The whole Gaijin team would like to wish that the coming 2023 will be full of positive emotions, smiles, joy and happiness both in your personal life and in the game!

See you on the seas, lands and skies of War Thunder!

Your screenshots, as always, have been wonderful! We hope that you have had a delightful time this holiday season! There is not much time left in 2022, have you made your new year's resolution? The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!


Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen48. You have time until 06.01.2023 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.

Important addition: Screenshot theme - Apex Predators!

• Apex Predators was released a little more than a week ago, and all have had some time to unlock new vehicles. This week, we would love to see your favorite new vehicles or maps that were introduced in the latest major update!
  
• You must add the #WTscreen48 tag (Title cannot have any other text in it).

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Screenshots need to be compliant with the War Thunder rules.

You need to be the author of the screenshot.

Screenshot needs to be new. You cannot use those which have previously been published or used in other competitions.

We will only accept raw screenshots from the game. You cannot use any editing software nor any other visual enhancements (like Nvidia Ansel filters).

You can use filters and settings built into War Thunder.

You can use the replay functionality built into War Thunder.

Rewards will be delivered to the author's account within 14 working days.

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2907277173
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Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!

• R-23T, R-24T, R-27T missiles — the dominance of heat signatures for jet engines and flares in the missile seekers has been adjusted.
  
• J35XS - ammo capacity of the forward-firing cannon has been increased to 120 rounds.

• Missing detonation in the shell and charge cellars of naval vessels has been fixed.

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.

We invite you to take part in holiday competitions on the https://tss.warthunder.com/index.php?action=current_tournaments portal. We have prepared 14 tournaments for you with a total prize pool of 192,000 Golden Eagles!

From the 3rd of January until the 8th of January various competitions for all types of vehicles are waiting for you, as well as excellent rewards, including the rare titles "Santa Little Helper", "Hero of Olympus", "Hero of the Colosseum", decals "Steel Legion", "Gladiators" and the Hero of the Coming 2023 "Killer Rabbit" decal.


"Killer Rabbit" decal

Tuesday | January 3rd
Air RB 1x1 — 13:00 UTC
Tanks AB 1x1 — 18:00 UTC
Air AB 1x1 — 18:20 UTC

Wednesday | January 4th
Tanks RB 1x1 —18:00 UTC
Air SB 1x1 — 18:00 UTC

Thursday | January 5th
Tanks RBm 1x1 — 13:00 UTC
Air RB 1x1 — 18:00 UTC
Tanks AB 2x2 — 18:30 UTC
Friday | January 6th
Fleet 3x3 AB — 18:00 UTC
Front RBm 3x3 — 18:30 UTC

Saturday | January 7th
Tanks RB 2x2 — 14:00 UTC
Fire Front RBm 5x5 — 17:00 UTC

Sunday | January 8th
Air US RB 1x1 — 00:20 UTC
Tanks US RB 1x1 — 01:00 UTC

Join the official Discord of the eSports community for the game — take part in draws, find teammates for bright victories in War Thunder tournaments!

The new discount mechanism will allow you to create your own bundle of multiple packs with a discount by adding them to your Cart. Each single pack has 25% off, but the discount increases to 50% if you add two or more packs to the Cart at once.

Note! The discount will only be applied if you add these packs to the Shopping Cart and purchase them all together as part of one transaction. All vehicle packs are eligible for this offer except for Starter packs and those added in the “Fire and Ice" and “Apex Predators” updates.

In addition to the discounts, you will receive unique decals and titles by purchasing packs selected for the Winter Sale via the Cart.

• Unique Fanboy Snail decal;
  
• Unique “Fanboy” title.

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• Unique The Connoisseur Snail decal;
  
• Unique “Connoisseur” title.

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• Unique Treasure hunter Snail decal;
  
• Unique “Treasure hunter” title.

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• Unique “Shopaholic” title.

If you made several separate purchases via the Cart, you will receive all respective bonuses after recalculation. For example, if you make one purchase of 2 packs and another purchase of 3 packs, you will receive all 3 decals and titles after recalculation. Recalculation will be made after January 9th.

Note! You can also get the unique “Shopaholic” title, if you log in to the game from the 29th of December until the 5th of January and gain three victories, and at the same time you have previously purchased all packs that are included in the sale. The title will be assigned after the 9th of January to all users who have fulfilled these conditions.

The offer is valid for PC, Mac and Linux users only. PlayStation and Xbox users will be able to get unique titles and decals if they make purchases worth $/€40, $/€60, $/€80, and $/€150 respectively during the offer. Titles and decals will be assigned after the 9th of January to all users who have fulfilled these conditions.

