Gaijin, upon release of the title update “Fire and Ice” brought about the addition of the TOR-M1, a Russian SPAA platform that is used as a mainstay SPAA within the RuAF, and has proved successful as an export platform to countries like CN.
So who got this SPAA?
China did…
And within the Dev Stream for said update EN streamer MikeGoesBoom stated the following:
“The Tor M1 was originally a Sam launcher designed by the USSR, and you can expect to see this vehicle coming to the USSR in the future, just maybe not in this update.”
It has been 1 year and 9 months now, and the USSR has not received this vehicle, and at this point it will be DOA.
I don’t feel like it being DOA is a valid excuse not to add it, though.
Even though the Pantsir is an extremely good SPAA (or grossly overpowered combined with other aspects, as some would say,) the opportunity to add a unique vehicle with launch capabilities seen not in any other vehicle in game remains there. Some players, including me, who care more about having fun and not getting kill after kill would enjoy using this vehicle as opposed to the Magic Schoolbus we have now.
I am not just posting this as me complaining and whining; I am posting this because I am curious as to what other people think about this.
They’ll likely get TOR-M1/2 when they’re ready to upgrade all tech tree SPAAs, so they have an improvement over Pantsir rather than the sidegrade that is TOR-M1.
I never said it was OP; I am saying it is extremely good compared to other SPAA and it would’ve been more balanced to have something such as the TOR-M1 when it was added to CN Instead of it.
let me tell you why they didnt get it, the pantsir is better with insane range. they OFCOURSE gave IT to russia instead of the Tor, because russia always seems to need the best stuff of everything…
I wouldn’t be surprised if Gaijin just straight up forgot about the TOR, especially with them adding the Strela and Pantsir in the subsequent updates
Would be nice to see it in the RU tree as well
@Apex47209
Then you should have no problem using a Pantsir to frag me in a custom match correct?
Out of all the matches I’ve played CAS, the two times I died to a Pantsir I was a drone, and I intentionally ran low altitude so I could die and get into a tank again.
I’ve fragged over 10 Pantsirs at this stage, usually I don’t target them since they’re harmless.
They should not have added this to China, They have their own domestic SPAA similar to this, Russia shouldve gotten this instead of the pantsir because this is closer to Nato SPAA than pantsir
If I’m not wrong there was someone (I don’t remember if was in this or in the old forums or any other sort of media) mentioning a possibility addition of specifically Tor-M2 to the game.
Can’t be a good vehicle but surely is cool enough. Aesthetic > Capability
