Microsoft Close Combat specification

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M4A3 (76.2-mm) “Sherman” Tank

Panzer V “Panther” Medium Tank

Weight 32,285 kg (71,027 lbs) Maximum speed 47 km/h (28.7 mph)

Main gun 76.2 mm (3 in.) or 105 mm (4.13 in.) Armor 38 to 63.5 mm (1.5 to 2.5 in.)

The American M4A3 “Sherman” medium tank was a better-armored version of the original M4A1 medium tank. Many M4A3s mounted a 3-inch (76.2

mm)gun; its HVAP (high-velocity armor-piercing) round made this upgunned Sherman a match for German tanks that the 75-mm version could not take on. One M4A3 variant mounted a 105-mm howitzer. While the Sherman was far from the finest of World War II tanks, its durability and sheer weight of numbers made it a major contributor to Allied victory.

Weight 45,500 kg (100,100 lbs) Maximum speed 46 km/h (28 mph) Main gun 75-mm (2.95-in.) L/70 Armor 30 to 110 mm (1.18 to 4.33 in.)

The German Panther medium tank, introduced in 1943, was probably the best tank built during WWII. Designed in response to the Soviet T-34 medium tank, the Panther was larger, heavier, more powerful, and better armed and armored. Its excellent chassis and suspension gave the Panther speed over varying terrain to match its long-range firepower. In open country the American-built Sherman tank was no match for the Panther, but in the constricted hedgerow country of Normandy the Panther could not take full advantage of its superiority. Panther variants included the formidable Jagdpanther (“Hunting Panther”) tank destroyer, which carried an 88-mm gun.

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Microsoft Close Combat manual M4A3 76.2-mm Sherman Tank Panzer V Panther Medium Tank

