On the 15th of September, 1940, over one and a half thousand experienced pilots from Great Britain with some of its friends and Germany entered battle in the skies over Southern England! This battle became a turning point in the attempts of the German command to completely destroy the Royal Air Force.

Great Britain withstood this battle, and to this day, every 15th September, the Allied nations and the whole world remember this heroic feat and commemorate "Battle of Britain day".

Until 07:00 GMT on the 17th of September. Participate in 3 battles using British aircraft of rank II or higher (with an in-game activity of at least 70%) and get the “Battle of Britain Memorial Flight” badge.


“Battle of Britain Memorial Flight” badge

• To follow your progress click on your nickname → Achievements → Battle of Britain.
  
• The prize decal can be located by clicking Customization → Britain.

Temporarily in the game for Golden Eagles: Spitfire FR Mk.XIVe and Spitfire LF Mk.IXc



For the period of the event, the premium Prendergast's Spitfire FR Mk XIVe and Plagis' Spitfire LF Mk IXc are available for purchase for Golden Eagles in the Britain research tree.

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 on the website special section.


They could indeed disappear if a volumetric shell pierced the intersection of three or four armour parts. The problem occurred rather rarely but has nevertheless been fixed. Good luck hitting your targets!




Improved FPS since the “Direct Hit” update, improved game stability and we continue to do so! A fatal client crash after a long game on PlayStation 4 has been fixed. But we wanted to remind you of one more important detail - an updated GPU driver on your PC is key to a stable FPS and client stability and every War Thunder player can do it.

• You can find the latest driver for Nvidia here.
  
• You can find the latest driver for AMD here.

There's no other way to explain why when you switched from the commander's sight to the good old binoculars, their gaze was always directed to the East. This bug was very recent, but you reported it to us in a timely manner. Fixed!




...you can turn it off. This is regarding Naval Battles, where target capture could still happen if the target was very close to the aiming marker. Now if you disable this feature, it will indeed be completely disabled. Thanks for your bug reports.

We have also fixed incorrect (inverted) mouse wheel movement when adjusting the distance when the target was very close.




Remember our devblog about rockets and missile ballistic changes? Multiple Launch Rocket Systems have been updated and adjusted crosshairs. It’s time for you to become a rocket sniper!




Hey, hey, easy... for Linux only. Some time ago, grass disappeared from all graphic presets on the Linux platform, and players had to turn it on manually. Rejoice, Linux people! The weed is back!


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

Once again, many thanks for all your bug reports that you submitted in our bug report section on the War Thunder forums.




Improvements and fixes

• A bug has been fixed when, if a voluminous shell hits a cross section area of 3 or 4 armoured elements, a shell didn’t form fragments after penetrating the armour.
  
• A bug has been fixed where, when switching from commander’s sight to binoculars with “Save direction while switching current trigger” option enabled, the view in binoculars was directed to the east.
  
• A bug has been fixed that resulted in locking on enemies nearby the selected one with the “Automatic target lock” option enabled in Naval battles.
  
• A bug has been fixed that resulted in incorrect range correction at nearer distances in Naval battles: rotating down in some cases increased correction, rotating up decreased it.
  
• A bug has been fixed with missing grass on any graphic presets available on the Linux version.

Ground vehicle model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

• Chieftain Mk.10, Striker - “Late two tone” camo is now available for completing tasks, similar to other later British ground vehicles.
  
• ZSU-37-2 - NVD has been added for driver and commander.
  
• Type 87 - “Adjustment of fire”module has been added.
  
• M41A1 (SDF) - aiming speed of the anti-aircraft machine gun has been increased and brought in line with that of the M41A1 in the US branch (report)
  
• Type 60 ATM - crew number has been corrected in the info card. (report)
  
• Leopard 2K - rubber-fabric mudguards have been added to the damage model.
  
• Сromwell V (RP-3) - incorrect rocket depletion order in xray mode has been fixed.
  
• Merkava Mk.3D - description of the bulkhead between engine and combat compartments has been corrected.
  
• Vickers Mk.3 - gun depression angles over the engine compartment have been reduced.
  
• MLRS sight crosshairs have been specified after changes to the ballistic characteristics of rockets (devblog)
  
• 25mm M791 - initial velocity for the the M242 gun has been specified.

Aircraft model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes

• Pe-8 - icons in the secondary weaponry menu have been corrected for 100 kg bombs.
  
• Wfr.Gr.21 - explosives type display has been fixed in the info card.
  
• Hunter F.6 - the display of the protection caps on the empty rocket launchers for the twin SRAAM weapon preset have been fixed.
  
• AH-64DJP - the display of the launchers of the AIM-92 missiles have been fixed.
  
• Yak-30 - armoured backseat has been added.

• LÉ Orla - traverse speed of the main calibre turret has been fixed.
  
