SAS In Action (1 Viewer)

[King & Country]

Hi Guys,

Just a few closeups of our new ANZAC SAS taking the fight to the enemy.

Have a great weekend!

Andy

 

[villagehorse]

Glad you kept them on the path Andy, otherwise they would be lost in the jungle. You keep impressing us with this series. Stay safe. Robin.

 

[Normandy1944]

Hel Yes I love the smell of gun powder in the morning! They are beautiful!! I can also use this new Vietnam war Special Forces for Navy SEALs or Marine Recon !!! a must have for me !!!!
my weekend starts well


Harry

 

[Horus]

They look great, these figures will be a great addition to the Vietnam line !

Steve

 

[King & Country]

Hi Guys,

Just a few closeups of our new ANZAC SAS taking the fight to the enemy.

Have a great weekend!

Andy

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With my apologies Guys...Especially to our American mates...

These are actually our first U.S. Special Forces figures due for release in a few months time!!!

Must be shell shock on my part or ...senility setting in early.
Enjoy anyway!
Andy.

 

[jomartvr]

They are fantastic figures.
Benjamin

With my apologies Guys...Especially to our American mates...

These are actually our first U.S. Special Forces figures due for release in a few months time!!!

Must be shell shock on my part or ...senility setting in early.
Enjoy anyway!
Andy.

 

[Normandy1944]

With my apologies Guys...Especially to our American mates...

These are actually our first U.S. Special Forces figures due for release in a few months time!!!

Must be shell shock on my part or ...senility setting in early.
Enjoy anyway!
Andy.

I knew it. and that's even better news. years ago i built a set seal 1:35 scale dragon vietnam series.
but K&C figures are nicer


Harry

 

[WesternOutlaw]

Really impressive, Andy. Nice to see some Americans among the mix.

If I'm not mistaken, the setting looks familiar:

Top notch diorama!

 

[Obee]

These are actually our first U.S. Special Forces figures due for release in a few months time!!!

Must be shell shock on my part or ...senility setting in early.
Enjoy anyway!
Andy.

But they could be used as SASR by the look of them and their clothing and equipment ????

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong ??

Joh

 

[Northgate Woods]

But they could be used as SASR by the look of them and their clothing and equipment ????

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong ??

Joh

Obee mate,
My thoughts completely. Apart from one of the weapons, but the SASR scrounged what they could get their hands on from the Yanks, so all is good. With a lick of paint back to Khaki from you, they could be seen as the 5RAR Reconnaissance Platoon. A platoon which originally went to NAM as the Anti-Tank Platoon of 5RAR but in October 1966 handed in their 106mm RCLs and were converted to a Recce Platoon, trained by the SAS that were in country at the time and then had their own choice on weapons. The Platoon Commander Lt. Michael Deak won the Military Cross for his leadership of this Platoon. You may have some of these new sets heading your way from me for a touch up of paint cobber.

Cheers Howard

 

[Obee]

Obee mate,
With a lick of paint back to Khaki from you, they could be seen as the 5RAR Reconnaissance Platoon.
Cheers Howard

Howard,

don't you mean 'JUNGLE GREEN' ????

John

 

[Horus]

But they could be used as SASR by the look of them and their clothing and equipment ????

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong ??

Joh

I think Howard's mystery weapon is the Swedish K SMG.

Rucksacks different from Aussie type on ANZAC SAS figures, other than that same equipment on both SF figure sets. M203 grenade launcher slung below Aussie SASR trooper indicates 1969 and later. Year or so earlier for US SF figures based on ERDL camo.

Steve

 

[EPGallagher]

Re: SAS/USSF In Action

Glad to see the US SF patrol joining the VN ranks Andy. Will nicely round out my fighting patrol Diorama working on for a client. The equipment looks spot on-All SF units in VN, including LLRPs, SEALS, Aussies and Kiwis could at any time be using each others equipment, or in many cases locally produced versions or even communist kit. In my tour there in 69-70 I carried a Vietnamese ruck sack, WWII Bar web belt and pouches (carried 4 of the 20 round round magazines in each pouch) an NVA hammock, locally produced tiger fatigues or early US woodland pattern fatigues,(a couple of my guys prefered US jungle fatigues spray painted with black vertical camo stripes if going into a thick jungle AO as it blended in even better into the shadows) and on one patrol rubberized Bata boots that many of my Indig Montagnards wore (which gave me so many blisters that I never made that mistake again). Although I didn't work with the NZSAS, we did have several Aussie SAS with us in our area, who wore the same kit. Weapons would be all over the board, and each individual could chose based on their own preference and the mission) My first issued weapon was believe it or not a WWII M-1 carbine, which I never took to the field. I also carried a silenced Swedish K on my first mission, then switched to the Car-15 for the rest of my tour. On large company sized patrols, my Strikers carried WWII BARs and 30. cal MG's, M-60's if we could get them, AK -47s (the point men)and M-16's (the M-1's were switched out shortly after I arrived), but also carried at times experimental weapons like the Stoner MG, a 3 round grenade launcher, and other exotic weapons that came down through unknown channels to try out.
What ever kit and weapons you put on your new figures will be OK, as I'm sure someone carried and dressed that way on a SF patrol. You might think about breaking out your 4 figure sets into individual offerings so we can "mix and match" our own patrols, but this is a great line and I look forward to seeing how you expand it. I have sold several of my SF patrol dioramas that was on the cover of Toy soldier magazine using your Aussie Patrol conversions, so I look forward to using these guys on my next one. Thanks
Pat

 

[Horus]

Just finished reading Acceptable Loss by Kregg Jorgenson who assigned to the 7th Cav, volunteered for training in country as a Ranger from where he became a LRRP. After several several months of this and having been wounded and awarded the Silver Star transferred to a Apache troop 1/9 Cav as a Blue team member.

