Japanese Okinawa Campaign Type 100 Submachine Gunner WWII – Custom Printed Brick Block Figure

English Title & Specific Name

Figure Title: Japanese Okinawa Campaign Type 100 Submachine Gunner WWII

Historical Era: World War II / Okinawa campaign, 1945

Faction / Military Branch: Japan / Japanese ground forces

Detailed Character Identification, Description, and Historical Background

Character Identification

This custom printed brick block figure represents a Japanese Type 100 submachine gunner in an Okinawa campaign theme. Paired tan magazine-pouch arrays and crossing chest straps distinguish the design. It is an unnamed role figure, not a portrait of a particular soldier.

Detailed Character Description

• Headgear & Face: The pictured olive headgear has a brown band. The printed face shows dark eyes, light cheek-line details and a small downturned mouth.
• Uniform: An olive tunic has a white collar area, dark seam outlines, pocket details and printed crossing chest straps.
• Printed Field Equipment: Two tan waist-pouch arrays have repeated brown closure straps around a dark belt and square outlined buckle. These equipment details are printed on the figure.
• Legs & Footwear: Light khaki trousers have crease and seam printing above dark lower-leg panels and black boots with gray highlights.
• Included Headgear: The pictured headgear is included with the ordinary full figure. No separate weapon or camera accessory is included.

Historical / Thematic Background

The Allied landings on Okinawa began on 1 April 1945, during the closing months of the Pacific war. The island was strategically important because its airfields could support further operations near Japan. Japanese defenders concentrated much of their resistance in prepared inland positions, making the campaign a prolonged ground battle rather than simply a contested landing.

The Type 100 name identifies the Japanese submachine-gun theme of this miniature. Its repeated long magazine-pouch printing gives the figure a distinct equipment profile within the Okinawa series. This is a role-based collectible interpretation: the uniform and pouch arrangement do not identify a particular regiment, rank, named combatant or documented episode. The historical weapon theme does not mean that a separate submachine gun is supplied with this figure.

Olive clothing, crossing straps and light khaki trousers connect the gunner visually with the other members of the series. Its dark footwear and uncovered printed face distinguish it from the two net-helmet companions, while the photographer offers a contrasting camera-based role. A grouped display can compare these printed equipment arrangements without presenting the four figures as an actual historical squad. The wider setting should be understood in the context of the severe military and civilian consequences of the Okinawa campaign.