Blitzkrieg Wulf

Welcome to the first naval event in War Thunder’s new event cycle. Take part in the Imperial Flagship event by p... Read more

Let’s have a look at an interesting addition to Britain’s ground forces tree, which is fully capable of speeding around the battlefield and being a nuisance for the enemy team when it arrives in the next major update: say hello to the FV721 Fox!

FV721 Fox: A Light Tank for Great Britain at Rank IV
Features:

• 30 mm L21A1 automatic cannon.
  
• Separate stock SAP and HEI belt; APDS belt as unlock.
  
• Great top speed!
  
• Light armor.
  
• No thermals.

Vehicle History
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In the 1960s, the British Army was looking to replace their outdated Ferret and Saladin armored cars with a more capable vehicle that featured the 30 mm L21A1 RARDEN cannon. Development of the FV721 Fox started in 1965 by Daimler with the first prototype ready and show... Read more

Let’s take a look at one of the lesser known types of Bf 109, the model C! This variant saw one of the lowest production runs of any Bf 109 model, with only around 50 examples of the C variant being produced.

Bf 109 C-1: A Fighter for Germany at Rank I
Features:

• Four 7.92 mm machine guns.
  
• Fuel injection Jumo 210G engine.
  
• Decent agility.
  
• No suspended weaponry.

Vehicle History
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While taking on experience from combat in the Spanish Civil War, one evident drawback of the Bf 109B was its armament. With a pair of twin 7.92 machine guns being its only offensive weaponry, this was quickly deemed outdated, and efforts to improve its weaponry began.

Designers quickly came across several hurdles in this process, experiments were tria... Read more

On March 6th, 1913, Alexander Pokryshkin was born and was one of the most successful aces of the USSR. Pokryshkin worked as an aircraft technician for several years, dreaming of becoming a pilot, and secretly completed a one-year civil pilot program in 17 days. He participated in battles throughout World War II, shooting down more than 50 enemy aircraft. He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title three times.

Pokryshkin’s P-39N-0 is temporarily available for Golden Eagles! In honor of this Soviet Ace, you can get his aircraft for 1,300 Golden Eagles.

When: From March 6th (13:00 GMT) until March 9th (07:00).
Where: USSR > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

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The Finnish Air Force is one of the oldest in the world, turning 106. It was formed on March 6th 1918, shortly after Finland declared its independence. Finland’s air force took part in the Finnish Civil War, and the Soviet-Finnish War during World War II. Today, the Finnish Air Force operates more than 150 aircraft, some of which include the American F/A-18 C and D, and the British Hawk Mk.51.

Earn the “Emblem of the Satakunta Air Command” decal! By completing the task below you’ll be able to get yourself this decal.

When: From March 6th (11:00 GMT) until March 9th (07:00 GMT).
Task: Play 3 battles using aircraft in the Swedish tree to receive the “Emblem of the Satakunta Air Command” decal! 

Additional details:

• You must use a minimum of rank III.
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In the Alpha Strike major update, we’ll be introducing the North Holland location for ground battles. Let’s take a closer look!

Meet North Holland! We’ve taken Eastern Europe, one of War Thunder’s most popular ground forces maps according to the number of likes, and created North Holland based on it, set in the Zaandam region.

In this location are similar spawn points and routes to capture points, plus a canal that cuts through the city, which can be driven-through as the water is not too deep. You’ll be familiar with the general gameplay, timings and layout of this map, but the differences are that it has been transformed 50 years into the future, giving it a modernized touch. Additionally, the largest mission on this map is still not as large as European Province, but overall will still be more spacious for higher ranks.


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Let’s have a look at the ZBD-04A light tank, coming in as one of the most advanced vehicles of this class. Meet an awesome vehicle for War Thunder’s top ranked battles, still currently in service with the People’s Liberation Army of China.

ZBD-04A: A Light Tank for China at Rank VII
Features:

• An anti-tank guided missile!
  
• 30 mm cannon with APFSDS rounds.
  
• Thermal imaging for the commander and gunner.
  
• Good mobility.
  
• Amphibious.

Vehicle History
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The ZBD-04 which has a fighting compartment from the Russian BMP-3 was developed in China in the late 1990s and began entering service in the early 2000s. The next model of this vehicle was the modernized ZBD-04A, featuring additional armor and improved electronics. This vehic... Read more

• A bug where severely damaged enemies finished off by allies did not count towards progress for tasks, wagers, challenges and battle tasks etc has been fixed.
  
• Severely damaged enemies finished off by allies have been added to the “Destruction of aircraft” item in the battle results. In the “Finishing off” column, the value “By another player (no reward)” is indicated, making it easily distinguishable from your own destruction of enemies.
  
• A bug that caused the client to crash on Ubuntu 20.04 when running via Steam has been fixed.

The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated...

Welcome to the 109th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
We loved seeing all of the creative screenshots you captured last week! In history, some warbirds came painted in all black like the P-61 Black Widow! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

Let’s begin the 109th edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen109. You have time until the 8th of March to submit your screenshot.

After that date, 6 winners will be selected (3 of which will be the highest rated by the community and 3 selected by our judges), each of which receive a reward of 300GE.

Terms:

• ● Your screenshot must include a player vehicle that is on fire.
  
• You ...

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Today, we’d like to tell you about an important milestone that is approaching for War Thunder’s aircraft component — the game wide introduction of Active Radar Homing Missiles, otherwise known as FOX-3. Taking into account the characteristics of this type of weapon and its possible impact on the gameplay in air battles, we’d like to talk to you in detail about our approach to adding these highly advanced missiles into the game. 

