About Airfix A01727 WWI British Infantry 1/72 scale

Airfix A01727 WWI British Infantry 1/72 scale Series I

Pieces: 48

This set comprises the "Tommies" of the First World War during the time of the Western Front. The term "Tommy" is a term fror a common soldier in the British Army. German soldiers would call out to "Tommy" across no man's land if they wished to speak to a British soldier. French and Commonwealth troops would also call British troops "Tommies". Almost a million men were killed on the Western front between 1914 and 1918. The Western front ran for 440 miles from the Swiss border to the English Channel and comprised lines of trenches, dug outs, and barbed wire fences.

This kit includes signallers, a wiring party, and a trench mortar with crew.

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