Dinant – Crossing the river Meuse May 1940 – SP/COOP Mission
Updated 4/2015
This is a SP / COOP mission taking place during Fall Gelb. It is May 1940. You play as general Erwin Rommel commanding the 7th Panzer Division. You are tasked to cross River Meuse at Dinant. You can use rubber dinghys for capturing a bridgehead at the opposite bank of the river. After the bridgehead is secured your bridging battalion will be able to build a pontoon bridge over the river and you can then move your Panzer Regiment over and continue your advance.
Credits:
– early war tanks, artillery and french infantry by Normand
– HE-111 bomber by Bassmaniac
– testing by DJSatane and Mopar – Thanks for your valuable advice!
Note #1: This is a independent stand-alone mod – Normand´s Valour mod units are already included in download/subscription – there´s no need to subscribe any other mods.
You are recommended to deactivate ALL other mods such as GSM when running this mission.
Note #2: This mission contains historical German and French armor by Normand which means that they are hard nut to crack: "…In post-campaign analysis, the 37mm calibre gun mounted on the Panzer Mark III and the Pak36 anti-tank gun were castigated as being inadequate to penetrate enemy tanks. It was for this reason that this weapon acquired the unflattering sobriquet of the army’s ‘door knocker’. Numerous reports spoke of 37mm shells from both weapons simply bouncing off the armour of tanks like the Somua and Char Bl-Bis. What emerged as the most effective tank mounted weapon against enemy tanks in the French campaign was the low velocity, 75mm KwK37 L24 gun carried on the Panzer IV…" http://weaponsandwarfare.com/?p=2764
