The Grenadier Guards

The Grenadier Guards were formed in 1658 as the Royal had dug in several infantry platoons with machine-guns,
Regiment of Guards and served as the personal guard of the mortars, and self-propelled guns.
exiled King Charles II. The regiment was raised in Flanders
The Germans had also placed an 8.8cm FlaK36 heavy anti-
from loyal troops that joined Charles in exile. The unit
aircraft gun directly in the centre of Keizer Karel Plein, a huge
returned with the king to England in 1660 and was renamed
roundabout leading to the bridge. The gun commanded all ap-
the First Regiment of Foot Guards.
proaches to the bridge and had a field day with the Grenadier
The First Guards participated with distinction in the War of tanks as they tried to overrun its position. The Grenadiers had
Spanish Succession as well as the many wars fought in France little room to manoeuvre and four tanks were set ablaze by
up to Waterloo in 1815 where the regiment received its current enemy fire.
name, First or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.
The German gunners also kept the foot soldiers pinned down.
The regiment went on to fight in the Crimean War as well In desperation, the US paratroopers ran along roof tops and
as nearly every critical battle of the Great War, including the through buildings, knocking out the connecting walls with
Marne, the Aisne, Ypres, Loos, the Somme, Cambrai, Arras, explosives. They managed to secure good firing positions, but
Hazebrouck and the Hindenburgh Line. were unable to push any further against the bridge. Enemy
fire was too heavy and was being expertly directed from an old
World War II stone observation tower, which had a commanding view of the
When war broke out in 1939, the Grenadier Guards returned entire park. By nightfall, the assault on the Nijmegen Bridge
to the continent as a part of the British Expeditionary Force had petered out.
and fought with distinction in France. After the evacuation
from Dunkirk the regiment was expanded to six battalions. Bold Assault On Nijmegen Bridge
The next day, General Gavin put together a daring plan to take
The 3rd, 5th and 6th Battalions saw action in Tunisia in 1943,
the bridge. This time the plan was to cross the Waal with a
before going on to fight in the Italian campaign. The 4th Battal-
battalion of paratroops led by Major Julian Cook and his 504th
ion was formed into a tank battalion equipped with Churchill
Parachute Infantry Regiment. They would take the northern
tanks, and fought in Normandy and Germany. During these
ends of both the railway and road bridges, At the same time
campaigns, the battalions fought bravely, earning them a solid
the Grenadiers and the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
reputation among friends and foes alike.
would renew their attach on Hunner Park and attack the road
Meanwhile, in England, the 2nd and 4th Battalions were bridge from the south.
converted to armour, and the 1st Battalion was motorised.
During the night, Field Marshal Model reinforced the area with
The three battalions then joined the new Guards Armoured
elements of 10th SS-Panzer Division. However, the American
Division under the command of Major General Allan Adair,
paratroopers used their excellent positions to tear through
himself a Grenadier Guardsman. The battalions fought across
the reinforcements and rained death upon the German guns,
Normandy, France and Belgium and by September 1944,
including the new 8.8cm guns that Model ordered dug in
found themselves on the Belgian-Dutch border.
around the bridge.
Market Garden When morning broke the Grenadiers prepared for battle.
During Field Marshall Montgomery’s ambitious plan to They would launch their opening moves against the troops
invade occupied Holland, the Grenadiers were assigned the in Hunner Park. The Guardsmen drove into the German
stretch between Veghel and Nijmegen, relieving the Irish defences, now significantly weakened by the US paras during
Guards column. The advance to Nijmegen was relatively quiet the night.
as the US 82nd Airborne had already secured a good portion Once they had broken through, the Grenadiers lead an all
of the corridor. When the two linked up, the Grenadiers were out charge. With three tanks abreast, closely followed by
told they were needed urgently to help secure the two critical paratroopers and Guards infantry, they overwhelmed the stone
Nijmegen bridges. observation tower as well as the area of wooded high ground
On Tuesday, 19 September, a hasty assault on the Nijmegen nearby. The German defenders retreated toward the bridge.
railroad bridge commenced at 1500 hours. A small force The battle seemed to be going well for the Allied assault,
comprising of some Guards tanks and paratroopers of the 82nd however the German 2nd Parachute Corps launched attacks
Airborne dashed through the streets of, towards the bridge. with seven battalions of troops along the eastern flank of the
However the attack was halted within 500 yards of the rail 82nd Airborne. Gavin was forced to pull a good amount of
bridge, when the Allied forces came under heavy fire and were troops to meet this new threat, temporarily weakening the
forced to withdraw. Grenadier’s support.
Meanwhile the Grenadier Guards and elements from the The fight for the bridge began to get extremely bitter and fierce.
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment launched a larger attack on The Germans were reinforced with additional anti-tank support
the road bridge, The fight centred near the bridge in Hunner and soon the Allied assault force was matched for numbers of
Park, where elements of the 9th and 10th SS-Panzer divisions troops. The attack nearly stalled, but the Grenadiers and the


