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War Thunder has a multi-level anti-cheat model for dealing with cheaters to ensure a safe gaming environment. You can use the complaint system to send a request to our game masters to check a suspicious player. Use the replay feature[warthunder.com] on our page to send a complaint about the offender.

Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) support partially prevents players from using illegal software and regular system updates keep an eye on more and more suspicious software so that you can enjoy fair gaming. As a reminder, EAC is active in tournaments and in game modes without markers to eliminate the likelihood of cheaters.

Banned accounts We regularly block users who violat... Read more

Aircraft Battles

• The maximum possible number of players for each team in aircraft RB has been changed from 12 to 16.

Interface

• A bug that made it impossible to select filters in the squadron search window has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused vehicle ranks to be missing in the talismans and camouflages descriptions in the battle trophies prizes has been fixed.

Enduring Confrontation

• For scouting aircraft under AI control, a new logic check to fix the cases when the aircraft failed to reach the respawn point and flew out of the mission combat area has been added.

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 note... Read more

Aircraft

• F-16AJ — Missing ballistic calculator for cannon weaponry in the “air-to-air” mode has been fixed.
  
• Hunter F.58 — BR in RB has been changed from 9.7 to 9.3.
  
• A bug that caused the player to spawn in AB ground battles in an air strike with the UH-1B (Japan) without weaponry has been fixed.
  
• Kikka - A bug where in the X-Ray view the second Type 5 30mm cannon was missing has been fixed (report[community.gaijin.net]).
  
• Kurnass / Kurnass 2000 - A bug that allowed the creation of a weaponry preset with AIM-9G missile together with AIM-7 missile o...

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The first units for the French naval tree, new and updated graphical effects and data structure optimization along with ejection seats for selected modern jets. Amongst the 43 new as well as updated vehicle models, one can't help but mention the real behemoth - the Char 2C, the agile AH-6M "Little Bird" helicopter or the first French light cruiser; Duguay-Trouin! In addition to all this, the winter version of the location "Seversk", a new location for fans of avionics - Pyrenees, and as always, many improvements and fixes! Let's welcome the "Sky Guardians" update!

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The Swiss version of the iconic British Hawker Hunter jet fighter, melding air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles. The Hunter, versatile like never before, will be yours for free for squadron activity points!

Hunter F.58, jet fighter, Germany, rank VI. Squadron vehicle. Features:

• Air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles
  
• Good manoeuvrability at high speed
  
• Countermeasures

A new squadron vehicle that will hit the hangar pads in the next major update is an export Swiss version of the Hawker Hunter jet fighter as part of the German tech tree with unique weapons and a special camouflage. In addition to the long-awaited coun... Read more

The Finnish Air Force was founded on the 6th of March, 1918, soon after the country declared its independence from the Russian Empire. Its first planes were simply left behind by Russian forces. But the Finns didn’t have their own pilots, so in the beginning they had to rely on unofficial help from Swedes, Danes, and Russians.

The Finnish Air Force was rather successful in fighting off Soviet aircraft during the Winter War, and in WWII refrained from bombing civilian targets. After the peace treaty with the USSR was signed, Finnish pilots kept fighting in the skies against their past allies from the Luftwaffe.

Today the Finnish Air Force consists of several dozen of American F/A-18 Hornets.

From March 6th (11:00 GMT) until March 9th (7:00 GMT)

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The War Thunder development team reacts on the hottest topics of discussion of the upcoming Sky Guardians update.

Pantsir-S1 and other SAM vehicles We noticed the concerns of the players about a possible imbalance due to the introduction of the Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile system into the game and will try to answer some questions about its operational modes details.

The introduction of the Pantsir-S1 was planned due to the fact that the 2S6/2S6M1 Tunguska SPAAG is significantly inferior to the competition in terms of the combination of missile plus radar efficiency and has some of the worst statistics among all top tier SPAAGs in the game.



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Welcome to the winners of the second War Thunder Guide Contest on Steam!
Thank you for all your entries! We are very impressed by the quality of all of your guides, well done everyone. Below are the 5 winners! Overall, a huge well done to everyone!

The winners
The following 5 winners have been selected - each has won the Snail Decal and the specified amount of GE, out of the max of 3,000. Outstanding work, guys!

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The М53/59 Praga is a Czechoslovak wheeled SPAAG developed in the late 1950s on the chassis of the Praga V3S truck. Coming to War Thunder as part of the next major update , Praga will soon make its way to the Soviet ground forces tree and expand its roster of highly capable SPAA units!

Briefly: A Czech SPAAG based on a modified truck chassis and fitted with a twin 30 mm anti-aircraft turret.

М53/59, SPAAG, USSR, rank IV. Features:

• Powerful 30 mm cannons
  
• Magazine feed
  
• Good mobility
  
• Light protection

In War Thunder, М53/59 will be a new SPAA unit arriving to rank IV of the Soviet ground... Read more

An upgraded version of the menacing Phantom II multirole jet fighter will join the top ranks of the US air forces as a new Premium aircraft in the “Sky Guardians” update. Check the exclusive content available for pre-order pack owners!

The F-4S Phantom II fighter was developed as part of a modernization program launched in the United States in 1975 to extend the life of the F-4J fighter. Compared to its predecessor, the F-4S has significantly increased maneuverability and reduced landing and stall speeds. There are no internal guns installed, but it is possible to equip a container with a 20 mm Mk 11 mod 5 gun. The suspended weaponry is presented by the AIM-7F or AIM-9H guided air-to-air missiles, Zuni Mk 32 or FFAR Mighty Mouse unguided rockets, 250, 500, 750 and 1000 pound caliber bombs and also 500-pound Mk 77 incendiar... Read more

Ground vehicles

• A bug has been fixed where zooming in the sniper sight might shift the crosshair.

Aircraft

• Harrier GR.7, Q-5 — a bug has been fixed where there might occur intersection of the player’s camera and the TIALD pod view (report).

Game mechanics

• 100 sec delay before decreasing the team victory points has been revoked for cases when enemy players have no available respawns. This applied for all gaming modes, except for Enduring Confrontation and Assault mode.
  
• We have received multiple reports on players in Realistic aircraft battles, who stay on the airfield and try to earn experience by taking off and landing over and over again. Now, the take off reward can only be achieved once in 3 minutes. Let’s play fair and respect others....

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The export version of the F-16A jet-fighter designed for Japan Air Self-Defense Force comes as the first 4th gen aircraft in the Japanese tech tree.

F-16AJ, jet fighter, Japan, rank VIII Features:

• Superior flight characteristics
  
• AIM-7F Sparrow air-to-air missiles
  
• Multirole capabilities

In the “Sky Guardians” War Thunder update, Japan is getting a new top-tier 4th generation jet fighter, an export version of the magnificent F-16A, one of the best aircraft in the game. In service with the Japanese tech tree, the F-16AJ is capable of equipping the Sparrow missiles, which the Block 10 versions do not have, as well as ai... Read more