War Thunder Dev Tracker

In this month's Pages of History you'll find yourself in the center of events that happened at numerous battlefronts. Two of the more important Pacific battles, the landings in Normandy, and the beginning of Operation Barbarossa — participate in battles using the vehicles that were used in these historic events and receive prizes!

From June 1st until June 30th you’ll be offered 8 tasks consecutively. Completing each will reward you with a trophy, completing all of them earns you a unique player icon.

Reward for completing all 8 tasks
Nikolai Gastello When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Nikolai Gastello was already a squadron leader and an experienced pilot with 9 years of flight experience. Two d... Read more

• In the “Main Parameters” menu in the “Privacy and Confidentiality” tab, a new setting “Hide player nicknames” has been added. This setting allows to hide nicknames of players in battle or change nicknames to numeric UserID values. This option is helpful for streamers who may meet players in battle with nicknames from other platforms (Steam, PSN, Xbox etc.), which in accordance to their rules may contain inappropriate symbols or words, and therefore may in rare cases, cause blocking on streaming services.

Aircraft

• Tornado IDS (1995) (Italy) — a bug has been fixed which prevented countermeasures from being selected in the custom secondary armament set if it initially did not include countermeasures when creating the set.

Interface

• The “Activate” button has been r...

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

Content creators addressed us with their questions and feedback - we read and answer!
Hi all! Lately we have received a huge amount of feedback from players and have been hard at work analyzing, processing and preparing to answer your questions. The most heated discussion came from questions on the economy, and we will definitely answer these too once we’ve had time to look through them all! In addition to dozens of thousands of feedback messages from players, we received a long list of questions from our War Thunder content creators from YouTube, Twitch and other platforms. While we are still analyzing requests and suggestions from players, today we’ll answer some questions from our creators, maybe you’ll find answers to your questions here too. Let’s go!

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

Welcome to the 69th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
You submitted many beautiful screenshots last week, well done everyone. The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

Let’s begin the 69th edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen69. You have time until 02.06.2023 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:

• This week, we would love to see a picture of your vehicle during sunset!
  
• You must add the #WTscreen69 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).

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

Both researchable and Premium versions of the advanced Su-25 attack aircraft are to be added in the upcoming La Royale major update. Pre-order now to get special bonuses!

Su-25T, strike aircraft, USSR, rank VII.
Su-39, strike aircraft, USSR, rank VII. Premium pack offer.
Features:

• 16 Vikhr ATGMs
  
• Expanded arsenal
  
• Directional infrared countermeasures
  
• Night sight

The Su-25T project was an attempt to create an anti-tank aircraft that would be able to operate both during the daytime and at night, equipped with targeting systems and guided munitions to defeat armored vehicles. The list of equipment for the future aircraft was formalized in 1979, it was based on the Shkval targeting and navigation system and the Mercury television sight. The prototype passed t... Read more

The Swedish Home Guard was founded on May 29th, 1940, as World War II was heating up. Sweden managed to remain neutral, so the Home Guard never participated in battles. Today 20 000 people are still ready to join the ranks by the Command’s decree — and sometimes help out with rescue missions and police work.

From May 26th (12:00 GMT) until May 30th (12:00 GMT)

Play 3 battles using Swedish vehicles (rank III or higher, with an activity of not less than 70%) to receive the “Coat of Arms of the Swedish Home Guard” decal.

“Coat of Arms of the Swedish Home Guard” decal.

Complete the task in random battles, except for Enduring Confrontation missions and [Assault] mode.

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

The Israel Defense Forces were created on May 26th, 1948, during the Arab-Israeli War, uniting the existing paramilitary groups. They began with no aircraft and with merely three tanks, but soon evolved into one of the most professional and well-armed armies in the world. In all conflicts involving Israel Defense Forces they emerged victorious.

From May 26th (9:00 GMT) until May 30th (9:00 GMT)

Play 3 battles using Israeli vehicles (rank III or higher, with an activity of not less than 70%) to receive the “Israel Defense Forces” decal.

“Israel Defense Forces” decal.

Complete the task in random battles, except for Enduring Confrontation missions and [Assault] mode.
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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

The new J-8F is an upgraded version of the famous Chinese jet fighter, equipped with helmet-mounted sight and advanced weapons! Meet one of the champions of the upcoming La Royale update!

J-8F, jet fighter, China, rank VIII
Features:

• New fire control system
  
• High max speed and climb rate
  
• Deadly all-aspect PL-8 missiles
  
• Drains energy in turn-fighting

The modern J-8F jet fighter will become China's new top-tier aircraft, which will be available in the upcoming La Royale major update. Today we will tell you about this wonderful aircraft, and also reveal the plans of the War Thunder development team for long-range air combat missiles.

So, the n... Read more

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

Aircraft SB [Enduring Confrontation]

• The accuracy of SPAA vehicles in vehicle convoys and in the fields of ground battles has been reduced.

The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.

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

The BTR-80A armored personnel carrier is one of the iconic vehicles originating from the Soviet army. Meet the workhorse of the Russian motorized infantry in the incoming La Royale update!

BTR-80A, light tank, USSR, rank IV
Features:

• 30mm auto-cannon
  
• High max speed
  
• Amphibious
  
• Huge profile
  
• Poor armor

The BTR-80A comes to the game as a new Soviet mid-rank light tank. The iconic profile of the APC will appear in the hangars of Soviet tankers with the La Royale update!

The BTR-80A armored personnel carrier was designed for delivering troops to the combat area and providing them with fire support, including against light... Read more

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

Ground vehicles

• Pantsir-S — incorrect animation of the folded radar has been fixed.

Aircraft

• A bug has been fixed that caused incorrect data display after switching off the HUD interface (rеport[community.gaijin.net]).

Naval

• PT-658 — 3rd person view zoom camera position has been fixed.
  
• Dynamic water line has been added to the naval hit camera to show current depth, trim and heel of the ship.

Graphics

• A bug has been fixed where the helicopter vortex effect on the ground or over the ground surface was not visible to others.
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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.