for me the type16 looks better than the stingray, but the dm33 is better for uptiers.
Mi-35 at 9.7 is ok it atleast has a good lineup there
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it’s 9.3 with the VFM5 as the XM8 (a outright better LT of the same style) is 9.7
alright they shot down the bug report again so I’m doing the video tonight. @MAUSWAFFE it’ll be up by tomorrow and i’ll post the link to it here once it’s up
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Overview of the Oplot camouflages.
Yes, at the moment, there is no desert camouflage present.
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Please tell me the digi camo isn’t premium, istg.
Also the thai line should be moved below type16. 3 vehicles in one subtree looks very lazy. Especially if the VT-4 is going to be premium too (which it shouldnt)
I don’'t know, I don’t have the Oplot researched.
Is the gun elevation speed of t84 really that slow🧐
Not 100% sure if it’s the same tank
WUYUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 29: Imperial Japanese Army tanks advance during the Battle of Wuyuan, part of the Sino-Japanese War on January 29, 1940 in Wuyuan, China.
I’m updating the hypothetical tree with Indonesia atm.
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Gonna be peak, keep cooking my man
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I have some good news about this photo. After you shared it, I did some more research on my own and found what seems to be the original version of the image.
同盟通信社,『大東亜写真年鑑』, 2602 (1942).
The composition and the dust patterns are identical, so it’s clearly the same photo. As you can see, there’s nothing unusual about it—it’s just an ordinary Chi-Ha tank. This photo was taken in 1942, showing the Kwantung Army training in Manchuria, and it was published in the 『Daitōa Shashin Nenkan』, through which it became known to the public. Later on, the same photo seems to have been edited and reused in different propaganda materials.
When compared with the photo you shared, it looks less like censorship and more like the original image was retouched with a brush to artificially increase its resolution. Of course, since even the turret and cupola were not properly distinguished, the result turned out to be a complete mess.
I assume you already know this, but the photo first appeared on MaiWaffentrager’s blog. She described the tanks in the image as unidentified types and claimed it was taken in 1937. Unless Dōmei Tsūshinsha made a mistake, that claim is clearly false.
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you get 9Ms
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Well, if Gaijin isn’t going to fix the model, I’ll just copy-paste my camo to JP then.
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Althought it haven’t come true yet, but I already foresee Japan become the 4th strongest/biggest TT in the game. If the ASEAN founders countries really added to Japan we might just get all of the OP vehicle in the game right now. For example we will get Thai: VT-4 & T-84, Gripen; Indo: Leo 2RI, AH-64E, Harimau, Rafale; SG: Leo 2SG, F-15SG, F-35; MY: pt-91m, F/A-18, Su-30mkm; and we even haven’t discuss if S.Korea will be added to Japan TT or not. Adding the original Japan vehicle I would say playing Japan TT already play half of the game in the future😅😅
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Doing an amazing work man. I was hoping it was a new tank that could be added but its better be sure than making a fake tank.
Out of curiosity was there any Manchuria moded chi ha like how they moded the ha-go?
Its a shame a lot of Mai’s info was just false not sure how it got this bad.
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So in terms of mystery tanks that is left for japan its the type 95 heavy with the weird turret
the Ka-so looking tank the Type 92 heavy armored car with a 25mm gun? (I think its just us hallucinating it) and lastly this tk? (Stuff I posted on Mysterious and Unique Japanese Vehicles)
Lastly found something interesting, the Type 99 was supposed to be named Type 75 SPH Kai I do wonder if the name was still used for the first prototype and 2nd was later named the Type 99.
https://www.forecastinternational.com/archive/disp_pdf.cfm?DACH_RECNO=996
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Wow, great work! I was pretty certain that these were Chi-Ha, but I wasn’t sure exactly why the image was so altered; I assumed that it was for censorship or maybe aesthetic purposes. Now we can be sure exactly how this image originated.
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It probably didn’t exist. The Chi-Ha did not undergo significant suspension changes after the prototype stage. Also, if I recall correctly, the evaluation of the Manchuria Ha-Go wasn’t very positive to begin with, so there wouldn’t have been a rational reason to apply the same thing to the Chi-Ha.
As far as I know, most of the vehicles in Mysterious and Unique Japanese Vehicles have already been explained in works by Japanese researchers. (Sorry—I haven’t looked into them in enough detail to explain everything myself, but if I come across relevant materials, I’ll be sure to let you know.) This vehicle, however, really is a mystery. The Ku-Se seems the most likely candidate, but there’s no clear evidence to confirm it.
As for the photo itself, its background is already known: it was taken near the Sagami Arsenal on October 16, 1945, and is currently preserved in the NARA II RG-111SC group with the unique ID number SC 214787. I don’t personally have access, but if someone can get into NARA, looking around this area might not be a bad idea—though the chances are probably slim.
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Wasn’t the Type 92 with the 25 mm a myth? I thought it was debated in the old forum and the consensus was that the 25 mm wouldn’t have been able to fit within the tank without some drastic modification to either move the gun mount forward or reposition the hull gunner, of which there’s no evidence for.
I distinctly remember @aizenns overlaying a silhouette of the 25 mm over the silhouette of the Type 92, but that image is gone with the old forum.
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Gawd I wish more tanks got the fabric thermal sleeves
The always look so good.
What other skins where you thinking of doing?
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