突出部战役，又称阿登反击战，是第二次世界大战期间德军在西线的最重要也是最后一次攻势，发生于1944年12月16日至1945年1月25日，战役在比利时和卢森堡之间森林茂密的阿登地区展开。德军希望借此反击阻止盟军使用比利时安特卫普港，分裂其防线，包围并摧毁四支盟军。如果成功，便可以迫使对手在谈判中达成有利于轴心国的和平条约，以便德军抽身应付东线战事。阿登反击战作为第二次世界大战中最为重要的战役之一，也是主要防守方美军在二战中阵亡人数最多的战役。这次德军的反攻虽使盟军遭受重大损失，但也严重削弱了自身在西线的防御力量和东线的机动兵力，从此再无后备力量可以补充，不但彻底丧失了反攻能力，而且也难以进行持久的有效防御。阿登反击战四个月后，纳萃德国战败投降。
脸谱模玩选取阿登反击战中最为著名的一张历史照片作为此款人偶原型，照片里是一名普通的德国士兵，隶属于党卫军第一装甲师预备队。该照片拍摄于1944年12月18日Poteau村庄的北部。一群德军士兵伏击了美军的装甲车队，在美国人仓皇逃离后，德军部队在此进行短暂的休整。这名士兵身着缴获的美军雨披，作战裤，在镜头前展示着自己的配枪。此时的战局并不明朗，在巨大的未知面前，虽然取得了暂时的胜利，他的脸上依然带着复杂的神情。
我们试图通过一段日记来探寻他的心路历程。
(下文细节根据书籍Hugh M. Cole – The Ardennes: Battle of the Bugle编撰，并不作为史实依据。)
今天是反击开始的第三天，我们的部队前进有些迟缓。这里的道路太难走了，美国佬还在Manderfeld的周围布置了大量的地雷，导致我们比预定计划晚了好几个小时。
昨天部队收到命令在Poteau村北侧通往Rechet的道路上阻击敌军。我们埋伏在一个路口旁边的小树林里，据消息说，在这个区域散落着几股美军装甲师。他们好像是要撤回去，这个路口应该是他们的必经之路。我们等了大半夜，待到天还没亮的时候，有一只部队开了过来，美国佬貌似对我们的计划完全不知情。借着大雾，这帮倒霉蛋完全没发现我们，被我们的突击炮车打了个措手不及，打头的M5坦克和M8直接被铁拳炸了个稀巴烂。我和伙伴刚架上机鎗扫了一梭子，就看到他们的长官带着两个手下跳车踉踉跄跄的逃走了，实在是可笑，剩下的美国佬更无战意，纷纷弃车逃亡。
我和伙伴们前去打扫战场，美国佬留下的装备还真不少，前面的一辆M3已经被烧得不成形了，他们把这车叫酸菜收割机, 实在是可恨。自从诺曼底登陆后战局就对我们不利，美国人造坦克的速度实在太快了。
兄弟们都在争抢美国人留下的装备，我从一辆装甲车里翻出了一套雨衣和裤子套在身上。每次从美国佬身上都能缴获不少好烟，聚在一起休整的时候是难得的放松。旁边来了个摄像的家伙，对着我们就是一顿咔嚓，也不知道他拍我们做甚，去他妈的宣传队，他们懂什么是战争？好吧，给他看看我的佩枪好了，为了这把勃朗宁大威力我可没少费功夫，虽然是美国佬设计的东西，但关键时候帮了不少忙，据说是早些年比利时工厂制造的。老兵们都说那时的日子好，哪像现在，连基本的供应都跟不上，眼看就冬天了，还没有派发棉衣。元首说了，这次反击是我们大德意志最后的希望，如果能成功把盟军的战线切开，我们就能喘口气再来对付苏联。这个想法听上去太疯狂了，可元首的决策是不能被质疑的吧？
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counterattack, was the most important and also German’s final offensive on the Western Front during World War II. The battle took place from December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945, in the heavily forested Ardennes region between Belgium and Luxembourg. The Germans sought to prevent the Allies from using the Belgian port of Antwerp so as to split the lines and to surround and destroy four Allied armies. If successful, the Germans would force the Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in favor of the Axis powers without redistributing their resources on the Eastern Front. The Ardennes counterattack was also the battle in which the main defender, the U.S. Army, suffered the highest number of casualties in World War II.
Although the German counterattack caused the Allies to suffer heavy losses, it also severely weakened their own defensive power on the Western Front and their mobile forces on the Eastern side, from then on, they had no reserves to replenish. Four months after the Ardennes counterattack, Nazi Germany was defeated and surrendered.
