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Originally Posted by Webstral
No. Quite the opposite. If the Soviets do go after West Berlin, they will start the offensive the moment NATO enters the fight. If it does take a week for them to capture West Berlin, the job will be done by the time the US Army reaches the outskirts of Berlin.
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In the GDW Third World War gaming series, It usually would take a Cat A combined arms army two weeks to clear out Berlin (If NATO could give air support). The unit proficiency, and defensive advantages of being in a major city would usually keep the Berlin brigades alive and that army tied up until week 3.
I actually rescued 2 of the brigades once (UK and FR IIRC) when the Pact player concentrated almost all reinforcements to other fronts (to get Middle East oil) and played a defensive war in Europe. That actually mimics the T2k scenario better than the straight cold war ones (with the exception of France still being in the fight)
I think the DC group had some very detailed plans for war-gaming this scenario using those rules, maybe someday we will see what they come up with.