HIRIART Argentine Infanteria de Marina, Falklans (1 Viewer)

[ucla1967]

Although I have seen other manufacturers who have made the British forces in the Falklans War, I have not seen any that made the Argentinians other than Hiriart. This is Hiriart's Set 1003 BATALLON DE INFANTERIA MARINA NUMERO 5, MALVINAS. These Argentine marines are armed with the FAL assault rifle. NB: I actually tried to fire the FAL on full automatic once, which did not turn out too well, as by the third or fourth round I would have been shooting at airplanes.

 

[lancer]

Is that Chilly Willy standing in as DI?:wink2:^&grin -- Al

 

[ucla1967]

Is that Chilly Willy standing in as DI?:wink2:^&grin -- Al

Could be. In any case, its a nice touch.

 

[ucla1967]

Hiriart also has another Falklans War set in its catalog: Set 1051 COMPANIA DE COMANDOS NUMERO 602, ARGENTINA. Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of this set to show you, but the label in my 1999 Hiriart catalog shows a figure wearing what appears to be a stocking cap. Although I don't speak Spanish, the discription says in part: "Uniforme de combate verde gris moteado en marron palido. Mochila para operaciones autosuficiences. Bonia verde, distintiva de la unidad. Comandos armados de FAL, pistola, punal y granada de fusil." I may just order this set to see what it looks like; it sounds interesting.