Outbreak in 86? Well, production of the M1A1 (armed with the 120) started in 85, and those was tapped to go to European units first. I would actually feel comfortable saying any major unit in 3 Corp would have the A1 (Assuming as things heat up in the months prior to the ball dropping a intense effort to top of the established units) with all the replacements being a mix of mainly M1's, a handful of new production M1A1's, and slightly more M1A1 conversions. Call it 3-1-1 in ratio.
In short, by the time 90 rolls around, with attrition and such, 1 in 3 would be armed with the M256 as I think the Soviets would learn real fast to target the M1's with the bigger barrels - and as M1's went in for services, they would upgrade them to A1 status with guns either off the production lines (as long as they last) and taken from knocked out A1's and LeoII's.
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