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Has anyone out there tinkered with the V1 Kalisz scenario where the 5th Division does NOT get destroyed?
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I don't see much point, and don't see it being very plausible for the situation the division finds itself in during the 2000 offensive. I don't see the "we got their plans" counterfactual being adequate to fix the situation -- the point of departure would have to be a couple orders of magnitude more significant. Like no POL from Ploesti for the Soviet forces, otherwise 5th ID(M) gets overrun no matter how you slice it for the force mix and mobility differential. Or significantly more modest aims for the NATO offensive that don't put 5th ID swinging out there in the wind in the first place.
I think the ideas you are looking at, scenario-wise would work better for 8th ID or 2nd MarDiv than 5th ID, the demise of which is sort of a core plot point in the game.