Sub-tree discussion thread

THEPolishThunder · April 14, 2026, 6:47pm

Sub-tree discussion thread

Update Ixwa Strike where South Africa became the first sub-nation in-game

This thread is dedicated to discussing in-game sub tree’s and fixed home nations (nations that aren’t a sub-tree but are allocated to be housed in a specific nation).

Current nations and their sub tree’s

USA

Sub-Nations

The USA doesn’t currently have any sub tree’s

Germany

Sub-Nations

Switzerland

The Swiss sub-tree currently only has an air branch in the German air tree and arrived in (Update 2.47 Leviathans, June 2025)

Swiss Vehicles

USSR

Sub-Nations

The USSR doesn’t currently have any sub-tree’s

Great Britain

Sub-Nations

South Africa

The South African sub-tree currently has a variety of vehicles spread acros the tech tree, having most vehicles in Ground. Was introduced as the first sub-tree in (Update 2.05 Ixwa Strike, March 2021)

South African Vehicles

Air

JAS39C (Great Britain) | War Thunder Wiki

Ground

Helicopter

Superhind | War Thunder Wiki
Rooivalk Mk1F CSH | War Thunder Wiki

India

India was confirmed as a sub-tree when the Mig-21 Bison arrived in Great Britain tech tree (Update 2.37 Seek & Destroy, June 2024)

Indian vehicles

Air

HF-24 (Great Britain) | War Thunder Wiki
Jaguar IS | War Thunder Wiki
MiG-21 Bison (Great Britain) | War Thunder Wiki

Ground

Vijayanta | War Thunder Wiki
Bhishma TWMP | War Thunder Wiki
Osa-AK (Great Britain) | War Thunder Wiki
Strela-10M (Great Britain) | War Thunder Wiki

Japan

Sub-Nations

Thailand

Thailand was introduced as a sub-tree in (Update 2.43 Storm Warning, December 2024)

Thai Vehicles

Air

Ground

BTR-3E1 | War Thunder Wiki
M60A3 TTS (Japan) | War Thunder Wiki
Stingray (Japan) | War Thunder Wiki
BM Oplot-T | War Thunder Wiki

Indonesia

Indonesia was confirmed to be a sub-tree by Smin shortly after the arrival of the Mi-35 in the Japanese tech tree

Smin Statement

Indonesian Vehicles

Air

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/hawk_209_indonesia

Helicopter

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/mi_35p_indonesia
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/ah_64e_indonesia

Malaysia

Malaysia was introduced as a sub-tree in (Update 2.53 Line of Contact, December 2025)

Malaysian Vehicles

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/mig_29n
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/fa_18d_late_malaysia
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/su_30mkm

China

Sub-Nations

Pakistan

Pakistan was confirmed to be a sub-tree in (Community Update No.8, October 2025)

https://warthunder.com/en/news/9743-development-community-update-no8-responses-and-whats-coming-en?page=3

Pakistani Vehicles

Air

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/a_5c
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/jf_17

Ground

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/cn_t_80ud_478be
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/cn_al_khalid_1
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/cn_oplot_t

Helicopter

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/mi_35m_pakistan

Italy

Sub-Nations

Hungary

Hunary was implmemented as a sub-tree in (Update 2.29 Sons of Attila, September 2023).

Hungarian Vehicles

Air

Ground

Helicopter

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/mi_24d_hungary
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/mi_24v_hungary
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/mi_24p_hungary

France

Sub-Nations

Benelux

Belgium / Netherlands / Luxembourg (BeNeLux) were released as a sub-tree in (Update 2.37 Seek & Destroy, June 2024).

Air

Ground

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/fr_leopard_2a4nl
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/fr_leopard_2a5nl
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/fr_leopard_2a6nl
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/fr_cv_9035_nl
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/fr_leopard_2a4nl_les

Helicopter

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/ah_64d_netherlands
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/ah_64e_netherlands

Sweden

Sub-Nations

Finland

Finland was implemented as a sub-tree in (Update 2.21 fire and Ice, October 2022)

Air

Ground

Norway

Norway was confirmed to be a sub-tree with the addition of it’s mosquitos in (Update 2.49 Tusk Force, September 2025)

Air

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/mosquito_f_mk2_norway
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/mosquito_fb_mk6_norway
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/mosquito_fb_mk6_ash_norway
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/f-5ag_norway
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/f_16a_block_10_norway
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/f_16am_block_20_mlu_norway

Ground

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/sw_leopard_1a5no
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/sw_k9_vidar
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/sw_nasams_fcs
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/sw_nasams_launcher
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/us_nasams_fcs
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/us_nasams_launcher

Israel

Sub-Nations

Greece and Cyprus are currently planned.

