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Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II

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1979 · 2-2 players · 120min · weight 2.94 · 132 ratings

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ID
7556
Name
Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II
Year
1979
Rank
29410
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
120
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
2.9444
Num weights
18
Bayes avg
5.47077
Average
5.17462
Users rated
132
Num owned
663
Wanting
2
Wishing
8
Num comments
129
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:48:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (7)
Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridLine of SightMovement PointsScenario / Mission / Campaign GameSimulation
Categories (2)
WargameWorld War II
Description (782 chars)

Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II, is a tactical level game of three World War II armored battles: Between German and American forces near Arracourt, France, in September 1944; between German and Soviet troops on the Berlin Highway in March 1945; and between German and British tanks in North Africa in May 1942. Emphasis on command control and doctrine for each nationality. Orders are selected by the player for his companies. Available orders: Bound, overwatch, bounding overwatch, withdraw and rally. Published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #73, March/April 1979. Uses the MechWar 2 system. Game Scale: Turn: 5 minutes Map: 200 meters per hex Unit: Platoon Game Contents: One 22 x 34" map One countersheet (200 1/2" counters) One 16 page rulebook

LLM v2 (wide)

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LLM v3 (deep)

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LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

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LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

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