I have a feeling that DCT might end up not being limited to WW2 vehicles.
There aren’t that many vehicles that are straight up unusual and/or niche like the Sturmtiger, TOG II, KV-7 and XF5U (which was still being worked on post war anyways).
Militaries across the world were more creative in the post-war era, at least when it comes to actually trying to build the ridiculous plans they came up with.
Though I guess this would technically still be a WW2 vehicle lol
240mm SPH
Gotta be the S.R.A.1 ‘squirt’ for me
Someday hopefully
Ahem, StuG IV maybe at last … cough … I’ll get me coat.
Some fun stuff that I think could qualify for DCT, including mostly post-war stuff though
Be-10：Evolution (Jet powered flying boat)
Martin P6M-2 SeaMaster - A Cold War Jet-Powered Flying Boat for the US Navy (Jet powered flying boat)
Saunders-Roe S.R./A.1 - “Visions of Greatness” (Jet powered flying boat)
McDonnell XP-67 - The ‘Moonbat’ (Blended wing design)
Northrop XP-79B - The Flying Chainsaw (Flying wing jet fighter)
Northrop XB-35 | A Answer to the United States Dilemma (Propeller powered flying wing bomber)
Northrop YB-35: A bird with an arsenal (Propeller powered flying wing bomber)
Northrop YB-49 | A desperate attempt for success (Jet powered flying wing bomber)
Lockheed AC-130U Spooky II: Death from Above (Gunship with 105mm howitzer)
Lockheed-Martin - AC-130J: The Ghostrider (Gunship with 105mm howitzer)
Bachem 349 “Natter” (Rocket powered, rocket armed fighter plane)
Blohm & Voss BV 141 (Asymmetrical plane)
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 (Maritime patrol plane with AIM-9 Sidewinders)
Dacia Duster (.50 RCWS) - Captain Slow’s Battle Taxi (Dacia Duster with .50 cal turret)
NORINCO 6x6 CS / VP16B, Multi-purpose all-terrain vehicles (Tiny buggies with all kinds of weapons)
Al-Fao the 210mm armed Al-pha (210mm SPH)
Mesbah 1 air defense system - Bullet hell on wheels (Truck with 8 23mm autocannons)
Supacat ATMP MILAN - MILAN Carrying Man Carrier (Even smaller 6x6 buggy with ATGM)
Supacat ATMP Swingfire - The Supa Speedy Swinger (Small 6x6 with Swingfire)
MAR-290 Eshel ha-Yarden: A New Approach (MLRS with 600kg rockets mounted on Centurion hull)
T92 HMC - Black Dragon Incarnate (240mm SPH, largest viable SPH for WT)
The T-249 Vigilante: Trigger Discipline… (37mm rotary cannon anti air)
M1114 HMMWV LOSAT carrier (LOSAT on HMMWV)
The most fundamental requirement (i.e., there are other requirements) for a DCT vehicle is that it has been requested by the community since the game’s earlier days, which narrows the choices down to almost exclusively WWII-era (and perhaps early postwar) vehicles by default.
How do you define “earlier days”?
Because I can tell you that there were plenty of very popular non-WW2 suggestions on the old forum that still haven’t been implemented.
In the first post of this thread, I defined “early days” as the early to mid-2010s. There may be some leeway for nations added later, but for nations present since that time, this seems to be a primary characteristic (given the DCT vehicles so far).
Considering that open beta started in 2013, first post war jets appeared in 2014 and stuff like the Leopard I started appearing in 2015, I’d say that DCT isn’t going to be limited to WW2 vehicles in the future.
Late Cold War vehicles have been requested since 2014. It’s been more than a decade since then.
I need this. Mega bonk gun
There’s yet to be Naval DCT event, so perfect timing to add a unbalanceable ship in the Devs most neglected mode…
HMS Erebus, 15 inch Monitor.
Ps Imo best would be to arrive in the WW2 refit as seen at Omaha Beach, leaving HMS Terror for a WW1 Tech Tree entry.
Weird to think that the introduction of the Naval mode was almost 8 years ago
They haven’t done much to improve it since then lmao
We are missing a shit ton of vehicle from ww2, there a so many germany’s prototypes we could have same for France and russia and usa etc.
Vk 36.01H
Vk 45.02 P
Geschutzwagen tiger
Jagdpanzer 38D
E25 ( yeah it was actually built)
No it wasn’t. Speculation thinks it was the actual proof is limited/none
We are missing a ton of iconic and highly requested vehicles from all eras.
If the vehicle being niche or highly unusual is a big factor for DCT, then the event will start including post war vehicles soon.
Nothing about the vehicles you listed is out of the ordinary, they have nothing that makes them special.
The Sturmtiger, TOG II, KV-7 and XF5U all are very unusual designs and all of them, except for the KV-7 are niche vehicles.
Most people wouldn’t give a hoot, if the event vehicle ends up being the Ki-64, StuG IV or one of the countless missing vehicles that have nothing to really set them apart from the rest.
Stuff like the O-I, P.43 or Tracteur C would be special in a TOG II way, but only the O-I has a chance of being added and that chance is very slim.
The XP-67 would be special in a XF5U way, but we has a US fighter last year.
Other things that are unlikely to be added that I came across from the WWII era include the Me 323, Bachem 349, the Mistel composite, Schofield and Strv fm/31. None of them are impossible, of course.
So, if we stick to WW2, the two most likely vehicles I can think of are the BV 141 and the T92 HMC. There probably are some more one-of-a-kind WW2 vehicles that I haven’t come across, but I’d say the BV 141 is hard to beat.
If we strip the WW2 requirement, there would be way more options though.
I completely forgot about the Transformer for Sweden.
It’s a cool concept, but I doubt Gaijin could be bothered to model the ability to switch between wheels and tracks lol
You understand they have to like… Built the things lmao and not just wooden mock ups lmao.
Shouldn’t be a event vehicle it’s not special in any means.
Was a transport plane. Completely impossible.
Swedens already filled with niche vehicle abilities that are left to rot. What’s one more, besides we already have the lynx which can have two drivers and no gunner or a gunner and commander and no driver, who else want that kind of experience?
Literally I hate that this is possible, it’s either stationary turret or recon vehicle with no way to shoot back
