The UP-2J is based on the Kawasaki P-2J, a Japanese modification with new engines made by Kawasaki. It’s used to carry Ryan Firebee (built under license by Fuji Heavy Industries) drones. While these were used to carry practice target (BQM-34) variants, there is also armed attack variants (BGM-34) of them.
I also believe this is the only P-2/P2V carrier for them, since the US used DC-130s, but I’m not entirely sure what else it was carried/tested on there.
Even if that’s true, that is not a new class, like submarines would be. Instead, they are part of the class of ground vehicles. Rather, introducing submarines through an event vehicle would be equivalent to introducing the first ground vehicles or the first helicopters as event vehicles (that is, when no other ground vehicles or helicopters existed in the game before). It’s just not gonna happen, as it would be utterly nonsensical.
Unlikely, as it almost certainly doesn’t meet the popularity requirement.
There have already been three DCT tanks. So the decision to go with an aircraft (if that is indeed the correct interpretation of the event schedule) is not that surprising.
I do think that black eagle would be better as a christmas event as its quite similar to the OBJ 292 for gameplay as its a T-64 lineage tank with a honking massive gun. However IIRC it got denied as it wasnt really finished and functional.
I love the absurd weirdness that DCT offers like what the TOG and sturmtiger did. It absolutely would be a dreams come true though, but is much more conventional
Given the PATTERNS I pedict 3 tanks, 3 aircraft, 3 boats and for last 3 dudes with hopefully experimental organs or something to change things up a bit.
Jokes aside I’m with the Japanese aircraft this year gang.
