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British Battlefield Tactics: Video Game Style

26th August 2015 at 12:19pm

The Ministry of Defence is changing the way it teaches battlefield tactics.

Gone will be the days of dry, dusty instruction manuals for mounting a tank assault on an enemy position.

As Major Dale Clarke explains, the future of teaching will involve the use of computer-game style films.

America, meanwhile, has been using video games for training purposes for years.

Take a look below at one of its uses for Virtual Battlespace 3, the flagship product of the US Army's Games for Training program.