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Steam News 9 April 20261mo ago

Update 2.55.1.47

Nuclear Thunder SPAAs in convoys and at strongpoints now have limited ammunition and reload. Aircraft B-52H, Tu-95M — the ability to spawn in the air in Air Realistic Battles has been added. A bug where bombs from exter…

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  • Fixes
  • Balance
  • Performance
addedNuclear ThunderSPAAs in convoys and at strongpoints now have limited ammunition and reload.
addedAircraftB-52H, Tu-95M — the ability to spawn in the air in Air Realistic Battles has been added.
fixedAircraftA bug where bombs from external hardpoints could not be dropped at an altitude of more than 10 km has been fixed. ( Report ).
fixedGround VehiclesA bug where the armor of ground vehicles indicated in the stat card did not match the actual armor in some cases has been fixed. ( Report , Report ).
changedGraphicsWhen launching the game on Intel ARC GPUs with DirectX 11 graphics API, it now automatically changes to DirectX 12 without causing the game to crash.
changedGraphicsPatch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service , forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.

Nuclear Thunder

  • SPAAs in convoys and at strongpoints now have limited ammunition and reload.

Aircraft

  • B-52H, Tu-95M — the ability to spawn in the air in Air Realistic Battles has been added.

  • A bug where bombs from external hardpoints could not be dropped at an altitude of more than 10 km has been fixed. (Report).

Ground Vehicles

  • A bug where the armor of ground vehicles indicated in the stat card did not match the actual armor in some cases has been fixed. (Report, Report).

Graphics

  • When launching the game on Intel ARC GPUs with DirectX 11 graphics API, it now automatically changes to DirectX 12 without causing the game to crash.

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Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.

Source

Steam News / 9 April 2026

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