Soviet invasion of Norway 1963

[Mobhack]

PT-76 can be a shocker in the early years.

I'm fighting a little generated LC with Czechoslovakia in a "what if they fought it out in 1968" mode. This is rather challenging as you only have T5x against the AI's T5x, bread-and-butter T-62 and the occasional T-64 and BMP. Plus ADA is rather light (SA-2 guideline and twin 30mm SPAA, basically - no shoulder-fired Strelas).

On a recent battle, one of my T-54s fires at an advancing PT-76 at 1500 yards, misses and it then pings back a HEAT round which hits and toasts the T54... (I have had them kill me at short ranges but that one took the cake!). The HEAT on these things is an MBT killer in this time frame, if the wind is in the right direction. The AP shot deals with your APCs just fine and the HE bothers infantry a little bit. Not much ammo supply, but it swims and is cheap and worth a little respect as and until its dealt with.

Not good enough that I would put them in a Warsaw Pact core though - unlike the same period where I love to have some M-41 Bulldogs in a USA core for dealing with OPFOR tin cans. But OK for support forces at ~50 points a pop.