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1971: Indian Naval Front is a third-person naval combat game about Indian Navy operations during the 1971 India-Pakistan war. You command naval units and aircraft in missions based on actual operations, including attacks, rescues and stealth missions.

The 1971 war

Before the war, Pakistan was divided between West Pakistan, which controlled the military, policymaking and economy, and East Pakistan, which was treated as a colony. Political tensions grew after the Awami League, led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, won Pakistan’s first democratic election in 1970 but was not invited to form a government. Increasing atrocities by West Pakistan’s armed forces against people in the East led to civil unrest and genocide.

By the end of April 1971, millions of refugees from East Pakistan had arrived in India, creating diplomatic tensions in the region. India resolved to act and liberate East Pakistan as an independent country. The war began on 3 December, when the Pakistan Air Force launched pre-emptive attacks on northern Indian air bases.

The Indian Navy established blockades in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. INS Vikrant and its task force and air squadrons carried out maritime interdiction operations and sorties in the East, while the Western Naval Command targeted Pakistan’s naval and commercial headquarters in Karachi in Operations Trident and Python. Other operations took place in both seas. On 16 December 1971, Pakistan signed the Instrument of Surrender and Bangladesh became independent.

Naval and air missions

You operate Indian naval units including aircraft carriers, destroyers, anti-submarine warfare frigates and missile boats. Their weapons have different capabilities, and you can use 20MM and 40MM anti-aircraft guns, naval cannons, torpedoes and missiles.

Aerial combat missions let you fly Hawker Sea Hawk attack aircraft and Breguet Alize aircraft, both with cockpit views. Each carries 20MM Hispano guns and alternate weapons such as bombs, rockets and torpedoes. You can also control Seaking helicopters for reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare missions.