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MARKET
GARDEN BRITISH AND POLISH
AIRBORNE FORCES

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RED DEVILS
1st AIRBORNE DIVISION

1st Parachute Brigade 4th Parachute Brigade

1st Battalion 10 th Battalion

HQ, Support, R, S, and T Companies HQ, Support, A, B, and D Companies

2nd Battalion 11th Battalion

HQ, Support, A, B, and C Companies HQ, Support, A, B, and C Companies

3rd Battalion 156 th Battalion

HQ, Support, A, B, and C Companies HQ, Support, A, B, and C Companies

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

1st Parachute Squadron, R.E. 4th Parachute Squadron, R.E.

A, B, and C Troops No.1, No.2, and No.3 Troops

1st Airlanding Brigade 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade

1st Battalion The Border Regiment 1st Parachute Infantry Battalion

HQ, Support, A, B, C, and D Companies HQ, 1, 2, and 3 Companies

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

9 th (Airborne) Field Co., R.E. Anti-Tank Battery

Engineer Company
1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery

1st Airlanding Light Battery

A and B Troops

2nd Airlanding Light Battery

C and D Troops

3rd Airlanding Light Battery

E and F Troops

1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron

HQ, A, B, and D Troops

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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.

PARACHUTE PLATOON PARACHUTE MORTAR INFANTRY

DIVISIONAL SUPPORT PLATOONS (choose one platoon from each box)

WEAPONS PLATOONS
COMBAT PLATOONS

PLATOON Parachute Troop, Royal

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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

Parachute Assault AT GUNS

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Parachute Platoon Airlanding Heavy 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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hours of September 25th. Platoon

AIR SUPPORT
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Sporadic Air Support

POLISH PARA PLATOON
Historical Note: During the evening of September 22/23rd, a platoon sized
force lead by Lt. Albert Smaczny from the 8th Company was successfully
ferried across the Lower Rhine. During the evening of September 24th about
100 Polish Paras from the 3rd Battalion and the Anti-Tank Company were
successfully ferried across the river.

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 HEADQUARTERS
COMPANY HQ MAJOR
HEADQUARTERS MAJOR

Company HQ 65 pts

Company Command 2iC Command SMG

OPTIONS: SMG Team Team
• Add PIAT teams for +20 points per team. COMPANY HQ
• Add up to three Sniper teams for +50 points per team.
• Add up to two Universal Supply Carriers for +25 points each.
SUBALTERN CORPORAL
GAMMON BOMBS
All SMG teams in the Company HQ carry Gammon Bombs giving them Tank PARACHUTE PLATOON
PIAT Team PIAT Team
Assault 3.
SUBALTERN PIAT Team

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

RIFLE SQUAD RIFLE SQUAD RIFLE SQUAD

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

3” mortar 3” mortar 3” mortar 3” mortar

MORTAR SECTION MORTAR SECTION
PARACHUTE MORTAR PLATOON

PARACHUTE MORTAR/MG 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

VICKERS MACHINE-GUNS SERGEANT SERGEANT

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 3” mortar 3” mortar 3” mortar

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

Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG

Team Team Team

RIFLE SQUAD RIFLE SQUAD RIFLE SQUAD

PARACHUTE ASSAULT PLATOON

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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.”

OMPOSITE PLATOON SUBALTERN

PLATOON SUBALTERN
HQ Section with:
2 Sections 75 pts Command ? Team
1 Section 45 pts
HQ SECTION

ODDS & SODS SERGEANT SERGEANT

At Deployment the player rolls a die for each team and consults the table below
to determine what type of teams his Battalion Commander has scraped together
to form the Composite Platoon and sent as reinformcements: ? Team ? Team ? Team ? Team
1-4 = Rifle team SECTION SECTION
5 = Rifle/MG team with Gammon Bombs
COMPOSITE PLATOON
6 = SMG team

Represents the supporting platoons (RASC, REME, RAOC, and Signals),

AT and Heavy Weapons crews who had lost their guns, glider pilots, and
walking wounded returning from the dressing station that were pressed
into service as riflemen as the situation in Oosterbeek and Arnhem
worsened.

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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.

