by Carl Fung
US Forces:101st Airborne Division (elements) Divisional Headquarters: 1x Inf Plt 501st PIR
D Coy: 3x Inf Plt, Ix Mortar (60mm) E Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) F Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) 3rd Bn
G Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) H Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) I Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) 506th PIR
D Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) E Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) 3rd Bn
G Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) H Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) I Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) 327th GIR
B Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) C Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) D Coy: 4x MG, 3x Mortar (81 mm) AT Plt: 3x AT (57mm) 2nd Bn
F Coy: 3x Inf Plt, lx Mortar (60mm) G Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) H Coy: 4x MG, 3x Mortar (81 mm) AT Pit: 3x AT (57mm) 3rd Bn
K Coy: 3x Inf Plt, Ix Mortar (60mm) L Coy: 3x Inf Plt, 1x Mortar (60mm) M Coy: 4x MG, 3x Mortar (81 mm) AT Plt. 3x AT (57mm) 81st Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion (Anti-Tank Battalion):
British Forces:
C Sqdn: 4x Firefly, 12x Sherman Royal Dragoons
27th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
German Forces:Kampfgruppe Walther
PanzerAbteilung 2107
1 Kp: 6x Panthers 2 Kp: 11x Panthers 3 Kp: 11x Panthers 4 Kp: 9x Jagdpanzer IV Flak Zug: 4x Ostwind Panzergrenadier Bataillone 2107
2 Kp: 2x Inf Plt, 2x SdKfz 251/1, 6x SdKfz 251/21, 2x SdKfz 251/9, 2x SdKfz 251/2 3 Kp: 2x Inf Plt, 2x SdKfz 251/1, 12x SdKfz 251/21 4 Kp: 18x SdKfz 251/21 5 Kp: 6x SdKfz 251/9, 4x Mortar (120mm with Move side being towed by SdKfz 251/1's) Panzerpioneer Kompanie 2107:
Kampfgruppe Heinke
SS Flak Abteilung 10: 2x AA (88mm), 4x AA (20mm) PanzerjaegerAbteilung 559(det.): 3x StuGIII Kampfgruppe Roestel (SS Panzerjaeger Abteilung 10): 12x JagdPz IV Kampfgruppe Segler (II Bn, 19th PG Regt): 3 Inf Plt, 1 x MG, 1 x Mortar (81 mm) I Bn, 16th Grenadier Regt, 180th Infanterie Div: 9x Inf Plt, 3x MG, 3x Mortar (81mm), 2x Mortar (120mm) I Bn, 21st Fallshirmjaeger Regt: 9x Inf Plt, 3x MG, 3x Mortar (81 mm) Pio Kp, SS Panzerpioneer Bn 10: 3x Pio PIt Autklarung Kp, SS AuIkIarung Abt 10: 3x Inf Plt Kampfgruppe Huber
II Bn: 9x Inf Pit, 3x MG, 3x Mortar (81mm), 4x IG (75mm) Panzerjaeger Abteilung 159 (det.):
Flak Abteilung 424:
1 Kp, Panzerjaeger Abteilung 559:
Kampfgruppe von der Heydte (Fallshirmjaeger Regiment 6)
III Bn: 9x Inf Plt, 3x MG I Bn, Fallshirmjaeger Regt 2: 9x Inf Plt, 3x MG IV Bn: 9x Mortar (81mm), 5x AA (Quad 20mm), 6x AT (75mm) Fusilier Kp: 3x Inf Plt, Ix MG Pioneer Kp: 3x Pio Plt Bibliography:Kershaw, Robert. It Never Snows In September. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. 1994.
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