Regiments

Regiments

Lack of T-80U?
Genuinely curious, as I am unfamiliar but my knowledge of the T-80UD is that it was a side project of the T-80U, which replaced it’s turbine engine with a diesel engine (essentially making it a side grade), and that it only became massively produced because after the fall, Ukraine had production sites for it and mass produced it as an independent country.

That being the case, why is it the main T-80U variant in the game? Is this historical? I know T-80Us were present in moscow during the August Coup, and were used later as the main tank of Russia, but were they not used in GSFG? Did GSFG really mainly use T-80UDs?
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IIRC, T-80UD in Reguments are fictional and for balance. All Soviet T-80U/UD tanks remained within Soviet borders till USSR dissolved, mostly around Moscow or in SIberia (there are rumors about GSFG usage, but no proof surfaced so far).
I believe that Regiments uses UD due to ~700 being produced by 1991, comparing to ~480 T-80U, units with them being slighlty closer to Germany, and original unit model being based on UD version.
Viimeisin muokkaaja on Ser Maks; 9.10. klo 11.06
Interesting, I was under the incorrect assumption T-80Us were in GSFG service. It makes sense, as IIRC the T-64A took nearly a decade to leave the USSR due to teething issues, and I suppose the T-80U was a similarly advanced tank.

Still, that is unfortunate, I feel as though the T-80BV was plenty good enough to stand as the only tank available, and them not including any Soviet T-72s was something I appreciated due to most games incorrectly assuming the T-72 was in GSFG service. I bet they could have included T-80UDs and T-80Us in a future DLC/update to represent reinforcements, similarly to how they included the new T-72B.

Also the lack of T-64B is unfortunate, as that is my favorite vehicle and I think the T-64B1 is a bit over represented in the game.
Viimeisin muokkaaja on Казак; 9.10. klo 18.43
AFAIK GSFG did have T-80UDs in 1989. It would be very weird for the dev to respect the T-72s not being in GSFG only to put a tank that was never in GSFG instead.

And yes UD is the more produced variant by a long shot.

Edit: Asked some people who know more, and the best answer I’ve got is a maybe. Might be the same category of the BMP-3 as a March to War unit (meaning a vehicle that is lore wise rushed into service because of the war).
Viimeisin muokkaaja on BobTank63; 9.10. klo 20.13
T-80UD (and BMP-3s) were not in Germany... but the train infrastructure to carry them were. If even France could come to the party, it is not a stretch of the imagination.
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