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Originally Posted by Ewan
Thanks, I missed that bit and it makes sense
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ACE Mobile Force (Land) was never meet to be a that would fight on a large scale
"NATO’s first foray into rapid reaction can be traced back to proposals in 1960 by the then Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR), General Lauris Norstad, to create a rapidly deployable mobile force for his command – Allied Command Europe (ACE) –
to help deter intimidation, coercion or aggression, short of general war, against allied nations located on ACE’s northern and southern flanks. In peacetime, these nations hosted no or a very small allied military presence, and the concept of the AMF aimed at projecting a multinational deterrent capability on short notice."
https://www.nato.int/docu/review/art...nrf/index.html
Logistical speak a force like would a nightmare to support. Also Canada the US and Uk also already had forces earmarked for the region
United Kingdom/Netherlands Landing Force
4th Marine Amphibious Brigade. (USMC)
Canadian Air-Sea Transportable Brigade Group (downsize in 1987 and disbanded in 1989)