remaining paratroopers slowly pushed toward the bridge. north end of the bridge. The Grenadiers opened up with their
machine-guns. The German infantry rallied and launched an
The Grenadiers fought to the eastern side of the bridge and
assault on the Shermans. There was a pause in the Grenadiers’
began firing onto the German positions. A platoon of four
shooting as they waited for all of the smoke and dust to settle.
tanks were sent over the bridge and make a push for the north
end. No sooner had the first Grenadier tank got onto the Suddenly, the crew spotted a single American paratrooper.and
bridge than it was fired upon by a German 88 gun. It nearly then another thirty paratroopers emerged through the smoke.
hit the lead tank, but still managed to knock out its wireless The paratroopers of Cook’s assault swarmed the tank and gave
radio. The second tank saw the flash from the 88 and quickly them a royal welcome. The two forces had linked up, having
returned fire. For a few moments the crews were paralyzed completed the most daring and brilliant bridge assaults in
with anticipation as they waited for the German gun to shoot history.
back. Nothing came.
The battle was long and fierce. Few Germans elected to surren-
Then all hell broke loose. Another 88 and three more anti- der. On the railroad bridge alone, 267 German soldiers were
tank guns opened fire on the Grenadiers. Panzerfaust anti-tank dead, only a handful survived the ordeal. The fight on the road
rockets smashed into nearby girders from every angle. bridge was no less intense.
The tanks pressed on across the bridge, and opened up with By the time the smoke cleared an and the battle was won, the
everything they had. Machine-gun and cannon fire sprayed sun was setting over the horizon and the tanks could go no
the bridge and found targets everywhere. German wounded further. The following day the Grenadiers was send south to
and dead fell from the girders like rain. Heesh, where they fought to protect the vulnerable corridor.
However, time was not on the Allied side which were forced to
The Shermans charged forward at full speed, crushing anything
cut their losses and call off Operation Market Garden
in front of them, including one of the anti-tank guns. Toward
the end the Germans had set up a road block that forced the
Shermans to have to turn 90 degrees and expose its flank to October 1944 - 1945
the anti-tank guns. As the lead tank began to negotiate the After Operation Market Garden, the Guards Armoured
roadblock, a following Sherman spotted an anti-tank gun and Division was severely depleted in strength. On 6 October
quickly knocked it out before it could fire. 1944 the entire division was pulled back into reserve.
As they made their way through the roadblock, two of the The Guards Armoured Division eventually crossed the Rhine
Shermans were hit and knocked out. The remaining two in the early hours of the 30th of March, 1945.
pressed on, running headlong into a German self-propelled In late April 1945 the Grenadier Group liberated the concen-
gun. Caught flat-footed, the Shermans were easy targets. The tration camp at Sandbostel. They fought fanatical German
Germans missed the lucky Grenadiers, who didn’t give the gun rearguards in front of wildly cheering inmates before they
a second chance and blew it up with a few well aimed shots. could free the camp. A few days later Germany surrendered
Then, German troops began pouring out of a church on the and they celebrated the end of hostilities on 5 May 1945.


 Grenadier Guards Armoured Squadron
(TANK COMPANY)
Headquarters

Headquarters
You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each box
shaded grey.

Company HQ
5

Weapons Plts

Support Platoons (Choose one platoon from each box)

Combat Platoons

Armour Reconnaissance Armoured

Anti-tank Platoon (SP), Royal Artillery

12
Guards Armoured Platoon Guards Recce Patrol Infantry
6
5

Parachute Rifle Platoon

14
Armour
Brigade Support Platoons

Infantry
Infantry
Parachute Rifle Platoon

13
Airborne Engineer Platoon

13
Guards Armoured Platoon
5

Guards Motor Platoon

9

Reconnaissance
Armour
Infantry Armoured Car Platoon

7
Artillery
Guards Armoured Platoon Guards Motor Platoon
9
5

Field Battery (SP), Royal Artillery

15
Armour Infantry
Artillery
Field Battery (SP), Royal Artillery

15
Medium Battery, Royal Artillery

16
Guards Motor Platoon
9

Guards Armoured Platoon

5

Heavy Mortar Platoon

14
Reconnaissance
Anti-aircraft
Allied Platoons
Light Anti-aircraft Platoon
14

American Platoons in your

force are Allies and follow Guards Scout Platoon
10

the Allies rules on page 70 Aircraft

of the rulebook. Air Support
14

AOP
Air Observation Post
15

Guards Special Rule

Unflappable
The Guards are the most prestigious regiments in the British Guards Platoons fight to the last and may re-roll any failed
Army. They are well known as being ‘unflappable’, retaining Platoon Morale Checks. Your Company Command team
their discipline when things go wrong. Under circumstances may re-roll Company Morale Checks.
where other units might get themselves in a ‘flap’ and become
unsettled.


