SAS Desert Ambush, WWII (re-issue)--60 figures in 15 poses (unpainted)--AWAITING RESTOCK.
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Item Number: STRM145
SAS Desert Ambush, WWII (re-issue)
Although military history has a wealth of stories of bravery and ingenuity, few can match the adventure and thrills of the early SAS. Created in late 1941 in the North African desert, the Special Air Service was set up to conduct raids deep into enemy territory and destroy assets, particularly aircraft, far from the battle zone. There were spectacular successes and disastrous failures, but the achievements were impressive from such a few men, and their exploits caused the Axis forces to lose valuable equipment and forced them to provide security behind their own lines, distracting them from the main battle.
While they were occasionally (and reluctantly) used as elite assault infantry, the role of the SAS was to raid. The ideal operation was to be delivered to an enemy installation, particularly an airfield, enter the grounds without being detected, place charges on planes and other valuable targets, then leave, so the first the defenders knew of them was when the charges exploded. Sometimes this strategy was replaced with a rather less subtle approach as they simply drove around a base in jeeps and machine-gunned aircraft and anything else they could find, before leaving the chaos behind them. After that it was what many considered the most dangerous part of the mission – getting back to base without being found by the angry and now well-alerted enemy. So in many ways you could say the typical fighting pose for the SAS would be sitting or standing in a vehicle, using the heavy machine guns mounted on it either to attack targets or defend themselves against air attack. Of course surprise was not always achieved, or was short-lived, and there were fire-fights with a base’s defenders, but the title of the set tells us the designer was thinking of something else - an ambush, either by the SAS or laid for them. This is undoubtedly a more dramatic option, although even here the use of heavy machine guns mounted on the vehicles would have been normal.
Date Released: 2020
Contents: 60 figures in 15 poses
Material: Plastic (Medium Consistency)
Color: light tan
Average Height: 23.5 mm (= 1.7 m)