• Clemson type destroyers - AI shooting at aerial targets has been fixed. Parameters of the remote fuse for the 76mm HE remote fuse rounds have been corrected.
  
• HMS Armada, HMAS Tobruk - a bug has been fixed where 40mm mountings remained at maximum elevation.

Flight model changes

• AH-1z - improved throttle response and revs recovery with increasing propeller pitch.
  
• Scout AH.Mk.1, Wasp HAS.Mk.1 - the roll has been fixed when increasing speed in arcade battles
  
• Do 217 (all series) - a bug has been fixed with incorrect position of wheels on the front landing gear.
  
• Tu-1 - a bug with incorrect fuel loading has been fixed.
  
• MiG-23, MiG-27 - a dead zone in the yaw channel has been reduced when the automatic controls system is operating in the stabilization or damping mode

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.

The terms for the “Invite a friend” program have been changed. Now, to achieve a first stage reward (70,000 SL), an invited friend has to achieve rank III in air/ground forces. Stage II reward (300,000 SL, 100 GE) is granted for rank V; Stage III (2,500 GE) for rank VII. Requirements for naval forces' progress remains unchanged.

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 bug has been fixed where the LMB was unable to interact with the interface in the hangar after leaving a battle or watching a replay in full screen mode with a hidden interface.
  
• F-104S, Ju 288 C, B18B — a bug has been fixed where wingtip vortices and aerobatic smoke was displayed from the aircraft’s centre.

VR

• Incorrect zooming has been fixed for the PIMAX headsets PIMAX (report).

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.

Hear the engines roar! On September 12th we celebrate Tanker's Day, a holiday of steel armour and steel will! We recognise the drivers, commanders, gunners, loaders, radio operators and designers of tanks. We salute you, the War Thunder ground forces players!

Start your engines!

Until 07:00 GMT on the 13th of September. Win 5 times in random battles whilst controlling Soviet ground vehicles (of rank II or above with an in-game activity of 70% or above) and get one of the decorations for Tanker’s Day.

The trophy that contains one of the decorations is available in the in-game shop.


You can complete the task in random battles, except “Assault” and “Enduring Confrontation”.

You can follow your progress by clicking on your nickname -> Achievements -> Tanker’s Day.




For the period of the event, the premium KV-1E (USSR) is available for purchase for Golden Eagles in the Soviet research tree.

https://youtu.be/WO_5EKz_Ztg
One of the most unusual main battle tanks of the Swedish research tree is back on sale, in game right now for Golden Eagles!

Following the major redesign of the hull guidance mechanics, both the Swedish Strv line and the German VT1-2 are ready to show their best sides, and with the premium Strv 103-0 prototype, you will also receive many more Research Points and Silver Lions.



With a total of three crew members, survivability after taking hits from an enemy can be slim. However, the Strv 103 series are the only tanks that can operate with only a single crew member! Its frontal armour sports an impressive angle of inclination, it’s extremely low in terms of overall size, and it bears decent protection for its crew. It also has a high rate of fire. All of these features were included in the vehicle’s first prototype - surely you can agree, this tank is quite unique.

READ ABOUT THE STRV 103-0

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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 on the website special section.

This time we are going to talk about some of the particularly interesting improvements in War Thunder that came out with the “Direct Hit” major update!


With each update War Thunder sounds better and better. “Direct Hit” was no exception if your feedback from Open-DEV was to be believed.

This time we worked with the sounds of the engines so they not only sounded realistic but also changed the character of the sounds depending on the load. You can hear the result in the game! Engine roar and its speed will be noticeably different when driving on rutted tracks or when climbing a steep hill.

To consolidate the atmosphere of heavy vehicle movement, we added new sounds of surfaces under an armoured vehicle's tracks: water, sand, snow, asphalt, paving stones, mud and even ice will all sound different.

Major changes also occurred in the firing sounds of all automatic cannons and machine guns. Now they better correspond to the main features of the real guns: the detail of the sound depending on the location of the listener has increased and each shot is heard more clearly.




A simple but useful improvement for the minimap. The marker boundaries that display the sector of the map you see are now more visible and contrast better. No longer will they be lost against the background of bright winter locations. Look around more comfortably!




It is hard to imagine a battle of top tanks without the use of thermal imaging and therefore this mechanism deserves special attention.

We worked on the temperature of the wrecks of destroyed vehicles. Now the piles of metal that used to be your enemy will become colder than active vehicles if enough time has passed since the fire died down and the tracks, barrels, and hulls have cooled down. However it will still be possible to hide among destroyed enemies. Just don’t forget to turn the engine off.




In War Thunder you will always find a lot of features that improve picture quality or improve game performance. Among these are smoothing with deep learning algorithms - Nvidia DLSS. This mechanism allows you to increase the FPS and at the same time get a higher resolution.

