Request for materials for university paper about military tank simulators

[rbakerj]

Hi Everyone,
I am new to this group. I am attending Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan for their Manufacturing Systems for the Defense Industry graduate certificate. Five classes, we are in the first two: Defense Logistics and Contracting (5503) and a simulation class (5603). In 5503 our teacher gave a lecture about "Army 101" and we had a retired one-star general come and give a lecture at our last class. In the first class for 5603 we talked about the history of wargaming. As an Army vet I had to pinch myself I wasn't dreaming about all of this.

We have to do a paper in 5603 about any topic in military simulation (pinch). I would like to do mine about the evolution of the military tank simulator.. that is, not the PC-based games that are popular, but the sit-in simulators that tankers actually train on. I would also like to compare the state-of-the-art in various other countries (European, Chinese, Indian, Russian, etc.) to the US. I would really appreciate any articles and such that you can suggest to me that I can reference. I was even able to glean some facts from this show:
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/mili...ator-video.htm
Please reply to my email rbakerj@yahoo.com and add Tank Sim to the subject line.
Thanks very much,
Ray

[Jimbuna]

Are you sure you've chosen the correct forum mate?

At best I can only suggest the Tanksim section but even then I'm not sure it will have what your looking for

[Takeda Shingen]

I can only echo what Jim said. We're all about commercial simulators here; we don't have access to anything military-grade. Sorry.

[stoppro]

The tank sim forum has what you want ' Steel beast pro' is based on military trainer.whoops! i just noticed thats where you went.

[elanaiba]

Suggest heading to simhq.com, also linkedin.com may be a good source to dig people that are involved in military simulation?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Welcome aboard

There are a couple of ex-Tankies on the forum somewhere, unfortunately I cannot remember names at the minute. If you can track them down you can maybe get there personal experiences.