A Small Collection of German Infantry Airfix Plastic Toy Soldiers From 1970's Scale 1:3

Here we have a small collection of German infantry Airfix plastic toy soldiers from 1970's scale 1:32

German Infantry was one of the first sets Airfix produced, and therefore one of the very early sets in this scale. In due course Airfix decided that this set had to be redesigned to bring it up to the current standard, and so the 'type 2' set was created, which is the one we see today. To see the type 1 set, which certainly did need retooling, click here.

The poses in this set include all those in the 1:32 scale set plus some extra ones. The riflemen are accompanied by several privates carrying the MP40 sub-machine gun, one man using and another man carrying the MG34 medium machine-gun and a man using the first model "small flame-thrower". All the poses are well sculpted and generally realistic, although we can't make much sense of the man in the bottom row with his head in his hands.

You would imagine he is holding his face, yet the alignment of the helmet suggests he is looking to his left, so his hands are covering his face and right ear. We are all in favour of casualty poses, but this is not one of the better ones, although the idea was sound enough. While the combat poses are fine we particularly like the man with machine gun over his shoulder - a natural pose, and in a set with 15 poses you can afford one or two away from the action.

We are not toy soldier experts so please assess the origins of each soldier as there may be another type mixed in here.

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