Updating Names and Flags to match current nations

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I’ve noticed that War Thunder uses nations old flags that no longer exist for 2 nations.

Germany:

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Russia (Formerly Soviet Union):

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I believe this is from when there wasn’t a top tier or other flags weren’t displayed but now that the game has matured I think it’s time to update these to match their present time since they also include top tier vehicles and these nations don’t “exist” anymore.

I’m not an expert historian but, The flag shown appears to be the flag of Nazi Germany (the Third Reich), which was retired in 1945 when Germany was defeated at the end of World War II. It had been in use from 1933 to 1945.

After the war, this flag was abolished by the Allied occupation authorities, and its display remains illegal in Germany and several other countries to this day. I believe War Thunder used an altered non-legal version but looking at the game now it’s definitely time for an update.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) also no longer exists, and as the game has progressed it’s best to update them to their current flags.

Germany:

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Russia:

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I believe this would represent the nations better in todays War Thunder vs old War Thunder that didn’t have top tier.

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You can do this already if you click the little cog wheel next to the autorepair/rearm toggles in the hangar.

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Thank you, I’ll update that this should be the default vs adjusting in the cog wheel.

EDIT: Oh I see now, you need to first own a vehicle than you can change the flag, how weird. Learn something new everyday.

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they did exactly what you said to Japan, in game Japan had a Imperial Navy flag, the Rising Sun Flag. but they only did this to Japan, that’s crazy.

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You should be allowed to choose your Japanese flag

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Nah it fine like this, I like it like this too. We don’t need to change it.

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Technically it being used for the tech tree’s national flag was ahistorical since the rising sun flag was always just the naval ensign and army battle flag, iirc.

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After you change it, it states the primary nation is still USSR. You can at least change the appearance, but I still believe it should default to the real nations of today.

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Thank you for the explanation, but I already knew that - and I don’t remember asking for an explanation. I apologize for making you waste your time explaining this.

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didn’t even notice that you can’t pick the historical Japanese flag or even have a altered version. Maybe it’s cultural with Japan.

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That’s interesting, they kind of… banned the Rising Sun Flag from the game. It rarely appears in some profile pictures or decals, but it can’t be used as the country’s flag. as JuneQT said, you can use the flag in the boats too.

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Don’t act like you don’t understand shit you fully comprehend for no reason, then? Simple enough

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It’s still in the game in the one place it makes sense for it to be, the naval ensign for japanese vessels