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Old 10-13-2017, 02:11 PM
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Anders Larsson (aka Turboswede) created a pretty good Mexican Army sourcebook. IMHO, he did a good job beefing up the Mexican Army without making it too strong. His added armor is mostly up-gunned Shermans and AMX-30s, which makes sense to me.

http://www.pmulcahy.com/PDFs/Mexican...Sourcebook.pdf

My issue with the Soviet AFVs being delivered after the U.S. and U.S.S.R. at war is that the USN would really have to have dropped the ball, or been severely degraded, to allow a large merchantman or two to cross the Pacific from the U.S.S.R.. That's not to say that it couldn't happen, but I just don't see the Soviets risking something like that.

The idea that the equipment was transshipped via Cuba before the U.S. and U.S.S.R. were officially at war makes a bit more sense to me. Perhaps the AFVs were originally intended for Division Cuba but then given to the Mexicans shortly after they invaded the SW?

Could the equipment have come south from the Soviet forces in Alaska and/or the Pacific Northwest? Highly unlikely, IMO, but it's another option to consider.

Overall, I am one who can see how a surprise Mexican invasion, fueled by gasoline & diesel, and using civilian trucking to transport troops and supplies, could swiftly overrun the U.S. Southwest while the bulk of U.S. forces were dispersed to Europe, Korea, and the Middle East- even without an injection of more armor. That said, I like the idea of adding a bit of heavy armor- it makes the scenario more plausible from a macro perspective, and interesting from a micro (i.e. player playing in a CONUS campaign) perspective.
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