Tank Crew? (For Korea)

[Nickkyboy99]

I would really love to see a TC for the Korean War!

Tanks such as the M24 Chaffee, M26 Pershing, T-34/85, IS-2, etc., are popular and would sell.

[CountZero]

44 minutes ago, Nickkyboy99 said:

I would really love to see a TC for the Korean War!

Tanks such as the M24 Chaffee, M26 Pershing, T-34/85, IS-2, etc., are popular and would sell.

more then Tiger and Panther ? think no, if that failed, you dont even need to bather trying more 

[Nickkyboy99]

3 hours ago, CountZero said:

more then Tiger and Panther ? think no, if that failed, you dont even need to bather trying more 

It wasn't a failure though, I remember Jason saying it did well in terms of sales. Also, the Stug and Churchill wouldn't have been made if it failed

Edited June 25, 2024 by Nickkyboy99

[Trooper117]

Never going to happen... tank crew, no plans for more on the GB side despite it's fans continually asking. I doubt they will go down that route with Korea.

[Avimimus]

Actually - I've been thinking about this. If the map does have four times the detail, then it is already exceeding the standards required for Tank Crew. The addition of a couple of tanks might not be that hard.

[BlitzPig_EL]

T-34/85, Pershing, Centurion, and a 76mm late Sherman are all you would need.

[=621=Samikatz]

If we're apparently going to get walking around as a pilot some (maybe lower fidelity?) ground vehicles could make for interesting experiences. Being able to run over and use anti air vehicles could make for some fun operations when your airfield is under fire. Probably not realistic, but probably a lot of fun

[migmadmarine]

59 minutes ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

T-34/85, Pershing, Centurion, and a 76mm late Sherman are all you would need.

IS-2 and ISU-152 as well were used by the Chinese I believe as well. US had M24s in theater as well, and the marines had their M4A3 HVSS POA-CWS-H5 which would be nuts to use. 75 or 105mm armed sherman with a co-ax flamethrower

 

 

 

 

Edited June 26, 2024 by migmadmarine

[MajorMagee]

We would need the Meat Chopper as well...

 

 

We developed a Korean War version of Panzer Elite back in the day, and the M16 was one of the most fun vehicles to man against both air and ground targets.

 

Service To The Line,

On The Line,

On Time!

Edited June 27, 2024 by MajorMagee

[[SN]_Reaper_]

27.06.2024 в 02:45, migmadmarine сказал:

IS-2 and ISU-152 as well were used by the Chinese I believe as well.

Although the Chinese had the IS-2 and ISU-152 in service, only the T-34-85 and SU-76M were used in Korea.

Warspot has an article on the use of the T-34-85 https://warspot.net/143-a-tank-from-a-former-ally

[Nickkyboy99]

From the Brief Room.. Does this mean there will be a TC? 😁

[Trooper117]

All the screens we saw are just place holders... they showed aircraft stuff from WWII that weren't in Korea as well... I wouldn't get your hopes up.

[LukeFF]

1 hour ago, Trooper117 said:

All the screens we saw are just place holders... they showed aircraft stuff from WWII that weren't in Korea as well... I wouldn't get your hopes up.

 

Yes, it's alllll placeholder artwork right now. I don't think the 101st Airborne flew planes during Korea. 🙂

[MajorMagee]

Actually they did.

 

4th Light Aviation Section winning the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA

 

[Avimimus]

Interesting posts here:

 

[Estnische]

 

Interesting details on the latest 'Korea' developers updates. Here is a quote via the English voiceover. I assume 'Tanks' = Tank Crew:

 

"Roughly speaking, when we were working on Tanks, a lot of people complained about why we were spending time on Tanks, when the engineers were not really spending time on Tanks. As a result, Tanks led to a lot of technological innovation. Then they eventually spread to airplanes, including Korea. The damage model is more interesting, the cockpit animations are more captivating and the effects will be better. This is because when we started working on Tanks, we got a new development boost in the engine, which led to significant advances in various technological areas. Entirely new technological directions were developed here, and then it ended up having a positive impact on the aircraft as well."

