[bert]

Then there is the question of terrain. Is the border terrain actually suitable for tanks?

What can they do when they get there?

[Army Air Corps]

Current Armour strength of Venezuela:

Armor

Tanks and combat vehicles
86 AMX-30V Main battle tank- (82 AMX-30V +4 AMX-30D)
36 AMX-13C.90 Light tank
78 Scorpion 90 FV-101 Light tank
42 Dragoon 300 LFV2 Light tank



APCs
75 AMX-13 VTT-VCI- (25 VTT/VCI +10 VTT/LT +20 VTT/PM +12 VTT/PC +8 VTT/TB)
8 FV104 Samaritan
2 FV105 Sultan
4 FV106 Samson
10 Transportpanzer Fuchs
59 Dragoon AFV APC - (25 APC +21 PM +11 PC +2 R)
130 V-100/V-150 Commando- (100 LAV-100, +30 LAV-150)
100 LAV-300 APC
38 EE-11 Urutu

[cowtowney]

“Then there is the question of terrain. Is the border terrain actually suitable for tanks?”

1. Columbia has a more superior military
2. The roads from Caracas to the Columbian border are very limited. There is one, in particular, that is sufficient. Unfortunately for Venezuela, that road is up a mountain, so Columbia will have the high ground for this slaughter.

Poor Hugo. The world will be watching as he never gets the troops to the border, cementing his image as a blowhard.

[wardaddy]

roads mainly...nice for airstrikes

much of the Colombian/Venezuelan border is swampy or very mountainous

the Guajira to the north is passable dry ranch land (spring wet season starts in April) but the only thing in the Guajira are some fierce narco-Indians and a huge coal mine....a tough conduit to launch an offensive to accomplish much

Colombia is a tough country to fight in period.