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Arma 3 Creator DLC: Spearhead 1944 - Experience WWII Realism

Grab your rifle and prepare for intense World War II combat in Normandy with Arma 3 Creator DLC: Spearhead 1944. Experience the grand scale and unparalleled realism that the Arma platform delivers, as you fight to break out of the bocage and liberate occupied Normandy. This is military simulation at its finest.

Play your way with a wide array of iconic WWII weapons and vehicles. Join the fight for liberation or hold your ground across two immersive terrains representing real-world landscapes based on inland Normandy and Mortain. Command a tank, wield a flamethrower, dial in your sniper scope, or grab your medical supplies. Dive into a sprawling new co-op campaign for up to 24 players inspired by Operation Cobra. Engage the enemy across both terrains with multiplayer game modes and several engaging single-player and co-op scenarios. Experience commanding an M8 LAC, covert operations as the French Resistance, or explore US and German faction showcases. This is a true military sandbox experience.

Offering unparalleled player freedom and new layers of strategic and tactical gameplay, Spearhead 1944 builds on the successful Arma 3 formula to render World War II combat for players to experience solo, with friends, or with the global Arma community. Prepare for realistic combat simulation like never before.

HOW TO LAUNCH

Arma 3 Creator DLC: Spearhead 1944 is optional to install and load. To play Arma 3 with this DLC enabled, visit the DLC section in the Arma 3 Launcher, ensure Spearhead 1944 is owned and loaded, then launch the game.

KEY FEATURES

Normandy - 150 km2 Terrain

This unique terrain is a detailed representation of the Normandy terrain at 1:2 scale where Operation Cobra took place. It features numerous faithfully recreated real-world locations involved in the Overlord campaign, covering St Lo down to Roncey and Lengronne. Expect intense close-quarter firefights.

Featuring labyrinthine hedgerows, branching rivers, quiet farmsteads, dug-in positions, ancient orchards, and ruined countryside towns, Normandy includes new custom-created, era-specific, and highly detailed buildings, rivers, environmental foliage, and fortifications, bringing the World War II setting to life. Get ready for thrilling combined-arms gameplay.

Mortain - 64km2 Terrain

This terrain features a highly detailed representation of the Mortain area, recreated at a 1:1 scale. It includes many iconic landmarks that saw fighting during Operation Lüttich, including the town of Mortain itself, the Mortain Church, Hill 317, 314, and 285, the Abbaye Blanche, Cambremont mine, Romagny, and St. Barthélémy.

Filled with well-hidden fighting positions, dugouts, fortified checkpoints, and intricate defensive networks on hilltops, the terrain also features scenic rivers, orchards, dangerous sunken roads, isolated farmsteads, detailed ditches, and idyllic villages, all with custom period and area-specific buildings for an immersive recreation of the area and specific landmarks. Prepare for intense combined-arms warfare.

Compared to Normandy, Mortain brings longer sightlines, bigger fields, sparser hedgerows, and greater changes in elevation.

6 New Factions, Civilians, 38 New Weapons, Explosives, Uniforms, and Other Gear

Spearhead 1944 offers 38 new weapons with realistic sounds and detailed animations, new grenades and mines with hand-crafted effects, 500+ uniform variants, 250+ vest variants, 100+ backpack variants, and 350+ headgear variants, and accessories. Experience authentic World War II weaponry.

Fight with the US 2nd Armored Division using iconic weapons like the M1 Garand, M1A1 Thompson, and M2 Flamethrower, plus static weapons like the M1 57mm AT Gun, the M1 81mm Mortar, the M2 Machine Gun, or the M45 Quadmount. Use rifle grenades, thrown grenades, and explosives including Illumination, Incendiary, and White Phosphorus variants. Surprise German convoys using AT and APERS mines, TNT charges, or the M9 Bazooka. Expect realistic weapon handling.

Defend German positions as the Wehrmacht with weapons like the MG 42, Stg 44, and the Flammenwerfer 41. Dig in with statics like the 10.5cm leFH18, FlaK 36 and 38, and the PaK 40. Toss Anti-Tank Grenades, Concussion grenades, and Smoke Grenades or fortify positions with German mines like the Schützenmine 42 or the TMI-42 AT Mine.

Join the French Interior Forces and the French Liberation Army, using foreign weapons, grenades, and mines, as well as unique weapons like the FM Mle. 1924 M29, Brno-Enfield MK 2, MAS Mle. 36, Fusil Mle. 208 12G, and the Sten Mk.II (suppressed and unsuppressed).

