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08 Dec

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The Bandkanon 1 was an autoloading Swedish self-propelled artillery piece, developed in the late 1950’s on the basis of a previous experimental project. Soon, the menacing Bandkanon 1 will join the ranks of the Swedish ground forces tree in War Thunder, coming to the game as part of the next major update ‘Winged Lions’!
Bandkanon 1C, SPG, Sweden, Rank IV Features:
  • Devastating 155 mm gun
  • A top of its class rate of fire
  • HE rounds, including variable time fuse
  • Low max speed
  • Limited aiming angles
  • Limited ammunition capacity
History [expand]In the late 1950’s, Swedish engineers began work on a new self-propelled artillery unit, taking design choices proven from the previous Kranvagn experimental project and combining ... Read more
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Israel
The main topic of the next update is Israeli aviation with a new aircraft location made exactly for aspiring pilots - meet “Israel”! The "Israel" location for aircraft battles has an area of 128km by 128km, so it is perfect not only for piston-engined aviation, but also for jet aircraft. The map was created based on the border area of Israel, Lebanon and Syria. The terrain here is predominantly hilly, and the sparse plains are covered by vast fields. Several small towns are located on the map, between which there are farms, kibbutzim and fruit gardens.
A test flight of the Israeli Air Force will also take place in the “Israel” location. You signed up for testing already, didn’t you?
"Volokolamsk" re-visited ... Read more
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In this digest we would like to tell you about our continuing work on improvements and fixes in the game. You can find information about all updates that have been released in War Thunder on the website special section.
Getting ready for the major update! All forces have been thrown into battle to please you before the festive holidays with the “Winged Lions” update. We have already started to tell you about the new features, including new mechanics with scouting aircraft in naval battles and improvements to the effects which will depend on the weather and wind in battles.
But we also have something for the “It’s fixed” digest…
Reminder about the history of vehicles War Thunder has thousands of vehicles and over a hundred event vehicles that you might get thanks to big events and marathons. You have some of ... Read more
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07 Dec

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The hallmark of late Soviet self-propelled artillery, the 2S3M Akatsiya SPG, arrives in the game with the upcoming Winged Lions update!
2S3M, self-propelled gun, USSR, rank IV. Features:
  • Powerful 152 mm howitzer cannon
  • Mechanized ammo rack
  • Self-entrenchment equipment
  • Light armor
History [expand]After the end of World War II, the Soviet OKB-9 design bureau began work on creating a new weapon to replace the ML-20 towed howitzers and self-propelled guns adapted to use them. The new gun itself was ready by the mid-50s under the D-20 index, but the development of a new SPG began only after a government decree of 1967. The Transmash design bureau proposed a chassis based on its experimental self-propelled vehicles, and the modification of the D-20 gun for pl... Read more
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80 years ago, on Sunday morning on the 7th of December 1941, Japanese aircraft struck the US Navy’s Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor. Thus began WWII for the United States.
From 11:00 GMT on the 7th of December until 11:30 GMT on the 10th of December Rewards Completing the “Attack on Pearl Harbor” task will bring you a battle trophy with one of the following rewards:
  • 20-50% RP booster for 3-10 battles
  • 20-50% SL booster for 3-10 battles
  • 3-5 universal backup vehicles
  • 1 day premium account
Task Destroy 40/20/20 (AB/RB/SB) enemy whilst controlling specific vehicles in random battles
The task can be completed only in vehicles from the list:
  • Japan: D3A1, A6M2, B5N2
  • USA: P-36A, Rasmussen’s P-36A, P-36G...
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  • A bug has been fixed that resulted in the crosshair shifting while leaving the sniper mode with the zoom enabled.
  • Damage from the explosions of the destructible objects on the locations has been specified.
  • The ability to free all the vehicle slots has been added for gaming nations that do not have reserve vehicles. Now you’re able to put a vehicle in another slot to train the crew.
Sound
  • A sound of tracks from the tanks standing on the fire range or passing by in the hangar has been removed.
  • Sounds of knocks and other impacts on ground vehicle’s suspension have been added.
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06 Dec

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These Czech Avia S.199 fighters became the aircraft with which Israeli pilots achieved their first aerial victories.
Avia S.199, fighter, Israel. rank IV. Features:
  • Low max speed and climb rate
  • High flutter threshold
History [expand]Immediately after the end of World War II, Czechoslovakia began to form its own air force. Due to a shortage of aircraft in their possession at the time, Czechoslovakia decided to utilize the spare parts that remained after the war to initiate production on a series of Bf 109 G-10 fighters. The main production issue was caused by the power plant - the original German production run of the DB 605 engine was long over, and it was not profitable for the country to start producing new examples. After the first batch of fighters with DB 605 engines were compl... Read more
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Aviation
  • Display range has been doubled with ground targets when using targeting pods, as well as other aviation electro-optical means.
Other changes
  • Flight physics of the SACLOS/MCLOS missiles has been specified in accordance with the announced changes (...
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Today we would like to tell you about the new effects of the influence of wind in the game environment of War Thunder - smoke, fire, sparks and dust.

The wind has already blown in locations of War Thunder, but before the release of the Winged Lions update, it could only be seen on the grass and on the waves. Now everything will be different! All particle effects, such as fires and smoke, dust from ground vehicles and aircraft engines, gun shots, explosions and sparks - all these effects will now be affected by the wind.



The wind in the game depends on the weather settings. The influence of wind effects is most noticeable during storms, but such weather is rare in War Thunder, and we are looking for a middle ground between a comfortable weather for playing and the beauty of the effects.

We are currently tweaking the weather settings ... Read more
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Welcome to the 4th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition! So many reserve vehicles in one place! Great job soldiers! It was really hard to select the three best! But with an additional three selected from the community votes, we manage to find this week's winners!
Before we announce them, let’s start the 4th edition of our competition!

Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub (... Read more
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