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The 1991 Gulf War is extremely misleading in my opinion as the Iraqi's were not adhering to the Soviet doctrine of attack, but rather dug in defensively (and most importantly stationary and in relatively low numbers) and unable to close to short range where their guns might have been effective. Of course the allied air superiority didn't much help their situation much.
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Definite agreement. Even with some very real gaps in quality and capability against NATO, a conventional slugging match in central Europe against people who had well developed doctrine and clear plans to get them to the Rhine or English Channel would have been a whole different animal than the '91 Gulf War.