Produktbeschreibung
Commando Kelly and his base, ammo carrier and German casualty.
On 14th September, 1943 Charles E. Kelly from Pittsburgh took part in the defense of a three-story house in Altavilla, Italy. With access to a Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), a tommy gun, a bazooka, an '03 Springfield rifle from World War I, a carbine and an M-1, he was the lodestone of the defense of the house holding back the attackers enough to allow him and his men to fall back to their lines.
He utilised a 37mm anti-tank gun to clear out a sniper from a church steeple, as well as manually priming and hurling 60mm mortar shells to blunt an infantry attack through a ravine leading to the house. Earlier in the same day he was credited with clearing out a machine gun nest and killing as many as 40 of the enemy.
Capturing Kelly
The figure we're working with is Commando Kelly whos gallantly posed before a defensive position, enemy dead at his feet, giving them hell from his BAR. That's about as close to Rambo as you're going to get without flashbacks of dreadful mullets and surprisingly catchy themes.
He's an American in Italy in '43, so colour choice was easy:
- Khaki (VP988) for his jacket and gaiter¹
- US Field Drab (VP873) for the trousers
- Green Grey (VP886) for his webbing
- Brown Violet (VP887) for the helmet
- Spices to taste |