Note! The following packs will be retired from stores on all platforms after the promotion ends:

• T129 ATAK Pack;
  
• Vautour IIN Pack;
  
• Lightning F.53 Pack;
  
• Type 74 mod G/Kai Pack.

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.





In the last “It’s fixed” we talked in detail about the updated reward system for useful actions in battles. Now we have added messages about any received rewards: now it will be easier to see the rewards for each time interval in aircraft SB and also when the current interval ends and the next one begins.

At the same time we understand that not everyone wants to see a large number of notifications so you can turn off these messages in the section in settings “Battle Interface”. Not only this! Now you can also hide the orders panel, the log of destroyed vehicles and the chat.





After the release of the “Apex Predators” update, SPAAGs appeared to have problems with their lead markers. For example when capturing an air target, the radar refused to tell you the trajectory of the enemy at long range. The lead marker appeared only when the enemy approached a distance of 3 kilometres.

Also SPAAGs that had no cannon armament, had a lead marker although they didn't need it at all. We found the cause of these problems and fixed it.





Several improvements in this update affected onboard radars for some aircraft. This increased the reliability in the air target tracking mode and also improved the transition from detection to capturing.

On the MiG-23, MiG-29, F-16, Ja-37 and Mirage F1 the range of target capture in a long-range air battle has been increased in range. Let us figure out how it works. When the target is detected by radar we get one label with its range and direction. At the moment, when the radar beam “slides” along it and when we need to capture and track the target, the radar conducts an additional search at the specified angular coordinates and within a specific span of ranges to the target - this same span of ranges has been expanded so that the target is more likely to be in the desired area and able to be tracked.

R-23R, R-24R, R-27R, AIM-7, Skyflash and the Rb71 missiles are now much less likely to target other targets. When the radar captures a target and “highlights” with the homing head of the missile, at the same time (as in reality) it highlights with the main lobe of the radar pattern on the selected target and the side lobes (in this case the radiation of the radar is weaker and not the directed one) can highlight other targets and if such a target it closer than the one the radar has captured but along the line of the missile’s flight path and has higher speed, the missile has been directed to this target. To a player it looks like “the missile went crazy” and hit the wrong target which has inadvertently been captured.

We have reduced the range of speeds in which a radio guided missile searches for the target, so they won’t see “unnecessary” targets. The other side of this change is the possible loss of a target if it suddenly changes speed when the missile is launched at it.





In the “Finland '' and “Ash river” locations in combined battles (for aircraft and ground vehicles), an aircraft might receive damage when it appears on the airfield. The point was that due to an error, the model of interactions with surrounding objects for this airfield could be above ground level.

The bug has been fixed, so for now all carriers of nuclear weapons and other aircraft can take off from the airfield.



When a vehicle’s hull has been penetrated it shows characteristic damage decals: for example holes in the aluminium skin of the aircraft. And then an unusual mashup happened: because of the bug, armour and aircraft damage decals might be displayed not only on their own type of vehicles, but also on the other one: aircraft ‘glittered’ with penetrated armour and in ground vehicles with aluminium. Damage decals also flickered with camera rotation by drawing attention to themselves.

That's enough of the twinkling. Now the damage effects are as they should be.



You’ll find the full list of improvements in the separate changelog - there are many interesting things there. We have reduced the frequency of ship voice commands, fixed the ability of incapacitated crew members to perform actions and improved the sound of automatic cannons for fleet and ground vehicles.



For this digest we have prepared a large set of useful fixes and game improvements. Be sure to read the full list below - there are many interesting things.

Once again, many thanks for all your bug reports that you submitted using our special service.

• A bug has been fixed that prevents the SPAAG lead markers at distances over 3.5 km while locking on target.
  
• A bug has been fixed that enabled the lead marker on SPAAGs without cannons.
  
• A bug has been fixed that allows knocked out crew members to use the NVD, rangefinder, IR searchlight, engine control.
  
• PUMA — a bug has been fixed where the HEAT rounds in the protection analysis arrived at wrong angles.
  
• A bug has been fixed that allowed vehicle control after the nuclear blast by switching to the aircraft gunner’s camera or binoculars of ground vehicles.
  
• Strela-10M2 — a bug has been fixed that prevents active scouting mechanics in battle (report).
  
• Disabled vehicle hit indicators caused by the forward guns on aircraft, nearby explosions and fire in a player’s vehicle.

• A-6E TRAM — SAS mode has been added.
  
• F-16A Block 20 MLU — a drag chute has been added.
  
• F-16А (all versions) - max speed at 9 km altitude has been increased.
  
• Mirage 2000C-S5, 2000D-R1 - max IAS speed has been increased to 1,440 km/h.
  