Edited November 22, 2024 by Estnische

[MajorMagee]

Tank Crew Korea? Take my money, please!

[murkz]

what if... There maybe no player tanks in Korea, I hope that is not the case, any tank sim is better than no tank sim but if there is no plan for Korea TC, could the dev's continue to invest in IL2 TC, maybe some trickle down from Korea. Or has IL2 TC come to the end of it's development life?

[BlitzPig_EL]

"Trickle Down" as you call it has been discussed on the flight side for a while now.  It simply will not be possible as the new engine will not be compatible with the Great Battles series.

[303_Bies]

It would be great, but Tank Crew needs infantry. Like amateur production GHPC implemented few days ago in a simplified yet good enough way. Or many old tanks simulators did in the past on calculator-like CPUs.

 

Infantry was 90% of the land battlefield. Tanks, SPGs, artillery, armored vehicles were there just to support infantry.

Infantry changes everything, infantry adds actual purpose to the combat, infantry is the reason to use most of tank's weapon, MGs, HE ammunition, infantry is direct threat to the tanks and armored vehicles, infantry cooperates closely with armor and provides recon, infantry occupies tree lines, forrests, buildings, trenches, it provides actual front lines and not just tanks running around freely everywhere etc.

 

Tanks without infantry are like aircrafts would be without any ground forces on the ground.

Edited December 10, 2024 by 303_Bies

[Nickkyboy99]

On 12/10/2024 at 5:48 AM, 303_Bies said:

It would be great, but Tank Crew needs infantry. Like amateur production GHPC implemented few days ago in a simplified yet good enough way. Or many old tanks simulators did in the past on calculator-like CPUs.

 

Infantry was 90% of the land battlefield. Tanks, SPGs, artillery, armored vehicles were there just to support infantry.

Infantry changes everything, infantry adds actual purpose to the combat, infantry is the reason to use most of tank's weapon, MGs, HE ammunition, infantry is direct threat to the tanks and armored vehicles, infantry cooperates closely with armor and provides recon, infantry occupies tree lines, forrests, buildings, trenches, it provides actual front lines and not just tanks running around freely everywhere etc.

 

Tanks without infantry are like aircrafts would be without any ground forces on the ground.II

IIRC, the devs already confirmed different infantry squads; riflemen, AT, MG, etc

[Flyhighzz]

The Centurion would be a fun tank to use

[BlitzPig_EL]

Probably the best tank in the theater.

[RealDarko]

Would love to see crewable tanks for Korea, AFAIK will need:

 

- T-34/85

- Su-76

- M4A3E8 Sherman

- M26 Pershing

- M24 Chafee

- Centurion

[Nickkyboy99]

Seeing all the gameplay improvements for the planes, it would be cool to see similar improvements for Tank Crew if it does come.

Edited April 10 by Nickkyboy99

[1./KG4_Blackwolf]

We do have the Sherman, Churchill and T-34 that were used, so it's a start.

[jackal_was_here]

On 4/12/2025 at 9:39 AM, 1./KG4_Blackwolf said:

We do have the Sherman, Churchill and T-34 that were used, so it's a start.

is this implying something?

[BlitzPig_EL]

The Sherman we have was mostly an export version, only used by the Marines in the Pacific.

What would be needed for Korea would be the M4 "Easy 8" with the  long 76mm gun, along with the Pershing, and the Centurion for the Australians which was probably the best tank in theater during the Korean War.

[czech693]

Korea is not North Africa, Western Europe, or the steppes of Russia.  Last place you would want to operate a tank. It would be like the Russians in Afganistan in the '80's (tank guns don't elevate high enough to point to the top of mountains and ridges).  The canyons in the north and east would channel you into ambushes.  No end arounds like Rommel.  The only semi-flat area is the southwest corner.  And that was only in the first year.  After that the war became static and tanks became semi-mobile pillboxes.

 

I also think the devs stopped work on TC because they realized a ground war requires topographical information on the maps to be able to plan an attack using cover and concealment (see the Prokhorovka map).  Doing this for the much larger maps would be a huge project.  The mountain areas of Korea would be almost solid contour lines.

Edited August 15 by czech693