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T72: Balkans on Fire!  NOW SHIPPING!

Battlefront.com and IDDK/Crazy House proudly announce that their groundbreaking tank combat simulation "T-72 Balkans on Fire!" has begun shipping today.

The game is available for only $35 plus Shipping & Handling from www.battlefront.com.

It comes with a fully printed 70 page game manual and 2 Game CD's.

A playable demo will be made available next week.

GAME FEATURES

T72: Balkans on Fire! is set in the violent period of civil wars which ravaged Yugoslavia from 1991 to 1995. It puts the player as a Russian volunteer tank commander right into the turret of some of Russia’s best tanks the T-72B, the T-55A and the T-34-85.

T-72 Balkans on Fire! uses a stunning 3D and physics engine to produce state of the art effects and realism. Below is a list of some of what awaits you inside!

  •  Three types of playable tanks modelled: T-34-85, T-55A and T-72B

  •  Control individual crew stations (Commander, gunner or driver)

  •  Wide variety of armored vehicles included as well as infantry, artillery, engineering vehicles, helicopters and trucks

  •  Command attached units (infantry and armor) up to a full tank platoon

  •  Mechanized infantry can be transported inside trucks and APCs and on tank hulls

  •  Detailed modelling of each vehicles fire control systems, main and secondary weapons, ammunition types, engine management and transmissions, starting and driving procedures

  •  Realistic night vision combat capabilities – realistically modelled low light level and infrared sights

  •  More than 70 types of buildings and installations that can be damaged or destroyed

  •  Over 40 types of plants, trees and grass sway in the breeze • High-quality modelling of water surfaces and amphibious vehicle capabilities

  •  5000+ polygons per vehicle including detailed bump mapping

  •  Scalable realism settings

  •  Powerful mission and structure editor available

  •  LAN Network multiplayer

Advanced Physics and Environmental Game Engine:

  • Vast open spaces with draw distances of more than 2 km o Topographic height differences on maps of up to 800 m o Realistic passage of time transitions (day changes to night)

  • Dynamic weather and environmental effects: smoke, fog, rain, rainbows, dust, wind effects o Deformable terrain – shell holes and trenches dug out in real time o Destroyable structures, vehicles and vegetation

  • Clouds cast shadows o Optical lens flares and sun glare effects o Realistic ballistics – wind effects, shell aerodynamics and flight characteristics, barrel wear and droop o Shell impact angle calculations

  • Detailed armor penetration results o Post-penetration shell path and damage assessments

  • High Explosive fragmentation dispersal calculations o Realistic vehicle and structure collision detection and damage o Individual internal and external vehicle system damage modelling including track damage, engine overheats, fuel leaks, turret jams, crew casualties, bailouts and more DirectX - 9.0b

For more information on T-72: Balkans on Fire!, please visit: http://www.battlefront.com/products/t72/



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