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reve893 · 03-18-2008, 01:51 AM

Well lets forget the nukes, cause then only bacteria would had survived. I guess it would depend who got Air Superiority the first few days. If the Soviet Union could gather enough momentum in the first hours, they could had very easily overloaded the front and destroy NATO. Lets not forget that Hitler's Armies, also had great technological tanks(Panther, Tiger, Tiger II, JadPanther...), but in the end the numerical superiority of the Allies using their cheap tanks(Sherman, and T-38) were able to overrun them. Now this could had been applied to the Cold War the Russian's huge tank arsenal could had overrun NATO, only if they achieved complete Strategic and Tactical surprise. If in the first week they didn't acquire Germany and made a significant breakthrough they would lose. Also if USSR could stop conveys for the first and second week, then NATO would be hopeless.

03-18-2008, 01:51 AM	#31 (permalink)
reve893 Regular Join Date: 06-01-07 Location: southern california Posts: 43 Country:	Well lets forget the nukes, cause then only bacteria would had survived. I guess it would depend who got Air Superiority the first few days. If the Soviet Union could gather enough momentum in the first hours, they could had very easily overloaded the front and destroy NATO. Lets not forget that Hitler's Armies, also had great technological tanks(Panther, Tiger, Tiger II, JadPanther...), but in the end the numerical superiority of the Allies using their cheap tanks(Sherman, and T-38) were able to overrun them. Now this could had been applied to the Cold War the Russian's huge tank arsenal could had overrun NATO, only if they achieved complete Strategic and Tactical surprise. If in the first week they didn't acquire Germany and made a significant breakthrough they would lose. Also if USSR could stop conveys for the first and second week, then NATO would be hopeless.