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Germany, May 28, 1978, Warsaw Pact army of 409 units opposed to Nato army of 413 units for a battle of complexity 1.23 at Company(I) level on a 2.5 Km/Hex map for 18 turns of 6 Hours each. by Pete Abrams submited on 18-12-2002 Rugged-Defense Playing Statistics
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NATO vs WARSAW PACT 1978 Date: May 28th, 1978 Location: Hof Gap, West Germany Map Scale: 2.5 Km Time Scale: 6 hour turns Unit Scale: Companies and Battalions Lenght: 18 turns Best Played: NATO vs PO UNIT COLORS WARSAW PACT COLORS 8th Guards Army: black/crimson 1st Guards Tank Army: gray/crimson Soviet Central Group Forces(CZ): green/crimson Group of Soviet Forces(EG): red/crimson Soviet 16th Air Army: yellow/crimson 3rd East German Army: gray/black East German Air Force: red/black 1st Czech Army: white/red Czech Air Force: yellow/red NATO COLORS 2nd Armored Cavalry Rgt: black/olive 1st Armored and 3rd Mech Div: gray/olive 3rd Bde 1st Mech Div: green/olive VII Corp units: white/olive USAFE: blue/green 4th Jager Div(II KORP): white/dark gray 12th Panzer Div(III KORP): black/dark gray WG Home Defense units: brown/dark gray WG II Korp units: light gray/dark gray WG Air Force: dark gray/light gray 4th Canadian Mech Bde Group: green/tan SIGNIFICANT EVENTS There is a possibility the PACT will use chemical weapons and that NATO will get the OK to use Tactical Nuclear Weapons. After NATO responds with Nuclear weapons, the PACT will use Nuclear weapons as well. BACKGROUND NATO's CENTAG covering the vital East-West German border is attacked. CENTAG is comprised of two Bundeswehr (WG Army) Korp's, two US ARMY Corp's and a Canadian Mech Bde. Following the winter training period, at the end of May, the WARSAW PACT has attacked in order to take advantage of PACT troop concentrations and foul weather that will hamper NATO air units. The combined weight of twelve PACT divisions will lead the initial assault towards Stuttgart and the vital POMCUS sites. Elements of at least three Soviet Armies and two complete East German and Czech Armies should be expected during the first critical days. Soviet airborne operations are to be expected as well as the involvement of hundreds of Soviet and PACT air units. CENTAG's mission is to blunt the initial assaults and prevent a breakthrough, pinning the enemy and inflicting maximum casualities, while limiting their own losses. Time is critical as REFORGER units need time to assemble and form for the important counter attack. NOTES The NATO player must realize that although he posseses many companies he is greatly outnumbered. The PACT player has battalions and is nearly equal in total units to NATO. The NATO player is advised to utilize the terrain and engineer units to dig in. Use tactical reserves at critical points to blunt the massed PACT attacks and defend in depth. Above all the NATO player must remember that his ability to counter attack is limited as well as his ability to gain quick and total air superiority. A major NATO counter attack should not occur during the time frame of this scenario. Because all of the NATO units are companies attached to Brigade formations, the breaking down of units voluntarily should be avoided. This will cause problems within the formations. The PACT player should only be concerned with deep penetrations of the NATO line and capturing the the major cities on the map. Scenario Design: Pete Abrams |