Gad’y, this is a topic on a proposed combined Australian, Canadian and New Zealand Tech Tree (CANZAC for short). Now I personally believe Infantry should be for Enlisted but whatever. First of all there are 2 main things that must come to War Thunder first, Infantry (self explanatory) and CANZAC.
Why C/ANZAC?
Canada, Australia and New Zealand have very good relations, all three are a part of the British empire. Australia and New Zealand have worked together for ages with the ANZAC (Australian, New Zealand Army Corp) being fully brought to light in World War 1. All 3 nations fought in WW1, WW2, Korea, the War in Afghanistan and other peace keeping operations. CANZAC TT in game would firstly give a home to these 3 nations and secondly would free up space in the UK TT for their own domestic designs. And if CANZAC doesn’t come to the game well it could still go to the UK TT.
The TT:
I am often trying to have at least 1 Australian, 1 Canadian, and 1 NZ weapon wherever possible. Most of the equipment is similar if not the same as NATO equipment, however there are domestic designs EG; Bushmaster, LAV, EF88, ect. Starting oof with the early equipment it is often a mix of British and American, eg Lee Enfield .303s, bazooka ect, after that they stay very similar with the commonwealth standards, eg L1A1 SLR however with more American rotor wing aircraft and APC, UH-1, M113. Coming up to modern equipment I have added 1 version of the LAV to each nation, ASLAV for AU, NZLAV for NZ and LAV 6.0 for CAN. As for rotor wing I have given NZ the MHR-90 Taipan instead of AU, due to NZ currently operating a small fleet of them and not having any other options, and having a better record the AU and Australia can have other (better) options eg UH-60 Blackhawk. With infantry there is now the possibility of adding vehicles to the game where they would be useless in regular battles such as the Bushmaster PMV, and lightly armed helicopters.
BTW, please correct me if anything is wrong as I am Australian so I am more biased towards my nation (nothing wrong with you guys either) and this is one of my first projects. This isn’t a suggestion but more of a topic to see what is used and could be added.
Current
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MAIN RIFLES
AU: EF88 AUSTYER
NZ: MARS-L
CAN: COLT C7A2
SECONDARY RIFLES
AU: ACAR, EF88 AUSTYER SL40 GLA Grenade launcher
NZ: MARS-L M203 Grenade launcher
CAN: C7 EAGLE Grenade launcher
LMG/GPMG:
AU: F89 MINIMI, MAXIMI, MAG58
NZ: MAG 58
CAN: C6/C6A1, C9A2
DMR:
AU: SR98, HK417, AMR, Blaser Tactical 2
NZ: MRAD, DMW
CAN: C15A2, C20
CQB:
AU: Benelli M3, MP5, M4A5, Browning Hi Power Mk 3
NZ: Benelli M3, MP5/7, M4, Glock 17 Gen 4
CAN: Benelli M3, MP5/7, C8A3, C22
AT/SUPORT
AU: M3 Carl Gustav, Javelin, M72A6 LAW
NZ: M3 Carl Gustav, Javelin, M72 LAW
CAN: M72A5-C1 LAW
APC/IFV/PMV
AU: ASLAV, M113AS4, Bushmaster, Boxer, Redback
NZ: NZLAV, Bushmaster
CAN: LAV 6.0, Coyote
ROTOR WING:
AU: UH-60 Blackhawk, CH-47 Chinook
NZ: MHR-90 Taipan
CAN: CH-146 Griffon, CH-147F Chinook
2000s
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MAIN RIFLES
AU: F88 STYER
NZ: F88 STYER
CAN: COLT C7
SECONDARY RIFLES
AU: F88 STYER M203 Grenade launcher
NZ: n/a
CAN: n/a
LMG/GPMG
AU: F89 MINIMI, MAG-58
NZ: MAG-58
CAN: C9A2
DMR
AU: SR-25, AW50F
NZ: L96A1
CAN: C15 Long Ranger Sniper Weapon, C14 MRSWS
CQB
AU: Benelli M4, Remington 870, M4, MP5, F88 CQB Carbine
NZ: M4, MP5 Benelli M3, Remington 870
CAN: Benelli M3, Remington 870, MP5, C8 CQB
AT/SUPPORT
AU: M72 LAW, M2 Carl Gustav
NZ: M72 LAW, M2 Carl Gustav
CAN: M72 LAW, M2 Carl Gustav
APC/IFV/PMV
AU: M113, ASLAV
NZ: M113, NZLAV
CAN: LAV, Grizzly, Cougar
ROTOR WING
AU: UH-60 Blackhawk, UH-1H Huey
NZ: UH-1H Huey
CAN: CH-135, CH-118, CH-146 Griffon
1960s
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MAIN RIFLES
AU: L1A1 SLR
NZ: L1A1 SLR
CAN: C1, C1A2 SLR
SECONDARY RIFLES
AU: M-16, M16A1 M203 GLA, SASR SLR “The Bitch”
NZ: M-16
CAN: n/a
LMG/GPMG
AU: M60, L2A1
NZ: M60
CAN: L2A1, C2
DMR
AU: M21 SWS
NZ: M82A1
CAN: C3, C3A1
CQB
AU: Owen Machine Carbine, F1 SMG
NZ: Owen Machine Carbine
CAN: C1 SMG
AT/SUPPORT
AU: M72 LAW, M79 Grenade launcher
NZ: M72 LAW, M79 Grenade launcher
CAN: M72 LAW,
APC
AU: M113
NZ: M113
CAN: M113
ROTOR WING
AU: UH-1 Huey
NZ: UH-1 Huey
CAN: UH-1 Huey
1950s
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MAIN RIFLES
AU: Lee Enfield .303 Mk3 SMLE Lithgow arms
NZ: Lee Enfield .303 Mk 3 SMLE
CAN: Lee Enfield .303 Mk4
SECONDARY RIFLES
AU: n/a
NZ: Lee Enfield .303 Mk5 Jungle Carbine
CAN: n/a
LMG/GPMG
AU: Bren LMG
NZ: Bren LMG
CAN: Bren LMG
DMR
AU: Lee-Enfield SMLE No. 1 Mk III (HT),
NZ: Lee–Enfield No. 4 Mk I(T)
CAN: Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I (T)
CQB
AU: Owen Machine Carbine, Sten
NZ: Owen Machine Carbine, Sten, M1 Thompson, Sterling
CAN: Sten, Sterling
AT/SUPPORT
AU: PIAT, M20 RCL, M20 Super Bazooka
NZ: PIAT
CAN: PIAT, M9/M20 Bazooka
APC:
AU: n/a
NZ: n/a
CAN: n/a
UNIFORMS
AU:
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Khaki uniform, Brodie helmet/Slouch hat/bush hat
Jungle Greens, Bush hat/M1 steel helmet
DPCU (Disruptive pattern Camouflage Uniform)/DPDU (disruptive pattern desert uniform), Bush hat/M91 Helmet
AMCU (Australian Multicam Camouflage Uniform), Enhanced Combat Helmet (Australia)
NZ:
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Khaki uniform, Brodie helmet/bush hat
Jungle Greens, M1 Steel Helmet/bush hat
NZDPM (New Zealand disruptive pattern uniform), M1 steel helmet/bush hat
Army Combat uniform (NZ), PASGT helmet
CAN:
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Khaki uniform, Brodie Helmet
CF Green, M1 Steel Helmet
CADPAT (TW)/(AR), CG634 Helmet
CADPAT (MT), CG634 Helmet