Cave Finds: Marx Training Center Metallic Blue Accessories - Pt 2 Recoilless Rifle on Tripod

The recoilless rifle looks awfully big when next to Marx's 45mm figures but they were in  fact a rather large-ish weapon. Marx's version appears to be the M20 which didn't become common until 1945.

Ed

Culled from the Internet

Marx Battleground, Training Center, and Other Military Playset Pieces - Marx Field Equipment PL348 Mold Shot

I'm going to include all the accessories included for this mold shot in one post as I'll have plenty more posts to make given all the items that came with Marx military playsets.

The seven different accessories that were part of the PL348 mold shot first appeared in the Marx Training Center playsets of 1951 and were made in a variety of military type colors: olive drab, olive green, and metallic blue (for Air Force personnel). Fortunately, Marx decided not to make these in bright cartoon colors as was the fashion during this time for toy companies. One thing I have yet to reconcile is that some of the accessories in this mold were made in hard plastic, and some in soft plastic, yet all were part of the same mold. In addition, for example, Marx made their puptents in hard plastic with the Marx herald, but Payton made the same tent without herald in soft plastic. Somebody unconfuse me please!

Ed

Courtesy Toy Soldier HQ

Marx Bazooka - SP

Marx Garbage Cans - HP

A soft plastic version with no legs on the stand was made by Payton

Marx 30cal MG - SP

Unpainted - as it came in playsets

Customized

Water-cooled Non-firing MG - SP

Marx made a firing and non-firing water-cooled machine gun. The somewhat smaller, non-firing version was a part of the PL348 mold group

Marx Recoilless Rifle, Large SP

Marx made two recoilless rifles. This larger one, which was part of the PL348 mold shot and the smaller one which was included on the sprue containing small accessories. Both are non-firing.

Rifle Stack - HP

Two rifle stacks were included in the mold.

A soft plastic version of the rifle stack was made by Payton

Culled from the Internet

Pup Tents - HP

Ubiquitous and easy to come by, it seems as if Marx made millions of these! Three of these were included in the mold shot.

A soft plastic version with no logo was made by Payton

Large Marx herald

Small Marx herald