MAC-04B - Three Phalangites with Red Shields, Macedonian Phalanx Papau New Guinea SPA032A - Charging Hoplite with

SPA032A - Charging Hoplite with Spartan Lambda Shield

paratroopers are used for rapid response missions such as securing airfields

The RS074 - Japanese NCO with Arm Raised and Giving Order to Fire portrays a non-commissioned officer directing his men during the heat of battle

and advancing through challenging terrain

These men were expected to lead by example

MAC-04B - Three Phalangites with Red Shields, Macedonian Phalanx Papau New Guinea SPA032A - Charging Hoplite withThe Macedonian phalanx was an infantry formation developed by Philip II and used by his son Alexander the Great to conquer the Achaemenid Empire and defeat armies of other kingdoms. Phalanxes remained dominant on battlefields throughout the Hellenistic period, until they were ultimately displaced by the Roman Legions. In 359 BC the Macedonian army led by the king Perdiccas III, was decidedly defeated by the Illyrians. Perdiccas brother Philip II had