 Motivation Skill

Motivation and skill Reluctant Conscript

The Grenadier Guards have been fighting in Normandy since July. Therefore Confident Trained
they are an experienced, elite armoured regiment. A Grenadier Guards Armoured Fearless Veteran
Squadron is rated Confident Veteran.

Headquarters
Company HQ
Headquarters Major
2 Sherman V 185 points Major

Options
• Add up to two additional Sherman V tanks for
Company Command 2iC Command
+85 points per tank. Sherman Sherman
• Add Sherman ARV recovery vehicle for +10 points.
• Arm either or both Company Command or 2iC
Command Sherman tanks with a .50 cal AA MG Sherman Sherman
for +5 points per tank.
Company HQ
• Equip the 2iC Command Sherman with a dozer
Sergeant
blade for +5 points.

The Grenadier Guards have been training in armoured

warfare since 1941. As a result, they are well versed in
Sherman ARV
tactics required to make a rapid advance such as the one
Recovery Section
they were required to make in Operation Market Garden.
Guards Armoured Squadron HQ

Combat Platoons

Guards Armoured Platoon

Platoon Subaltern

2 Sherman V and 2 Firefly VC 390 points Subaltern

3 Sherman V and 1 Firefly VC 375 points

2 Sherman V and 1 Firefly VC 285 points
Command Sherman
Option HQ Tank
• Arm up to one Sherman tank with a .50 cal AA MG
Sergeant Lance Corporal
for +5 points.

The Grenadiers have been chosen to lead the way through OR

Sherman Firefly VC
Veghel and Grave, all the way to Nijmegen. Sherman
Tank Tank
Take advantage of the increased production of the Firefly
tanks and use them to quickly remove any German Corporal
armoured threat between you and your objective.
However, don’t forget the Sherman’s superior high-explo-
sive ammunition. Use them do destroy any infantry that Firefly VC
pokes it head out of the foxholes they are cowering in! Tank
Guards Armoured Platoon

Guards Armoured
Squadron

(TANK COMPANY)
 Photo/Artwork?

Weapons Platoons

Guards Recce Patrol

Platoon Subaltern
4 Stuart VI 210 points Subaltern
3 Stuart VI 165 points

Option
Command Stuart VI
• Arm any or all Stuart tanks with an AA MG for HQ Tank
+5 points.
Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant

Guards Recce Patrols are Reconnaissance Platoons

The light Stuart tank is an excellent recce tool for your Stuart VI Stuart VI Stuart VI
squadron. Put them ahead of your force to scout for Tank Tank Tank
ambushes or send them around the enemy flanks to secure Guards Recce Patrol
alternate routes to victory.


 Weapons Platoons

Armoured Car Platoon

Platoon Subaltern

HQ Section with: Subaltern

2 Daimler I and 2 Dingo 160 points

2 Daimler I and 1 Dingo 125 points
Command Daimler I

Option HQ Tank

• Fit Littlejohn adaptor to one Daimler I armoured Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant

car at no cost.

Armoured Car Platoons are Reconnaissance Platoons. Daimler Dingo Daimler Dingo Daimler I
Scout Car Scout Car Armoured Car
The armoured car platoon is a very versatile unit. The light Armoured Car Platoon
scout cars are useful to run ahead of the armoured cars and
spot the enemy. Use their high jeep mobility to keep them The squeeze-bore Littlejohn adaptor can be attached to the
moving, scouting, moving, and scouting. 2-pdr gun to give it extra penetration capability so your
armoured cars can stand up to Jerry’s tanks.
The Daimler I armoured cars are your backbone. Engage
the enemy with them and cover your Dingos as they con- If you encounter heavy resistance call on the tanks and
stantly probe the enemy’s defences. infantry from the Guards column to secure your objectives.

2nd Household Cavalry Special Rules

SANGFROID
Described as having ‘sangfroid’ (literally, cold blood), the An Armoured Car Platoon of the 2nd Household Cavalry
2nd Household Cavalry operated quite aggressively, but with may attempt to Disengage even if it shot in its previous turn
complete calmness under difficult circumstances. (see page 194 of the rulebook).


 Grenadier Guards Motor Company
(MECHANISED COMPANY)
Headquarters

Headquarters
You must field one platoon from each box shaded black and may field one platoon from each box
shaded grey.

