F. “Good Morning Vietnam!”
The continuing success and growing popularity of this dramatic and exciting contemporary war series seems to have found a special place in many collectors’ collections, not just in America and Australia, but all over the globe.
For authentic realism, outstanding sculpting and great value for money this range is hard to beat... And, we’ve only just begun!
VN056 “Winning Hearts and Minds”
‘Collateral damage’ is one of the scourges of modern war. Innocent civilians are all-too-often caught in the middle between opposing sides trying to kill each other.
Here, one of our Marines is carrying a young girl wounded in the crossfire to safety and a Navy corpsman who will treat her wounds, and if necessary, have her evacuated to a civilian hospital.
VN057 “Ammo Load For The Mule”
K&C’s little
USMC M274 ‘Mule’ (VN017) has proved invaluable to Vietnam collectors as a way to transport the wounded out of harm’s way but it’s principal role was to ferry rations, supplies and ammunition to and from the Grunts in the field or on the frontline fighting the
‘bad guys’.
Well, here is the perfect add-on for the
‘Mule’ ... a load of fresh
.30 cal. and
.50 cal. ammo as well as extra cased rounds for the K&C
‘ONTOS’ and its
106mm guns.
VN058 “Viet Cong Prisoner”
Sitting dejected and forlorn this
‘Victor Charlie’ is lucky that the Marines captured him... If it had been the ARVN
(Army of the Republic of Vietnam) that caught him his fate would be a lot more uncertain...
VN059 “Stay back he’s dead!”
After one of his buddies took a hit this Marine has crawled forward to see what he can do. Alas the first Marine is already dead and the second guy shouts out to the other marines
not to come forward.
A poignant but cruel reality in a battlefield situation such as Hue in 1868.
VN060 “Fix Bayonets”
It rarely happened during the Vietnam War but just sometimes it pays to take no chances. This young Marine has attached his M7 bayonet to the lug of his M16 rifle barrel.
VN065 “The Aussie Centurion”
Quite simply, this is one of the finest military vehicles King & Country has ever produced.
During my recent trip down under the response to the preview model I displayed at the special events in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne was phenomenal. I have to admit that I too was impressed when I saw the first few preview samples roll off the production line.
Here’s the backstory...
The Centurion was the primary British main battle tank of the post-Second World War period. First introduced in 1945, it is widely considered to be one of the most successful tank designs of the second half of the 20th Century.
The Centurion remained in production well into the 1960’s and took part in combat operations around the world until the 1980’s.
During its long service life more than
15 countries utilized it and it saw combat in Korea, the Middle East, Northern India and, of course, Vietnam.
IN AUSTRALIAN SERVICE
By the mid 1960’s almost 150 Centurions were serving with the Australian Army.
February 1968 saw the first deployment of Aussie Centurions to South Vietnam in support of Australia’s expanded military commitment there.
Over the next four years all three of Australia’s
1st Armoured Regiment’s squadrons would fight in Vietnam, providing close fire support for the Aussie Infantry.
The Centurion’s size, mobility and weaponry provided a powerful tool in both offensive and defensive operations.
ON ACTIVE DUTY
‘Vietnam’ Centurions were modified
‘in country’ to better suit the actual conditions of operating in a lush and tropical environment. The tank’s distinctive side skirt panels were removed to prevent local vegetation and mud building up between the tracks and the mudguards.
At the same time an externally-mounted fuel tank was added to the rear end of the Centurion providing an extra 100 Imperial-gallons of fuel.
This particular Centurion, call sign
‘32’ belonged to
2nd Lieut. ‘Mick’ Butler and helped defend
‘Firebase Balmoral’ against repeated North Vietnamese Army assaults between 26-28 May 1968.
BATTLE RECORD
Almost
60 different Centurions fought in Vietnam with
42 of them suffering varying degrees of battle damage... only
6 however were total
‘right-offs’ ... and just two crewmen were actually killed in battle.
An amazing safety record and a tribute to the tank’s sturdiness and reliability.
This King & Country
‘Centurion’ is dedicated to all Australians who fought and died in Vietnam and...
a magnificent main battle tank.
AVAILABLE: Mid-Late August
