The Beaverette armoured car was one of the many peculiar vehicles conceived by the British during the invasion scare of 1940. Based on the chassis of a family car with thin armour plates on, it was a slow, unwieldy vehicle of very limited fighting value.
So I knew I had to have some.
The sources vary greatly as to the organization and assigned number of these vehicles. From 12 to 72 per regiment. By September though, at seems that the 4/7 Royal Dragoons had three squadrons, each with five troops of four Beaverettes. One armed with a Boys A/T Rifle, the other three with Brens. Squadron command has another two. This makes 22 Beaverettes in total:
In the squadron was also a 'Bus-borne' infantry platoon. They rode a former luxury coach from the tourist resorts of the South English sea-side. In this case, since their Leyland TS7 have not arrived yet, they has done as so many others and commandeered a vehicle from the previous war.
General Alan Brooke, CIGS, found the beaverettes a horrible waste of scarce armour plate. He did not think much of lord Beaverbrook, whose pet project it was, either. It all adds to the flavour of the force.
This project has taken a long time to finish. Real life keeps getting in the way. I am pretty content with finally being able to field this force.