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Here then is my first ever build long on PlanetArmor: Royal Marines Armoured Support Group in Tilly-sur-Seulles Normandy 1944
So what is the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group?
From Wikipedia:
The original Royal Marines Armoured Support Group was formed in World War II and took part in the Invasion of Normandy [5] giving fire support. It was equipped primarily with Centaur IV tanks equipped with a 95mm howitzer as well as smaller numbers of the Sherman tank used as artillery observation posts or command vehicles. Organisationally the Group consisted of two "Armoured Support Regiments" [6], plus an independent "Armoured Support Battery". Each Regiment consisted of two Armoured Support Batteries, and in total, the group consisted of 5 Armoured Support Batteries.
Each Battery was further subdivided into four Troops, with each Troop equipped with four Centaur IV and one Sherman tank, giving a total of 80 Centaur and 20 Sherman tanks in the entire Group. The Group did not fight as a single military formation but rather was divided between the British & Canadian D-Day beaches.
•1st Royal Marine Armoured Support Regiment at Gold Beach comprising the 1st Battery (A, B, C, and D Troops) and the 2nd Battery (E, F, G and H Troops).
•2nd Royal Marine Armoured Support Regiment at Juno Beach comprising the 3rd Battery (J, K, L and M Troops) and the 4th Battery (N, O, P and Q Troops).
•5th Royal Marine Independent Armoured Support Battery at Sword Beach comprising R, S, T and V Troops.
The World War II RMASG was disbanded two weeks after D-Day (D+14). The present day Royal Marines Armoured Support Group was formed on 10 December 2007
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