Microsoft Close Combat manuals

Game Reference

1

About Close Combat

2

Close Combat Game Theory

3

Who’s in Control? You Choose

5

Setup and Game Play

6

System Requirements

7

Close Combat Game Types

8

Going to Boot Camp

9

Quick Tour of Close Combat

10

Viewing Terrain

10

Monitors and Toolbars

10

Infantry Strategies

10

Armor Strategies

10

Maneuver Play

11

Campaign Play

11

You can start a game by

12

Reconnoitering Close Combat

13

Side Buttons

14

Number Of Player Buttons

14

Level Of Difficulty Buttons

14

Game Screen

15

Command Menu

16

Game Screen Monitors

17

Team Monitor

17

Close Combat

19

Soldier Monitor

21

Vehicle Team Panel

22

Infantry Team Panel

23

Soldier Panels

24

Overview Monitor

28

Zoom Monitor

28

Message Monitor

28

Debriefing Screen

29

Debriefing Details Screen

30

Return Button

31

Color Scale

31

Debriefing Table

31

Starting Games

34

American Strength

35

To select American strength

35

German Strength

35

To select German strength

35

Starting Campaign Play

37

Starting Replays

38

Winning Close Combat Games

39

Deploying Teams

40

Issuing Commands

41

To issue a Move Fast command

42

To issue a Fire command

43

To issue a Smoke command

43

Issuing a Defend Command

44

Issuing a Hide Command

45

Using the Toolbar

46

Game Play Mode

47

Monitoring the Game

48

Using the Team Monitor

49

Using the Soldier Monitor

49

Using the Message Monitor

49

Pausing a Game

50

Ending Games

51

Saving Games

52

Using the Options Menu

53

Turning Sound On/Off

54

Turning Music On/Off

54

Turning Videos On/Off

54

Minimizing Close Combat

55

Playing Head-to-Head

56

Troubleshooting

56

Getting Help

56

Basic Tactics

58

Game Play Tips

59

Chapter 3 Tactics

60

Vehicle Tips

61

Weapons Tips

63

General Tips

65

The Normandy Campaign

66

U.S. General Omar Bradley

67

U.S. General

67

Dwight D. Eisenhower

67

British General Bernard

68

Montgomery

68

The German Forces in Normandy

69

The Allies Invade on D-Day

70

Omaha Beachhead: June 7, 1944

72

Off The Beach

73

Across The Aure

74

Normandy: June 13, 1944

75

200-400 yds

76

First Encounters in the

77

U.S. troops under fire in

78

Allied Improvisation in the

79

Breaking the Impasse

80

Purple Heart Draw

81

SaintÐL™

82

Taking Saint-Lô at Last

84

The ruins of Saint-Lô

85

Epilogue: Operation Cobra and

86

Patton Unleashed

87

a 24-kilometer–

88

Chapter 5

90

Colt .45 model 1911

90

Walther P 38

90

Springfield ’03 Rifle

91

Garand Rifle

92

Semiautomatic Rifle

92

M1 Carbine

93

Thompson Submachine Gun

94

MP40 Machine Pistol

94

(M1919A4)

95

MG 42 Machine Gun

95

Chapter 5 Weapons

96

Panzerfaust

97

Panzerschreck

98

German Hand Grenades

99

American Hand Grenades

99

60-mm Mortar (Mortar 60-mm

100

M2 and Mount M2)

100

M1 with Mount M1)

101

81-mm Mortar (81-mm Mortar

101

M1 57-mm Antitank Gun

102

50-mm Antitank Gun (Pak 38)

102

3-inch Gun M5

103

75-mm Antitank Gun (Pak 40)

103

88-mm Antitank Gun (Pak 43)

104

III L Medium Tank

105

M5A1 Light Tank

105

M4A1 (75-mm) “Sherman” Tank

106

IV H Tank

106

M4A3 (76.2-mm) “Sherman” Tank

107

V “Panther” Medium Tank

107

StuG IIIG/StuH 42

108

Infantry Support Tanks

108

Tiger I Heavy Tank

108

M10 Tank Destroyer

109

Jagdpanther

110

SdKfz 250 Light Armored

111

Troop Carrier

111

M3A1 Halftrack

111

SdKfz 231 Armored Car

112

Kübelwagen

113

Chapter 6

114

Basic Terrain

114

Civilian Terrain

115

Chapter 6 Terrain

116

Military Terrain

117

Structures

119

Stone Buildings

120

Close Combat

121

The Big Picture:

122

German armor on the

123

Russia Invades Finland

124

Germany Blitzes West

124

the Luftwaffe

125

Triomphe

126

The Battle of Britain

127

“Never in the field of human

128

Close Combat

129

The Desert Fox

130

The North Africa Campaign

130

Barbarossa Begins

131

Germany Attacks Russia

131

Scale of Forces

132

Wehrmacht

133

Sunday Surprise

134

The Dieppe Debacle

136

and the

136

The Long Road to Normandy

137

The War in the Pacific

138

and is dealt a

138

and fight well. It is also a

138

The Axis Cracks

139

Monty and Torch

142

Operation Torch. On

143

Pour le Mérite

144

and they had

147

The Long Formation

148

The Air War In Europe

148

A Foothold in Europe

149

Landings in Sicily

149

Fierce Encounters

150

Landings in Italy

150

a trait the Germans

151

On To Rome

152

The End of

156

Festung Europa

157

Blitzkrieg

158

American tanks on

159

The Road to Berlin

160

The Final Surrender

161

And Beyond

161

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FABLE THE LOST CHAPTERS X11-35541	User Manual Microsoft FABLE THE LOST CHAPTERS X11-35541 User Manual, 18 pages
X11-29974-02	User Manual Microsoft X11-29974-02 User Manual, 76 pages
120 GB Hard Drive	User Manual Microsoft 120 GB Hard Drive User Manual, 44 pages

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