• MiG-23, MiG-29, F-16, Ja-37, Mirage F1 - for radar pulse-doppler track mode, the notch sector has been reduced. If the target is lost the radar maintains inertial tracking longer.
  
• R-23R, R-24R, R-27R, AIM-7, Skyflash, Rb71 missiles - velocity search acquisition zone has been reduced. This adjustment decreases the chance of acquiring another target, although it decreases the chances of locking on to the selected target if the target greatly changes its speed or direction within the period between a missile launch and the target acquisition.
  
• For all fighter radars, the range gate for BVR acquisition has been increased to avoid failed acquisition attempts if the target closing speed is high.
  
• Mirage 2000D-R1 — a bug has been fixed that caused a speed boost while mounting some weapon presets. The aircraft type has been changed to “strike aircraft”.
  
• J-7D — SL reward in Realistic Battles has been increased, the repair cost reduced to 5,400 SL.
  
• A bug has been fixed that caused suspended fuel tank detachments while toggling from a ship to aircraft in the hanger.
  
• Harrier GR.7 — a missing critical overload indication has been restored.
  
• A bug has been fixed that enabled the stabiliser while switching to the optical targeting camera.

• USS Arizona, USS Wyoming — fuze delay of AP rounds on the auxiliary guns has been adjusted to 0.015 sec.
  
• IJN Myoko — the firing angles of the main calibre turrets have been adjusted. The 3rd turret doesn’t shoot through the superstructure anymore. The ship’s class in the info card has been corrected.
  
• IJN Agano — targeting angles of the main calibre turrets have been increased.
  
• A bug that caused the mission results window to show an erroneous message about not receiving a reward for inactivity if the connection to the server was lost has been fixed.

• The volume of enemy vehicles in the rear hemisphere has been increased.
  
• Sound of the automatic weapons for ground vehicles and naval vessels has been improved. The sound has become more sharp and distinctive at distance. The volume of the breeches of the player’s guns has become louder.
  
• Sounds of rockets and missiles passing by have become more distinctive and bright (in a 2 km area around the player).
  
• Ship crew voice chat — the frequency of the following sound reports has been reduced: position of the rudder, incoming hits, orders to initiate a damage control, incoming damage reports, heeling reports.

• A bug has been fixed where hit decals might be displayed incorrectly: armour penetration marks might be displayed on aircraft, and aircraft skin damage might be displayed on ground vehicles.
  
• A bug has been fixed where hit decals might twinkle when turning the camera.

• Non-purchased ships and boats now have access to torpedoes in test sail.
  
• Reward notifications for actions have been added to Simulator battles, such as a hit to enemy vehicle, capturing of a point, etc. This allows a player to track the helpful actions reward in each period of time and be aware at period end and start. These notifications could be hidden in the “Battle Interface” section of the options menu, by unchecking the box “Show reward message for an action”.
  
• In the “Battle Interface” section of the options menu you are now able to hide HUD elements in battle: battle chat, log of the destroyed vehicles, orders panel, reward notifications for actions and battle rewards notifications.

• A bug has been fixed where aircraft might appear under the airfields’ textures in the “Finland” and “Ash river” locations.

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 detailed description of the current task as well as your overall progress can be found by clicking on your nickname → Achievements → Pages of History

Dmitry Osatyuk was the commander of a tank company on the Leningrad Front. On January 12th, 1943 his light tank was cut off from his company by three heavy German tanks that it could do nothing against. Using himself as bait, Osatyuk led the enemy tanks under artillery fire, and then defeated the enemy infantry in close combat, using machine guns, cannon and the tracks of his tank. On January 18th his company was the first to meet the troops of the Volkhov Front, thus opening a land corridor to Leningrad and breaching its blockade. On January 21st Osatyuk's tank was destroyed, but he pulled his wounded driver out of the tank, got him to safety, and kept fighting in another tank.

You can immediately purchase the profile icon for Golden Eagles until February 3rd, 11:30 GMT without completing tasks. Click Nickname → Achievements → Pages of History (January).

Completion of each individual task will bring you a trophy with one of the following rewards:

• 20-50% RP booster for 3-10 battles;
  
• 20-50% SL booster for 3-10 battles;
  
• 3-5 universal backup vehicles;
  
• 1 day of premium account;
  
• A random camouflage for ground vehicles (out of the selection of camouflages currently obtainable in game for completing tasks, or purchasing with Golden Eagles).

• Tasks are available from 11:00 GMT until 11:30 GMT on the final day of each task.
  
• Tasks can be completed in random battles, except for “Assault” mode.

