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wrote, "Everything but the horoscope of the tank commander is factored into fire.") The calculations provide the attacking tank with an armor penetration strength, which is compared to the defending tank's protection rating. If the attacker's penetration strength is higher than protection rating, the
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is an in-depth simulation. However the flow of play is impeded by the amount of routine data processing encumbering the players at anything over the simplest level of the game." Goldberg also commented on the slowness of play, saying, "The use of simultaneous movement is the culprit primarily
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In order to calculate whether a tank hits another tank, the attacking player must gather data from the data cards of both tanks, and calculate distance and angle. (Rangefinder measuring sticks and angle gauges are included.) Terrain and movement also factor into the calculation. (Critic
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During the movement plotting phase of each turn, players can also designate units to focus on opportunity fire "trip wires" — if an enemy unit crosses the trip wire, units focused on it may fire on the intruder.
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