It's still not tactical enough (you can't use the terrain and buildings tactically, there are no advanced units commands), but it's already a good game and on the best way to become even better.
It has very nice graphics:
The point of the game is to capture outposts by moving your units over a concrete pad near the factory building. Factories provide you with new units. You start with a small force at a random spawnpoint. Every time you lose your whole army you get a new one. There are a few servers on the net for online play, however, it's quite pointless for a newbie to join a game that has already been going on for a while, as the players who have already been playing for a while usually control a few outposts. It takes a joint, allied strike of a couple of players to take such a player out.
Nevertheless, it's a nice game and I suggest you to try it.
http://netpanzer.berlios.de/
The game runs flawlessly for me under both Linux and wincrap.
What's the point of hiding in a village if the units can still shoot over the buildings without them affecting their aim?
lol 