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RED DEVILS
1st AIRBORNE DIVISION
1st Air Landing Anti-tank Battery 2nd Air Landing Anti-tank Battery
A, B, C, D, P, and Z Troops E, F, G, H, and X Troops
2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Parachute Infantry Battalion
HQ, Support, A, B, C, and D Companies HQ, 4, 5, and 6 Companies
7th (Galloway) Battalion The King’s Own Scottish Borders 3rd Parachute Infantry Battalion
HQ, Support, A, B, C, and D Companies HQ, 7, 8, and 9 Companies
Engineer Company
1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery
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BRITISH SPECIAL RULES
MG65 Special Rules PDF
Please refer to the MG65 Special Rules .pdf for British Special
Rules
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BRITISH AIRBORNE WARRIORS
MG65 Special Rules PDF
Please refer to the MG65 Special Rules .pdf for British Airborne
Warrior Rules
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PARACHUTE COMPANY
(INFANTRY COMPANY)
HEADQUARTERS
COMPANY HQ
A Parachute Company must field a Company HQ and at least two Parachute Platoons, and may field
one of each of the remaining Combat Platoons and Weapons Platoons shown.
It may also field one Support Platoon from each Support Box shown.
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Company HQ
MOTIVATION AND SKILL
The paras are all hand-picked volunteers. Years of hard training has made them some of the toughest troops on any battlefield.
A Parachute Company is rated Fearless Veteran.
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Engineers
Parachute Mortar
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8
Parachute Platoon
Platoon INFANTRY
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Composite Platoon
PARACHUTE PLATOON PARACHUTE MORTAR/MG
PLATOON
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Polish Parachute Platoon
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British Rifle Platoon
Parachute Mortar/
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Parachute Platoon
MG Platoon
AT GUNS
PARACHUTE PLATOON PARACHUTE ASSAULT
PLATOON
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Airlanding Anti-Tank Platoon
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Platoon
Polish Airlanding Anti-Tank
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Unit symbols found on this company diagram indicate the origin of each platoon. Battery
All options shown are available to a 1st Airborne Parachute Company.
ARTILLERY
Airlanding Battery, Royal
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ALLIES Artillery
Polish Parachute Platoons and Polish Anti-Tank Batteries are considered Allied
Platoons as described on page 183 of the rulebook.
ARTILLERY
Medium Battery, Royal
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Artillery
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Field Battery, Royal Artillery
RECCE
Airlanding Reconnaissance
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Troop
BRITISH RIFLE PLATOON
Historical Note: Represents the platoons of the 4th Dorsets (43rd Wessex ANTI-AIRCRAFT
Division), that attempted to cross the Lower Rhine during the early morning Airlanding Anti-Aircraft Gun
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AIR SUPPORT
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HEADQUARTERS
COMPANY HQ MAJOR
HEADQUARTERS MAJOR
Company HQ 65 pts
ANTI-TANK SECTION
PARACHUTE PLATOON
SUBALTERN
PARACHUTE PLATOON
PARACHUTE COMPANY
COMBAT PLATOONS
PARACHUTE PLATOON SUBALTERN
PLATOON SUBALTERN
HQ Section with:
3 Rifle Squads 240 pts
Command PIAT Team
2 Rifle Squads 175 pts
Rifle/MG Team
OPTIONS: HQ SECTION
• Replace all Rifle/MG teams with SMG teams in one Rifle Squad at no cost.
SERGEANT SERGEANT SERGEANT
GAMMON BOMBS
All Rifle/MG and SMG teams in a Parachute Platoon carry Gammon Bombs
giving them Tank Assault 3.
R/MG Team R/MG Team R/MG Team
SECTION MORTARS
Each turn one of the Parachute Assault Platoon’s Rifle/MG teams may fire as a
Light Mortar firing Smoke. R/MG Team R/MG Team R/MG Team
PARACHUTE PLATOON
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WEAPONS PLATOONS
PARACHUTE MORTAR PLATOON SUBALTERN
PLATOON SUBALTERN
HQ Section with:
2 Mortar Sections 160 pts Command Rifle Team Observer Rifle Team
1 Mortar Section 90 pts
HQ SECTION
SERGEANT SERGEANT
Historical Note: The Para battalion’s second motar platoon was cross-trained MORTAR SECTION MORTAR SECTION
and equipped to take mortars or machine-guns depending on the mission. PARACHUTE MORTAR/MG PLATOON
SUBALTERN
PARACHUTE ASSAULT PLATOON
SUBALTERN
PLATOON
HQ Section with:
3 Rifle Squads 260 pts Pioneer Command PIAT Team Light Mortar Team
Rifle/MG Team
2 Rifle Squads 195 pts
HQ SECTION
• Add optional Light Mortar Team for +25 points
SERGEANT SERGEANT SERGEANT
Five of the six Parachute Battalions converted their Anti-tank Platoons to
Assault Platoons. The 156th Battalion kept it’s Anti-tank Platoon.
Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG
Team Team Team
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SUPPORT PLATOONS
PARACHUTE ENGINEER TROOP, ROYAL ENGINEERS CAPTAIN
PLATOON CAPTAIN
HQ Section with:
Light Mortar
PIAT Team PIAT Team Team
Full Troop - 4 Sapper Sections 315 pts
Half Troop - 2 Sapper Sections 195 pts Pioneer Command Pioneer Supply Jeep
R/MG Team and Trailer
PIAT Team PIAT Team Light Mortar
OPTIONS: Team
• Add Pioneer Supply Jeep and Trailer at no cost. HQ SECTION
• Add up to 4 PIAT teams for +20 points per team, but not more than 1 PIAT
per Sapper section taken. SUBALTERN SERGEANT SUBALTERN SERGEANT
• Add up to 2 Light Mortar teams for +25 points per team, but no more than 1
Light Mortar per 2 Sapper sections taken.
Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG
Team Team Team Team
You may replace one Pioneer R/MG team with a Flame-thrower team for every
four R/MG teams in the platoon at the start of the game before deployment.
Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG
Team Team Team Team
SAPPER SAPPER SAPPER SAPPER
SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION
PARACHUTE ENGINEER TROOP
Represents 1st and 4th Parachute Squadrons, RE attached to the 1st and 4th
Para Brigades. Often deployed as “half troops.”
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AIRLANDING COMPANY
(INFANTRY COMPANY)
HEADQUARTERS
COMPANY HQ
An Airlanding Company must field a Company HQ and at least two Parachute Platoons, and may field
one of each of the remaining Combat Platoons and Weapons Platoons shown.
It may also field one Support Platoon from each Support Box shown.
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Company HQ
MOTIVATION AND SKILL
Airlanding troops are not volunteers, but they are put through the same intense training regime as the paras. This weeds out the
weaklings leaving an elite force. An Airlanding Company is rated Fearless Veteran.
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Engineers
Airlanding Pioneer
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11
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Composite Platoon
AIRLANDING PLATOON AIRLANDING MACHINE-GUN
(HANDCART) PLATOON
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Polish Parachute Platoon
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British Rifle Platoon
Airlanding Machine-
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Airlanding Platoon
Gun Platoon
AT GUNS
AIRLANDING PLATOON AIRLANDING MACHINE-GUN Airlanding Heavy Anti-Tank
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(MOTOR) PLATOON Platoon
Polish Airlanding Anti-Tank
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Battery
Airlanding Machine-
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Airlanding Platoon
Gun Platoon ARTILLERY
Airlanding Battery, Royal
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AIRLANDING PLATOON AIRLANDING MORTAR
(HANDCART) PLATOON Artillery
ARTILLERY
Parachute Mortar Medium Battery, Royal
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15
12
15
AIRLANDING MORTAR Field Battery, Royal Artillery
(MOTOR) PLATOON
RECCE
Airlanding Reconnaissance
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Parachute Mortar
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Troop
Platoon
AIRLANDING ANTI-TANK
PLATOON ANTI-AIRCRAFT
Airlanding Anti-Aircraft Gun
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Platoon
Airlanding Anti-
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Tank Platoon
AIR SUPPORT
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Airlanding Anti-
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Tank Platoon
Unit symbols found on this company diagram indicate the origin of each platoon.
All options shown are available to a 1st Airborne Airlanding Company.
ALLIES
Polish Parachute Platoons and Polish Airlanding Anti-Tank Batteries are
considered Allied Platoons as described on page 183 of the rulebook.
