War Thunder Dev Tracker

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
For June and early July 2024, we’ve blocked 7,606 accounts that were found to have violated the rules. Specifically 3.2.3 of the EULA namely in the automation of gameplay (using bots) and cheat software.

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The French Air Force became an independent part of the country’s armed forces on July 2nd 1934, exactly 90 years ago! The French Air Force fought in World War II, and subsequently participated in conflicts in Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Chad, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Mali. The French Air Force now has more than 500 aircraft in service, and two squadrons from the Deterrence Force are armed with nuclear missiles.

Earn the “Emblem of the French Air Force Command” decal! Get this French decal on this anniversary!


“Emblem of the French Air Force Command” decal

When: Until July 5th (09:00 GMT).

Task: Play 3 battles using French aircraft at rank III or higher to rec...

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

Aircraft

• F-15J(M) — the shifted position of the right underfuselage pylon display on the MFD has been corrected.

Ground Vehicles

• A bug that caused shaped charge ATGMs and rockets to sometimes fail to interact with the first element of armor that they hit has been fixed.
  
• A bug where shells may not have exploded or burned in their racks after being hit and destroyed has been fixed.

Interface

• Base destructions incorrectly displaying in the mission kill feed have been removed. (...

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Aircraft

• F-16 (all variants), F-15 (all variants), JA37 (all variants), JAS39 (all variants), Sea Harrier FA 2, AV-8B Plus (all variants) — radar on these aircraft will no longer capture chaff above the horizon in ACM and HMS modes.
  
• A bug that caused IRST and TV auto trackers on planes and helicopters to not work when the radar was turned off has been fixed.

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 ... Read more

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

In 1952, American instructors trained the first soldiers of the Japanese National Security Forces. Two years later on July 1st 1954, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces were formed. In January 1955, the United States transferred its first 85 aircraft to the Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces. In total they have 712 aircraft in service, of which 321 are fighters.

The J2M4 Kai and IJN Kiyoshimo are temporarily available for Golden Eagles! In honor of the 70th anniversary of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, the following vehicles are available for 3,850 and 4,880 respectively.

When: From today until July 4th (09:00 GMT).
Where: Japan > Aviation / Bluewater fleet > Premium vehicles.

About each of these vehicles

• The ...

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Since its founding on July 1st 1926, the Swedish Air Force has been involved in very few conflicts. One squadron of volunteers came to the aid of Finland in the Soviet-Finnish war, but in WWII Sweden remained neutral. Officially, the Swedish Air Force took part in battles only during the Congolese crisis in 1961-1964, and in 2011 they patrolled the skies over Libya.

The J29D and J35A are temporarily available for Golden Eagles! These two Swedish jet fighters are temporarily returning to sale for Golden Eagles for 8,910 and 9,090 each respectively.

When: From today until July 4th (09:00 GMT).
Where: Sweden > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

About these jet aircraft

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Aircraft

• F-104G (France) — the lack of separate Battle Ratings for Air and Ground battles has been fixed.
  
• JAS39C — the AGM-65G missile and its modification have been added. The RB 75 modification has been removed, RB 75 missiles will be available when researching the RB 75T modification. The amount used to unlock the RB 75 modification with Research Points, Silver Lions or Golden Eagles has been compensated. The RB 75T modification has been moved from level 4 to level 3 in the modification research window.
  
• Su-17M4 — a bug that made it impossible to take large-caliber countermeasures into battle has been fixed.

Naval Vessels

• A bug where gun stabilizers for boats were turned off at speeds above 80 km/h has been fixed.

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Naval Vessels

• USS Flagstaff — the physics behavior interaction with water has been fixed.

Interface

• A bug that caused the “Your research has been completed” window to not close automatically after purchasing the vehicle and not putting it into a crewslot has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused the temporary connection text between two vehicles in the tech tree (this appears when a new vehicle is introduced between two connected vehicles) to sometimes mention other random vehicles has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the selection could skip and not select some elements of the crewslot on the vehicle selection screen in battle when using a gamepad has been fixed.

Other

• A bug where depth charges did not have sound and visual effects when exploding has ...

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

In 1910, the Union of South Africa was formed, and two years later on July 1st 1912, the Defence Forces were founded. They served in WWI and WWII, as well as the Korean War. Currently, 74,000 people serve in the South African National Defence Forces.

The Rooikat 105 returns for Golden Eagles and is here to stay! In honor of the 112th anniversary of the South African National Defence Force, the Rooikat 105 is back for 9,090 Golden Eagles and will not be gone.

When: From today.
Where: Great Britain > Army > Premium vehicles.

About this tank

• The ...

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

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

Welcome to the 126th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
The screenshots you captured last week were very nice! Seek and Destroy introduced many interesting new vehicles and a new sub-tree for France. The Summer Sale has started, be sure to check it out! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

Let’s begin the 126th edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen126. You have time until the 5th of July 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 vehic...

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

In the UK, Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the last Saturday of June. This celebratory day was approved in 2006 as Veterans Day, and then renamed to also honor currently serving soldiers and officers. More than 185,000 people serve in the British Armed Forces, of which 111,000 are in the army, 36,000 in the air force and 38,000 in the navy.

Earn the “Emblem of the UK Ministry of Defence” decal! We’ve created this British-themed decal for this day.


“Emblem of the UK Ministry of Defence” decal

When: Until July 1st (07:00 GMT).

Task: Play 3 battles using British vehicles at rank III or higher to receive the “Emblem of the UK Ministry of Defence” decal.

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