So, in my usual quest for a new era about which I know little, I've recently developed an interest in the armies of my childhood (born in W. Berlin in '66).
I'm looking to try to game a confrontation in Germany in the '70s, though the exact dates rely upon what information I can find (in my usual madness, I "need" to find enough perfectly detailed information to be able field the exact forces available anywhere from the North Sea to the Adriatic and anytime from 1950-1990 . . . mwahahahah).
Turning back to reality, I'm having better luck with post-1980 info on the Warsaw Pact, though I've found a few great original "know your enemy" type of books from the 60s and one from the late 70s. A unit breakdown and equipment overview for the US/NATO forces any earlier than the mid-'80s is something which seems to elude me – everything I'm finding is much later (such as the Challenger II supplements) or at way too high a level.
So, anybody got any recommendations? I'm more than happy to plow through a thick book as well as a rules-set or supplement, and I read German and French as well. The stuff I've found so far is:
Weber, Wolfgang. Die Streitkraefte der NATO auf dem Territorium der BRD. 1984
Kopenhagen, Wilfried, Hans Mehl, and Knut Schaefer. Die NVA: Land-, Luft, und Seestreitkraefte (nice overview of the development of the East German armed forces)
Wiener, Friedrich and William J. Lewis. The Warsaw Pact Armies. 1977
Isby, David. Weapons and Tactics of the Soviet Army. 1981.
