Czech Master's US Marines Iraq Transporting Wounded ?

HeavyArty wrote:

I have no idea why CMK listed them as Marines.

I’ve seen a few kits advertise the figures as having digital camo uniform, be it ACU or MARPAT. I’m not sure if they mean a modern uniform with updates pockets, or what they were talking about... because I’m pretty sure one can paint them however they want lol

I agree with HeavyArty, I'd go for the kit then simply paint them up in either 3 tone desert or ACU if you wanted to modify the kit with a few sleve pockets etc. Depends on the other figures, the time pd. you're going for, or your budget I suppose.

I have both sets of the CMK "US Marines in Iraq" wounded figures.  There is nothing special about them that makes them Marines.  They look the same as any other Army or Marine figures out there.  They are wearing DCUs as well, not ACU or MARPAT uniforms.  They can be used as Army troopers with no problems. 

I have no idea why CMK listed them as Marines.  The figures are pretty decent as well.  I would use them.

Hans & Browny

Thanks for stopping by, i have decided to go with just the Army figures i that are available to me. ( known me by tommorow it will have changed again )  

But since i have everything planned now i'll ust go that direction, and fill the hole of the other figures ( Marine ones ) with a few stander-bys and a donkey and car.

Anyway when i get a start i eill put some pics up of everything in their forum ares.

Cheers Guys

Rob

wooty wrote:

Hi There Does the U.S Army and the U.S Marines work together on accasions at all.

Hey Wooty,

In 2005, when I did my tour, we had Army units in our AO quite a bit (I was in Anbar Province), usually convoying through.  Typically, when we did a big op, we got beefed up with other Marine Corps units, but we did work with some of their SF units and the like. 

We never worked with Strykers, but, as I said, since Army convoys passed through with some regularity, we'd see 'em pretty often.  I never had occassion to need to call on them (we had some pretty significant assets of our own should we need back up), but I think you could pull this off.  Even if it is not 100% 'historically' accurate, you could still make it a cool hypothetical... 

Hans von Hammer wrote:

and if their sleeves are rolled up, the Marines roll 'em up "wrong" (inside fabric shows), and for some reason, Marines can never seem to keep their trousers bloused into their boots 5 minutes after they hit the ground...

Hans

Only the Army wastes quality time rolling up their sleeves with the camo out - time that could be spent sleeping or eating!!    Besides, as soon as we go out into the field, the sleeves go down anyways...

As to the blousing thing... yeah, you got me there...  My blousing bands seemed to spontaneously combust as soon as I stepped outside the wire...

 

Just keep in mind that if "Doc" is in the picture and he's a Corpsman, he's U.S. Navy, not USMC... Won't be an issue unless you get detailed with branch tapes, since Doc wears the same MARPAT uniform...  Also going to depend on the time-frame.. The first half of OIF, more or less, the Army, Marines, and Navy Docs all wore the same DCUs...

I've modeled the mix of Army and Marines (specifically a Field Hospital during the Marine's handover to the Army at Guadalcanal) before, with the subtle differences in the way Marines/Navy wear the DCU vs the Army... No camo band on the K-pot for Marines, and if their sleeves are rolled up, the Marines roll 'em up "wrong" (inside fabric shows), and for some reason, Marines can never seem to keep their trousers bloused into their boots 5 minutes after they hit the ground... Been that way for decades, from Vella Lavella to Vietnam, and Bougainville to Baghdad... 

 

 

 

Pusher, Chasm

Thanks Guys

I think i have found a way ( for the mean time ) around the whole Army/Marine saga, i was leaning toward using the Czech kit with torso parts from the Verlinden kit where the builder gets several torso arms ect ect options, with a bit of kit bashing i should get me head around it.

Otherwise i will just have the Stryker team bailing out the Marines from a sticky situation.

Thanks Again Guys

Robert 

Howdy Rob,

This sounds like its going to be a BIG to-do .... which in this case is going to be a good thing.

The Army and Marines have their own distinct AOs with in which they work in. Usually separately (but this is IMO/ myu understanding). However, in areas like Baghdad, you probabyl have a good chance of working with different organizations, especially in BIG operations ....

... see where I'm going with this. (Again, the above is just my understanding of the operating environment from my personal experiences.)

As far as the wounded Marine figure kit goes ... I've never dealt with/ seen it, so I really can't say. Have you tried to google a kti review for it? Something usually pops up when you do.

I cant answer on the quality of the figures you have in question. But as to US Army/USMC operating together, yes, on occasion it will happen. "Joint" operations are far more common today than in the past. Due to different operating techniques, etc. they will operate alongside one another rather than intermixed.