Company HQ
9
Combat Platoons

Weapons Platoons

Support Platoons
Infantry Machine-guns Armoured
Anti-tank Platoon (SP), Royal Artillery

12
Anti-tank Platoon, Royal Artillery

12
Guards Motor Infantry
11
Guards Motor Platoon
9

Machine-gun Platoon
Parachute Rifle Platoon

13
Infantry Anti-tank

Infantry
Parachute Rifle Platoon

13
Airborne Engineer Platoon

13
Guards Anti-tank Platoon
10

Guards Motor Platoon

9

Reconnaissance
Infantry Artillery
Armoured Car Platoon

7
Artillery
Guards Mortar Platoon
11

Guards Motor Platoon

9

Field Battery (SP), Royal Artillery

15
Reconnaissance
Artillery
Brigade Support Platoons

ARMOUR Field Battery (SP), Royal Artillery

15
Medium Battery, Royal Artillery

16
Guards Scout Platoon
10

Heavy Mortar Platoon

14
Guards Armoured Platoon
5

Anti-aircraft
Allied Platoons ARMOUR
Light Anti-aircraft Platoon
14

American Platoons in your

force are Allies and follow
the Allies rules on page 70 Guards Armoured Platoon Aircraft
5

of the rulebook. Air Support

14

ARMOUR

AOP
Air Observation Post
15

Guards Armoured Platoon

5

Guards Special Rule

Unflappable
The Guards are the most prestigious regiments in the British Guards Platoons fight to the last and may re-roll any failed
Army. They are well known as being ‘unflappable’, retaining Platoon Morale Checks. Your Company Command team
their discipline when things go wrong. Under circumstances may re-roll Company Morale Checks.
where other units might get themselves in a ‘flap’ and become
unsettled.


 Motivation Skill

Motivation and skill Reluctant Conscript

The Guards are the elite of the British army. The Grenadier Guardsmen of a motor Confident Trained
company are well armed and prepared to push the Germans off of the Nijmegen Fearless Veteran
Bridge using a bit of dash and determination.

Headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters Major
Company HQ 50 points Major

The 1st Battalion (Motorised) Grenadier Guards was Company Command White scout car
formed to give the regiment motorised infantry support. Rifle team
The armoured transports quickly delivered the six-foot tall
Guardsmen to where they were needed most.
2iC Command White scout car
Keep your commanders close to the action to make sure Rifle team
they are there when needed. Company HQ

Guards Motor Company HQ

Combat Platoons

Guards Motor Platoon

Platoon Subaltern

HQ Section with: Subaltern

3 Motor Squads 165 points

2 Motor Squads 135 points Command PIAT team Light Mortar M5 half-track
MG team team
Option HQ Section
• Arm up to one M5 half-track with a .50 cal AA MG
for +5 points. Corporal Corporal

• Add an additional MG team for +35 points.

MG team MG team
The Guards Motor Platoon packs a lot of firepower, with a
Bren Light Machine-gun for each team, a PIAT anti-tank
projector, and a 2” light mortar. This makes them as well- M5 half-track M5 half-track
equipped as its infantry brethren on foot. Motor Squad Motor Squad

In preperation for Market Garden, the Grenadier motor Subaltern

platoons have been brought to full strength wit just over
30 men per platoon to give it the best chance at succeeding
in their critical mission to secure Hell’s Highway. MG team MG team M5 half-track

In addition to all of this firepower, the motorised infantry Motor Squad

also have to have excellent mobility to get to where it’s
Guards Motor Platoon
needed quickly using their Lend-lease M5 half-tracks.
These vehicles provide good armour protection for the
Guardsmen inside against small arms fire.
Use your motor platoons to exploit gaps in the enemy line.
Be patient and keep them out of harm’s way until just the
right moment to strike.


 Weapons Platoons

Guards Scout Platoon

Platoon Captain
HQ Section with: Captain

3 Scout Patrols 290 points

2 Scout Patrols 195 points
Command Universal Universal
1 Scout Patrol 100 points Universal Carrier Carrier Carrier
Scout Patrol
Options
Sergeant
• Arm any or all Universal Carriers with an extra hull-
mounted MG for +5 points per carrier.
• Replace up to one extra hull-mounted MG with Command Universal Universal
a hull-mounted .50 cal MG per Scout Patrol for Universal Carrier Carrier Carrier
+5 points. Scout Patrol
• Replace up to one extra hull-mounted MG with Sergeant
a PIAT anti-tank projector per Scout Patrol at no
cost.
Command Universal Universal
Universal Carrier Carrier Carrier
Scout Patrols are Reconnaissance Platoons. Scout Patrol

Your battalion’s universal carriers have been dispersed Guards Scout Platoon
across the march column, but they remain close at hand to
scout ahead of your infantry and tanks, constantly probing Scout Patrols operate as separate platoons, each with their
enemy positions and keeping them pinned in place. own command team.

