In order to shut down the discussion and avoid more uncomfortable conversations with government officials, moderators have now closed and locked the 319-page-long thread, and the classified images have been removed. Every time you post this you place us (International representatives of Gaijin), especially any UK citizens, in hot water as the warning so helpfully states that unauthorized retention of a protected document is an offense.” “Of this you are already aware, as a service person, you have signed a declaration that you understand the act and what actions it compels you to take. “By continuing to disseminate it you are in violation of the Official Secrets Act as stated by the warning on the cover of the document, an offense which can carry up to a 14-year prison sentence if prosecuted. “We have written confirmation from MoD that this document remains classified,” explained a moderator on the official War Thunder forum. War Thunder player Pyrophoric – who’d taken to the game’s official forum in a bid to get developer Gaijin to improve the accuracy of the design of the vehicle – posted excerpts from a Challenge 2 Army Equipment Support Publication – “sort of like a user manual”, according to UK Defence Journal (thanks, Eurogamer) – stating it proved the developer’s version of the tank was “not quite right”.Īlthough the accompanying images reportedly had “unclassified” stamped upon them, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence – the UK government’s department responsible for implementing the UK’s defense policy – allegedly told the site’s moderating team that despite what the images said, the document was still classified and not for public circulation.

A War Thunder player has shared classified UK defense documents in an effort to get the development team to redesign a tank within the game.

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