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Originally Posted by FASTBOAT TOUGH
I've been doing some research concerning the Warsaw Pact that will represent my first Patch Post. While conducting that research I came across this CIA assessment of Soviet tanks, possible use against NATO, composition of Soviet and Warsaw Pact countries to include Non Soviet Warsaw Pact (NSWP) and more. Along with the USA field recognition document posted again below as well, you designers ought to have variable "field day" with this info. The first and others I'll use for the Patch Post come off the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) CIA website. They are in PDF format though they have another format available but you'll have to go to the site for that. Also if using PDF, USE THE DOCUMENT PAGE NUMBERS- NOT THE PDF ONE, that's because the first pages are blank where routing info and notes would've appeared. These refs compliment each other though there are five years in difference between them. Oldest first. Enjoy!
http://www.foia.cia.gov/docs/DOC_000...0000261345.pdf
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...n0534/lsn1.htm
Regards,
Pat |
I consider interesting that CIA judgment about czechoslovak tank force was about 2000 tanks less than in reality. There were 4585 tanks in 1st July 1988 and that number is without several hundreds of T-34 still in storages but officially disbanded and waited for scrapping.