Use them to find cracks in the enemy positions. Send

them to flank the enemy, get into their rear area and cause
general havoc among their artillery and reserves.

Guards Anti-tank Platoon

Platoon Subaltern
HQ Section with: Subaltern

2 Gun Sections 155 points

1 Gun Sections 90 points Command Rifle team Troop Carrier
HQ Section
Option
• Add Troop and Loyd Carriers to the platoon for Sergeant Sergeant
+5 points.
6 pdr gun 6 pdr gun
Your company has access to four of the battalion’s
6-pdr anti-tank guns. They are excellent weapons to set
up a deadly ambush with their high rate of fire and low Loyd carrier Loyd carrier
silhouette.
While attacking, place them wisely to halt an enemy 6 pdr gun 6 pdr gun
armoured counterattack, keeping your combat platoons
focused on securing their objectives. You can also move
them forward and shell enemy foxholes and gun teams. Loyd carrier Loyd carrier
Anti-tank Section Anti-tank Section

Guards Anti-tank Platoon

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 Guards Machine-gun Platoon
Platoon Subaltern
HQ Section with: Subaltern

2 Machine-gun Sections 175 points

1 Machine-gun Section 95 points Command Rifle team PIAT team Troop Carrier
HQ Section
Options
• Add PIAT team for +20 points. Sergeant Sergeant
• Add Troop Carrier and MMG Carriers to the platoon
for +15 points per Machine-gun Section.
Vickers HMG MMG Carrier Vickers HMG MMG Carrier
The machine-guns of the machine-gun platoon adds sig-
nificant firepower to your Guards motor company. They can
keep up with the motorised infantry and armoured platoons Vickers HMG MMG Carrier Vickers HMG MMG Carrier
with MMG (Medium Machine-gun) Carriers. Machine-gun Machine-gun
Section Section
The platoon’s machine-guns can be mounted on top of
the carriers’ engine decks, allowing their crews to fire from Guards Motor Machine-gun Platoon
relative safety and support the company on the move.
A Guards Motor Machine-gun Platoon is not equipped
to conduct indirect fire and may not conduct Artillery
Bombardments.

Guards Mortar Platoon

Platoon Subaltern
HQ Section with: Subaltern

3 Mortar Sections 220 points

2 Mortar Sections 155 points Command Rifle team Troop Carrier
1 Mortar Section 90 points HQ Section

Options Sergeant Sergeant

• Add Troop Carrier and Mortar Carriers to the
platoon for +5 points.
Observer Observer
Rifle Team Rifle Team
Unlike many other motor companies in the British army,
the Grenadier Guards grouped all of its mortars into a single
3” mortar Mortar Carrier 3” mortar Mortar Carrier
platoon under the command of Lieutenant L.R.Westmacott.
This allows them to respond to any requests from their fellow
Guardsmen with a full barrage of mortar shells.
3” mortar Mortar Carrier 3” mortar Mortar Carrier
Mortar Section Mortar Section
Sergeant

3” mortar 3” mortar
Observer Rifle Team

Mortar Carrier Mortar Carrier

Mortar Section
Guards Mortar Platoon

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 SUPPORT Platoons
Motivation Skill
Motivation and skill Reluctant Conscript
30th Corps is composed of many veteran units that have been fighting since North Confident Trained
Africa. It now leads the British advance and is quite motivated to assault up the narrow
Fearless Veteran
roads and dash to the rescue of the paras in Arnhem.
American paratroopers will assist your Guards tanks to push its spearhead towards Arnhem.
American Platoons in your force are Allies and follow the Allies rules on page 70 of the rulebook.

Anti-tank Platoon, Royal Artillery (Self-propelled)

Platoon Subaltern
4 M10C 17 pdr 340 points Subaltern Sergeant
2 M10C 17 pdr 170 points

The self-propelled guns of the 21st Anti-tank Regiment, Command M10C 17 pdr SP M10C 17 pdr SP
Royal Artillery will provide heavy anti-tank support to
your march column. They will protect your advance using
the effective M10C 17-pdr SP gun.
M10C 17 pdr SP M10C 17 pdr SP
These self-propelled guns are ideal for setting up ambushes HQ Section Anti-tank Section
or holding off an enemy armoured counter-attack to
Anti-tank Platoon (SP), Royal Artillery
free up your tanks and infantry to keep pressing towards
Arnhem.

Anti-tank Platoon, Royal Artillery

Platoon
HQ Section with:
1 Anti-tank Section 125 points
M5 half-track
Option
• Add M5 half-tracks to the platoon for +5 points.

The towed 17-pdr guns are towards the end of the column,
but not out of reach. When placed well, these heavy guns
are more than capable of seeing off even the heaviest
German tank.
They have been assigned M5 half-track transports to keep M5 half-track M5 half-track
them moving forward with the column. Use them to secure
an objective once you have captured it to keep the enemy Anti-tank Platoon, Royal Artillery
away.

