If you were the enemy, how do you see US and NATO forces?

2016-03-27T02:46:24-04:00

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1200/RR1253/RAND_RR1253.pdf
The Rand Corp did a war-gaming analysis between NATO and Russian forces should Russia invade the three countries (Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania) nearest their border. I think this article brings shows the dichotomy of the two states of NATO forces (Cold War versus Present) on the eastern front.

Response by CW4 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 27 at 2016 6:39 AM

2016-03-27T06:39:13-04:00

Unorganized, complacent.

Response by SGM Mikel Dawson made Mar 27 at 2016 9:45 AM

2016-03-27T09:45:05-04:00

Was an interesting read. I really wonder if Russia will give a week's notice - I guess we are counting on our intel to get that notice. I can see Rand also only counted on heavy armor from the U.S. which got me to looking. Here is a list of MBT of NATO countries which Rand didn't include:
Denmark leopards 65
FRANCE Leclec 400
Georga T72 250
Germany leopards 225
Hungry T72M1 30
Czech Republic T-72M4 CZ 30
T-72 93
Croatia M-95 Degman 2
M-84A4 Sniper 75
Greece Leopard 2A6 HEL 170
Leopard 2A4 183
Leopard 1A4/5 526
M60A1 208
Italy Ariete 200
Norway Leopard 2A4 52
Poland T-72M1 584
PT-91 232
Leopard 2 A4,A5 247
Turkey Leopard 2A4 354
Leopard 1A3/A4 397
M60T 170
United Kingdom Challenger 2 136
(Wikipedia 2007)
I might add there was also listed a lot of older stuff, T55, M48 which I didn't include in the mix, but they can fire as well.

I have no idea how these countries would respond but according to the charter, they should all chip in. What is the readiness of this equipment, well some is probably more ready than others. How would it stack up against the T90? Well we stacked our Sherman against the German MBT in WWII and did ok. What is the reaction time of transporting to theater? Probably a lot less than the U.S. I'm not the great tactical planner, but I see potential but it depends on the "want to" of he entire alliance and that's what an alliance is for. Yes, Europe has depended too much on the U.S. and it's about time the European side of NATO stood up a bit.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Mar 27 at 2016 6:51 PM

2016-03-27T18:51:20-04:00

We are conventionally brilliant, but dumb when it comes to fighting insurgency.