You can see also this thread:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=20748
As for fighting ten days with the paratroopers, these ten days would probably only include some hours of real fights and minutes of firing. As for having only pistols, German paratroopers jumped with only pistols too, their individual weapons (rifles and MP40) being dropped in weapon canisters they should recover after the jump.