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#       Project Close Combat
#       Bootcamp
#       Script 4 - Armor Tactics
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#       Revisions:
#       Doug Walker 3/30/96
#       Penny Atcheson 5/4/96
#       David Hua 5/11/96
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[INTRO]
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*Armor Tactics
*
*Knowing a few basic tactics will be helpful when you begin playing Close Combat.
*This exercise walks you through some beginning tactics that you can use with
*armor during the game.
*
*In this exercise of Boot Camp, you'll learn how to:
*       Get information about tanks or vehicles
*       Use tactics to defend your tanks
*
*To continue Boot Camp, click anywhere on this message.  To exit Boot Camp,
*select Abort Battle from the Game (File) menu.
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#               Message Display 7 - Tanks/Vehicles
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#Begin Lesson 7
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
*SELECT_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM    0       0       -1 -1
!ARROW_TEAM 0 14 0 0
!POPUP          0       12      -1 -1
*Only a few weapons in your arsenal are effective against tanks.
*You will want to position teams accordingly, so that tanks are
*protected yet still available for attack.
*
*Select your infantry team and check its antitank capability graph
*at the top of the Soldier monitor.
?Success
!POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
*Notice in the Soldier monitor that the selected team has no anti-tank
*capability as indicated by the small graph.
?Error
!POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
*To select a team, click on the infantry team indicated by the
*arrow.  Review the Soldier monitor for weapon information.
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 7
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#               Message Display 8 - Tank abilities
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#Begin Lesson 8
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM    0       0       -1 -1
!POPUP          3       12      -1 -1
*The bar graph in the Soldier monitor gives information about
*weapons.  The top bars show effectiveness against people; the
*bottom bars are for tanks.  The effectiveness is indicated by the
*size and color of the small vertical bars.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 8
#Begin Lesson 7.1
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
*SELECT_TEAM 0 1 -1 -1
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM    0       0       -1 -1
!ARROW_TEAM 0 2 0 1
!POPUP          0       12      -1 -1
*Now, select your armor team and check its anti-tank capability
*graph at the top of the Soldier monitor.
?Success
!POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
*Note that your armor team has both anti-personnel and anti-tank
*capability as indicated by the small vertical bars.
*
*Remember that your infantry team had only anti-personnel
*capability.
?Error
!POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
*To select the armor team, click on the team indicated by the
*arrow.  Review the Soldier monitor for weapon information.
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 7.1
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#               Message Display 9 - Anti-tank weapons
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#Begin Lesson 9
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM    0       0       -1 -1
!POPUP          0       12      -1 -1
*You'll need to know which teams can disable enemy tanks such
*as the American Bazooka team or the German Panzerschreck
*team.  Equally important is knowing which teams have no anti-tank
*weapons.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 9
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#               Message Display 10 - Defending tanks
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#Begin Lesson 10
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
*SMOKE  0       1       25      7
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM    0       0       -1 -1
!POPUP          4       12      -1 -1
*Because both sides value tanks, you'll need to take steps to protect
*them.  Consider deploying smoke to screen tank movements and
*have infantry teams advance in front of your tanks to target
*possible enemy ambush.
*
!ARROW  0       12      25      7
!ARROW_TEAM 1 1 0 1
!POPUP  0       12      -1      -1
*You can provide smoke coverage before moving your troops into
*buildings.  Issue the Smoke command to the M4A1 Sherman tank
*team at the tip of the north gray arrow.
?Success
!POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
*Excellent usage of smoke screens to protect advancing troops.
?Error
!POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
*Click on the tank team, then select the Smoke command.  Fire
*smoke at the area indicated by the arrow.
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 10
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#               Message Display 10.1 - Defending tanks
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#Begin Lesson 10.1
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
*MOVE_FAST 0    0       23      8
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM    0       0       -1 -1
!ARROW_TEAM 0 7 0 0
!ARROW 1 4 23 8
!POPUP          0       12      -1 -1
*Now, move your infantry team to the west side of the small building
*where they will provide covering fire while you advance your tank.
?Success
!POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
*Excellent!  It's a good idea to issue the Move Fast command
*rather than the Move command when advancing troops have
*coverage.
?Error
!POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
*Click on the infantry team, then select the Move Fast command.
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 10
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#               Message Display 8 - Tank abilities
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#Begin Lesson 8
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
*MOVE 0 1 21 6
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM    0       0       -1 -1
!ARROW_TEAM 0 2 0 1
!ARROW 1 4 21 6
!TEAM_FIRE 0 0 19 9
!POPUP          3       12      -1 -1
*For this exercise, the infantry team will fire at the large building
*to suppress any anti-tank teams the enemy may have hiding there.
*While they fire, move your armor team up to the stone wall.
?Success
!POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
*Excellent!  Remember to use this suppression strategy when
*advancing armor teams in unknown terrain.
?Error
!POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
*Click on the armor team, then select the Move command.  Your
*infantry team will provide suppression fire as you move the armor
*team.
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 8
[OUTTRO]
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*Summary
*
*This completes the Boot Camp lesson on Armor Tactics.  In this training session,
*you learned how to:
*        Use tanks to support infantry movement
*        Use infantry to support armor movement
*
*This also concludes the complete Boot Camp training.  To begin your real
*battles, click Maneuvers and then select the battle you'd like to try.