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Meet the “Line of Contact” Major Update!

Meet Line of Contact, War Thunder’s winter 2025 update! We’re excited to release Line of Contact, and we’re kicking things off with a Closed Beta Test for a brand-new gamemode: Infantry, which you can play soon!

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addedMeet Line of Contact, War Thunder’s winter 2025 update!We’re excited to release Line of Contact, and we’re kicking things off with a Closed Beta Test for a brand-new gamemode: Infantry, which you can play soon! On top of that, we’ve got the usual awesome vehicle additions, with armored vehicles and SAM systems rolling out to several nations, including the Ajax, Terminator, M10 Booker, plus the Chū-SAM, NASAMS 3, and HQ11! We’ve also got three Typhoon variants sporting the AESA radar for multiple nations, two cool Second World War aircraft, the FR-1 Fireball and the quirky DB-LK, and a fresh new cockpit for the B-25 and its variants. Some huge ships are joining the fun too, including Stalingrad and HMS Prince of Wales, plus the winter version of Poland has received a beautiful update. To wrap things up, we’ve added some neat features to the hangar, ground battle lineups at 9.3 and above get an additional vehicle in the lineup, and the Severe Damage mechanic has now come to naval battles.
changedMeet Line of Contact, War Thunder’s winter 2025 update!Check out the changelog to see all the improvements, vehicles and other features that we’ve included in this major update.
addedInfantry: Closed Beta Testing Going Live Soon!Closed Beta Testing for War Thunder’s new Infantry game mode will start soon! Experience War Thunder battles from the brand new perspective of an infantry soldier through tactical building clearouts, tense sniper duels, and fierce shootouts on city streets. For more details and to submit your CBT application, click through the link below!
addedPlanes: New Typhoons and Modern Jets, An Unusual Bomber, An Indonesian Hawk and a New Bomber Cockpit!Line of Contact introduces a new Typhoon jet variant to Germany, Great Britain and Italy. Each feature eight AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles and the new CAPTOR-E AESA radar, helping them to track enemy air targets much more effectively.
addedPlanes: New Typhoons and Modern Jets, An Unusual Bomber, An Indonesian Hawk and a New Bomber Cockpit!There isn’t just the new Typhoon for jet fans! The USA receives the F/A-18E Super Hornet in Line of Contact, which comes in with more weapon hardpoints, an AESA radar and 12 ARH missiles. The JAS39E comes for Sweden, equipped with Brimstones, an AESA radar and more missile hardpoints, making it a

Meet Line of Contact, War Thunder’s winter 2025 update!

We’re excited to release Line of Contact, and we’re kicking things off with a Closed Beta Test for a brand-new gamemode: Infantry, which you can play soon! On top of that, we’ve got the usual awesome vehicle additions, with armored vehicles and SAM systems rolling out to several nations, including the Ajax, Terminator, M10 Booker, plus the Chū-SAM, NASAMS 3, and HQ11! We’ve also got three Typhoon variants sporting the AESA radar for multiple nations, two cool Second World War aircraft, the FR-1 Fireball and the quirky DB-LK, and a fresh new cockpit for the B-25 and its variants. Some huge ships are joining the fun too, including Stalingrad and HMS Prince of Wales, plus the winter version of Poland has received a beautiful update. To wrap things up, we’ve added some neat features to the hangar, ground battle lineups at 9.3 and above get an additional vehicle in the lineup, and the Severe Damage mechanic has now come to naval battles.

Check out the changelog to see all the improvements, vehicles and other features that we’ve included in this major update.

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Infantry: Closed Beta Testing Going Live Soon!

Closed Beta Testing for War Thunder’s new Infantry game mode will start soon! Experience War Thunder battles from the brand new perspective of an infantry soldier through tactical building clearouts, tense sniper duels, and fierce shootouts on city streets. For more details and to submit your CBT application, click through the link below!

APPLY FOR THE INFANTRY CBT!

Ground Vehicles: Light Vehicles, SAM Systems and the Terminator!

Line of Contact introduces the researchable Terminator and the Terminator 2 premium pack! Both look menacing and feature two 30 mm cannons and ATGM launchers on each side of the turret.

BMPT-72 (Pack)

The modern Ajax light tank featuring a 40 mm cannon and good mobility joins the end of Britain’s light tank line, while the USA’s M10 Booker light tank comes in with 105 mm firepower. Both vehicles have scouting abilities.

AjaxM10 Booker

Japan has received a Multi-Vehicle SAM vehicle in this update, which features an AESA radar, vertical-launch containers and 12 powerful missiles!

Type 03 Chū-SAM

Three more SAMs come in this update, the Norwegian/American NASAMS 3 for Sweden and the USA which feature ARH missiles, along with the HQ11 for China, featuring a phased array radar and eight missiles, both providing excellent air defense.

NASAMS 3HQ11

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Aircraft

Planes: New Typhoons and Modern Jets, An Unusual Bomber, An Indonesian Hawk and a New Bomber Cockpit!

Line of Contact introduces a new Typhoon jet variant to Germany, Great Britain and Italy. Each feature eight AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles and the new CAPTOR-E AESA radar, helping them to track enemy air targets much more effectively.

Typhoon AESA

There isn’t just the new Typhoon for jet fans! The USA receives the F/A-18E Super Hornet in Line of Contact, which comes in with more weapon hardpoints, an AESA radar and 12 ARH missiles. The JAS39E comes for Sweden, equipped with Brimstones, an AESA radar and more missile hardpoints, making it a

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Steam News / 16 December 2025

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