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Originally Posted by Stealhead
The Russians would not have been sitting in fixed potions waiting for the Americans to come they would have been ramming every single tank they had through 73 Easting trying to overwhelm the Americans.
In fact the roles where reversed from the norm in Fulda the NATO tanks would have moved from position to position trying to destroy as many T-72s/80s as possible they would likely have performed tactical retreats(realistically) to move into better defensive positions more or less extending the hour of doomday by perhaps a few days.
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That's exactly what makes me ponder about the K-5 ERA that the Soviets had, given that the US forces hoped to make as many kills as possible before un-assing to the next rally point it would mean that more Soviet tanks would survive initial contact, thus giving the Soviet forces more momentum to take the push forward.
Of course, it's immaterial since initial Soviet doctrine called for a liberal dispersal of nuclear weapons on the first day and it wouldn't have changed the fate of things like the BMPs, BRDMs (Bolshevik Recce Death Machine) and BTRs, nor would it change the fate of the Soviet armour when faced with CAS, however CAS itself would have to dodge the mounted AAA and SAM units that would move with the front.
I must carry on reading Team Yankee.
