The Extraordinary Sidney Cotton
Hyderbad #10
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Hyderabad
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India
(Attacker)
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Total |
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0 |
| Draw |
0 |
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0 |
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Total |
| Side 1 |
0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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Total |
| Side 1 |
0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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Scenario Rank:
--- of 1094 |
| Parent Game |
Hyderbad |
| Historicity |
Historical |
| Date |
1948-09-01 |
| Start Time |
10:30 |
| Turn Count |
12 |
| Visibility |
Day |
| Counters |
24 |
| Net Morale |
1 |
| Net Initiative |
0 |
| Maps |
2: 84, 89 |
| Layout Dimensions |
56 x 43 cm
22 x 17 in |
| Play Bounty |
214 |
| AAR Bounty |
224 |
| Total Plays |
0 |
| Total AARs |
0 |
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Introduction
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In the months before the Indian invasion, Osman Ali Kham, last Nizam of Hyderabad and reputedly the richest man in the world, desperately tried to obtain modern arms to defend his kingdom. He engaged the Australian spy and aviator Sidney Cotton, one of the models for Ian Fleming's James Bond, to obtain the weapons and smuggle them through Indian territory.
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Conclusion
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The Nizam desperately wanted tanks (and aircraft) for his armed forces, and thanks to Hyderabad's heavy commitment to the Allied cause in the Second World War he had plenty of experienced officers and crew to man them. But Cotton, despite his undoubted skills and commitment to his famous Eleventh Commandment ("Thou shalt not be found out"), could not manage to bring heavy equipment across Indian territory. He did manage to import tens of thousands of rifles and other light arms by air, allowing 50,000 Razakars to take the field with modern weapons. But despite a world awash in surplus arms, the importation of tanks proved beyond even Cotton's abilities, and this tank battle never took place.
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Display Relevant AFV Rules
| AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
- Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
- AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8).
They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank
leader in order to carry out combat movement.
- AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
- Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn
(either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more
(11.2).
- Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its
printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
- Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire
(7.44, 7.64).
Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire,
but not both (7.22, 13.0).
Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
- Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
- Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
- AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
- AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
- Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
- Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
- Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
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Hyderabad Order of Battle
HDRB009 
