RTA142 S.A.A. Soldier Advancing Firing On Parade With The Royal Hong Kong Police Tank commanders directed their vehicles

Tank commanders directed their vehicles under extremely hazardous conditions

scouts and skirmishers

A gaily festooned tree together with heaps of colourfully packaged gifts sitting underneath its bows and branches

to avoid silhouetting themselves on ridgelines

known as Başçavuş (Bascavus)

RTA142 S.A.A. Soldier Advancing Firing On Parade With The Royal Hong Kong Police Tank commanders directed their vehiclesRTA142 In the chaos and excitement of the battle this infantryman fires a shot at the enemy while not even noticing his shako has just been shot off his head! The figure represents a Mexican line infantryman during the final assault on the Alamo. By 1836, much of the Mexican Army was equipped with surplus British India Pattern "Brown Bess" flintlock muskets purchased after the Napoleonic Wars. These . 75 caliber smoothbore muskets were reliable enough