Falaise

there is a relatively well developed national road network plus some major departmental road may be tared. here is a website on the michelin map http://cartesmich.free.fr/ww2.php on this German map taken from the Michelin maps of the time (sorry I did not find larger) the red roads and some yellow are tared the official width of the roads at the time is 6m and more for the national (RN) and 5 -6m for the departmental (RD) the secondary departmental or communal roads are 3 to 5 m wide RD or RC I like the first 2 textures there is no macadam road in Normandy for a long time the only examples that I saw, was in the south of Italy and in Cyprus this one was not that much dust and I found them more pleasant to drive than the tarred one filled with potholes. Concerning the cobblestones, I am only talking about the Norman example. There are only a few stone quarries on site capable of providing hard stone to make cobblestones, they had to be brought in from afar. The large city having a railway had enough means to bring the cobblestones but the farther one goes from the station, the more transport made the cost of the latter unbearable. for some other regions of France cobbled streets were the rule because it had the raw material on site

I modified the map, it is that of @George MC in Wittmann's Demise, a curious sensation as if I was retouching the mona Lisa with my brush

thanks slippy here even if the connection between the RM and the DR is not very nice, the appearance of the 2 roads is quite realistic

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No, the thank you, it's for you guys! @JM Stuff @Lucky_Strike The management of roads depends on their interest. The one useful to towns or villages are managed by it (route communale , RC on the maps) That allowing the economic life of the departments depend on the department (route départemental, RD on the map) and finally that of national interest, by the French state (route nationale, RN on the map like the famous RN13) In 1944 only the RN, national road were tarred Falaise Caen; Cherbourg Caen. It was 2 lanes road. George MC in his "Wittman Demise" is perfectly right to represent it as the RN 158 near Cintheaux the color is correct because the tar was covered with gravel as Lucky says: Is this like a kind of aggregate stuck onto a tarred surface rolled flat with a large steamroller? I'd imagine it was simply applied every couple of years or so straight on top of the old surface. The other roads, which are called departmental roads (RD), were not much narrower but were covered with white macadam. In this aerial photo from the 1950s, in vertical, the RN 158 (Caen Falaise) is dark because it is tarred. We see departmental who join it in white, covered with macadam In the communes according to their importance and their wealth, the roads and streets were either paved, or tarred or covered with macadam. When I got interested in this subject I interviewed elders and many did not remember what the roads were like and I had some difficulty finding the truth. The only thing that people remembered is that punctures were common because roads were littered with nails, the nails of horseshoes which were still heavily used by civilians and German armies !!! here the appearance is good but it must be white (mixture of limestone and lime)

it has "plus de gueule " with the traces of tracks yes that's it! a priori in 1944 the Normandy roads were in good condition, little road traffic (only the Germans and the administrations had cars) and the German authorities for strategic reasons took care of the road network you guys are good !!! on the other hand if I can allow myself @Lucky_Strike don't leave you detoured from your tree project, it's too great and important !!!!!!!

@JM Stuff has already been in the Red Army !!!! I am not convinced of this mod for CM Normandie or possibly for certain scenarios or campaigns concerning Goodwwod Cobra or the Falaise pocket on the other hand it is in my opinion essential for muddy roads CM Final Blitzkrieg with tank imprint for the autumn and winter fights I was interested to know what the roads of Normandy looked like in 1944 The majority of the dual-track roads were tarred and the original color shade in the game is pretty much the real thing, slightly pink (I even looked at an abandoned stretch of road from the 1950s to get the color) although I think that like today there was a many shade of color no paved road except in big cities and still not everywhere, especially in squares the streets of towns and villages were generally tarrred the countryside and the secondary roads were covered with MacAdam, a mixture of limestone and white lime I tried a rainy road but that need to load the mod according to the scenario or to make a rain tag what was missing are the famous trackprints if @JM Stuff can make relief imprints in the mud then and in particular for CMFB it will become essential

yes it would be cool if we could put the rear stripe officer and non-commissioned officer band on US helmets officer non-commissioned officer

ha ha congratulations !!! this battle is a nightmare: Hamburger hill, "Le Chemins des dames" I myself had the impression of climbing the slope under the fire of the enemy in the middle of the ricochet of the bullets on the rocks, hell !!! your drawing is superb hurray hurray

There is no tactical interest in riding the captured Panther, just the fun, the feeling of power and that stoast of revenge and freedom after 5 years of oppression. In a few moments they will pay a lot for their youthful unconscious!!!

yes of course I sent you an email

I've been very busy lately and I didn't have time to play or post pictures luckily @kohlenklau made micro scenarios and @JM Stuff set the mood merci les gars !!! ambush ! anti tank grenades fly a second ! onslaught !!

fascinating! now that technique is no longer an obstacle with your talent and your inventiveness and improved performance programmed by battlefront it is a limitless universe that opens before us

yes the Americans shoot standing with the Bar and even on their knees they shoot but Italians or Germans with LMGs do not shoot they get down on their knees, aim then get up it's frustrating

there is someone on my lawn !!!

Before testing the graphic improvements of lucky and its superb very realistic trenches I continued to test that of kole when the behavior of the troops. alas an insurmountable problem for me arose, the LMG shooters if they stand to watch only shooting lying down or kneeling result they do not shoot in the trenches !!! trechs thus lose all interest!

beautiful @MOS:96B2P but I thinked that I will not have enough green heart ! The SS keep their helmets, discipline is maintained in these units those who do not wear a helmet should also remove the gas mask !!!

I have been very calm for a month and a half, but I am starting to smell musty, never seen so much rain in the summer

My photos are not as pretty as Lucky's, I haven't changed anything of what @kohlenklau did I just tested if it improved the defense and if shooting was still possible under all circumstances. I found that the soldiers were better protected, the parapet stopping the projectiles and the men did not emerge up to the waist, only the top of the shoulders and the head, but I think @Lucky_Strike made that even better. Among the disadvantages, the machine guns which as in reality cannot fire from the bottom of the trench. Where it becomes great is that if you make angles, the trench returns to the original. You just have to place the HMGs in these adapted positions to be able to benefit from them. here we see a shooter! and in the dedicated positions the machine guns

I reduced them to the maximum just to leave a background noise because as I said I can not stand and it tenses my nerves !! and this noise with a part where I lose could lead to the destruction of my pc

we have to see the behavior but I think you achieved what many wanted !! génial

I still have this problem !! I deleted my French mod nothing changes! I use the mod africa maybe it is he who does not work besides, why don't you tag your scenario to have the house with a flat roof I am obliged to tag your scenarios? Otherwise the idea is great "Les gars de Koenig" will still have to work miracles Tiens voila du boudin , voila du boudin .....

this is the first time that I see this! but after research on the net I found this "Mine marshes (low density of mines) can be used to cover large areas in front of a combat zone."

it's @Erwin moment I finally understand droopbox and its strange ergonomics !! here are the cicadas, personally that annoys me and explains in large part why I rarely descend more to the south of the Loire river https://www.dropbox.com/sh/re1eho8d0rmqga9/AACP7xLilsEc5xv-hiGcictPa?dl=0 yes I want to test your sound

Marais is a wetland champ de mine is minefield on a panel or in general in military terms we say "Champ de mines"