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((Infobox video game
| title = Steel Panthers II: Modern Battles
| image = Steel Panthers II.jpg
| alt = 
| developer = [[Strategic Simulations]]
| publisher = [[Strategic Simulations]]
| producer = Carl C. Norman
| designer = Keith Brors<br>[[Gary Grigsby]]
| programmer = Keith Brors<br>Gary Grigsby
| artist = Maurie Manning
| composer = Danny Pelfrey<br>Rick Rhodes
| series = ''[[Steel Panthers]]''
| engine = 
| platforms = [[DOS]]
| released = November 1, 1996<ref>((Cite web |date=1996-11-19 |title=SSI: Press Releases: MODERN WARFARE SSI STYLE! |url=http://www.ssionline.com/cgi-bin/omixlink?709815180+insider/press_releases/pr_steel2.html |access-date=2023-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961119115222/http://www.ssionline.com/cgi-bin/omixlink?709815180+insider/press_releases/pr_steel2.html |archive-date=1996-11-19 ))</ref>
| genre = [[Tactical wargame]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
))

'''''Steel Panthers II: Modern Battles''''' is a 1996 [[computer wargame]] developed and published by [[Strategic Simulations]]. It is the sequel to ''[[Steel Panthers (video game)|Steel Panthers]]'' and the second entry in the ''[[Steel Panthers]]'' series. The game was designed by [[Gary Grigsby]] and Keith Brors.

Like its predecessor, ''Steel Panthers II'' was a commercial hit.

==Gameplay==
''Steel Panthers II'' is a [[computer wargame]] that simulates [[modern warfare]].

==Development==
A key goal for ''Steel Panthers II'' was offering improved animation.<ref name=cgspprev>((cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971007211921/http://www.cdmag.com/war_vault/steel_panthers_2_preview/page1.html | url=http://www.cdmag.com/war_vault/steel_panthers_2_preview/page1.html | title=''Steel Panthers II'' Preview | date=June 20, 1996 | author=Udell, Scott | work=[[Computer Games Strategy Plus]] | archive-date=October 7, 1997 | url-status=dead ))</ref> The game was released on November 1, 1996.<ref name=launch>((cite press release | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980213235530/http://www.ssionline.com/insider/press_releases/pr_steel2.html | url=http://www.ssionline.com/insider/press_releases/pr_steel2.html | title=Modern Warfare SSI Style! | date=November 1, 1996 | location=[[Sunnyvale, California]] | publisher=[[Strategic Simulations, Inc.]] | archive-date=February 13, 1998 | url-status=dead ))</ref>

==Reception==
((Video game reviews
| align=left
| CGW = ((Rating|4.5|5))<ref name=cgw>((cite magazine | author=Miller, Patrick C. | title=A Penetrating Success | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | issue=151 | date=February 1997 | pages=218, 219 ))</ref>
| CGSP = ((Rating|3|5))<ref name=cgsp>((cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971007211556/http://www.cdmag.com/war_vault/steel_panthers_2_review/page1.html | url=http://www.cdmag.com/war_vault/steel_panthers_2_review/page1.html | title=''Steel Panthers II: Modern Battles'' Review | date=November 28, 1996 | author=Mayer, Robert | work=[[Computer Games Strategy Plus]] | archive-date=October 7, 1997 | url-status=dead ))</ref>
| PCGUS = 80%<ref name=pcgamerus>((cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000308034917/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/1008.html | url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/1008.html | title=''Steel Panthers II'' | date=February 1997 | author=Trotter, William R. | authorlink=William R. Trotter | work=[[PC Gamer US]] | archive-date=March 8, 2000 | url-status=dead ))</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[GamePro#PC Games|PC Games]]''
| rev5Score= A−<ref name=pcgamesrev>((cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970711134213/http://www.pcgames.com/reviews/strategy/steel.html | url=http://www.pcgames.com:80/reviews/strategy/steel.html | title=''Steel Panthers II: Modern Battles'' | work=[[GamePro#PC Games|PC Games]] | author=Morris, Daniel | archive-date=July 11, 1997 | url-status=dead ))</ref>
))

Following ''Steel Panthers''((')) strong commercial performance, ''Steel Panthers II'' was a "major success", according to author Rusel DeMaria. Among other theories, he speculated that the deployment of tanks in [[Operation Desert Storm]] could have influenced its sales.<ref name=highscore>((cite book|title=High Score! Expanded: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games | chapter=Opportunity Knocks: The Story of SSI | edition=3rd|author=DeMaria, Rusel | date=December 2018 |publisher=[[CRC Press]]|isbn=978-0-429-77139-2 |pages=166–171))</ref> ''Steel Panthers II'' was nominated as ''[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]''(('))s 1996 wargame of the year, although it lost to that year's ''[[Battleground (video game series)|Battleground]]'' games: ''[[Battleground 4: Shiloh|Shiloh]]'', ''Antietam'' and ''[[Battleground 3: Waterloo|Waterloo]]''.<ref name=cgmawards1996>((cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970614161401/http://www.cdmag.com/news/0325971.html |url=http://www.cdmag.com/news/0325971.html |title=''Computer Games Strategy Plus'' announces 1996 Awards |date=March 25, 1997 |work=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] |archive-date=June 14, 1997 |access-date=November 2, 2010 |url-status=dead ))</ref> It was also a nominee for [[CNET|CNET Gamecenter]]'s "Strategy Game of the Year" award, which went to ''[[Civilization II]]''.<ref name=gamecenter1996>((cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970205013139/http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards96/indexa.html | url=http://www.gamecenter.com:80/Features/Exclusives/Awards96/indexa.html | title=The Gamecenter Awards for 96 | author=The Gamecenter Editors | work=[[CNET|CNET Gamecenter]] | archive-date=February 5, 1997 | url-status=dead ))</ref>

[[William R. Trotter]] of ''[[PC Gamer US]]'' was largely positive toward ''Steel Panthers II'', but felt that it was held back by its technical problems, glitches and oversights. He concluded, "If not for the numerous little flaws that keep it from realizing its own best intentions, this would have been my nominee for Wargame of the Year."<ref name=pcgamerus /> In ''[[Computer Games Strategy Plus]]'', Robert Mayer was less impressed: he considered it visually impressive but unrealistic, with numerous historical oversights. He nevertheless called it "a worthy successor to a very successful game".<ref name=cgsp />

''Steel Panthers'' and ''Steel Panthers II'' were named, collectively, the 62nd best computer game ever by ''PC Gamer UK'' in 1997.<ref name=pcgameruktop100>((cite magazine |author1=Flynn, James |author2=Owen, Steve |author3=Pierce, Matthew |author4=Davis, Jonathan |author5=Longhurst, Richard | magazine=[[PC Gamer UK]] | title=The ''PC Gamer'' Top 100 |date=July 1997 | issue=45 | pages=51–83 ))</ref>

==Legacy==
The game was followed by ''[[Steel Panthers III: Brigade Command 1939-1999]]''. The Camo Workshop released a [[Mod (video gaming)|mod]] based on ''Steel Panthers II'' called ''SP2WW2'' (''Steel Panthers II: World War 2'') in 1998.

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/steel-panthers-ii-modern-battles ''Steel Panthers II: Modern Battles''] at [[MobyGames]]

((Gary Grigsby))

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