War Thunder Dev Tracker

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From March 17th (11:00 GMT) until March 19th (07:00 GMT), play the game to get a new decal!
Unlock the "Leprechaun" decal for 3 battles in vehicles of rank II or higher (with a minimum of 60% activity).


The jolly Irish celebrate St. Patrick's Day, in celebration of the legendary savior and heavenly patron of Ireland. This is a day of bright colors, friendly drinking and happy images. The emerald-green extravaganza proved to be contagious and now St. Patrick's Day has become an international spring holiday. We will not stay out of it either!

Get your commemorative Leprechaun decal by completing a simple task.

Monitor your progress here: “Your nickname” → “Achievements” → “S... Read more

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• F-5A — excessive wing durability has been limited to 11.5G with full fuel tanks.
  
• The amount of respawn points required to run aircraft with the electro-optical tv or IR guidance system ATGM has been increased by 20%.

Sound

• The sound of rapid-fire aviation armament has been corrected. The sound has become more mellow at low and mid frequencies.
  
• The sounds of explosions have been amplified at low frequencies.
  
• An issue has been resolved with barely distinguishable engine sounds in ground vehicles with the background noise of battles

Enduring Confrontation

• PBJ-1, previously used as the AI strike aircraft, has been changed to the A-26B-10 at rank IV, the PBJ-1 has a low climb rate, resulting in numerous issues with rocky lan...

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• Ji-Ro - the position of the sight has been corrected for SB mode.
  
• Su-9, Su-11 - textures relating to the tail tearing off have been fixed.

Enduring Confrontation

• A bug where AI controlled US aircraft models appeared in the USSR missions at ranks VI and VII has been fixed.
  
• An aircraft carrier template has been added to “Enduring Confrontation: Tunisia mission (landing and taking off from the carrier, and missions to destroy carriers, are now available).
  
• A bug with the ground convoys of team A has been fixed. Previously, they were unable to be detected, and tasks for escorting and destroying convoys were not available.
  
• A bug which would cause no indication of the square in which the ground convoy was located, during tasks requiring the destruction of the convoy, has been fixe...

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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/236390/announcements/detail/3023576826875595657]here[/url].

A new line of South African ground forces, the first Variable Swept Wing jet and over 30 new vehicles are joining the game! New location, tactical air-to-surface missiles and a pilot HUD along with new graphical effects, gunfire sounds for aircraft, and much more!

Check out the Changlog here[warthunder.com]

South African armoured vehicles
Over 20 new ground vehicles includes first South African armoured vehicles added as a separate branch of the British tech tree

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Tactical air-to-surface missiles
Several models of tactical air-to-surface missiles will be added to the weapon presets of both new aircraft and aviation already researched by players. Two of them are really special, let’s take a closer look.

The Soviet Kh-29L is currently the largest guided missile in the game with a mass of 317kg for an armour-piercing high-explosive warhead. The missile was first tested in combat during the war in Afghanistan and has since been used and modernized for the needs of Russian aviation, and also for export. The Kh-29L has a laser homing system, so the launch of a high-precision weapon can be detected by a potential victim - if there are detection devices, of course.

The American AGM-65A Maverick missile, which will also appear in the “Ixwa Strike” update does not hav... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/236390/announcements/detail/3023576826874773684]here[/url].

An extremely mobile French experimental light tank, developed during the late 1980s as a replacement to the AMX-13 on the export market/

In War Thunder, the MARS 15 will be a new light tank arriving to the top ranks of the French ground forces tree with the release of the next major update. Offering its prospective commanders excellent mobility and firepower - both defining characteristics of a light tank - the MARS 15 won’t just expand the French light tank lineup but will also give seasoned French tank commanders access to a highly potent new high tier skirmisher!

The MARS 15 comes equipped with a 90 mm CN 90 F4 cannon as its main armament. Despite appearing slightly underwhelming in comparison to most other tanks at its rank equipped with 100/105 mm cannons, the MARS 15 more than makes up for its cannon’s... Read more

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The F8U-2 Crusader is the best carrier-based gunfighter in the game and true legend of the US Navy.

In our game, the F8U-2 Crusader multipurpose fighter will become the top US carrier-based fighter with the “Ixwa Strike” update release, and the most advanced gunfighter of the navy in the game. In addition to its excellent fighting qualities, the F8U-2 has an interesting variable-incidence wing mechanics, which simplifies takeoff and landing. The main task of the Crusader is to patrol the airspace over the aircraft carrier group, intercept and destroy enemy air targets.



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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/236390/announcements/detail/3022450291343162777]here[/url].

We present to you a new type of aircraft in War Thunder - an aircraft with variable sweep wings! We are going to discuss the first such aircraft today, the Soviet Su-17M2 jet fighter-bomber that is going to appear in the game with the release of the next major update “Ixwa Strike”.

So, let’s meet an aircraft with variable swept-wings in War Thunder. This is a fairly popular technical solution in combat aircraft with a high take-off weight, which should have good performance characteristics both at subsonic and at supersonic speeds. The first such aircraft in our game is the Soviet Su-17M2 fighter-bomber, the successor to one of the best attack aircraft in the game, the Su-7BKL. The maximum take-off weight of this aircraft exceeds 18 tons, so the sweep-wing is almost the only solution that allows you to achieve the take... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/236390/announcements/detail/3022450291328855897]here[/url].

The South African Reconnaissance Car (SARC) commonly known in Commonwealth service as the Marmon-Herrington were a series of armoured cars developed in South Africa during WWII and widely used by many nations even after the war. Soon, tankers in War Thunder will have the chance to command one of the later variants as it arrives in the British ground forces tree as part of the new South African subtree with the next major update!

In War Thunder, the SARC Mk.VI will be a new armoured car joining the lower ranks of the British ground forces tree as part of the upcoming South African subtree arriving to the game with the release of the next major update. The SARC Mk.VI combines excellent mobility and firepower being a well-rounded vehicle soon to be favored by both veteran and novice tankers alike!... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/236390/announcements/detail/3022450291328846452]here[/url].

• The requirements for completing battle tasks have been changed:
  • The Flying Dutchman - removed.
    
  • Threat of the Seas - removed the variant within medium and special tasks and instead added a variant to easy tasks.
    
  • Cape Roller - A new task has been added a variant to medium and special tasks instead of the “Threat of the Seas” task. It is necessary to destroy other players' vehicles in any bluewater ship to complete the task.
    
  • 27 Cables and Whaleman - Target vehicle has been changed from specified classes (destroyer, cruiser) to any bluewater ship.
• MBK-161 (1943) — missing sound of 82mm mortar has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused the wrong opponent to score a frag after shooting down a player aircraft has been fixed.
  
• ZSU-37-2...

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