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[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 188 points 5 months ago

The leak happened earlier this week during a forum discussion regarding the T-90M, T-80BVM, and T-90S Russian main battle tanks, all of which are currently in service and appear in War Thunder itself. The documents shared are user manuals meant for those operating said vehicles and have, like most other military documents, been declared classified or sensitive even though they contain relatively surface-level information.

[-] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 138 points 5 months ago

For fucking once it's not idiots leaking western stuff. I'm like halfway convinced War Thunder is a Russian intelligence operation

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 63 points 5 months ago

tbf, if I ran an intel agency, after all these incidents, Id probably have someone "leak" fake classified docs on the warthunder forums or other similar places once in a blue moon, to spread misleading information to rival agencies as to the capabilities of my nation's equipment. Both to blend in with a place idiots are known to actually post such info, and if its found out my agency was doing this, to cast doubt on the validity of any real docs from my side that were leaked before. Doesnt seem like itd cost much of anything to do, so there would have to be only minimal benefit to be marginally worth it

[-] SeekPie@lemm.ee 21 points 5 months ago

And who else could fake it better than the people who make them?

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 41 points 5 months ago

There have been two leaks about Chinese tanks and two about Russian jets even before this one, so while it's mostly Western gear it's not only that

[-] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh yeah I know there's been other leaks before, just that most of the time it seems like it's western gear and it's a refreshing change

[-] FMEEE@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 5 months ago

Not even the stupidest Take. Gijin is a Hungarian game studio and Hungarian Govt is more or less pro Russian.

[-] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And it was founded in Moscow by Russians, they only moved the HQ to Budapest later on

[-] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago
[-] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 3 points 5 months ago

This is why I'm halfway convinced. Like, I'm not actually convinced, but I'm also not not convinced.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

it's just morons trying to prove something. people don't join the army because they're too happy with who they are.

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