Possible Weapon Innovations and Inventions from a 1980's Conventional WWIII?

Anchises

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Well this is a massive necro. This is why necros aren't meant to happen so what someone said months ago isn't quoted for response much later by those who aren't aware of the necro and see it on page 1.

Sorry I really wasn't aware of the Necro!
 
I think it would be more of a case of what didn't work nearly as well as we thought it would work?

Perhaps things like the RAFs low level attack mission to shut down PACT airbases - this would have worked well until they run out of planes given the high number of AAA Missile and gun systems used by the PACT forces

After this failure (due to high losses not results) the idea of stand off weapons (even ground launched) delivery system would have replaced the existing systems such as the JP233

Just an example I can think of
 
There would be a lot of innovation in thermal camouflage. Every ground vehicle would be covered, and eventually individual soldiers. In the 80’s the French were even putting thermal sleeves on their FR-F2 sniper rifles in anticipation for WWIII.

The last several decades have seen superpowers using their thermal imaging technology against low tech opponents and therefore little interest in using thermal cammo since the insurgents don’t have imaging IR.
 
There would be a lot of innovation in thermal camouflage. Every ground vehicle would be covered, and eventually individual soldiers. In the 80’s the French were even putting thermal sleeves on their FR-F2 sniper rifles in anticipation for WWIII.

The last several decades have seen superpowers using their thermal imaging technology against low tech opponents and therefore little interest in using thermal cammo since the insurgents don’t have imaging IR.
Thermal camouflage? interesting, next thing you'll know, both sides might come up with literal think tanks and P90-esque firearms and s--t.
 
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