Latvian vehicle implementation in the game (Swedish tech tree) (New nation)

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Intro:
Since the swedish tech tree has multiple northern European countries in its tech tree with many types of vehicles, in the recent updates they added the Scimitar and the M109 (Latvia operates these vehicle), it reminded me how nice it would be to see Latvian representation in the game with unique crew voices (in Latvian) aswell!
In my opinion
Latvia is a very underrated/unseen nation when it comes to its military vehicles and history, many vehicles are very unique and interesting, it would be a shame to not see them in-game!

To name a few Latvian vehicles as in…

Helicopters:

  • UH-60 blackhawk (helicopter)
  • MD 530F (light helicopter) (at the time of this post its on order)
    (All in the swedish tech tree)

Aircraft:

  • VEF I-… (series of fighter aircraft)
  • VEF JDA-10M (light bomber)
  • Cukurs C6bis/C6 “Trīs Zvaigznes” (dive bomber)
    (All in the swedish tech tree)

Ground vehicles:

  • CVR(T) (Scimitar) (light tank)
  • Vickers-Carden-Loyd (with a 40mm cannon) (light tank)
  • T-55AM2 (medium tank or MBT)
  • M109 A5Ö (tank destroyer/SPG)
  • (P.S possibly in the future ASCOD 2 (light tank/IFV) since its likely to be soon procured by the latvian armed forces.)
    (All in the swedish tech tree)

Navy (If added for sweden):

  • k/k “Virsaitis” (1921) (minesweeper/Heavy boat)
    (All in the swedish tech tree)

Submarines (if added in-game):

  • Ronis-class submarines (“Ronis” and “Spīdola”) (diesel/electric-powered coastal submarine)
    (All in the swedish tech tree)
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Pictures for ground vehicles

Latvian Scimitar:

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Latvian M109 A5Ö:

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Latvian T-55AM2:

Latvian Vickers-Carden-Loyd (with a 40mm cannon) then:


now:

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Pictures for air vehicles

Latvian UH-60 Blackhawk:

VEF I-16 (Last of the I-… series fighters) fighter before capture by the germans:

after:

VEF JDA-10M:

Cukurs C6 “Trīs Zvaigznes”:

Cukurs C6bis:

Cukurs C6bis being loaded with bombs:

Pictures for naval vehicles

k/k “Virsaitis” (1921):

Pictures for submarines

“Ronis” and “Spīdola” in one port:

“Ronis” and k/k “Virsaitis” in a parade:

“Spīdola” in a port:

ronis-class submarine side illustration:

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  • Update:

-ASCOD 2 will be delivered to the latvian armed forces in 2026.

-Since in the “Leviathans” update Germany is getting the IRIS-T missle truck and radar truck, i wanted to add that the Latvian Armed Forces has signed a contract of purchasing and recieveing IRIS-T missle and radar systems in 2026.

-if HIMARS is added in the game, then the Latvian sub-tree would be eligable to recieve the HIMARS systems, since the Latvian armed forces will recieve the already signed for HIMARS systems in 2027.

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Latvia used a Terrangbil m/42 KP, at least 10. Lithuania and Estonia used another 10 each

I could be wrong but didn’t the Latvians alongside the other Baltic states used DsHK HMG’s on their Tg m/42’s instead of the 8mm’s it normally used?

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If a V4 or central/eastern European tree is impossible, then Sweden should have the three Baltics imo. +1

Also do you have some sources for the Cukurs C6, I tried making a suggestion but I think it got wiped for only having one source.

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In this source, apparently both Latvia and Lithuania used the dshk gun

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That’s a very good point! Latvia and Lithuania did use the DsHK machine guns on their m/42’s, and they could be added as an SPAA in the game since they did have a good elevation.

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Here are 2 main ones:
Wikipedia (in english):

And other in latvian:

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Thank you very much, I might try again at some point

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I was wondering if the Skrunda class patrol boats could work. They use 2 12.7mm guns which meet the minimum armament needed for reserve tier (equal to MTB-35) and has a complement of around 10 but it has too large of a displacement (125 tons, which is slightly more than the S-38 which is much more heavily armed) as it would be fighting reserve torpedo boats. I noticed it had capacity for " Modular Mission Module with payload up to 6 tons" and was wondering what that could possibly entail.
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