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Fall of Europe '89

Description
The Iron Curtain has been breached. The Soviet Army has invaded Western Germany in this small faction mod intended to work with Global Mobilization's Cold War setting.

THIS MOD INCLUDES:
US Army and Soviet Union faction in 1989




In 1988, militants from Soviet Azerbaijan destroyed a Soviet oil refinery in Nizhnevartovsk, threatening to cripple the USSR's economy due to oil shortages. In order to restore the country's oil production, the Soviet Politburo decides to take the Persian Gulf and it's rich oil productions. However, due to it's close ties with NATO, they decide to first cripple NATO's forces.

The USSR first stages a Maskirovka (or False Flag), by sending a KGB sleeper agent to bomb the Kremlin, which leaves many dead, including children. This leaves its people calling for retaliation. The Soviets plan to invade West Germany with the help of other Warsaw Pact nations, such as East Germany (GDR), Poland, and Czechoslovakia. They also plan on seizing the Baltic states, and Iceland to secure the strategically important G-I-UK gap.

On the first of June 1989, Warsaw Pact forces blitz through the meadows and fields of Fulda, Germany, breaking the Iron Curtain. The sudden invasion was unexpected by NATO commanders, even though multiple Spetsnaz units were caught trying to sabotage Early Warning Systems in Germany the nights before. Bundeswehr as well as US forces race to establish a defensive line to halt the Soviet advance before NATO REFORGER (REturn of FORces to GERmany) reinforcements arrive.



NATO, especially the US did not anticipate the Soviet invasion due to Soviet oil shortages preventing them from full mobilization. Nevertheless, Soviet forces occupied around 100 square miles of land before US forces arrived on the frontline. Utilizing the AirLand battle doctrine and brand new equipment such as the M1A1 Abrams and the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, combined US-NATO forces pushed back the Soviets within a couple of days.
This mod highlights the US Army's equipment in 1989, and is mostly accurate to their doctrine. Some changes are made though due to limited resources on my behalf.



The Soviet Army was handicapped because of the terrorist attacks on Nizhnevartovsk, but still had just enough resources to take on NATO. Their vastly superior sizes compared to NATO garrisons in Germany made taking land during the first and second day of the invasion much easier. T-80's. AK-74's, and 6B3 vests and so much more
are included in the faction

KNOWN ISSUES:
-Some USSR vehicles have RHS crewmembers instead of Soviet Army units, which might break the immersion a little. A temporary fix is to spawn the vehicle without any crewmembers and put in the Soviet crewmembers yourself in Eden Editor.
-Anachronistic insignias, markings and identifiers may be present on vehicles. If you want maximum immersion, disable them in the attributes section yourself.
-No preview images on the editor yet, might come at a later date.
-some units might not have enough ammo, if so, report in the discussion tab.

FUTURE PLANS
-Updating equipment and vehicles as new updates for dependencies arrive.
-Adding new factions alongside existing ones
-Campaign


CREDITS
-GM Team
-RHS Team
-Jamie
-FWA Team
-Drongo for his ConfIg Generator
-POLPOX and Mikero for helping me out with config editing in the Arma discord
Popular Discussions View All (1)
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22 Jan @ 10:47am
PINNED: BUG REPORTING
kfclover
47 Comments
Lakarak 6 Feb @ 12:56pm 
aw man no s&s?
Matta 27 Oct, 2024 @ 7:59am 
You can use the Fall of Europe mod without Glob. Glob just adds more vehicles for the Soviets. New Wave inst needed as Jamie's basics has the US gear in it.
Kunze 26 Oct, 2024 @ 9:55pm 
Any chance of using S&S New wave instead of glob mob?
JustRyan 19 Sep, 2024 @ 8:45am 
Probably won't happen but any plans to add Britain?
Gopan 17 Sep, 2024 @ 12:11pm 
Is there any missions in this mod?
StarSilver117 3 Aug, 2024 @ 7:36pm 
Honestly one of my favorite Cold War mods. Easily the best looking soviet faction I can use as OPFOR in my senarios

anyway I did a showcase video of it
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_uibeGIs71J645OgBKmojgt5IK9Ebr8L&si=n0HOmCnloj7tf0lV
kfclover  [author] 29 Jun, 2024 @ 10:26pm 
unfortunately, no. I am not competent enough to integrate this with Antistasi. But if someone knows how to do it, i gladly give permission.
I_SELL_FEET_PICS 29 Jun, 2024 @ 10:19pm 
is it possible for an antistasi submod
Matta 25 May, 2024 @ 9:41pm 
Is there a antistasi or liberation using this? Would be sick as fuck to have one of those game modes with this.
Bax 22 May, 2024 @ 8:57am 
Did not know that it is based on a Tom Glancy novel. I am surprised the guy did such a great job to spread Russian propaganda.