Strelets M166 1/72 Comanche Warriors

The Comanches have been described as the Lords of the Southern Plains, and with good reason. During the 17th century they had migrated south to the area they would come to dominate, located in what today is southern Kansas and Colorado, eastern New Mexico, much of Oklahoma and northern Texas. They expelled most of the natives already there, and were quickly recognised as one of the most warlike of tribes, with an exceptional prowess in handling horses and raiding. The early Spanish settlers they found to the south of their lands were easy prey for their raids, but during the early 19th century they increasingly came across other settlers to the east of their lands, with a paler skin but much better armed and much better able to defend themselves. These new American settlers organised groups like the Texas Rangers to protect their communities and punish Comanche raids, and as time went by, the natives suffered increasing losses at the hands of these men, with their new weaponry, greater mobility, and even new diseases for which the Indians had no defence. In their struggle with Texas, and later with the growing United States, the Comanches could not prevail and protect their way of life, but their raids were a constant fear of those on the furthest edges of the new republic, and they were amongst the most dangerous obstacles to the westward expansion of the United States.

Specifications

• 52 figures
  
• Poses: 13 poses
  
• Material: Plastic (Medium Consistency)
  
• Brown