The torrent of steel during the Cold War refers to the ground armored forces of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact. At that time, the Soviet Union was equipped with more than 50,000 tanks, mainly 68,700 tanks and 77,400 other armored vehicles. Once the war begins, it will become a torrent of steel and impact NATO on the European plain.

The strength of the Soviet Union in the Cold War can be quoted by European strategists as saying, "If Soviet troops start attacking Europe on Sunday, they can occupy Munich, Germany on Monday, Paris, France on Wednesday, Madrid, Spain and Athens, Greece on Friday, and Europe will fall under the red iron hoof before American allies arrive from the other side of the ocean."