"When a user publishes a classified document at the official forum of War Thunder, we delete it as soon as possible.
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"We use only documents that are non-classified when we work on our game," Gaijin Entertainment explained in an email. Unfortunately for the dedicated War Thunder player in question, their efforts to make the Challenger 2 a tougher tank were for naught: The documents posted may have been accurate, but because they're classified, they're not acceptable as "valid source material" and so no changes will be made.
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Maybe best of all, though, it seems that while sharing classified MoD documents in the War Thunder forums might be a violation of the Official Secrets Act, is it apparently not a bannable offense: The account that posted the images is still valid and, by all appearances, in good standing. This is also apparently not the first time something like this has happened: In its initial response to the post, community manager Smin1080p wrote, "Last time such a document was shared that was claimed to be 'unclassified' it was in fact still classified and was confirmed that it should never have been shared." How many times have people shared classified military secrets in the War Thunder forums? For one thing, it all started over a dispute in the size of the gap between the main turret structure and hull-a minute detail, you might think, but one that this guy takes very seriously. It's also possible that this isn't a nefarious act of treason in pursuit of a better videogame experience, but simply an error in declassification.īut even if it was an honest mistake, the entire incident is fascinating. It's not known yet whether the player in question is actually a tank commander, or a member of the UK military at all, although as the UK Defense Journal notes, their claimed location of Tidworth, Wiltshire is the home of the Royal Tank Regiment, which operates Challenger 2s. Gaijin, understandably, reacted with extreme caution, saying that "proof of this document's declassification will be required as well as where it was sourced from" before any action based upon it could be taken.
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The player, who claims to be a real-life Challenger 2 tank commander and former member of the British Army's Armored Trials and Development Unit, complained that War Thunder's in-game model is significantly off the mark in ways that leave it much more vulnerable to enemy fire than it is in the real world-and then to prove the point, they posted classified images from the Challenger 2 Army Equipment Support Publication, which is basically the tank's user manual.Īccording to the UK Defense Journal, the images were heavily redacted and carried "UK Restricted" labels, but those were crossed out and a stamp of "Unclassified" was added. Things got out of hand earlier this week, however, when one player demonstrated a little too much commitment to realism. The rollout of the Challenger 2 tank in 2019, for instance, sparked this thread, 319 pages long and still growing. There's a fair commitment to accuracy in the game: The "Simulator Battle" mode goes all-out on realistic vehicle and weapon physics, and players partake in spirited, granular discussions about its hardware in the War Thunder forums.