The American rifle squad was a small machine for fire and maneuver. Reorganized in 1939 into twelve men, it split into three teams. "Able" was the two scouts who, with the squad leader, formed the security element and led the way. "Baker" was the three-man Browning Automatic Rifle team — gunner, assistant, and ammunition bearer — the squad's "base of fire," the automatic weapon that pinned the enemy down. "Charlie," the assistant squad leader and five riflemen, was the "maneuver element" that used that covering fire to flank and assault. Every attack came down to a simple, deadly rhythm: one team fires, another moves — and a standing rifleman like this one adds his rounds to the weight of it.

The figure is on his feet, firing the Garand from the shoulder, in khaki with a full pack and netted helmet. He is a maneuver-element rifleman in a squad diorama: back him with the base of fire, the BAR Man, alongside the Infantryman Kneeling Firing M1 Garand, all driven by the Infantry NCO Shouting.

W. Britain model 25195. 1/30 scale (approximately 60mm), matte-painted metal. Single foot figure on a sculpted groundwork base. Boxed.