War Thunder Dev Tracker

We’ve got exciting news to share with you — in the next major update, Rank VIII ground vehicles are coming to the game! First up, we’re going to be talking about two upcoming Rank VII premium vehicles: the Challenger 2 (OES) for Golden Eagles and the M1A1 HC as a pre-order pack!

Brand-new ground vehicles of Rank VIII will now be coming to War Thunder, which will be added in the upcoming major update. This now means that you’ll be able to play with the most modern tanks that are currently in service with different armies around the world! The addition of this rank is just the start, as with future major updates, additional modern vehicles will be added over time. We’ll soon be unveiling exciting news about the first tanks of Rank VIII in a series of dev blogs, so be sure to keep an eye out for that!

For now though, let’s take a look at these two br... Read more

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.

On November 30th Scotland celebrates St. Andrew’s Day, and for this occasion we’re temporarily bringing back the Scottish Saltire decal for Golden Eagles. Grab yourself this awesome flag and proudly display it on your vehicles and learn about the history of this day below.

When: From November 29th (11:00 GMT) until December 4th (07:00 GMT)

Where: You can find it in your profile: Nickname → Decals → Common → World Flags.

The “Scottish Saltire” decal is available to purchase for Golden Eagles!
History and Legend
Feasts honoring St. Andrew dates back to the year 1000 AD, and the holiday has been observed throughout Scotland for more than a millennium. But he d... Read more

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

Today, we’ll be going over some of the core fixes and quality of life improvements that we’ve worked on during the past 2 weeks, including from the update released today. Thank you for all of the reports you’ve created and the feedback that you’ve left!

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].

Tank autoloaders see some important fixes


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

Until December 11th (07:00 GMT) play 3 battles using the Su-25K to get the special “Wiki approved: Su-25K” decal.

Su-25K
“A modern hangar without it isn’t a hangar at all, but merely a shed”

One of the more famous Soviet assault aircraft boasts incredible survivability and a wide selection of weaponry. This “front line worker” deserves your respect and our “Wiki approved: Su-25K” decal. Today we’re flying the Su-25K “Grach”.



“Wiki approved: Su-25K” — unique decal for each new vehicle.

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

Welcome to the 95th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
Some of those burning wrecks were seriously impressive! Can you even tell what many of the burned out wrecks once were? The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

Let’s begin the 95th edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen95. You have time until the 1st of December 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 poor weather conditions (Not sunny!).
  
• You must add the...

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

In this month’s Pages of History, you’ll find yourself at the center of events that took place in different theaters of war. Croatia, China, the Barents Sea and even Papua New Guinea: take part in battles with vehicles that were used in these historic battles and receive prizes.

From December 1st until December 31st, you’ll be offered 8 tasks consecutively. Completing each will reward you with a trophy, and completing all of them will earn you a unique player icon.

Reward for completing all 8 tasks
Ekaterina Mikhailova The beginning of the German invasion of the USSR found 15 year old Ekaterina Mikhailova near Smolensk, where she lied about her age and enlisted as a nurse into the local rif... Read more

The series of tournaments dedicated to 11 years of War Thunder has come to an end. Those of you who have watched the live streams on Twitch have received unique camouflages and a decorator through Twitch Drops and were the first to witness who won in the tournaments!

Now, the time has come to reveal the results and award the champions.

Winners of Fire-Front 5v5

• 1st place — MRCLS team
  
• 2nd place — DODEC team
  
• 3rd place — 25F.P.S team

The list of prizes include coupons for the E-100, T18E2, Type 62 (USSR), Golden Eagles and Esports merch.

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

Ground Vehicles

• Fixes to automatic gun loaders:
  
  • The “idle” reload cycle where it was impossible to shoot even though a shell was loaded into the gun has been fixed.
    
  • Incorrect reload time multiplier has been fixed.
    
  • A bug where the gun could start reloading even though the first stage ammo stowage was still empty has been fixed.

Aircraft

• A bug that caused some aircraft and helicopters to incorrectly display gun caliber and the amount of ammunition in X-Ray mode has been fixed.

Interface

• A bug where the language selected on Steam, and not in the game settings, was the language used in game has been fixed.

Locations

• A bug that made it possible to drive into buildings that had bee...

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

There’s been a lot going on in War Thunder in 2023, with a fair share of challenging and uplifting moments. Alongside our regular schedule of major updates that contain bug fixes, new maps, vehicles, and overall new content, this year we’ve been working hard on fulfilling the Roadmap thanks to your feedback.

Many of you have been with us for a long time, with lots of you having joined us for the first time this year in 2023. Record player numbers were hit on Steam, with an all-time player peak happening just this month, which is a testament of the enthusiasm in the community.

To each and every one of you, whether you’re still playing after all these years or you just joined us in 2023, the War Thunder team would like to thank you for being with us and playing the game that we’ve all come to love for so long!

Nominate War Thunder in the L... Read more

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

The Steam Autumn sale has started, and for this occasion the Black Shark Pack and all Starter Pack DLC are on sale with 50% off!

From now until November 28th: Discounted DLC packs!

“Black Shark Pack” pack at -50%
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1557850/War_Thunder__Black_Shark_Pack/

“US Starter Pack” pack at -50%
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The previously announced progression changes have been implemented:

• Modification research point cost for endline vehicles has been reduced.
  
• Added free backups when purchasing Squadron Vehicles for Golden Eagles.
  
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