Exchange the ROC and Thai TT will solve the problem, the Taiwan M1 and others western equipment stay in Japan while the PRC TT get the Thai VT-4. Problem solved.
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Honestly I don’t think that’s a good idea.
Thailand also heavily relies on western equipment, with Chinese equipment being only a small part of what they have. Their relation to China is also mainly transactional, which shows best with China more extensively supporting Cambodia in the current conflict, simply because they have more significant financial ties.
This is not more relation than Thailand has with Japan, since they had a former military alliance and Thailand used a lot of Japanese equipment, including the only armed combat aircraft exported after WWII, the FB-25 Defender.
Sure, there is a connection between China and Thailand, but I don’t think it’s strong enough to justify moving an established subtree, something that would set a very bad precedent for the rest of the game.
Meanwhile ROC is the Republic of China, and the internationally recognized Chinese government until 1971, which is a significant part of the games timeframe. They also contribute about half of the entire techtrees content, mainly centered at the earlier tiers where there just isn’t enough Thai options to replace them, and especially Gaijin has only made a single Thai vehicle for, the SB2C-5.
I’d also say there’s no problem with a Chinese nation in the Chinese tree, so it seems a bit arbitrary to move it. This seems like an East / West Germany or North / South Korea situation, and should be treated the same way.
That said, this also means we need the ROC as a techtree customization option, just like we see with Germany in game.
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Thanks for you opinion, I would like to see a T-84-120 which is an Oplot with a leclerc type autoloader.
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They also had Drozd-1 APS
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that stuff is old news now. Drozd-1 APS was so raw it was mooing.
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still a little different than the base line T80UD tho
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Wow, it’s active again
Still waiting for the Thai Vt4 hopefully will see it in the next Major update.
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I still don’t get up till this point why everyone hopes to be tortured. It literally is a worse al khalid at a much higher BR.
If it’s just to prove a point then fine, but wouldn’t that add to the pain of grinding another vehicle?
I’m more excited about FY-2 ERA mounted to the Thai FV101 than the VT-4 itself. It’s just the more exciting domestic modification the same way that the M60A3 TIFCS (or just a TTS with WERA) would’ve been way more interesting than the TTS we got.
I wouldn’t mind the VT-4 and still hope to see it eventually, but before then there’s more interesting Thai vehicles to add.
For me, its parity. If the VT-4 won’t come because “its torture”, then you can make that point for other Thai vehicles or vehicles of another nation. Thailand owns and operates the VT-4 regularly, so it should come. It’d also be a slightly different version to the current Chines VT-4s.
Also the VT-4 is cool. its not a top priority for me but Thailand operates many of them, so it should come.
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It isn’t torture if people know how to play it. For me, I just like collecting vehicles.
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It is the same is it not? Complete with the FY-2s
I know there’s like a very small difference (Prototype vs Production) but I can’t remember
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Oh well, shame the VT-4 has to be like this just because the Thai only opt for the absolute cheapest option, not that they need anything more against cambodians to be fair
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It’s mostly visual things compared to the Norinco Demonstrator in game. Small things like the steps in the sideskirts being placed different or it lacking the flat plates on the side stowage racks for the Norinco ad.
There could also be the functional difference that Thailand uses BTA4 instead of DTC10-125, but this is Gaijin and they might just not do that.
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So just to prove a point, which is fine, just saying it might come as a pain to grind, considering it will come before the T-84.
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In a way. I also just like how the Thai army has both Western and Eastern tech. The VT-4 is a cool tank, even if it sucks.
I mean, there is nothing before it other than the 9.3 Stingray. I’d like more to be there anyways.
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Dang bro are we still yapping about this in the big 2026. Juat add the damn vehicle to the tech tree smh. Id buy it
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I’m wondering when we are actually going to see the Thai VT-4 and VN-1C.
Since China can get an Abrams, Thailand should be able to get their bought and modified vehicles.
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