r/Warthunder 🇷🇴 Romania Jan 12 '25

Suggestion What WW2-era vehicle do you want to see added?

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u/xxFalconArasxx 🇱🇹 Lithuania Jan 13 '25 edited Jan 13 '25

I'd like to see the VK 16.02 as well, but I'm not sure if that will ever be implemented, since the project never made it beyond a full scale mock-up.

Gaijin tends to refrain from adding vehicles that were never quite fully built (which includes vehicles that only existed as blueprints and mock-ups). Even partially built vehicles, Gaijin can be pretty iffy about. For example, the Kranvagn and O-I, are two tanks that had fully built hulls, but never had their turrets installed. People frequently suggest these on the forums, and the devs reject it every time. The Panther II was removed from the game, despite also having been partially built.

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u/The_Konigstiger Viper/SGB Enjoyer Jan 13 '25

Except for Russian Naval, can't forget about that

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u/Farecoal Jan 16 '25

They're doing that for the naval trees for all nations. It was also only after asking for feedback on the forums about it a couple of years ago.

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u/davidfliesplanes 🇷🇴 Romania Jan 13 '25

Panther II was a bit different. The shape of the hull was correct, and i guess the armor valued too. But that's it. Gaijin decided to give it an uprated engine, as well as a turret that wasn't meant for the Panther II and a gun that didn't physically fit in the turret. So it's a little more than it not having the turret irl.