I read that, and is one of my sources. Funny enough, KaLeu put a link to Quora asking the same question, and one of the answers just copied and pasted the article you sent me.
Interesting possible WW3 scenarios during the 1980's
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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.
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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.
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Iiiyyyeee there you go IL, a Western Front game u can make a map and do a setup.
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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.