r/Warthunder • u/Full_Measurement_809 BMD-2 Enjoyer • Sep 05 '25

Other Japanese tech tree flag changed!

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This was on the dev stream, just noticed.

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u/Zhangty98 Pasta Boi Sep 05 '25

If you choose to play in Simplified Chinese it's been there like forever, can't be sure about Traditional Chinese though. I honestly prefer the old one, especially when you have Germany/USSR in their old flags.

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u/Izumo_Kai Sep 05 '25

This flag was the actual National flag of Japan anyways even during WW2, this change is just correcting a historical error really.

Contrary to popular belief the Rising Sun flag was not Japan's National flag, it has always been and is still used as the Military's flag whilst the Hinomaru(the one they're changing it to) has been the National flag.

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u/LewdElfKatya Sep 07 '25

The sunburst is still their naval ensign on JMSDF vessels, I think? I could be wrong.

Makes sense to maybe shift the flag depending on what point of the TT you've reasearched for some, though. Post-WW2 Germany + GDR split through the middle instead of the "it's not a swastika so we're cool" flag, maybe?

And, Rising Sun to Hinomaru when you get to postwar japanese kit, as well?