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Friday, 30 September 2022
1/300 Russian Missile Troop
Classified as "Divisional Level" assets (certainly according to the Modern Spearhead OoB) for my Russian Cold War Motor Rifle Division (see below, a Frog-7 [conventional or nuclear armed] and four SA-6B Gainful):
Ooh yes, proper goodies. In my intermittent WW3 campaign set in 1981 I let the Russians use their Frogs in the opening attack, but conventional weapons only. Now the advance has stalled a bit they may get something more interesting to fire...
Yikes! I had no idea they were so prevalent! Can't help but shudder thinking about how quickly things would escalate after that first divisional commander that got panicky and fired off a tactical nuke!
Tim: I think the capability to potentially use was widespread but the "clearance to use" and actual deployment of the warheads must(?) have been tighter (just to avoid a rogue general holding the state to ransom). No, it does not make you sleep any easier, because past a certain point .. centralised control disappears and as you say "panic" creeps in .. sobering!
Ooh yes, proper goodies. In my intermittent WW3 campaign set in 1981 I let the Russians use their Frogs in the opening attack, but conventional weapons only. Now the advance has stalled a bit they may get something more interesting to fire...
ReplyDeleteThe fact that there are so many units that could technically fire a "nuke" is quite scary .. in the old orbats there was one per MR Div
ReplyDeleteYikes! I had no idea they were so prevalent! Can't help but shudder thinking about how quickly things would escalate after that first divisional commander that got panicky and fired off a tactical nuke!
ReplyDeleteTim: I think the capability to potentially use was widespread but the "clearance to use" and actual deployment of the warheads must(?) have been tighter (just to avoid a rogue general holding the state to ransom). No, it does not make you sleep any easier, because past a certain point .. centralised control disappears and as you say "panic" creeps in .. sobering!
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