Feb 17, 2015

[Event] The Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive

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http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=394153685

From 11.00 GMT on January 17th to 11.00 GMT on January 19th

'Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket' (+30% ) is available!

You can find it in the 'Events & Tournaments' tab in the main menu!

The Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy-Pocket was an offensive operation of the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts and was executed between January the 24th and February the 17th, 1944. The goal of this operation was to destroy the Wehrmacht groups located at Korsun, as part of a strategic offensive of Soviet troops in the Ukraine.

The operation ended in the night between the 16th and the 17th of February, with only 30 000 to 32 000 soldiers of the Wehrmacht able to break the encirclement. General Stemmermann, the commander of the German forces, died in combat. During the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket, two Armeekorp’s and the reinforcements of the defending Germans were destroyed. It was a blood bath for both sides, with neither of the combatants getting off unscathed.

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Feb 17, 2015

[Event] The Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive

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http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=394153685

From 11.00 GMT on January 17th to 11.00 GMT on January 19th

Feb 16, 2015

[In Development] B-57B-2 and T-28E

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We continue to talk about new vehicles, which will be available in the upcoming update. This time we looking at the B-57B-2 and T-28E.

B-57B-2

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=393937475
Sergei Volkov, Head of the Flight Model Designer Team:
During the Korean War, the US Army and Navy needed an aircraft with the same features and capabilities as the A-26, but with a high cruising speed and the ability to bomb from a high altitude. The only company that came close in the development of the aircraft according to these requirements, was the Martin company. But their project was far from its completion. The war was already underway, and the aircraft was needed immediately. As a result, for the first time since the First World War, the US Army purchased an aircraft from abroad, namely the Canberra. But it was not just the purchase of the aircraft, it was the purchase of a license to manufacture it and so, Martin was entrusted this task. Thus the history of the aircraft in the United States began.

The war in Korea at that time was already over, and the aircraft simply had not been produced in time. True to form, the Americans almost immediately started projects to modernize this aircraft. Initially, with the addition of some components and assemblies, navigation equipment, weapons and so on. As a result, we have a classic example of the evolution of the aircraft. Namely the B-57B! It was not just a new version of the aircraft, it created a standard for many years in layout of aircraft of this class. But, most importantly, the vehicle managed to maintain excellent maneuverability, speed, relative ease of piloting and at the same time significantly gained an increase in firepower http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=393937660
Yuri Titarev artist:
This aircraft comes with a non-standard bomb bay door that rotates into an open position before the bombs are dropped. So we had to draw the bomb sight in advance in order to give the bomb bay door animation enough time to complete and only then are the bombs dropped.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=393937810
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=393937932

T-28E

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=393938110
Vyacheslav "BVV_d" Bulannikov, game designer:
The T-28E - a shielded modification of one of the best medium tanks of the 30s. Experience after these tanks were used in the war with Finland, showed the need to strengthen the armour of this machine.

The more powerful armour allows the T-28E to be a strong vehicle at its rank.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=393938300
Svetlana Smirnova, artist:
The main difference between this three-turreted tank from its predecessor, is in the installation of additional armour shields (full shielding).

On the small turrets, we added shielding from an early variant of armouring for the machine-gun ball mount.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=393938373
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=393938991

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The War Thunder Team

Feb 16, 2015

[In Development] B-57B-2 and T-28E

War Thunder - TheShaolinMonk

We continue to talk about new vehicles, which will be available in the upcoming update. This time we looking at the B-57B-2 and T-28E.

B-57B-2

T-28E

Feb 14, 2015

[In Development] New Feature: Driver Assist Mode

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New Feature: Driver Assist Mode

Almost every player, who has fought a battle on the more maneuverable ground vehicles, has faced a situation where it becomes hard to both control your vehicle and conduct aimed fire during the heat of the battle. In reality these two tasks were done by different members of the crew, allowing each to focus on their own job. In War Thunder, though, everything requires the direct control from the player and in many cases this leads to the fact that it is much more difficult for player to complete both of them.

Introducing the new "driver" mode! In this mode, your vehicle will be controlled by the driver, who will steer based on your commands and at the same time will attempt to develop the highest possible speed. Currently, the operation of it will work like this - you can enable this feature at any time by holding the right mouse button, at that point the current position of the cursor will be defined as "neutral", small changes in the mouse position relative to this direction will give orders to the driver to turn the vehicle. In this mode you can continue to travel through the battlefield as well as performing never-ending manoeuvres around the enemy vehicles while maintaining aimed fire on them.

>>Click here to see video of this feature in action!<<

Test the new mode in battle and post your observations, suggestions and comments on the forum!

The War Thunder Team

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Feb 14, 2015

[In Development] New Feature: Driver Assist Mode

War Thunder - TheShaolinMonk

New Feature: Driver Assist Mode