Japanese Infantry Defense Section--nine figures (officer, HMG and crew, LMG/SMG gunner, five riflemen
$36.00
Item Number: 54PWJ02
Japanese Infantry Defense Section--nine figures (officer, HMG and crew, LMG/SMG gunner, five riflemen
The set contains nine model soldiers comprising of one officer, one heavy machine gun plus crew (two figures), a light machine gunner, with sub-machine gun option, and five riflemen. The weapons, heads and arms are interchangeable with those of 54PWJ01 to enable the assembly of multiple different postures.
A machine gun section is made up of a gun component and an ammo-supply component with pack horses. At the front line, the pack animals are kept out sight, while the assigned infantrymen serve as riflemen.
In this set, we have modelled all the soldiers as having netted helmets as compared with PWJ 01 where the soldiers have plain steel helmets. This appearance is more representative of the Japanese on the defensive somewhere in the tropics. The heavy machine gun modelled is the Type 92 “woodpecker”, nicknamed by the Americans from the sound of its firing. This is the most common issued gun for the Japanese.
We have included a Type 100 sub-machine gun option for these sets. Although they are not commonly issued, various escort and specialist units do carry a few of the weapons.
This set of grenade arms was originally meant for the first box-set, but due to toolings constraints, we can only slot it into this second set. The knee-mortar will be covered in a later set. The special harness of a knee-mortar man requires it to be separately sculpted and produced.
*Some assembly required
*Note: matches up in scale with Toy Soldiers of San Diego and other larger 1/32 scale figures.
Due to be released in DECEMBER 2020.
