New army started: 1944 US army for Battlegroup

New year, new army project as they say. As my 1944 British and German Wehrmacht forces are more or less complete for playing most set-up's for Battlegroup, and needing a break from the Fallschirmjäger uniforms, I've decided to get going with an US army infantry force. 
 
I do have quite a few american units from before: two of Sherman M4A1's and two plt's worth of Airborne with some extra support teams, but no regular grunts.
 
A troop of Sherman M4A3's and Stuart M5's are built but unpainted on the workbench, but I have finished up one M20 and one infantry squad.

 



The 7 man rifle team
 
Rifle team from the back
 
BAR team
 
BAR team from the back
The full squad

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