I’ve seen Hogan’s Heroes, this is clearly a Tiger Tank :P
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Please no.
I wouldnt mind the spitfire/Bf109 hybrid because thats at least unique but theres no need to further erode what little uniqueness remains between TTs.
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Please no for the sim IFF issues.
Especially at such a low BR, you have nothing stopping you from getting all WW-2 relevant (domestic producing) nations to rank 4 to unlock all tanks and fighters within a few months’ at best.
And on top of it, the usual argument kind of fails given the overall very competitive vehicles and variety germany already has access to at WW2 brackets.
If you wish for more german vehicles, advocate for the local modifications for certain tanks and experimental aircraft designs and modifications - like the Bf109 Z is an excellent (re)addition.
Like, there’s a bunch of Stugs that could fill BR gaps from their modifications
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do the upgunned french tanks count?
for me captured vehicles should only be added if they have been modified by their captors
psss maybe we could slip an romanian R35 upgunned with a russian 45mil for Italy
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Messerspit would be cool, otherwise only unique ones
must have
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Sim battles are going to look much funner 😏
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British main, which failed to grab ‘ANY’ of the captured vehicles, just passing by :P
IF german needs to get more captured vehicles, and if we just ignore the C&P and IFF problem for just arguing’s sake.
I am sure there are other nations which need to be prioritised to grab their ‘captured vehicles’ more than the biggest 3 nations. (USA/USSR/GER)
…Personally, with some joke, I don’t care about German grabs captured firefly if you guys let us use your vehicles first to stop suffering from those solid AP hell.
Imho the game is already ruined - so as long as gaijin thinks they earn even more money they will add anything - whatever it takes.
If we have a common understanding that the underlying reasons for having the same tanks (like Shermans) or aircraft (like the P-51 Cs) amongst multiple nations is to create business opportunities for gaijin (direct or indirect) whilst keeping their BRs low if played by a big 3 nation like the US the question addressed by the OP looks quite reasonable.
The main reason why you don’t see undertiered props (exception captured Yak-1B, 109 F-2 and Ta 152 H-1 - the 288 is no decisive aircraft) in the German TT is that US & USSR pilots are even worse (lack of experience and subsequent applicable skill) than the German tankers/pilots and thx to the iconic German tanks they will get researched (or bought if premium) in any case - no matter how they perform.
Regarding the “Messerspit”: The inverted DB engine is totally ruining the appearance of the Spitfire air frame - looks even worse than the Buchons (Spanish 109s with Merlin engines).
I sincerely hope soon enough, there are alot of cool weaponry that Germany could recieve from captured equipment. Although I think Germany has the largest amount of captured vehicles.
I expect at some point other nations get their fair share of the cake aswell, however most of them don’t present a improvement or any major changes far from what I know.
Footage for context:
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Or you know, give us actually German vehicles! still waiting for the Hummel!
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Ah, Messerspit… When I first saw it, I thought it was another wargaming fantasy because it was way too ugly. :P
If it gets introduced in the game, will it have a lower BR than the regular Spitfire VB with Merlin?
Or higher?
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The IS-2 (1943) numbered ‘506’ by Germans, captured and used to studies only, far from what I know it never returned to the front.
This vehicle is in form of a user-generated content camouflage for the IS-2 “Kummersdorf firing range” which I doubt would ever come to Germany tech tree.
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Only the modified tanks and vehicles like the Kv-1, T-34, Garford and MK 4 in the German tree are.
So many premiums vehicles, fancy
PLS, no more copy paste, a little bit, fine, but a lot more, no, no NO
Although I don’t play sim, I think unless a vehicle is modified to the point of looking very different (like the lvt with a zis gun), I agree captured vehicles shouldn’t be allowed in sim battles.
Gajin where’s the Stug 4?
Seriously where is it?
It’s been promised years ago, where did it go?
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If i would be able to answer such or similar questions - I would have made enough money to become a major shareholder within the Gaijin group and would refuse to answer 😂
Same thing with the VK 30.02, T-V, Dauphine, Tank No. 6, & Kungstiger yet they still managed to conveniently magic their way into this game…
Forget about the Stug IV for a second & ask gaijin where the hell is a proper (non-early rarity) example of the StuG III G (& StuH 42 & Brummbär) for the Germans & Finnish?:
Higher obviously because the engine is German (gaijin logic) or the DB engine noticably improved the performance of the aircraft (actual logic)
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