Britain needs more Indian vehicles

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The only Indian stuff I think the UK needs are the vehicles that where British. IE FRS.51 it would have made a better premium that the MIG-21

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Theres a plethora of gear that would of been a smarter addition than the mig21, I also cant say im a fan of the damn Super hind as a squadron vehicle as well.
Seeing as theres a good few variations of the lynx and such.

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I am bias however as I am happy South African lol.
I like the engineering and ingenuity of the South African people and it’s cool to play what they came up with.

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Certainly enjoy their vehicles and reading about them, real fan of the olifants, TTD and so on.

the SA tree is at least unique the issue ive got is the “Indian” stuff were getting just isnt that unique at all T90 Bhishma IRL is unique, in game its just missing its IRCM and has a dozer, mig21 as well is just that, some minor tweaks to a mig21 but already in game and ported over.

see what I mean? the TDD while missing its roof MG still is a unique design, rooikats, olis, the little wheelied spaa and so on are all actually bloody unique!:

Hell id have prefered a SA airforce jet as a premium over an indian, I just dont feel india makes sense for britain

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Yes South Africa, Canada, and Australia I feel should be with UK India could be its own nation at this point.

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South africa as well could be apart and paired up with other nations of the continent with africa, but it still makes more sense than india, UK and india havent really been close at all since india left the empire and commonwealth.

Canada and Australia makes more sense, especially canada seeing as they militarily are linked to UK more than germany for example.

but I digress itll never change man

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Love though the general sentiment is a fat no, we dont want more indian stuff in the british tree, they should be respected enough to get their own

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India and Bangladesh have really good relations India is the reason Bangladesh gained independence

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That is partially true. Anyways you should avoid talking about politics in the forum.

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Hahahaha

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But it’s history

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We definitely need more Indian vehicles in the british tree (at least in the air tree, I don’t know about the rest since I only play air).
Imo, we shouldn’t get more Soviet/Russian vehicles, since I don’t think they fit with the british tree. However, what we do need is indigenous Indian vehicles. Here are some I’d like added:

  • HAL Ajeet: A lightweight, very agile gunfighter developed from the Folland Gnat by HAL. Would probably be in the 1st line at Rank 6, with a BR something like 9.x, foldered with the Gnat (which has to be added too since it’s literally British).

  • HAL HF-24 Marut: Originally designed as a supersonic interceptor, it was never fitted with proper engines. Because of this, it never managed to break the sound barrier and ended up being used as a strike aircraft. Would definitely sit at Rank 7, 4th line with a BR like 10.x.

  • HAL Tejas: The most modern Indian fighter in service, it’s a very unique aircraft due to its very small size (13m long by 8m large) and its extremely diverse armament (it can carry European, Israeli and Russian ordnance). Would sit at Rank 8, probably in line 1 between the Gripen and the Typhoon, with the Mk1 at perhaps a 13.x BR and the Mk1A foldered with it at a 13.(x+1) BR.

  • Mirage 2000H or 2000I: Export variants of the Mirage 2000 for India (similar to the 2000C and 2000-5 respectively). These are unique mainly because they were fitted to carry R-73 missiles. Would be a nice premium for Rank 8, with a BR of 13.x I guess.

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No, search for “call of Mahabharata” on the WarThunder forums search bar. India should be its own tech tree

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Actually quite opposite. We do not need any indian vehicles in brit TT

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maybe not in the ground tree but the air tree can definitely receive some
the main problem is, right now a great part of vehicles added are soviet origin, which doesn’t fit the british tree. But some others vehicles would fit way better

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Were missing most our damn indenious stuff mate, britain shouldnt get flooded with “indian” stuff thats just C&P russian stuff and tweaked.

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First off, what is lacking in the tree? And secondly, saying Indian aircrafts are all russian copypaste shows that you don’t know much about them. The Tejas is a completely indigenous Indian aircraft that has nothing to do with Russians. The Marut is also very unique, and would go in a spot of the tree that isn’t very loaded. And the Ajeet would be foldered with the Gnat which is a British aircraft. I don’t see where the Russian copypaste is here
Anyway, there is a ton of room in the British tree for unique Indian aircrafts without taking the spot from British vehicles

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What vehicles are lacking in waht context?

for tanks, in the cold war era alone theres a plethora of chieftains and centurions missing.
Most the CRVT family of light tanks.
Spaas that are only now just being added and even then its worse than the strela and osa which are at the same BR.

For air?

Were missing again a plethora of jets from the early cold war and pre tornado era, were missing a good few harriers, missing a good few of the variations of modern jets as well not talking about the typhoon.

Im not saying all the indian equipment is russian copy and paste at all.

the whole point in that saying “Indian” in quotes was to remark on the fact weve yet to see an actual indigenious indian vehicle, the Arjun for example would of been a far nicer addition than that ridiculous T90, which while has slightly different model and dozer blade is functionally the same thing.

You don’t see the high BR squadron vehicle for Britain is a T90 ?
The high tier premium for Britain is a modified Mig21?
Or the best SPAAs being russian copy and pasted under the guise of Indian stuff?

India on its own could facilitate a tree such as Isreals, without needing to ram it into britain so ham handedly.

You also forget this is Gaijin doing this, Britain already has a subtree in south africa, as well as that, lets look at the most recent sub trees added, they were nothing but literal copy and paste.

Benelux?
Hungry?
Finland (more reasonable but still)

Britain does not need India put into it while most of the stuff it has is either incorrectly modelled or just not implemented correctly, as well as missing most of our early cold war and late coldwar gear.

So to answer this question mate, an absolutely metric ton of stuff.

EDIT: Just checked your accoutn, what are you even concerned about britain for? you’re a level 14 whos played only france and sweden what would you know about what britain has and doesnt have? xD

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I completely agree with that, I never said I agreed with what Gaijin picked for Indian equipment

Again, I completely agree that they’re doing it the wrong way

I also think India belongs with Israel better than UK both technologically and diplomatically, but Gaijin decided to stick India with UK so here we are.

That’s a real problem indeed, but another. The fact we need this fixed doesn’t invalidate the idea of other stuff

I will grind UK in the future, simply when I do I’d like the Indian stuff to be there since Gaijin won’t add it anywhere else

In conclusion, I share your view on 90% of it, simply I think it’s a bummer that at the end of the day UK gets russian copypaste instead of actual Indian tech.
But India 100% fits better Israel, both because they have more to do with each other and because Israel needs a subtree more than any other nation. I even made a photoshop of the Israel tree with an Indian tech tree