60mm Ring Hands

Belt and SMG in a dress uniform, good for military police.

Rifle and life belt for the running man.

Two colors but four different accessories.

Group photo.

Gold, green, red, blue and many different accessories to make a lot of different troops.

Accessories

One of the interesting aspects to ring hand figures is a small number of poses can be used to make many different figures.  This basic figure in a basic pose is usable for many things.  I often use him to man artillery, or to crew a boat.

Given a rifle and a life vest, he is suddenly a landing party member.  Note the gold color figure.  Ring hand figures often came in a variety of colors.

Give him a carbine and a helmet and now he's a regular G.I..

This rather worn soldier gets a belt.

Add a helmet, bipod, BAR, and belt to this figure makes a nice BAR gunner.

Accessories

Helmets, belts, life belts, even holsters and pistols.

I liked to give each figure at least one weapon or tool.

More important figures got two items.

They had plenty of different rifles.

Important figures got three, even four accessories.

MPC Figures

My favorite figures of all time are the MPC 60mm ring hand and slot hand figures.

I used the life vest and body armor.

They had at least three kinds of submachine guns.

Figures could be switched around, made for good role playing games.

This is a Marx SMG, most Marx weapons were smaller.

Motorcycles and Jeeps

Inclusion of the motorcycle has given mobility and speed to the reconnaissance forces of the Army.

It gives a single man the speed of a car, but the ability to go across country and in narrow pathways.

Individual mobility is an important aspect to modern warfare. 

The Jeep gives men the ability to move supplies and small artillery easily.

With the windshield folded down the Jeep is easy to conceal from the enemy.

It can carry heavy infantry weapons like this 100 pound flamethrower.