Tank: The M1A1 Abrams Battle Tank Simulation

Tank: The M1A1 Abrams Battle Tank Simulation
Original cover art
Developer(s)	Sphere, Inc.
Publisher(s)	Spectrum HoloByte
Platform(s)	MS-DOS
Release	1989
Genre(s)	Vehicle simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Tank: The M1A1 Abrams Battle Tank Simulation is a 1989 video game published by Spectrum HoloByte.

Tank is a game in which an armor simulation includes a training scenario at Fort Knox, and scenarios in the Fulda Gap region of Central Europe, and in the Middle East between Israel, Syria, and Lebanon.^[1]

Tank was intended as the initial release for the "Electronic Battlefield System".^[1]

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M. Evan Brooks reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Sadly, Tank has no infantry; both sides are armor heavy. This could well occur in rare instances, but the absence of infantry is sorely missed in what purports to be a simulation of the contemporary battlefield."^[1]

Paul Rigby for The Games Machine said that "Tank is an enjoyable simulation which benefits from a great deal of detailed research – the operation of the M1 Abrams is well portrayed, while the option of being able to control 16 tanks is exciting (and exhausting!)."^[2]

Steven Anzovin for Compute! said that "If you sigh wistfully for the great tank battles that may never be, Tank is definitely your game."^[3]

• ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Apr, 1990^[4]
• Computer Gaming World - Jun, 1991
• Jeux & Stratégie nouvelle formule #7^[5]

• M1 Tank Platoon

• Tank: The M1A1 Abrams Battle Tank Simulation at MobyGames