Sweden: Why?

[DefeatedInk05]

Can anyone explain to me why Sweden was added, which didn't participate in World War 2 while every other Scandanavian country, Norway, Denmark and Finland all participated in the war?

[Eftwyrd]

because Sweden has Saab, Volvo and Bofors among other major arms manufacturers who built the weapons many of the nations already in the game use... while all those other nations were fighting and/or recovering from the aftermath of the war Sweden was building their own weapons which is what enabled them not to be strong-armed and stay neutral

[DefeatedInk05]

ah so it's beacause they built their own wepons instead of ordering from other nations!

[Æthelwulf]

Originally posted by DefeatedInk05:

ah so it's beacause they built their own wepons instead of ordering from other nations!

You also got to remember that Warthunder isn't about WW2 specifically, just all the major countries who had great tank programs were a part of that conflict. :P
One reason why Sweden is being added is because there aren't many nations left that are not in the game who actually have native Tank and Plane designs like Sweden. Sweden is going to include tanks from all the Nordic countries kind of like how Italy already has a Portuguese G.91 and a Romanian Fighter in it's tech tree.

[DefeatedInk05]

Yeah Nice!

[Der Lachende Mann]

I still find Sweden an odd choice, they haven't taken part in any conflict during the time period covered by WT, also France, Italy, China and even Japan could do with quite a lot more vehicles still.

As to matchmaking, for which side will neutral Sweden play? Neither Allies or Axis, neither NATO or Warsaw Pact....

[Col. Cornbread]

Because Sweden made some cool vehicles and in WW2 and the Cold war the Swedes were a neutral country with treaties and deals with the West agianst the Soviet union... which is why Sweden is going to be allied with the Soviets.........

[magicISO Sweden]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Sweden there you have it some history

[P1tzO]

Nothing,The dev watched Pewds and thought to add it

[Zailplane]

Denmark was neutral the whole war, though Germany had control.

[halolo39]

Originally posted by Tomwyr:

As to matchmaking, for which side will neutral Sweden play? Neither Allies or Axis, neither NATO or Warsaw Pact....

they could be a wild card for the matchmaker, it would be great if they can fight each other for the lols.

[Khush Brownies]

Because Sweden is too awesome to be left out.

[Maxwell]

I don't mind having countries that weren't involved in any conflicts if it means I get to play some fun and unique vehicles

[Der Lachende Mann]

Originally posted by Quag:

Sweden participated in the cold war a fairly large amount, they fought in the congo wars from 1960 to 1965 and were one of the most powerful armies in that war, so Sweden in not completely neutral and it makes sense for gaijin to add Sweden, its just too good to leave out.

9 combat aircraft, 2 photo reonnaissance aircraft, 1 battalion on the ground, with a maximum strength of 698 soldiers, and not actually as Sweden but as part of a United Nations ONUC.

https://saabgroup.com/globalassets/corporate/about-saab/history/stories-of-innovation/j-29-tunnan-in-un-service.jpg

Just like the Swedish particiapation with UNPROFOR in Ex-Yugoslavia 1992-1995.

[DefeatedInk05]

Originally posted by XEE2:

Denmark was neutral the whole war, though Germany had control.

What about when Nazi Germany invaded it? they put up a fight just not very strongly.

[florble mcfumperdink]

Originally posted by DefeatedInk05:

Originally posted by XEE2:

Denmark was neutral the whole war, though Germany had control.

What about when Nazi Germany invaded it? they put up a fight just not very strongly.

They literally tried to fight the blitzkrieg with pre-great war rifles and bicycles and surrendered after 6 hours, the only shorter conflict I know of is the Anglo-Zanzibar war that lasted for about 41 minutes.