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A bug where smokescreens would not hide the markers of other vehicles in arcade ground battles has been fixed.


A bug, where the preview of any vehicle would in some cases be available in any hangar, has been fixed.

Server update 03.12.2020

A bug has been fixed that didn’t allow a refresh to the limit of the Special battle tasks after completing a medium Battle task without re-entering the game.


A bug that didn’t allow the opening of the Battle Tasks window after completing an easy or medium Battle task 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...

Planned Battle Rating changes - December 2020

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Planned Battle Rating changes - December 2020

To open the Battle Rating changes list in a new tab, click here!

If you think we should make some additional changes or do not agree with listed changes, please support your suggestions with arguments!

We read all your feedback, so it can take some time to approve your post. Please be sure to stay on topic.

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The first season of the “Battle Pass” has started! Get in-game items and unique vehicles just by playing War Thunder!

Not so long ago we talked about the development of a new seasonal event in War Thunder - ‎Battle Pass: 1st Season, 75th Anniversary of the Great Victory. We are pleased to announce that the “Battle Pass” will begin today, the 2nd of December in War Thunder and will continue until February 2021!

Participate in the new seasonal events and get useful combat items and exclusive decals, titles, decorations, player icons and even premium vehicles!

What is “Battle Pass”?

-Awards

Every season of Battle Pass introduces new and exclusive prizes. Here are some examples of the rewards you can receive in the first season:

We'd like to improve the armor model, but this is complicated on various aspects: technical, gameplay and players.

-Technical, the more realistic we move into armor / damage simulation, the more complicated it gets to create (and to understand). Real physics often have a hefty performance impact too. We can sure "cheat" and dumb down some aspects, but it's still really complicated.

-Gameplay for the effects it would have. Armor wearing off could radically change the game.

-Players, as they have to understand and overall, agree on what is happening when a shell hit a tank. And this should not conflict with most players vision of realism, for example, we (players) overlook the tracks repair time of a Tiger H1, but want the armor to be accurate to the millimeter - and we need to keep that in mind, players who like realism don't like all the realism

Sure! Hull breach was created to solve a problem, some vehicles were unrealistically hard to kill and would eat shots after shots, that good old "no armor best armor". It did a good job on that regard, but as the game evolved, limitation started to show. Lots of players reported issues with hull break and the developers agree with the feedback. We still think the concept of hull break is good, but it need to be refined.

The team is working on an improved hull break, and deactivated part of the current system on a number of vehicles against kinetic shells to tone down the negative effects in the meantime.

Hi! We updated the patchnote.

A bug which would occur when a destroyed, turretless ground vehicle was fired upon, whereby the shell would disappear in the area the turret used to be despite nothing being there, has been fixed.


A bug where smokescreens would not hide the markers of other vehicles during ground battles has been fixed.


Browning-Colt Mk12 Mod 0 / Mod 3 — All types of belts now have the tracer round as the first munition.


Vickers P — The rate at which the cannon overheats, and the spread of the ammunition, have been reduced.

Ground Vehicle model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

“Hull destruction” functionality no longer applies to damage on the internal modules caused by kinetic shells. Hull destruction has been removed from hull hits by kinetic ammunition for the following vehicles:

P.7.T ...

A bug which would occur when a destroyed, turretless ground vehicle was fired upon, whereby the shell would disappear in the area the turret used to be despite nothing being there, has been fixed.


A bug where smokescreens would not hide the markers of other vehicles during ground battles has been fixed.


Browning-Colt Mk12 Mod 0 / Mod 3 — All types of belts now have the tracer round as the first munition.


Vickers P — The rate at which the cannon overheats, and the spread of the ammunition, have been reduced.

Ground Vehicle model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

“Hull destruction” functionality no longer applies to damage on the internal modules caused by kinetic shells. Hull destruction has been removed from hull hits by kinetic ammunition for the following vehicles: ...

We continue to publish real stories the combat use of War Thunder vehicles. Today we’re talking about the Russian BMP-2 IFV, and the Czech BVP-2 version, with our two guests, one a BVP-2 driver and the other a BMP-2 gunner.

More on the website!

The War Thunder Team

The A-4E Early squadron vehicle is available for research and purchase to all players.

Flight model

I-185 (all series) — air stream swirl around stabilizers has been specified. The cable control on the ailerons and elevators has been replaced with tubular (more accurate) rods. Wave drag resistance increased due to the thinner profile. Stalling angles have been improved with flaps retracted due to wider wing slats. Engine inertia and momentum have been reduced. Landing roll without brakes has been specified (reduced).


MiG-3 (all series) — air stream swirl around stabilizers has been specified. The nosing-over probability has been reduced significantly with full fuel load. Increased resistance on fully extended flaps across their surface.


Та-152С — brake effectiveness has been improved (nosing-over probability h...

