River Mission Part III - British Commandos

In this third installment of our River Mission series we have a team made up by a Matchbox British Commando (rower) and an Airfix British Commando. As you can see, the two figures complement each other well and it is not immediately obvious that they were made by different manufacturers. As typical for these highly trained and skilled, all-volunteer special forces troops, they have embarked on a daring and challenging mission, where stealth and suprise will play a key role. Hopefully they'll be able to keep that Bren gun quiet as they move downstream towards their mission's rendezvous point.

River Mission Part II - German Pioneers

Here is another scouting party trying to negotiate the river. These guys are Revell German Pioneers, which is how they called their combat engineers. These guys actually have to rely on muscle power to move upstream and don't even have their weapons at the ready. And who knows what's just around the next bend of the river. Let's just hope they don't run into any enemy patrols.

River Mission - British Deetail

Here we have a couple of Tommies on a scouting mission down the river. They must have heard some sounds that got them alerted. Luckily, the high river bank affords them some protection. Hopefully it is just a false alarm, otherwise that bren gunner is going to be busy!

These two guys along with their raft were manufactured by Britains Deetail in the 70's. Other rafting teams that I am aware of have been produced by Matchbox (Commandos), Revell (Combat Engineers) and Marx (GIs). Unfortunately these rafts are always small enough that they can only hold a couple guys, and you can't really use them to mount any significant amphibious assault. Not even a small raid, unless you had quite a few of them. Anyhow, I still think they are pretty cool. They make a nice display piece and are a good collector's item.

Britains Deetail raft with British Infantry