Sword Beach 6 June 1944 (1 Viewer)

[King & Country]

Hi Guys,

Here’s a little taste of what’s ‘in the works’ in a few months time.

These are just 6 of almost two dozen all-new British Infantry figures in action that will be available over 3 months during the summer.

These fighting infantrymen belong to the East Yorkshire Regiment and were part of the British 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] Infantry Division, the first British formation to land on ‘Sword Beach’ on D. Day.

All of these new British figures will be available with either sand/ beach bases or grass / inland bases.

Collectors can then select which version suits their individual display or diorama.

Providing the armoured support and extra firepower is next month’s British FireflyⅤC tank.

More photos and displays as they appear.

In the meantime all the best and... Happy Collecting!
Andy

 

[cantinetozzo]

Beatiful poses! We had some very good walking poses and now these! If i see right some of them have the turtle helmet?

 

[vincent1973]

Hi Guys,

Here’s a little taste of what’s ‘in the works’ in a few months time.

These are just 6 of almost two dozen all-new British Infantry figures in action that will be available over 3 months during the summer.

These fighting infantrymen belong to the East Yorkshire Regiment and were part of the British 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] Infantry Division, the first British formation to land on ‘Sword Beach’ on D. Day.

All of these new British figures will be available with either sand/ beach bases or grass / inland bases.

Collectors can then select which version suits their individual display or diorama.

Providing the armoured support and extra firepower is next month’s British FireflyⅤC tank.

More photos and displays as they appear.

In the meantime all the best and... Happy Collecting!
Andy

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Well done, King & Country. Tempting.

 

[Guest]

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These figures look outstanding, i have all the other K & C British and Canadian D Day Beach figures. Have a question, what is the guy at the back carrying the ammo box for? It looks like an ammo box for a German MG, the boxes i have seen for carrying mags for the Bren were quite big, see below, and would have to be Arnie to carry it with one hand. I will be buying at some point as they do look great, but not to use with the Firefly for a beach scene as there were no Fireflys landed in the beach assualt on Sword Beach, plus the barrel camo did not begin until the battles for Normandy after lessons were learned, as Fireflys became the first target in an ambush, but could buy for my Normandy dios. Would have like to have seen a 75mm Sherman DD tank, with dropped down skirts. Someone releasing some of Hobarts funnies is, i know, too much to ask, as demand would not be high enough as could not see more than 50 or 60 selling worldwide, but one can dream, a RM Centaur or Sherman Flail would be excellent.

No Officer, will there one coming along as well?

 

[Horus]

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These figures look outstanding, i have all the other K & C British and Canadian D Day Beach figures. Have a question, what is the guy at the back carrying the ammo box for? It looks like an ammo box for a German MG, the boxes i have seen for carrying mags for the Bren were quite big, see below, and would have to be Arnie to carry it with one hand. I will be buying at some point as they do look great, but not to use with the Firefly for a beach scene as there were no Fireflys landed in the beach assualt on Sword Beach, plus the barrel camo did not begin until the battles for Normandy after lessons were learned, as Fireflys became the first target in an ambush, but could buy for my Normandy dios. Would have like to have seen a 75mm Sherman DD tank, with dropped down skirts. Someone releasing some of Hobarts funnies is, i know, too much to ask, as demand would not be high enough as could not see more than 50 or 60 selling worldwide, but one can dream, a RM Centaur or Sherman Flail would be excellent.

No Officer, will there one coming along as well?

I read somewhere that the Bren gun magazine ammo box was part of the equipment on vehicles such as Bren Gun /Universal Carrier, that carried Bren guns, Perhaps some one can provide a link.

The Bren Gunners mate would usually have an extra pair of '37 Pattern Basic pouches containing extra Magazines and the other Riflemen in the Section would normally also likely be carrying extra magazines for the Bren in one of their Basic pouches too if they weren't carrying grenades. DD064 "Tommy Patrol" shows an example of the extra pair of pouches being worn and with the Bren gunner in the set with a cleaning kit in a small pouch for the Bren .
So whatever is in the Ammo box being carried by the running figure could contain something else entirely.

 

[joesgis]

Thanks for the sneak peek! The new British soldiers appear to be very well done. I prefer these to DD319-DD327 that were released in 2019. I will be definitely be picking up some of these figures and look forward to others mentioned.

Joe

 

[Guest]

I read somewhere that the Bren gun magazine ammo box was part of the equipment on vehicles such as Bren Gun /Universal Carrier, that carried Bren guns, Perhaps some one can provide a link.

The Bren Gunners mate would usually have an extra pair of '37 Pattern Basic pouches containing extra Magazines and the other Riflemen in the Section would normally also likely be carrying extra magazines for the Bren in one of their Basic pouches too if they weren't carrying grenades. DD064 "Tommy Patrol" shows an example of the extra pair of pouches being worn and with the Bren gunner in the set with a cleaning kit in a small pouch for the Bren .
So whatever is in the Ammo box being carried by the running figure could contain something else entirely.

I agree, the boxes were for use on the universal carriers and other vehicles,, i have some pictures of the boxes on the carriers and they carried upto 17 bren mags, 4 x 4 rows and 1 slides in side ways, but the weight was too much for one person to carry any distance, I came to the same conclusion on the pouches and this was confirmed in some texts i have read, which gets us back to my question, what is he carrying?

