Found a new Swedish super heavy tank, I hope this one will be eligible for suggestion, after all, we have evidence that it existed (although in a weird language for some reason) and Sweden is in a dire need of a tech tree heavy…
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We’ll see this before the actual O-I
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@コタリ does make a point, a good one. The Ostwind II barely has any information at all to prove that it existed in the first place. Perhaps making an article that explains why vehicles such as the O-I cannot be added at the moment but vehicles such as the Ostwind II can.
Is this down to the fact that it was more of a necessity since the Germans lacked Anti Air in that department or what was it exactly?
The cause has been a question that has never been answered for almost a full decade, 8 years to be exact since the first suggestion was back in 2017 when the MI-To was passed for consideration. But this question has been lingering since before 2016.
Looking at something you said a bit earlier that I didn’t read until now, has that developer read any of the new information that is being provided now cause you may just be doing your job but you got a massive community who want the damn thing added getting rather annoyed that us who play Japanese ground who do not care for modern get absolutely nothing almost every update. It is either 1 vehicle for ground, 0, or some copy and paste that Japan did have.
It’s simply tiring especially since people put a lot of effort into finding the information even with language barriers are still willing to go out of their way and make a suggestion for it, only for it to only ever get passed for consideration 15 updates later while the rest are stuck in limbo. Other nations are prioritized due to them having a larger player base which is only because they have a larger number of options and play styles since other nations are limited on how you run them.
Partially a rant so I highly apologize for that but it’s just getting very tiring and knowing we get very little in return which we are thankful for but still wish Japan got more of a focus for once. Compared to other nations. Anyway with that I apologize for it being super long.
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Track links go on tanks, and wouldn’t be made if there wasn’t a tank to use them on.
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Tracks are almost always made as the last thing. since you would have the tracks placed on the ground and have the roller wheels roll onto them. However, this is usually done on very smooth ground so the rollers don’t get damaged in any meaningful ways.
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Very rare photos of the O-I superheavy tank during deployment in Manchuria. If this isn’t definitive proof, I don’t know what is!
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If films and you know replicas know that it existed. Gaijin really can’t make any excuses and it just seems like they make excuses cause they don’t want another Maus situation even though, their gonna be in another one since the pot is starting to boil over. But i digress love the pictures.
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I have had my own unpleasant expereince with Exocetta before, a real forum dweller lol. I could be wrong but i feels like he spends more time on the forum than on the actual game ;)
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Not just planned it was built theres a picture of it aswell I’ve seen it in a american intel report it but it only had a prop engine and no armament there was however amament planned but it would most likely have been wing mounted
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And that one track link would be the sacred foundational relic xD.
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So many experts on what should be in-game and what not.
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Projection. You’re the one who personally attacked me.
Your profile icon is appropriate.
I mean, rudeness aside, he has a point in that you asked for proof and got proof, but didn’t accept it.
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You don’t need to be an expert to see that Japan doesn’t possess a single rank III+ heavy tank besides the rare event Tiger to grind tasks with.
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As the mod explained your proof isn’t proof.
I’m not worried about your man feelers.
The mod explained that the current dev opinion is that it lacks sources to be in game. This can mean many things, not just that they think it isn’t real, but perhaps that they are missing information to model it.
Not just that, but being a dev statement, it is not some historian denying it or even some hobby researcher. There is no guarantee that whoever stated this, or even any dev for that matter researched the vehicle extensively and read all available sources, especially since for most devs they are in a foreign language.
Anyways, I’d rather believe historians than video game developers on historical matters.
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By “devs” this includes the historians that they have that do research.
To reiterate;
The only “evidence” of this are a couple of vague pieces of paper and some drawings that my 12 year old could have made. There is a single track link that may or may not have been for a tank, since Japan also had heavy industry and ship building, and endless track is used for more than just tanks.
There is no provenance for these artifacts. In fact most of them are only traced back to the '70s. They have no historical value at all.
By “devs” it means either whoever Smin asked about it or the latest public statement. It is unknown who exactly this is. However, even assuming this includes Gaijins historical consultants, those do not do research on Japan. The last Japanese consultant quit years ago and since then historical research on Japanese technology has been done almost exlusively through DMM, the provider for War Thunder in Japan.
And once again, even if it was spoken through with DMMs historians, “Not enough information” does not mean it doesn’t exist. One possibility for example would be that it is an issue that detailed blueprints are still privately owned by the company FineMolds, which might mean Gaijin lacks the material to model it accurately at this time.
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Well you go find that information that does not exist and we can have this conversation again.
And no, any drawings that a plastic model company made do not count either.
I doubt it. For a Jet bomber, would make sense that they didn’t put it wing-mounted.