Крым-Феодосия Мод / Crimea-Feodossija-Mod released v01

[kraut1]

2 hours ago, Juri_JS said:

Does the map marking only appear on a single day? If yes, maybe it could mean that there were unverified reports of a possible landing in that area. 

 

Thanks for your answer,

yes in this area landings are marked only for the 27th Jan.42. And there is a ? at the marking.

https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/pages/1436249/map

 

 

[kraut1]

On 8/12/2026 at 1:07 PM, Juri_JS said:

Does the map marking only appear on a single day? If yes, maybe it could mean that there were unverified reports of a possible landing in that area. 

Thanks again,

I have removed the Beach Head on the southern coast and instead of it I have created the missing Cape Zyuk landing.

All 4 Beach Heads in the template in the frontline from ca. 26th december to ca. noon 28th december.
In the next front from ca. 28th dec afternoon to ca. 29th dec. there will be only 2 left, 2 retaken by german troops of the 46th Division.

After this the 46th will retreat to west...

 

Edited September 7 by kraut1

[kraut1]

Some progress in Feodossija:

 

 

 

[kraut1]

Counter Attack against the landing:

Afternoon 29th December 41 - Feodossija liberated!

Making the EMG template to work with many small beach heads means much detail work...

@sandmarken @Nerpo

[sandmarken]

Fabulous work! I wish this was done before I made the little brother campaign! It could simulate more accurately how the IAR 80s jumped between airfields protecting the sea routes! 😁

[kraut1]

Yesterday I have loaded my improvised russian landing barges with vehicles for 26th December 41 landings.

The turrets of the vehicles loaded on the barges are active and will engage enemies.

Mod WiP, link to current Mod backup:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/9kltzgpu2at39jk/Kuban-Crimea-Feodossija-Area-Mod-Test2p-loaded-barges.zip/file

 

Edited September 7 by kraut1

[CzechTexan]

On 8/12/2026 at 8:35 AM, kraut1 said:

 

Thanks for your answer,

yes in this area landings are marked only for the 27th Jan.42. And there is a ? at the marking.

https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/pages/1436249/map

 

 

Planned landings on the southern coast were scrapped, according to my source:

"Assault squadron "B" was formed to land the 105th Mountain Rifle Regiment in the vicinity of Opuk Hill."

"For a variety of reasons, the landing detachment "B" in the Opuk Hill sector did not take place.  Reasons included mistakes permitted by the detachment command, as well as bad weather.  Finally, the 105th Mountain Rifle Regiment was landed in the Kamysh-Burun sector, where the assault force of the Kerch Naval Base had landed previously."

[CzechTexan]

"...the Azov Flotilla landed 1,378 men, 3 tanks, 4 guns, and 9 mortars in the Cape Zyuk sector, and 1,452 men, 3 tanks, and 4 guns in the Cape Khroni sector on 26th December.  Chiefly as a result of bad weather, and partly because of enemy resistance, landings were not possible in other sectors.  At the same time, on the east shore of the Kerch Peninsula the Kerch Naval Base landed 19 men at Eltigen, about 500 men north of Eltigen, more than 1,600 men at Kamysh-Burun, and 55 men at Staryy Karantin.  The bad weather, which worsened in the evening of 26 December, prevented further reinforcement of the landing forces until 28 December, by which time they had succeeded in consolidating on shore.  The Azov Flotilla and the Kerch Naval Base by 30 December brought the total strength of the assault troops of the Fifty-first Army to 12,525 men, which created a dangerous situation for the German Forty-sixth Army Corps."

Other notes:

"...not one of the detachments arrived at the assigned landing sectors on time, and the assault actually commenced during daylight hours.  The number of fire support ships (three gunboats of the Azov Flotilla, carrying light artillery) was completely inadequate for support of the landing on the north shore of the Kerch Peninsula."

"the landing on the east shore of the strait was supported by coastal and field artillery batteries emplaced on the Taman Peninsula...and to a certain degree by the guns and machine guns of the patrol boats and torpedo boats"

"There was practically no air cover for the landing."

"On 29 December, detachment "A" ships successfully repelled fourteen attacks made by enemy bomber groups (three to five each)."

[JollyJack]

You made me search ..... a great source for some historical IL2 missions, especially with added ships?  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Flotilla

Alas the Azov area is not on the Kuban map ..

Edited September 6 by JollyJack

[kraut1]

On 9/5/2026 at 5:33 PM, CzechTexan said:

"the landing on the east shore of the strait was supported by coastal and field artillery batteries emplaced on the Taman Peninsula...and to a certain degree by the guns and machine guns of the patrol boats and torpedo boats"

 

Thank you very much for your support!
I have added a heavy 152mm howitzer battery Group and a EMG artillery objective on Kosa Tuzla to the EMG template that will support the Kamysh Burun Beach Head:

[CzechTexan]

Would Soviet batteries at Gaduchiy Kut on Taman be able to reach (fire upon) the Eltigen area?  If so, this could be another artillery target for the Axis.

[kraut1]

10 hours ago, CzechTexan said:

Would Soviet batteries at Gaduchiy Kut on Taman be able to reach (fire upon) the Eltigen area?  If so, this could be another artillery target for the Axis.

The ML20 152mm could hit Eltigen from this position, with the maximum possible range.

