War Thunder Dev Tracker

The first season of the Ranking Challenge is over — congratulations to all the participants! Over 70,000 competitors from around the world took part in aircraft and ground vehicle battles and received unique titles, sports camouflages, and other prizes. Final tournaments of the season are up next! The best of the best will challenge each other for the season champion status and will be able to receive camouflages, vehicle coupons, and Golden Eagles and will also split the $3000 prize pool! Also, to commemorate the release of La Royale major update and make watching eSports events even more pleasant, we are offering Drops for the Twitch viewers! Let’s break it down.

Rankings Challenge Leagues
As we said before, players who were placed high enough in the leaderboards will gain access to the Super Finals. We’ve expand... Read more

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

• The highlighting of values in the HUD interface in the “Fighter Control Basics” tutorial mission has been fixed.
  
• Now when you rotate the camera it will zoom if there is another player in a ship or ground vehicle between camera position and you.
  
• Search for decals and decorations by name has been added to the customization menu.
  
• A bug where queuing did not occur from the battle result window when pressing the “To battle” button has been fixed.
  
• A bug where after opening the contact window in the respawn menu, when opening the tactical map in the battle, it blinked, has been fixed.

Ground vehicles

• BMP-1, ZBD86, SPz BMP-1, BMP-2 — The dissimilar thickness of the tracks and the thickness of the spare tracks has been fixed (...

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

• According to the poll results (over 97% support for changes) and the ...

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We continue to move forward with the plans listed in our roadmap, and the next big news after the La Royale... 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.

Welcome to the 72nd War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
There is something very satisfying about using a large cannon! Thank you for submitting your many great screenshots last week! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!
Let’s begin the 72nd edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen72. You have time until 23.06.2023 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:

• Your screenshot must include content from “La Royale” major update. This can include new vehicles or new locations.
  
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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

On June 16th, 1955 MiG-21, the most widespread supersonic jet in history, performed its maiden flight. Thanks to modernization and the release of more advanced modifications it remains in use even today, almost 80 years later, by over 15 countries.

MiG-21 SPS-K temporarily available for Golden Eagles


To commemorate MiG-21’s first flight, its 1964 modification, MiG-21PFM, renamed by East Germany as MiG-21SPS-K, returns to sale for Golden Eagles from June 16th (12:00 GMT) until June 20th (9:00 GMT)!

K in its name means “Kannon”, as it can be equipped with a two-barrel 23 mm GSh-23L cannon that fires powerful, fast, and precise rounds. The aircraft can also carry R-60 and R-13M missiles, and even R-3R, semi-active ra... Read more

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

• An error on entering the hangar has been fixed that might occur with some graphic cards with outdated drivers.
  
• A bug has been fixed where enemy tanks were not displayed entirely in replays, only the 3d decorations were.
  
• A bug has been fixed that caused a game client crash while switching to the c*ckpit view on the MAC platform.

Aircraft

• J34 - a bug has been fixed where rocket pods were displayed on the aircraft without secondary armament.
  
• Tu-14T - bomb drop order has been corrected.
  
• Late 298D - turret targeting angles have been corrected to avoid shooting through the tail.
  
• T18B - a bug has been fixed where a dropping torpedo was displayed through the bomb bay doors.
  
• SAAB-105G - a...

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

The history of the modern German Navy goes back to the Reichsflotte that was founded on June 14th, 1848 — 175 years ago. Since then it has gone by many names, but now it’s called Bundesmarine and consists of 65 vessels, 56 aircraft, and 17,000 people. Its anniversary will be celebrated in Wilhelmshafen by opening up frigate Hamburg for the public, as well as concerts and competitions.

Т31 and Z20 Karl Galster Destroyers for Golden Eagles
T31


K-20 Karl Galster


We’re joining the celebrations too! To commemorate 175 years of the German Navy, two World War II era destroyers will be available for purchase f... Read more

• A bug has been fixed that prevented completion of Battle tasks, Battle Pass tasks, as well as some other tasks and achievements.
  
• A bug has been fixed that caused trees to grow on some types of airfields in aircraft missions.
  
• Destruction mechanics of APDS and APCR rounds have been changed. Now, the projectile doesn’t destroy with impact, but loses armour piercing capability depending on thickness of the first armoured obstacle, as well as in the spaces between armoured elements affected.
  
• The fragments generation template of ground vehicles and aircraft HE shells has been changed. Piercing capability, spray and damage has increased.
  
• Challenger 2 — incorrect display of the dozer blade has been corrected.
  
• SARC Mk IVA — missing parts have been returned to the...

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

One of the largest and oldest naval fleets in the world, nicknamed La Royale back in the 17th century, has arrived at War Thunder! Its research tree consists of destroyers and cruisers of the French Navy. You can receive access to the closed beta test of the French Navy by either completing a set of tasks or purchasing one of the French naval packs.

Complete the tasks or become the owners of French naval packs and instantly receive the Tester status.

The tasks are available from June 14th, 11:00 GMT until July 24th, 11:00 GMT.

• Complete 12 daily tasks to receive the Tester status.
  
• Become an owner of one of the French naval packs and be the first to receive the Tester status!

How to get the Tester Star

• Earn 10,000 miss...

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

The beginning of the Closed Beta Test for the French Naval forces, new and updated graphical effects for flares, afterburners, rockets and missiles along with new hit marks on ground vehicles. More than 50 new or updated vehicles. Amongst them 14 new ships for the French Navy! But sailors are not the only ones to find something for themselves here! The Mighty F-14B, three different Sukhoi jets, the unusual M1 KVT tank or the first tank from India in WT - Vijayanta! Two new locations, fortifications mechanics, new weapons for aircraft and much more awaits you in La Royale update!

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