A purely hypothetical question speaking as a person who has never even played Cold War until now.  The question is not based on my first ever Cold War PBEM.  Definitely not. So I believe doctrine says Soviets don't dismount infantry for recon (they're probably in too much of a hurry).  And they don't unbutton.  Would I be gamey doing either of these games?  Hypothetically. The avoidance of recon by death is on my mind.  How un-Soviet.