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• An error has been fixed that sometimes caused artefacts to appear in shadows from star shells on minimal SSAO settings.
  
• In the naval hit camera, a text message has been added for ammunition explosions.
  
• Bomb assault fuze for aviation in BR 7.3-8.3 ground Arcade battles has been rolled back to 10 seconds. Starting speed has been reduced from 680 to 550 km/h for bombers and attack aircraft and from 600 to 550 km/h for fighters.
  
• BTR-ZD - Battle rating in RB has been increased from 4.3 to 4.7.
  
• Lancia 3Ro (100/17) - Battle rating in the AB has been increased from 1.7 to 2.0

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 prov... Read more

From the 22nd of June at 11:00 GMT until the 4th of July at 11:00 GMT

Discounted customizable bundles!
The new discount mechanism will allow you to create your own bundle of several packs with a discount, by adding them to your Cart. Each single pack from the list would have a 25% discount when added to the Cart, but the discount increases to 50% if you add two or more packs from the list to the Cart at once.

To enjoy these discounts, go to our Online Store from the hangar in-game.
Note! The discount will only be applied if you add these packs to the Shopping Cart and purchase them all together as part of one transaction.

Packs not included in the promotion:

• Danger Zone update packs;
  
• Wind of Change u...

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In this digest we would like to tell you about our continuing work on improvements and fixes in the game.

Please feel free to leave your feedback on these changes in the dedicated "It’s fixed! №53" thread

Gotta collect them all!


Reward loading screens are a picturesque gallery along your war path. Previously, you were able onl... Read more

Introducing a new set of rare decals for your vehicles! This time the heraldry of military forces of the nations familiar to War Thunder players is complemented by the emblems of the Argentinian Air Force and South African tankers - not very common guests in our digests.

Swift eagles of the USSR and Japan, elephant twins, nimble Israeli cobra or majestic crown of the British hussars - choose your own special decal!

Until the 19th of July - get them in battles or purchase rare decals for all War Thunder nations.

Emblem of Queen's Royal Hussars, Britain "Lightning Eagle" emblem, 168th... Read more

40 new camouflages from content creators on the Live.WT portal arrive in the game with the user content support program!

Unlock a unique trophy simply by playing the game! Activate your camo coupons, or sell them on the Market to get Gaijin Coins (GJN)!

Contents in the “Danger Zone” trophy:

• Coupons for rare vehicles
  
• 21 camouflage coupons for ground vehicles
  
• 16 camouflage coupons for aircraft
  
• 1 camouflage coupons for naval vessels
  
• 2 camouflage coupon for helicopters
  
• Coupon for the “Danger Zone” decal

In the Danger Zone update w... Read more

Interface

• Speed, altitude, ammo and torpedo indicators have been restored to the aircraft HUD.
  
• Flight parameters, engine and ammo indicators have been temporarily switched back to the old interface, with colour selection disabled. The new HUD version will be back when found issues are resolved.

Aircraft

• SB2C (all) - elevator animation has been fixed.
  
• Sea Hawk - elevator animation has been fixed.
  
• I-15bis - LODs have been fixed.
  
• JA37C - flaps animation has been fixed, animation of the intake hatches when reverse thrust is engaged has been fixed.
  
• Yak-15 - damage effects have been fixed.
  
• SK60B - animation of the intake hatches when reverse thr...

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Meet two very unusual Premium jets from the upcoming Danger Zone update: The Saudi Lightning F.53 with fancy rocket pods, and the Italian Ariete - a light twin engined jet fighter based on Sagittario 2.

Lightning F.53 One of the fastest jet interceptors in the game reinforcing the land war! The Lightning F.53, resplendant in Royal Saudi Air Force livery, was an export version of the well-known F.6 modification equipped with pylons for bombs and rockets. The fun fact is, that part of the pylons are mounted above the wings! The fighter could carry up to 144 SNEB anti-tank unguided rockets, complemented with up to 48 RN rockets in the rocket bay, and 540 or 1,000 lbs bombs. Similar to the F.6, the Premium Lightning could be equipped with a pair of air-to-air missiles - Red Top, Firestreak, or both. Fuselage-mounted fast firing A... Read more

The long awaited F-14A Tomcat, an Israeli helicopter tech tree, the first Chinese helicopter and a new type of bomb - with napalm! Two brand new locations, updated Sun City map, dozens of new vehicles and few updated models for old legends. Additionally the highly anticipated rewind functionality for replays and a long list of bug fixes and new features awaits you! Join us with a ride into the "Danger Zone" Update!

