Orders and Planning

This battle is focussed on a small section of the perimeter where Mixed units of Allied forces including in this case a contingent of miss dropped US airborne forces along with British and Canadian airborne troops have dug in close to the river ( although it is recognized that neither Canadian nor American troops were present at this particular position, some “historic license” is being applied to permit a variety of participants and impressions to be present at the battle )

The Tactical Portion of the event will be broken down into chapters with an overall operational theme to the chapter. Each chapter is timed with a beginning and an Ending time All missions within the chapter must be completed within the time allotted.

Each member of the Resistance, or the Allied forces or German Forces will have ONE LIFE for each chapter. This means that if you are Killed and not extracted to an aid station by your own forces and decide to “bleed out” and return to your HQ you may not re-enter the battle until the next Chapter begins. You may assist with Headquarters Tasks such as communications or transferring messages forward but you may not re-enter the battle as a combatant ( you may re-enter as an unarmed medic )

Ammunition Loads are restricted for each Chapter with a ammunition Load not exceeding a magazine equivalent count of 10 for each rifleman and not exceeding 1500 rounds for each Light or heavy machine gun. Machine guns may be reloaded in the field ONCE PER CHAPTER if 2 ammunition cans are carried to accompany each Machine gun. If you run out of ammunition you will have to be replenished from your unit’s unexpended ammunition. WATCH your ammo!

Ammunition rules for this event are meant to encourage equal footing for all participants. To do this, each type of magazine (real, low, mid, high) have a value attached to them. A limit is set for the event, and you are to determine how many magazines you can carry and of what type before you hit the limit.

Real Cap have a value of '1'

Low Cap Mags have a value of '2'

Mid Cap Mags have a value of '5'

High Cap Mags have a value of '10'

The limit for this game will be 10

This means you may carry 10 real cap, 5 low cap , 2 midcap or 1 high cap magazine

( if ammo supplies become critical a resupply may be permitted, any reloading must be done in the HQ area )

Cold Smoke Grenades burning WHITE smoke may be used

Dummy Grenades may be used . if a grenade is thrown it must be preceded with a call of “grenade!” and a shout of ‘BOOM” after a delay of not less than 3 seconds. Anyone within 4 meters of a grenade and not behind HARD COVER is deemed wounded

Pyrotechnic grenades may be used with the permission of the property owner on the day of the battle depending on field conditions. Anyone within 4 meters of a pyro grenade detonation and not behind HARD COVER is deemed Wounded ( hard cover is earth or solid walls , not a bush or a sheet of plywood )

Rubber Knives may be used to KILL - a touch in the body of an ALIVE person with a knife results in that person being KILLED. WOUNDED persons can not be KILLED with a Knife. ( so you can’t go around knifing wounded people) ( see the RULES regarding what the various states ALIVE, WOUNDED and KILLED mean )