Mobilization Dates in the NATO Vehicle Guide

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When Rainbow Six provided me with a reference to the destruction of Rotterdam based on the NATO Vehicle Guide, I started reading through my v1 edition. I noticed that more than one NATO partner started the mobilization process before the West German invasion of the DDR. In some instances, the mobilization process goes back to mid-1996. I have a bit of a problem with this. The Soviets surely would notice that the British Army and Dutch Army are calling up reservists without an obvious need. The Dutch in particular would be unlikely to support a course of action that would lead to an increased temperature in Europe. I mean, what does NATO tell the Soviet Union when they demand to know why members with no direct involvement in the Far East are mobilizing their troops? At the very least, mobilization of NATO forces in advance of the West German invasion rather strongly suggests that NATO knows about the upcoming invasion. A succession of mobilizations and demobilizations could be passed off as training exercises. A succession of mobilizations that build without anyone going home after two weeks, a month, or whatever is sure to raise suspicions in the Soviet Union. At the very least, they would step up their intelligence gathering and perhaps get some more mines laid behind the western border of the DDR.