Seems like it...

Read this bit of info here on this Russian forum:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish...ec7%26t%3d43180

I bought SB for crewable T-72, hope to see it in the game soon

Looks like the guys are really getting into it in the former soviet block.It will be first class when it is all done.Congrats to all involved.

Soon would'nt be the word. I'm pretty shure it will still be a long time before we see a crewable soviet vehicle.
They simply don't have the time and resources.

I mentioned this thread to one in the know, and he laughed.

Which sucks lol.

At a $125 a pop, they have the resources.

No offence intended Gus but that's simply not true. The price of the software has no relation what-so-ever to the resources available to ESim nor to the workload currently placed on their resources.

Their primary customers at this time are military organisations. ESim's resources are just about totally geared to serving those military customers since they generate vastly more income than private customers. The military customers don't want a crewable T-72. Therefore the crewable T-72 is way down the list of priorities.

Ssnake has stated ESim's intentions and business plan (including an explanation of the pricing of the product) quite openly on this and other forums. I suggest you do a search for his posts.

I agree with this statement, which is why I'm waiting for the Stryker.

Gus

Actually, I'd take a crewable M1A2 over a crewable T-72, but that's just me. (Actually, if Russian tanks were/are to be included as crewable vehicles, why not go with the T-80?)

Robert

There is more historical material and more real world situations to draw upon with T-72s rather than T-80U; to be sure, this is also true with T-55 and T-62 and licensed clones of these tanks.

For my taste, T-72s and older tanks offer interesting challenges and give me warm fuzzies. As far as the M1A2 goes- meh. You've already got the powerful integrated map system common to all units, and the hunter killer function of the Leopard.

I read through the linked forum with interest, that's good stuff, and the guys over there are really putting in a good effort to get eth Russian phraseology right. I can't wait for Soviet vehicles, as it is right now one of my favorite things to do is just design the scenarios and play as the Opfor even without getting in the vehilces.

Los