US Cold War Infantry

Here are some US Cold War infantry, circa 1976, that I made from GHQ's Modern US Infantry c. 1990-2005 figures. These figures were selected because they had the appropriate load-bearing-equipment (LBE), gas masks, and the M-203 grenade launcher. They did not have the correct helmet nor the M-60 machine gun. GHQ's Vietnam US figures had the correct helmet and the M60 machine gun, but the M79 grenade launcher, no gas mask and the figures were too big, so these figures were not acceptable. By trimming the flange on the helmets of the modern figures, I was able to make a passable facsimile of the M1 "steel pot" helmet.

The project was to create the dismounts of a US mechanized infantry company for the late 1970's in Germany. So here are samples from this project.

M203 gunner:

A platoon leader:

A rifleman:

An M60 machine gun (not really, but I cut the gun up to get it as close as I could):

A Dragon ATGM gunner:

The company commander (in permapress fatigues - they were always a darker color than the standard fatigues) and radio-telephone operator (RTO):