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02 Jun

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On June 6th, 1944 over 150,000 Allied soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy under heavy fire from German fortifications. Opening a second front in Western Europe was one of the most important events in World War II and led to the Allied victory in less than a year.

D-Day historical events
From June 2nd (12:00 GMT) until June 7th (7:00 GMT)
Participate in 6 events with historical presets of ground vehicles and aircraft. In air RB in addition to the [Operation] mission, an [Assault] mission is also available for more dynamic gameplay.
“D-Day” decal
From June 2nd (12:00 GMT) until June 7th (7:00 GMT)
Play 3 battles using American and British vehicles (rank III or higher, with an activity of not less than 70%) to receive the “D-Day" text decal.
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The first Sunday of June in Canada is dedicated to celebrating the country’s armed forces. Canada participated in both World Wars, and by 1945 it had the fourth largest air force and fifth largest navy in the world. Since then the Canadian Armed Forces have participated in numerous operations across the world — usually as a part of international coalitions.

HMCS Haida temporarily available for Golden Eagles

From June 2nd (9:00 GMT) until June 5th (9:00 GMT)

As part of the celebrations, HMCS Haida[wiki.warthunder.com] will be... Read more
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01 Jun



Meet the Bretagne-class Lorraine battleship, the pinnacle of the French bluewater tech tree in the upcoming La Royale update!

Lorraine, battleship, France, rank V
Features:
  • 340mm main guns
  • Very capable AA artillery
  • Mediocre protection


France's latest dreadnought, the battleship Lorraine, will be the top ship in the French bleuwater fleet research tree at the time of the release of the major La Royale update!

A dreadnought is about guns and armor! Lorraine is good in guns: despite the fact that we chose for the game one of the later upgrades with the top main turret dismantled, commanders will have access to 8 340mm guns in four twin-barrel turrets... Read more
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The Air forces of the Ottoman Empire were founded on June 1st, 1911, and by the end of 1916 they commanded 90 aircraft. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, paid special attention to the Air Force of his country, and his adopted daughter Sabiha Gökçen became one of the first female pilots of military aircraft. Today the Turkish Air Force enlists over 50 thousand people and has over 500 aircraft.

Т129 temporarily available for Golden Eagles

From June 1st (9:00 GMT) until June 5th (9:00 GMT)

To commemorate this day, during the event the Turkish helicopter T129 ATAK will be available for purchase for Golden Eagles. It is a modification of the Italian A129 Mangusta with a m... Read more
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31 May



We present details on the revised physics of guided missiles with line-of-sight guidance in the La Royale update.

We continue to refine the physical model of the weapons in the game. Today we would like to talk about the new reworked physics of missiles guided by the three-point method guidance, that is, guided using line of sight, which we have prepared for the La Royale major update.

The current physics of line-of-sight missiles affects the missile's skyplane acceleration directly, bypassing the simulation of controls.


Skyplane of a missile


The current simplified implementation of the physical model allows the missile to go beyond the available overload and hit targets with which the missile sh... Read more


Based on the feedback from the YouTube community and from content creators, as well as after analyzing the occupancy of players in sessions of specifi... Read more
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The Freccia VBM is an Italian IFV with a rapid fire cannon and fire-and-forget anti-tank missiles Spike-MR. Meet the new top tier in ground battles in the upcoming La Royale update.

Freccia VBM, light tank, Italy, rank VII
Features:
  • 8 Spike-MR fire-and-forget missiles
  • Good mobility
  • Target tracking


The Italian Freccia VBM wheeled fighting vehicle will join the top-tiers in ground battles as the first to the game carrier of the Spike fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missiles!

The Freccia VBM is reminiscent of two other high-tier vehicles from the Italian tech tree: from the Centauro tank destroyer, the vehicle received a wheeled chassis with a maximum speed... 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 in the website special section.

Please note that we are currently in the middle of testing the next major update La Royale. It will last until June 1st, 7:00 GMT. Learn more about participating on it on our forums.

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30 May



WWII era experimental light tank Pz.Kpfw.38 (t) n.A. featuring perfect mobility comes to the game in the La Royale update.

Pz.Kpfw.38 (t) n.A., light tank, Germany, rank II
Features:
  • High mobility
  • 37mm gun
  • High-density internal compartment


The long-awaited replenishment of the WWII tank line-up! Meet the German experimental light tank Pz.Kpfw.38 (t) n.A., which will appear in the game with the release of the major La Royale update. The fastest representative of the Pz.Kpfw.38 series!

Pz.Kpfw.38 (t) n.A. was created according to the program of the new (n.A. - neue Art, “new type”) reconnaissance tank of the Wehrmacht. One of the conditions of the p... Read more
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29 May

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Friends!

Ten days ago we asked you to share your key suggestions and complaints about the game in a special survey. As a result, we received 14,562 player submitted entries - many of them being very constructive. It is a very impressive number! Some submissions made a few pages of well organised bullet points. We are very grateful for such active support for the project and a desire to help us make War Thunder better!

It is very difficult to process such a great amount of information. But we managed to isolate most of the repeating points and are already working hard on them.

Economy and progression

More than 90% of feedback entries touched issues with economy and progression. The majority of them were: repair costs... Read more