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Created by the American Military for developing new tactics in the Vietnam War. It was a map-based Platoon and company level wargame that was used for operational analysis during the war. It was successful at generating new counter insurgency tactics that were applied on the ground during the war. It contains hard to find information on: Movement rates Detection rates of ambushes Quality of intelligence Assessment of battles Air cavalry operations Engineering operations Reconnaissance Air transport This second edition was co-authored by John Curry and Peter Perla, it also includes commentary, ORBATs for sample American and Vietcong units The book is published by the History of Wargaming Project.