D day para with bar, 75mm howitzer and anti tank gun.

[petercooman]

I was looking at some d day para's, but noticed all the BAR infantry, 75mm howitzers and AT guns where only available as regular infantry or ardennes dress paras. Any change of adding those?

[Leon]

I've just had a quick chat with Dave on this one, and the D-Day para's wouldn't have used the 75mm, bit too large to drop out of a plane?  

The BAR and AT guns would be the same as the Ardennes ones, only difference in our figures being a crewmen in greatcoat in the Ardennes set.  We could swop the crew around though if people wanted different ones, that's easily done.

[fred.]

I mixed in an assortment of the Para figures when I put together my US Airborne force for Market Garden

Leon was good enough to supply the Ardennes ones without great coats



Lots more photos here http://www.kerynne.com/games/USParas.html

Looking at these makes me think I need to rebase some of these for CoC.

[fred.]

75mm, bit too large to drop out of a plane?  

IIRC during Market Garden the US para dropped 105mm howitzers (1 regiment, the others were glider landed).

Don't know what they did on D-Day - its possible the support came in over the beaches.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

75mm pack howitzers were landed on DDay.
105mm were either glider landed (limited numbers) or DDay or Corps support assets that arrived later by boat.

[petercooman]

Yes the 75mm where landed on dday. It could be broken into 9 different loads to make an air drop feasible.

So if the crew is accounted for, that leaves only the BAR. Does the ardennes para with BAR have a greatcoat? And would a regular infantry man with BAR stand out amongst the paras or is this feasible?

[Steve J]

The glider troops wore normal infantry uniforms, so the crews for the howitzer etc are correct. A lot, if not all, of their support weapons were beach landed on D-Day.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

All the Para Divisions on D-Day glider landed at least 1Btn(US), Rgt(UK) of 75s on D-Day.

IanS

[petercooman]

How many that survived the drop is another question