Chinese World War 2 Tanks That Need Adding to War Thunder

In this 9th episode of my series looking at World War 2 Tanks That Need Adding to War Thunder, we take a look at Chinese tanks of the World War 2 period!

So join me as we take a look at some unique modifications China made to existing tanks, a variety of Chinese produced SPGs and SPHs, some cool amphibious vehicles and an absolutely lethal flamethrower tank!

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Tanks featured in this episode ⬇️
M8 Scott (M6)
M4A2 (37mm)
Gongchen Tank (Hero Tank)/Type 97 Shinhoto
Chi-Ha SPG
M10 with Type 91 105mm howitzer
LVT (A)(4) with M8 Scott turret and 37mm gun
LVT (A)(4) with 57mm ZiS-2
LVT (A)(4) with 76.2mm ZiS-3
T-34-85 (TPO-50)/Chinese OT-34-85
M36B2
T-34/76 Model 1943
Type 97 Te-Ke
M7 Priest
M4A3
M26 Pershing

Chinese Situation during and after World War 2: 00:00
Chinese Tanks: 02:48
Chinese SPG and SPH vehicles: 11:36
Chinese Amphibious vehicles: 17:50
Chinese flamethrower tank: 22:38
Existing Chinese tanks that need fixing in War Thunder: 25:09
Foreign tanks used by China in an unmodified form: 27:29

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