The strength of each battalion's company, although not directly given in the book by James Lucas, can be worked out to be 120-150 men. There is no mention of heavy equipment, but a platoon from the 4th (usually the heavy) company was attached to the first assault wave, which suggests an MG platoon. The battalion did not jump/land by companies anyhow, but in smaller, object-oriented groups. These were: 1st Para-dropped wave (ca. 320 men): Groups "Red", "Green", "Blue": Btn HQ , 2 , 3 Companies, 1 platoon from No. 4 company ( MG platoon ) , to seize Drvar . Glider-borne troops (ca. 320 men): Group "Panther":110 men, to attack Tito's HQ Groups "Greifer", "Stuermer", "Brecher", "Beisser":Total 140 men, to attack the foreign Military Missions Group "Draufgaenger" : 50 SS paratroops plus various engineers etc, to attack the partisan communications network and HQ The glider troops consisted of 1st and 4th Companies and various "Brandenburg", Luftwaffe and Bosnian troops. 2nd Para-dropped wave: 220 men, apparently a Fallschirm-Lehr Kompanie. Back to Frontline Vol. 2 Iss. 1 Table of Contents Back to Frontline List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Rolfe Hedges This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com