The games are turn-based and are played against the AI or other humans via email or hotseat.Īs with other tactical turn-based wargames, the game features realistic military control, with the smallest common units being squads, up to a brigade sized force. The whole force under a players control would typically be Battalion sized, but may be as small as a Platoon or Company, or as large as a Regiment/Brigade.

Infantry are mostly in squad/section (8-12 men) sized units, but some units, like snipers, can be controlled individually. Players control individual tanks and vehicles from a top-down perspective, on a map with a hexagonal overlay. The first Steel Panthers game was released in 1995, and the most recent update was released in 2018 and is still updated regularly (yearly). Steel Panthers is a series of computer wargames, developed and published by several different companies, with various games simulating war battles from 1930 to 2025. Steel Panthers: Main Battle Tank and 'Steel Panthers: WW2'

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