Aviation There is something for everyone! From the updated 3d model of the I-15bis to the most anticipated aircraft in years: the F-14A!



Ground vehicles Over a dozen new ground vehicles. All available nations ... Read more

Dear players!

On June 15th, from 08:00 GMT, the War Thunder game servers may be unavailable due to the release of the “Danger Zone” major update.

Please note: Please do not try to manually update the game client on Steam. Steam will update the game automatically.

We are sorry for inconvenience.

The ‘Danger Zone’ update brings the long-anticipated rewind in replays! Read our DevBlog about the new feature and how it works in War Thunder.

Rewind in replays has been amongst the most requested features for players for a long time. This tool is useful not only for ordinary players who want to see details of a cool moment of the past battle. It is also needed by the content creators of our huge War Thunder community, masters of video and graphic editors.

Previously, we tried to solve the problem of navigation in game replays, but it was impossible to solve the issue quickly and easily due to the peculiarities of the game engine and replay recording algorithms. In one of our Q&A sessions, we even made an official statement that this feature is not planned for the game. But the constant requests from the community forced Gaijin programmers to come up with another solution for navigating through replays. Well, we did it! The replay rewind is coming with the Dan... Read more

Welcome to the 19th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
We’ve seen the amazing screenshots of your favourite vehicles from last week, and absolutely love them, there were some very interesting ones! Well done, all! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

Let’s begin the 19th edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen19. You have time until the 17.06.2022 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 300 GE.

Important addition: Screenshot theme - Pimp my ride!

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The Harbin Z-19E light attack helicopter will be the first Chinese helicopter available for all War Thunder players!

Z-19E, attack helicopter, China, rank VI. Premium, available in a pack.
Features:

• High combat capabilities
  
• Air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles
  
• Thermal imager
  
• Radar/laser warning system and countermeasures
  
• Lacks turret

In the Danger Zone update, China receives its first rotorcraft, the Z-19E attack helicopter, which will become available with the release of the update as part of a special pack in our online store. This is a modern combat helicopter, equipped wit... Read more

On the 10th of June, 1918 the Italian Navy sank the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought SMS “Szent István” during its first major voyage. In honor of this, the 10th of June in Italy is celebrated as Navy Day.

From 14:00 GMT on 10th of June until 14:00 GMT on the 13th of June purchase RN Geniere[wiki.warthunder.com] - a premium Rank III Italian destroyer for Golden Eagles.

It has excellent mobility and strong firepower, especially good anti-aircraft weapons. It was withdrawn from sale back in late 2020 and is now temporarily coming back: don’t miss your chance to purchase this rare ship!

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• Aircraft setup in ground Arcade battles has been updated:

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• The following aircraft have been added to the bomber list of BR 7.3 — 9.7:

• A-7D with AGM-65A x4 (instead of 1000 lb x12)
  
• Yak-38M with S-24B x4
  
• A-4N (Israel) with AGM-65A x3 (instead of 1000 lb x5)

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• The following aircraft have been added to the bomber list of BR 10.0+:
• F-5E with AGM-65B x4
  
• F-4E Phantom II with AGM-65B x4
  
• MiG-27K with Kh-29T x2 (instead of FAB-500M-62 x7)
  
• Su-17M2 with S-24B x6 (instead of FAB-500M-62 x8)

• Cha...

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In the upcoming Danger Zone update, Israeli helicopters come to War Thunder! A few words on history, initial line-up and the first look on the new to the game light attack helicopter MD 500 TOW.

In 1975 the Israeli Air Force received its first batch of 6 American Bell AH-1G Cobra strike helicopters, previously used in Vietnam. Israeli pilots enthusiastically began to master a new type of military aircraft and nicknamed the American helicopters Tzefa - “Palestine viper” - after the largest poisonous snake in the region. A little later, the AH-1G was replaced by the AH-1S equipped with anti-tank missiles, and the Hughes MD500 TOW light helicopters, also equipped with ATGMs to destroy armored vehicles. Israeli attack helicopters received a baptism of fire in 1979 where they were widely used in battle in the First Lebanon War, show... Read more