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I have been studying Cold War attack tactics for a long time and consider my information to be fairly reliable. First of all, there is a flaw in the question that you have already noticed. The Fulda Gap was never the main target of attack, but only for the southern half of Germany. The south is very hilly and therefore difficult for mechanized forces to access. However, the Fulda Gap was the best route to reach the lowlands “quickly” and with as little distance as possible through valleys along the A5 and A66 Autobahn, which include a junction and large cities (Frankfurt, Mannheim, Mainz, etc.) Now for the really interesting part. As you already mentioned, the main point of attack was the North German lowlands or the NORTHAG sector. There are several weak points that were identified by the Warsaw Pact (WaPa for short). These are as follows: - Geography - Topology - Combat strength And particularly interesting is the combination of four corps and four nations! In the Fulda Gap, mainly the USA and West Germany. The WaPa planned to launch two large-scale attacks almost simultaneously, with the aim of destroying the V and VII US Corps at CENTAG and the German 1st Corps and British 2nd Corps at NORTHAG in encirclement battles. In order to be successful against the forces of NORTHAG, the first wave of Warsaw Pact troops would have to strike through the combat zone of the Dutch 1st Corps on the left flank. This was intended to drive a wedge between the Dutch 1st Corps and the neighboring German 1st Corps and exploit the fact that the Dutch forces first had to be transported hundreds of kilometers from Holland to the inner-German border. This would allow the 3rd assault group to move across the town of Uelzen from the Wendland Bay (small bay west of the 20th MSD and 19th MSD), roughly as shown on the map. The WaPa's main focus was on the logistical problems of the Dutch. By quickly reaching the Weser River as a natural barrier, the British and German corps would be cut off. With the Harz Mountains directly south of Braunschweig (border between the British and German corps), it is a deliberately chosen bottleneck, limiting the British in terms of troop deployment and evasion. This is evidenced by the drawing of the “Braunschweig operation plan" (old map), which was essential to prevent early encirclement. Especially with its southern orientation instead of northern orientation. Incidentally, the danger of encirclement was not only known to the WaPa, but also to NATO, which is why the British and Germany set up extra reserve divisions. Additionally, the map with the attack arrows corresponds 1:1 with the scenarios practiced in the large-scale exercise Certain Strike/Reforger 87 and many other exercises! Don't worry, the “Braunschweig Operation Plan” has long since been declassified and is publicly available in the German Federal Archives null

Yeah, I mean the Roland radar vehicle

Hi folks, I would like to present you my current project based on the new Cold War Germany map. On the map I have used all the SAMs I know from the “IADS Project” by @Whiskey11 with a few changes from a gameplay point of view: SA-4 were replaced with SA-11 NIKE was left out completely Positions without a modeled position are placed in the correct region and in sensible locations from a gameplay perspective (only a few kilometers different) MPDR 30 has been replaced with Roland SAMs in Berlin are fictitious. SA-10 was left out completely There are really a lot of units, so I created a diluted version. The mission is SkyNet ready and the .lua file is also attached. I try to complete the map “regularly” with updates as well. If you have any questions or other concerns, feel free to contact me on my Discord https://discord.gg/ZBUraDkfCj or personally on Discord “Mqxle” CWGER_Template.miz CWGER_Template_thinned.miz MyIADS.lua

It is called General Defense Plan: The General Defense Plan (GDP) of NATO was a regularly updated operational plan for the NORTHAG (Northern Army Group) and CENTAG (Central Army Group) in the event of a defense scenario. These plans, classified as "NATO-Secret," are now publicly accessible in the German Bundesarchiv . The Warsaw Pact's attack plan aimed to annihilate the 1st German Corps and the 2nd British Corps in a pincer movement. The first wave of the attack was intended to break through the combat zone of the Dutch 1st Corps on its left flank, driving a wedge between it and the 1st German Corps. This would have forced the Dutch to bring in reinforcements from the Netherlands, causing a critical delay of 1-2 days. The 3rd Assault Group of the NVA was to advance via Uelzen and the Munster training area to the Weser River, aiming to cut off the British and German corps. The natural bottlenecks of the Harz and Weserbergland would have significantly restricted the mobility of the British forces. Braunschweig played a key role in preventing an early encirclement and was to be defended primarily from the south. Both sides were aware of this threat, which is why the GDP included provisions for the deployment of German and British reserve divisions. The Warsaw Pact's objective was to reach the Weser and Rhein rivers within a week to decisively influence the course of the war before US Reforger troops could arrive. NORTHAG adhered to the doctrine of "Forward Defense," which involved a 24-hour delaying action up to the Elbe-Seitenkanal near Uelzen. The outcome of the war was expected to be determined within this 24-hour period, as it was assumed that all forces would be exhausted by that time. @PikeyI have Stasi documents from the GDR containing intelligence information about NATO FlaRak (surface-to-air missile) positions that were to be occupied in the event of a war outbreak. These are not fixed SAM (surface-to-air missile) positions but rather coordinates where mobile systems, such as ROLAND, would be stationed. If there is interest, feel free to send a DM. Also @Whiskey11 just in case you missed my DM on Discord