What a lot of people tend to forget is that it's not just the soviets and their allies who are in disarray - NATO forces, that is, Germans, British, Canadian, Norwegian AND American units aren't exactly in good shape, and in fact some may well be in conflict with technical allies.
There are hints throughout the published material that raids on neighbouring units are commonplace although these are primarily aimed at the enemy, it's not unknown for them to be aimed at "friendlies" if said friendly units have items that are needed.
Although the units involved escape me at the moment (away from books) I believe there is at least one German unit which has turned maurauder, and I think Going Home refers to an American unit or two which has gone the same way.
One of the only advantages the Nato unit commanders have in keeping their units together is proximity to friendly countries - they're almost all within or close to Germany. Another advantage for the British, Canadian and US is they're overseas - the troops have no hope of returning home on their own, any chance of repatriation relies on the military.
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