An interesting (if limited) read.
I know now (after getting some really close looks at Soviet vehicles and equipment) that the Russians were really optimistic about their own performance in battle. We were so far ahead of them by the early 90's that the contest would have been as "one sided" as the Gulf War was.
Where we had (and I believe still do have) a major problem was in Stockpiled Logistics. I remember the Army having to buy 2.75" free-flight rockets from the Air Force in the First Gulf War. They had shot up their entire stockpile in just a month.
When I joined the Artillery, we were shooting ammo made in the 1960's. By the time Restore Hope had rolled around, we were shooting new manufacture ammo. The Army had shot up a 30 Year stockpile of 6" howitzer shells in just a couple of years.
Think of the implications for a Twilight 2000 campaign. You may have a heavy weapon, but what about its ammo. I think Twilight's ammo availability ratings "overrate" how much ammo will be available after the nukes fall.
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