Realistic Virtual Battlefield:

• The simulation provides representation of all aspects of the battlefield, physical objects and phenomena, as well as aspects of human behaviour.
• Features high resolution representation (entities) and aggregated company sized units, too.
• Battle scenarios may contain any desired formation, weapons capability and force deployment in the battlefield, for the possible 16 participant forces or factions.
• Uses high resolution digitised terrain (Mixed raster and vector representation).
• Environmental Factors: Light condition, Wind, Rain, Snow, Temperature.
• Human Factors: Suppression, Recovery, Fatigue, Training Level.
• The tactical database contains detailed technical parameters of modelled military equipment used by NATO and other countries.

Detailed Modelling:

• Simulated situation is updated in every few seconds and influenced by:
• Commands of the exercising commanders.
• Tactical database: units, PH and PK factors for NATO and FSU equipment and vehicle models.
• Computer-assisted terrain assessment (line of sight calculation, trafficability, etc.).
• Engineering obstacles, dynamic terrain.
• Tactical evaluations, approved war losses and attrition algorithms.
• Stocks of all the major categories of supply including, food, fuel, water and ammunition.

Easy operating:

• The workstations may be used standalone, in groups or altogether in the network.
• Has a user-friendly, menu-driven, windows-oriented user interface.
• Uses APP-6a tactical symbols on a high resolution digitised map with printing layers and selectable zoom
• The force structures, maps with the tactical symbols, aggregated reports, AAR charts, ... may be printed
• Manages order chains, provides selectable automatic reactions.
• Gives status, situation awareness and timed reports.
• The user interfaces are multilingual, languages may be used simultaneously.
• Case sensitive help is available.

On-the-spot reconnaissance:

• Nearly real-time 3 D /Stealth visualization of the terrain and the equipment is at hand.

Extensive AAR functions:

• Continuous save, Search and Replay capability.
• Execution Statistics in different formats (Tables, Graphs).
• Presentation generation support.

Easy scenario preparation:

• Large sample scenario, MIL, METL library and editor.
• Detailed OOTW functionality.

Easy Customizing:

• Extendible combat and OOTW scenario archives.
• Easy extension of terrain database and entities.
• Units, equipment, ammunition etc. may be customized within seconds.
• Flexible workstation-controlled units' assignment.

Further options:

• Didactic learning and training scenario archive
• An environment for self-study and group learning
• Reconnaissance training
• Military orientation training

Characteristics in numbers:

• Corps level simulation features mainly aggregated company sized units for the whole playbox (300x300 km) and entities for an included, selected, changeable brigade level area (100x100 km).
• Max capacity is about an army vs. a corps using company sized units.
• Marcus provides the capacity to hold more than 40 battalion and/or brigade/corps exercises (3-5 days) in a year with preparation and AAR procedures included.

The Marcus simulation in full extent runs on:

• 50 Windows XP® PC and one or two computational server running Windows Server in the Simulation Centre,
• Distributed workstation groups (10 Windows XP® PC and one computational server running Windows Server ) at every brigades (using ISDN2 connections),
• Distaff Control Sets (remote control and monitoring workstations) at the General Staff Operation Centre and the Joint Force Command
• They all may be used independently or may be connected together in a unified virtual battlefield.

Simulation support

Artifex’s simulation support directorate provides full service of CAX and combat simulations.
The support personnel consist of:

• Professional observer/controllers, scenario developers
• Simulation support team
• Professional role players (retired high-ranking officers)
• Experienced simulation operators
• Maintenance staff