Talk:TacOps

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Note that all information provided by me is either on the battlefront website, or found is version 1.0.0 of TacOps (including the screenshot). If anyone can provide more recent info, that would be great. --BoboDaHobo 01:47, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

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Feature
JimmyBlackwing (talk) 22:35, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
 * http://discmaster.textfiles.com/view/2769/TricksOfTheMacGameProgrammingGurus.iso/Information/Inside%20Mac%20Games/9411%20(November%201994)/IMG%20Nov%E2%81%8494/IMG%20Nov_94.rsrc/bin.rsrc_styl_135.rtf
 * https://archive.org/details/pcgamer2002holiday/page/n137
 * https://archive.org/stream/UneditedPCGamer_marktrade/PC_Gamer_023u#page/n157/mode/2up
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20010211124723/http://www.gamespot.com:80/misc/columns/alan_980417.html
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20001119150600/http://www.gamesdomain.com:80/gdreview/zones/strategy/flines/feb99.html
 * https://archive.org/stream/UneditedPCGamer_marktrade/PC_Gamer_008u#page/n155/mode/2up
 * https://web.archive.org/web/19990129031628/http://gamespot.com/misc/columns/alan_980417.html
 * https://web.archive.org/web/19990129031628/http://gamespot.com/misc/columns/alan_980417.html

Last sentence of lead
The last sentence of the lead:


 * The game is noted for its encyclopedic array of modern arms and units, and the detailing of the combat.[by whom?]

Should be supported by the following paper:
 * Kennedy, R., Antal, J.F., Audet, J.M.A., Beauvais, J.I.M., Blair, J., Daniels, J., et al. (2000). Using TACOPS to enhance our training in dispatches – lessons learned for soldiers. The U.S. Army Lessons Learned Centre, 6(4)

I don't know if it's available on the internet. A FOIA request may be necessary. I discovered this paper in this book, page 4175. Here's a short passage from that book:
 * Still further up the command chain (brigade to regimental level) sits TacOps15 — a turn-based 2D game of tactical ground combat. TacOps has commercial and military versions, and has been employed in training by the U.S. Army and Marines; Australian Army; German Army; Canadian Army; and New Zealand Army. Kennedy and other U.S. Army officers (Kennedy, Antal, Audet, Beauvais, Blair, Daniels et al., 2000) have provided a rather detailed description of the process of U.S. Army employment of TacOps.

(Likely short enough that it's not copyvio to share). That book was published by IGI Global, which IIRC is blacklisted, but it seems of excellent quality.

Best, DFlhb (talk) 21:39, 22 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Here's another relevant book:
 * https://www.google.com/books/edition/Armor/Vj5Aq0lo5OUC
 * DFlhb (talk) 21:44, 22 January 2023 (UTC)