Firepower (1984)

Firepower is a detailed look at the organization, weapons and equipment, and tactics of many of the world's nations since 1965.
Firepower gives players the opportunity to command squad units in recent or current wars. The destructive capabilities are massive, and the problems of command and control in devising effective tactics are a real challenge for any gamer.
Unit scale is individual soldiers, vehicles and equipment
Time scale is 30 seconds per turn
Map scale is 5 yards per hex, 1 yard per elevation level

The GENERAL Index Article List:

• The GENERAL Vol.21,No.6
  • Firepower – “Guns for Firepower - The Modern Infantryman in Theory and Practice” (Analysis) by S. Craig Taylor, Jr.
  • Firepower – “A Firepower Campaign - Whiling Away Those Long Winter Evenings” (Variant) by S. Craig Taylor, Jr.
  • Firepower – “Contest #124”
  • Firepower – “Series Replay - Scenario #3: Ambush, "Gunner's Last Patrol"”
• The GENERAL Vol.22,No.6
  • Firepower – “Struggle For El Salvador: The FMLN and Firepower” (Scenarios) by James P. Werbaneth
• The GENERAL Vol.23,No.6
  • Firepower – “Revolution against the Revolution: The Nicaraguan Contra War and Firepower” (Scenarios) by James P. Werbaneth
• The GENERAL Vol.24,No.1
  • Firepower – “The Pact - Central European Conflict and Firepower” (Scenarios) by James P. Werbaneth
• The GENERAL Vol.25,No.2
  • Firepower – “THE LAAGER: South Africa's War” (Scenarios) By Jim Werbaneth
• The GENERAL Vol.25,No.5
  • Firepower – “Scenario Seven - It Was a "Great" Depression, Wasn't It?” (Scenarios) S. Craig Taylor
• The GENERAL Vol.25,No.6
  • Firepower – “Special Air Service - The SAS and Firepower” (Historical & Scenarios) by James P. Werbaneth
• The GENERAL Vol.26,No.3
  • Firepower – “A Flame in the Gulf - The Iran-Iraq War and Firepower” (Historical) by James P. Werbaneth
  • 18 variant counters included on the subscription-only insert sheet.
• The GENERAL Vol.26,No.5
  • Firepower – “Over the Fence - Covert Missions in SE Asia” (Variant) by Charlie Lewis

The game is a modern warfare re-implementation of Close Assault.