yeah this is a weird quirk of the confluence of the high-enthusiasm audiences of military theme, realism, and high level of historical accuracy that War Thunder has always been known for. when modern tanks started coming out where they still had classified aspects, people were kind of shocked that Gaijin would lower their traditionally high level of accuracy, but the absolute diehards (of which there are plenty) were PISSED. so while it's dismaying to see, exactly this kind of game draws on the most dedicated impulses of players with any interest in the military.<br><br>i've seen this effect myself- though i'm normally a totally passive person online, i've actually done research for suggestion to add a bunch of ships to War Thunder- and it's payed off. validation from a game like this in seeing vehicles you put hours or days of research into suggesting is the greatest feeling ever.