MBT: The Gap
"The Gap" is scenario 3 from Jim Day's popular MBT (second edition, GMT, 2015). The Soviet 8th Guards Army are pouring over the border into West Germany along with the rest of the Warsaw Pact. The 79th Guards Tank Division is given the honor of advancing first into the Fulda Gap, where it meets elements of the US 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR), the Blackhorse Regiment. The cav's mission - delay the Soviet forces while the rest of the US forces move up towards the border. In this scenario, the US gets an under-strength Armored Cav Troop. That means we have an M1IP tank platoon (the IP model was basically a slightly upgraded M1 Abrams in terms of armor and electronics) and two pairs of M3 Bradleys along with an M106 for indirect fire support. We also get four recon infantry sections armed with little more than LAWs to deal with the oncoming onslaught of Soviet armor. The Soviets get a ton of tanks and fighting vehicles. They have an entire reinforced tank...