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19 January 2017 Development

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Hi, soldiers!
Welcome to the new Developer Q&A section, in which we’re going to publish our most exciting development plans and explanations about how the game mechanics work. Simply and concisely.

Read more in the Feedback and Developer Answers Compilation sections on our official forum.

Are there going to be Japanese aircraft with 30, 37, and 57 mm armor-piercing shells for destroying vehicles?

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The Japanese aircraft armament present in the game that could possibly fire armor-piercing shells have already received them (the 37mm Type-94 on the Ki-45); Japan’s remaining high-caliber aircraft armament were intended to combat bombers and had no armor-piercing shells (but even if they were present, the ballistic qualities of these guns would not allow effective action against tanks).

Will German aviation receive anti-tank missiles with a HEAT Panzerblitz III warhead capable of penetrating up to 130 mm of tank armor on a normal impact?

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The pzb2 present in the game happens to be capable of penetrating 130 mm of armor on a normal impact.

What about the ZSU-37-2 Yenisei? The Shilka in 8.0 is nowhere near as good; all its competitors surpass it. It’s an anti-air gun for BR 7.0.

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Statistically, in tank arcade battles for example, the ZSU-23-4 is the most effective ground vehicle thanks to its high effectiveness as an anti-air gun. It’s also very effective in RB. And these SPAAGs were introduced not as anti-tank guns, but primarily as a means of combating jet-powered aircraft, a perfect role for them in our opinion. The Yenisei is a possibility, but not in the near future.

Will radio commands have native speaker voice-overs, like crews?

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No, we have no plans for that.

With the addition of Japanese vehicles, the announcement spoke of a branch of heavy tanks, but there isn’t one. Will this branch be expandable or not? Or did it mean a heavy premium tank?

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We are planning to include a premium heavy tank as a counterpart to the T-35 and other similar vehicles in other nations. Certain heavy tanks may appear in the standard branch as well. Those that were at least built to some extent.

Is it possible we will see the Type 87 and Chieftain Sabre or Chieftain Marksman as the top SPAAGs for Japan and Britain to compare to the Gepard, ZSU-23-4 Shilka and M163 Vulcan?

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We will likely add the Type-87 SPAA, in the case of the earlier versions, if we manage to find data on them we will add them.

Will we see the T32E1 and M103A2 added or improvements to the current T32 heavy tank? Currently the in game T32 uses the early prototype hull rather than the improved T23E1 variant.

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We plan to introduce Т32Е1. The М103А2 is also possible.

The War Thunder Team