Could the USSR have won a prolonged Hot War in Europe?

[aspqrz]

Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer

1950s, Maybe. However we were in full on must defend against the red hordes. The T34/85 and T54 and M47 and M48 were about par (if that matters). I think it's almost a coin toss.

That's an interesting analysis. From what I have read, the reliability of the T-34/85 was even worse than that of the T-44 and T-54 (that is, they all had a short MTBF and were disposable after around 500 klicks or so ... if they lasted that long) ... I know US WW2 tanks and Allied postwar tanks were much more reliable (longer MTBF), but, of course, there were fewer of them.

I suspect it would come down to who had the better support services, including TacAir ... what was the state of the USAF at the time?

Phil

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by aspqrz

I suspect it would come down to who had the better support services, including TacAir ... what was the state of the USAF at the time?

If it was anything like the marines, not good. I recall reading (can't remember where) that the US only had a handful of landing craft available for the amphibious landings at Inchon in Korea as they'd sold them all off at the end of WWII. I think it was just six still in service (out of how many thousands?) so there was a rush to beg/borrow/steal them back from their new owners for the offensive.