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Today we’re showing you the main reward for the new season of the upcoming Battle Pass, which we’ve suitably named Northern King! Meet the famous King Tiger that was obtained by Sweden: an amazing tank with an amazing fate!

Kungstiger: A Premium Heavy Tank for Sweden at Rank IV
Features:

• Excellent upper plate front armor!
  
• Long-barreled 88 mm gun.
  
• Decent mobility.

Vehicle History
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After the end of World War II, a special delegation in the Swedish Armed Forces dealt with the delivery of surviving German tanks from liberated France to the country. They were particularly interested in the delivery of the Tiger II tank to study and test at Swedish testing grounds, but attempts to find a relatively intact one were unsuccessful, as most of the h... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

The Mustang is a legendary American propeller fighter aircraft, and the one we’re presenting today was in service with the Chinese Air Force. It’s going to be the aircraft reward for the upcoming Battle Pass season!

P-51C-11-NT Mustang: A Premium Fighter for China at Rank III
Features:

• High speed!
  
• Good rate of climb.
  
• Possibility of using bombs.
  
• Mediocre weaponry.

Vehicle History
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American Mustang fighters began appearing in China in 1944, flown by pilots of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (CACW), which was under the direction of the ROC Air Force. The first P-51s that China received were the B and C modifications, and towards the end of the war more modern modifications appeared. Later on, American Mustangs became part o... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Welcome to the Inferno Cannon event, the second ground vehicle event in War Thunder’s new event cycle! This is y... Read more

Welcome to the naval reward for the upcoming Battle Pass season: USS Flagstaff. This is an amazing hydrofoil with a turret from the M551 Sheridan tank!

USS Flagstaff: A Premium US Motor Gun Boat at Rank III
Features:

• Hydrofoil!
  
• Very high top speed.
  
• Good maneuverability.
  
• 152 mm gun!

Vehicle History
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USS Flagstaff was one of two experimental hydrofoils that the US Navy ordered to study the design’s feasibility in the late 60’s. These boats received the PGH name — Patrol Gunboat Hydrofoil. Both boats were designed by aeronautical engineering companies: the PGH-1 Flagstaff by Grumman and the PGH-2 Tucumcari by Boeing. Soon after they were put into service, both went to South Vietnam, however not for long as the repair and maint... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

In the War Thunder Roadmap for Spring-Summer 2024, we promised to talk about new effects for damaging ground vehicle crews as well as healing them. We also mentioned that ... Read more

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Graphics

• A bug that caused shell craters on the ground to display incorrectly has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused snow to only be visible when the camera moved has been fixed.

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.

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When: Until April 29th (07:00 GMT) play 3 battles using the T14 to get the special “Wiki approved: T14” decal.

“Wiki approved: T14” — a unique decal for each new vehicle from our reviews.

T14

As the smoke from the sky battles over the very existence of Great Britain cleared, the British were already planning a counterattack, but quickly found out that they lacked impressive ground vehicles.



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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Welcome to the 115th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
Excellent work capturing the beautiful mountain ranges in your screenshots from last week! Of all of the mountains in War Thunder, which one is your favorite? The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

Let’s begin the 115th edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen115. You have time until the 19th of April 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 300GE.

Terms:

• Your screenshot must include a player vehicle and be from the “Mad Thunder” ...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Since the beginning of time, humanity has dreamed of conquering the sky, and having reached it we turned our sights even further. On April 12th 1961, a manned spacecraft with test pilot Yuri Gagarin on board orbited the Earth for the first time. In honor of this event, World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day is celebrated on April 12th.

Earn the “Off we go!” decal! You’re able to earn this themed decal in honor of this day.

When: From April 12th (11:00 GMT) until April 15th (07:00 GMT).

Task: Play 3 battles using USSR aircraft at rank III or higher to receive the “Off we go!” decal!

Additional details:

• You must use a minimum of rank III.
  
• Your activity must not be below 70%.
  
• You can complete the task in random battles, ...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Aircraft

• A bug where the RWR indication on the MFD did not take into account the scale of the interface elements has been fixed. This could lead to, for example, the name of the illuminating radar to overlap with the central element of RWR indication. (Report[community.gaijin.net]).
  
• A bug where the target tracking marks shown by radar could be displayed in the kill camera after the loss of an aircraft has been fixed. (...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

It’s No.90! We’re continuing to discuss in more detail the bug fixes and improvements that we’ve been working on over the past 2 weeks. Let’s jump right in.

If you’ve found a bug that you’d like to report, you can do so on our community bug reporting platform[community.gaijin.net].

Fuel slider fixes


In the Alpha Strike major update, we added a fuel slider to aircraft as part of the on-going Roadmap. This week we’ve now fi... Read more