Fixed home nations

Fixed home nations are nations that aren’t really sub-tree’s, but have allocated nations to where most of their vehicles are going to be needed and added.

Australia

You can find most of Australia’s vehicles in Great Britain, with the exemption of the M1A1 AIM in the USA.

Vehicles

Air

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/beaufort_mkviii
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/wirraway
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/beaufighter_mk21
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/boomerang_mki
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/boomerang_mkii
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/f_111c_raaf
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/fa_18a_raaf
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/fa_18a_hug_2_raaf
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/fa_18f_block_2_raaf

Ground

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/uk_ac1_sentinel
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/uk_matilda_hedgehog
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/uk_ac4_thunderbolt
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/uk_centurion_mk_5_raac
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/us_m1a1_aim_abrams
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/uk_boxer_crv_block2

Naval

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/uk_destroyer_n_class
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/uk_destroyer_battle_tobruk
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/uk_attack_class_arrow
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/uk_fremantle_class

Canada

Canada can be found split over many tech tree’s, being mainly in the USA and Great Britain, while having 2 vehicles in Germany being the C2A1 and the Leopard 2A4M.

Vehicles

Air

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/spitfire_fr_mk14e
https://static.encyclopedia.warthunder.com/images/cf_188a_canada.png

Ground

Naval

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/uk_flower_class
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/uk_71ft_mtb460
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/uk_destroyer_haida
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/uk_destroyer_restigouche_class_terranova

Romania

Romania’s main home is Italy as it is supposed to house all the minor axis nations, but their vehicles can also be found in Germany and France.

Vehicles

Air

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/bf-109g-2_romania
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/he_112b_2
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/sm_79_iar
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/hs-129b-2_romania
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/sm_79_iar_italy
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/he_112b_1_italy
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/iar_81c
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/iar_93b
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/mig_29_9_12_sniper

Ground

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/it_9a33bm3

Helicopter

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/iar_316b

Denmark

So far Denmark seems to have it’s vehicles housed in Sweden.

Vehicles

Air

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/saab_f35_wdns

Ground

https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/sw_cv_9035_dk
https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/sw_m24_chaffee_dk

Remember to please keep discussions civil and respectful :)

Also if I made any mistakes, please let me know

MAUSWAFFE · April 14, 2026, 6:48pm

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(It will make sense, I promise)

DrunkenLamp · April 14, 2026, 6:56pm

Notice who is missing

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Major_Claymore · April 14, 2026, 6:56pm

an absolute beautiful agreement of mine, to add the lil brothers of each nations or factions alongside the main one for historical purposes.

Miraz05 · April 14, 2026, 7:01pm

AlvisWisla · April 14, 2026, 9:25pm

Cause that’ll be a tech tree.

BeautifulTai_wan · April 14, 2026, 9:25pm

Still annoyed at Gaijin for shoving BeNeLux (actually just more american/German copypasta) into France when they weren’t needed.

And putting the obvious choice for French subtree (a nation that cooperates closely with France for military vehicle development often+has indigenous vehicles that fill a significant capability gap in the tree) with Germany for some ridiculous reason.

AlvisWisla · April 14, 2026, 9:28pm

Most of Benelux are unique vehicles. Of course, this isn’t my take, this is reality; and you’re more than welcome to disagree with reality.
It’s also not about need, it’s about adding cool vehicles.
Germany already had multiple nations available to it.

TB_16 · April 14, 2026, 10:38pm

I find it extremely annoying that almost all of the Canadian stuff is locked behind the premium paywall

StormRyder13 · April 14, 2026, 11:06pm

Same, there are a few that are not, it is, however, mostly boats and SPAA, but the worst case is the CF-188 and 2A4M CAN, both 100+ CAD premium that you can’t use a line-up together despite costing the same.

And some other issues, like a nation getting two of a vehicle it outright rejected without testing.

But it’s painfully being ripped across trees and having 90% of the stuff be premium and event.

Wifi-Soldier98 · April 14, 2026, 11:19pm

USSR has a few options for sub-trees

Iran
North Korea
Czechoslovakia
Serbia
Yugoslavia
Other ex USSR nations.

Gaijin have said a united Korea tree is planned as its own tree and a forum MOD has said Czechoslovakia is not planned. However there are like 7 of their vehicles in the USSR tree already.

Former USSR nations like Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine should just be the default anyway, as the tree is called USSR, not Russia.

Yugoslavia has a lot of options, maybe to much for a sub-tree. It could easily be its own tree. Serbia on its own would be nice, but would probably be included in a Yugoslavia tree. Although I would like to have the T-84SA3 in the tree.

This leaves Iran as the most likely, It would give the USSR a good mix if NATO stuff at he mid tiers and some cool Iran tanks at top tier. Iran was also leaked as the USSR sub-tree at the same time the Swiss was for Germany.