ACTION FORCE SAS PARA ATTACK

ACTION FORCE 1983-1984 (second SERIES)

SAS PARA ATTACK (SPARROW HAWK)

Codename: Sparrow Hawk

Personal Name: Pieter Van Der Bergh

Action Force Number: AF 342101

Primary Military Speciality: Shock Paratrooper

Secondary Military Speciality: Automatic Weapons

Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium

Member of Belgium’s crack display parachute team. Since transferred to Action Force following discharge on compassionate grounds from Air Force. Qualified expert in all NATO and Warsaw Pact automatic weapons. Hang-Glides in his spare time.

“The calmest member of the SAS Force. Highly experienced fighter, a good man to have on your side.”

Sparrow Hawk came in the Para Attack set. This contained a parachute that actually worked. He came with a large number of accessories that included a parachute, parachute straps, black grease gun, grey grapple hook, grey machete, grey ammo box and grey detonator. The same accessories came with the First Series U.S. Paratrooper in brown. Sparrow Hawk was a variant of the SAS Pilot.

IMAGES

Ready for battle!

Body Mould

Sparrow Hawk had a moulded helmet and visor. He also had an oxygen mask on his face. He has a moulded jacket and trousers along with belt and webbing. He has a water bottle in the small of his back and pockets down his legs. The SAS emblem is on both shoulders.

ACCESSORIES

Sparrow Hawk came with a black Grease gun, a grey grappling hook, grey machete, grey detonator and grey ammo box.

He also came with a parachute harness, parachute and four connecting straps. Each strap had one end that connected to the harness that held the figure. The other end divided into two pieces that connected to the parachute. Pictures below show how the straps connected the parachute and the harness that held the figure.

The body harness also had a hole that the machete could be placed into (although it was a tight fit).

GALLERY

PACKAGING

The SAS Para Attack (Sparrow Hawk) came carded as well as in a box.

INSTRUCTIONS

The instructions can be viewed by clicking the links below:

File Card

Information about the figure could be found on the back of the figures file card (the Datafile information). Each figure also had an individual medal number for the mail order offer. The SAS Para Attack number was 33. Two medals were provided with this set as it would have been more expensive.

VARIANTS

The SAS Para Attack figure version one had a round hand. The second version had an angled hand.

The Para Attack was a variant of the second series SAS Pilot. The same figure mould was used for the German SATT Chopper figure and the SATT Falke.

LOOKS FAMILIAR

The SAS Para Attack had the same accessories as the first series U.S. Paratrooper. They are just a different colour.

LOOKS FAMILIAR

The black Grease gun also came with the SAS Attack Trooper and Beaver (Silent Attack). Different coloured Grease guns came with other figures and sets. You can click the Grease gun image at the top of the page to view the different types and who they came with.