Stimpak
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Here's the local American forces on the map circa summer 1989.
3rd Infantry Division DISCOM is in Würzburg itself, along with the 3rd battalion of the 67th ADA Rgt. They have 24 Vulcan, 24 Chapparal, and 72 Stingers. Also in Würzburg is the EW battalion, Chemical unit, and MP company.
The distinguished Third (Rampage) and Second (Rogue) battalions of the 64th Armor battalions are just 25 klicks north in Schweinfurt. They are notable as being the very first battalions to become equipped with the M1 Abrams.
However, they've likely already been engaged by nuclear and conventional forces as Schweinfurt itself, apart from an important barracks and command center, is also another river crossing am Main.
The first and second battalions of the 30th infantry regiment would have also been in Schweinfurt, but ironically were deactivated just a week (June 16) prior to the events of FCRS.
The HQ for the 41st Field Artillery Regiment is located in Kitzingen. The positions of the three batteries, likely M109s, are unknown to me as I couldn't find them in my research. The MLRS battery originally belonging to the 76th artillery rgt. was deactivated two years ago in May 1987.
The proud 15th "Can Do" Infantry Regiment's first battalion is also in Kitzingen alongside the 63rd Armor's third battalion and the 69th Armor's first. The 63rd was previously deployed in Augsburg, and veterans claim that Kitzingen is a dump in comparison. All three battalions are stationed in Harvey Barracks at Kitzingen, which also includes it's own airstrip. It will probably be evacuated by the time Warsaw Pact forces reach it.
They will likely form the primary battle line, but must take care as Soviet and Czech forces (This map falls on the boundary between the 8th Guards Shock and 1st CSLA) could outflank from Segnitz and Schwarzach.
Giebelstadt airbase isn't far south. The fourth brigade operates here and is equipped with AH-1S cobras and OH-58C Kiowas, as well as possible fixed wing support. 4th Cavalry Squadron can't really be counted on as reinforcements as they're likely too busy providing security to the airbase.
The Soviet forces themselves are a mystery. As stated before, the boundary between 8th GCAA and 1st CSLA is here, but as the Czech forces aren't in game until Southern Storm, we'll have to go with a Soviet unit. The primary army to identify here is the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army. The last we heard of them chronologically was in an engagement with the 8th Infantry Division in Frankisch-Crumbach. This region is quite a ways west of Würzburg itself however, and it seems the Soviet advance had come from the north as opposed to the west. By now, the 8th GCAA is probably fought-out and spent.
Ate Up does mention the 1st Guards Tank Army waiting on the 8th GCAA to clear that same area. However, they would most likely be following the same path that the 8th cleared, totally avoiding Würzburg and Schweinfurt.
At this point, it becomes more likely that rear-echelon Soviet Units and Warsaw Pact allies are more likely to be tasked to this region. Any attack here is more likely to be a holding action (As the poorly equipped Non-Soviet-Warsaw-Pact 'NSWP' would most likely be chosen for those missions), so it becomes increasingly likely the 1st CSLA would have jurisdiction here.
So let's look at our likely candidate armies:
-1st CSLA (Czech)
-3rd NVA (East German)
-2nd PPA (Polish)
-28th Unified Army Corps (Soviet)
-Follow-on forces from the Ukraine Military District
Between these, three faction choices are available: The East German and Polish factions I made awhile back (And the Dev team's versions will be officially introduced in Southern Storm), and the Soviet OMG introduced last patch. Multiple scenarios could be created to account for them all 
In the meantime, I have finished the terrain and forest layers and the road net is in progress:
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