▁to ▁remove ▁the ▁nuclear ▁strike ▁mission ▁as ▁well , ▁the ▁Army ▁was ▁task ed ▁with ▁coming ▁up ▁with ▁a ▁new ▁mission ▁for ▁the ▁European ▁force ▁with ▁a ▁total ▁cont ing ent ▁roughly ▁half ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁existing ▁force . ▁ ▁Consider ing ▁the ▁options , ▁General ▁Jean ▁Victor ▁All ard ▁proposed ▁a ▁light ▁force ▁focused ▁on ▁anti - t ank ▁combat ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁rapidly ▁deployed ▁across ▁Germany ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁stop ▁W TO ▁arm ored ▁break outs . ▁The ▁force ▁was ▁equ ipped ▁mainly ▁with ▁M 1 1 3 s ▁for ▁mob ility ▁and ▁armed ▁with ▁TO W ▁and ▁M 4 7 ▁Dragon ▁miss iles , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁six ▁Cob ras ▁and ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁to - be - det erm ined ▁Direct ▁Fire ▁Support ▁Ve h icles . ▁A ▁series ▁of ▁w arg ames ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁" B ron ze ▁N im bus ", ▁demonstrated ▁the ▁small ▁force ▁would ▁inf lict ▁huge ▁cas ual ties ▁on ▁typical ▁W TO ▁formation , ▁but ▁invari ably ▁the ▁she er ▁number ▁of ▁W TO ▁t anks ▁a te ▁up ▁their ▁am mun ition ▁and ▁over wh el med ▁them . ▁ ▁This ▁led ▁the ▁Army ▁to ▁consider ▁becoming ▁a ▁completely ▁a irm obile ▁force , ▁adding ▁more ▁attack ▁hel ic op ters ▁to ▁the ▁mix , ▁and ▁using ▁the ▁h unter / k iller ▁structure ▁developed ▁in ▁Vietnam . ▁While ▁data ▁from ▁Vietnam ▁was ▁useful , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁clear ▁how ▁this ▁force ▁would ▁fair ▁in ▁Europe