Are there any open-source military/war strategy simulating engines or frameworks? Combat rules engines or weapon selection guides? I'm looking for something similar to a military strategy "unit testing" in a simulated field.
What I'm trying to build is a combat advisor for troops deployed in the field. Intel' comes in with enemy's moves - software should advice about an optimal strategy - like in chess, only with two armies. The framework should be scalable - in an urban guerrilla warfare context it should advice upon tactical moves to make in order to counteract the enemy's assessed field tactics. That's why I'm wondering about any open source initiatives, so I could learn something from collective knowledge and gain insight upon such a project.
Check out the Battlefield Simulator at CodeProject.