identification of some troops

[surixurient]

Many years ago I bought two bags of ww2 troops on ebay, I can't remember which armies they were from.  I never ended up playing ww2 and don't know much about weapons and uniforms.  Can anyone guess at or recognize the nationality/theater of these samples?

exhibit A



exhibit B


Thanks for the help.

[Just John]

At a guess they're late war German troops.

[Dave C]

They look like the ones Skytrex sell

[surixurient]

Thanks guys.  Would I be mocked horribly if I tried to paint them up for a Guadalcanal game as Japanese or marines?  Could they pass for either?

[Lowtardog]

Thanks guys.  Would I be mocked horribly if I tried to paint them up for a Guadalcanal game as Japanese or marines?  Could they pass for either?

Yes sorry mate  :)mate, they are germans so western front or eastern front in Europe. They would be spotted immediately if centred into the Pacific campaign

[surixurient]

I went ahead and bought some new ones for the Guadalcanal game.  A few questions though,  did the marines ever go shirtless in that battle and did they have flamethrowers?

Thanks

[NTM]

They are indeed LW Germans from the Command Decision range sold by Old glory and Skytrex





Nice figures I have quite a few they do Japanese which are good too



Although Skytrex had a 50% price hike recently the infantry are still competitive with other brands especially during one of their frequent sales. Old Glory UK prices are slightly lower (when there is not a sale on) but the casting quality is erratic. In the US they are really cheap but comment re casting quality applies.

[former user]

@surixurient
flamethrowers Yes
shirtless - not sure about US troops, I guess not.
italians frequently went shirtless