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Flames Of War allows you to take on the role of a field commander maneuvering your troops across the battlefields of World War II, bringing this classic period of warfare to life in your own games room. With Mid-war Monsters you can test out the experimental super tanks of 1942 and 1943 to see how they would have performed if they had made it into production. Massive 100-ton super tanks, nearly impenetrable light tanks, incredibly powerful tank-hunters, heavy armored cars, and vastly-improved medium tanks. These are some of the projects that the scientists and engineers of Great Britain, The United States, Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union labored towards in 1942 and 1943. Some designs were combat tested, while others never got past the prototype stage, but what if they had seen widespread service? How good would they have been? Is 6.7”/170mm of armor (twice that of a Tiger tank) worth the cost in mobility? Is 3.15”/80mm of armor too much for a machine-gun armed tank? Do you really need 12.8cm anti-tank guns half-again as long as an ‘88’, or 26-ton armored cars? Would an improved M4 Sherman or T-34 tank been worth the disruption to production?