Harpoon 3 Screenshot #1

April 8, 2006 · Posted in Harpoon 3 

This is Harpoon 3. Possibly the most complex strategy-simulation of modern air and naval operations available to non-military users. The computer-Harpoon series is, in fact, considered to be close enough to “the real thing” that it has been in use for years by various military branches around the world as a training and “what-if” simulation tool. One professional customer for Harpoon 3 is the Australian Department of Defense.

Harpoon 3 runs on all versions of Windows – Windows 95 / 98 / ME, NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. There is also a Mac OS and OSX version.

Harpoon 3 enables the faithful modeling and representation of the full range of modern air and naval operations including: submarine & anti-submarine warfare, carrier battle group operations, convoy actions, land-based air operations, employment of nuclear weapons, fleet engagements and more. The scale and location of scenarios is virtually unlimited. Whether you want to simply test an Aegis cruiser against a Kirov-class battlecruiser or completely model World War III, Harpoon 3 gives you the tools. The only real limit is how far you want to go. Harpoon 3’s flexibility as both a wargame and a training tool results from its open scenario editor and database editor. If you read about a conflict or a new weapons platform in the news, you can model it in Harpoon 3 (if somebody else hasn’t done it already). Have solid evidence that the new upgrade to the F-15’s radar will provide xxx increase in maximum range and yyy increase in sensitivity against stealthy targets? Jump into the database editor and enter the new values. Then jump into a scenario that has the “new” F-15 and test it to see if it makes a difference in the “real world”. It’s that simple.

As you can see, the Harpoon 3 user interface is identical to Harpoon II. But Harpoon 3 offers a great number of advantages and improvements over the former. First of all, it offers a rock-solid stability. Crash it, we dare you! Next, the many bugs and errors in the old Harpoon II have been or are being fixed, and the simulator remains fully compatible with existing Harpoon II scenarios and databases. Harpoon 3 also runs much faster that the old MS/DOS version due to better memory management and new software compliers.

Impressed? Wondering where to get it? Harpoon 3 is available on CD or via direct download here.

A large collection of user-created scenarios is available here on the HarpoonHQ together with the DB2K platforms database. The ongoing DB2K project has produced an alternative to the original (and rather flawed) Harpoon II database. All known bugs, errors and shortcomings have been fixed, and it the complete 1980-2015 OoB (Order of Battle) for more than 60 countries have been added. Get the new scenarios and database on the Harpoon 3 Scenario Download Page.

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