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This guide is a comprehensive product manual for VBS2Combined Arms which can be used alongside the VBS2 user manual. This document consists of two parts: Installation Guide and User's Guide.

Purpose Section Description

Installation Guide

Specification

Hardware, networking and deployment information about VBS2Combined Arms.

Preparing

Prerequisites

Installing

Steps to install VBS2Combined Arms

Launching

Running VBS2Combined Arms, VBS2 and connecting the systems together.

Contact Us

Where to get more information if this guide hasn't addressed a problem.

User's Guide

What’s New with this Release

Description of the changes of this version of VBS2Combined Arms

VBS2Combined Arms Overview

A guide to the VBS2 user interface

Entering a Call-For-Fire

How to enter a call-for-fire using the VBS2Combined Arms interface (for both NATO and Commonwealth doctrines)

Simulation

Interface functionality related to the environmental and simulation control.

Battlespace Management

Includes a description on creating Battlespace Management Zones in fire missions

Preferences

This section will illustrate about how to change general settings of VBS2Combined Arms

Radio

Description of the VBS2Combined Arms radio simulation system.

Transmit

Elaborates about the radio transmission of VBS2Combined Arms

Analysis

Interface functionality assisting the analysis of call-for-fire actions and decisions.

Records

Observer list, Target Worksheet (Observer and Assets)

AAR Functionality

Recording, saving, load and playback of VBS2 After Action Review

Support for Human –in- the -loop

Description of conducting a Fire Mission where a human is set as the gunner

Enemy Reaction

Contains the methods to switch on / off Enemy AI Controls

Sim Studio

Video streaming functionality to assist the VBS2Combined Arms users.

Window

Describes about the window settings of VBS2Combined Arms

Sample Call-For-Fire mission

Illustration on the Sample VBS2 Call For Fire Missions

Template Missions

Description of the template mission available in the installer

VBS2Combined Arms Scenario Design

Creating and editing a VBS2Combined Arms scenario

Customizing VBS2Combined Arms

Contains a description on the methods to customize VBS2Combined Arms.

Appendix

Environmental and simulation control sample files

Troubleshooting

Frequently asked questions explained in this section

Contacting Support

Where to get more information if this guide hasn't addressed a problem.