To be entirely fair we are already in the realm of paper vehicles look at top tier air, we have no data on the Gripen E AOA yet gaijin has it entirely guessed we start going further and it’ll be the same.
In this case the Kranvagn just uses the standard gaijin go to of whatever the devs want like we already have with vehicles.
That’s about it though. Unless Gaijin changes their rules on what can and can’t be added, a suggestion is about as far as it would get.
That, and the fact that contra-rotating propellers aren’t even that special in the first place lol
We’ve got the A2D-1, MB.5, Shackleton, S.O.8000, Tu-95M and Wyvern in-game and technically the Do 335 and Fokker D.XXIII use contra-rotating propellers as well, just in a push-pull configuration.
They are unique for Japan, as only three aircraft featuring them were designed for the country. For the Army, there was the Kawasaki Ki-64 and an experiment involving the Nakajima Ki-44; for the Navy, the Kawanishi N1K1 (prototype only) and the Kawanishi E15K. Yes, I know quite a few aircraft have this feature, but Japan hasn’t received its own contra-rotating propeller aircraft yet.
It’s really a shame how often “special” features like this end up being locked behind paywalls or FOMO events.
I love turboprops for example, but those are banished to being premium/FOMO only.
Flying boats and tanks armed with additional rockets also tend to end up being premiums.
When it comes to turbochargers, the Fw 190 C and BV 155 got treated the same way, sadly
I am aware of this fact. However, all of these vehicles you listed (except the FCM F1, which may struggle to be added, and the O-I, which was denied) are from the nations that already have DCT vehicles. If the assumption of no repeated nations holds, these would not yet be eligible. My claim that the Ki-64 is the best choice for DCT is based on that assumption being true. I agree that there are more interesting choices from USA, USSR, Germany, and Britain if they are included. But if you have any viable additions from the remaining nations that you believe satisfy both the popularity and the uniqueness requirements, then they may be real considerations if the assumption holds.
Indeed, it would be nice to have the Ki-64 as a tech tree vehicle, and it would probably fit well there. However, given that we’ve waited for it for many, many years now with no sign of it coming, I fear that it probably won’t come like that. Via DCT may be the only real chance we have to get it. I would take the Ki-64 as a DCT reward over not getting it at all, even if it isn’t the best solution.
EDIT: As an additional consideration, the VB.10s probably came to the tech tree due to the fact that France’s selection of indigenous designs from that period and around that level were few and far between, and they wanted less copy/paste.
According to what ChatGPT (I’m lazy and didn’t feel like checking this myself) told me, the P-47 is the most numerous single-engine fighter with a turbocharger. Apart from the P-47, most countries have restricted access to turbo-equipped aircraft (with the exception of the USSR). It’s actually amusing just how much of a dominant position the P-47 holds in this category.
Best case scenario: DCT reward is another meme vehicle
Worst case scenario: DCT reward is a highly requested and well performing vehicle
If nation repeats aren’t an option, we will very likely end up with a worst case scenario
It’s a lose-lose situation lol
Type 4 Ha-To?
Japanese Panzer V Panter D?
I mean, a Japanese Panther being FOMO wouldn’t hurt nearly as much as one of the planes being FOMO
I can’t see why it should not. Sooner or later there would have to be repeats. The Bob Semple Tank has to be a DCT Vehicle, and Britain would be the most likely Nation for it I think. Such a rule would negate many strong options. Same with the BV-141 for Germany.
Well, how realistic would the addition of an anti-tank gun on the Bob Semple be?
Because without one, it wouldn’t even be a good meme vehicle
It is extremely iconic and a perfect meme vehicle.
Not without a gun. There is a reason why Gaijin refuses to add flame-tanks that don’t have a regular gun in addition to the flamethrowers.
Not familiar with that one. What kind of armament does it have?
I wasn’t aware that Japan ever had a Panther. Would probably not be unique enough for DCT though.
It’s an assumption based on the “special status” of DCT compared to other events. I anticipate (but could be wrong) that the goal of the DCT series is to give each nation one of its most highly requested and unique vehicles as a sort of special gift to the nation’s players before looping back and repeating nations. As such, I feel it is a reasonable assumption so far.
A fairly large mortar, which probably wouldn’t be useable on most maps. If the minimum range is small enough, it could qualify, similar to the Katyusha and Andryusha.
On Reserve Tier/Rank I it would be viable against early spaa like the Soviet Milk Trucks, Flakpanzer I, P.7.T AA etc. Maybe there would even be fun in hunting the few vehicles you can “Meme on”. That is the perfect appeal to a meme vehicle, to get kills with it.
Still not a viable addition if those are the only things it can kill, same as with the dedicated flamethrower tanks. The M2A2 is the bare minimum of an MG vehicle viable for the game, and only because its .50 cal can actually penetrate some armor.
Does a DCT Vehicle have to be viable at all though? Or is the fame and meme status reason enough for Gaijin?
It has to be viable enough to work against more than just entirely unprotected vehicles.
That’s the bare minimum. That’s why I’m saying that it would be fine, if it can come with the 37mm.