<s>
M1	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
Platoon	I-Application
is	O
a	O
tactical	O
simulator	O
of	O
tank	O
warfare	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
M1	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
Platoon	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
released	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
in	O
1998	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
M1	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
Platoon	I-Application
was	O
sold	O
to	O
Interplay	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
M1	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
Platoon	I-Application
is	O
available	O
on	O
Steam	O
and	O
Epic	O
Games	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
put	O
in	O
the	O
position	O
of	O
a	O
main	O
battle	O
tank	O
platoon	B-Application
commander	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
four	O
U.S.	O
M1	O
Abrams	O
tanks	O
in	O
a	O
fictional	O
campaign	O
of	O
battles	O
against	O
the	O
Soviet	O
Army	O
in	O
Central	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
platoon	B-Application
commander	O
,	O
direct	O
control	O
is	O
limited	O
to	O
the	O
four	O
M1	O
tanks	O
,	O
however	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
mission	O
,	O
support	O
units	O
like	O
recon	O
and	O
attack	O
helicopters	O
,	O
M2	O
Bradley	O
infantry	O
fighting	O
vehicles	O
,	O
MLRS	O
artillery	O
systems	O
or	O
other	O
older	O
M60	O
Patton	O
tanks	O
are	O
available	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
given	O
orders	O
via	O
the	O
tactical	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
United	O
States	O
Army	O
Reserves	O
officer	O
and	O
graduate	O
of	O
Armor	O
School	O
,	O
Evan	O
Brooks	O
,	O
stated	O
in	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
that	O
M1	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
Platoon	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
computer	O
tank	O
game	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
player	O
control	O
over	O
four	O
tanks	O
instead	O
of	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
General	O
Dynamics	O
Land	O
Systems	O
Simulation	O
Lab	O
software	O
engineer	O
,	O
Dana	O
Cadman	O
,	O
compared	O
M1	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
Platoon	I-Application
to	O
other	O
tank	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
and	O
the	O
Army	O
's	O
SimNet	B-General_Concept
training	O
network	O
in	O
a	O
later	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
article	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
PC	O
Format	O
placed	O
M1	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
Platoon	I-Application
on	O
its	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
50	O
best	O
computer	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