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HEADQUARTERS
COMPANY HQ MAJOR
HEADQUARTERS MAJOR
CORPORAL
Company HQ 65 pts
COMBAT PLATOONS
AIRLANDING PLATOON SUBALTERN
PLATOON SUBALTERN SERGEANT
HQ Section with Scout Squad and:
2 Rifle Squads 230 pts
Command PIAT Team Light Mortar
1 Rifle Squad 170 pts Rifle/MG Team Team R/MG Team
AIRLANDING PLATOON
WEAPONS PLATOONS
AIRLANDING PIONEER PLATOON SUBALTERN
PLATOON SUBALTERN
Pioneer Platoon 105 pts
Command Pioneer
Rifle Team
HQ SECTION
SERGEANT
ASSAULT SQUAD
AIRLANDING PIONEER PLATOON
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AIRLANDING MACHINE-GUN PLATOON SUBALTERN
PLATOON SUBALTERN
HQ Section with:
• Add one jeep with trailer per section to one platoon at no cost. SERGEANT
SERGEANT
Historical Note: The first MG platoon in the Support Battalion was equipped with
handcarts. The second MG platoon was equipped with jeeps and trailers. Vickers HMG Vickers HMG Vickers HMG Vickers HMG
MG SECTION MG SECTION
AIRLANDING MACHINE-GUN PLATOON
MORTAR SECTION
SERGEANT SERGEANT
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SUPPORT PLATOONS
HQ Section with:
2 Anti-tank Sections 285 pts Command Rifle Team
1 Anti-tank Section 150 pts HQ SECTION
P and Z troops 1st Airlanding AT Battery and F and X Troops 2nd (Oban) SERGEANT SERGEANT
Airlanding AT Battery were armed with four 17 pdr guns.
17 pdr gun Cut-down 17 pdr gun Cut-down
15 cwt truck 15 cwt truck
HQ Section with:
PIAT Team Light Mortar
4 Sapper Sections 315 pts Team
You may replace one Pioneer R/MG team with a Flame-thrower team at the start
of the game before deployment. Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG
Team Team Team Team
Represents engineers from the 9th (Airborne) Field Comnpany, RE sup- SAPPER SAPPER SAPPER SAPPER
port the 1st Airlanding Brigade. The option to motorize a half platoon SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION
represents the engineers attached to the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance
Squadron as part of the Arnhem bridge coup de main force. AIRLANDING FIELD PLATOON, ROYAL ENGINEERS
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AIRLANDING BATTERY, ROYAL ARTILLERY MAJOR
MAJOR
PLATOON
HQ Troop with:
Two Gun Troops with a total of: Command Staff Team
Rifle Team
4 Gun Sections 245 pts HQ TROOP
OPTIONS:
• Add Jeep teams at no cost. Command Observer Rifle Command Observer Rifle
Rifle Team Team Rifle Team Team
HQ SECTION HQ SECTION
BIG BATTERIES
Although an Airlanding Battery, Royal Artillery is a single Support choice, each
SERGEANT SERGEANT
Gun Troop operates as a separate platoon with its own Command Team. The
HQ Troop Command team and Staff team are Independent teams. If the HQ
Troop Command team joins a Gun troop, it becomes the Platoon Command
M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team
Team.
Although they count as separate platoons for all other purposes, an Airlanding M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team
Battery deploys as a single platoon, all at the same time. For example, both Gun
Troops are treated as a single platoon when calculating the number of platoons GUN SECTION GUN SECTION
held in Ambush or Reserve.
SERGEANT SERGEANT
An Airlanding Battery uses the British Artillery Special rules Eight-Gun Batteries,
Rounds on the Ground, and Mike Target. M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team
M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team
A Field or Medium Battery, Royal Artillery fielded by the British Airborne ACROSS THE RHINE
must be deployed using the “Across the Rhine” rule. Polish Airborne forces Players may use a version of the Across the Volga special rule in games
may choose whether or not to use the “Across the Rhine” rule. played at MG65.
British and Polish Airborne forces may field a Medium Battery, Royal
Artillery without any Field Batteries in their force.
Across the Volga (see page 225 of the Flames of War rulebook) is used
Deployed Observer Teams are 1st Airborne Units (Fearless Veteran Observer
Rifle Teams) and cannot be deployed with OP Carriers or upgraded to OP
as written with the following modification: The artillery teams in a
Shermans. platoon being deployed Across the Rhine must have a bombardment range
Polish Airborne forces using Royal Artillery assets may use the British GREATER than 48”.
