So, a Pacific campaign is almost guaranteed, and in my opinion, the two most likely options are Okinawa and Burma. I may come back with a thread like this for Burma at a later date, but today I’m going to propose what I think an Okinawa campaign may look like. There are a few historical inaccuracies for balance sake, but in a campaign featuring the US and Japan, that was a given. I’ll talk about each inaccuracy after the proposal itself. I’ve also added proposals for premium squads and the engineer constructs, but I won’t talk too much about those. Also, shoutout to @aizenns and his thread List of Japanese weapons for future campaigns - English speaking section / Mess Room - Enlisted for helping me with the Japanese weapons. Finally, most Japanese tanks don’t have coaxial machine guns, only hull MGs, so devs pls add hull mgs before Pacific.
Historical inaccuracies
M8 Greyhound: The M8 was never at Okinawa, but it was the only thing in the US Arsenal that is remotely close to the Ha-Go, so it is included.
SBD-3 Dauntless: The Dauntless had been phased out for the Helldiver as the US Navy’s primary dive bomber by Okinawa, but starting out with the Helldiver seemed like a bad idea.
Most of the Axis SMGs: The Japanese rarely used SMGs anywhere, so it is hard to confirm if any of them were actually at Okinawa save for the Type 100, but the Japanese did field most of not all of the ones listed above at some point in the war, so they were included for balance sake.
Type Hei Rifle: There are conflicting reports about this gun at Okinawa, but since the Armeguerra is also 6.5mm and it is matched with the M1 Carbine, I thought it was an appropriate match as well.
Type 4 Rifle: Never left the home islands, but since the Americans need a Garand, the Japanese need a counter, and this is the best option. Just hope the devs don’t fuck up the reload like the Gewehr 41 because this gun also doesn’t have a removable mag, and is fed only by stripper clips.
Chi-Ha: Chi-Has on Okinawa were of the Chi-Ha Kai variant with the 47mm gun, but there wern’t really that many other options for Japanese tanks, and IMO, the Chi Ha would be a better choice than the Ka-Mi boat tank or something.
G4M1: I honestly have no idea if this plane was even in service around the time of Okinawa, but I needed to find a counter to the Avenger, and this was the best one I could find in War Thunder. Seeing as the devs just steal vehicle models from War Thunder, I figured this was the best bet.
Kurogane Type 95: Again, zero idea if this was at Okinawa, probably not, but I needed a counter to the Jeep and this was the best one I could find. Also, this is the car and not the motorbike, there are two vehicles that share the same name for some reason. (And you thought the Americans naming M1 was bad)
Type Hei LMG: This is probably the worse offender to historical accuracy, as it never left the prototype stage. Its a conversion of the Type Hei Rifle to a fully automatic weapon. The Japanese never actually used the name “Type Hei LMG”, instead calling it the “Experimental Ultra-Light Machine Gun”. It’s appearance in Okniawa is even more doubtful than the normal Type Hei Rifle, but seeing as Japan lacks any service full auto weapon, and its relation to the Type Hei Rifle is almost identical to that of the M1 carbine to the M2 carbine, it’s probably the best option for this, and its better than giving the Japanese captured AVSs or Federovs from Kalkhin Gol or something.
Type 3 Ho-Ni III: Not on Okinawa, but was used on other pacific campaigns like the Philippians and Burma. I included it because it was probably the best counter to the M18 Hellcat.
Type 24 Rifle/Gewher 98: This gun was probably not at Okinawa, but many of them were captured from the Chinese in the Chinese civil war. I know for a fact that some were used in Hong Kong, although I don’t know if they had a scope mounted. It was included because a) the Japanese don’t have a semi-auto sniper, as no Type 4 rifle ever had a mounting for a scope, and b) because the devs already have a model for this gun in the game, and they have deemed that it can match a semi-auto sniper. If that is correct or not, I don’t know, I never play sniper.
Nambu type 2 SMG/ Experimental Model 2 SMG (50 round box magazine): Prototype weapons, a few were allegedly captured in Burma, but hard to confirm, and probably not with the 50 round magazine. However, this is probably the best option for countering a 50 round Thompson.
8.1 cm Rocket Launcher: No idea if this thing saw service, but I needed a counter to the M9 and the Type 4 AT rocket launcher was already at level 20 to counter the M1 bazooka.
Type 3 Chi-Nu: Like the Type 4 Rifle, this never left the home island, but due to the lack of any real counter to a Sherman, I placed this tank as the Sherman’s counter.
Questions, bumps and other comments are appreciated.