AIRLANDING PLATOON AIRLANDING PIONEER INFANTRY

DIVISIONAL SUPPORT PLATOONS (choose one platoon from each box)

WEAPONS PLATOONS
COMBAT PLATOONS

PLATOON Airlanding Field Platoon, Royal

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Engineers

Airlanding Pioneer

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11

Airlanding Platoon INFANTRY

Platoon

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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

Airlanding Platoon Artillery

Platoon

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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-TANK Sporadic Air Support

PLATOON

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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COMPANY HQ MAJOR
HEADQUARTERS MAJOR
CORPORAL
Company HQ 65 pts

Company Command 2iC Command SMG PIAT Team PIAT Team

OPTIONS: SMG Team Team
ANTI-TANK SECTION
• Add PIAT teams for +20 points per team. COMPANY HQ
• Add up to three Sniper teams for +50 points per team.
• Add up to two Universal Supply Carriers for +25 points each.
AIRLANDING COMPANY HQ
SCOTS AIRLANDING COMPANY
You may field a Scots Airlanding Company from the 7th King’s Own Scottish
GAMMON BOMBS
Borders (7KOSB). If you do, add a bagpiper to the company’s 2iC Command
All SMG teams in the Company HQ carry Gammon Bombs giving them Tank
team for +10 points.
Assault 3.
BAGPIPES
If the 2iC command team is Destroyed by enemy shooting, roll a die. On a roll of
4+, the piper’s music inspires the surviving team members to keep going and the
team is returned to play immediately. On any other roll, the piper and his officer
meet a heroic end. Any hits on the 2iC command team do not count towards
Pinning Down the platoon.

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

HQ SECTION SCOUT SQUAD

OPTIONS:
•Upgrade the Scout Section’s R/MG team to an SMG team for +5 points.
SERGEANT SERGEANT
GAMMON BOMBS
All Rifle/MG and SMG teams in an Airlanding Platoon carry Gammon Bombs
giving them Tank Assault 3. R/MG Team R/MG Team R/MG Team R/MG Team

RIFLE SQUAD RIFLE SQUAD

AIRLANDING PLATOON

WEAPONS PLATOONS
AIRLANDING PIONEER PLATOON SUBALTERN
PLATOON SUBALTERN
Pioneer Platoon 105 pts

Command Pioneer
Rifle Team
HQ SECTION

SERGEANT

Pioneer Rifle Team Pioneer Rifle Team Pioneer Rifle Team

ASSAULT SQUAD
AIRLANDING PIONEER PLATOON

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PLATOON SUBALTERN
HQ Section with:

2 Sections 155 pts Command Rifle Team

1 Section 90 pts HQ SECTION

• 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

AIRLANDING MORTAR PLATOON SUBALTERN

PLATOON SUBALTERN
HQ Section with:
3 Sections 240 pts
Command
2 Sections 165 pts Rifle Team
1 Section 90 pts
HQ SECTION
• Add one jeep with trailer per section to one platoon at no cost.
SERGEANT SERGEANT
Historical Note: The first Mortar platoon in the Support Battalion was equipped with
handcarts. The second Mortar platoon was equipped with jeeps and trailers.

Observer Rifle Team Observer Rifle Team

3” mortar 3” mortar 3” mortar 3” mortar

MORTAR SECTION MORTAR SECTION

SERGEANT

Observer Rifle Team 3” mortar 3” mortar

MORTAR SECTION

AIRLANDING MORTAR PLATOON

AIRLANDING ANTI-TANK PLATOON SUBALTERN

PLATOON SUBALTERN
HQ Section with:
2 Gun Sections 170 pts Command Rifle Team
1 Gun Section 90 pts
HQ SECTION

SERGEANT SERGEANT

6 pdr gun Jeep 6 pdr gun Jeep

6 pdr gun Jeep 6 pdr gun Jeep

ANTI-TANK SECTION ANTI-TANK SECTION

AIRLANDING ANTI-TANK PLATOON

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AIRLANDING HEAVY ANTI-TANK PLATOON SUBALTERN

PLATOON SUBALTERN

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

17 pdr gun Cut-down 17 pdr gun Cut-down

15 cwt truck 15 cwt truck
ANTI-TANK SECTION ANTI-TANK SECTION
AIRLANDING HEAVY ANTI-TANK PLATOON

AIRLANDING ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN PLATOON SUBALTERN