A riveting read for sure he got his third Purple Heart whilst on a patrol being filmed by CBS !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89_3DgW_7mg

Reading the book gave me inspiration for my latest Nam diorama. Air Cav to the rescue !

Steve

 

[OzDigger]

Re: SAS/USSF In Action

Glad to see the US SF patrol joining the VN ranks Andy. Will nicely round out my fighting patrol Diorama working on for a client. The equipment looks spot on-All SF units in VN, including LLRPs, SEALS, Aussies and Kiwis could at any time be using each others equipment, or in many cases locally produced versions or even communist kit. In my tour there in 69-70 I carried a Vietnamese ruck sack, WWII Bar web belt and pouches (carried 4 of the 20 round round magazines in each pouch) an NVA hammock, locally produced tiger fatigues or early US woodland pattern fatigues,(a couple of my guys prefered US jungle fatigues spray painted with black vertical camo stripes if going into a thick jungle AO as it blended in even better into the shadows) and on one patrol rubberized Bata boots that many of my Indig Montagnards wore (which gave me so many blisters that I never made that mistake again). Although I didn't work with the NZSAS, we did have several Aussie SAS with us in our area, who wore the same kit. Weapons would be all over the board, and each individual could chose based on their own preference and the mission) My first issued weapon was believe it or not a WWII M-1 carbine, which I never took to the field. I also carried a silenced Swedish K on my first mission, then switched to the Car-15 for the rest of my tour. On large company sized patrols, my Strikers carried WWII BARs and 30. cal MG's, M-60's if we could get them, AK -47s (the point men)and M-16's (the M-1's were switched out shortly after I arrived), but also carried at times experimental weapons like the Stoner MG, a 3 round grenade launcher, and other exotic weapons that came down through unknown channels to try out.
What ever kit and weapons you put on your new figures will be OK, as I'm sure someone carried and dressed that way on a SF patrol. You might think about breaking out your 4 figure sets into individual offerings so we can "mix and match" our own patrols, but this is a great line and I look forward to seeing how you expand it. I have sold several of my SF patrol dioramas that was on the cover of Toy soldier magazine using your Aussie Patrol conversions, so I look forward to using these guys on my next one. Thanks
Pat

Pat,

Thank you for your post, I was thinking along the same lines and although I mainly collect Aussie sets, I intend to buy all the Vietnam Special Forces sets.

 

[Desertkiwi]

Re: SAS/USSF In Action

Glad to see the US SF patrol joining the VN ranks Andy. Will nicely round out my fighting patrol Diorama working on for a client. The equipment looks spot on-All SF units in VN, including LLRPs, SEALS, Aussies and Kiwis could at any time be using each others equipment, or in many cases locally produced versions or even communist kit. In my tour there in 69-70 I carried a Vietnamese ruck sack, WWII Bar web belt and pouches (carried 4 of the 20 round round magazines in each pouch) an NVA hammock, locally produced tiger fatigues or early US woodland pattern fatigues,(a couple of my guys prefered US jungle fatigues spray painted with black vertical camo stripes if going into a thick jungle AO as it blended in even better into the shadows) and on one patrol rubberized Bata boots that many of my Indig Montagnards wore (which gave me so many blisters that I never made that mistake again). Although I didn't work with the NZSAS, we did have several Aussie SAS with us in our area, who wore the same kit. Weapons would be all over the board, and each individual could chose based on their own preference and the mission) My first issued weapon was believe it or not a WWII M-1 carbine, which I never took to the field. I also carried a silenced Swedish K on my first mission, then switched to the Car-15 for the rest of my tour. On large company sized patrols, my Strikers carried WWII BARs and 30. cal MG's, M-60's if we could get them, AK -47s (the point men)and M-16's (the M-1's were switched out shortly after I arrived), but also carried at times experimental weapons like the Stoner MG, a 3 round grenade launcher, and other exotic weapons that came down through unknown channels to try out.
What ever kit and weapons you put on your new figures will be OK, as I'm sure someone carried and dressed that way on a SF patrol. You might think about breaking out your 4 figure sets into individual offerings so we can "mix and match" our own patrols, but this is a great line and I look forward to seeing how you expand it. I have sold several of my SF patrol dioramas that was on the cover of Toy soldier magazine using your Aussie Patrol conversions, so I look forward to using these guys on my next one. Thanks
Pat

I've got to know a few Kiwi SAS members over the years both past and present. They were particularly adept at acquired kit from from 'allies" and adapting to their surroundings. Nothing was off the table or out of bounds. Even today the lads punch way above their pay grade and respected by other special forces.

 

[EPGallagher]

Re: SAS/USSF In Action

Pat,

Thank you for your post, I was thinking along the same lines and although I mainly collect Aussie sets, I intend to buy all the Vietnam Special Forces sets.

Matt
I agree that they are all interchangeable-here's my conversions of the Aussie patrol into USSF for a diorama i did that was posted here a couple of months ago. I gave each one a different uniform like the ones we wore and sculpted rucksacks for two of them.
Pat

 

[OzDigger]

Pat, terrific conversion work, I can certainly remember you posting pictures of those troops together with the diorama(s) etc on earlier threads.