The Return of Monthly Historical Decals!

Hello everyone! Today we’re very happy to be able to present a new series of historical decals for you to unlock. We’ve been working on returning these decals for a while now, and this series will have a few changes compared to the previous run. This initial post will be a bit longer, bear with us!

The Format This time around, we’ll aim to add a set of historical markings once a month instead, and there’s a few reasons for this. Chiefly, it gives everyone interested in the decals a longer amount of time to unlock them, as previously many players weren’t able to get the markings. This also ensures that we don’t actually run out of possible additions. Some nations do indeed have a huge amount of options, others however have a very small amount. To make sure that we can keep adding emblems across the board for everyone for the foreseeable future, we’ll have 10 per month — 5 new emblems and 5 emblems from previous events, that way new players will be able to unlock some old emblems they wouldn’t have been able to get previously as well.

Unlock Requirements We’ve made the unlock requirements slightly longer this time around to compensate for the extended duration, though not by a huge amount. The unlock requirements will be simple: frags, missions played, score earned, things that are universally achievable. Some special markings will be a little more challenging such as finishing at a certain position on the leaderboard, but in general the requirements will be simple and able to be achieved gradually as you play normally. 

Open to ideas! While we have many months worth of decals created and planned, you’re welcome to leave your own suggestions on the forum here[forum.warthunder.com]. For a marking to be considered, we’ll need clear historical references (clear enough to be able to accurately make the decal) along with as many sources and references as possible. Going forward we want to avoid any divisional or formal markings belonging to currently active units. Though personal markings, modern insignia of deactivated units, or older versions of emblems used by active units will generally be fine. No promises of course, but if you can find some interesting examples (especially for nations that have fewer options in general) we can potentially include some down the line.

The following decals will be available from February 7th at 11:00 GMT until March 7th 09:00 GMT.

“Enemy Planes If You Can Read This You’re Too Close” Inscription, USA “61st Keibitai Insignia, Japan “Kör Asz” Emblem, Hungary Defeat 70 players using American aircraft at rank III and above Defeat 50 players using Japanese light tanks at rank III and above Finish in position 1-3 five times while flying Italian or Hungarian Aircraft at rank III and above

6ème Escadrille GC III/6 Emblem, France 3. SFltl Emblem “Tiefseefisch”, Germany Guards Armoured Division Emblem, Britain 269th Mechanized Infantry Brigade Emblem, China Play 20 battles while using French aircraft with a minimum of 60% Battle Activity at rank III and above Can be purchased for 200 Golden Eagles Defeat 50 players using British Heavy Tanks at rank III and above Defeat 50 players using Chinese Light Tanks at rank III and above

“Bear Bomber” Personal Marking, USSR Brigade Nord Emblem, Norway 319th Division Emblem, Israel Earn 10,000 score while flying Soviet Bombers at rank III and above Play 20 battles while using Swedish Ground Vehicles with a minimum of 60% Battle Activity at rank III and above Play 20 battles while using Israeli Ground Vehicles with a minimum of 60% Battle Activity at rank III and above
Monthly markings can be found in a special tab in the customization menu, (Monthly Decals) after a month, they’ll be moved to their corresponding category.

All of the emblems will come with a detailed description. This will generally consist of the history of the marking, its design, which vehicles used it, and where it was often placed on vehicles historically if applicable (some emblems are taken from badges, which weren’t always applied). This way you can more easily recreate the original positioning if you’d like. In addition to tasks, all markings can be purchased for 200 Golden Eagles as well.

Thank you for reading, enjoy and let us know your thoughts!