Major Update Concept/Pitch - "Call of Mahabharata" - The Indian Nation & Ground Tree

[TomahawkJackson]

I think having 17% of the entire population and the 5th most powerful military on Earth be wholly missing from War Thunder is a glaring omission.

[cursive-stare87]

more like 4th most powerful

[cursive-stare87]

we could also add Armenia as a sub-tree

[AspandaIV]

Not really, if anything the Turkish playerbase would prefer that anyways since they want Turkish vehicles in the Turkish TT not foreign vehicles regardless on who’s operating them

[TomahawkJackson]

Piss everyone who pays the slightest attention off, all at once.

Pakistan as subtree of India.

Normal Person: Nods…they are right next to each other…
WYKYK: OMG NOOOOoooooo

runs and hides

[Miraz05]

You are thinking about Azerbaijan

[cursive-stare87]

Some possible additions:

Bhutan:

Malaysia:

AV-8 Gempita (Joint Turkish and Malaysian project)

PT-91 Pendakar (Malaysian modification of Polish PT-91 Twardy

India:

Experimental Kalyani

Garuda 105

[slowmo21too-psn]

v.8.9: Tying Up The Loose Ends…

Hello again! We are approaching the finale of this project, with this version we see the addition of 11 new vehicles, Some changes to the BRs of some vehicles, and saw the removal and changing of certain vehicles to improve the “uniqueness” of our Tree! To Start, lets go over some of the new vehicles!

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New Vehicles:

Zorawar Mahajan

Arjun Mk.1 Rajasthan

Barak 8

Ashok BM-21

L&T FICV

Sarath M

Added Vehicles:

• Zorawar Mahajan
• Barak 8
• Ashok BM-21
• 🛞M3 Grant
• Sarath M
• L&T FICV
• NAMICA TD
• NAMICA (P)
• Arjun Mk.1 Rajasthan
• 🛞M47 (Captured)
• 🛞M48 (Captured)

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In addition to vehicles being added, some other vehicles were removed or changed:

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Changed/Removed Vehicles:

• “Arjun Mk.1 (P) Mod.2” has been changed to “Arjun Mk.1 TD” for better realism and consistency

• “Bhishma SK Late” has been changed to “Bhishma Mk.II” for better realism

• “Bhishma Late” has been changed to “Bhishma Mk.III” for better realism

• “QRSAM” has been removed (Multi-vehicle SAM System)

  • Yes, Gaijin is currently working on this concept, but for now we’d rather it replaced by a self-sufficient vehicle.

• “Crusader I” has been removed (Never Used by Indian Army)

• “NAMICA Mk.2” has been removed (Paper Vehicle)

• “BTR-80 PGR” has been removed (Real BTR-80 PGR does not have 30mm cannon)

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In order to better match in-game BRs and realistic assumptions, the BRs of some vehicles have been changed:

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BR Changes:

• “Arjun Mk.2 (P)” has been raised to 11.7

• “Bhishma Mk.III” has been raised to 11.7

• “🛞AMX-13” has been raised to 6.7

• “M4A1E6/9” has been raised to 5.3

• “Trishul CV” has been raised to 9.3 and rank 7

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And we’ve done some minor changes and fixed some inaccuracies just to keep the TT alive and fresh:

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Minor Additions/Changes/Fixes:

• Added a “Special Thanks” Section to team members and contributors

• Images of “DRDO 90” & “DRDO 105” have been switched to their correct cards

• Card image of the “Ajeya CI” has been replaced

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To conclude with the new tree statistics, the tree now has a grand total of 130 vehicles, beating over the entire GB ground tree and is just behind the American Tree, the US tree having 133 vehicles. We’ve managed to also reduce the again amount of copy-pastes in the tree, from 20% to 18%, and we will keep trying to keep the number going down.

Overall, we look forward to hearing your feedback and continuously strive to improve until version 9.

Happy Hunting!

[Yontzee]

@slowmo21too hey m8, you should include Explosive Reactive Armor MK-II in your armor description as the MK-III Bhishma likely is equipped with it. The baseline for it should be K-5 level in protection but should offer a little more overall.

Here’s a T-72 equipped with ERA MK-II for reference.

• Indian Army to Upgrade 1,400 T-72 M1 Tanks with Advanced Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA) Mk-II – Indian Defence Research Wing
• https://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/explosive-reactive-armour-era

You could probably throw Explosive Reactive Armor MK-I in there too for the Ajeya’s.
Anyways, solid post updates 🤙

[Armen_Lozone]

@slowmo21too

R550 Magic 2s

R-60MK*

edit: R-73

[Miraz05]

That’s a R-73

[Armen_Lozone]

Oh ye ur right. Mb lol

[cursive-stare87]

Will you be adding vehicles from other countries?

[Armen_Lozone]

its the indian ground tech tree so…
that pretty much speaks for itself

[cursive-stare87]

But that doesn’t mean there can’t be sub trees added

[Armen_Lozone]

I mean… youll have to change the name for that to happen so…

[Tim_TeaDrinker]

@slowmo21too
LPTA 3138 with “Skyshield 35”

Was showed on DefExpo 2012

[BSpiel8]

2012? That’s quite old, which I suppose is evident by the usage of the Skyshield rather than Skyranger system. Either way, nice find, I’m sure there’s somewhere in the SPAA line to slot it in.

[Miraz05]

this tank can be a good premium

[Tim_TeaDrinker]

400hp-450hp BMP-2