And war thunder does proud itself as a comprehensive simulator with getting as near to realism as possible in such a game. They removed fake tanks and vehicles specialy for this reason.
Exactly for this reason they often name sources in bug fixes as well.
They ask for primary sources or multiple secondary sources for changes.
In situations like this yes they need to answer and follow their own guidelines.
Gajin had russian favouritsm accusations more then once, things like this will hurt them
in that case remove it from the game until proven otherwise,
it likely might be added completly wrong and doesnt actualy have the ability to track vehicles for all we know
The only time I’ve seen this be true is with the US team. As they pay the most into premiums. They get preferable brs for the premiums, and have superb tanks that just haven’t moved in years!