Close Combat: Gateway To Caen

Historic regimental names and battalion organization. You command artillery and mortar barrages and even air strikes. Field Marshal Rommel formed a capable defense in Normandy that made the Allied advance costly. Superior Allied artillery and air power failed to crack the German lines. Panther, Tiger, Stug, and Mk.IV tanks will arrive to support German Panzergrenadiers as they try to hold the line against a concerted British attack. At your command are Churchill, Cromwell, Firefly, Sherman, Stuart tanks and more. Can you, as Montgomery and his commanders, re-chart the course of the Normandy campaign and prevail against Germany’s SS Panzer divisions? Operation Epsom was Field Marshall Montgomery’s first concentrated attempt to go around the city and the Odon River, and break through the strengthening German bulwark. The strategic battlefield offers over two dozen individual battlefields with over three dozen accurately portrayed German and British battle groups. Though the Norman City of Caen was originally a British D-Day objective, its capture would elude and frustrate Montgomery’s 21st Army for weeks to come. Enhanced Scenario Editor - Create your own "what if" Scenarios. New vehicles and guns including Churchill, Cromwell, M-10 Achilles, and Firefly tanks; 17-pdr AT guns, Loyd Carriers, and more. You will get to know individual solders, platoons, battalions, and the larger brigades and battle groups which they comprise. The Germans had offensive plans too, but the British struck first, and the 2nd SS Panzer Corps, the last of Germany’s offensive reserves in Normandy, was instead committed to stopping the British breakthrough along the Odon. Defending that front was the infamous 12th SS Panzer Division. Thirty new battlefield maps accurately reflect the Odon Valley west of Caen, France. Though reduced by weeks of heavy fighting they remained a potent and experienced foe. You will command squads in close combat situations, using small arms, mortars, machine guns, armored cars, and tanks to triumph against the enemy. British infantry regimental history is reflected in name among the various battalions. You can move or combine your battlegroups on the strategic level and decide the outcome of battles on the tactical level. The newly-arrived British VIII Corps, supported by 700 guns of the Royal Artillery made a go of it along a four-mile front between Rauray and Carpiquet. New features including Rolling barrages and dug-in/camouflaged tanks and anti-tank guns. The historic scope of Operation Epsom is captured in single battles, operations, and the grand campaign. It was not to be so. Though initially surprised and overwhelmed, the German Army quickly recovered, mobilized, and, counterattacked. 65 vehicles, 36 infantry units, 77 weapons. Can you as the Germans, once again stop Montgomery, or eclipse history and push the British back entirely?Completely revised graphics that elevate battle effects, units, and maps to a new, detailed level in the Close Combat Series. The Setting With the success of the Allied landings at Normandy and their domination of air and sea, expectations were high that the momentum would continue on land. Improved graphics and effects and new soldier voices. Gateway to Caen focuses on the largest, concentrated British offensive since the Normandy landings in an attempt to penetrate the German lines west of Caen and cross the Odon River to get the stalled advance moving again. With Close Combat: Gateway to Caen you can play at the strategic and tactical level, putting yourself in the boots of both the generals and the platoon commanders. Close Combat: Gateway to Caen includes a free copy of Close Combat (Windows 7 / 8 only, added as a bonus goodie) Close Combat: Gateway to Caen is the latest release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series, and the final release of the current game engine. Players can experience the desperate situation of the outnumbered, but well-armed Panzergrenadiers, or the daunting offensive mission of the fully-supported British infantry advancing across the treacherous Odon Valley. Revised terrain files that represent the specific conditions of the Odon battlefield: tall cornfields and hindered, muddy movement during rainy weather. The game includes all new maps and a range of upgraded effects. You can deploy your battalions as they actually fought in the struggle for the Odon. Mount troops or guns on vehicles.

Close Combat: Gateway To Caen