True, but I wanted to minimise copy-paste. I chose the base T-80U only because of the skin/name, it could be either.
Good point, it wasn’t intended to be a political statement at all! Although, in my (admittedly brief) googling of him, he appears to have been a Greek soldier, not part of EOKA-B, you can correct me if I’m wrong though. Then I can try and find a better version, either a different named T-80U, a base non-unique skin T-80U/UK, or something else entirely (maybe you have a suggestion?)
True, again though, I wanted to avoid copy-paste. For example, the AMX-30B2s were left out because I already had Spanish AMX-30s (and their more unique/domestic upgrades). I didn’t see the need for the two van-based ATGM vehicles, there are maybe too many ATGM vehicles already in the tree. Aside from those three I don’t see anything suitable for the game in that particular list that isn’t in this tree. Perhaps some of the SPGs — I initially wanted to include the 155mm Mk. F3 but I a) wasn’t sure about BR, and b) wasn’t sure if it was suitable for the game given it can only carry 2 of its 8 crew in the vehicle, and iirc can’t carry many (or any?) rounds itself.
Already in the tree!
Ah, good catch, I’ll update the name or just clarify that in the information about it.
However, with the amount of Leopard 2s (copy paste central) in the game, 1 additional T-80 type won’t hurt. The Soviet tree has an unreasonable amount of them. Perhaps the U can be part of this tree, while the UK can be the premium.
The Cypriot VAB with ATGMs I believe deserves a space at least.
When it comes to the dude, I believe its best not to mention him at all, Warthunder devs might not care less to search weather he was or was not part of the group. I told the same to the guy who made the user skin. Up to you. Cypriots have more than 1 camo pattern for the T-80 tank.
That BMP-1 for the Greeks with the ZU-23 is also a unique thing, the Soviet Afghan special.
Otherwise check this out:
BMP-1 with no ATGMs and a 50 cal.
Considering how the AAC-1937 is already present in the tree, I think this one would make a good 1.0-1.3 event vehicle, for the custom skins if nothing else.
New Hellenic modifications of the M113A1 and M1114GR mounting Spike LR2 missiles in a Rafael RCWS-30 turret on the former and custom twin launcher on the latter.
I believe the Syrian elements are from spain selling a few panzer ivs to them, I dont believe spain ever operated the hummel or sold them to Syria, so it wouldn’t make to much sense.
Portuguese Willys MB with Matra Type 361 launcher holding 36 SNEB rockets.
Unfortunately, I read that the launcher could not rotate horizontally, requiring turning of the jeep to aim on that plane.
Spanish marines opperated a number of Humvess equipped with TOW missiles, some with machine guns in order to protect from nearby infantry. They were called simply Hummer TOW
URO VAMTAC ST5 Spike
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A number of URO VAMTAC ST5 with BN1 level of armor were equipped with Spike launcher for the anti-tank units:
Like the Hummer TOW some vehicles received machine guns for self defense
A concept of Escribano of a silent recon variant of the URO VAMTAC with a Guardian L-HIT RCWS armed with a 30 mm gun and the OTEOS sensor to detect objectives:
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Jabali
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Basically a URO VAMTAC ST5 with the remote controlled Mistral Atlas RC system
The Spanish Marines also mounted the Mistral missile on the URO VAMTAC ST5, compared to the Jabali this is manually operated:
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