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Old 10-21-2011, 10:21 AM
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What your missing is the Soviets have on Echelon of Command and Control Greater than NATO. The Front. NATO stops at Army to which several Divisions are attached. The Soviets go one higher with Front to which several Armies are attached.
Not so much-- the Soviets didn't use corps HQs as a rule. Armies were 4 or 5 divisions, plus supporting arms, with no intervening corps. A front was usually 3 armies, reinforceable to 5, plus an air army. NATO used corps of 2-4 divisions, with an army HQ controlling 3-5 corps.
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