Morale Ratings for Danube 85

[Zemke]

Thanks Glen for you last explaination, it answered the thought process you went through. I appreciate the response to my MRLS/8 inch question and it makes sense.

I have to strongly disagree with the moral ratings of the US Forces used in the game. I served during that time period and currently do, and think the US Army of 1985 was in many ways superior to the force prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Discliple was tight, moral was excellent, and there was far less BS then, than now. I also think there was record recruiting through out the 80s, but I have not researched this. Bottom line if anything, the professional US Army of the 80s was superior to it's NATO counterparts from personal observations. A lot of the NATO conscripts just didn't seem to really care like we did. I realize this is all subjective and my own opinion.

I understand the way the movement was calculated. I tend to think of movement at this level, as not representative of the speed of a particular vehicle, but rather the ability to make decisions in a timely manner and execute. If this system or thought process were used I think the German Army would have the higher movement ratings closely followed by the British and US. The Warsaw Pact Commanders would not have the same Operational flexibiltiy as NATO forces and certainly not the tactical flexibilty given their system of "Reaction by Battle Drill", which does give a level of tactical speed, but is pretty predictiable.

I have had many late night discussions about the former Soviet Army with other US Officers while pondering our own fate in Afghanistan or Iraq. To a man, all who served during that time feel, given what we know now about Soviet equipment and doctrine and performance, an invasion of West Germany during the 80's would have been a crushing defeat for the WP. Now the 1970s is a different story.

I guess with the editor we can do what we want anyway, which is a good thing, as we all see the world in a different light, depending on where we stand.