"WWII Japanese Troops in Tropical Uniform" Topic

"During the 1930s, the Japanese Army was fighting over vast areas of China, and so experienced a wide range of climates. When they attacked the USA and the European powers in late 1941, they quickly overran large areas of the Pacific, and from this point on the majority of their campaigns would be in hot climates, where the tropical uniform would be the norm. Of the many sets of Japanese infantry already made for this era, some have worn tunics and some have been in tropical shirt sleeves (listed below), so this specifically tropical set from Strelets joins a market already quite well-served.

As the title promises, all these men wear the same basic uniform, which is tropical three-quarter sleeve fall-collar shirt and shorts. Also common to most are the puttees on the lower legs held by a strap, but one man has a diagonal pattern engraved here, which suggests perhaps socks instead. Many wear standard army boots, but some have the tabi type shoes, with the separate big toe, which were seen in combat. Almost all the men wear the soft field cap, all of which have the cloth sun curtain attached. Apart from one man, who has a one-piece cloth curtain and so may be improvised, the rest have been given this curtain as three pieces, with a ‘double' piece at the back, which is wrong as it should be four pieces. Over this some are wearing the type 92 helmet, the standard helmet for all but the very early years of the China campaign, including netting for applying camouflage, and a couple have the cork sun helmet. The Japanese uniform was well designed for the tropical climate, and has been faithfully reproduced here apart from the cap sun curtains. In reality major supply difficulties meant the men often had to make do with locally made clothing, especially on the more remote Pacific islands, so the look of these men was notoriously shabby after a long campaign. That aside, these figures are accurately clothed…"

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