Plastic Toy Army

Description
Army men are equipped with a variety of weapons, mostly from World War II to the Vietnam era but many reflect the current US Military. These include rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, sniper rifles, pistols, grenades, flame throwers, and bazookas. They may also have radio men, minesweepers, and men armed with bayonets. Their typical helmets are the older M1 "pot" style that were given to US soldiers during the middle to late 20th Century. Army men are sometimes packaged with additional accessories including tanks (often based on the M48 Patton tank), jeeps, armed hovercraft, half tracks, artillery, helicopters, jets, and fortifications. Their vehicles are usually manufactured in a smaller scale, to save on production and packaging costs.
Because army men are considered toys and not models, historical and chronological accuracy are generally not a priority. They are sold in plastic bags or buckets, and often include different colors such as green, tan, or gray, to represent opposing sides.
There were numerous varieties of army men representing various other countries, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and the Soviet Union but many currently made examples have the same figures in two different colours.