Ho-Ri has become a symbol of JP Tech tree. Happy to see the more reasonable one appears in game.
Gaijin’s actual standards are “whatever we feel like” these days
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RIP to the creator of that site.
It says as much here. This is not news and has been the case since 2013. Even then these guidelines change and aren’t fixed, same as what Gaijin considered what fits in-game.
If a suggestion was passed in the past, this does not always mean it’s still relevant today.
For a while a fixed armament could be argued to be a guy with a Javelin on top of armored car.

This is not allowed today because its not a real fixed armament. (with infantry I hope to see Komatsu LAV)
So yes true on the changing rules and relevancy does change.
pls with iraq paint job

Apparently this is why Iraq has so many manga books. USA give out chocolate Japan peace keeper give out $150 manga used collection for free. FYI I just realized this could be a cool decal for Japan the Japan in Arabic.)
I’m totally fine with paper/unfinished vehicles being introduced to War Thunder if:
- We have a good amount of drawings that allow us to model the vehicle with reasonable accuracy, rather than it being guesswork.
Ironically, the Ostwind II introduced by Gaijin is total guesswork. We have an existing drawing for the Ho-Ri.
- A unique part of it was built, and/or its performance can be reasonably presumed based on some sort of testing, or real-world performance if it was derived from an existing vehicle.
For example, in the case of the Ho-Ri, it uses an engine for which we know its performance. Additionally, the most unique part of it, the gun, was built and tested.
- It was actually intended to be built.
In my opinion, design projects like the H-44 battleship shouldn’t be in War Thunder. The Ho-Ri was planned to be produced as evidenced by the production plans.
I see no reason why vehicles like the Ho-Ri can’t come to War Thunder, especially as we get increasingly modern vehicles. In all honesty, the performance of advanced composite armor in MBTs and the RCS of fifth-generation fighters is going to be more guesswork than anything substantiated in War Thunder.
In 1943, Japan should have been fighting in the Northeast region of China, and the Republic of China’s army should not have needed such light tanks. Were they really produced?
If you’re talking about the Ho-Ri, the gun was built and tested. Steel plates were produced, and it utilized a modified Chi-Ri chassis
Thank you very much
Rules basically are unique parts built which the Ho-Ri II was. As long as enough data is given (a shape) then it can be proposed and added issue being with stuff like O-I which all we have is track link and little data. This has to much guess work as cast metal track link could be fake.
Ships can be blueprint because naval architecture half the battle is the math no second chance! or you end up like the Vasa!