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Set 1, From MiniArt. Set 1, from MiniArt.

Set 1, From MiniArt. Set 1, from MiniArt.

The detail is amazing; read more about them in our preview. The detail looks great; see more about them in our preview…

Preview: New 1/35th scale U.S. Infantry Tank Riders. Set 1 from MiniArt

U.S. Set 1

From MiniArt

U.S. Kit No. 35407

1/35th scale

The kit contains four figures, weapons & equipment

The subject: US infantry tank riders during WWII.

Soldiers sometimes hitched rides on tanks in order to keep up with a rapid advance. This is often seen in newsreels, with victors (and sometimes retreating soldiers) trying to find a faster or easier way to the front. This gave the tank infantry at close hand in case they came across any issues better suited to infantry warfare, like closed in streeets or aleys in towns and villages or any urban warfare.

These US Marines hitch a ride on the back of a M4 Sherman tank

Some more photos of US infantrymen loaded with gear riding tanks in WWII.

Below: This squad of infantrymen from Lieutenant General Courtney Hodges’ First Army caught a ride on a Sherman Tank as they moved through the French town of la Ferte-Mace on August 14, 1944. They were trying to catch the retreating Germans from the 5th Panzer Army and the Seventh Armies of the Falaise Pocket. After having defeated the German counterattack at Mortain on August 7, the American First and Third Armies swept around behind the enemy from the south-west and forced them to flee eastward to escape entrapment.

The US Army even had a map of sorts or a procedure for who sat where on the tanks. Wether this was followed rigidly is up for speculation…

An image of the proposed mounting diagram for troops. Again, this was not strictly adhered to.

The kit from MiniArt:

This kit contains four figures with not only their own gear but extra weapons and equipment on the extra sprues of the kit.

The four figures of US infantry to ride the tanks each come on their own sprue, dressed in standard summer US Army fatigues, ammo, pouches and gear

The regular US soldier’s helmets, packs, entrenching tools, water flasks, and bayonets are included to vary your soldier.


In the case of self-defence, Garand rifles and M1 carbines of two types are included.

Tommy guns, both early and late, plus grease guns, map packs, and ammo are also included on this sprue.

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