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Welcome to the 134th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
Your screenshots shared with us last week were super! When the cannons are quiet, many of the locations seem prime for a relaxing break. This week, take a picture of one of your amphibious vehicles or vessels! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

Let’s begin the 134th edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen134. You have time until the 30th of August 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...

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

Let’s take a look at the ZSU-23-4M2 (also known as the Shilka-M2), which is a special variant of the Shilka SPAA, used for accompanying tank columns during the Afghan War.

ZSU-23-4M2 “Shilka-M2”: An SPAA for the USSR at Rank V
At a glance:

• No radar compared to the other Shilkas.
  
• High rate of fire on the 23 mms!
  
• Increased ammunition: 4,000 rounds instead of 2,000.

Vehicle History
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During the course of the Afghan War, the 23 mm Shilka SPAA proved to be a good escort vehicle for tank columns, where its high firing automatic guns were used to fend off ambushes. Soon after, a special variant of the Shilka with no radar and an increased ammunition capacity of 4,000 rounds was developed and produced at the Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant. In total, 18 ZSU... Read more

The MiG-15, the most mass-produced jet fighter in history, was designed by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau and accepted into service with the Soviet Air Force on August 23rd 1949. It served various countries for over half a century and took part in conflicts in China, Korea and Egypt, and was also actively used by the USSR to protect the air borders of Warsaw Pact countries.

The MiG-15bis ISH has a temporary 30% discount! In honor of this anniversary, the MiG-15bis ISH has a temporary 30% discount, available for 5,992 Golden Eagles.

When: From today until August 29th (09:00 GMT).
Where: USSR > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

About this jet fighter

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

Graphics

• A bug that caused the impacts of fragments of shells exploding nearby to not display on ground vehicles has been fixed.

Game Mechanics

• A bug that caused a convoy on the “Southeastern City” to drive under the water has been fixed.

Battle Pass

• The “Shooting in Akimbo style” challenge can now be completed with vehicles from the Battle trophy that is acquired at level 38 of the Battle Pass (PT-658, MTB-422, Z25, TKA-106).

Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums an... Read more

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

Today, we’ll be taking a look at the T1E1 (90 mm), a vehicle that derived from fitting the T1E1 with a more powerful 90 mm cannon. Although this upgrade didn’t ultimately change the outcome of the development program, this unique up-gunned variant of the T1E1 will soon arrive to the American ground forces tree as part of the next major War Thunder update!

T1E1 (90 mm): A Heavy Tank for the USA at Rank III
At a glance:

• Powerful 90 mm T7 cannon, albeit with a longer reload than the 76 mm.
  
• More varied ammo selection: M77, M71 (default), M82, M313 (unlocked through modifications).
  
• Decent survivability, however not outstanding.
  
• Average mobility with the same forward and backwards speed.
  
• No stabilizer compared to the T1E1.

Vehicle History
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Named after the 18th century Austrian general, the Prinz Eugen heavy cruiser was launched on August 22nd 1938. In May 1941, it took part in Operation Rheinübung and helped in the attack of the British battlecruiser HMS Hood. From mid-1943, Prinz Eugen provided artillery cover for German troops on the Eastern Front. After the war, it was handed over to the United States and was destroyed during nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.

Prinz Eugen is temporarily available for Golden Eagles! This heavy cruiser is available for 8020 Golden Eagles.

When: From today until August 26th (09:00 GMT).
Where: Germany > Bluewater fleet > Premium vehicles.

About this heavy cruiser

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Today, we’re ready to introduce to you the long-awaited Research Bonuses for New Nations. In this article, we’ll be explaining how it works in full and we’ll also be having testing for this new feature, the dates and times can be seen below.

In summary: Each nation and vehicle tree per nation (Army, Helicopters, Aviation, Bluewater fleet, and Coastal fleet) will each have 3 battles with research bonuses if you have a “top” vehicle researched and purchased in one of the respective trees in another nation. Bonus numbers can be seen in the “Table of research bonus numbers for each tree type and rank” table below. The bonus is calculated from the base Research Point gained in a battle, and bonus battles reset daily at 00:00 GMT. The number of bonus RP can be seen in the battle results screens, and testing for this new feature will start from August 22... Read more

Aircraft

• Tornado GR.1, Tornado IDS (all variants) — the missing limit on the maximum allowed release speed of 1.0M has been added for all bombs.

Ground Vehicles

• Object 122MT “MC” — the penetration of the HEAT shell has been increased from 440 mm to 470 mm. (Report[community.gaijin.net]).

Interface

• A bug that caused the name of naval gun belts to display incorrectly in the tooltip in the messages with the battle results has been fixed.

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

Today, we’ll be going over the bug fixes and improvements that we’ve made to the game over the past 2 weeks. Let’s take a look!

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].

Full Reward For AAA Orders


Orders allow you to receive increased rewards for performing certain actions in battle. For example, th... Read more

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

Ground Vehicles

• A bug that could cause an incorrect detonation distance to be set for shells with a radio fuze has been fixed.
  
• A bug where smoke grenades would not explode when being hit has been fixed.
  
• A bug where decorations, in some cases, could not be placed properly on the undersides of vehicles has been fixed.

Naval Vessels

• USS Douglas, Saetta P-494, Bravy — a bug that caused the missiles that can be fired from these ships to explode when flying over torpedoes or mines has been fixed. (...

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

We’re constantly working on removing cheaters from War Thunder. We rely on the Easy Anti-Cheat system to check for prohibited software usage, as well as on reports from players that we carefully go through. You can use the replay service on our website to report players to us who have violated the Terms of Service and the License Agreement of the game.

Banned accounts
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Following the Roadmap

• The Safe Exit Zones mechanic for Aircraft in Ground Arcade Battles has been added. Learn more in this news post.

Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking b... Read more

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