Codenamed Operation Deadstick, Howard & his men were to land by gliders as close as possible to the bridges over the Orne river & canal (nowadays ‘Pegasus Bridge’), and storm them ahead of the actual landings. Major John Howard’s D Company from the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (a.k.a Ox & Bucks) was considered the best glider-borne company in the British 6th Airborne Division and therefore selected for one of D-Day’s most vital mission. Ingame, they are large (and inexperienced) Phase C squads, armed in equal numbers with captured German rifles & airdropped British Sten. It even ended up the campaign in Paris expanding its numbers by creating several new companies! For all along the way, in every newly liberated village, partisans or individuals volunteered to join the “Leclerc’s Boys” and rode East with them with whatever weapons they came with, until they could be properly integrated into the division. The French 2e Division Blindée was unique among Allied divisions in Normandy in that it was the only division which faced no manpower issue to make up for its losses.
Ingame, it comes as a Phase A & B armed recon plane, with the same stats as the Polish Mustang Mk.III but half the ammo loadout. Although it retains its original version’s armament like the British Seafire L.III (and unlike the F-5A), the F-6C only has four machine guns, like the Polish Mustang Mk.III. This is the reconnaissance version of the P-51C Mustang. Ingame, it comes as two individual Phase B tanks, with the same gun as usual Fireflies mounted on a slower and less armored M4 (same as the one used by Lt.-Col. Although very common on the Italian battlefields, the Sherman Ic was a much rarer sight in Normandy. Lacking its full complement of Sherman Vc Firefly (and even regular Sherman V!) when it was transferred to continental Europe, the Polish armored division had retained (two) old Sherman Ic Firefly, mostly used for training in England.
Let’s see which new units you’ll be able to deploy on the battlefield. Back in Black, the next free update for Steel Division: Normandy 44, will be available next week and will feature 2v2 Attack/Defense scenarios as well as six new units, as announced in the content roadmap.
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