War Thunder Dev Tracker

Aircraft

• F-16AJ — Missing ballistic calculator for cannon weaponry in the “air-to-air” mode has been fixed.
  
• Hunter F.58 — BR in RB has been changed from 9.7 to 9.3.
  
• A bug that caused the player to spawn in AB ground battles in an air strike with the UH-1B (Japan) without weaponry has been fixed.
  
• Kikka - A bug where in the X-Ray view the second Type 5 30mm cannon was missing has been fixed (report[community.gaijin.net]).
  
• Kurnass / Kurnass 2000 - A bug that allowed the creation of a weaponry preset with AIM-9G missile together with AIM-7 missile o...

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

It’s the first and the most important spring holiday! On this day we’d like to extend congratulations to all women of the world. We wish you to always be surrounded by your loved ones, for a smile to never leave your lips, and for all your wishes to come true.

Celebrate this holiday with us in War Thunder!

From March 8th (11:00 GMT) until March 17th (7:00 GMT)

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


“Bomber Belle” decal.

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

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The first units for the French naval tree, new and updated graphical effects and data structure optimization along with ejection seats for selected modern jets. Amongst the 43 new as well as updated vehicle models, one can't help but mention the real behemoth - the Char 2C, the agile AH-6M "Little Bird" helicopter or the first French light cruiser; Duguay-Trouin! In addition to all this, the winter version of the location "Seversk", a new location for fans of avionics - Pyrenees, and as always, many improvements and fixes! Let's welcome the "Sky Guardians" update!

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Dear players!

On March 7th, from 08:00 GMT, the War Thunder game servers may be unavailable due to the release of the “Sky Guardians” major update. While your client is being downloaded, read the devblogs.

We apologize for any inconvenience experienced.

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

The Swiss version of the iconic British Hawker Hunter jet fighter, melding air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles. The Hunter, versatile like never before, will be yours for free for squadron activity points!

Hunter F.58, jet fighter, Germany, rank VI. Squadron vehicle. Features:

• Air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles
  
• Good manoeuvrability at high speed
  
• Countermeasures

A new squadron vehicle that will hit the hangar pads in the next major update is an export Swiss version of the Hawker Hunter jet fighter as part of the German tech tree with unique weapons and a special camouflage. In addition to the long-awaited coun... Read more

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

The Finnish Air Force was founded on the 6th of March, 1918, soon after the country declared its independence from the Russian Empire. Its first planes were simply left behind by Russian forces. But the Finns didn’t have their own pilots, so in the beginning they had to rely on unofficial help from Swedes, Danes, and Russians.

The Finnish Air Force was rather successful in fighting off Soviet aircraft during the Winter War, and in WWII refrained from bombing civilian targets. After the peace treaty with the USSR was signed, Finnish pilots kept fighting in the skies against their past allies from the Luftwaffe.

Today the Finnish Air Force consists of several dozen of American F/A-18 Hornets.

From March 6th (11:00 GMT) until March 9th (7:00 GMT)

Play 3 battles u... Read more

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

The War Thunder development team reacts on the hottest topics of discussion of the upcoming Sky Guardians update.

Pantsir-S1 and other SAM vehicles We noticed the concerns of the players about a possible imbalance due to the introduction of the Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile system into the game and will try to answer some questions about its operational modes details.

The introduction of the Pantsir-S1 was planned due to the fact that the 2S6/2S6M1 Tunguska SPAAG is significantly inferior to the competition in terms of the combination of missile plus radar efficiency and has some of the worst statistics among all top tier SPAAGs in the game.



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Welcome to the winners of the second War Thunder Guide Contest on Steam!
Thank you for all your entries! We are very impressed by the quality of all of your guides, well done everyone. Below are the 5 winners! Overall, a huge well done to everyone!

The winners
The following 5 winners have been selected - each has won the Snail Decal and the specified amount of GE, out of the max of 3,000. Outstanding work, guys!

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

Welcome to the 57th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
Your screenshots from last week showcasing rank 1 vehicles were great! Hopefully the return to low tiers brought back nostalgia for veteran players, and new players could show off one of their favorite or most interesting vehicles. The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

Let’s begin the 57th edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen57. You have time until 10.03.2023 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.

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

A little sneak peek of the new visual and physical improvements in War Thunder aviation that will be introduced into the game with the upcoming Sky Guardians update!

Updated vapour cone effect
We have improved the vapour cone effect that can be seen at transonic speed of the aircraft due to the local pressure gradient. Look how realistic it is now!

New contrail and flow separation effects
The game will have a new effect of the contrail left by the running aircraft engines, the new contrail is visually longer, more distinctable and “fluffy”. Another improved effect that every pilot is familiar with is the wingtip flow separation effect. It may be observed as a long vortex cord from the wingti... Read more

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

The М53/59 Praga is a Czechoslovak wheeled SPAAG developed in the late 1950s on the chassis of the Praga V3S truck. Coming to War Thunder as part of the next major update , Praga will soon make its way to the Soviet ground forces tree and expand its roster of highly capable SPAA units!

Briefly: A Czech SPAAG based on a modified truck chassis and fitted with a twin 30 mm anti-aircraft turret.

М53/59, SPAAG, USSR, rank IV. Features:

• Powerful 30 mm cannons
  
• Magazine feed
  
• Good mobility
  
• Light protection

In War Thunder, М53/59 will be a new SPAA unit arriving to rank IV of the Soviet ground... Read more