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Briefly: A Finnish SAM vehicle developed during the 1990’s and fitted with the advanced French Crotale NG missile system.


ITO 90M, SAM, France, Sweden, rank VII




Pros

Devastating VT-1 missiles


Radar and thermal imaging


8 ready to launch missiles




Cons

Poor protection


Large profile


Lackluster mobility




History



Development of the Crotale NG missile system began in 1986 when the French Thomson-CSF company signed an agreement with the

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A Finnish SAM vehicle developed during the 1990’s and fitted with the advanced French Crotale NG missile system.

In War Thunder, the ITO 90M will be a new SAM vehicle arriving in the top rank of the French and Swedish ground forces trees with the release of the next major update, Red Skies. Equipped with the Crotale NG launcher and firing the deadly VT-1 surface-to-air missile which some unlucky pilots may already had the misfortune of encountering in battle, the ITO 90M is destined to soon make the skies a lot safer for its allies on the ground with its arrival as part of the upcoming update!

As already mentioned, the ITO 90M is equipped with the French Crotale NG missile complex, which exclusively uses the highly capable VT-1 SAM’s already familiar to some tankers from the FlaRakRad, introduced in a previous update. Unlike its German counterpart however, the ITO 90M features a twin quadruple missile launcher and only carries the eight missiles already loaded in the launcher. Although this means that tankers won’t have the ability to independently reload their weapon during combat, the high effectiveness of the VT-1 missiles should ensure that commanders of this machine will have the chance to down a number of hostile airborne targets before running out of ammunition!





The ITO 90M is coming to the top rank of the French and Swedish ground forces tree with the arrival of the next major War Thunder Red Skies. In the meantime, be sure to stay tuned to the news as we continue unveiling more interesting features awaiting all players in the upcoming update. Until then, happy hunting tankers!

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