The historical note is correct. I'll add that DPICM was best used (intended) for counter-battery targets (using MLRS) and lightly armored materiel and personnel targets (beyond the FSCL). Although sold as useful for armor and mechanized targets, no commander would use it against an offense's...

Facebook, ok. Thanks. I've never had facebook. That social media thing is just a fad. :headphone:

On 06 October, the Big Board reported this new WaW85 module. Is there other news? Also, I would expect this site to be the system of record, but I don't see anything about it. Do you use some other method to release information? If so, what is it?

I'm curious why many modern wargames (not just WaW85) have focused on 1985 as the fictional year of the NATO vs. Warsaw Pact war? If you know, please reply. I would only guess it was based on Hackett's The Third World War: August 1985 book, but Hackett wrote his book before 1979 to describe a...

Thanks; I'm likely making a number of improper assumptions.

Happy to be a kickstarter backer with 1300+ folks. Very nice work. I'd like to make a comment about the unit names I've seen in the kickstarter products. I'm sure you figured 11 ACR is not part of West Germany, but here is another observation that I see frequently. As an American, unit names...

Watched the "Big Board Gaming" video on youtube. The game looks interesting. I didn't play the original WaW85, or other commercial games below the operational level of war. The Big Board video mentioned the command rules, but only in the context of the previous edition. Would you mind...

There was a general misconception (outside the US military) that the Soviets were hyper-focused on centralized control. That was true at the operational level, but at the tactical level, through the binoculars, it looked like gangs and hordes. It was certainly more chaotic, and not necessarily...

I don't know that the Soviet's used 4 tank platoons in terms of administrative organizations. That said, there were no such limitations on operational task organizations. Given the maintenance issues, groups were formed customized for the mission (particularly march formations) and readiness...

Tony is correct. Also, keep in mind that many national guard tank battalions retained the M60A3 for sometime. At the time, national guard and reserve units constituted a sizable portion of the TPFDD and operational plans' task orgs in Europe. See records for the annual Reforgers and their...