Artillery Special Rules for Royal Artillery platoons.
Additional notes about the Across the Rhine rule:
Although a Field Battery, Royal Artillery or Medium Battery, Royal Artillery 1. Notes in previous Special Intelligence Briefings that reference a force
is a single Support choice, each Gun Troops operates as a separate platoon with being able to use Across the Volga should be ignored. This ability
its own Command team. The HQ Troop Command team and Staff team are applies to all forces at MG65.
Independent teams. If the HQ Troop Command team joins a Gun Troop, it
2. Field or Medium Batteries in British Parachute and Airlanding forces
becomes the Platoon Command Team.
MUST use Across the Rhine.
Although they count as separate platoons for all other purposes, a Field Battery, 3. Remember that a platoon must be DEPLOYED to fire from Across
Royal Artillery or Medum Battery, Royal Artillery deploys as a single platoon, all the Rhine. Platoons in reserver are NOT yet deployed and cannot
at the same time. For example, both Gun Troops are treated as a single platoon yet fire from a position Across the Rhine. A platoon may deploy into
when calculating the number of platoons held in Ambush or Reserve. Across the Rhine from reserve.
4. Remember that observer teams are independent teams and are
deployed when and how independent teams are deployed.
5. You do not have to physically have the troops to be deployed Across
the Rhine, but if you do not have them they cannot be deployed in
any way except Across the Rhine.
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FIELD BATTERY, ROYAL ARTILLERY MAJOR
PLATOON MAJOR
HQ Troop with:
Two Gun Troops with a total of: Command Jeep Staff Team 15 cwt truck
4 Gun Sections 355 pts Rifle Team
HQ TROOP
One Gun Troop with:
2 Gun Sections 215 pts LIEUTENANT
1 Gun Section 130 pts
See page 14 for rules pertaining to the British 25 pdr gun Quad tractor 25 pdr gun Quad tractor
Field Battery, Royal Artillery and British
Medium Battery, Royal Artillery. GUN SECTION GUN SECTION
LIEUTENANT
MAJOR
MAJOR
Command 15 cwt truck Observer Rifle Team OP Carrier
Rifle Team
HQ SECTION
Command Jeep Staff Team 15 cwt truck
Rifle Team SERGEANT SERGEANT
HQ TROOP
LIEUTENTANT
25 pdr gun Quad tractor 25 pdr gun Quad tractor
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AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON
(RECONNAISSANCE INFANTRY COMPANY)
An Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron must field a Squadron HQ and at least two Airlanding
Reconnaissance Troops and may field one of each of the remaining Combat Platoons and Weapons
HEADQUARTERS
Company HQ The Paras of the recce are all hand-picked volunteers, many with battle experience in Italy or before joining the airborne.
Years of hard training and combat has made them some of the toughest troops on any battlefield. An Airborne Reconnaissance
Squadron is rated Fearless Veteran.
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Engineers
13
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7
Parachute Platoon
AIRLANDING PARACHUTE MORTAR
RECONNAISSANCE TROOP PLATOON
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Airlanding Platoon
9
Composite Platoon
AIRLANDING
RECONNAISSANCE TROOP
ANTI-TANK
12
Airlanding Recon- Airlanding Anti-Tank Platoon
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naissance Troop
Design Note: For Market-Garden, the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron ARTILLERY
was divided between the Arnhem Bridge coup-de-main force (HQ, ‘C’ and Airlanding Battery, Royal
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Artillery
‘D’ Troops, with a half troop of engineers from the 9th Field Company) and the
rest of the squadron which was retained as a divisional reserve and ultimately
used to defend a section of the Oosterbeek perimeter. This list allows airborne ARTILLERY
Medium Battery, Royal
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players an alternate force for reconnaissance missions or to field the entire Artillery
squadron as an interesiting “what if ” option.
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Field Battery, Royal Artillery
AIR SUPPORT
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Sporadic Air Support
Unit symbols found on this company diagram indicate the origin of each platoon.
All options shown are available to a 1st Airborne Airlanding Company.
• If they score a 6, they are unharmed, but still count as hit for the purpose of
requiring a Motivation Test to Counterattack.
• If they roll any other score, they are destroyed and removed from the table as
usual.
