Mission: Zon
with the Wind
Scenario length: 45 minutes
Background
ZON, Holland, 17th September 1944:
Maxwell Taylor’s 101st Airborne
Division , task-organised for operation “Market Garden”, was
augmented by the addition of the 506th Parachute
Infantry Regiment. In keeping with his mission to secure the
15 miles of highway stretching from Eindhoven north to Veghel,
he planned to drop all three parachute regiments on the 18th.
To Colonel Robert Sink and the 506th went orders to
seize the main highway bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal and the
secure Eindhoven, the southernmost objective of the airborne
carepet and only ten miles distant from the British armour
waiting to surge forward from the Meuse-Escaut bridgehead.
With his regiment down in good order along the edge of the
Zonche Woods, Sink sends in the 1st Battalion racing
to grab the great bridge. There is almost no opposition… until
the Paratroopers reached the northern outskirts of the Village
of Zon…
Elements of the
Selstaendige Flak Batterie, Flieger Division 7
Germans setup in
buildings out of site enemy.
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1 x 7.92mm MG34 LMG –
Semi or full auto allowed
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10 x 9mm MP40 (SMG –
Berserkers on full auto or Spitfires on full auto)
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3 x Sturmgewehr
(Assault Rifle 44, Pulse Rifle)
Hit Points 3 (they are
only flak units not infantry).
Basic mission is to stop
the US forces reaching the main south gate
Elements of the 1st
Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Immediate Deployment
1 squad of up to 10
soldiers armed as
3 x M2 Carbine .30 Fire
selectable between semi and full auto (Pulse Rifle or SMG)
7 x M3A1 “Grease Gun”
SMG, full auto only, (Berserker)
Deployment after 10
minutes
2 x M1919A4 (Morita LMG)
3 x M2 Carbine .30 Fire
selectable between semi and full auto (Pulse Rifle or SMG)
The two squads must be
as even in possible in terms of numbers.
Hit points: 5
Deployment is North West corner of the large oval in the trees.
Victory
The US forces receive 10
Victory for each US soldier that exits alive over the main south
gate, must remain at the south gate for 2 minutes upon arrival.
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Major US win if 80% or
more soldiers exit
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Minor US win if 50% or
more soldiers exit
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Minor German win if
30% or more soldiers exit
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Major win for Germans
if 30% or less US soldiers exit.