As more and more advanced aircraft and missiles have been introduced into the game, we were faced with various challenges in implementing them and the impact on gameplay they had. Starting with the first generation of basic guided missiles, to the first missiles capable of hitting maneuvering targets, to the first all-aspect missiles, and more recently the first super-maneuverable missiles. Each of these additions had the potential to d... Read more

We’re announcing the brand-new premium F-20A Tigershark! Maneuverable, fast, a new powerful engine, and strong stubby wings plus an excellent selection of weapons is exactly the recipe to have some fun and be a real pain for the enemy team.

Pre-order — F-20A Tigershark Pack To pre-order from the in-game hangar: Shop > Online Store.
74.99

• F-20A Tigershark (Rank 8, USA)
  
• Premium account for 20 days
  
• 2500 Golden Eagles
  
• Pre-order bonus: unique “Aerial predator” title
  
• Pre-order bonus: unique “Shark” decal
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• Pre-order bonus: unique demonstration camouflage USA
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We’re pleased to announce that the Hungarian aircraft line is going to be added to the Italian aircraft tree in the next major update called Alpha Strike, which continues the development of Hungarian vehicles being added to the game. Let’s dive in and take a look!

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Initially the Hungarian Air Force was founded in 1918 where it was made up of aircraft left over from WWI. In 1920 however, the Treaty of Trianon was signed between Hungary and the Allies that prevented Hungary from producing and using any aircraft. Despite this, they still opted to rebuild their air force in secret where it was eventually discovered in 1938 that this had been going on.

Hungary fought in several WWII battles including the German invasion of the Soviet Union, and the Invasion of Yugoslavia where their air force took part mostly using German and Italian aircraft. Hungary’s highest scoring Ace of WWII was Dezső Szentgyörgyi, ha... Read more

The next major update for War Thunder — “Alpha Strike”!

We’ve got more to talk about regarding the work on improvements and bug fixes to the game over the past 2 weeks! Let’s take a look at what we’ve been working on.

If you’ve found a bug that you’d like to report, you can do so on our community bug reporting platform[community.gaijin.net].

The Severe Damage mechanic has been implemented


We recently spoke about this mechanic in a ... Read more

In this blog we’ll be talking about the most advanced variant of the Buccaneer that will soon be taking to the skies in War Thunder: meet the Buccaneer S.2B!

Buccaneer S.2B: A Strike Aircraft for Britain at Rank VII
Features:

• AIM-9L missiles.
  
• Laser-guided bombs.
  
• Internal Countermeasures.
  
• Large payload.

Vehicle History
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Initially intended for the Royal Navy, the RAF showed little interest in the Buccaneer until the cancellation of both TSR-2 and the RAF’s own version of the Aardvark, the F-111K, led to a decision to adopt the Buccaneer into service to fill a gap in capabilities. This coincided with the gradual retirement of Aircraft Carriers from the Royal Navy freeing up aircraft that could be provided to the RAF, as well as ... Read more

Meet an anti-aircraft platform that features four 12.7 mm machine guns on a light APC chassis which is going to be a very welcomed addition to the lower ranks of the French ground tree!

VTT DCA: An SPAA for France at Rank II
Features:

• Light tracked chassis.
  
• High rate of fire.
  
• Good mobility.
  
• Light protection.

Vehicle History
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Based on the AMX-13 light tank, the VTT armored personnel carrier was developed and launched into mass production in 1957. As this chassis was widely produced it became quite a suitable platform for numerous experimental variants, a notable example being the AMX-13 VTT / DCA (Véhicule de Transport de Troupe/Défense Contre Avions). It was armed with an American M45 .50 caliber quadmount, the same found on the ic... Read more

Welcome to the 108th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
Your screenshots from last week were great! A lot of you captured the theme perfectly with flying acrobatic smoke, or two vehicles close together. The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

Let’s begin the 108th edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen108. You have time until the 1st of March to submit your screenshot.

After that date, 6 winners will be selected (3 of which will be the highest rated by the community and 3 selected by our judges), each of which receive a reward of 300GE.

Terms:

• Your screenshot must include a player vehicle with black paint on it (You can use decals)...

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Today we’re announcing two vehicles that can be pre-ordered before the next major update: the Centauro RGO wheeled light tank that’s in service with the Royal Guard of Oman, and the Swedish Strv 121B prototype that has its own name, Christian II.

Meet the Centauro RGO

The Centauro RGO is a special version of the Italian Centauro I wheeled light tank for the Royal Guard of Oman, which is built on a modern chassis and also features reinforced turret armor. Overall, this is one of the best light tanks in the game thanks to its max speed of over 100 km/h, a 120 mm gun that can fire effective sub-caliber shells, a thermal imager, a LWS/L... Read more

Today we’re going to be talking about the main reward for the next event called Sword of Justice: meet the Indian Jaguar IS fighter-bomber!

Jaguar IS: An Event Vehicle Strike Aircraft for Great Britain at Rank VII
Features:

• Guided bombs.
  
• All-aspect R550 Magic 2 air-to-air missiles.
  
• Thermal targeting pod.
  
• RWR and countermeasures.
  
• Only 1 ADEN cannon.
  
• No radar.

Meet the Jaguar IS!
The Jaguar IS, the main reward for the Sword of Justice event, is not only capable of effectively supporting your team in ground battles from the air, but can also stand up well in air duels if required. Let’s dive in and take a closer... Read more

We’ve prepared some Defender of the Fatherland activities including several tournaments, a decal and decoration that can be obtained by playing Soviet vehicles, as well as 4 returning Soviet premiums for Golden Eagles.

Soviet vehicles temporarily available for Golden Eagles!

When: From February 22nd (10:00 GMT) until February 26th (07:00 GMT).
Where: USSR > Army/Aviation > Premium vehicles.

• KV-1E[wiki.warthunder.com] — 3,200 Golden Eagles
  
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