British Army Tactical Wargame (1956)

These wargaming rules were restricted until recently, when they were released into the National Archives.

Operational set of rules for fighting large battles 1945 - 1970
Can be played with card counters on standard 1: 50:000 Ordinance Survey Maps
Includes rules for tactical nuclear weapon strikes
Based on current military experience of World War II and the Korean War

for tactical movement
engagement lengths
battle planning times
engineering jobs
night battles
effects of tactical nuclear weapons

This version includes:

Proposed updates to the rules to help modern wargamers play the game on a single table top
Includes the 1952 British Army ORBAT

The British Army Tactical Wargame (1956) was originally printed for distribution within the British Army as the Army Operational Research Group, Occasional Note, No. 9, provisional rules for the tactical wargame