Not to mention the T-84 Oplot MBT.
Grippen and CAS don’t belong together, mate.
Well, at least much better CAS than what JASDF aircrafts could give
This is Japan we are talking about, the country that uses 20kg bombs as CAS. Or was it 60kg? One of the two. If you’re using Japan and expecting CAS… oh boy, you should pick a different country.
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where bombers mostly have 1 800kg bomb (it was pain full to grind that shit)
Then, what would you expect of Korea gives to Japan, while Thailand can’t? With Gripen and F-16 of Thailand, its not much different of Korea could give. ROKAF doesn’t have Hammer of Kh-38
adding thailand was an excuse to not add the real F-16J
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Because Korea uses tanks that are actually indigenously designed, and not just M48 and M60 tanks. Southern Korea makes their own equipment for the most part, and would give Japan more of a top tier than a Type 90 and TKX. Northern Korea offers Japan armour, something the Japanese does not have.
Just the K2
The K1 was derived from the XM-1
Still better than a M48 and M60.
Well, and useful to Japanese tech tree?
Don’t think so as they quite overlapped with Type 10.
Also Thai uses Stingray, which is not M48 or M60, and good firepower 105 mm tracked-light tank that Japan doesn’t have.
So you just want to jump from numerous M48 that Korea has and only jumps to K1 and k2?
Never will be happened, you will met even more bunch of M48 than what Thailands has.
This thread is devolving quick.
A Korea should be its own TT.
B The Israeli TT really isn’t controversial
C Thai air C&P helps round out the holes in the Japanese air TT quite well.
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The OP thread was already stale. Not a surprise that we face devolving.
Again, southern Korea offers more to the Japanese tech tree. K1 is a uniquely built M1 Abrams, and yes, there will be the usual M48 and M60, but the difference is that southern Korea has more than just that. Just look up “military equipment of Thailand” and their tanks are just the Oblot from Ukraine, M60, and M48. Look up military equipment of South Korea, and you get K1, K2, K2000, K21, and more.
And why should Korea into be game when Korea should not be with Japan, and Thailand could give the least what Japan needed?
I once wrote in this forum that Weraboos underestimate what things will happen if Korean equipment is on Japan tree. It will not only end with forum’s fight.
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Thailand offers Japan nothing, that’s the point.
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That is blatantly wrong.
So tracked light tank, least amount of modern CAS , and possible coastal boat above 3.7+ that all indigenous Japan cannot give is ‘nothing’? Then, what is the ‘thing’ you mean?
And why exactly do all these post-WW2 and modern day indigenous designed Korean vehicles have any reason to be in the Japanese tech tree after a forced co-op that happened 115 years ago?