Tankograd Publishing US3057 US Special No. 3057 REFORGER 81 Certain Encounter - V US Corps in the Fulda Gap

Following the REFORGER 76 Gordian Shield and REFORGER 78 Certain Shield strategic redeployment exercises, REFORGER 81 and its Certain Encounter field training exercise took place in the area of responsibility of V (US) Corps in September-October 1981. Certain Encounter was conducted as a force-on-force scenario with Blue units (friendly) and Orange units (enemy), each with the strength of one division. More than 70,000 soldiers, 4,787 tracked vehicles, 15,601 wheeled vehicles and 600 aircraft and helicopters were deployed.

This publication uses impressive in-action photographs to show the American, British and West German vehicles involved, as well as the various phases of the exercise.

Photos and Illustrations:
- 64 black-and-white photographs
- 70 colour photographs
- 8 graphics

Language:
English

Number of Pages:
64