This is a scale model by Takom which was made after the company acquired the actual O-I blueprints, so it’s pretty much 100% accurate and can be used as a reference image:
edit: Fine Molds is the company with the blueprints
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Yeh but the problem with this tank is there’s no visual evidence that the thing was fully made…
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As long as major components of it were built, it can be added. The M6A2E1 and TOG II GWK were not fully constructed either yet we have both in-game. Besides, Japan needs everything it can get, regardless of being fully constructed or not.
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Its this one I guess. There are many images how it suposedly looked like. And all are called O-I basically.
Then there are those :
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I mean yes, but the presence of actual test records should be the focal point. For me, that’s compelling evidence on its own. Japanese prototypes, as a trend, suffer from a scarcity of photographs. Take, for instance, post-war designs like sub-i-ii and GSR 105—modern vehicles with no more than three images available online. Now, consider the limitations during World War II when cameras were not widely accessible. Compound that with Japan’s defeat, and it’s clear what happened to most project documents.
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the image needs an update. What’s currently there is an outdated artist’s interpretation that predates the unveiling of the actual O-I tank design.
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Main difference between that and those are the fact that Both the M6 and the TOG were fully completed and the addon stuff that wasn’t made are minuscule compared to the O-I which, baring the track piece, lacks any visual evidence to back up the claim…
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this isn’t some wargaming fake tank just have fun and add it
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What is believed to be Oi’s Trackbelt is kept at a Japanese shrine. It was so heavy that he couldn’t lift it by himself.
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These are all artist’s impressions of what was originally thought to be a series of Japanese heavy tanks alongside the O-I, but they are all fake and based on rumours and misinformation.
They form the basis for the WoT vehicles ‘O-Ni’ and 'O-Ho".
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I just hope I can find photos of the O-i body and driving test.
Honestly, there’s too little information…
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With the way japan was in WW2 and their closely kept archive I doubt you would fine any… if it did exist in any full form…
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Correction: Fine Molds is currently the sole owner of all the documents and blueprints related to the O-I. Takom’s O-I kit was released a few years after Fine Molds introduced theirs. It’s worth noting that Takom is a Chinese company, while Fine Molds is based in Japan.
By the way, does anyone recall when Mai asserted that Fine Molds not only had access to O-I blueprints and documentation but also possessed a film of the tank during testing? Interestingly, no evidence supporting this claim seems to have surfaced. 🤔
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Japan is one of the nations along with Italy and France that could really use more lax enforcement of vehicles like these. Incomplete prototypes, mock-ups and realistic paper vehicles would absolutely help them in areas where they desperately need it.
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Oops, wrong company. Thanks for the correction! :)
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Maybe because Mai_Waffenträger was a complete Fraut and faked documents and stuff?
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The problem with said statement is authenticity. By no means do I believe Mai was right however I do not believe they were a fraud or faked documentation. Do also consider it has been over Anywhere for 12 years which is 4380 days to 7 years which is 2555 days. So a lot of misinformation has spread across these said duration. Aside from that you are off topic. Which you know the snail staff do not like.
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Just to note the problem here - aiming with multi-turret tank guns at longer ranges is broken because guns are synced to the main gun through elevation angle, so you have to micromanage by switching operated gun - are you guys sure you want to switch between three turrets or would the two 47mm guns have joined aiming together in some way?
If you don’t get what I’m talking about, pick out any multi-turret tank that has different calibers on each of them, and try shooting both of the guns at the target that is at reasonable distance like 500-700 meters and see that different caliber rounds will hit differently. Things like M3 Lee/Grant, SMK, T-35, B1 Bis/Ter will have this issue. If you want to see this overexposed even more, try setting sight distance control on Sturmtiger to 300 meters and see where the MG will try to shoot.
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Im pretty shure, people made even Videos showing that. But i dont care enove.
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