Because Modern German Flag is quite different from WWII one? Have you ever considered that?
Whatever how different the flag is, although yeah, unlike for USSR, for Germany it would be more reasonable to have modern flag instead of censored WW2 war flag.
Calling the USSR “Russia” is still incorrect.
Great, that’s much better.
By the way, did the moderators delete the whole thread? Amazing the way the moderators work you are simply hiding the problem under the carpet. We as a community have done our job and informed you that there are laws in Europe for some countries to censor certain flags such as Nazi and USSR flags, because of the obvious genocidal reign, now it’s up to you to get moving and act.
The flag as used in warthunder complies with EU laws, the game could not be sold within such regions if it did not abide by them.
As far as I know, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine have laws restricting the use of the USSR flag.
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As much as I’d like to lump the Soviet flag alongside the spicy pinwheel beloved of Austria’s most infamous failed painter - technically this is not true.
Context is key. It appears in history books, museums, TV documentaries - the intent is to illustrate or educate - you are not going to be thrown into a prison cell for those instances. Even in countries where the USSR is regarded as every bit as awful as 1930s/40s Germany.
Using the symbology allied to a political cause or ideology? Then you will have the legal book thrown at you in the countries you list. A video game falls quite a bit short of that (unless WT decides to embrace the bias wholesale…)
No thanks. I mostly play WW2 vehicles and strongly prefer WW2 flags.
I guess a toggle allowing you to choose which time period you want flags for is the best solution since everyone can set it to their preferences.
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germany maybe change its 50/50 for me
USSR no, unless gaijin declares that the USSR is russia only, which seems kinda strange to me since its the USSR
Need to put this flag, they created most of the tech tree as well and Italy need it flag too.