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 Parachute Rifle Platoon
Platoon
HQ Section and Mortar Squad with:
3 Rifle Squads 255 points
2 Rifle Squads 195 points

Options
• Replace Command Rifle/MG team with Command
SMG teams for +5 points.
• Add an extra Rifle/MG team to all Rifle Squads for
+30 points per squad.

master Sergeant
Parachute missions are tricky and the loss of an officer
can result in the failure of the mission. Therefore platoon
sergeants are briefed on every detail of the mission in
the event their officer is separated from the platoon.
Parachute Rifle and Airborne Engineer Platoons use the
German Mission Tactics special rules (see page 242 of the
Flames Of War rulebook).

When the Grenadiers arrived in Nijmegen on 19 September,

the US 82nd Airborne Division was stalled trying to secure
the southern end of the pivotal Nijmegen Bridge. Together
with the paratroopers, the Grenadiers made a daring all-
Gammon Bombs
out assault on Nijmegen Bridge. All Rifle/MG and SMG teams in the Parachute Rifle Platoon
carry Gammon Bombs giving them Tank Assault 3.
The Grenadiers joined up with the 505th Parachute Infantry
Regiment and assaulted the bridge from the south through
Hunner Park. The bold assault worked and the bridge was
secured just as the sun was setting.

Airborne Engineer Platoon

Platoon
HQ Section and Weapons Squad with:
2 Operating Squads 220 points
1 Operating Squad 160 points Command Pioneer Pioneer Supply
Rifle team Handcart
No Operating Squads 100 points

Options
• Replace the Command Pioneer Rifle team with a
Pioneer SMG team for +10 points.
Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
• Add Bazooka teams for +20 points per team. Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
• Add a Pioneer Supply Handcart for +20 points.
Pioneer Bazooka team Pioneer Bazooka team

You may replace any or all Pioneer M1919 LMG teams with
Pioneer Rifle Teams at the start of the game before deployment.
A Pioneer Supply Handcart operates as a Pioneer Supply
Pioneer M1919 LMG Pioneer M1919 LMG Pioneer Bazooka team
Vehicle (see pages 51, 225 and 263 of the rulebook).
Weapons Squad

Airborne engineers also helped the Grenadier Guards to Airborne Engineer Platoon
secure the Nijmegen Bridge. They were on hand to defuse
any explosives the Germans might have rigged up.

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 Light Anti-aircraft Platoon
Platoon Subaltern
HQ Section with: Subaltern

2 Anti-aircraft Sections 150 points

1 Anti-aircraft Section 85 points Command Rifle team Jeep

Options
• Add a Jeep and AA tractors to the platoon for Sergeant Sergeant
+5 points per Anti-Aircraft section.
• Replace all Bofors 40mm guns and AA tractors with
Bofors 40mm SP for +40 points per Anti-aircraft Bofors 40mm gun AA tractor Bofors 40mm gun AA tractor
Section.

You never know when Jerry might strike your column

Bofors 40mm gun AA tractor Bofors 40mm gun AA tractor
with dive bombers so the 94th Light AA Regiment, Royal
Artillery has been assigned to keep the skies clear for your
attack.
Bofors 40mm gun AA tractor Bofors 40mm gun AA tractor
The platoon is well armed with Bofors 40mm guns. Deploy
Anti-aircraft Anti-aircraft
them along with your support troops such as artillery to Section Section
keep them safe and free to support the advance.
Light Anti-aircraft Platoon

Heavy Mortar Platoon

Platoon Subaltern
HQ Section with: Subaltern

2 Mortar Sections 180 points

1 Mortar Section 100 points Command Observer PIAT team Troop Troop
Rifle team Rifle Team Carrier Carrier
Options HQ Section
• Add PIAT team for +20 points.
Sergeant Sergeant
• Add Troop Carriers and Loyd Carriers to the platoon
for +5 points.
4.2” mortar Loyd Carrier 4.2” mortar Loyd Carrier
The 4.2” mortar will devastate enemy positions. They are
readily available to your column and will offer excellent
4.2” mortar Loyd Carrier 4.2” mortar Loyd Carrier
support for your troops as they manoeuvre to assault.
Mortar Section Mortar Section
The heavy mortar offers more firepower than the average
Heavy Mortar Platoon
mortar at a fraction of the cost of a full artillery piece. They
are also very portable so they can get into action quickly.

