King & Country VN Vietnam War figure and vehicle articles.
Two American military policemen escort a wounded Viet Cong prisoner in VN034. The prisoner’s raised arms and bloodied clothing occupy the center, flanked by the armed MPs. King & Country based the group on a photograph connected with the fighting at the US Embassy in Saigon.
VN033 models the M42 Duster named “Double Trouble,” with twin 40mm Bofors guns in an open mounting. Two seated gunners are included, along with a side-mounted M60 and radio antennas. The olive-drab vehicle’s open fighting area allows the crew and gun mechanism to remain visible.
VN031’s Australian patrol commander stands with binoculars in one hand and an L1A1 self-loading rifle in the other. He wears a bush hat and green field clothing. The figure was originally offered during King & Country’s Australian visit before becoming more widely available.
A female Viet Cong figure carries a wooden box high against her shoulder in VN028. Her rifle remains slung beside her body, while both arms help manage the load. Bare lower legs and dark clothing contrast with the more heavily equipped American figures in the same series.
VN022 is a kneeling North Vietnamese soldier aiming an RPG launcher. He wears a pith-style helmet and carries additional rockets behind his shoulders. The launcher’s projecting warhead and the ammunition on his back distinguish him immediately from the nearby AK-armed figures.
A Navy corpsman bends over a wounded Marine lying on his back. The corpsman holds a fluid container above the casualty, while an M16 lies alongside them. VN018 contains the two men as a medical scene; the M274 Mule sometimes paired with it is the separate VN017 release.
The Marine in VN014 raises binoculars to his eyes while holding his M16 muzzle-down in the other hand. His helmet, flak jacket and field equipment match the early Vietnam Marines. The release contains the single NCO; artillery or recoilless-rifle crews shown alongside him elsewhere are separate sets.
VN004 depicts a US Marine firing an M16 from the shoulder. He wears a covered steel helmet, flak jacket and field equipment, with his feet spread and upper body turned into the shot. The exposed arms and loaded vest give the pose the close, crowded appearance characteristic of King & Country’s early Vietnam Marines.
VN030 shows four Australians moving on foot, with bush hats, varied weapons and equipment carried across their backs. The spacing between the separate figures is part of its appeal: the group can stretch along a path instead of being fixed into one compact fighting cluster. After the helmeted Marines of the early VN releases, the changed silhouette is immediately noticeable.
VN020 stretches out behind his rifle, with the sun helmet, arms and curved magazine concentrated at the front of a long, low base. It is easy to overlook a prone figure when browsing a shelf of standing models. Viewed from above and slightly to the side, however, the pose becomes clear: the body’s length and the forward attention are the subject.
