And they reguarly change their standards on what is and is not an acceptable document for a given change, often at times when it lets them ignore a sudden new piece of evidence on somthing. They've also been known to have vehicles come out that have fundamentally broken mechanics that range from works poorly to doesn't work at all, (recent video below of the former).
It's not that the community is hellbent on accuracy, it's that the devs will go "it's not supported by any documents so we won t make any changes", combined with a tendency to engage is some seriously silly stuff when they stat up vehicles, it's fairly common where publicity available documentation exists to find numerous errors, and some stats, (any form of composite armour is a major offender), have vastly lower values on tanks for which they don't have data than for one for which they do have data. I doubt this is the last time this will happen as the community really seems hellbent on accuracy, but only time will tell. It seems, yet again, that Murphy's Law is REALLY REALLY effective at getting people to prove you wrong, no matter what country or region you're from. Publishing classified information on any vehicle of any nation at War Thunder forums is clearly prohibited, and the game developers never use it in their work.” Gaijin Entertainment banned the user, telling Kotaku that, “Our community managers immediately banned the user and deleted his post, as the information on this particular shell is still classified in China.
#War thunder leaks classified manuals#
from someone with access to the latest technical manuals from China’s People’s Liberation Army, occurred because a user wanted the game’s Chinese battle tanks to have better in-game stats. Presumably, this was in an effort to prove that the game had gotten details wrong about the tank. A few months later, there was a second leak, this time because it was extremely important to someone out there that the French LeClerc Main Battle Tank have a more accurate depiction in a video game where people wage simulated war. uploaded some documents to the War Thunder forums detailing the technical specifications of Britain’s Challenger 2 tank. involves information in Mandarin on the penetrator section of a Chinese tank round along with a technical diagram. This isn’t the first time these forums have become an outlet for technical leaks. leaking classified military documents to make sure that their tank video game more accurately conforms with reality. The latest incident. in an effort to win arguments with complete strangers online. Now there is another instance of someone. War Thunder are so passionate about the game that they’ve taken to sharing actual classified schematics. Header image: courtesy of Alex Beltyukov, CC-BY-3.0 License.Fans of. It seems that the question which remains is not if but when will it happen again?. Some of the well-known cases are the leak of Challenger 2 turret’s traverse rate in 2021, along with the leak of the Chinese DTC10-125 tungsten penetrator round in June 2022. The extent of classified data being shared is startling to say the least. In recent years various users have shared classified and restricted data on combat vehicles, munitions, and other planes.
While the sensitive information may have been dated the forum’s moderators quickly hid the post citing a breach of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
The same week also saw documents regarding the F-16A and the Aim-120 AMRAAM innocently shared by user “SpaceNavy90”.
#War thunder leaks classified archive#
Both posts were subsequently deleted by the War Thunder forum moderation team, yet they can be found through internet archive tools. The user shared information regarding the MiG-29’s radar properties, claiming the source as a declassified MiG-29 manual. The second leak regarding the MiG-29 and its armament capabilities was published by user ZVO_12_INCH. Besides that, additional information was shared regarding the Su-57 airframe. According to various comments, the Su-57 “stealth” capabilities that rely on the plane’s radar cross-section are inferior to those of the US aircraft. A document regarding the radar cross-section of the Sukhoi Su-57 multirole jet, the Russian response to the US 5th generation F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, was published. The leak occurred between 19-22 January, on the official War Thunder forum. As always in such a situation, the urge to win an online argument wins over common sense and results in the release of classified documents – simply to prove a point. The “sekrit dokuments” meme which has grown from multiple leaks of classified and confidential documents on the forums of the well-known War Thunder multiplayer game has once again lived up to its name.
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