These soldiers saw so much action in my childhood plastic warfare. Copies of an old Airfix set, they came packaged in bags of about 30 men, divided roughly equally between green, grey and tan. Got enough to have a hundred or so of each color, and they became the commando units for the Americans, Germans and Japanese respectively. Some of the poses fit really well as artillery crews (demonstrated here
>>7168039) so they were often deployed with guns, usually when pressed into defensive roles beyond their original scope of commando operations. They're also slightly smaller than most typical army men, though I did acquire some larger ones in green over the years.
They were among my favorite units as they had so many active combat poses, and a good balance overall. About the only blemish is the one soldier standing while holding his weapon one-handed aiming skyward; the mold was incomplete for some reason and he's left clutching the grip of a mostly invisible gun. The guy next to him holding a short stick-like object is a similar case, as the original pose was wielding an entrenching tool. This one doesn't bother me really, I'd always assumed it was a type of grenade and it can still pass as such.