Contents

CloseCombat Game Reference About Close Combat You Lead Human Beings, not Superheroes Close Combat Game Theory Dynamic Play Balancing Means No Two Games Play the Same Taking Other Realistic Factors into Account Who’s in Control? You Choose To launch Close Combat in Windows Installation and SetupTo set up Close Combat in Windows To set up Close Combat in Windows 95 if AutoRun is disabled To launch Close Combat on the Macintosh To set up Close Combat on the MacintoshMinimum Windows Minimum Macintosh System Configuration System Requirements Playing Close Combat-An Overview Close Combat Game Types Going to Boot Camp Infantry Strategies Quick Tour of Close CombatViewing Terrain Monitors and Toolbars Campaign Play Maneuver Play Replays Game Buttons Command ScreenReconnoitering Close Combat Menu Bar Level Of Difficulty Buttons Side ButtonsNumber Of Player Buttons Begin Button Game ScreenScrollable List Status Bar Toolbar Command MenuToolbar Game Play Mode Deployment Team Monitor Game Screen Monitors Attribute Description Leader Rank Enemy Threat Indicator State Description Soldier MonitorAbility Description Vehicle Team Panel Status field Description Infantry Team PanelCondition text Text Color Soldier Panels Current action Description Function Description Fatigue level Description Health DescriptionEmotional state Description Ammunition type Description Message MonitorOverview Monitor Zoom Monitor Details Button Debriefing ScreenVictory Information Score Summaries Save Replay Button Command Screen ButtonDebriefing Details Screen Historical Timeline Debriefing Table Return ButtonColor Scale Setup and Game Play Close Combat To start maneuver play Starting GamesStarting Maneuver Play German Strength Refining the Level of DifficultyAmerican Strength To select American strength To make German units fearless To make American units always obey ordersTo make American units are fearless To make German units always obey orders To start a new Campaign Starting Campaign PlayTo make enemy units always visible To make enemy intelligence always available To start a Replay Starting ReplaysTo start a saved Campaign Killed or Germans Wounded Winning Close Combat GamesScoring Killed or Americans Wounded Deploying Teams To issue a Move command Issuing CommandsIssuing Move and Move Fast Commands To issue a Move Fast command Issuing Fire and Smoke Commands To issue a Smoke command To issue a Fire command Issuing a Defend Command To issue a Hide command Issuing a Hide CommandTo issue a Defend command Toolbar in Deployment Mode Using the ToolbarDeployment Mode Toolbar in Game Play mode Game Play Mode Monitoring the Game Using the View Area Using the Message Monitor Using the Team MonitorUsing the Soldier Monitor To use the Overview monitor Pausing a GameUsing the Overview Monitor To end a game Ending GamesEnding a Game Stopping a Game To exit Close Combat from Windows Saving GamesExiting Close Combat To stop a game To choose options on the Macintosh Using the Options MenuTo save a battle as a Replay To choose options in Windows Expanding the View Area to Use the Entire Screen Turning Sound On/OffTurning Music On/Off Turning Videos On/Off Minimizing Close Combat Removing/Displaying Trees from the MapRemoving/Displaying Soldiers Killed In Action Finding a Topic in the Help File TroubleshootingPlaying Head-to-Head Getting HelpPage Frontal Assault Basic TacticsFlanking Shoot It Out Infantry Tips Game Play Tips Tactics Vehicle Tips Tactics Weapons Tips Tactics General Tips Normandy June 6 General Omar Bradley Evolution of Operation OverlordGeneral Dwight D. Eisenhower British General Bernard Montgomery Preparations for Operation Overlord Fooling the Germans with Fortitude German Forces in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Allies Invade on D-Day Soldiers landing on Omaha Beach Soldiers crammed into landing craft Carentan Bloody Omaha and Beyond Soldiers taking cover Behind seawall on Omaha Beach Off The Beach Close Combat Operation German Side Across The Aure Normandy June 13 German hedgerow defenses German Defenses in the Bocage Hedgerow Hell First Encounters in the Bocage Troops under fire in the bocage Sgt. Bill Davidson, in Yank Lt. Jack Shea, from Yank Allied Improvisation in the Bocage Pfc. Bob Sloane, in Yank Breaking the Impasse Going for the High Ground Hill 192 and Purple Heart Draw We did Purple Heart Draw Sgt. Bill Davidson, in Yank Close Combat Operation U.S. Side Taking Saint-Lô at LastHill Close Combat Operation German Side Ruins of Saint-Lô Infantry in Battle Saint-Lô Saint-Lô It was one terrible blood- letting Patton Unleashed Trapped in the Falaise Pocket Falaise Pocket August 13Ð20 Effective range 30 m 32 yds Colt .45 model Walther P Effective range 550 m 600 yds Mauser KarSpringfield ’03 Rifle Semiautomatic Rifle Garand Rifle Gewehr Effective range 75 m 83 yds Browning Automatic Rifle BAR M1 Carbine MP40 Machine Pistol Thompson Submachine Gun Caliber Air-Cooled Machine Gun M1919A4 MG 42 Machine Gun Caliber Air-Cooled Machine Gun M2-HB Armor penetration 240 mm 9.4 Grenade Launcher Armor penetration 230 mm 9 BazookaRocket Launcher Stick Grenade Egg Grenade SpecificationsGerman Hand Grenades American Hand Grenades Mark II Fragmentation Grenade Mm Mortar Mortar 60-mm M2 and Mount M2 Close Combat M1 57-mm Antitank Gun Mm Antitank Gun Pak Armor penetration 122 mm 4.8 Inch Gun M5 Armor penetration 96 mm 3.8 7.5-cm Light Infantry Gun Panzer III L Medium Tank M5A1 Light Tank Mm Sherman Tank Panzer IV H Tank M4A3 76.2-mm Sherman Tank Panzer V Panther Medium Tank StuG IIIG/StuH Infantry Support Tanks Tiger I Heavy Tank Marder III Self-Propelled Antitank Gun M10 Tank Destroyer Jagdpanther Hunting Panther Tank Destroyer M36 Tank Destroyer Armament Various SdKfz 250 Light Armored Troop Carrier M3A1 Halftrack SdKfz 231 Armored Car Kfz 1 Kübelwagen Jeep Basic Terrain Terrain Marsh Civilian Terrain Orchard Military Terrain Barbed Wire Wooden Wood Buildings Structures Stone Buildings Bunkers Big Picture Short History of World War Let Loose the Dogs of War World War II Begins Germany Blitzes West Russia Invades Finland Close Combat 125 Battle of Britain 127 Close Combat General Erwin Rommel in North Africa Desert Fox The North Africa Campaign Barbarossa Begins Germany Attacks Russia Germans advancing into Russia Scale of Forces Hitler and the Wehrmacht Problems of Command Sunday Surprise The Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor Omar Nelson Bradley Germany and Italy Declare War on the United States Dieppe Debacle Allies Agree to Beat Germany First Convoys and Wolfpacks the Battle of the Atlantic Long Road to Normandy War in the Pacific Germany Blitzes East Again Axis Cracks The German Defeat At Stalingrad Russian soldiers in winter camouflage on the attack Close Combat British soldiers in North Africa Monty and Torch The North Africa Campaign British officer on tank combat near El Alamein Erwin Rommel Bernard L. Montgomery 145 Close Combat Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill at Tehran Long Formation The Air War In Europe Landings in Sicily Foothold in Europe  American First Division fighting in Italy Fierce Encounters Landings in Italy From Yank, an American military publication On To Rome Problems of Supply From Shots Fired in Anger by Lt. Col. John George 153 Close Combat Racing Toward the Rhine End of Festung EuropaOn the Eve of Operation Overlord Collapse of Festung Europa Red Army Marches To Vengeance Last Blitzkrieg The Battle of the Bulge American tanks on the move in Germany American and Russian soldiers Road to BerlinRed Sky in the East the Soviets Capture Berlin Photostat of German surrender with Jodls signature Final Surrender And Beyond World War II ends-and the Cold War begins