Hardhat

"Engage the enemy in a tightly spaced construction yard that caters to fast-paced, close-quarters combat. The majority of skirmishes take place in the open through short sight lines, rewarding the player that best anticipates enemy movement and can strike a solid balance between careful movement and aggressive ambush."

- Call of Duty ELITE

Hardhat is a multiplayer map in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

This small map is set in a construction site, hence the name, for a new business building, in New York City. Hardhat is perfect for close quarters combat, due to its small size, however there are multiple locations where medium range battles take place. There are also one or two long range sight-lines, perfect for snipers.

The opposing factions are Delta Force and the Spetsnaz.

Overview
Hardhat is a medium sized map in Modern Warfare 3. Taking place at a constuction site, the map has many choke points and Un-finished buildings. The two main spawns are on either side of the map. Much of the map is suited to close quarters combat, with sharp corners and short lines of sight. The central building (just south of the actual 'center' of the map) is the main choke point of the map, with 4 entrances to the area, this building can be hard to defend as enemies can attack from both sides. Teamwork is essential to survive here for long. One of the entrances is a pipe that runs under the map, which often sees intense battle.

Survival
In Survival Mode it is a Tier 3 map and has the difficulty of Hardened.

Trivia

 * There is a dead soldier (possibly Spetsnaz) hanging from a parachute on the south-east construction building.
 * Hardhat is possibly the map with the most explosive red barrels, with 16 scattered across the map.
 * Hardhat is similar to the Modern Warfare 2 map Highrise in the sense that the textures and colors are similar, and yellow cranes are featured.
 * There are several opened parachutes laid across the roads outside the map.
 * There is a burning American flag hanging from one the cranes above.
 * Rockets can be seen around the map exploding into buildings. There are also fighter jets flying over the map quite regularly. This is similar to the fighter jets that flew around Highrise from Modern Warfare 2.
 * Church bells can sometimes be heard in the background noise, along with magpies and other birds.
 * The central building has a sign outside that reads 'Nedzman Place - 100 years in the making' above which is a picture of a glass cube-shaped building. This could be the final look of the building.
 * Hardhat is physically the smallest map in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, bypassing even Dome.

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