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Welcome to the 72nd War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
There is something very satisfying about using a large cannon! Thank you for submitting your many great screenshots last week! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!
Let’s begin the 72nd edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen72. You have time until 23.06.2023 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 content from “La Royale” major update. This can include new vehicles or new locations.
  
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The history of the modern German Navy goes back to the Reichsflotte that was founded on June 14th, 1848 — 175 years ago. Since then it has gone by many names, but now it’s called Bundesmarine and consists of 65 vessels, 56 aircraft, and 17,000 people. Its anniversary will be celebrated in Wilhelmshafen by opening up frigate Hamburg for the public, as well as concerts and competitions.

Т31 and Z20 Karl Galster Destroyers for Golden Eagles
T31


K-20 Karl Galster


We’re joining the celebrations too! To commemorate 175 years of the German Navy, two World War II era destroyers will be available for purchase f... Read more

The beginning of the Closed Beta Test for the French Naval forces, new and updated graphical effects for flares, afterburners, rockets and missiles along with new hit marks on ground vehicles. More than 50 new or updated vehicles. Amongst them 14 new ships for the French Navy! But sailors are not the only ones to find something for themselves here! The Mighty F-14B, three different Sukhoi jets, the unusual M1 KVT tank or the first tank from India in WT - Vijayanta! Two new locations, fortifications mechanics, new weapons for aircraft and much more awaits you in La Royale update!

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The French Émile Bertin light cruiser lacks protection, but is capable of inflicting deadly damage. The Agile glass cannon of the seas comes to the game in the La Royale update!

Émile Bertin, light cruiser, France, rank IV
Features:

• Punchy AP rounds
  
• High mobility
  
• Multiple AA guns
  
• Poor protection

The Émile Bertin light cruiser will be available at the very beginning of the French navy CBT in the La Royale major update. The ship is almost stripped of armor, but features excellent mobility and powerful APCBC rounds, capable of taking on ships of heavier classes. Meet the French ‘glass cannon’ of rank IV!

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Welcome to the 71st War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
Your screenshots from last week looked great! We enjoyed getting to see the vehicles you enjoyed playing with. The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!
Let’s begin the 71st edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen71. You have time until 16.06.2023 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:

• This week we would love to see your screenshots of vehicles with large weapons!
  
  • Aircraft with armament of ...

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More improvements for SACLOS missiles are coming with the La Royale update to bring more balance and authenticity to missile duels.

Multi-missile beam riding
Hi guys! Today we continue to examine more details about the improvements to missiles in the game, and first of all we will talk about multi-missile fire. We tried to describe this technically complex topic first in simple words, followed by a more detailed description of the aspects of this improvement. Hope you like it!



Simple: in the upcoming La Royale update we’re going to improve beam-riding SACLOS missiles (see the vehicle list below) to make multi-missile fire more authentic, i.e. allowed in a short period of time. Previously, aircraft and ground ... Read more

On June 10th, 1918 an Italian MAS 15 torpedo boat, commanded by lieutenant Luigi Rizzo, scouted an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought Szent István — and sank it with only two well-placed torpedo hits. It was a triumph for the Italian fleet, and since 1939 this date is celebrated as Italian Navy Day.

Destroyer RN Geniere temporarily available for Golden Eagles

To commemorate this holiday, RN Geniere[wiki.warthunder.com], a Soldati-type destroyer, will be available for purchase for Golden Eagles from June 9th (9:00 GMT) until June 12th (9:00 GMT). This destroyer is very maneuverable and quite ... Read more

A US-built experimental M4 tank with a turret and a gun from the T26 will give you the ultimate “Sherman” experience!

M4/T26, medium tank, USA. Rank IV
Features:

• Good protection at the turret front
  
• 90mm M3 gun
  
• Lacks APCR round

One of the projects for Chrysler engineers was an attempt to equip the M4 Sherman tank chassis with T26 turrets to increase the effectiveness of the US armored forces against German heavy tanks. A prototype hybrid tank was built in 1944, but canceled before further testing and serial production.


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• Display of destroyed wrecks of ground vehicles which in rare cases might look like serviceable vehicles has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the effect of flying dirt might appear in the air in ground battles in different locations has been fixed (report[community.gaijin.net]).
  
