A buttoned-up tank is nearly blind, and a tank commander who wanted to fight his vehicle well kept his head out of the hatch — the most exposed job in the crew, and the reason commanders were hit so often. From up there he read the ground, directed his driver and gunner over the intercom, and coordinated with the other tanks of his platoon. Radios did much of that talking, but radios break, jam, and can be overheard, so tankers fell back on an older language: hand and arm signals passed turret to turret. This commander is beginning the "assemble" signal — arm raised, finger up, hand circling at the wrist. The figure stands in winter tanker kit — M1938 helmet and goggles, tanker jacket and bib overalls, a holstered sidearm — caught mid-signal. Rally the platoon around him in an armor diorama: bring in the Tanker Walking with Ammo and the Tanker with M3 Grease Gun, gathered at their M4A3 Sherman. W. Britain model 25215. 1/30 scale (approximately 60mm), matte-painted metal. Single foot figure on a sculpted groundwork base. Boxed.
