[Raellus]

@Rainbow6: I didn't know that there was a v2 Soviet Vehicle Guide. I'll have to look into that. Hopefully, someone here can point me in the right direction.

@Draq: Perhaps, someday. If I were to do such a thing, I would want to keep it as close to v1.0 canon as possible, so whatever we can dig up to that end will be helpful.

I read through the blurbs for all of the Soviet units listed as being in the Far East (as of July 2000). Several were listed as destroyed during the Chinese counterattack/counteroffensive in 1995. Others were listed as being destroyed during the Soviet withdrawal in 1997. A spring 1996 offensive was also mentioned.

Several formations were listed as being in Manchuria during/after the fall of China. Several others were listed as being moved to Mongolia during that time. The only cities listed specifically were Peking and Harbin.

So, for those 2+ years of intense warfare in China, there's not a lot in canon to go on. From the Soviet POV, it looks like things started off really well, quickly went to shit, stabilized, got a bit better in the spring of '96, got a lot worse (when the war starts in Germany), and then pretty much ended when they nuked the holy hell out of China. After that, it looks like the Soviets maintained tenuous control over at least part of Manchuria, and occupied at least a part of Mongolia. China, apparently, descends into anarchy and warlordism as central party control is shattered (presumably by the heavy nuking). Basically, China in late '96 is like Poland, only four years sooner.

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