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We’re continuing to celebrate winter holidays and we’re glad to offer you discounts in the Gaijin.Net store. More than 30 offers with vehicles with 50% discounts and 30% for selected pack from the latest updates! Boost your progress, or kick start research in any tech tree from any nation in the game!

From 12:00 GMT on 26th of December until 12:00 GMT on 2nd of January

F-4S Phantom II Pack -50%

• F-4S Phantom II (Rank 7, USA);
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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

• Fairmile D (697) — a bug that caused the “Blue” camouflage to not display on this boat has been fixed.
  
• A-5C, Hs 129 B-3 — a bug that caused extensively huge holes from tank rounds has been fixed.
  
• An FPS drop on certain locations while controlling UAVs or aircraft in tank battles has been fixed.

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

Welcome to the 99th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
Your screenshots from last week featuring vehicles from the latest update Air Superiority looked fantastic! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

Let’s begin the 99th edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen99. You have time until the 29th 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 the colors red, green, or white.
  
• You must add the #WTscreen99 tag (title cannot have a...

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

We’ve seen a lot of topics regarding the armor of the Abrams series of tanks, more specifically the presence of DU (depleted uranium) armor, and so we’d like to share our data on the subject.
Most sources on radiation safety clarify that the only threat to personnel is posed from armor packages in the cheeks of the turret. The M1A2 Abrams in War Thunder has uranium armor in the turret cheeks.


Source: The Medical NBC Battlebook, USACHPPM, 2011.[apps.dtic... Read more

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

Hello everyone. We’ve noticed that many of you had questions regarding spall liners on tanks and armor in general. To avoid any misunderstandings, we’d like to briefly answer some of these elements below.

The effectiveness of the M1 Abrams
We’ll soon be releasing a dev blog on the hull armor for the M1 Abrams series of tanks, where we’ll explain why we believe that hull armor was not reinforced on production vehicles. However, we’re not satisfied with the current effectiveness of all M1 variants with a 120 mm gun, so we’re looking at other ways to improve them.

The first consideration is the addition of a new M829A3 shell which we’ve also seen requests and suggestions for. We’ve discussed this option, but the addition of this shell in comp... Read more

Nobody likes cheaters. We’re continuing to actively fight them — and we want to thank those who are actively helping us on this matter. The number of violations identified and banned recently has significantly increased — and with it of course the integrity of all battles!

Banned accounts Over the last month, we’ve blocked 6,818 accounts that were found to be in violation of the rules. Specifically 3.2.3 of the EULA namely in the automation of gameplay (using bots) and cheat software.

For full transparency, we’re publishing ... Read more

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

• Overly bright effects in overcast weather have been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused an aircraft’s landing gear on Karelia while on an airfield to clip into the ground making it not possible to take off has been fixed. (Report[community.gaijin.net])
  
• Challenger 2 — engine smoke (ESS) coming out of the wrong exhausts when using the armor package has been fixed.
  
• JAS39A, JAS39C — a bug where it was possible to use the AIM-9 missile even if the AIM-9 modification was not unl...

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

Coming to the game as part of the Winter Extreme event, the Vilkas is the Lithuanian variant of the Boxer armored fighting vehicle jointly developed by four Western European countries, with Germany the lead.

Boxer Vilkas: An Event Vehicle Light Tank for Germany at Rank VII
Features:

• Excellent mobility!
  
• Deadly 30 mm autocannon.
  
• Light protection.
  
• Crewless turret.
  
• Lethal Spike missiles.

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