I recently compiled a list of higher Tier Armored Cars that Could be added into war thunder, A few examples are:
American M966/M1036 HMMWV TOW
American AN/TWQ-1 Avenger
Russian Kornet-EM
Japanese Chū-MPM
Chinese Hunter-1 SAM System
There are a lot more examples, But with all the choices that we have, all we have in war thunder is the Type 93, AFT09, Antelope, The MEPHISTO and a few others, Not to mention that China has a lot of wheeled SPAA and SPAA in General in real life, but the Chinese SPAA in game are either Gepard copys (SPAA with Gepard guns) or the Tor-M1 which I believe is Russian, But what do you guys think? Do you think armored cars with TOWS would be too overpowered or underpowered? Do you think the game needs a lot more Wheeled SPAA or it’s fine how it is? But I find it weird how not more has been added.
The other day in Poland there was this little Japanese jeep-looking thing that managed to sit behind our spawn the entire match without getting spotted, mark every one of us driving out of spawn completely undiscovered as I watched the replay he got around 1500 mission points from kill assist and one air kill lol
because at the current way they determine BR’s it would just be silly. BTR-60 at 3.7 type silly. So cars would be something they’d probably consider after a decompression. If they were to add them now, they’d either be dead on arrival or too op and now the can of worms is open.
It’s just that armoured cars do not fit well the theme of War Thunder. There are many better additions in the form of light tanks and wheeled tank destroyers. Your definition of “armored car” is quite broad, if you are to include AFT09, MEPHISTO, and Antelope. The first two are purpose-built tank destroyers, and the third is an unarmoured missile SPAA.
The difference between something like the AFT09 and the Humvee is obvious. One is a platform designed uniquely to serve as a tank destroyer (it is very different compared to other variations on the base chassis), and the other is a variation of a universal platform. The Humvee and Kornet-EM are relatively low cost and less specialized compared to other platforms.
And finally, SPAA should be considered a different topic altogether. Given that most modern SPAA are not meant to serve in frontline combat, lack of armour is not important. And based on the addition of Type 93 and Antelope to War Thunder, there is no meaningful barrier to the addition of SPAA cars.