So here is what military balance had to say about ground forces equipment:
NATO would field roughly 20,722 tanks (5,000 US)
WP would field roughly 44,690 tanks (32,200 USSR)
In artillery and MRLs,
NATO fields 8,996 (562 US)
WP fields 21,830 (15,000 USSR)
SSM Launchers
NATO has 300 (144 US)
WP has 1,337 (1,002 USSR)
Antitank Guns
NATO fields 946 (0 US)
WP fields 3,674 (3,339 USSR)
ATGM (crew served)
NATO fields 2,080 (700 US)
WP fields 2,172 (672 USSR)
AA Guns
NATO fields 6,062 (120 US)
WP 6,886 (3,986 USSR)
SAM launchers
NATO fields 2,103 (180 US)
WP 6,293 (4,893 USSR)
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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