A new squadron vehicle is coming to War Thunder! This time, one of the better jet attackers in the game, the American A-4E Skyhawk with a new powerful engine and increased combat load

History

The beginning of the jet era and the escalation of the Cold War forced the US naval aviation command to look for a replacement for the very successful carrier-based piston-engine AD Skyraider, with the possibility of delivering a tactical nuclear weapon in the area of operation of an aircraft carrier group.With the beginning of the military campaign in Korea, the Douglas Aircraft Company began developing a carrier-based attack aircraft with an unconventional approach - instead of pursuing engine power, usually bringing weight and large size to the aircraft, Ed Heinemann’s team concentrated on finding ways to lighten the construction, keeping it under 12,000 lbs.

The pro...

Sound

A bug has been fixed with missing sound and visual effects of hits on the destruction of the player’s ground vehicle.


A bug has been fixed with missing sound and visual effects of hits on enemy/allied vehicle hits on enemy/allied ground vehicles.


A bug that would cause a bomb flight sound to play for listeners on the ground immediately after a drop, regardless of the drop height.. Now bombs start to sound at distances of about 500 meters.


Engine over-throttle sounds on ground vehicles have become shorter. They are quieter on vehicle stop, and louder, when the vehicle starts moving.


Diesel engines on Leopard 2, Leclerc, T-90A, Type 90, T-64, now have a turbocharger whistling sound. The turbocharger layer has also been added to the over-throttle sounds.


The turbine sounds for turbine engines of player ground veh...

Sound

A bug has been fixed with missing sound and visual effects of hits on the destruction of the player’s ground vehicle.


A bug has been fixed with missing sound and visual effects of hits on enemy/allied vehicle hits on enemy/allied ground vehicles.


A bug that would cause a bomb flight sound to play for listeners on the ground immediately after a drop, regardless of the drop height.. Now bombs start to sound at distances of about 500 meters.


Engine over-throttle sounds on ground vehicles have become shorter. They are quieter on vehicle stop, and louder, when the vehicle starts moving.


Diesel engines on Leopard 2, Leclerc, T-90A, Type 90, T-64, now have a turbocharger whistling sound. The turbocharger layer has also been added to the over-throttle sounds.


The turbine sounds for turbine engines of player ground veh...

SPAA vehicles are the main and the most reliable way to protect your team from aerial threats. We’ve already made a video on the SPAA vehicles found in the German tech tree, including the advanced and highly versatile Gepard… and the fearsome Kugelblitz. Today we’re going to look at their Soviet counterparts!

We invite youtubers and streamers to cooperate and offer support depending on the quantity and popularity of your content. More information: https://warthunder.com/en/media/partnership/

The War Thunder Team

We continue to talk about the improvements in the game's appearance that will be brought by the updated graphics engine ‘Dagor Engine 6.0’ in the next major update “New Power” for War Thunder.

We recently showed new skies and visual improvements for War Thunder aircraft. Today we continue to expand on how the new graphics engine in War Thunder will change the look of the game.

Hit effects on armoured vehicles

War Thunder: New Power has improved the appearance and “physics” of hits on ground vehicles. Physically correct armour scars appear on ground vehicles in places where shells hit, now their shape depends on the angle of the shell's collision with the vehicle's armour. In some cases, the projectile can even get stuck in the armour! If armour is penetrated, holes of different diameters appear on the armour, depending on the calibre of the projectile. If a vehicle is on fire, you can see the flame th...

You are watching The Shooting Range – a weekly show for all tankers, airmen and Captains in War Thunder.

In this episode:

Pages of history: the German Wonder Tractor


Map Guide: How to Win on the Rhine


Metal Beasts: the Closest Comrade of the Legendary Il-2

The War Thunder team

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With the release of the War Thunder: ‘New Power’ update, we are adding new types of AI aircraft carriers to the game that serve as naval bases for aircraft.

More good news for War Thunder pilots is that in the upcoming ‘New Power’ update, several new types of AI aircraft carriers will appear in the game that serve as naval aviation bases in missions with sea and ocean. For these aircraft carriers, we have made fully fledged, highly detailed models that are not inferior in quality to the in-game military fleet.

HMS Ark Royal

The Royal Navy aircraft carrier, one of the first to use an angled landing deck. The ship was laid down as Irresistible, but was renamed in honour of the famous WW2 aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, from the deck of which Swordfish aircraft took off that inflicted critical da...

In the War Thunder “New Power” update, we are dividing warships from all playable nations into two separate tech trees with traditional vertical research - blue-water(larger ships) and coastal fleets(smaller vessels). Torpedo boats, gunboats, and frigates will be upgraded in their own tree, while enthusiasts of larger ship classes will be able to start research immediately from reserve destroyers to heavier ship classes. In this case, ships of all classes will still meet together in battles, the ships you have already researched will not need to be researched again, and the crews will be able to master any types of ships without restrictions.

More on the devblog!