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A Decal and the AV-8S for Royal Thai Air Force Day!
In January 1911, a Belgian pilot gave the Prince of the Kingdom of Siam a ride in a plane! He was very impressed and decided to create the Siamese Air Force. In November 1913, three Thai pilots returned home after train…
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Update 2.55.1.42
Nuclear Thunder The matchmaking algorithm has been adjusted to lower the queue times. The priority of long-queuing players has been increased in all game modes. Mission point rewards for damaging and destroying air and…
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Update 2.55.1.39
Nuclear Thunder A bug that caused the Patriot SAM to lose target tracking in some sectors has been fixed. MIM-104B Patriot — the missile autopilot settings have been adjusted, increasing the effectiveness of hitting tar…
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Update 2.55.1.36
Nuclear Thunder SPAAs now have limited ammo and do rearm. A bug that made it impossible for ground units to capture enemy depots has been fixed. The capturing of enemy’s strongpoints and depots reduces the number of poi…
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Screenshot Competition – Nuclear Thunder!
Welcome to the 218th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition! We loved getting to see all of your screenshots from last week! April is here, and this year two very special planes can be yours for participating in the N…
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Watch the Challenger League Major I and Earn Twitch Drops!
It’s time for the Challenger League Major I Playoffs of the 2026 season! The final 8 teams have fought their way through the qualification stage and are now ready to battle in the ultimate phase of the competition. With…
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Update 2.55.1.26
Nuclear Thunder After the destruction of the main airfield the mission points of the losing team are now deducted gradually, and not all at once, to let players watch the effect of the last bomb. B-52H, Tu-95M — the ECM…
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Go Nuclear with New Special Packs!
Have you spent half your life observing half-life reactions? Do you know every radioisotope from P to U by name? Can you draw with your eyes closed, how an atomic nucleus passes through the Coulomb barrier via quantum t…
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Nuclear Thunder!
Take command of frontline and strategic aircraft armed with nuclear bombs with yields up to 1.6 megatons and protected by ECM. The situation on the battlefield is constantly changing. Break through enemy defenses, destr…
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Update 2.55.1.18
Aircraft F-105D — a bug that caused the stat card to state that the aircraft had 2 engines has been fixed. (Report). J29D — a bug that caused the stat card to state that the aircraft had 2 engines has been fixed. (Repor…
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Scheduled hamster maintenance 01.04.2026
Dear players! On April 1st (09:00 GMT) the servers may be unavailable for a bit due to maintenance of our server hamster — we’ll oil the wheel, top up the sunflower seeds, and put him back on duty in peak condition. Tha…
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Discounts on Rare Aircraft and a Royal Air Force Decal for the RAF’s Birthday!
The Royal Air Force was formed on April 1st 1918, by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. It became the world’s first independent air force! Its skill and technological prowess were most evide…
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IJN Yamashiro Returns with a Discount for its Anniversary!
On March 31st 1917, the battleship Yamashiro was commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy, seeing action during the Second World War. During the Battle of Leyte Gulf on October 25th 1944, Yamashiro engaged a large A…
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Update 2.55.0.40
Ground Vehicles Cromwell V (RP-3) — the explosive mass in the RP-3 rockets has been increased from 5.44 kg to 6.35 kg, matching the mass of aircraft-launched RP-3 rockets. (Report). Missions The altitude limit for aeria…
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Pages of History (April): Operation Vulcan
In Pages of History this month, you will find yourself at the center of events that took place in various theaters of war. From Austria and Iraq, Tunisia and Cambodia: participate in battles while using vehicles linked…
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Screenshot Competition – Rolling Thunder!
Welcome to the 217th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition! Thanks for all of your submissions from last week showcasing new content! This week is fairly simple, the only criteria is that the vehicle must be in motio…
