Home, for a front-line infantryman, was a hole in the ground. He dug a foxhole wherever he stopped, and in the wet European autumns and springs those holes filled with water and turned to cold soup at the bottom. A man might spend days living, sleeping, and fighting from a slit in the mud, and small things decided whether he stayed functional or fell apart. The long M1938 raincoat mattered here in a way the shorter field jacket did not: it covered a soldier down past his hips, keeping his backside dry when he sat in muck or huddled in a flooded hole. Comfort was survival — a soaked, freezing man could not fight.

The figure directs with an outstretched arm, M1 Garand in the other hand, the OD raincoat hanging past his knees and a musette bag at his side. He's the one giving directions in a rain-soaked patrol diorama: point the way for the Infantry in Raincoat Walking, the Infantry Standing in Raincoat, and the Infantryman with Raincoat over Equipment.

W. Britain model 25153. 1/30 scale (approximately 60mm), matte-painted metal. Single foot figure on a sculpted groundwork base. Boxed.