Editing Team Yankee (section)

===African Powers===

Though it might have been called the 'Cold War' it was anything but in the patchwork of states formed in the wake of colonial rule across the continent of Africa. Africa was a key front in the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union as both sought to woo newly-independent African nations to support one side or the other. 

First thing to note is that Cuba is a surprisingly active player in Africa sending troops to at least 17 African nations and three insurgencies, in fact introducing Cuba as a Faction in an African expansion rather then a Silly "Red Dawn" movie themed expansion would make more sense, wolverines be darned. 

As far as native African powers there are a couple of note: first is the Union of South Africa. They were and a major military power in Sub-Saharan Africa and were a state built upon Apartheid, a system where the black majority were disempowered and disenfranchised by the ruling white minority, the global opposition to this system of government saw South Africa develop a siege mentality of standing alone against a sea of foes within and without. With its fellow state of Rhodesia consigned to the dustbin of history by 1985 after its own long and bloody war, South Africa was in a tight spot by 1985 as it clashed with African and allied Cuban forces in Angola. To this end South Africa had invested heavily in its armed forces, including the indigenous Olifant Tank (An upgrade of the Centurion) and the Eland and Ratel-90 armoured cars. As stated they were a bit political isolated, but in WW3 there fighting Cubans so gosh darn it, there USA's going to back them!

From there though there are not a lot of good options. There different nations but Rwanda,Uganda,Tanzania,Burundi,Zaire (That last one no longer exist and is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) are militarily a bit interchangeable. Very few African nations make there own patterns of military equipment, and some times what they have they don't have a lot of. Rwanda for example has T55's. . 34 of them in fact. Additionally for the scale Team Yankee works at you really want vehicles to be unique to set the faction's apart. Who cares if the Ethiopian version of the Ak has a light on it, you won't notice that in the model. In fact you could probably cobble a list for most African nations out of existing gear and adjust the various skill values depending on what you thought was fair for that nation.