I clearly can see a precedent.
It’s a bend of their own rules just to bend their own rules.
Reads as a logical problem:
Does ru need anything better? ----> No
Do they already have something functional and kinda same? —> Yes
Does any other nation has the same/equivalent thing? -----> No
Will it negatively affect CAS/Ground balance? -----> Yes
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If all above answers were reversed - It would be FINE to add something with the same level of fakeness as KH-38MT. Otherwise it’s not.
At this point I am more interested if anyone is still looking for evidence. I spent a few hours a day for the first week before I came to my own conclusion. Now I am only checking in here to see if any new developments come out of it.
I did some research using RU search engines and Cyrillic to get 100% Russian sources, and all I found were media sites and blogs that all point towards the gun expos and the .ru government site that lists the weapon specs (same as the OP) but that’s about it.
Literally only because it’s Russian. They aren’t duped either, they WILLINGLY choose to take such things as fact and implement them that way for Russia’s benefit in-game. It’s disgraceful behavior from them.
Incorrect. The hull was laid down, and they had some other components made. It was more like 50 ish percent done.
Its armament was set in stone etc etc. just needed more time, but then it was cancelled due to bombing the facility if I recall, so the scrapped it for T-34s and such.
Queue times without the minor nation fleets would be terrible tho