User manual GAMES PC BATTLES IN NORMANDY

[. . . ] User Manual SSG Decisive Battles Series Battles in NormandyTM Copyright Strategic Studies Group Pty Limited 2004 Battles in NormandyTM is a Trademark of Strategic Studies Group 1 Introduction France - June 1944. In the predawn hours of June 6th 1944, three Allied Airborne Divisions totalling nearly 19, 000 men leapt from the open doors of their transport aircraft into the darkness that was the Normandy Peninsular in northern France. Below them their German foe gradually awoke from their slumber to sound the alarm and begin the nearly constant barrage of anti-aircraft fire that would continue well past dawn. To secure vital towns, villages, road junctions and bridges that would prevent German reinforcements interfering with the massive seaborne landings now but hours away. [. . . ] The Attribute Search system, located at the very bottom of the screen, allows you to do just that. The arrow button cycles between Combat, Support and Artillery unit types. Once you've chosen a unit type, the Attribute Button cycles through the different searchable attributes that those unit types have. The unit icon shows the first unit that fits the search criteria, and clicking on the unit icon cycles through all units that fit the search criteria. The search results are summarised to the right of the unit icon. In the screenshot example, we have searched Combat units for Recon ability. The first Recon unit found is shown, and there are ten units fitting our search criteria. 19 Units There are many different types of units in Battles in NormandyTM. They represent units which fought in the battle. These units form the manoeuvre elements in the game that you will command on the Tactical Map. Most units have inherent Attack and Defence Strengths, Movement rates (expressed as OP's) amongst many other abilities. Most units in the game are regiments although some brigades, battalions and batteries are included. 19. 1 Unit Icons Units are either components of a division or non divisional assets, such as independent formations, artillery, anti-tank units or engineers. Divisional units display the historical divisional insignia whereby non divisional units have a silhouette of the basic unit type. Below the divisional insignia, or the silhouette, all units have a standard NATO military symbol showing what type of unit they are. This symbol may be gold in colour if the unit is elite or red if it is substandard. In the bottom right of each unit icon is a standard NATO military size designation; two vertical strokes for a battalion, three for a regiment and a single cross for a brigade, etc. Running down the right hand side of the unit icon is one to four vertical coloured bars. Each bar gives supply and Action Capability information for one unit in the stack, so the number of bars immediately shows how many units are stacked in a hex. Each bar can be one of five different colours. The meaning of these colours is listed below. Green: A green bar means that the unit is in supply and has its Action Capability for this turn intact. Yellow: A yellow bar means that the unit is in supply but has expended its Action Capability for this turn. [. . . ] For example, if a source is at Minimum supply, any trace to that source cannot do better than Minimum. At the same time, we check for the ability to supply replacements. This is handled separately from supply level, and can be traced separately, so a truck could easily have one trace for supply, and another for replacements. We now have a collection of Supply Sources. [. . . ]