Air Support
Air Support Flight Lieutenant
Priority Air Support 220 points Flight Lieutenant

Limited Air Support 170 points

Number 83 Group from the Royal Air Force has been Typhoon
assigned to support the advance to Arnhem. They have
already shattered the German defenders in the opening
torrent, firing 224 rockets into the German line. Typhoon Typhoon
Flight

Flight

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 Field Battery (SP), Royal Artillery
Platoon Major

HQ Troop with: Major

Two Gun Troops with a total of:

8 Sexton 485 points
One Gun Troop with: HQ Troop
4 Sexton 275 points Lieutenant
2 Sexton 165 points Lieutenant

Options
• Add jeep and 15 cwt trucks for +5 points for the
OP Sherman
platoon.
• Replace the HQ Troop jeep with a White scout car HQ Section
or a captured Sd Kfz 251/1 half-track for +5 points.
Sergeant Sergeant
• Arm any or all Sexton self-propelled guns with a
.50 cal AA MG for +5 points per gun.
Sexton Self-propelled gun Sexton Self-propelled gun

Sexton Self-propelled gun Sexton Self-propelled gun

GUN Section GUN Section
GUN Troop

Lieutenant
Lieutenant
^ Sexton Self-propelled Gun

OP Sherman
Observer Sherman OP tanks cannot launch assaults.
HQ Section
Although a Field Battery (SP), Royal Artillery is a single
Sergeant Sergeant
Support choice, each Gun Troop operates as a separate
platoon with its own Command team. The Command
team and Staff team of the HQ Troop must be attached Sexton Self-propelled gun Sexton Self-propelled gun
to a Gun Troop from its battery at the start of the game
before deployment, see the British Artillery special rules
on page 248 of the rulebook.
Sexton Self-propelled gun Sexton Self-propelled gun

The 153rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery is equipped with GUN Section GUN Section
the mobile Sexton self-propelled gun. These, along with GUN Troop
the rest of 30th Corps’ artillery will wreak a terrible bom- Field Battery (SP), Royal Artillery
bardment on the enemy just before you jump off.
Ever resourceful, the 153rd Field Regiment acquired a
Self-propelled guns can keep up with the fast-paced tanks captured Sd Kfz 251/1 half-track while in Belgium, armed
on the road and offer quick and immediate artillery support it with a machine-gun and used it as a command vehicle.
to your troops.

Air Observation Post

AOP Flight Lieutenant
AOP 25 points Flight Lieutenant

Air Observation Posts follow all the rules for Air

Observation posts on page 139 of the rulebook. Auster AOP
AOP

Air Observation Post

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Platoon Major
HQ Troop with: Major

Two Gun Troops with a total of:

8 OQF 5.5” 495 points
One Gun Troop with: HQ Troop
4 OQF 5.5” 285 points Lieutenant
2 OQF 5.5” 170 points Lieutenant

Option
• Add jeep and 15 cwt trucks and Matador trucks for
+5 points per Gun Troop.
You may not field a Medium Battery, Royal Artillery HQ Section
unless you are also fielding a Field Battery (SP), Royal
Artillery with at least as many guns. Sergeant Sergeant

5.5” gun 5.5” gun

Matador truck Matador truck

5.5” gun 5.5” gun

^ 5.5” Gun team

Matador truck Matador truck
GUN Section GUN Section
GUN Troop

Lieutenant
Lieutenant

^ Matador truck
HQ Section

Although a Medium Battery, Royal Artillery is a single Sergeant Sergeant

Support choice, each Gun Troop operates as a separate
platoon with its own Command team. The Command
team and Staff team of the HQ Troop must be attached
5.5” gun 5.5” gun
to a Gun Troop from its battery at the start of the game
before deployment, see the British Artillery special rules
on page 248 of the rulebook.
Matador truck Matador truck

Medium Batteries, Royal Artillery may not be placed

from Ambush within 16”/40cm of enemy teams. 5.5” gun 5.5” gun

The army has attached the 5.5” guns of the 84th Medium
Regiment, Royal Artillery to the Guards Armoured Division
Matador truck Matador truck
for this operation. Their heavy guns will blast enemy strong-
GUN Section GUN Section
points and help your troops breakthrough to the objective.
GUN Troop
Though they are placed towards the end of the Guards
march column, their incredible range of 9 miles (15 km) Field Battery, Royal Artillery
means they can make their presence known at the front of
the advance within minutes.

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British Tank Teams
Armour
Name Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower

Light Tanks
Stuart VI Light Tank 4 2 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG.
M5 37mm gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+

Medium Tanks
Sherman V Standard Tank 6 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Tow hook.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 2 10 3+ Semi-indirect fire, Smoke.
Firefly VC Standard Tank 6 4 1 Co-ax MG, Tow hook.
OQF 17 pdr gun 32”/80cm 2 13 3+ No HE, Semi-indirect fire.

