'Identification chart of Japanese Army uniforms: four standing figures, field hat, helmet and tunic, with collar patches for officers and men.' section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Japanese Army uniforms [![Japanese Army uniforms, 1942 US poster: Identification chart of Japanese Army uniforms](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/japanese-army-uniforms-identification-chart-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/japanese-army-uniforms-identification-chart-1942.jpg) # Japanese Army uniforms Identification chart of Japanese Army uniforms: four standing figures, field hat, helmet and tunic, with collar patches for officers and men, branch colours and collar ornaments, all labelled. The technique is faint here: this is a reference sheet for recognising insignia, and only the selection of what to show shapes the picture. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) ## Text on the object Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` See footnote JAPANESE ARMY UNIFORMS MAJOR-CAVALRY 2nd LIEUTENANT SUPERIOR PRIVATE INFANTRY FIRST CLASS PRIVATE [collar tab] 18 / PFC, 18th INF [collar tab] 2 / SGT. 2nd RY REGT (Corps of Engrs.) COLOR OF BRANCHES OF SERVICE RED ---- INF. INCLUDING TKS YELLOW ---- ARTY OF ALL TYPES GREEN ---- CAV WARM GRAY (SLIGHTLY ROSE-TINTED) ---- INTENDANCE SKY BLUE ---- AVN DARK GREEN ---- MED COLOR OF BRANCHES OF SERVICE BLUE-BLACK ---- TRANSPORT BLACK ---- MP'S MAROON ---- ENGRS INCLUDING RY and TG TRS WHITE ---- JAG'S DEPT NAVY BLUE ---- BAND PURPLE ---- VET FIELD HAT HELMET CORPORAL OF ARTILLERY COLLAR PATCHES OFFICERS GENERAL LT. GENERAL MAJ. GENERAL COLONEL LT. COLONEL MAJOR CAPTAIN 1st LIEUTENANT 2nd LIEUTENANT WARRANT OFFICER MEN 2nd CLASS PRIVATE ARTILLERY SGT. MAJOR or 1st SERGEANT SERGEANT CORPORAL SUPERIOR PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PRIVATE SECOND CLASS PRIVATE SERGEANT COLLAR ORNAMENTS TG BN's FORMOSA MT ARTY BN's FOR OFFICERS CANDIDATES CANDIDATES FOR INTENDANTS OFFICERS ON PROBATION VETERINARY OFFICERS ON PROBATION 1 YEAR VOLUNTEERS INF REGTS of FORMOSA MT ARTY REGTS TANK TRS HV ARTY REGTS AND INDEP BN'S AUTOMOBILE CORPS RY REGT'S AVN CORPS AA TRS INDEP GARRISON BN'S SCHOOL TRAINING BN'S MILITARY BANDS The regtl number is worn on either side of the collar, behind the two collar patches. In the case of a subdivision of a branch of service or of special units, the collar ornament designating the subdivision is worn on the right side, the regtl number on the left. * In active operations it is the practice to remove all numerical designation of units and all branch identifications. 1942 ARMY MAP SERVICE, U. S. ARMY, WASHINGTON, D. C. 200133 ``` [← Nippon Eigasha Djawa newsreel "Japan conquers South-East Asia", date card "15 FEBRUARI 2602"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/japan-verovert-zuidoost-azie-singapore-1942/) [Japanese leaflet in English, "Don't wait to die" (Philippines, 1942) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/japanese-leaflet-dont-wait-to-die-philippines-1942/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Fragments of the Abydos king list from Ramesses II's temple, in the British Museum: rows of royal cartouches](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/abydos-king-list-ramesses-ii-temple-british-museum/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer) - [Behistun (Bisotun) rock relief and trilingual inscription of Darius I: the king, two attendants and the bound rebel leaders beneath the winged figure of Ahuramazda](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/behistun-relief-darius-and-rebels-521bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Card stacking, Name-calling, Testimonial). Content note: Shows bound captives before the king, and the inscription records the mutilation and public execution of rebel leaders, as the king's own account. - [Tomb of Darius I at Naqsh-e Rustam: the king in relief beside his inscription DNa, c. 490 BCE](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dna-inscription-darius-i-naqsh-e-rustam-490bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Testimonial, Card stacking) - [Line drawing of the Great Kadesh battle relief on the walls of the Ramesseum, from Breasted's History of Egypt](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kadesh-relief-ramesseum-breasted-drawing-1275bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer). Content note: A drawing of an Egyptian royal battle relief showing Hittite soldiers and horses killed and drowned, as the king's monument presented the battle; it is a one-sided image made by the winning side's own account. - [Persepolis, Apadana staircase relief: a figure with an animal from a procession of delegations, early fifth century BCE](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/persepolis-apadana-delegate-relief-500bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Card stacking, Manufactured consensus) - [Alabaster relief, Assyrian troops storming a citadel, from Nineveh (reign of Sennacherib)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/relief-sennacherib-storming-citadel-nineveh-704bce/) (Neo Assyrian Empire · 0000 · Card stacking). Content note: An Assyrian palace relief of troops storming a fortified city, with a file of figures below; Assyrian royal reliefs and texts record killing, mutilation and deportation, shown as carved, with the historical context and scholarly dispute on the regime page. - [Colour lithograph of the Latin text of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti on the wall of the temple of Roma and Augustus at Ancyra, with the heading in large letters (Perrot, Guillaume and Delbet, 1872)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lithograph-res-gestae-ancyra-heading-0014/) (Roman Empire · 0014 · Card stacking, Glittering generalities) - [Silver denarius of Vespasian, reverse IVDAEA with a trophy of arms and a seated mourning woman](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/denarius-vespasian-judaea-capta-0070/) (Roman Empire · 0070 · Card stacking). Content note: A Roman victory coin showing a mourning female figure as the personification of the conquered province of Judaea after the Roman suppression of the Jewish revolt; shown as struck, with the historical context on the regime page.