Cheers chap

 

[jazzeum]

These look pretty good Andy. Nice idea to let people choose their bases.

 

[Guest]

These look pretty good Andy. Nice idea to let people choose their bases.

I agree, great idea, does this mean that as there will be about two dozen new figures, these are 'six' figures or 'twelve' figures of the about two dozen. Will the different bases mean they are different figures!

I am a happy chappy with new British infantry, have thought for a long time this was a neglected area.

 

[wwiibuff]

Great looking tank and figures Andy!

 

[arnhem44mad]

Awesome!!!!

Scott

 

[villagehorse]

Yes I could use some of these to bolster my existing ones. Nice Andy. Robin.

 

[Horus]

I agree, the boxes were for use on the universal carriers and other vehicles,, i have some pictures of the boxes on the carriers and they carried upto 17 bren mags, 4 x 4 rows and 1 slides in side ways, but the weight was too much for one person to carry any distance, I came to the same conclusion on the pouches and this was confirmed in some texts i have read, which gets us back to my question, what is he carrying?

Cheers chap

Could be ammo for a Vickers !?

 

[Guest]

Could be ammo for a Vickers !?

Cheers, thought of that but the beach assult troops did not have them on D Day, but fare enough could be used for the Normandy fighting versions, we will have to see if there is a Vickers MG and gunner released.

 

[Blackbob]

Impressive looking infantry. Great detail on the uniform.
The East Yorkshire Regiment made a significant contribution to the D-Day first wave. The 2nd Battalion on Sword Beach and the 5th Battalion on Gold Beach.
Did any other British regiment have more than one battalion committed in the first wave?

 

[Guest]

Impressive looking infantry. Great detail on the uniform.
The East Yorkshire Regiment made a significant contribution to the D-Day first wave. The 2nd Battalion on Sword Beach and the 5th Battalion on Gold Beach.
Did any other British regiment have more than one battalion committed in the first wave?

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1st Battalion – they were the glider troops that took Pegasus Bridge and many other actions.
2nd Battalion - formed part of the 6th Beach Group on Sword Beach

The 4th Special Service Brigade landed units at both British beaches and the Canadian beach.

I have visited the beaches quite often and Sword Beach had the potential to be a deathtrap, much the same as Omaha, thou different issues and defensive elements, i think the armour on the beach was the difference, both the DD tanks and the other 79th Hobart funnies. What the East Yorks Reg achieved was outstanding as was many other allied units.

 

[Blackbob]

Man thanks Walsingham for the info. about The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. I did not know about having a battalion on Sword Beach.
The D Company 1st Battalion, plus 2 platoons from B Company and a Royal Engineer party in their coup-de-main on the two bridges over the River Orne and Caen Canal is one of the highwater marks of British military skill in WW2. I've had the good luck to visit the site on a couple of occasions. This very successful assault, lead by Joh Howard, allows me to remind some friends of mine from The Parachute Regiment that it was Glider Borne troops/air landing soldiers that carried out this mission.
A little what if is --> that once D Coy. were withdrawn from Normandy they trained for their part in a coup-de-main assault on the bridges at Nijmegen and Arnhem

P.S. I must not forget The Glider Pilots/.

 

[Guest]

Man thanks Walsingham for the info. about The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. I did not know about having a battalion on Sword Beach.
The D Company 1st Battalion, plus 2 platoons from B Company and a Royal Engineer party in their coup-de-main on the two bridges over the River Orne and Caen Canal is one of the highwater marks of British military skill in WW2. I've had the good luck to visit the site on a couple of occasions. This very successful assault, lead by Joh Howard, allows me to remind some friends of mine from The Parachute Regiment that it was Glider Borne troops/air landing soldiers that carried out this mission.
A little what if is --> that once D Coy. were withdrawn from Normandy they trained for their part in a coup-de-main assault on the bridges at Nijmegen and Arnhem

Thanks for the info, i have been looking into what happened on Sword Beach for a while, cannot find out just how many of the 1st Battalion were involved at Sword, but that what make the research worth it.

Must not forget The Glider Pilots - agree totally, i have visited the bridge and unless you are there you cannot realise just how close they landed, A flight of [in a direct line] 138 miles, living relatively close i have been to RAF Tarrant Rushton where they took off and thought of what they did, Jim Wallwalk and the other pilots was incredible and for me it was one the great pieces of flying of the war. Also think of Brotherbridge and Greenhalgh who were killed in those historic 10 minutes to take the bridge.
I too remind the paras i know of this, as with the Welsh and that the majority in the regiment at Rorkes Drift were Englishmen, to which a lot reply and ask me which 'instrument i play' as i am ex Royal Marines. If/When you go to Normandy again have a look at 47 Commando and the taking of Port-en-Bessin, Captain Terence Cousins should have got the VC that day, but a Sergeant used to tell us that Royal Marines have only won 10 VCs [the 11th was a medical Lance Corporal attached to the RM in WW2] and that is because we are Royal Marines and we are expected to behave in that manner and not expect rewards.
Also a lot of people miss out WN60 when they are visiting Omaha Beach, but that is a WN not to be missed. Plus Tailleville, the fortified village took by The North Shore [New Brunswick] Regiment with armoured support from Fort Gary Horse