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Western German rocket artillery units (150th-650th battalion) were equipped with nuclear-tipped Lance/Sergeant SRBMs. The American forces only had control over
by creshal 11y ago
Western German rocket artillery units (150th-650th battalion) were equipped with nuclear-tipped Lance/Sergeant SRBMs. The American forces only had control over the warheads (and "control" usually meant "were responsible for patrolling the storage shed holding the warheads, while being surrounded by several German mechanized divisions").
- wuschel 11y agoThe Prora museum on the island of Rügen (the Kraft durch Freude Hotels) is worth visiting in that regard. It illustrates war planning (tactical and strategic nuclear strikes) in the case of a soviet attack and the projected civilian losses.