A gamer believed to be a Challenger 2 commander has apparently decided that preserving British state secrets is less important than proving to a game company that its digital model of his country’s main battle tank is inaccurate.
A funny and potentially criminal episode unfolded this week on the forums of ‘War Thunder’, a popular competitive video game in which players take control of various real-life military vehicles. Projects like this one attract the attention of accuracy nerds, who push designers to get every little detail right.
