1970's Army tank crew - found

Maybe you can clear something up for me.  Why can't marine figures be used?  Except for the different fatigue hat, didn't they wear the same types of fatigues?  I was in the Air Force in the 70s and 80s and I think we wore the same type of Stateside fatigues.  Granted I didn't pay that much attention to them but I know we had the same jungle fatigues.  We had cammoflaged and our tiger stripe fatigues were variable according to which local shop made them for us.  

I have a few Tamiya and Academy figures left over from their M-113 kits and maybe a couple others. if you think they might work.

What part of the world do you need them to represent, S.E.A. or Stateside/Europe?

Those come pretty close.

I used these recently for 1967 Egyptians! Swapped out their helmets for Russian ones.

Don't know if that helps.

(I have the helmets)

I know, not tankers...

www.tamiyausa.com/.../u-s-107mm-mortar-crew-kit-35119

Well, when you look at the times in question, Vietnam gets the lions share of the attention. The stuff in Europe just did not have the exotic flavor and "eye appeal" of troops and tankers in South East Asia. Like I said before, a lot of late WWII or Korean War figures can be used as a starting point for Cold War Europe US Army troops.

All VERY valid points guys. You'd think there would be something out there. Especially since there are so many cold war era guys building models right now. This has left me scratching my head. Call me silly, but I assumed this wouldn't be hard lol.

They have Russians from that era, but not US Service men? Am I missing something?? Lol

And you would be pretty hard pressed to tell any difference between a M1943, a M1951, and a M1965 Field Jacket...

You'd think it would not be that hard to issue some figure sets in OG-109 fatigues and M-56 gear..  Especially since the M-56 ammo carrier was supposed to be "universal" as in carrying BAR mags, Garand clips, Carbine magazines, or M14 magazines.

You would think that with the way Dragon has been going at Cold War tanks from that era lately in their "Black Label" series that they would give us some tanker figures in a set or three to go with them.... US, Brit, and West German.

There are some old Tamiya figures that could serve as a basis for conversion. They come with the M106 and M577 kits or as separate sets: 4.2" mortar, & commanders set or something like that. Tamiya's original M1 and M2 kits also came with some pickle suit TC figures, but with the 80s style CVC helmet. But good honest to goodness pre BDU non Vietnam uniformed US Army figures in 1/35 are few and far between...

There isn't much out there for '70s figures, tankers or otherwise.

Hobby Fan just released this one for the M60A1.

He is designed to be in the turret, but could have his arm swapped/repositioned to be standing outside of it.  Another option is to use one of Verlinden's '80s tank crewmen and swap out the head for one with a bone dome helmet.