War in the Gulf

War in the Gulf is a real-time tank simulation about an M1 tank unit fighting in Northern Kuwait after the Iraqi Republican Guard overruns the oilfields. You lead the unit as the action unfolds, liberating Kuwaiti villages, capturing oilwells and disrupting desert supply lines. The battlefield uses a mix of bitmap and vector graphics and can be viewed from four perspectives.

Command the battlefield

You can lay minefields and call in artillery barrages. A split-screen control system lets you command four tank units at once, controlling 16 vehicles simultaneously. The game contains 25 individually coded battle areas.

Vehicles and equipment

Eight types of fighting vehicles are represented, including the M1 Abrams, the US Army’s main battle tank during the Gulf War. Other vehicles include BTR60s, T72s, BMPs, M2 Bradleys, M113 APCs, ITVs and Hughes 500 helicopters. Available military technology includes laser range-finders, infra-red imaging, TOW, HEAT and SABOT missiles.