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HEADQUARTERS
COMPANY HQ MAJOR
HEADQUARTERS MAJOR
Company HQ 85 pts
Company Command Recce Jeep with 2iC Command SMG Recce Jeep with
OPTIONS: SMG Team AAMG Team AAMG
• Add Mortar Section for +70 points. COMPANY HQ
SUBALTERN SERGEANT
AIRLANDING RECON
TROOP
3” Mortar 3” Mortar
SUBALTERN
Recce Jeep with Recce Jeep with
AIRLANDING RECON AAMG AAMG
TROOP
MORTAR SECTION
SUBALTERN
AIRLANDING RECON
TROOP
COMBAT PLATOONS
HQ Section with:
3 Recce Sections 365 pts Command PIAT Team Recce Jeep Recce Jeep
2 Recce Sections 275 pts MG Team Team with AAMG Team with AAMG
1 Recce Sections 185 pts HQ SECTION
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KOMPANIA SPADOCHRONOWY
(INFANTRY COMPANY)
HEADQUARTERS
COMPANY HQ
A Kompania Spadochronowy from the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Battalion must field a
Company HQ and at least two Polish Parachute Platoons, and may field one of each of the remaining
Combat Platoons and Weapons Platoons shown.
Company HQ
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It may also field one Support Platoon from each Support Box shown.
BRIGADE AND XXX CORPS SUPPORT PLATOONS (choose one platoon from each box)
WEAPONS PLATOONS
COMBAT PLATOONS
PLATOON
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Parachute Engineer Platoon
Parachute Mortar
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PARACHUTE PLATOON PARACHUTE ASSAULT Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery
PLATOON
ARTILLERY
Parachute Assault
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19
22
Parachute Platoon Airlanding Battery
Platoon
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British Armoured Car Platoon
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British Armoured Platoon
Unit symbols found on this company diagram indicate the origin of each
platoon. All options shown are available to a Parachute Company chosen
from the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade. INFANTRY
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British Rifle Platoon
ALLIES
British support platoons are considered Allied Platoons as described on page
183 of the rulebook.
ARTILLERY
British Field Battery, Royal
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Artillery
The 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade was trained, organized, and
equipped along British lines and use the following British Special Rules:
ARTILLERY
Carry on, Sergeant; Night Attack; Advance Under Darkness. They also British Field Battery, Royal
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have the following special rule of their own. Artillery
British Medium Battery, Royal 15
FOR YOUR FREEDOM AND OURS Artillery
The Poles display remarkable bravery in combat, often pushing on to take objectives AIR SUPPORT
when other men would have turned back.
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Polish Platoons fight to the last and may re-roll failed Platoon Morale Checks.
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1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
HEADQUARTERS
COMPANY HQ KAPITAN
HEADQUARTERS KAPITAN
Company HQ with:
2 SMG Teams 65 pts
Command 2iC Command
SMG Team SMG Team
OPTIONS:
• Add up to 3 PIAT teams for +20 points per team.
• Add up to 3 Sniper teams for +50 points per team.
PIAT Team PIAT Team PIAT Team
GAMMON BOMBS
All SMG teams in a Parachute Platoon carry Gammon Bombs giving them Tank HQ SECTION
Assault 3. KOMPANIA SPADOCHRONOWY
COMBAT PLATOONS
PARACHUTE PLATOON PORUCZNIK
PLATOON PORUCZNIK
HQ Section with:
3 Rifle Squads 240 pts
Command PIAT Team
2 Rifle Squads 175 pts Rifle/MG Team
OPTIONS: HQ SECTION
• Replace up to 2 Rifle/MG teams with SMG teams at no cost.
SIERZANT SIERZANT SIERZANT
GAMMON BOMBS
All Rifle/MG and SMG teams in a Parachute Platoon carry Gammon Bombs
giving them Tank Assault 3.
R/MG Team R/MG Team R/MG Team
SECTION MORTARS
Each turn one of the Parachute Assault Platoon’s Rifle/MG teams may fire as a
Light Mortar firing Smoke. R/MG Team R/MG Team R/MG Team
Historical Note: The British Airborne forces in Market Garden were equipped RIFLE SQUAD RIFLE SQUAD RIFLE SQUAD
with protective body armor. The British Paras didn’t like the additional weight
and rarely used it. However , the Polish Paras (and British glider pilots) used PARACHUTE PLATOON
it more frequently.
