This weekend I received my M5A1 Stuart / M5A1 Recce, along with some other goodies, from Rubicon Models and quickly set about building it. Let me tell you, I will definitely be ordering from them again!
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Built on the standard ORBAT for a British late war platoon for Chain of Command the North Novas field 35 men (Currently though 3 section is still under construction so a section of Royal Marines is filling in for them).
On the left flank of Juno beach however, No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commandos landed so my commando section is a fitting tribute to them.
The North Novas, marked with their yellow and blue shoulder flashes, along with the rest of the 9th Canadian Brigade landed in the early afternoon of June 6th to relieve the regiments of the 7th and 8th Brigades, who assaulted Juno beach, and continue the push inland.
Landing with each brigade was an armoured regiment of the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade; the 9th landed with The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, of which both my Firefly and Sherman, with A Squadron markings, belong to. Along with the Canadian’s who assaulted Juno Beach were Royal Engineer units mounted on Hobert Funnies to help clear beach obstacles and fortifications.
My Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE), with its destructive 290mm Spigot Mortar, is one of those tanks. It is painted and marked in the colours of “Charile 1,” the AVRE that is displayed in front of the Juno Beach Centre.
