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61 years ago, humankind made its first piloted flight into outer space! The whole world watched this flight with baited breath. People from all around the world were united by the idea of space flight, great discoveries and new knowledge, setting a new goal for mankind.
Today we continue our way into the unknown, which began with a simple dream and the shout “Let’s go!”.
War Thunder celebrates this day, which has united people for a long time.

From April 12th (14:00 GMT) until April 15th (07:00 GMT) play 3 battles in Random battles in any vehicle (rank III and above, activity 70% and higher) to achieve a special "Open space" decal.
Track your progress in the hangar by clicking Nickname → Achievements → Cosmonautics day.

Trophies of the space challengers
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[PvE] Helicopter battles

• BR ranges have been changed from 7.7-9.3 / 9.7+ to 7.7-9.0 / 9.3+.
  
• Calculation period for useful actions has been changed from 15 to 10 minutes.
  
• Activity counters, rewards for useful actions, and RP reward at the end of a session have been adjusted and split into the BR ranges.
  
• Mi-24A — battle rating in Arcade battles has been changed from 9.0 to 9.3.

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 updated.

War Thunder gets a full compatibility mark from the newest Steam Deck platform!
Good news everyone! The War Thunder development team have fully optimized the game for the newest Steam Deck gaming devices that hit the shelves at the end of February. Steam Deck players were able to play War Thunder right from the platform’s release point, but there were still some minor compatibility issues. We did our best to complete optimization, and are proud to announce the full compatibility check mark recently received from the Steam Deck developers.

Hundreds of thousands players worldwide come to play War Thunder daily. Players from various platforms can take command of combat vehicles in one battle: Windows, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Linux. Now, a growing audience of Steam Deck owners joins us, who are able to play with their Steam ... Read more

Aircraft

• MiG-23MLA — a bug has been fixed that resulted in flares/chaff flying in front of the aircraft.
  
• М197 gun — overheating time has been reduced.
  
• F-84F (all versions) — a bug has been fixed that allowed using the weapon selector to fire the upper row of the HVAR rockets before the lower.
  
• Nesher — a bug has been fixed where in some weapon setups the MK82 bombs might be visually detached from pylons.

Ground Vehicles

• ELC bis — a bug that created additional missing camouflages has been fixed.
  
• ZTZ88A — a bug has been fixed that prevented obtaining some of the additional camouflages for completing tasks.

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April's chest

• In addition to the vehicle coupons from previous April events that can currently be won from the box, the same vehicles can now drop not as coupons, but will be automatically applied to your account - vehicle coupons will continue to drop alongside this. This increases the chance to get a vehicle without devaluing any currently held coupons. If a player gets a vehicle that they own already, they receive 1,000,000 SL instead.
  
• Coupon drop counters are split into item categories (coupon for vehicle, coupon for camo, coupon for decoration, Hat trophy), that allows instant drop on an item in each category after opening the required number of chests, instead of a random item in a random category.
  
• Battle trophies with boosters, wagers and orders now open into separate items both in the...

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A Slovak modernization of the T-72M tank with a modern fire control system, ERA protection, effective APFSDS round and an automatic 30-mm cannon!
T-72M2 Moderna, MBT, USSR, rank VI. Event vehicle. Features:

• Up-to-date fire control system with a panoramic sight
  
• New TAPNA armor piercing rounds
  
• Improved protection
  
• Remotely controlled 30mm autocannon

After the division of Czechoslovakia followed by an economic crisis, Slovak tank builders found themselves on the brink of bankruptcy. Tank plant ZTS Dubnica initiated an upgrade project for the Soviet T-72 series MBT in order to make the tank interesting for both domestic and foreign operators. By 1993, together with the French company SFIM and the Belgian SABCA, a project was developed to modernize the T-72M1 t... Read more