• A bug which caused the aircraft icon to remain dark and not highlighted when activating an air event in ground AB although the player was waiting for the start of the air event has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused event icons to me mistakenly displayed active at the beginning of the game session has been fixed
  
• A bug that caused the reloa...

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The Vijayanta medium tank comes to the game in the La Royale update. Meet the first Indian tank in War Thunder!

Vijayanta, medium tank, Britain, rank V. Premium.
Features:

• IR-searchlight
  
• High rate of fire
  
• Deadly HEATFS rounds
  
• Low protection

In 1961, the Indian government and British Vickers-Armstrong company signed an agreement to build a tank factory in the Avadi area near Chennai (formerly Madras) to assemble Vickers Mk.1 tanks for the Indian army. The first tank that in India received the name Vijayanta (“victorious”), left the assembly line in 1965, and soon the Indian plant mastered the independent production of tank components. Durin... Read more

On June 6th, 1523 Gustav Vasa ascended to the Swedish throne and declared the secession of Sweden from the Kalmar Union. Since then, Sweden has maintained independence for 500 years! And on June 6th, 1809 a constitution was adopted that abolished absolute monarchy and paved the way for modern democracy. So this date is celebrated as the National Day of Sweden for two reasons!

From June 5th (9:00 GMT) until June 8th (9:00 GMT)

Play 3 battles using Swedish vehicles (rank III or higher, with an activity of not less than 70%) to receive the “500 Years of Swedish Independence” decal.

“500 Years of Swedish Independence” decal

Complete the task in random battles, except for E... Read more

Welcome to the 70th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
The screenshot submissions from last week were fabulous! Who doesn’t like a good sunset? The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

Let’s begin the 70th edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen70. You have time until 09.06.2023 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:

• This week is your chance to showcase a vehicle that you really enjoy playing!
  
• You must add the #WTscreen70 tag (title cannot have any other...

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Meet the Bretagne-class Lorraine battleship, the pinnacle of the French bluewater tech tree in the upcoming La Royale update!

Lorraine, battleship, France, rank V
Features:

• 340mm main guns
  
• Very capable AA artillery
  
• Mediocre protection

France's latest dreadnought, the battleship Lorraine, will be the top ship in the French bleuwater fleet research tree at the time of the release of the major La Royale update!

A dreadnought is about guns and armor! Lorraine is good in guns: despite the fact that we chose for the game one of the later upgrades with the top main turret dismantled, commanders will have access to 8 340mm guns in four twin-barrel turrets... Read more

We present details on the revised physics of guided missiles with line-of-sight guidance in the La Royale update.

We continue to refine the physical model of the weapons in the game. Today we would like to talk about the new reworked physics of missiles guided by the three-point method guidance, that is, guided using line of sight, which we have prepared for the La Royale major update.

The current physics of line-of-sight missiles affects the missile's skyplane acceleration directly, bypassing the simulation of controls.


Skyplane of a missile


The current simplified implementation of the physical model allows the missile to go beyond the available overload and hit targets with which the missile sh... Read more

Based on the feedback from the YouTube community and from content creators, as well as after analyzing the occupancy of players in sessions of specifi... Read more

The Freccia VBM is an Italian IFV with a rapid fire cannon and fire-and-forget anti-tank missiles Spike-MR. Meet the new top tier in ground battles in the upcoming La Royale update.

Freccia VBM, light tank, Italy, rank VII
Features:

• 8 Spike-MR fire-and-forget missiles
  
• Good mobility
  
• Target tracking

The Italian Freccia VBM wheeled fighting vehicle will join the top-tiers in ground battles as the first to the game carrier of the Spike fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missiles!

The Freccia VBM is reminiscent of two other high-tier vehicles from the Italian tech tree: from the Centauro tank destroyer, the vehicle received a wheeled chassis with a maximum speed... Read more

In this digest we would like to tell you about our continuing work on improvements and fixes in the game. You can find information about all updates that have been released in War Thunder in the website special section.

Please note that we are currently in the middle of testing the next major update La Royale. It will last until June 1st, 7:00 GMT. Learn more about participating on it on our forums.

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