Perhaps I went off half-cocked. I sometimes make the mistake of forgetting that not all v1 material came out in one big batch. I didn't mean to be unfair.
Just comparing the 4e and v1 box sets, the level of detail re unit designations, compositions, and locations are comparable.
Honestly, I've only skimmed the info re US and Soviet Forces in Poland from 4e. I'd planned to start a campaign in Sweden, so I gave that area
a lot more attention*. Honestly, many of those Sweden-based units (designations, locations, strengths, dispositions, etc.) didn't make a whole lot of sense, as written. That was probably coloring my thoughts when I wrote msg #3.
I'd need to look up when the v1 US and Soviet Vehicle guides came out, because those two books established unit info/location for pretty much the whole world.
*Here's the initial fruits of that effort:
https://forum.juhlin.com/showthread....ghlight=escape
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