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Work-In-Progress: PLZ45
Hey everyone! We’re back with another Work-In-Progress blog, this time for the Chinese PLZ45 with a 155 mm cannon, planned for the upcoming major update. Let’s take a look at it! Right then, what is the PLZ45? This SPG…
Announcement4 changesBalanceGameplay - War Thunder
Monthly Decals for August!
Hello everyone! How are you? Fine thank you. We’re glad to be back with another round of collectible decals for you! We’re happy to include this rare big cat for Japan, and one of the Bagram birds for the USSR, recreate…
Event8 changesGameplayMaps - War Thunder
Screenshot Competition – The Long Guns!
Welcome to the 236th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition! We enjoyed seeing all of your screenshots from last week! This week our focus is on the many high caliber vehicles in War Thunder- do you have a favorite? S…
Event4 changesGameplay - War Thunder
Get Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya in the Guardian of the Baltic Sea Event!
In October 1911, the battleship Gangut was launched, named after the Battle of Gangut, the Russian Empire’s first naval victory. After the First World War, the ship remained inactive for a long period; it was subsequent…
Event25 changesBalanceMaps - War Thunder
A Discount on the G.91 R/4 to Mark the 70th Anniversary of its First Flight!
The first mass-produced jet fighter built in Italy, the G.91, made its maiden flight on August 9th 1956. It became a symbol of the resurgence of Italian military aviation following the Second World War. In addition to t…
Store1 change - War Thunder
Update 2.57.1.70
Battle Ratings The Planned Battle Rating changes have come into effect. Ground Vehicles Scimitar Mk.2 — vehicle mass has been reduced from 13 tons to 12.26 tons. (Report). The rear view mirrors have been removed. L21A1…
Patch notes5 changesFixGameplay - War Thunder
Removal of Japanese Ho-Ri SPGs from the Research Tree and Sale
Today, we’d like to give you a heads up regarding the removal of the Japanese Ho-Ri Production and Ho-Ri Prototype SPGs from the Japanese research tree and from sale respectively. These vehicles were added quite early o…
Store5 changesBalanceGameplay - War Thunder
Update 2.57.1.67
Interface A bug that sometimes caused the button for switching to the nuke carrying aircraft to not show up in the action bar in Ground Battles has been fixed. Locations and Missions [Alternate History] Spain — an issue…
Patch notes5 changesFixUI/audio - War Thunder
Work-In-Progress: New Decals and QoL Features
Hey everyone! Today we’d like to cover some quality of life improvements for decals, and show you some of the new decals we’ve been working on. Decal Filtering A lot of you requested this in our last decal post and we’r…
Patch notes6 changesGameplay - War Thunder
Update 2.57.1.60
Sound A bug that caused the sound of the sirens on the Ju 87 series of aircraft to lead to a loud sound artifact and loss of all other sounds has been fixed. (Report). The stability of the game with sound mods enabled h…
Patch notes3 changesFixUI/audio - War Thunder
Screenshot Competition – Crowd Favorite!
Welcome to the 235th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition! Thanks for all of your fantastic screenshots last week featuring amphibious vehicles! This week, the competition rules are open to any screenshot that featu…
Event4 changesGameplay - War Thunder
How Was the Year in War Thunder: Rate the New Additions
Hello, tankers, pilots and captains! The past year in War Thunder has been packed: six major updates, hundreds of new ground vehicles, aircraft and ships, reworked maps, and significant updates to gameplay and visuals.…
Patch notes2 changesMapsGameplay - War Thunder
The Advance mode is back with higher Battle Ratings!
We’d like to thank everyone for their feedback and participation in the previous Advance mode test, the feedback was overall positive, you wanted more, and we’re happy to oblige! This time we’re back with a higher BR ra…
Event12 changesBalanceMaps - War Thunder
The German Su-22M4 Returns at a Discount for the First Flight of the Su-17!
On August 2nd 1966, test pilot Vladimir Ilyushin made the first flight of the Su-17 fighter-bomber prototype. This was the USSR’s first aircraft with variable-sweep wings. In total, more than 2,800 units were produced,…
Patch notes2 changesBalancePerformance - War Thunder
Update 2.57.1.58
Aircraft BO 105 PAH-1A1 — a bug that caused deployed countermeasures to appear from the other side of the helicopter when only one countermeasure pod was installed has been fixed. (Report). Ground Vehicles ASRAD-R — a b…
Patch notes7 changesFixServer - War Thunder
A Discount for the P-16 to Mark the Swiss Air Force’s Founding Day!
The history of the Swiss Air Force began on July 31st 1914, with the First World War. Switzerland remained neutral throughout all of its neighbors’ conflicts. During the Second World War, its aircraft repeatedly interce…
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