On Silent Wings MTO (id:#56359)
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(Revision: MMP: ASL 5a - For King and Country #98)
See Also: On Silent Wings by Multi-Man Publishing
South of Canea, Crete 1941-05-20 ()
45: Revenge at Kastelli (ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah (2nd Edition))
93: Tavronitis Bridge (ASL 5a - For King and Country)
94: Bofors Bashing (ASL 5a - For King and Country)
95: Descent into Hell (ASL 5a - For King and Country)
97: A Desperate Affair (ASL 5a - For King and Country)
98: On Silent Wings (ASL 5a - For King and Country)
A 01: Tavronitis Bridge (AH:ASL Annual `89)
A 02: Bofors Bashing (AH:ASL Annual `89)
A 03: Descent into Hell (AH:ASL Annual `89)
BB04: A Desperate Affair (Backblast # 1)
G39: A Desperate Affair (AH:The General # 31.4)
T15: The Akrotiri Peninsula (AH:The General # 29.1)
NEWS23: Plans Gone Astray (ASL News # 14)
PL G: Cemetery Hill (version 2.0) (Platoon Leader 2.0)
ASL News 23: Plans Gone Astray (Scroungin' ASL News)
O75.1: Crete 1: The Airfield (On All Fronts # 75)
O75.2: Crete 2: The Bridge (On All Fronts # 75)
O75.3: Crete 3: The Hill (On All Fronts # 75)
O75.1: Crete: Riders on the Storm CG (On All Fronts # 75)
DB009: Headhunting for Bloody Huns (Dispatches from the Bunker # 5)
CH 177: Akrotiri Gone Awry (Critical Hit # 7.3)
ASLSK Contest C: Thank Heavens, We Lost (ASL Starter Kit Scenario Designer Contest)
OM-1: Morning's Peril (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
OM-2: Glide Path to Hell (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
OM-3: Hill 107 (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
OM-4: The Umbrella Men (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
OM-5: Stentzler's Wary Reconnoitre (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
OM-6: Waltzing the Matildas (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
AoC01: Rushing Hill A (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
AoC10: Glide Path to Invasion (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
OM-CG: Kreta - Operation Merkur Campaign Game (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
45: Revenge at Kastelli (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
OB04: Headhunting for Bloody Huns (Out of the Bunker)
SAM 2: A Royal Escape (Swedish ASL Magazine)
RR-15: Koch's Rockets (Russian Rarities 2)
DB126: The Kastelli Thirteen (Dispatches from the Bunker #41)
: Expect the Cretans to be Friendly (View From the Trenches - Brit Pack)
MM 46: Take That Hill (March Madness 2018 Players Pack)
DB150: Fallschirmjäger Graveyard (Dispatches from the Bunker #48)
#1: Hand of Von Richtofen (The Devil's Vineyard: Heraklion Airfield)
#2: Into The Fire (The Devil's Vineyard: Heraklion Airfield)
#3: Befall, The Yellow Flowers (The Devil's Vineyard: Heraklion Airfield)
#8: Black Watch, Death Watch (The Devil's Vineyard: Heraklion Airfield)
D21: Headhunting For Bloody Huns (Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader)
FF20b: The Face of Battle (FireFights: internet releases)
J226: Drawing the Kroh (ASL Journal #14)
ASLN23: Plans Gone Astray (Critical Hit #8.1)
45: Revenge at Kastelli (ASL 11a - Doomed Battalions (4th Edition))
S104: Paratrooper's Hell (Basic Training: Issue One)
Designer: Rick Troha
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
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Overview:

Lieutenant Alfred Genz’s 1st Company had two objectives in the airborne assault on Crete. First, to neutralize the anti-aircraft battery located south of Canea and, second, to capture a nearby wireless station. Most of his gliders touched down near their first target. The Germans swiftly scrambled from their gliders and rushed toward the gun positions. . .
Attacker: German (Abteilung Genz, Bataillon 1, Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1)
Defender: British (234 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery/Mobile Naval Base Defense Organisation, and the 1st Rangers Regiment/1st Welsh Regiment)  
9 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:8.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:3
Carrier MMG A
Carrier A x 2

Guns: A:0
5cm leGrW 36
D:4
OQF 3.7-in. AA x 2
OQF 3-in. 20-cwt AA x 2
OML 2-in. Mortar x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Treat Orchards / Grain as Olive Groves. Stone Bldgs. A: GL10 w D: AA guns in AA Mode
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2013-02-20(A) Vic Lauterbach vs EVL British winFairly close, but Germans could not quite overcome early losses including two leaders.
2004-09-24(A) Rich Weiley vs Neil Moore British winPlayed with the German balance.
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Hutch Modified the unit counts2021-02-12 21:10:15
Hutch Modified the Defender's Guns2021-02-12 21:10:15
Rich Weiley Added a playing2020-06-08 01:30:19
hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules2019-10-28 19:35:09
hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules2019-04-01 13:24:02
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Estimated Play time: 5.5 hours
Recorded Games: 2
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