Because it was a plane given to them during that period lmao
Tech trees should be split up from nations into manufacturers.
Actually, its an AMERICAN aircraft given to Iran by their moral enemy, get it right.
Idk about that, theres a LOT of manufacturers lol
It’s not copy-paste.
Welp…
Saudi EEL went to British TT because they manufactured it.
Philippines P-26A went to American TT because they manufactured it.
Same goes with Egyptian Su-7BMK, Pakistani A-5C, Syrian Su-22M3, Kazakhstan Su-25BM, Zimbabwean Hunter FGA.9 etc.
Only questionable thing is Hunter F.58 but, most cases has decent reasons including South-African Gripen.
BTW, most of the nations I mentioned are either members of the NAM or its observers.
You think Romanian Bf 109 G-2 which has almost same context to Iranian F-14A should go Russia insterd Germany/Italy?
Then why does UK get access to Soviet vehicles?
If the aircraft manufacturer was the one that would receive it’s products, then we wouldn’t have:
- British made aircrafts in German, Italian, Swedish and Israeli tech trees.
- French made aircrafts in Israeli tech tree.
- Swedish made aircrafts in Italian and UK tech trees.
- Soviet made aircrafts in German, Swedish, Italian, UK and Chinese tech trees.
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because India is a subtree for the UK and the rules are different for subtrees and nations that directly operate vehicles, not difficult to understand
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Why is then Hungary, a former member of Warsaw Pact, now part of a NATO country, if the period in which they received their equipment (and vast majority of it is Soviet) matters?
When selecting the nation which would receive minor nation vehicles, Gaijin has so far taken into consideration the modern day relations between countries, because this game is played by modern era people.
There is an inaccuracy there.
Iranian F-14s are American made aircraft, but they were:
Bought (not “given”) by Iran.
Flown by Iran.
Operated by Iran for a long time.
Used by Iran in a war (in which US supported the opposing side), and those Iranian F-14s had seen more combat then all US F-14s combined.
This together makes them Iranian aircraft, no matter if you like it, or not.
There were a lot of manufacturers.
But not anymore.
When jet era arrived, number of manufacturers decreased, because less companies / institutions could handle ever increasing complexity of jet aircraft.
This trend is evident even today, where there are about two dozen jet combat aircraft manufacturers in the entire world.
Iran isn’t a nation in the game, nor is it a nation tied as a subtree, so then the vehicle goes to the original manufacturer nation, it’s that simple
It was never going to the Soviet tech tree
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Well, thanks for at least acknowledging the arguments.
I will not comment on the WWII equipment, because that was a different time, with different alliances. Additionally, people that have witnessed it are mostly dead, so nowadays people even make jokes of the tragedies of those times, without much consequence.
But in regards to jet aircraft:
Except for still being a user of Soviet / Russian equipment, Egypt, Syria and Kazakhstan are nations with good relations with Russia.
Also, Saudi, South African and Zimbabwean relations with UK are still somewhat normal.
Swiss and German relations are still good.
Compared to this, the very attempt of Gaijin to add Iranian aircraft to a nation, against which Iran is fighting proxy wars all over Middle East, is quite controversial.
No wonder adding Iranian aircraft to the US has generated thousands of posts in a single day.
Same goes with after soviet collapsed in 1991.
Slovakia is part of NATO that is literally hostile to Russia but, T-72M2 Moderna went to Russian TT even some component was made in western nations. Following the logic you claim, it should have gone to France/Belgium. Their factory partners were French and Belgian.
In the case of Egypt, of course, relations have not deteriorated as much as they have with the US and Iran, but since the 1970s they have switched from pro-Soviet to pro-US.
There is a reason they have Phantom and Fighting Falcon.
Saudi is good.
South Africa is good as well at least within the past 30 years.
But Zimbabwe/Rhodesia doesn’t?
Their relations are not so bad that they have broken off diplomatic relations, but in light of their history, their feelings toward each other are terrible.
Also, they left from Commonwealth of Nations iirc.
They bought the F-14A from the US before the Shah’s regime collapsed.
Given that Russia has not reverse engineered the Iranian F-14A or even helped integrate the R-27R, it is quite fair that it goes to the USTT.
Statement “adding third F-14 to a national tech tree…” was in context of adding Iranian F-14 to US tech tree.
But I agree with you that there is little doubt that F-14D will be added to US tech tree in the future.
If they had any reservations about adding multiple versions of the same vehicle, then US ground wouldn’t be a combination of various Sherman, Pershing, Patton and Abrams tanks.
Also my belove late model of F-14A :(
I have seen VF-145 “Black Knights” tomcats in NAF Atsugi or somewhere when I was a kid(2000 or 2001 iirc). And that was the first and last flyable F-14 I saw.
Bruh like modern Relations matter anymore, we have Taiwan and chinese Tech Tree for gods sake. On another note stick to the Threads theme.
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American designed, manufactured and tested aircraft owned by Iran.
What equipment are you talking about.
Oh wow great point.
Boom, none of that shit matters like you thought it did.
Low tier doesnt exist anymore, i guess?
Now you’re just being stubborn. The F-14A is an AMERICAN plane that Iran BOUGHT. Therefore, it goes to the AMERICAN tree. Cry more.
I think its little bit more nuanced than that.
Specifics variants of a vehicle should always go to the country that operated them IF that country is either TT or sub tree.
If that cant be applied, the most logical or convenient link should be used.
There is no iranian TT nor subtree, its a US made aircraft, it goes to US.
There are many examples of this.
KF41 going to hungarian subtree despite being german vehicle.
AIM going to US TT because there is no australian subtree and its US design.
Syrian T-72 going to russia because there is no syrian subtree and its russian desing.
Older examples being that swedish centurion with AS.11s that was in british TT because at the time of its addition there was no sweden.
First three merkavas went to the US because at time there was no israel TT and it was the closest political connection they had.
IF there was iranian TT or subtree at the time of the addition, i think no one would have issues with iranian tomcat going there.
There isnt such TT nor subtree.
Its American aircraft, hence it goes to US TT.
Oh look, my take.
Careful, Bram, there’s a dude by the username of your name that thinks your post is gaslighting and moving goalposts.
He’s gonna block you over that post.
