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*** Carrier Battles ***

This game includes 49 unit types and 10 terrain types, along with 3 material types.
Exactly 2 sides may play.

Side advantages may range from 1 to 4, defaulting to 1.

Terrain view is always accurate once seen.
World terrain is already seen by all sides.

Sides move simultaneously.

Unit Types:
    port (A naval port town with an airfield)
    town (A small town with no airfield or port facilities)
    airfield (A large airfield near a town)
    airstrip (A single short runway, suitable only for light aircraft)
    seaplane-base (A seaplane and flying boat base at a small town)
    carrier (A full-size aircraft carrier)
    light carrier (A smaller aircraft carrier, often for escort duties)
    battleship (A heavily-armoured, heavily-armed warship)
    heavy cruiser (A heavily-armoured cruiser)
    light cruiser (A lightly-armoured cruiser)
    destroyer (A small ship that protects against submarines)
    submarine
    oiler (A non-combatant ship for fueling other vessels)
    tender (A non-combatant ship for tending submarines and seaplanes)
    transport (A non-combatant ship for carrying troops and supplies)
    F2A flight (A flight of Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo carrier fighters)
    F4F-3 flight (A flight of Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat carrier fighters)
    F4F-4 flight (A flight of Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat carrier fighters)
    A6M2 flight (A flight of Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Zeke carrier fighters)
    A6M3 flight (A flight of Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 32 Zeke carrier fighters)
    P-38 flight (A flight of Lockheed P-38G Lightning fighters)
    P-39 flight (A flight of Bell P-39D/F or P-400 Airacobra fighters)
    P-40E flight (A flight of Curtiss P-40E fighters)
    P-40F flight (A flight of Curtiss P-40F Warhawk fighters)
    OS2U (A single Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher seaplane)
    E13A (A single Aichi E13A1a Jake seaplane)
    E7K (A single Kawanishi E7K2 Alf seaplane)
    F1M (A single Mitsubishi F1M2 Pete seaplane)
    A6M2-N (A single Nakajima A6M2-N Model 11 Rufe seaplane)
    SB2U flight (A flight of Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator carrier dive bombers)
    SBD flight (A flight of Douglas SBD-3/4 Dauntless carrier dive bombers)
    A-24 flight (A flight of Douglas A-24 Dauntless dive bombers)
    TBD flight (A flight of Douglas TBD-1 Devastator carrier torpedo bombers)
    TBF flight (A flight of Grumman TBF-1 Avenger carrier torpedo bombers)
    D3A1 flight (A flight of Aichi D3A1 Val carrier dive bombers)
    D3A2 flight (A flight of Aichi D3A2 Val carrier dive bombers)
    B5N flight (A flight of Nakajima B5N2 Kate carrier torpedo bombers)
    D4Y (A single Yokosuke D4Y1-C Judy carrier patrol bomber)
    PBY-5 (A single Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina flying boat)
    PBY-5A (A single Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina flying boat)
    A-20 flight (A flight of Douglas A-20A Havoc medium bombers)
    B-25 flight (A flight of North American B-25C/D Mitchell medium bombers)
    B-26 flight (A flight of Martin B-26A Marauder medium bombers)
    Hudson flight (A flight of Lockheed Hudson Mk IIIA medium bombers)
    G4M flight (A flight of Mitsubishi G4M1 Model 11 Betty medium bombers)
    B-17 flight (A flight of Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress heavy bombers)
    PB4Y (A single Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator heavy bomber)
    H6K4 (A single Kawanishi H6K4 Mavis flying boat)
    H6K5 (A single Kawanishi H6K5 Mavis flying boat)

Terrain Types:
    sea (deep ocean)
    shallows (coastal waters and lakes)
    swamp (standing water and dense undergrowth)
    desert (dry and sandy or rocky terrain)
    plains (flat or rolling countryside or steppe)
    forest (dense forest or jungle)
    mountains (high elevation and/or rugged terrain)
    ice (permanent ice fields)
    river
    road

Material Types:
    fuel (Aviation gasoline)
    bombs (A bomb of roughly 250 kg)
    torps (An 800 kg torpedo)


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