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WEAPONS PLATOONS
PARACHUTE MORTAR PLATOON PORUCZNIK
PLATOON PORUCZNIK
HQ Section with:
3 Mortar Sections 230 pts Command Observer Rifle
Rifle Team Team
2 Mortar Sections 160 pts
1 Mortar Section 90 pts HQ SECTION
SIERZANT SIERZANT
VICKERS MACHINE-GUNS
You may replace the 3” mortar teams in one or both Mortar Sections with Vickers
HMG teams at the start of the game before deployment. If both sections are
replaced by HMG teams, remove the Observer Rifle team from the platoon. 3” Mortar Team 3” Mortar Team 3” Mortar Team 3” Mortar Team
SIERZANT
MORTAR SECTION
PARACHUTE MORTAR PLATOON
SAPPER SECTION
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PARACHUTE RECONNAISSANCE PLATOON PORUCZNIK
PLATOON PORUCZNIK
HQ Section with:
Historical Note: The 1st PIPB dropped a few bicycles with their units and SIERZANT SIERZANT
commandeered civilian bicycles to improve the battalion recce platoon’s mobility.
The Bicycles special rule can also represent the use of Welbikes (miniature
motorcycles) and offers an interesting modeling opportunity. SMG Team SMG Team SMG Team SMG Team
• Add a 6 pdr AT Gun and Jeep to the HQ Section for +40 pts. SIERZANT SIERZANT
Historical Notes: The gliders carrying the AT gun batteries of the 1st Polish 6 pdr gun Jeep 6 pdr gun Jeep
Independent Parachute Brigade landed on the British landing zones north
of the Rhine since the Polish drop zones south of the Rhine where judged too ANTI-TANK SECTION ANTI-TANK SECTION
hazardous for glider landings. Each AT gun was accompanied by two Polish AIRLANDING ANTI-TANK BATTERY
crewmen. The British glider pilots served as gun crewmen after landing. Only
7 of the battery’s 16 guns successfully landed and were used to defend the
approaches to the British 1st Airborne Division HQ in the Hotel Hartenstein.
SUPPORT PLATOONS
AIRCRAFT FLIGHT LIEUTENANT
LIMITED AIR SUPPORT FLIGHT LIEUTENANT
Typhoon 170 pts
Historical Note: The Allied Tactical Air Forces failed to provide ground support Typhoon Typhoon
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PARACHUTE ENGINEER PLATOON PORUCZNIK
PLATOON PORUCZNIK
HQ Section with:
3 Sections 240 pts Pioneer Command PIAT Team PIAT Team Pioneer Supply Jeep
SMGTeam and Trailer
2 Sections 170 pts
HQ SECTION
OPTIONS:
• Upgrade up to two Pioneer SMG teams to Pioneer MG teams for +5 points each SIERZANT SIERZANT SIERZANT
• Add Pioneer Supply Jeep and Trailer at no cost
• Add up to 2 PIAT teams for +20 points per team
Pioneer SMG Pioneer SMG Pioneer SMG
Team Team Team
HQ Troop with:
Two Gun Troops with a total of:
Command Staff Team
4 Gun Sections 245 pts Rifle Team
HQ TROOP
One Gun Troop with a total of:
2 Gun Sections 135 pts PORUCZNIK PORUCZNIK
1 Gun Section 95 pts
PORUCZNIK PORUCZNIK
OPTIONS:
• Add Jeep teams at no cost PIAT Team
• Add up to 3 PIAT teams to the HQ Section for +20 points each
Command Observer Rifle Command Observer Rifle PIAT Team
Rifle Team Team PIAT Team Rifle Team Team
BIG BATTERIES HQ SECTION HQ SECTION
Although a Polish Airlanding Battery is a single Support choice, each Gun
Troop operates as a separate platoon with its own Command Team. The HQ SIERZANT SIERZANT
Troop Command team and Staff team are Independent teams. If the HQ Troop
Command team joins a Gun troop, it becomes the Platoon Command Team.
M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team
Although they count as separate platoons for all other purposes, an Airlanding
Battery deploys as a single platoon, all at the same time. For example, both Gun
Troops are treated as a single platoon when calculating the number of platoons M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team
held in Ambush or Reserve.
GUN SECTION GUN SECTION
SIERZANT SIERZANT
A Polish Airlanding Battery uses the British Artillery Special Rules Eight-Gun
Batteries, Rounds on the Ground, and Mike Target.
