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Welcome to the fourth War Thunder Steam Community Spotlight!

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France was one of the first countries to use aviation in combat: by the beginning of World War I it had 15 airships and almost 150 aircraft. Still, they were a part of the army until the French Air Force became independent on July 2nd, 1934. Today the French Air and Space Force employ over 40,000 people, and their main combat aircraft are the Mirage 2000 and Rafale.

From July 3rd (10:00 GMT) until July 6th (10:00 GMT)

Play 3 battles using French aircraft (rank III or higher, with an activity of not less than 70%) to receive the “French Air Force Day” decal.

“French Air Force Day” decal

Complete the task in random battles, except for Enduring Confrontation missions and ... Read more

This weekend, the final matches of the Grand Final Season I Tournament will take place, streamed across our four multilingual twitch streams. The prize for the teams competing for victory includes; 2100 GJN, unique skins and vehicle coupons.

So far many teams and players have participated, with only 8 teams qualifying for the final elimination rounds! Each has a great chance to go home with the prize. Which team will emerge victorious? You can find out this coming weekend!

Watch the live streams on Twitch, broadcast in English[www.twitch.tv], ...

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On July 1st, 1926 the Swedish Air Force was created by merger of airborne divisions of army and navy. Even though it didn’t participate in World War II, it was preparing to by raising its numbers — and kept doing it in the beginning of the Cold War. By 1957 Sweden held the fourth most powerful air force in the world, consisting of a thousand modern aircraft. After the Cold War ended, Sweden massively decreased the number of aircraft in its service: currently its Air Force employs only about 200 vehicles.

J29D and J35A Fighters for Golden Eagles
J29D Tunnan


J35A Draken

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From the 27th of June at 13:00 GMT until the 5th of July at 13:00 GMT

Get standalone packs with a discount!
Sultry summer is a time for hot deals in War Thunder! Get a discount for the selected standalone packs, and set out to conquer the battlefields!

The 50% discounts are available for the packs that include vehicles from Ranks I up to V.

To purchase packs, click Shop > Online Store whilst in the in-game hangar.

Note! After the end of the special promotion, the following packs will be removed from sale:

• Japanese Pacific Campaign (1941-1942)
  
• USA Pacific Campaign (1941-1942) (YP-38)

Note! The offer is available to PC users only.

Aircraft

• The map rotation has been revised to achieve a more interesting and intense battle. Details.
  
• A default set of countermeasures is now available immediately after researching an aircraft.
  
• A bug that might cause ‘visual effects’ to hover in the air in battles has been fixed.

Ground vehicles

• Ability to field repair vehicles with penalties previously used in AB and RB has been added to SB.
  
• Penalty for modules repaired with field repair without a repair kit has been reduced in AB and RB:
  
  • Gun spread multiplier has been changed from х15 to х5;
    
  • Guidance angles have been changed from 3 to 6 degrees;
    
  • Transmission losses have been changed from 50% to 25%;
    
  • Engine power reduction has been cha...

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We continue to let you know about the improvements we are implementing based on the War Thunder updates roadmap. Today, we are going to talk about improving the map rotation for air ba... Read more

With the release of every major War Thunder update, we bring you a selection of great author camouflages from Live.WT in one trophy. It is now time to welcome the “La Royale” trophy!

This trophy traditionally includes 40 camouflages presented as coupons. You also have the chance to get a coupon for a rare vehicle or a “La Royale” decal honoring the French Navy when you open the trophy!

Contents of the “La Royale” trophy:

• Coupons for rare vehicles
  
• 21 camouflage coupons for ground vehicles
  
• 17 camouflage coupons for aircraft
  
• 1 camouflage coupons for naval vess...

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