Panzer Campaigns 8: Sicily '43

The next game in the long-running operational-level Panzer Campaigns wargame series. The latest addition is entitled Sicily '43, and covers the activities of Operation Torch in the summer of 1943.  After the success of the Allied forces against Rommel in North Africa, the Allied forces pressed on with the assault on the island of Sicily.  The Axis powers defended the ground tenaciously and the 38 days of the battle for Sicily is the subject of Sicily '43.  

According to HPS, the new game will feature:

• 1 kilometer hexes, 2 hour turns, with a master map measuring approximately 350 by 190 kilometers. Over 1,600 units represent the German, Italian, British, and American forces in this classic invasion, mainly at battalion and company level.
• Players control tank, reconnaissance, artillery, infantry, parachute, glider, engineer, antitank, flak, rocket, headquarters, and a wide variety of other specialized units.
• 26 historically based scenarios are included, with several "what-if" scenarios. There are several grand historical scenarios with the complete campaign lasting 351 turns.
• Sicily '43 can be viewed and played in either 2d or 3d mode. A new "quick play" feature allows the computer AI's turn to resolve ten times the previous speed, allowing for much faster play.
• Supports single person play against the computer, two-person hot-seat, two-person Play-By-E-Mail, and multiplayer network play over LANs and the Internet.
• Comes with Main Program, full-featured Scenario Editor, and Order of Battle Editor.
• Complete on-line Help documentation plus on-line printable documentation in Microsoft Word format.

The game will be available for purchase on Chips 'n Bits and the HPS Sims web site starting April 4, 2003.

Minimum Requirements

• Pentium II 200 MHz
• 32 MB RAM
• 280 MB of hard drive space
• DirectX 8.1
• Windows 98/ME/XP

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