Hi to you All ,
Its my pleasure to share with you the 2nd release from Recon Productions .
The 1st from them I reviewed here ( Bar Gunner at Chosin)
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads...ir-from-recon-productions.60422/watch-confirm
As with everything life etc gets in the way of enjoyment so there has been a little time between releases , but Sverre the sculptor/owner is a busy man with family/work etc.
Recon Productions objective remains the same in that items released will be mainly ww2 Allied, Korean war and Vietnam war busts, half figures and full figures in 1/9, and 1/16 ...
Sverre is currently working on other releases ..hopefully this year!!!
The subject of this review is :
Lets have a bit of background on these elite troops :
Originally formed by Robert T Frederick , whose original job was paper pushing ideas to help the war effort , one of these ideas was Operation Plough , the unit was originally planned to consist of US/Canadian and Norwegian troops as they were going to Cold weather areas , but there was little reponse from Norway so it became US/Canadian in a 50% split.
The weekly training schedule comprised up at 04:30 from Monday to Saturday followed by breakfast at 06:30. The obstacle course was run by 08:00 four times a week followed by the day's training, which differed depending on the month. Soldiers were expected to march double time at 140 paces per minute between training exercises in order to adhere to the strict schedule. Training lectures were given by veterans of overseas wars in the evenings from Monday to Friday. Soldiers were given Saturday evenings and Sundays off.....
Training was hard to say the least!!!
The force was known as the Black Devils and as the Devil's Brigade. The members of the brigade preferred the latter.
Frederick (now a general) had cards printed up with the unit's insignia on them and the words Das dicke Ende kommt noch! or "The worst is yet to come" printed in red ink down the right side which the Force would leave on the bodies of dead Germans as a form of psychological warfare.
This was so effective that Sergeant Victor Kaisner reported hearing a German soldier whisper "Schwarzer Teufel" ("Black Devil") as the German's throat was being sliced on the beachhead.
The unit was unofficially first known as the "Braves". Their spearhead shoulder insignia was chosen with this name in mind. The formation patch was a red spearhead with the words USA written horizontally and CANADA written vertically.
The branch of service insignia was the crossed arrows formerly worn by the US Army Indian Scouts The unit wore red, white, and blue piping on their garrison cap and on the breast an oval (or trimming) behind their para wings. Members of the unit also wore a red, white, and blue fourragere lanyard or shoulder cord made out of shroud lines from parachutes.
During the campaign IN iTALY the 1st SSF suffered 77% casualties: 511 total, 91 dead, 9 missing, 313 wounded with 116 exhaustion cases.
The force fought at Anzio and in France distinguishing themselves at all times , being disbanded in December 1944 , with honours being reaped on them including the Croix de Guerre with silver gilt star and and the Distinguished Unit Citation.
More recently the US Congress awarded member the US Congressional Gold Medal a true mark of respect and honouring all.
For further reading and reference these are good to have a look at:
Continued in next post:
Nap
Its my pleasure to share with you the 2nd release from Recon Productions .
The 1st from them I reviewed here ( Bar Gunner at Chosin)
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads...ir-from-recon-productions.60422/watch-confirm
As with everything life etc gets in the way of enjoyment so there has been a little time between releases , but Sverre the sculptor/owner is a busy man with family/work etc.
Recon Productions objective remains the same in that items released will be mainly ww2 Allied, Korean war and Vietnam war busts, half figures and full figures in 1/9, and 1/16 ...
Sverre is currently working on other releases ..hopefully this year!!!
The subject of this review is :
1st Special Service Forces Italy 1944
Originally formed by Robert T Frederick , whose original job was paper pushing ideas to help the war effort , one of these ideas was Operation Plough , the unit was originally planned to consist of US/Canadian and Norwegian troops as they were going to Cold weather areas , but there was little reponse from Norway so it became US/Canadian in a 50% split.
The weekly training schedule comprised up at 04:30 from Monday to Saturday followed by breakfast at 06:30. The obstacle course was run by 08:00 four times a week followed by the day's training, which differed depending on the month. Soldiers were expected to march double time at 140 paces per minute between training exercises in order to adhere to the strict schedule. Training lectures were given by veterans of overseas wars in the evenings from Monday to Friday. Soldiers were given Saturday evenings and Sundays off.....
Training was hard to say the least!!!
The force was known as the Black Devils and as the Devil's Brigade. The members of the brigade preferred the latter.
Frederick (now a general) had cards printed up with the unit's insignia on them and the words Das dicke Ende kommt noch! or "The worst is yet to come" printed in red ink down the right side which the Force would leave on the bodies of dead Germans as a form of psychological warfare.
This was so effective that Sergeant Victor Kaisner reported hearing a German soldier whisper "Schwarzer Teufel" ("Black Devil") as the German's throat was being sliced on the beachhead.The unit was unofficially first known as the "Braves". Their spearhead shoulder insignia was chosen with this name in mind. The formation patch was a red spearhead with the words USA written horizontally and CANADA written vertically.
The branch of service insignia was the crossed arrows formerly worn by the US Army Indian Scouts The unit wore red, white, and blue piping on their garrison cap and on the breast an oval (or trimming) behind their para wings. Members of the unit also wore a red, white, and blue fourragere lanyard or shoulder cord made out of shroud lines from parachutes.
During the campaign IN iTALY the 1st SSF suffered 77% casualties: 511 total, 91 dead, 9 missing, 313 wounded with 116 exhaustion cases.
The force fought at Anzio and in France distinguishing themselves at all times , being disbanded in December 1944 , with honours being reaped on them including the Croix de Guerre with silver gilt star and and the Distinguished Unit Citation.
More recently the US Congress awarded member the US Congressional Gold Medal a true mark of respect and honouring all.
For further reading and reference these are good to have a look at:
Continued in next post:
Nap
