@ABWorsham:
Stug III if I get off the first shot.
If the engagement is any longer than the first shot, give me the T-34.
By the way love the question.
Me too. Sorry I did not say, Aequitas.
While this is interesting information, it would be a long road to go from these scenarios to games with special rules, set-ups, turn orders, etc…
Good background item, not quite game-ready.
-Midnight_Reaper
Read then pages 39 to about 42. Indications show clearly numbers of divisions and reinforcement rates over time. So if WW3 broke out in the late 1980’s , you would have some raw info on how each could produce and deploy.
Iiiyyyeee there you go IL, a Western Front game u can make a map and do a setup.
1980’s however was a strange time for both sides and NATO and USSR were losing allies left and right and neither side wanted to engage in conflict so both sides tried to downsize their military while also trying to scare the other side.