Amedeo

I presume that it won't be impossible to implement this restriction (i.e. only moving targets and no type classification) in the game engine for ground surveillance radars.
To say the truth, I'm hoping radars will be modeled not for the BRM but to get this toy! 😁

MT-12R Ruta 100mm antitank gun with radar sight.

I presume that it won't be impossible to implement this restriction (i.e. only moving targets and no type classification) in the game engine for ground surveillance radars.
To say the truth, I'm hoping radars will be modeled not for the BRM but to get this toy! 😁

MT-12R Ruta 100mm antitank gun with radar sight.

Same 105mm gun. M1 and M60A3 share the then-latest depleted uranium APFSDS round, the other tanks use earlier rounds. One notable thing, no smoke shells for Abrams. That round needs to be stowed vertically due to the nature of its contents but there's no vertical round stowage in Abrams. So no smoke shells.

Considering that in 1980 USAREUR was just receiving M735 APFSDS rounds with most unit still using older M728 APDS rounds until 1981, I would be very concerned, regardless of the actual kind of enemy tanks I'd happen to run into.
BTW, I wonder how CMCW handles this, since, IIRC, ammo loads are type (not year) dependent.
I guess: 
M48A5, M60A1 w/M728
M60A1 RISE, RISE+, RISE PASSIVE w/M735
M60A3, M60A3 TTS, M1 w/M774

Almost all YT vids of Zapad-81 are contaminated by stupid BGMs, which I really hate. I really cannot understand why people ruin the great original with absurd BGMs. Anyway, finally I found the original propaganda video of Zapad-81. Redfor Pixeltruppens in CMCW 81' or 82' games may participated in this exercise.  

Mentioning the Finns might make some poor Soviet suffer flashbacks.
Canadians would certainly be interesting to have if only for a potential "First Clash" campaign.

The starship....😩

This is something I threw together in my own time. Please remember that this is from a beta build of the game and is subject to change. 

I found that pairing Khrizantema armed TDs with BMP-3s to provide IR blocking smoke screens is a viable tactic against US tanks.
 
I managed to easily destroy, with multiple frontal penetrations, ten M1A2 SEP tanks (some w/APS) losing only three TDs, and a couple IFVs (smoke cover doesn't last forever).
The radar system on the Russian TDs is capable to see through IR blocking smoke effectively while the sensors on an Abrams tank are blinded.

I found that pairing Khrizantema armed TDs with BMP-3s to provide IR blocking smoke screens is a viable tactic against US tanks.
 
I managed to easily destroy, with multiple frontal penetrations, ten M1A2 SEP tanks (some w/APS) losing only three TDs, and a couple IFVs (smoke cover doesn't last forever).
The radar system on the Russian TDs is capable to see through IR blocking smoke effectively while the sensors on an Abrams tank are blinded.

I found that pairing Khrizantema armed TDs with BMP-3s to provide IR blocking smoke screens is a viable tactic against US tanks.
 
I managed to easily destroy, with multiple frontal penetrations, ten M1A2 SEP tanks (some w/APS) losing only three TDs, and a couple IFVs (smoke cover doesn't last forever).
The radar system on the Russian TDs is capable to see through IR blocking smoke effectively while the sensors on an Abrams tank are blinded.

I found that pairing Khrizantema armed TDs with BMP-3s to provide IR blocking smoke screens is a viable tactic against US tanks.
 
I managed to easily destroy, with multiple frontal penetrations, ten M1A2 SEP tanks (some w/APS) losing only three TDs, and a couple IFVs (smoke cover doesn't last forever).
The radar system on the Russian TDs is capable to see through IR blocking smoke effectively while the sensors on an Abrams tank are blinded.

I found that pairing Khrizantema armed TDs with BMP-3s to provide IR blocking smoke screens is a viable tactic against US tanks.
 
I managed to easily destroy, with multiple frontal penetrations, ten M1A2 SEP tanks (some w/APS) losing only three TDs, and a couple IFVs (smoke cover doesn't last forever).
The radar system on the Russian TDs is capable to see through IR blocking smoke effectively while the sensors on an Abrams tank are blinded.