Little Nations, Big Surprises: Lesser-Known Lineups in War Thunder

As of June 2025, War Thunder boasts a whopping 10 nations—but look a little closer, and you’ll spot a bunch of smaller countries’ vehicles sprinkled throughout each tech tree. Some are simple reskins, while others bring genuinely interesting history to the table. Think of this as a mini trivia tour of War Thunder’s lesser-known lineups: 🇮🇷 Iran The “Persian Cat” F-14A (Iran) is Iran’s sole presence, awarded during the 2024 event. Real-life Iran operates ~300-400 aging fighters, mostly F-4s, F-5s, a few F-14s, MiG-29s, and might get Su-35s—if they ever show up. 🇵🇱 Poland Scattered across trees, Poland has the Leopard 2PL (German line), Firefly IC “Trzyniec” (British), and P-47M (American). The Firefly was used by Polish armored divisions in Italy and Northern Europe. 🇹🇷 Turkey Features the hilariously overpriced M60 “Budget Edition,” the T129 ATAK heli (Italian tree, based on the A129 Mangusta), and an F-104S pack jet once flown by Turkey. 🇬🇷 Greece Only appears via the AH-64 (Greece) heli—a near clone of Israel’s Apache, just with extra ARG-20 rockets nobody seems to use. 🇵🇭 Philippines Surprise! The banana republic once flew the P-26A-34. It appeared briefly in 2014 sales & 2015 tournaments, now only found on the market. 🇦🇷 Argentina Small country, big impact: TAM, TAM IP, TAM 2C, and the German JaPz.K A2 all served in Argentina’s army. The TAM line basically is Argentina’s armored corps. 🇱🇹 Lithuania Bought ~80 Boxer IFVs rebranded as “Vilkas” (“Wolf”). In-game, earned via the 2023 Ice Storm event. 🇨🇦 Canada A buffet of familiar vehicles scattered across three trees: Stuart IV, Skink, M4A5 “Grizzly,” Ram SPAA, ADATS, Leopard C2A1, and Leopard 2A4M. Pretty neat, huh? Next time you’re grinding, keep an eye out for these small-country stars. Maybe flex that Vilkas or surprise someone with a Polish Firefly! #WarThunder #MilitaryHistory #GamingFacts #SmallNationsBigGuns #DidYouKnow #Canada