Spearhead 1944 is a premium DLC for ArmA 3's Creator DLC programme. It was released on July 25th, 2023.[1]
Overview
| « | Grab your rifle and prepare to deploy to Normandy where you’ll experience World War II combat with the grand scale and intense realism that only the Arma platform can deliver. Spearhead 1944 places you in the boots of the soldiers fighting to break out from a tenuous foothold in the hellish maze of the bocage to liberate occupied Normandy. Play your way, with a wide array of iconic weapons and vehicles. Join the fight for liberation, or hold your ground across a new 150 km2 representation of real-world terrain based on inland Normandy. Command a tank, light up your 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. Or take the fight to the enemy with multiplayer game modes, a French Resistance-focused singleplayer scenario and US and German faction showcases. Offering unparalleled player freedom and new layers of strategic and tactical gameplay, Spearhead 1944 builds on the successful Arma 3 military sandbox formula to render World War II combat for players to experience in solo, with friends in a group, or together with the global Arma community. Official DLC Description
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Taking place at the height of the Second World War, Spearhead 1944 primarily follows the events of the Operation Cobra offensive, seven weeks after the D-Day landings.
The Normandy terrain, one of the highlights of the DLC, is a 150 km²-sized terrain that faithfully recreates areas of northwestern France on a 1:2 scale. It features numerous locations that were involved in the Operation Overlord campaign, ranging from Saint Lô to Roncey as well as Lengronne. Spearhead 1944's lineup of playable factions includes the U.S. Army, Free French resistance forces, and the German Wehrmacht. They are accompanied by a suite of era-appropriate weapons, equipment, and ground/air vehicular assets.
All proceeds made from the sale of Spearhead 1944 are shared between the developers of the DLC (Heavy Ordnance Works, the creators), the publisher (Bohemia Interactive), and the digital distributor (Valve).
NOTE: The content in Spearhead is completely optional to acquire. Unlike inhouse DLCs developed and released by Bohemia Interactive, content is only downloaded if the user purchases the DLC.
Optionally, players can download a trial version from the Workshop which is intended to be used for multiplayer compatibility purposes. The terrains and included scenarios (both singleplayer and multiplayer) are not fully accessible however, and vehicles cannot be driven or commanded outside of the editor without purchasing the DLC.
Content
Post-release assets may be gradually added via patches to the DLC's content library and expanded over time as they are completed.[2]
Terrains
Factions
- BLUFOR
- INDFOR
- French Interior Forces
- French Liberation Army
- U.S. Army
Campaign
Vehicles
- Main article: Spearhead 1944 Vehicles
| Vehicles of Spearhead 1944 | |
|---|---|
| Wheeled | M16 Half-Track • M3 Half-Track (M3A1) • Sd.Kfz. 250/1 • Sd.Kfz. 305 Blitz |
| Tracked | M10 Tank Destroyer • M18 Hellcat • M4 Sherman (Late, M4A1, M4A1 76 W) • M4A1-T34 Calliope Sherman • PzKpfw III Ausf.J (Ausf.L, Ausf.M, Ausf.N) • PzKpfw IV Ausf.G • PzKpfw VI Ausf.H1 • Sd.Kfz. 164 Nashorn |
| Fixed-wing | Fw 190 F-8 • P-47D Thunderbolt |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. | |
Weapons
- Main article: Spearhead 1944 Weapons
| Weapons of Spearhead 1944 | |
|---|---|
| Handguns | Luger, Pistole 08 9 mm • M1911A1 .45 |
| Submachine guns | M1A1 Thompson .45 • M3A1 Grease Gun .45 • MP 40 9 mm • Sten Mk II 9 mm |
