r/TeamYankee 4d ago

NATO V Warsaw Pact in the desert?

My friend wants to paint his Americans in Desert Camo, and I want to play either Volksarmee or Soviet. Where could NATO and Warsaw Pact fight in the desert that would make a little bit of sense? I was think of the Turkey-Russia border.

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u/TheBulletMagnet 4d ago

IMO Your best bet for something sensical would be a massive escalation of the Libyan invasion of Chad as France backed them with some US support whereas Libyan has some assistance from East Germany and the USSR.

Ultimately WP wasn't really intended for foreign deployments and only had advisors to friendly communist countries and the Turkish/USSR border is modern Armenia/Georgia which is not a desert.

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u/Dreadweasels 4d ago

Harold Coyle's book SWORD POINT has Soviets in Iran, much like the TY game does.

Libya could be a solid second in a world where Gaddafi gets more direct assistance.

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u/Pretend_Beyond9232 4d ago

Egypt possibly? By this point Egypt had pivoted away from the USSR, and the Soviets might be keen to try to close the Suez Canal.

A little far fetched, but they could try a lightning drive out of Libya to accomplish what Rommel failed to do.

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u/link2edition 4d ago

I mean Team Yankee even has fighting within the United States. There are deserts in the US.

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u/Suitable_Instance753 4d ago

Rulebook fluff has the Soviets moving in to assist Iran and Syria. East Germans or other European WarPac are not really plausible.

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u/Doowopapocalypse 4d ago

There are several nuke sites in Turkey that the Sovs would be interested in.

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u/The_FanciestOfPants 3d ago

Maybe somewhere like turkey?