Carmonette

a.k.a. Combined ARms Computer MOdel

created and published by Operations Research Office in 1953, running on custom platform
type: strategy, simulation
player options: single player
languages: eng

Descriptions (2)

CARMONETTE (Combined ARms Computer MOdel) is a 1953 mainframe computer Monte Carlo simulation developed by the US Operations Research Office (ORO).[citation needed] While the first computerized simulation of conventional combat was "Air Defense Simulation", developed by the Army Operations Research Office at Johns Hopkins University in 1948,[1] the Carmonette series was a later variant of the genre, featuring ground combat at the levels of the individual soldier and company.[2] The principal architect of Carmonette was Richard E. Zimmerman.[3]

It was followed by CARMONETTE II which included infantry (1960–1965); CARMONETTE III which added armed helicopter support (1966–1970); also CARMONETTE IV added communications and night vision.[4]

Piero Scaruffi described it as the first digital computer game

Becoro # 2023-04-02 22:31:32 - source
A computer simulation of battalions and companies in wargames. The US military mainly used it to explore tank/anti-tank engagements.

zerothis # 2018-03-05 19:31:40

Technical specs

display: Monotone

Editor note

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0204089
Game Playing with Computers, Donald D. Spencer (1968) Page 12

Source

# 2023-06-21 13:39:36 - source

Authors / Staff

author

JOAN F. KRAFT (Author)

design

Richard E. Zimmerman (Design)

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