| Flamethrowers | Flammenwerfer 41 • M2 Flamethrower |
| Shotguns | Fusil Mle. 208 12G (Sawed-off) |
| Carbines | M1 Carbine .30 |
| Rifles | Gewehr 43 7.92 mm • Kar 98k 7.92 mm (1944) • M1 Garand .30-06 • M1903A3 Springfield .30-06 • StG 44 7.92 mm |
| Squad automatic weapons | FM Mle. 1924 M29 7.5 mm • M1918A2 BAR .30-06 |
| Machineguns | M1919A4 .30-06 (A6) • MG 34 7.92 mm • MG 42 7.92 mm |
| Sniper rifles | Kar 98k ZF39 7.92 mm • M1903A4 Springfield .30-06 |
| Launchers | Faustpatrone 30 • M1A1 Bazooka • Panzerfaust 30 (60) |
| Static | 10.5 cm leFH18 • 57 mm Gun M1 • 8.14 cm GrW 278/1 f • FlaK 36 • FlaK 38 • M1 Mortar • M1919A4 (A6) • M45 Quadmount • MG 34 • MG 42 • Mortier de 81 mm Mle. 27/31 • PaK 40 • Searchlight |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. | |
Uniforms
Vests
| Wearable vests in Spearhead 1944 | |
|---|---|
| FFI Web Belt • GER Field Gear (Canvas) • GER Life Jacket • GER Pistol Holster • US Assault Jacket • US B/3 Life Preserver • US Web Gear, M1936 (BAR Belt, Cartridge Belt, Officer Web Gear, Medic Web Gear) | |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. | |
Hats
| Wearable hats in Spearhead 1944 | |
|---|---|
| CIV Fedora Cap • CIV Newsbloke Cap • GER Field Cap 1943 • GER LW Flight Helmet LKpW101 • GER Peaked Cap • GER ST Field Cap 1942 • US Flight Helmet, A11 • US Flight Helmet, AN/H15 • US Officer Service Cap • US Tank Helmet, M1938 | |
Helmets
| Wearable helmets in Spearhead 1944 | |
|---|---|
| FR Adrian Mle. 1926 • FR Casque USM1 • GER ST Stahlhelm 1942 • GER Stahlhelm 1942 • US Helmet, M1 • US Tank Helmet, M1938 [M1] | |
| NOTE: The armour rating system for helmets in Spearhead 1944 does not conform to the same protection standards of non-Creator DLC helmets. | |
Facewear
| Facewear in Spearhead 1944 | |
|---|---|
| Binoculars • Cigar • Cigarette • Glasses • Goggles • Pipe • Sunglasses • Tank Crew Headset | |
Backpacks
Screenshots
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Video
Trivia
- Spearhead 1944 is the first Creator DLC to be set in the Second World War.
- It is currently the first and only Creator DLC that does not feature a playable faction on REDFOR (all release factions are either civilians, BLUFOR or INDFOR).
- The DLC and its teaser trailer were first unveiled on July 7th, 2023[3], but did not receive a concrete release date until twelve days later on July 19th.[4]
References
- ↑ Bohemia Interactive a.s., et al. 2023, 'Arma 3 Creator DLC: Spearhead 1944 is out now', Developer's Blog, 25 July, viewed 26 July 2023, <https://www.bohemia.net/blog/arma-3-cdlc-spearhead-1994-is-out-now>.
- ↑ Heavy Ordnance Works 2023, SPEARHEAD 1944, spearhead-1944.com, viewed 26 July 2023, <https://spearhead-1944.com/#faq>.
- ↑ Bohemia Interactive a.s., 2023, Prepare to step off for Operation Cobra #Arma3 Creator DLC: Spearhead 1944 is launching on July 25! Wishlist it on Steam now:, 19 July, viewed 19 July 2023, <https://twitter.com/ArmaPlatform/status/1681318065248804869>.
External links
See also
| DLC (ArmA 3) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Premium | Main | Karts • Helicopters • Marksmen • Apex • Jets • Laws of War • Tac-Ops • Tanks • Contact | |
| Creator (Armaverse) | Western Sahara • Reaction Forces | ||
| Creator (Cold War) | Global Mobilization - Cold War Germany • S.O.G. Prairie Fire • CSLA Iron Curtain | ||
| Creator (WW2) | Spearhead 1944 | ||
| Free | Zeus • Malden • Art of War | ||
| Official Addon | ADR-97 Weapon Pack* • Czech Veterans Pack | ||
| Entries are listed in order of release from left (oldest) to right (newest) * deprecated/incorporated as official content. | |||