This always confused me because it, by gajin’s rules, was a perfectly eligible addition and had passed consideration but the C was chosen over it because it was fully built.
I’m just glad it’s possibly still on the table (please don’t be event, please don’t be event).
Yeah it took me years to conjure all them skeletons…
The rules you are referring too are the minimum for a suggestion to be made. The implementation criteria is higher, but we allow suggestions to at least be considered in case there are no other alternatives. In this case, there was however with the F-111C.
Leak?
That is indeed a leak.
I understand there is no current plans likely, but would it sill be possible for the K to appear in game in the future? Or will it be ineligible?
Smin, can you by chance allready say if we will see this patch more MFD Screens/Fixed (Example Eurofighter, Only 1 from 3 MFD is working properly with the T-Pod)
With the C now in game, we have no plans for it.
Smin warning in 3…2…
I’m not sure this means there will be other vehicles than those four, since he did say “as detailed within the community update news”.
So I think for now it’s probably just M163 (hopefully the upgraded TVADS), M60A3 TTS (hopefully either with WERA or TIFCS upgrade), Stingray and the “unknown tank” (Oplot)
He already said it, I just didn’t read far enough
So isn’t there going to be a separate line?
Why not…? 🤨 Thailand has more vehicles to add…
Gaijin being lazy
I guess not with only four vehicles for now. Unless they want to make the saddest line this game has to offer with just these (which would mean three vehicles with the M163 in the SPAA line).
My best guess is that this was part of the leaked “ASEAN” (Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore) subtree from last year, and they just didn’t make any other Thai vehicles because they still have a plan for more. Now after the whole JP/CN controversy I don’t think it’ll be Singapore anymore, they probably just won’t be added in a while and then most likely Israel over either of the more controversial options, but Indonesia would make sense.
Still I think from Gaijins perspective it might have seemed too soon for a second subtree when for others (besides France) there was usually about a year between that and the first. And especially here where I think the second nation would only be added after China got a subtree.
I’d also say this somewhat explains the VT-4 leak, which seems like something they made up to fill the premiums slot that originally was probably a Leopard 2A4 from either Indonesia or Singapore so they could sell something. They probably didn’t really know it’d be so controversial initially.
But all of that is just speculation and a bit of cope, maybe they were just lazy and this has nothing to do with any future plans.
When it confirmed;
Their picks also speak that. M60 and M163 are probably going to be reskins of Chinese TTS and US M163 directly, respectively…
why make new unique vehicles when you can reskin existing vehicles?
I agree with this. But again, Thai vehicles would be scattered in main lines while Indonesian ones would get their own line. It’s again odd…
Either way I hope they don’t restrict Thai VT-4 to premium. When it’s their main MBT.
Probably… Reading too far into Gaijin’s laziness. ☹️
If it’s really just Gaijin being lazy I’m a bit concerned about the Stingray.
The production variant that Thailand uses is at least slightly different from the US based demonstrator, so it’d be sad to see them just be the same.
US demonstrator; Smoke launchers are mounted near the front; There is no machine gun mounted to the roof; 535hp engine
Production tank in Thai service; Smoke launchers are mounted further back near the top of the turret sides; A machine gun is mounted on the roof; 550hp engine