In 1966 North Vietnam received modern MiG-21 fighters from the USSR, and that led to increased number of American bombers getting shot down. To counter the threat, the US Air Force performed an operation on January 2nd, 1966: the F-4 fighters imitated the behavior of weaker strike aircraft F-105, leading Vietnamese MiGs into air combat, where they were quickly defeated. For the USA it was one of the most successful air battles in the Vietnam war.

The largest tank battle of the Iran-Iraq war happened in its earliest months, on January 5-9 of 1981. Iran went into counteroffensive, hoping to push the Iraqi invaders from its southeastern provinces, but Iraq learned of the enemy plans beforehand and prepared a trap. Iranian tank brigades were trapped in a three-sided box ambush with no supplies, and in four days, having suffered huge losses, were forced to retreat.

The battle of Luzon, the largest island of the Philippines, began on January 9th, 1945. During the initial weeklong landing, over 175 000 Allied troops landed on the island under constant attacks from enemy kamikaze pilots. In a month Manila, the capital of the Philippines, was captured by the Allies who suffered far less casualties than Japan.

At the request of the Allies who were holding off the German counteroffensive in Ardennes, the Soviet army began pushing the Wehrmacht from the east earlier than it initially planned. On January 12th, 1945 it began an offensive that led to a devastating victory over the German forces. In less than a month the Red Army pushed the enemy from Warsaw all the way to Berlin.

The USSR made many attempts to lift the siege of Leningrad, but it was Operation Iskra (“Spark”) that finally resulted in success. A well-planned offensive on the southern coast of Lake Ladoga managed to push the Wehrmacht from its fortifications. On January 18th, 1943 the blockade was finally breached, allowing the city to receive much needed supplies on a regular basis.

On January 17th, 1944 a large-scale operation to breach the Gustav Line in central Italy began. On January 20th the Allies landed a small force in Anzio behind enemy lines. But instead of attacking the enemy flank, they began fortifying, turning Anzio in a beachhead for future operations.

On January 24th, 1943 a Soviet operation to encircle and destroy the German 2nd Army began. It was a success: almost 100 000 soldiers of the Wehrmacht were killed or captured, and the Voronezh and Kursk regions were liberated.

The first major battle of the Gulf War. On January 29th, 1991 Iraqi forces led an attack on Saudi Arabia from occupied Kuwait, capturing a small coastal town of Ras al-Khafji. But just the next day the town was retaken by the forces of the international coalition thanks to strong air support, with the Iraqi suffering severe losses.

Dear players, thank you so much for playing War Thunder and being our family. We wish you happy holidays!

Brrrrr! Absolutely frigid! Your screenshots of vehicles in the frozen tundras were great! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!


Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen47. You have time until 30.12.2022 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.

Important addition: Screenshot theme - Happy Holidays & New Year!

• It is that time of year! Cold! Busy! Happy, and hopefully full of gifts and celebrations!
  
• This week, share your holiday spirit with colorful screenshots of red and green tracers!
  
• You must add the #WTscreen47 tag (Title cannot have any other text in it).

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Screenshots need to be compliant with the War Thunder rules.

You need to be the author of the screenshot.

Screenshot needs to be new. You cannot use those which have previously been published or used in other competitions.

We will only accept raw screenshots from the game. You cannot use any editing software nor any other visual enhancements (like Nvidia Ansel filters).

You can use filters and settings built into War Thunder.

You can use the replay functionality built into War Thunder.

Rewards will be delivered to the author's account within 14 working days.

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Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!

We're happy to present the new "Apex Predators" trophy that contains 40 new camouflages created by talented authors on the https://live.warthunder.com/feed/all/ portal!

It's really easy to earn the new trophy — just keep playing War Thunder. To open the trophy you’ll need to purchase a key on the Market (income is shared with the authors of the camouflages). The key allows you to get a coupon for a camo, rare vehicle, or Apex Predators decal. It is you to decide - activate the coupon on your account, or trade it on the Market to get Gaijin Coins (GJN). Also, a trophy can be sold too!

• Coupons for rare vehicles
  
• 21 camouflage coupons for ground vehicles
  
• 15 camouflage coupons for aircraft
  
• 2 camouflage coupons for naval vessels
  
• 2 camouflage coupon for helicopters
  
• Coupon for the "Apex Predators” decal

• The “Apex Predators” trophy drops periodically (with a specific probability) in random battles in all modes (except for the cooperative PvE “Assault” mode).
  
• The minimum requirements to earn a trophy will be to participate in a battle, in a vehicle of rank II or higher, while achieving a battle-activity of at least 50%.

Click on Show More to take a look at some of the camouflages!
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