New file at the Repository: Caen Area Map Project (2013-03-07)

[Battlefront Repository]

This is my finally finished map of a ca. 4x4km area (very detailed!) to the northwest of Caen, where heavy combat took place between German and Allied forces. Featured are the villages Franqueville, Authie, Buron, Saint-Contest, Gruchy, Cussy, Bitot as well the Abbaye Ardennes and the Hameau de Saint-Louet. The area is very open with large fields between the villages and relatively flat. It is based on aerial photographies from 1944 and 1947 and mostly true to the real world (as much as the given tools and my skills permit).Performance: The map itself runs -despite its size- very smothly on my PC, but that is without any units. Loading times are pretty excessive, though, Up to 7 minutes. The general idea is for people to use smaller parts of the map to create their own scenarios on them, for instance the 12th SS assault on Authie and Buron on June 7th or the Canadian assault on Cussy in July. For that you have my full permission.The file includes the map itself plus a number of template files which can be used for briefing graphics with little adjustments.Note that I consider this a lite version, with relatively few flavour objects. An even more detailed version will probably uploaded at a later time.The map itself does not require the Commonwealth module, but no American forces were involved in the fighting North of Caen and SS, British and Canadian forces were heavily involved there.

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[Erwin]

This is the same as the one at CMMODS?

[Rokko]

Yep it's exactly the same.

[baron Jacquinot]

4x4km??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!! How much time need to open map or start game?

Anyway it is good material to create 12SS scenarios, maybe someone can do it.

[Rokko]

I think it's like 7 minutes on my laptop. I usually Alt-Tab out and do something else, though.

[baron Jacquinot]

Yes I tried, looks about 6-8 min. The map is great I like very much. Do you have some sources of 12SS battle road? I want to try create scenario.

[Rokko]

I plan on doing similiar, which is the reason why I made that map in the first place. Either a campaign or a series of scenarios.

I would wish I could use the entire map for a scenario, because that would be the only way to accurately simulate the flanking fire from the high grounds at Saint-Contest, but that would just be too much for any computer to handle, i.e. I'm sure it wouldn't be possible to handle two German batallions, some Panzer companies, a Canadian batallion and a Canadian Sherman regiment.

Instead I will likely go for splitting it in two scenarios.

One with III./25 and 5./12 and 6./12 and 16./25 against A and C company of the North Novas and two squadrons of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers in Athie, and another scenario with II./25 and 7./12 against B company + whatever is left of the North Novas from the previous battle. Any following battle would be outside of the map boundaries (Villons-les-Buissons, Cambes, etc.)

But if you still want to give it a try, here's some sources:

http://www.canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/milner-no-ambush-no-defeat-essays-in-honour-of-terry-copp-Sept-2012.pdf

http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/nw-europe/37622-north-novas-buron-authie-3.html

http://www.fireandfury.com/scenarios/bloodhonourauthie.pdf

http://books.google.de/books?id=CELzdzkM2OkC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false

(Chapter 1.1)

[baron Jacquinot]

Thanks Rokko, I wait your scenario and try to create something.

[Vanir Ausf B]

Note that I consider this a lite version, with relatively few flavour objects. An even more detailed version will probably uploaded at a later time.

That would be great. Thanks for your effort

[JRMC1879]

This is my finally finished map of a ca. 4x4km area (very detailed!) to the northwest of Caen, where heavy combat took place between German and Allied forces. Featured are the villages Franqueville, Authie, Buron, Saint-Contest, Gruchy, Cussy, Bitot as well the Abbaye Ardennes and the Hameau de Saint-Louet. The area is very open with large fields between the villages and relatively flat. It is based on aerial photographies from 1944 and 1947 and mostly true to the real world (as much as the given tools and my skills permit).Performance: The map itself runs -despite its size- very smothly on my PC, but that is without any units. Loading times are pretty excessive, though, Up to 7 minutes. The general idea is for people to use smaller parts of the map to create their own scenarios on them, for instance the 12th SS assault on Authie and Buron on June 7th or the Canadian assault on Cussy in July. For that you have my full permission.The file includes the map itself plus a number of template files which can be used for briefing graphics with little adjustments.Note that I consider this a lite version, with relatively few flavour objects. An even more detailed version will probably uploaded at a later time.The map itself does not require the Commonwealth module, but no American forces were involved in the fighting North of Caen and SS, British and Canadian forces were heavily involved there.

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Superb Map. Always surprises me the effort some of you guys put in to creating content.

[Waycool]

Amazing detail. Thanks for posting.