I have not shown the Eltigen Beach Head  in the EMG template because according to my sources the landing there was directly repulsed by the German defenders in the very early morning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Kerch_Peninsula

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/soviet-disaster-in-the-crimea/And I found another single map:

Spoiler

But it will be possible to simulate an additional landing at Eltigen by manual mission design with ME.

Edited September 7 by kraut1

[kraut1]

I have checked the historical data about the Soviet offensive between 10....13.04.1944:

The last frontline for combat missions on the extended map area is 13. April 1944, ca. 8:00...9:00 in the morning (Ислям-Терек taken).

[kraut1]

On 9/6/2026 at 11:58 PM, CzechTexan said:

Would Soviet batteries at Gaduchiy Kut on Taman be able to reach (fire upon) the Eltigen area?  If so, this could be another artillery target for the Axis.

Hi @CzechTexan

As I mentioned Eltigen not in 1941, but I have created now most of the late fronts from Nov.43 to 13th April 44.

And the 1943 Eltigen and Yenikale landings are supported by 152mm batteries from the islands Koca Tuzla and Kosa Chushka:

 

And there will be some Romanian troops, and maybe we will get even brown uniforms for them, the Romanian AAA Truck is already working...

@AndreiTomescu

 

 

Edited September 18 by kraut1

[MajorMagee]

As requested.

Romanian Gunners

 

 

 

 

[kraut1]

16 hours ago, MajorMagee said:

As requested.

Romanian Gunners

 

 

 

 

Thank you very much!!!

I have integrated your Mod in the Feodosia Mod and it looks great!

Edited September 20 by kraut1

[kraut1]

Torpedos are implemented in extended Mod and EMG and working, (supported by Off_Winters):

 

Edited September 23 by kraut1

[kraut1]

Крым-Феодосия Мод / Crimea-Feodossija-Mod released v01

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The Crimea-Feodossija-Mod is intended to be used to simulate the combat in the eastern part of the Crimea from November 1941 to January 1942 and in May42 and from October 1943 to April 1944.
Overview main historical campaigns on the extended map area:
04.11.1941 - 16.11.1941:  1. German Offensive
12.12.1941 - 28.01.1942: Red Army & Navy Amphibious Landing Operation + German Counter Attack
01.02.1942 - 07.05.1942: Static Front, 4 Soviet Offensives
08.05.1942 - 19.05.1942: German Offensive Operation Trappenjagd
01.11.1943 - 07.12.1943: Soviet Amphibious Landing Operation and Battle of the Beach Heads
08.12.1943 - 10.04.1944: Static Front
11.04.1944 - 13.04.1944: Final Soviet Offensive and Liberation of the Kerch Peninsula / Eastern Crimea

Content:

There are 2 Mods to be used alternatively, this means only one of them to be installed!:

The Crimea-Feodossija-Map-Mod  for general usage for mission creation with IL-2 Mission Editor
Download: see first main post
-westward extended Map, similar as invented by EffeDB
-for winter missions [MOD] Winter Kuban Map @LuftManu and @may-bug integrated
-extension of the GUI mapstiles with Gimp in the north-western area, new coordinate ranges selected
-3 Additional airfields consisting each of one polygon smooth surface
(improvised airfields (Feldflugplätze), required to use the westward extended map
-some simplified Cities / Villages, consisting partly of surfaces, labeled in the GUI mapstiles.
-Groups with static objects for cities, airfields,... in a tempalte file.

The Crimea-Feodossija-Extended Mod includes the Map Mod + additionally modifications
Download: see first main post
-"Romanian Gunners Mod" by @MajorMagee
-and additional optional russian / german infantry by MajorMagee
-working torpedos for He111, Ju88, from @Off_Winters Desert Mod (not released)
-and selfmade:
-Romanian Skins for a Ford truck, Pz38t, PzIVG, + the Ford ammo truck with installed AAA MG
-Some soviet landing barges loaded with with trucks
-modified AI settings with increased open fire ranges for machine guns, tanks and artillery to create more random AI combat.
-for the importent actions in late 41 / early 42 Ju87-D3 renamed in IL-2 to Ju87-B2 (optionally, can be deactivated)
-modified AI settings for BF109-E4/7, I153, I16, rear gunners and reduced weapon accuracy for aircraft weaopons (optionally, can be deactivated)
-reduced radio chatter (unrealistic message that "player is attacking...", even if you haven't seen the enemy... (optionally, can be deactivated)
-deactivated / reduced plane icons on map during flight for realism. (optionally, can be deactivated)
-18 Single Player Quick Missions (Airstart)
-13 Single Player Missions (start / landing from runway)

+additionally EasyMissionGenerator-Feodossija based on Easy Mission Generator v91 by @SYN_Vander
Thank you very much for your great EMG!
-has to be used together with installed Crimea-Feodossija-Extended-Mod

Download: see first main post

I have adapted the EMG version 91:
-with 36 semi historic frontlines:
-26.12.1941 - 19.05.1942
-01.11.1943 - 13.04.1944
-selectable 1941, 1942 and 1943 tank units
-customized artillery, tank concentrations, strongholds with working guns, triggered when close to front line
-additional groups for landing operations, automaticly placed
-He111-H6, He111-H16, Ju88-A as torpedo planes when loadout Cargo is selected

@sandmarken@Nerpo

[kraut1]

Крым-Феодосия Мод / Crimea-Feodossija-Mod released v01

First small campaign for IL-2 M43 for this Mod released: