{"product_id":"free-101st-airborne-infantry","title":"101st Airborne Team - “Screaming Eagles” | 5 Figures","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“No history, but a rendezvous with destiny.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThat’s what General William Lee told the men of the 101st Airborne when the division was activated in August 1942. Less than two years later, they made it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn the early hours of June 6, 1944, the Screaming Eagles jumped into the dark over Normandy. Scattered across the Cotentin Peninsula, small groups of paratroopers fought their way to objectives with whoever they could find, securing the causeways behind Utah Beach and taking Carentan. In September they dropped into Holland for Market Garden. That December, surrounded at \u003cstrong\u003eBastogne\u003c\/strong\u003e with low ammunition and no winter gear, they held. When the Germans demanded surrender, General McAuliffe answered with one word: “Nuts!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis team puts five of the weapons they carried into the hands of the men who carried them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you’re getting:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAutomatic rifleman\u003c\/strong\u003e — Browning Automatic Rifle with bipod. Twenty rounds of .30-06 and roughly 20 pounds of squad firepower.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eParatrooper\u003c\/strong\u003e — M1 Carbine. Lighter than the Garand, and a favorite of paratroopers who had to jump with everything they carried.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnti-tank specialist\u003c\/strong\u003e — Bazooka with 1 rocket. The 2.36-inch rocket launcher that gave a paratrooper a fighting chance against German armor from the flank or rear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRifleman\u003c\/strong\u003e — M1 Garand. Patton called it “the greatest battle implement ever devised.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAssault trooper\u003c\/strong\u003e — M1A1 Thompson. The simplified wartime Thompson, built for production speed and fed from stick magazines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery figure includes a helmet, 101st Airborne insignia, khaki M1942 jump uniform coloring, and printed arm webbing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e100% pad-printed. No stickers. No UV printing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BrixKrieg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52257208303915,"sku":"101ST-INF-TEAM","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/0155\/9851\/files\/101ST.jpg?v=1791564022","url":"https:\/\/brixkrieg.com\/products\/free-101st-airborne-infantry","provider":"BrixKrieg","version":"1.0","type":"link"}