True that there are a limited amount of train’s.
It’d probably be alright if only a few nation’s had them if they were balanced correctly. There’s also copy & paste if every nation need’s one, which would probably be allies and axis.
I wouldn’t mind if WT honestly had BRs technically below 1.0 that had ww1 era tech and included a wide range of stuff from that era like the Mark VI tank, A7V, Renault FT, armored trains, tri-planes/bi-planes, zeppelins, etc
Yes please! Also all the other non-ship WWI stuff we’re still missing. There aren’t even that many tanks to add so that’d be pretty easy, and the planes would be super fun.
I mean, they are machinery of war, but they are far from versatile or have the ability to have combat efficient movement. Think it’s gonna be a no from me. Maybe an AI or two with some guns on them would be funny but mainly a nah from me.
Although an older topic, today I was somehow attracted to military trains
For a start, it would be enough to use some aerial maps.
Of course, for the game environment, the tracks would have to be difficult to destroy or indestructible.
And these types of AI trains could be used for a start…
A train that is in the test on the Ruhr map, standard cars for transporting materials, plus 1-2 wagon bogies with a 3.7 cm Flak 36 anti-aircraft gun superstructure (AA accuracy according to testing), standard locomotive
A train for transporting tanks, 2-3 wagon bogies in a combination of Wirbelwind/Ostwind - 20/37 mm (AA accuracy according to testing), armored locomotive, PzKpfw III/IV tanks (calculated for SL damage/destruction of tanks)
A train for transporting fuel, 3-4 wagon bogies Wirbelwind, (AA accuracy according to testing), armored locomotive
… and then this could be used depending on the situation… combined AI trains, trains for supporting ground units, mobile protection of bases, new stations, etc… maybe player-controlled trains…
Armored trains have been used, and some are still used today, by over 20 countries…
Perhaps a train carrying a mobile anti-aircraft missile system could also be used as active defense for the train…
There are many possibilities…
Also randomly thought of this but, How would you guys feel if the train cars themselves were customizable. Like making each car have its own separate cost to spawn in the different types like cargo, personnel, aa, at, mortar.