PLATOON SUBALTERN
HQ Section with:
2 Gun Sections 75 pts
Command SMG Team Jeep
1 Gun Section 45 pts
HQ SECTION
• Add a Jeep to the HQ at no cost
SERGEANT SERGEANT
Historical Notes: Represents the two AA guns from the 1st Airborne
Reconnaissance Squadron’s HQ Troop deployed near the 1st Airborne
Division’s HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel. 20mm Polsten AA Gun Jeep 20mm Polsten AA Gun Jeep

GUN SECTION GUN SECTION

AIRLANDING ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN PLATOON

AIRLANDING FIELD PLATOON, ROYAL ENGINEERS CAPTAIN

PLATOON CAPTAIN

HQ Section with:
PIAT Team Light Mortar
4 Sapper Sections 315 pts Team

2 Sapper Sections 195 pts Pioneer Command Pioneer Supply Jeep

R/MG Team PIAT Team Light Mortar and Trailer
OPTIONS: Team
• Add Pioneer Supply Jeep and Trailer at no cost. HQ SECTION
• Add up to 2 PIAT teams for +20 points per team, but not more than 1 PIAT
per 2 Sapper sections taken.
• Add up to 2 Light Mortar teams for +25 points per team, but not more than 1 SUBALTERN SERGEANT SUBALTERN SERGEANT
Light Mortar per 2 Sapper Sections taken.
• Motorize a half platoon (HQ, optional teams, and 2 Sapper Sections) in five
unarmed Jeeps for no addtional cost. 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 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

One Gun Troop with a total of: CAPTAIN CAPTAIN

2 Gun Sections 135 pts
1 Gun Section 95 pts CAPTAIN CAPTAIN

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

GUN SECTION GUN SECTION

GUN TROOP GUN TROOP

AIRLANDING BATTERY, ROYAL ARTILLERY

A Field or Medium Battery, Royal Artillery fielded by the British Airborne
must be deployed using the “Across the Rhine” rule. Polish Airborne forces
may choose whether or not to use the “Across the Rhine” rule.
British and Polish Airborne forces may field a Medium Battery, Royal
Artillery without any Field Batteries in their force.
Deployed Observer Teams are 1st Airborne Units (Fearless Veteran Observer
Rifle Teams) and cannot be deployed with OP Carriers or upgraded to OP
Shermans.
Polish Airborne forces using Royal Artillery assets may use the British
Artillery Special Rules for Royal Artillery platoons.
ACROSS THE RHINE
Players may use a version of the Across the Volga special rule in games
played at MG65.
Across the Volga (see page 225 of the Flames of War rulebook) is used
as written with the following modification: The artillery teams in a
platoon being deployed Across the Rhine must have a bombardment range
GREATER than 48”.
Additional notes about the Across the Rhine rule:

Although a Field Battery, Royal Artillery or Medium Battery, Royal Artillery
is a single Support choice, each Gun Troops 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 Team.
Although they count as separate platoons for all other purposes, a Field Battery,
Royal Artillery or Medum Battery, Royal Artillery 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 held in Ambush or Reserve.
1. Notes in previous Special Intelligence Briefings that reference a force
being able to use Across the Volga should be ignored. This ability
applies to all forces at MG65.
2. Field or Medium Batteries in British Parachute and Airlanding forces
MUST use Across the Rhine.
3. Remember that a platoon must be DEPLOYED to fire from Across
the Rhine. Platoons in reserver are NOT yet deployed and cannot
yet fire from a position Across the Rhine. A platoon may deploy into
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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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

• Add 15 cwt trucks and Quad tractors at no cost.

• Replace the HQ Troop Jeep with a White scout car for +5 points. Command 15 cwt truck Observer Rifle Team OP Carrier
Rifle Team
• Replace any or all Observer Rifle teams and their OP Carriers with Observer HQ SECTION
Sherman OP tanks for +10 points per tank.
SERGEANT SERGEANT
Field Batteries, Royal Artillery are rated as Confident Trained.

