Motorized unit movement over improved roads can be set by the designer to be less than one MP per improved road hex (for example, ½ MP per hex). The result will be that it will be much more difficult for units to press on at red-lined unit conditions from such locations. Units in such hexes will function somewhat between how supplied and unsupplied units function. That is the location supply value below which locations are overextended. A new parameter called the Overextended Supply Threshold has been implemented. There is now an intermediate supply state that falls between “Supplied” and “Unsupplied”. Ships subjected to sea interdiction fire counterbattery back (or, in the case of carriers, counterstrikes). Sea Interdiction can now be employed by aircraft, ships, and coastal guns. Naval combat now evaluates attackers’ Anti-Naval strengths as individual shots/planes – employing their shell weights to determine armor penetration and resulting damage. Embarked units no longer employ their own strengths in defense. 
Ships have new armor, durability, accuracy, speed, and agility parameters. Instead of treating ships as a single piece of equipment, like a gun or a squad, they are now treated as complex systems that incur damage in combat.
The modeling of ships has been improved. The Operational Art of War IV is the top-notch military simulation that every wargamer needs! In addition, the game will feature an Improved combat resolution, a much more consistent combat round management, along with major improvements to the TOAW Editor Event system, making complex scenarios easier to create!Ī new Battlefield Time Stamp feature takes on TOAW's unique way of handling game turn resolution and makes it easier for players to plan ahead!Īnd for those among you intimidated by large scenarios, an Improved PO/AI assist automation exists to make handing off part of your friendly forces to the AI easier! The supply system has been greatly enhanced, allowing a more gradual simulation without adding extra tasks to the players. The entire naval warfare system has been completely revised and implemented, bringing its realism to a new, higher, level! More than 200 scenarios like the Battle of Marne, Dien Bien Phu, the Batte of Arnhem, the Falkland Invasion - and lots more! - will forge your strategy skills and ability to master all kind of troops and terrains! With more flexibility than before and with a new array of exciting features, it will make you relive the most iconic battles from the dawn of the 20th Century to modern day, including the ones that never occurred! We haven't done that in Afghanistan.The Operational Art of War IV is the new generation of operational wargames. While others are dealing with past events and present realities, and while pressure invariably mounts to extricate forces from the crisis area, operational leaders have to visualize the road to self-sustaining peace and stability. To disengage at the crisis termination phase is often like reopening the floodgates while the flood plain is still saturated. The tragedy we are witnessing today in Afghanistan is a direct result of confusing "War Termination" and "War Resolution"-not identifying the transition between both phases, and ultimately conflating them. It’s common to assume that after a crisis has been “terminated,” it has also been resolved. It’s not enough to simply advocate an exit strategy, or to stress visualizing the intended end state. 
Our experience in Somalia is a valuable study in how the legitimacy of an intervention and the nature of a crisis can be dramatically altered without well-articulated strategic objectives and thoughtful operational strategy.
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