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King & Country
All of these new figures, with the exception of the officer have a black leather Carbine Sling worn over their left shoulders. This allowed mounted soldiers to be able to ride their horses and use both hands while their carbines were attached securely to the leather sling on their right side but still be within easy reach.
Previously this ‘Carbine Sling’ was not seen on earlier JFC figures but was much requested by K&C collectors of the range.
King & Country’s ‘John Ford Cavalry’ officers and troopers are very clearly based on many of the characters seen in the ‘Trilogy’ (‘FORT APACHE’ (1948), ‘SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON’ (1949) and ‘RIO GRANDE’ (1950)) and these new additions are a welcome group of fighting reinforcements to a little piece of movie history.