Commando Miniatures: Commando Miniatures already produce two packs of Radfan Mountain rebels R-30 and R-38 but now they have some reinforcements. In April 1964 during Operation Cap Badge in the Radfan Mountains, British troops were attacked by “Arabs in green combat fatigues” – almost certainly infiltrators from across the Yemeni border with equipment supplied by Egypt’s President Nasser. So we present pack R-45, Arab Irregulars in Fatigues (Price £5.50). This is a four figure pack; three men are equipped with AK47s while one (probably the NCO as he is clearly giving orders) brandishes an RPD, the Russian light machine gun with hundred round drum magazine, introduced in 1944 and still in use today. Over the last few years we've put a lot of effort into producing what we feel are realistic depictions of the rank and file in the front line. But no army runs without command.
In a first for Commando we are absolutely delighted to announce the release of a "personality" pack. N-35 (Price £3.00) is a two-figure pack consisting of a senior Indonesian officer and his bodyguard, the latter armed with an AK47. The senior officer is based on illustrations of Brigadier Sarwo Edhie Wibowo, Commander of the RPKAD, the Indonesian Para-Commandos. Wibowo was later one of the Generals involved in the coup and its violent aftermath that overthrew President Sukarno and brought the Confrontation to an end. We depict him armed with an automatic pistol and holding a swagger stick, while his minder, no doubt one of his elite Special Forces, keeps watch with his AK47 at the ready.
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