The most famous historical photo of the Ardennes counterattack was chosen by Facepoolfigure as the figure prototype, which shows an ordinary German soldier, belonging to the reserve of the 1st SS Panzer Division, Kampfgruppe Hansen. The photo was taken at north of the village of Poteau on December 18, 1944, when a group of German soldiers ambushed a convoy of American armored division. After the Americans fled in haste, the German troops took a brief respite. This soldier was wearing an US poncho, combat pants, and showing his sidearm in front of the camera. In the presence of the great unknown, although achieved a temporary victory, the soldier was showing complicated look on his face.
We tried to restore his journey at that time through the form of a personal diary.
(Details below are compiled from book – The Ardennes: Battle of the Bugle by Hugh M. Cole, we do not claim these to be historical facts.)
Today is the second day of the counterattack, the advance of our troops has been slow over the past few days. The roads here are too difficult to navigate and the Yanks have placed a large number of mines around Manderfeld, causing us to be several hours behind schedule.
Last night our troops received orders to block enemy forces on the road to Rechet on the north side of the village of Poteau. We were ambushed in a small wooded area next to a junction where, according to sources, several American armored divisions were scattered in the area pulling back and this junction would have been in their route. We waited for most of the night, and when it was still light, a unit drove over. the Yanks seemed to be completely unaware of our plans, and under the cover of the fog these unlucky guys were caught off guard by our assault gun trucks before they had time to react, and the M5 tanks and M8s in the lead were directly blown to bits by the iron fist. My partner and I had just set up our machine guns and swept a volley when we saw their officer stagger away with two of his men jumping out of the vehicle, which was ridiculous. The rest of the Yanks were even less inclined to fight and abandoned their vehicles to flee.
My buddy and I had been summoned to clean up the battlefield, the Yanks had left a lot of equipment behind, an M3 in front of us had been burned to the ground, they called this car Krautmower, it was really hateful. Since the Normandy landings, the tide of battle has turned against us, because the Americans are building tanks too fast!
Our guys were scrambling for the equipment the Americans had left behind, and I pulled a raincoat and pants out from an armored car and put them on. There was a camera guy next to us taking photos. Dam the propaganda team, what do they know about war? Well, I’ll show him my side arm, this Hi-Power has been with me for a long time, although it is a Yankee design, but in critical times can help a lot, a few years ago in Belgium stranded. I really miss the good old days, which is like now, even the basic supplies can not keep up with, see the winter is coming, but still no distribution of cotton clothes. The Führer said that this counterattack was our last hope for Greater Germany, and that if we succeeded in cutting the Allied lines, we could hope to catch our breath and deal with the Soviet Union again. The idea sounds too crazy, but the Führer’s decision cannot be questioned, right?
Facepoolfigure 脸谱模玩 1/6可动人偶 – 探寻历史系列 – 阿登反击战机枪手
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可动素体（含6只手型）
M42头盔（金属）
M43制服上衣+长裤
M40 橡树迷彩罩衫
MG42机枪
MG42机枪子弹链（铜制金属穿环）
美军M43长裤加强款
美军雨披 （定制超轻薄防水面料）
绑腿
作战靴（真皮）
棉质头套
负重带（真皮）
皮带（真皮）
机枪维护包（真皮）
手枪套（真皮）
勃朗宁大威力手枪（比利时产，含折叠瞄具）
防毒面具筒
饭盒
臀包
水壶
格斗匕首
工兵铲
领章，臂章
袖带
战伤勋章
士兵突击勋章
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1：1比例仿真士兵身份牌
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预计出货日期2022年第二季度， 预订截单日期2021年12月01日
Facepoolfigure 1/6 Action Figure – Discover History Series MG42 Machine Gunner at Ardennes
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M42 Helmet (Metal)
M43 Field Uniform
M40 Oak Camo Smock (Double-sided)
MG42 Machine Gun
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US M43 Pants with Reinforcement
US Poncho （Custom Thin-Water Proof Material）
Gaiters
Boots（Real Leather）
Head toque
Suspenders（Real Leather）
Belt（Real Leather）
MG42 Gunner Pouch（Real Leather）
Holster（Real Leather）
Browning Hi-Power Pistol（Belgium Made with Tangent Sight）
Gas Mask Canister
Mess Kit
Breadbag
Canteen
Boot Knife
Trench Tool
Collar Tab x 2
Wrist Band
Wound Badge
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