Gents:
Actually, after a cursory review of the Axis OOB - it looks suspect!
In the Axis historically proposed plan for the invasion of Malta, the paratroops (German Fliegerdivision 7 and Italian 185th Airborne Folgore) were to secure the hills surrounding the southern coast AND seize a nearby airfield. Then Axis aircraft were to
land another division (80th Infantry Division La Spezia
air landing division - 10,500 men) and supplies!
The Axis OOB in all the Operation Herkules scenarios - plain vanilla and .alt - are missing over 10k men! These troops were to be air landed onto the captured airfields. Landing troops on airfields would result in much fewer casualties then paratroops + allow the Axis commander to bring in heavy support weapons to help in reducing Allied bunkers.
I find these Malta scenarios to be intriguing... and I wish to be able to play and explore them further, but the before mentioned design deficiencies and incomplete Axis OOB make that impossible.
Regards, Mike / "A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week." - George S. Patton /
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