Self-propelled Anti-aircraft Guns

Bofors 40mm SP Wheeled - - - Awkward layout.
Bofors 40mm gun 24”/60cm 4 6 4+ Anti-aircraft.

Self-propelled Anti-tank Guns

M10C 17 pdr SP Standard Tank 4 2 0 .50 cal AA MG.
OQF 17 pdr gun 32”/80cm 2 13 3+ No HE, Slow traverse.

Self-propelled Guns
Sexton Standard Tank 1 0 0 AA MG.
OQF 25 pdr gun 24”/60cm 2 9 3+ Hull mounted, Smoke.
Firing bombardments 80”/200cm - 4 5+ Smoke bombardment.
Sherman OP Standard Tank 6 4 1 Hull MG.

Reconnaissance
Universal Carrier Half-tracked 0 0 0 Hull MG.
With PIAT anti-tank projector 8”/20cm 1 10 5+ Hull-mounted
With .50 cal MG 16”/40cm 3 4 5+ Hull-mounted
Daimler Dingo Jeep 1 0 0 AA MG.

Armoured Cars
Daimler I Wheeled 1 0 0 Co-ax MG.
OQF 2 pdr gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+
With Littlejohn adaptor 24”/60cm 2 9 5+ No HE.

Vehicle Machine-guns
Vehicle MG 16”/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 1 if other weapons fire.
.50 cal Vehicle MG 16”/40cm 3 4 5+ ROF 1 if other weapons fire.

British Aircraft
Aircraft Weapon To Hit Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Typhoon Cannon 3+ 8 5+
Rockets 3+ 6 3+

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Weapon Mobility Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Vickers HMG Man-packed 24”/60cm 6 2 6 ROF 3 when pinned down or moving.
ML 3” Mk II mortar Man-packed 24”/60cm 2 2 3+ Smoke, Minimum range 8”/20cm.
Firing bombardments 40”/100cm - 2 6 Smoke bombardment.
ML 4.2” mortar Light 48”/120cm - 3 4+ Smoke bombardment.
Bofors 40mm gun Immobile 24”/60cm 4 6 4+ Anti-aircraft, Turntable.
OQF 6 pdr gun Medium 24”/60cm 3 10 4+ Gun shield.
OQF 17 pdr gun Immobile 32”/80cm 2 13 3+ Gun shield, No HE.
OQF 25 pdr gun Heavy 24”/60cm 2 9 3+ Gun shield, Smoke, Turntable.
Firing bombardments 80”/200cm - 4 5+ Smoke bombardment.
BL 5.5” gun Immobile 32”/80cm 1 13 1+ Bunker buster.
Firing bombardments 88”/220cm - 5 2+

British Infantry Teams

Team Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Rifle team 16”/40cm 1 2 6
MG team 16”/40cm 3 2 6 ROF 2 when pinned down.
Light Mortar team 16”/40cm 1 1 4+ Smoke, Can fire over friendly teams.
PIAT team 8”/20cm 1 10 5+ Tank Assault 4.
Flame-thrower team 4”/10cm 2 - 6 Flame-thrower.
Staff team 16”/40cm 1 2 6 Moves as a Heavy Gun team.

Additional Training and Equipment

Pioneer teams are rated as Tank Assault 3.

British Transport Teams

Armour
Vehicle Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Jeep Jeep - - -
CMP 15cwt or Bedford QLT 3-ton truck Wheeled - - -
Matador, Quad, or Morris AA tractor Wheeled - - -
White scout car Jeep 1 0 0
M5 half-track Half-tracked 1 0 0
Troop, OP, Mortar, or Loyd Carrier Half-tracked 0 0 0
MMG Carrier Half-tracked 0 0 0 HMG Carrier, Passenger-fired hull MG.
Captured Sd Kfz 251/1 half-track Half-tracked 1 0 0 Passenger-fired .50 cal AA MG.
Captured StuG Standard Tank 7 3 1 Schürzen.
Sherman ARV Standard Tank 6 4 1 Recovery vehicle.

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Weapon Mobility Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
M1919 LMG Man-packed 16”/40cm 5 2 6 ROF 2 when pinned down or moving.
M2 60mm mortar Man-packed 24”/60cm 2 1 3+ Minimum ranged 8”/20cm.
Firing bombardments 32”/80cm - 1 6

US Infantry Teams
Team Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Rifle team 16”/40cm 1 2 6 Automatic rifles.
Rifle/MG team 16”/40cm 2 2 6
SMG team 4”/10cm 3 1 6 Full ROF when moving.
Bazooka team 8”/20cm 1 10 5+ Tank Assault 4.

Additional Training and Equipment

Pioneer teams are rated as Tank Assault 3. Teams with Gammon Bombs are rated as Tank Assault 3.

US Transport Teams
Armour
Vehicle Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Pioneer Supply Handcart Wagon - - -

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