67 Vehicle Variants

United States

• G-503 MB 4x4 (Transport, Armored, M1919A4, M2, Ambulance, Patrol)
• G-508 CCKW 353 (Transport, Ambulance, Ammo, Fuel, Repair M2)
• M16 Half Track
• M3 Half Track (Transport, Ambulance, Ammo, Fuel, Repair)
• M3A1 Half Track
• M20 Armored Utility Car
• M8 Light Armored Car
• M10 Tank Destroyer
• M18 Hellcat
• M4 Sherman - 75mm (M4, M4A1, Composite Hybrid and M4A3 in multiple variants)
• M4A1 - T34 Calliope Sherman (M4A1, M4A3)
• M4 Sherman - 76mm (M4A1, M4A3)
• M4 Sherman - 105mm (M4, M4A3)
• P-47D Thunderbolt (M8 Rockets, 500/1000 lbs Bombs with optional impact delays and 100 lb WP Bomb)

German

• Pkw. Kfz 1 R200 (Transport, MG34)
• Sd. Kfz. 250/1 Half Track
• Sd. Kfz. 305 Blitz (Transport, Ambulance, Ammo, Anti Air, Fuel, Repair)
• PzKpfw III Ausf J/L/M/N
• Pzkpfw IV Ausf G
• Pzkpfw VI Ausf H1 Tiger
• Pzkpfw V Ausf G Panther
• Sd. Kfz.142/1 StuG III G (Early, Coaxial Armed and Late War)
• Sd. Kfz.142/2 StuH 42
• Sd. Kfz. 164 Nashorn
• Sd. Kfz. 173 Jagdpanther
• FW 190 F-8 (20 and 13 mm MG’s, SC-50 Bomb with optional impact delays, NC-50 Smoke Bomb)

Multiplayer Campaign

Mount up with the 2nd Armored Division for Operation Cobra with up to 24 players and experience the legendary operation that changed the course of war in Western Europe. Experience large scale battles with friends.

• 9 fully-voiced immersive missions taking place across large swaths of Normandy.
• Animated briefings for each mission describe the battlefield situation and lay out the tasks and objectives players must complete.
• Plan your strategy by voting on tactical choices in each mission, providing increased replayability.
• Wide range of player roles to choose from, including tankers, engineers, flamethrower operators, medics and much more.
• Can be played with up to 24 players or alone with AI support.

Singleplayer

Familiarize yourself with the history and equipment of the US and German faction during Operation Cobra by exploring two single-player showcases. Take part in a daring assignment as part of the French Resistance either solo or with up to 4 friends called “Der Zahnarzt”, lead an armored reconnaissance patrol in “Prizefighter”, or defend against an armored onslaught in “Battle of St. Barthélémy”. Enjoy varied single player scenarios.

Game Modes

• Zeus - Create your own missions and play your own way, with both US and German CO-OP scenarios pre-made and ready to go.
• Combat Patrol - Spearhead version with faction selection, more tasks, wide customization via mission parameters and automatic support for WW2 mods.
• Escape - Spearhead version with faction selection, a tougher experience and automatic support for WW2 mods.
• Warlords - Spearhead version with faction selection, more customization via mission parameters and automatic support for WW2 mods.

Gameplay Enhancements

• Custom Revive System: An enhanced version of the Arma 3 revive system providing full AI support with features such as dragging unconscious allies, stabilizing bleeding and further customization options.
• Morale System: Simulates unit morale, making AI decide to retreat, drop weapons, or surrender. POWs can be questioned.
• Indirect Fire Support: Players and AI can call in battlefield support: mortars, heavy artillery, and CAS, or direct fire from nearby tanks.
• Realistic Vehicle Damage: Simulates deflection, armor penetration, spalling, and ammo rack cook off with enhanced visual effects and destruction of vehicle components. Experience realistic destruction.
• Extended Reload Animations: Infantry weapons have alternate reloads when reloading on a non-empty magazine, or loading individual rounds.
• Hip Fire System and Wall Avoidance: Simulates challenges of heavy/long weapons in close combat. Longer weapons raise/lower when colliding with objects.
• Improved Soundscape: Immersive and realistic projectile & ambient war sounds with full doppler effect taken from authentic real-world sounds. Enjoy an immersive soundscape.
• New Weapon Attachments: Bayonets and Rifle Grenades expand the arsenal, offering new options for anti-armor, illumination, and concealment..
• Flamethrowers: Unleash devastating fire attacks and control the battlefield.
• Towing and Pushing Anti-Tank Guns: Reposition heavy weaponry quickly and efficiently.
• German and French Radio Protocol: The German factions issue orders in era-appropriate language. Similarly, the French factions speak in native French and terminology.
• Usable Flashlights: Nighttime operations are supported by flashlights in the night vision category, usable by AI.
• Paradrop Module: Allows setting drop zones to dynamically drop units and cargo in parachutes.
• Hunter Squads: Hunter Squads will automatically be spawned nearby and hunt all units.

Language Support

Spearhead 1944 is available with native language support for:

• English
• French
• German
• Spanish
• Simplified Chinese
• Russian

COMPATIBILITY DATA FOR NON-OWNERS

Non-owners can download and install the DLC's optional data via the Arma 3 Steam Workshop, allowing them to try out the DLC's assets prior to purchasing and join multiplayer servers using DLC content. Note that access to the DLC's terrain and campaign remains exclusive to owners.

ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS

This DLC is published by Bohemia Interactive and developed by the Heavy Ordnance Works, an international team of Arma platform and World War II enthusiasts dedicated to delivering an immersive and intense WW2 experience, with a wide variety of assets on a vast landscape based on real-world locations.