US Airborne 1000pt D-Day Invasion

Dropped from their C-47 Dakotas high above the Normandy countryside, the US Airborne found themselves helplessly scattered and separated deep behind enemy lines amid the hedgerow country of Normandy. They had to carry all of the necessary equipment - prepared to drop into entirely surrounded pockets in order to achieve their objectives.

Their heroic actions have immortalised their units - the likes of the 82nd 'All American' and the 101st 'Screaming Eagles' - whose exploits were captured in the Hanks/Spielberg series 'Band of Brothers' - fighting their way through the likes of Carentan, Foy, Bastogne, and right up to capturing the Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden - deep in the heart of Germany.

The 1000 point army

US Airborne HQ
1st lt with 2 men
116pts

US Airborne Medic

30pts

US Airborne Squad A - 10 men
NCO with SMG + 6 men (Rifles/Carbines), 2 SMGs 1 LMG.
159pts

US Airborne Squad B - 10 men
As Squad A.
159pts

US Airborne Squad C - 6 men - Tank Hunters
NCO with SMG + 1 Rifle/Carbine, 1 SMG, 1 LMG, all equipped with Anti-Tank Grenades.
114pts

Pathfinders Squad - 8 men
NCO with SMG + 6 men (Rifles/Carbines), 1 SMG.
126pts

US Airborne Bazooka Team

78pts

US Airborne 60mm Light Mortar Team

52pts

US Airborne MMG Team

65pts

Yes a total of 899 points on to which you can bolt your own choices of support (such as more Glider troops) at a later date.

Rules for Pathfinders can be found on Page 12 of Battleground Europe whilst the Veteran Airborne come from the Market Garden Selector on page 71 of Armies of The United States

Deal contains:

• 1 x Blister of 4 men for the US Airborne HQ & Medic teams.
• 3 x Squad Boxes of 10 men for US Paratrooper Squads.
• 1 x Loose Figure of a US Airborne Pathfinder with M1 Carbine.
• 1 x Loose Figure of a US Airborne Pathfinder with Signal Gun
• 1 x Loose Figure of a US Airborne Pathfinder with M1 Carbine.
• 1 x Loose Figure of the US Airborne Pathfinder with Thompson SMG.
• 1 x Blister of 4 men for the US Airborne Bazooka & 60mm Light Mortar teams.
• 1 x Blister of 3 men plus weapon for the US Airborne 30cal. MMG team (either in firing or redeploying poses).

(You'll be left 1 spare figure from the above packs when making the 1000pt force, use him for a casualty or an objective marker perhaps?)

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted