Oh, this is nice. The Egyptians are wearing the 1973 war assault vest, issued to the first wave of infantry to cross the Suez Canal. Gotta get me some of them!

Interesting. These will be the first sets that Valkyrie release that are not vehicle related or meant to be posed in/on a tank/truck/bulldozer. This is great since their figures are really well done.

Lovely....just started to scratch build the Egyptian vest on some figures a month ago for a dio and BANG...thank you Valkyrie!!!! Please can we see another set or two of Egyptian Commandos...?

I am always agog when I see the bizarre Israeli headgear that their soldiers sometimes wear. Can anyone out there explain to me what the purpose of this can be, re: WHY does it look the way it does and does it have some weird purpose (two of them zipped together make a shelter?) I'd appreciate the insight.

It's to break up the regular shape of the helmet making it harder to identify them as soldiers/people from a distance.

The Mitznefet (Hebrew: מִצְנֶפֶת‬) is a helmet covering for the infantry helmet used by the Israel Defense Forces as of 1994. It is considerably larger than the helmet, with a similar appearance to a chef's hat. The purpose of the floppy helmet cover is to break up the distinctive outline of a helmeted head and thus assist in the camouflage of the wearer. It also prevents light from reflecting off the helmet and can protect the wearer from sunlight.[1] It was originally adapted in the 1990s for guerrilla warfare in the wood and bush land of south Lebanon, later changing to a two sided camouflage material, one for desert and one for woodland terrain. The Mitznefet is easily removable, and can be attached to the helmet while folded.[2] The term comes from the mitznefet, or turban, worn by the high priest in the Temple of Jerusalem, originating in a Hebrew language root meaning "to wrap".

Thank you one and all for the info but, with no disparagement to the highly-professional IDF forces, it looks bigger than thew task would seemingly require and really makes it hard not to stare or break into a grin with images of chefs on maneuvers. Again, no insult intended but they are odd headgear for that purpose. But then maybe their oddity does make them work as intended...