Reasons for choosing this Hot Toys US ARMY RANGER 75th REGIMENT with Mk.16 (SCAR-L) over their US ARMY RANGER 75th REGIMENT with M249 - ONE: there's only so much moolah, can't buy everything :( TWO: there's already at least one M249 gunner in my collection (
USMC M249 gunner) THREE: not too keen on Edward Norton, FOUR: Terence Howard preferred after his role as Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes, military liaison officer to Tony Stark in the "
Iron Man (2008)" movie, FIVE: It's a SCAR-L with grenade launcher!!!
Hot Toys never disappoint and always give us bells and whistles, plus the kitchen sink thrown in :)
Terence Howard - he got my attention when he played the part of Detective Mercer in "The Brave One (2007)" alongside Jodie Foster (She won an Oscar for Best Actress in 1988 for playing a rape survivor in The Accused. In 1991, she won her second Oscar as Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs, which won five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Actor for Sir Anthony Hopkins as Dr Hannibal Lecter)
Nowadays, it seems like the soldiers are looking more like
PMCs, wearing vest and slacks - in this case ACU pants, green vest and Foliage Green Fleece Jacket. The other Hot Toys ranger wears a PCU jacket over his ACU pants. What gives? What happened to their uniforms?
Check out his Factory Pilot Gloves and his Waist Belt with Suspender
The SCAR-L Mk16 with Grenade Launcher and Silencer, and bunch sling
It has a folding buttstock with adjustable length and cheek support, folding rear and front sights, enhanced grenade launcher and a silencer/flash suppressor
It also has a foregrip with bipod
He's got Sawtooth boots
AN/PRC-148 Radio with ACH Headset System
GPS
GPS and pouch
Pop Flare and pouch
The rest of his Ranger gear including CIRAS vest, Modular Assault Backpack, Utility pouches, triple magazine pouch, 40mm grenade pouch, MICH helmet with strobe light, carabiner, light sticks and scissors.
Armed, loaded and ready to roll
MICH helmet with night vision mount (but no NVG), LED headlamp and helmet light
ACH headset system worn under the helmet
CIRAS vest with all the various pouches a ranger needs for his mission
Check out the cool knee pads (Arc'teryx "Knee Caps" - Lightweight and anatomically shaped knee protectors) and drop leg panel with pop flare and pouch
Modular Assault Backpack
M9 pistol in drop-down holster and SCAR-L Mk 16 with grenade launcher and buttstock folded
Have also armed him with the M79 grenade launcher which first appeared during the Vietnam War. It is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break open grenade launcher which fires a 40x46 mm grenade round and earned the nicknames of "Thumper", "Thump-Gun" or "Blooper" among American soldiers because of its distinctive sound when fired; Australian units referred to it as the "Wombat Gun". Some US Navy SEALs and Army Special Forces in Iraq have been seen deploying the M79 in recent years, most notably due to its extended accuracy compared to the M203 (the M79 is 350m effective versus 150m effective on the M203). It is used extensively for small squad-sized units to disrupt IED's from a safe distance, without having to call in EOD.
His Ranger tab, not just a sticker but embroidered for authenticity
The M18A1 Claymore is a directional anti-personnel mine which most of us who have served NS will be most familiar with. Used primarily in ambushes and as an anti-infiltration device against enemy infantry and also against soft-skinned vehicles, the M18A1 Claymore fires shrapnel, in the form of steel balls, out to about 100 meters across a 60° arc and does some very serious damage. It can be command detonated using the M57 Firing Device (referred to as the "clacker"), which comes with the M18A1 Claymore Mine in its M7 bandolier. Dragon didn't include the Claymore bag but Hot Toys did with their Vietnam War SEAL Stoner Machine Gunner.
