Major Update "Leviathans" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 3)

my assumption is its designed that way intentionally so the devs arent held to a standard like the Yak-141 and Streetfighter 2 debate even though they are increadably similar, hell the streetfighter 2 is in an arguably better spot as the majority of the tank is the same as a base challenger 2 and works the only part that would need to be added is the brimstones, which is the exact same as the Yak-141 getting a radar and IRST

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Where’s today’s Dev update
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We have already removed tanks that were either partly functioning but had incomplete turrets or components. We dont plan to introduce more.

  • Tiger 2 105 “removed” in 1.91
  • Radpanzer added in 1.97

Smin forgor Radpanzer didn’t have a functioning turret, not even optics on the hull 💀

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yak 141 may not but will mig 29 9.12/9.13 ever get R73 and remove R27er R60s are unusable will it ever get them as it could go to 13.0 or even remain same BR as Su33 at 13.0 gets 6 R73 and R27ER
12.3 F/A-18A hornet has better missles on a very similar FM aim7m is a bit worse than ER but mig29 a radar is fooled easily so it does matter and IR wise he has AIM-9L which GAPS the R60MK by miles

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@Smin1080p_WT Perhaps it’s an idea to explore these set of guidelines or a frame work to what can or can’t come to a tech tree in the next community notes as then you can explain more in detail to why X came and Y didn’t.

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Still no word on BOL being fixed

Just about to hit 800 votes for it to finally be fixed.

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panther 2
which only problem was Gun was historicially inaccurate
just slap the panther F turret on it with a 75MM and that would basically be IRL panther 2

That sounds like an amazing idea if possible. It’d be an interesting bit of information, could make some more detailed suggestions for improvement possible and might even resolve some issues entirely.

Also I’m so sorry Smin for starting (and fuelling) this whole discussion, please don’t steal my kidney.

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Are there plans to remove the Ho-Ri and other similar vehicles?

They have to add the M1A2T for Taiwan in the Chinese tech tree.
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Both Taiwan and China now will have more MBTs to play

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actually the panther 2 would have used a turret more like this tbh
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Or just the normal Panther F Schmalturm, both this design (Rheinmetall “schmale Blende”) and the Schmalturm were contenders for the Panther 2 turret, but when the Panther 2 project was cancelled the turret project continued but just for the standard panther and eventually the Schmalturm design won and was to be fitted on the Panther F

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I mean, a turret was never completed, but a hull was, when it was captured the Americans stuck a panther G turret on it. It’s on display at the National Armor and Cavalry Museum at Ft. Moore, GA.

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Defiantly not a Panther F turret though. That was designed post the cancellation of the Panther II programme, incorporating some of the developments from the Panther II. Though there’s not really a direct link, as the Panther F turret programme was transferred from Rhinemetall to DB midway through, and DB threw most of it out.

The Panther II was to be fitted with a new turret, the Turm Panther 2 (German "schmale Blendenausführung " for “narrow aperture variant”).[3] For a long time, it was assumed that the Schmalturm was designed for the Panther II, but it was designed after the Panther II had been cancelled and was intended for the Panther Ausf. F .[4]

The schmale Blende seems to be some sort of adaption of Rheinmetall’s H-SKA 86176 otherwise known as ‘Turm Panther 2 (schmale Blendenausführung)’ (English: ‘Turret Panther 2 (narrow mantlet variant)’) which the drawing dates back to November 7, 1943. The turret served as one of several proposals for the Panzerkampfwagen Panther II. It lacked the triangular roof line which accommodated the rangefinder, the rangefinder itself, and the armored guard underneath the mantlet which was designed to prevent shot traps. It is unclear if the schmale Blende is a parallel development to schmale Blendenausführung or a way for Rheinmetall to salvage the design after the cancellation of the Panzerkampfwagen Panther II in May, 1944. The schmale Blende seems to be some sort of adaption of Rheinmetall’s H-SKA 86176 otherwise known as ‘Turm Panther 2 (schmale Blendenausführung)’ (English: ‘Turret Panther 2 (narrow mantlet variant)’) which the drawing dates back to November 7, 1943. The turret served as one of several proposals for the Panzerkampfwagen Panther II. It lacked the triangular roof line which accommodated the rangefinder, the rangefinder itself, and the armored guard underneath the mantlet which was designed to prevent shot traps. It is unclear if the schmale Blende is a parallel development to schmale Blendenausführung or a way for Rheinmetall to salvage the design after the cancellation of the Panzerkampfwagen Panther II in May, 1944. The schmale Blende seems to be some sort of adaption of Rheinmetall’s H-SKA 86176 otherwise known as ‘Turm Panther 2 (schmale Blendenausführung)’ (English: ‘Turret Panther 2 (narrow mantlet variant)’) which the drawing dates back to November 7, 1943. The turret served as one of several proposals for the Panzerkampfwagen Panther II. It lacked the triangular roof line which accommodated the rangefinder, the rangefinder itself, and the armored guard underneath the mantlet which was designed to prevent shot traps. It is unclear if the schmale Blende is a parallel development to schmale Blendenausführung or a way for Rheinmetall to salvage the design after the cancellation of the Panzerkampfwagen Panther II in May, 1944.

it be completely fine to add it anyway as PANTHER II was gonna be made just like the YAK-141 which got its missiles even though it never had radar or anything to mount them it be a good 6.0 6.3 filler for germany as br changes ruined the line up

Sadly its not something very practical to do and on the contrary, rather than delivering exciting new news and behind the scenes info (the purpose of CM disclosures) it would likely just lead to pages of back and forth discussions who agree / disagree or find fault with a specific reasoning.

In a broad sense we have already covered all the most discussed vehicles already several times over in the past. The answers and reasons hasnt changed. So those that were not satisfied with the reasons before are not suddenly going to change their minds when its said yet again.

Regardless, please lets get back to the topic at hand.

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when is mig 29 9.12/9.13 getting R73 and historically inaccurate R27ER being removed

We dont have any current plans for these to receive R-73. Their weaponry already suits their BR.

the 12.7 F16A adf has a better load out at same BR R60mk is far to easy to flare you could be FULL reheat and still flare and The early gen MIG-29 radar is weak to CM so R27R runs off all the time could we see a buff to r60s or somethiing cause your almost defenseless at BR when your R27 is gone
or bare minimum allow R27T1 be carried on seprate pylons from R27 R1/ER

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This isn’t about specific cases, more as in the general train of thought applied to each vehicle. Like a flowchart of possible considerations.

We only have examples of it being applied, but we are missing critical info on what is being applied.

Sorry, wrote before reading the whole thing. I’ll stop now.

We dont buff and nerf missiles if an aircraft is performing good or bad. If there are characteristics of the missiles that dont conform to sources of information, they can be changed.