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Originally Posted by Mobhack

And the book cost for any of the variants in that OOB is around a hundred points for the Target-55M.

Drats.

The Red OOB has low experience and morale and so the units are marked down in cost over book.

The SLR is only available for specialist formations - insurgents and mercenaries. The Insurgents have a negative on the experience, but a boost in morale. Check those out in Mobhack.

In theory, with sufficient bullets in the air accuracy is not important.

Red is merely a place-holder OOB for scenario designers to make generic soviet equipped opponents from, and not a regular nation as such. Green is a similar one, as is the UN.

From the Game Guide Historical Design Notes section:

The RED OOB, prior to the break-up of the USSR is a sort of 'Balkan' OOB, using Soviet kit. After the break-up of the FUSSR, it becomes a generic stand in for those FUSSR states which do not have their own OOB, when playing against Russia or Turkey. Playing against Poland, it becomes Byelorussia, as it does against Ukraine. Playing against China, it represents an Eastern FUSSR state, with rather flatter terrain, and less chance of urban areas. To the rest, it remains a 'Balkan' OOB. The OOB also contains generic Soviet-backed insurgents, rebels, government forces, terrorists and more.

Interesting, I read that at some point but didn't recall it. I guess that there isn't enough room left on the country select screen to add more OOBs.

Also, sorry about originally posting in wrong forum.

For an easy game possibly, early 80s tanks from the main powers are probably around 300 - 350 points with higher experience. No need to buy the best one but some will be impenetrable from the front at least till very short range. They have far better fire control laser range finders giro etc probably better vision so if visibility is below 30 the T-55 is in trouble.
It was in huge trouble anyway unless the terrain allowed them to pop up 4 or 5 hexes away & swarm the opposition they would have been destroyed long before they became a real threat with comparative ease.

I guess that's a problem if the enemy is expecting it. But ironically against the 500 point heavy MBTs available later on, swarms become more effective. If you engage at 1000 meters and lose five tanks charging in, the last two can close for the kill.

It's like with infantry. An infantry company costs as much as an MBT, and technically, the MBT can defeat the infantry if it keeps retreating through overwatch positions. But if it moves, the MBT exposes its rear. So the price for both is reasonable.

Well, I can see arguments either way, I just thought that Target-55s were at least as cost effective as any other tank in most circumstances all considered, except maybe in open desert type maps.