The Fake Tanks of War Thunder

While Gaijin prides itself on the historical accuracy of War Thunder, there are plenty of vehicles with questionable authenticity, with some being downright fictional. In this video, we'll talk about some of War Thunder’s most inaccurate, paper, and incorrectly modeled tanks, and explain how they ended up in the game in the first place. Big thanks to TheHumanOddity on Reddit, some of the vehicles in the video were from their list:   / the_human_oddity   • Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/d9QGse4Mzy ─── TIMESTAMPS ─── 0:00 Intro 0:13 M1 KVT (Krasnovian Variant Tank) 2:02 E-100 4:47 Lago I 6:10 Ho-Ri Production & Prototype 11:01 T-34/76 (China) 11:59 M36 (China) 12:57 M36 (Japan) 13:47 Panther II 15:40 Outro ─── SOURCES ─── M1 KVT [1.1] By Bobak Ha'Eri - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... [1.2] By Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994 - This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures as part of a cooperation project [1.3] By Service Depicted: ArmyCamera Operator: JEFF MELLODY - ID:DA-SC-94-01692, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... [1.4] https://forum.warthunder.com/index.ph... E-100 [2.1] Unknown [2.2] Unknown [2.3] By File:Maus 2025.jpg: DokiDottoderivative work: Georgfotoart - This file was derived from: Maus 2025.jpg:, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... [2.4] The Armored Patrol - https://thearmoredpatrol.com/2023/11/... [2.6] Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, Bildarchiv, hoff-23228 / Heinrich Hoffmann [2.7] By Spivet87 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... [2.8] "E 100" by Maksim Posonskiy: https://wot_art.artstation.com/projects/36aVD [2.9] By Unknown British soldier, 1945 - unknown for this file. Photograph is well-known and appears in many references for the subject., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... [2.10] - By Rbaal at en.wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia by SreeBot, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Lago I [3.1] https://fromtheswedisharchives.wordpr... [3.2] https://wiki.warthunder.com/559-histo... https://forum.warthunder.com/t/lago-1... Ho-Ri [4.1] Illustration based on postwar reconstructions by Imperial Japanese Army researchers, as published in Tomio Hara, Akira Takeuchi, and Denji Eimori, Nihon no Sensha (Japanese Tanks and Armoured Vehicles), 1960s–1970s editions [4.2] By Imperial Japanese Army - Tomio Hara, Akira Takeuchi "Nihon no sensha (Japanese tanks)" p. 165, Shuppan Kyodosha, 1978., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... [4.3] https://sensha-manual.blogspot.com/20... [4.4] https://web.archive.org/web/201712040... [4.5] Imperial Japanese Army Ordnance Bureau, “兵器生産計画表” (Weapons Production Plan Table), November 1945 (Showa 20) [4.7]   / which_is_a_true_paper_tank_never_used_mock...   [4.8]   / hori_if_it_was_based_on_its_own_actual   Chinese T-34/76 [5.1] Unknown [5.2] Unknown Tank Encyclopedia article: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/cold_w... Chinese M36 [6.1] By Morio - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... [6.2] By 玄史生 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Japanese M36 [7.1] Unknown Panther II [8.1] By Schierbecker - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... [8.2] Thomas L. Jentz & Hilary L. Doyle, Panzer Tracts No. 5-4: Panzerkampfwagen Panther II & Ausführung F (Panzer Tracts / Panzerwrecks) [8.3] By Mightyhansa - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... [8.4] By Thomas Vogt from Paderborn, Deutschland - Panzer V Panther, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... ─── SONGS USED ─── In order: • Perpetuum Mobile, Pt. 2 - War Thunder Soundtrack • Perpetuum Mobile, Pt. 3 - War Thunder Soundtrack • Behind the Enemy Lines - War Thunder Soundtrack • Before Sunrise - War Thunder Soundtrack • On the March - War Thunder Soundtrack ───────────── Thanks for checking out the description :)