M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team
Design Notes: In Market-Garden the 1st PIPB’s Airlanding Battery was left
behind due to a shortage of gliders. It joined the rest of the brigade south of
M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team M1A1 75mm pack howitzer Jeep Team
Nijmegan after Market-Garden with the brigade’s administrative sea tail. The
unit is presented here so players can field it as part of an alternate, hypothetical GUN SECTION GUN SECTION
force. GUN TROOP GUN TROOP
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BRITISH ARMOURED CAR PLATOON SUBALTERN
PLATOON SUBALTERN SERGEANT SERGEANT
2 Daimler I and 2 Dingo 160 pts
2 Daimler I and 1 Dingo 125 pts
Command Daimler I Daimler I Daimler Dingo Daimler Dingo
• Fit Littlejohn adaptor to one Daimler I armoured car at no cost.
HQ TANK ARMOURED CAR SCOUT CAR
Armoured Car Platoons are Reconnaissance Platoons. ARMOURED CAR PLATOON
SANGFROID
An Armoured Car Platoon of the 2nd Household Cavalry may attempt
to Disengage even if it shot in its previous turn (see page 150 of the
rulebook).
An Armoured Car Platoon of the 2nd Household Cavalry may re-roll a Historical Note: No. 2 and No. 5 Troops of ‘C’ Squadron, 2nd Household
failed Motivation Tests to avoid being Forced to Disengage (see page 151 Cavalry Regiment (Guards Armoured Division) linked up with the 1st PIPB at
of the rulebook). Driel during the morning of September 22nd.
OPTIONS: HQ TANK
• Add Firefly VC tank for +105 points.
SERGEANT SERGEANT SERGEANT
British Armoured Platoons are rated as Confident Veteran.
Historical Note: The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards (8th Armoured Brigade) Firefly VC
Sherman Sherman
linked up with the 1st PIPB at Driel during the evening of September 22nd.
TANK TANK TANK
ARMOURED PLATOON
RIFLE PLATOON
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POWIETRZNA KOMPANIA SAPERÓW
(INFANTRY COMPANY)
A Polish Parachute Engineer Company from the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Battalion must field a
HEADQUARTERS
COMPANY HQ
Company HQ and at least two Polish Parachute Engineer Platoons. It may field an additional Combat
Platoon.
It may also field one Support Platoon from each Support Box shown.
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Company HQ Historical Note: Due to the poor weather at some of the airfields and German
MOTIVATION AND SKILL opposition on the Polish DZ only about 2/3 of the Poles landed at Driel as
A Polish Parachute Engineer Company
is rated Fearless Veteran. planned. It appears in some accounts that the Polish Engineer Company fought
as a unit rather than being farmed out to the Para battalions.
PARACHUTE ENGINEER
XXX CORPS SUPPORT PLATOONS (choose one platoon from each box)
RECCE
COMBAT PLATOONS
AT GUNS
BRIGADE SUPPORT PLATOONS
PLATOON
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British Armoured Car Platoon
Parachute Engineer
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Airlanding
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Platoon Anti-Tank Battery TANKS
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PARACHUTE ENGINEER ARTILLERY British Armoured Platoon
PLATOON
INFANTRY
Parachute Engineer
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Platoon Airlanding Battery British Rifle Platoon
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Parachute Engineer Artillery
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Unit symbols found on this company PLATOON Artillery
diagram indicate the origin of each British Medium Battery, Royal
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platoon. All options shown are available Artillery
to a Parachute Company chosen from the Parachute Mortar
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Limited Air Support
ALLIES
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British support platoons are considered Sporadic Air Support
Allied Platoons as described on page
183 of the rulebook.
HEADQUARTERS
COMPANY HQ KAPITAN
PLATOON KAPITAN
Company HQ with:
2 SMG Teams 65 pts
Command 2iC Command
SMG Team SMG Team
OPTIONS:
• Add up to 3 PIAT teams for +20 points per team.
• Add 1 Sniper teams for +50 points per team.
PIAT Team PIAT Team PIAT Team
GAMMON BOMBS
All SMG teams in a Parachute Platoon carry Gammon Bombs giving them Tank HQ SECTION
Assault 3. POWIETRZNA KOMPANIA SAPERÓW
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