Looks like a nice set of figures, I'm glad to support this. But I need to add a note about SMGs in the Finnish Army of WWII: You've modelled one person in the platoon HQ with an SMG. This looks cool but Finnish leaders weren't issued SMGs in the Winter War - the platoon leader had a pistol and the platoon sergeant a rifle. Squad leaders too were only armed with rifles. The SMG was always given to the most dangerous man in the squad. Perhaps you could create a variation of the SMG-armed leader model with the historical rifle armament? You've also modelled one of the Finnish heavy machinegun team with an SMG. This is also not historical as machinegun teams were part of machinegun companies which were issued with zero SMGs. Perhaps you could create a variation of this figure with a rifle?
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You are indeed correct, and you'll be glad to know that the Infantry squad leader does indeed have a rifle, we accidentally used a old pic of the squad before I changed it (See the first pic of the Finnish Infantry Squad). As for the HQ and HMG teams, I designed them simply using the rule of cool. As a former member of the armed forces I can assure you, if I could get hold of an SMG to replace my bolt action rifle, I definitely would, and I'm sure that would have been the case for many of the troops during the war. The Soviet HQ also has an SMG armed infantryman, despite the fact that the Soviets had withdrawn them all from service at that point. I figure the platoon commander deserved a decently armed bodyguard (Rule of cool) The whole range is designed around the Bolt Action rules, as these are the most popular set played currently. They allow for SMG armed NCO's for the Finns, hence the inclusion. The infantry squad NCO is interchangeable with the HQ NCO for this option. Hope this helps understanding my design choices for the range.