Hobby Fan follows-up with another figure release, this time a set of U.S. artillery men in service during the Korean War.

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What makes it K-War?

The Herringbone Twill uniforms make them either late WWII or Korean war era. Their state of undress implies a warm climate, so NW Europe is out, even in the summer it isn't usually hot enough to strip down to your pants only. They could work as late WWII Pacific figures for a towed 155mm gun as I don't think any M40s were deployed to the Pacific Theater.

Dear Gino,
Summer not seldomly shows up to 30 degrees Celsius here! And that may happen already at the beginning of May. Just note that, based on your input about when these uniforms were issued, the European war ended on May 8th 1945.
So, it could have been than warm enough for an artillery crew to strip to the most essential. Certainly if you have to do a lot of rounds in little time.( Though military dress codes may require differently, controled by some overactive battery commander.)

Conclusion: use in a ETO summer dio doesn't conflict with reality.

Italian front 1944 :

"Soldiers of the 552nd Field Artillery of the 442nd RCT fire a 105-mm Howitzer at the enemy during the battle for Leghorn
Date: 12 July 1944"


598th Field Artillery gunners near the Arno river (August 1944)




....To say nothing about British gun crews

"British gunners of the Shropshire Yeomanry in action with a 5.5 inch Howitzer under camouflage netting" Northern Italy 1943 :





H.P.

Right, but none of the Soldiers in the above pics are wearing the late war herringbone twill uniform as the figures are in the sat.

I just wanted to show that summers can be hot on the Old Continent as well

H.P

As said before: with the herring bone suits in WW2 you are thus restricted to spring in the northern part of Europe. Troops supporting the last battles in northern Netherlands and north western Germany.

HBT was showing up at Anzio and was VERY common during Dragoon.

Never been to Korea but also there is not a tropical place,the clima is similar to Europe no?...i dont think in winter in korea yopu can dress like this

This one is said to be taken during the Korean War:



http://fineartamerica.com/featured/korean-war-artillery-granger.html

Korea has weather like upstate New York to South Carolina depending on where you are. Hot and dusty to cold and frosty.

NW Europe has cooler summers than the east coast of the US. At one point the British ligation in Washington DC drew tropical stipend for service in a hot, hostile climate.

Though the summer of 1944 was warm in France it was not sultry like Italy or Korea. The spring of 1945 was actually chilly in Northern Europe as the winters of the late 1940s were some of the coldest on record.

The figures in the Tamiya M40 are far more appropriate for an M12 crew in the ETO.