General Japanese & Thai Ground Forces Discussion HQ

The only Guntank I recognize anything else is no Guntank:

The OG GunTank

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But still what makes a real guntank is it only a tank that goes all in on the gun or something. I know the Japanese did nickname the Type 87 Guntank but that was because it looked like the Guntank from the space opera tv show M.S.G.

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from what I read it was because the type 87 looked like the Guntank from mobile suit Gundam. Which was popular tv show at the time. If you squint really hard you can see why I guess. But I have seen the term Guntank used to designate tanks before with vehicles that don’t look like the SPAA in question. So it must have had a meaning like tank destroyer.

And the Guntank went where no tank has gone before.

Spoiler

SPACE!
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But I find it funny a TV show is where the nickname came from its even on the Warthunder Wiki

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It has been confirmed that the Type 16 MCV is capable of attitude control.
It can likely perform elevation and fore/aft tilt, similar to the Type 90 MBT.
https://x.com/9Wva2QLQp5d6nEE/status/1980941067680879066?t=ZNAWheBlcDSURktnVe3p2w&s=19

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Quick someone bug report it so it can get it

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You know technically with the addition of Maylasia and Indonesia this thread should change names

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Based on the vehicle’s posture, the camouflage net in the foreground, and the positioning of the vehicle in the background, I found a video that likely shows the same vehicle. However, it was not demonstrating suspension movement but rather a combat drill demonstration.

Perhaps he mis-captioned a photo taken during emergency braking with “attitude control,” or perhaps he simply meant to point out that the suspension, stabilizers, and FCS keep the gun stable even during hard braking.
In any case, this does not prove that the 16MCV has attitude control functionality.

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During the EFV event, I grinded a lot of vehicles from the M47 all the way to the Type 90, and ended up with two of them. I was planning to go for the TKX (P) next to complete an 11.7 lineup, but then Gaijin decided to decompress the BR and bumped the TKX (P) up to 12.0, which changed my plan.

Now I’m not sure if it’s even worth getting the TKX (P), or if I should just grab the Type 16 and Type 93 instead, so I can have five vehicles in Rank VII to grind the Type 10 slightly faster. The TKX (P) would probably just end up as a backup for Type 10 lineup.

To be honest, my luck with the Type 90 hasn’t been great. I’ve been losing a lot since its shells struggle against top-tier armor, and most matches end way too fast because of one-dead leavers and CAS.

Honestly, 9.3 matches were way more fun.

If I stay at 11.7, at least I’ll get some downtier games every now and then.

Type 25 RCV at the 71st Anniversary commemorative event for the opening of fuji school and fuji garrison

(Still waiting for Type 25 RCV to get it’s correct designation ingame)

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In some research for this i found some documents that stated in the original plans it was going to have passive hydro suspension which i assume just uses the system as a regular suspension system without control

Interesting nonetheless but i have no idea if the production model ever kept that

That is true; both prototype and production models use Horstman Hydrostrut.
https://x.com/Horstman_Group/status/1636627324497186816
The product page states that it has a height adjustment feature, but it is unclear how much it can be raised or lowered.
https://horstmangroup.com/en/products/mobility-solutions/horstman-hydrostrut-r

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https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/6aBGd3yl56HE

I made a bug report regarding the Type 10’s movement inertia (so it stops rocking around like ham), hopefully gaijin will see and fix this issue in the upcoming update

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Friend tested it in custom config - it is much worse
Same speed loosing is same but turning much slower

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Oh jesus, so basically just a overall huge mobility issue with the Type 10’s :<

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Promising, maybe two updates later

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I really its going to be the Type 03 Kai.

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Are there any non-domestic competitors? ( I believe it will be 03kai as well)

Thailand has some HQ-22 (we all know how this could end, again), but neither Indonesia nor Malaysia have anything to offer as top tier SAMs iirc.

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So no any ground for Japan this update

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Possibly, the new leak contains only a boat🥲

from the trailer seems like only 2 ships (Nagato being the prem and Musashi being TT), im hoping they add something nice for ground.

Just a bit of hopium that it’s the Chu-MPM’s Middle range Multi Purpose Missile/中距離多目的誘導弾 - #8 by skultew1234 or the STC