Observer Sherman OP tanks cannot launch assaults

25 pdr gun Quad tractor 25 pdr gun Quad tractor

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

25 pdr gun Quad tractor 25 pdr gun Quad tractor

Command 15 cwt truck Observer Rifle Team OP Carrier
Rifle Team GUN SECTION GUN SECTION
HQ SECTION
FIELD BATTERY, ROYAL ARTILLERY
SERGEANT SERGEANT

BRITISH MEDIUM BATTERY, ROYAL ARTILLERY

BL 5.5” gun Matador tractor BL 5.5” gun Matador tractor
PLATOON
HQ Troop with:
BL 5.5” gun Matador tractor BL 5.5” gun Matador tractor
Two Gun Troops with a total of:
GUN SECTION GUN SECTION
4 Gun Sections 495 pts
LIEUTENTANT
One Gun Troop with a total of:
2 Gun Sections 285 pts
1 Gun Section 170 pts
Command 15 cwt truck Observer Rifle Team OP Carrier
Rifle Team
HQ SECTION OPTIONS:
• Add 15 cwt trucks and Matadors at no cost.
SERGEANT SERGEANT
Medium Batteries, Royal Artillery are rated as Confident Veteran.

BL 5.5” gun Matador tractor BL 5.5” gun Matador tractor

Medium Batteries, Royal Artillery may not be deployed in Ambush

BL 5.5” gun Matador tractor BL 5.5” gun Matador tractor

GUN SECTION GUN SECTION

MEDIUM BATTERY, ROYAL ARTILLERY

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(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 Platoons shown.

It may also field one Support Platoon from each Support Platoon Box shown.

MOTIVATION AND SKILL

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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.

AIRLANDING AIRLANDING INFANTRY

DIVISIONAL SUPPORT PLATOONS (choose one platoon from each box)

WEAPONS PLATOONS
COMBAT PLATOONS

RECONNAISSANCE TROOP ANTI-AIRCRAFT PLATOON Airlanding Field Platoon, Royal

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Engineers

Airlanding Recon- Airlanding Anti-

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naissance Troop Aircraft Platoon INFANTRY

7
Parachute Platoon
AIRLANDING PARACHUTE MORTAR
RECONNAISSANCE TROOP PLATOON

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Airlanding Platoon

Airlanding Recon- Parachute Mortar INFANTRY

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naissance Troop Platoon

9
Composite Platoon
AIRLANDING
RECONNAISSANCE TROOP
ANTI-TANK

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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.

POLISH PARACHUTE PLATOONS AND PARACHUTE ENGINEER PLATOONS

BULLET PROOF ARMOR

A non-Independent Infantry team from any Polish Parachute and Parachute
Engineer Platton rolls a die when hit during an assault.

• 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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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

AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON

COMBAT PLATOONS

AIRLANDING RECONNAISSANCE TROOP CAPTAIN

PLATOON CAPTAIN

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

RECONNAISSANCE SUBALTERN SUBALTERN SUBALTERN

An Airlanding Reconnaissance Troop is a Reconnaissance Platoon

SECTION MORTARS MG Team MG Team MG Team MG Team MG Team MG Team

Each turn one of the Airlanding Reconnaissance Troop’s MG teams may fire as a
Light Mortar firing Smoke.
Recce Jeep Recce Jeep Recce Jeep Recce Jeep Recce Jeep Recce Jeep
with AAMG with AAMG with AAMG with AAMG with AAMG with AAMG
Represents the 3 Troops of the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron.
RECCE SECTION RECCE SECTION RECCE SECTION

AIRLANDING RECONNAISSANCE TROOP

AIRLANDING RECCE PLATOON POLISH PARACHUTE RECONNAISSANCE PLATOONS

Before deploying your force at the start of the game, you may take the Scout
Section teams in your combat platoons and form an Airlanding Recce Platoon
(ARP). If you form an ARP, all the Scout Section teams in your force must join
the platoon. The 2iC becomes the Platoon Command team for the ARP, ceasing
to be an Independent team and no longer counting as a 2iC Command Team.
Teams placed in the ARP are no longer part of their original platoons. The ARP
counts as a platoon for all purposes including deployment and Company Morale
Checks. The ARP is a Reconnaissance Platoon.”
BICYCLES
When making recce deployment moves the teams may move up to 16” (other
recce deployment rules still apply). In missions using the Scattered Reserves
special rule, a Polish Para Recon Platoon may choose the table edge or corner on
their side of the table they will enter.

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(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.

MOTIVATION AND SKILL

A Polish Parachute Company is rated Fearless Veteran.

