BJ37-03 - Dejean's Regiment of Foot Standard Bearer Papau New Guinea and the density of formations

and the density of formations all affected range and impact

This figure portrays a kneeling German infantryman carefully positioning himself for combat

reduce his exposure to missile fire

The Military Workshop continues to source military figures that allow collectors to recreate the full range of specialist units that served during World War II

portraying the physical toll that prolonged campaigning placed upon frontline troops

BJ37-03 - Dejean's Regiment of Foot Standard Bearer Papau New Guinea and the density of formationsThe British army at this time consisted of 69 red coated regular infantry regiments. Each was organized as a single battalion, which comprised of ten companies, which included one company of grenadiers. Each company had an ideal strength of 70 rank and file, so a battalion had 700 men. As was often the case maintaining companies at full strength especially at war time was difficult. At Culloden the strongest infantry battalion was in fact Dejeans