Good riddance to bad rubbish - 15 years since USSR dissolved!

[Saras]

Originally posted by Heresson
it would win, if it did

Assuming it's an naked aggression by Belarus, Poland wins hands down, due to defenders' advantage and a complete pwnage of Belarussian armor at the hands of LeoA4 & Twardy. Plus Nato would own the sky in 1-2 hours. Plus Lithuania would threaten capturing Minsk, and thus tie up 2% of belarussian army cooks and potato peelers, and we know that armies fight with their stomach

Poland:
* Personnel - 104,050
* 1010 Tanks, of which 233 PT-91 Twardy and 128 Leopard 2A4
* 3506 Armoured fighting vehicle/APC,
* 1322 Artillery (120mm or greater),
* 214 Army Helicopters

vs

Belarus
* personnel 82,900
* MBT - 1800 (T-72 (~1465), T-62, and T-54)
* APC/AFV - 2600 (MT-LB, BMP-2, BMP-1, and the BMD-1)
* Arty - 452 towed, 578 SP

[KrazyHorse]

a complete pwnage of Belarussian armor at the hands of LeoA4 & Twardy

I don't think the Polish armour would even get a chance to make a sizable dent in the Belorussians. Good target practice for our pilots, though.

[Saras]

How many warplanes have you stationed in Germany/Benelux?

[KrazyHorse]

Canada? Not sure. We keep about half our planes (of total 110 CF-18s) at home for maintenance and defence. A sizable portion of the rest are probably in Europe. I don't think we have many (any?) in Afghanistan right now.

[Saras]

It would most likely be Polish AF for the 1st hour, joined by Germans, Dutch and maybe Brits, and Yanks, of course. Unless the whole NATO disintegrates, fearing pi$sing off Russia...

[KrazyHorse]

I figure NATO could have 200 planes over the front in 2-3 hours. The air defense would be spotty, given that we're flying over Polish territory. How many tanks can one fighter-bomber take out in an hour?

[KrazyHorse]

Oh, and whatever Belarus puts into the air has a lifespan of about 5 minutes...

[Saras]

Armchair generaling -

[KrazyHorse]

It would be fun to watch. Plus it would eliminate the chances of Belarus becoming a real threat in Olympic hockey for the next couple of decades...

[Saras]

You would need to make incursions to bomb important military installations coughicerinkscough. A necessary risk, at least for Canadians

[KrazyHorse]

We could just tell the Yanks we heard there were Al Qaeda cells operating out of mosques disguised as hockey arenas.

[Arrian]

A truely nefarious plot! BOMBS AWAY!

-Arrian

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
We could just tell the Yanks we heard there were Al Qaeda cells operating out of mosques disguised as hockey arenas.

You would not like the consequences for Canada.

[KrazyHorse]

In Belarus!!!! IN BELARUS!!!!!

[KrazyHorse]

****. Who am I kidding. No way you could find Belarus.