PARACHUTE PLATOON PARACHUTE MORTAR INFANTRY

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 AT GUNS

Platoon

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PARACHUTE PLATOON PARACHUTE ASSAULT Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery
PLATOON

ARTILLERY
Parachute Assault
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Parachute Platoon Airlanding Battery
Platoon

PARACHUTE PLATOON PARA RECONNAISSANCE

PLATOON RECCE

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British Armoured Car Platoon
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Parachute Platoon Para Recon Platoon

TANKS

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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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Limited Air Support

Polish Platoons fight to the last and may re-roll failed Platoon Morale Checks.
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Sporadic Air Support

The Polish Parachute Company Command Team may re-roll failed Company Morale
Checks

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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

MORTAR SECTION MORTAR SECTION

SIERZANT

3” Mortar Team 3” Mortar Team

MORTAR SECTION
PARACHUTE MORTAR PLATOON

PARACHUTE ASSAULT PLATOON PORUCZNIK

PLATOON PORUCZNIK
HQ Section with:
1 Sapper Section 140 pts Command
PIAT Team Light Mortar
Team
R/MG Team
OPTIONS:
• Add PIAT Team for +20 points HQ SECTION
• Add Light Mortar Team for +25 points
SIERZANT

Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG Pioneer R/MG

Team Team Team

SAPPER SECTION

PARACHUTE ASSAULT PLATOON

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PLATOON PORUCZNIK
HQ Section with:

3 Rifle Squads 150 pts Command

SMG Team

A Parachute Reconnaissance Platoon is a Reconnaissance Platoon. HQ SECTION

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

RECCE SQUAD RECCE SQUAD

PARACHUTE RECCE PLATOON

AIRLANDING ANTI-TANK BATTERY PORUCZNIK

PLATOON PORUCZNIK
HQ Section with:
2 Anti-tank Sections 170 pts Command Rifle Team 6 pdr gun Jeep
1 Anti-tank Section 90 pts
HQ SECTION

• Add a 6 pdr AT Gun and Jeep to the HQ Section for +40 pts. SIERZANT SIERZANT

6 pdr gun Jeep 6 pdr gun Jeep

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

SPORADIC AIR SUPPORT

Typhoon
Typhoon 120 pts

Historical Note: The Allied Tactical Air Forces failed to provide ground support Typhoon Typhoon

to the British airborne troops during Operation Market-Garden. The exception

was some limited ground support provided in the Driel and Oosterbeek area FLIGHT
late in the campaign. FLIGHT

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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

Pioneer SMG Pioneer SMG Pioneer SMG

Team Team Team
SAPPER SAPPER SAPPER
SECTION SECTION SECTION
PARACHUTE ENGINEER PLATOON
The 1st PIPB Engineering Company followed the British practice of attach-
ing platoons or partial platoons to the Para battalions and companies as the
mission required. In Market-Garden the engineer’s jeeps and heavy equipment
landed north of the Rhine on the British LZs and never linked up with the rest
of 1st PIPB at Driel.

AIRLANDING BATTERY KAPITAN

PLATOON KAPITAN

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

POLISH AIRLANDING BATTERY

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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

British Armoured Car Platoons are rated as Confident Veteran.

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.

BRITISH ARMOURED PLATOON SUBALTERN

PLATOON SUBALTERN
HQ Section with:

3 Sherman Tanks 260 pts Command

Sherman

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

BRITISH RIFLE PLATOON SUBALTERN

PLATOON SUBALTERN
HQ Section with:
3 Rifle Squads 135 pts
Command PIAT Team Light Mortar
2 Rifle Squads 105 pts
Rifle/MG Team Team
HQ SECTION
British Rifle Platoons are rated as Confident Trained.
SERGEANT SERGEANT SERGEANT
Historical Note: Accompanying the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards on September
22nd were the infantry of the 5th Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (5DCLI)
riding on tanks and troop carriers. R/MG Team R/MG Team R/MG Team

R/MG Team R/MG Team R/MG Team

RIFLE SQUAD RIFLE SQUAD RIFLE SQUAD

RIFLE PLATOON

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(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

PARACHUTE ENGINEER INFANTRY

PLATOON
ARTILLERY
British Field Battery, Royal

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Parachute Engineer Artillery
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Platoon Parachute Platoon

ARTILLERY
PARACHUTE MORTAR British Field Battery, Royal

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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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1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade. Platoon AIR SUPPORT

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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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