A hypothetical Soviet-Chinese clash leads to a description of a frontier prepared for massed artillery response. One panelist recalls periods when Soviet artillery divisions along this border outnumbered the combined artillery divisions in Europe. Forward observers watched the frontier, while likely target areas were pre-plotted for rapid fire missions against incursions. Dense fire planning could help cover the enormous length of the boundary.
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Soviet artillery planning on the Chinese border
Soviet border defence relied on concentrated artillery, forward observers, and pre-plotted fires to answer an incursion across the long frontier with China.