Riflemen, Machine Gunners

M14 rifleman walking.  Note the smoke grenades on the back.

M14 rifleman running.

M14 rifleman shooting.  Good action poses in these sets.

Loader for the bazooka man.  Note the backpack rack for bazooka shells.

Machine gun ammo bearer.

M60 machine gun.  I like the nice variety of weapons that this set has, so you can field a well equipped platoon of troops without having to get metal figures to fill in spots.
 

Orion Vietnam War Marines

40mm Grenade Launcher M79 with a shotgun as a back up weapon.  Great figure.  Shotgun is great for in close work in the jungle, in cities, and in trenchworks.

M14 rifle, used by the Americans for about 20 years from the late 1950s.

The M14 was never fully replaced by the M16 series as a few were used for automatic rifles, snipers, and other long range weapons.

The Marines used a two part 3.5 inch Super Bazooka.  The advantage over the LAW rocket is the larger projectile, the ability to reload, and it could penetrate up to 11 inches of armor.

Radioman.  Antennas were made of a sort of wire tape, like a metal tape measure so were thin and wide.

Note the heavy gear on all these troops.  M14 rifle.
 

Marines

USMC in Vietnam Early War.

Orion 1/72nd scale plastic figures, 44 figures in 14 poses.

You get a command group and three troop groups.

Like the Army troops these are excellent, flash free, and highly detailed.

The two major differences between these and the Orion US Army figures is that these have body armo and M14 rifles rather than M16 rifles.

The body armor for Marines was a command interest item and so everyone in combat had to wear body armor, despite the heat and humidity of Southeast Asia.