For the “Direct Hit” update we have updated the support for this technology to version 2.2 which brings two key fixes: an even more noticeable improvement in the picture and a victory over ghosting especially in dark scenes. If you own an Nvidia RTX GPU - go ahead and turn it on!




Weapon control - your trusted friend and comrade that makes shooting much easier by calculating your preemptives and making other adjustments for you. Pilots are very familiar with it but what about the Navy?

The fleet has it now too! Later ships have begun getting “Artillery Directors” whose job is to help aim at targets. Extremely useful mechanics especially when firing at very long distances.

These mechanisms are fully-fledged vehicle modules that means that they can be destroyed with a precise hit or even lucky shrapnel but until then the “Artillery Director” will faithfully help you shoot more accurately.

You can get acquainted with the characteristics of the new modules in the analysis of the modules on vehicles right in the hangar. There can be several of them and each is responsible for different cannons. Presented are “Artillery Directors” on those ships where they were used in reality.

In addition, a noticeably updated interface for cannon guidance in binocular view.




Not too far from being able to hover your mouse over a module and learn about its capabilities, we would like to inform you that you can now do the same with aircraft radar.

Turn on the module viewer and point your cursor at the vehicle or pilot radar where the head display can also tell you a lot about the aircraft’s capabilities.




Explosions, splashes, sparks from hits and smoke you see virtually every second spent in a good battle. We devote a huge effort to make them better. Do you remember the improved effects of hits we introduced in the Ixwa Strike update? Now we’re ready to present the new improved effects for naval battles!

We have completely reworked the large calibre rounds hits to different surfaces, and thoroughly improved the effects of hits on the water for all calibres in the game. The effects of underwater explosions have been reworked for torpedoes, depth charges and sea mines. New splash pillar effects from large calibres allow you to see the results of a salvo much better. We have also improved the effects for explosions on decks and introduced new beautiful splashes of stern waves.

You’d better visit naval battles to witness our work personally. See you there!

Don’t forget to check out other types of vehicles. Another bulk of ground units received physically correct tracks, a few others got an empty cartridge animation.


In the Direct Hit update we have improved the quality and overall picture perception on ultra-low graphic settings. New color correction and improved optical adaptation of the brightness in contrast scenes, such as dawn or evening, the picture looks deeper and more saturated. It looks better now!

Objects in War Thunder, such as trees or houses, now have a similar rendering distance for all graphics presets. New optimized shadows appear in a certain radius around you, which require minimal resource consumption from your PC.


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

Once again, many thanks for all your bug reports that you submitted in our bug report section on the War Thunder forums.

• A bug has been fixed where players couldn’t see the “Attention to the map” marker on the minimap during a battle.
  
• A bug has been where an afterburner flame looked black in ULQ settings.
  
• A bug has been fixed that prevented a vehicle’s pop-up menu displaying in the test drive window whilst using a gamepad.
  
• A bug has been fixed that prevented the decal tab from closing whilst using a gamepad.
  
• A bug has been fixed that in some cases led to a crash on PlayStation consoles.
  
• The display of ground units at low heights has been fixed for weapons with TV seekers.
  
• IS-7 — a bug with an incorrect display of the coaxial 7.62mm machine guns in x-ray mode has been fixed.
  
• Vickers Mk.3 — vignette in the gunner’s sight has been fixed, field of view has been widened. .
  
• Pe-8 — separate fuel tanks have been enabled (reduced chance of fire). A more precise inertia calculation has been implemented depending on the current weight (fuel and armament load). Thermodynamics of engines has been specified.
  
• AV-8A — a bug with the display of the flares block has been fixed in the preset “Flares/chaff x240”.
  
• MiG-27M — The R-60 missiles in the preset with 100kg bombs have been changed to R-60M.
  
• ZTZ99-III — reduced armour durability of the hull’s front in comparison to the ZTZ99-II has been fixed (report).
  
• ZTZ96, ZTZ96A, ZTZ99-II, ZTZ99-III — Reloading time for the 125 mm cannon has been changed from 7.5 to 7.1 seconds.
  
• Type 79 ASM — Elevation above the line of sight in flight has been added.
  
• ZSU-37-2 — Displaying of the different angular guidance speeds for the left and right cannons in the X-Ray view has been fixed.
  
• HMS Peacock — Radar has been added to the X-Ray view.
  
• Churchill I — A bug with reverse track rotation has been fixed.
  
• Aviation SB mode now requires Easy Anti-Cheat enabled.
  
• In air SB sessions, created by players, now disabled bots will change to missing or exited players.
  
• A bug has been fixed with disabled the rocket ballistic calculator in mixed battles, if a player previously played in a ground vehicle or naval vessel.
  
• A bug has been fixed with disabling the ballistic calculator when ammo is depleted. The fix means that it is not necessary to repeatedly switch it on in AB mode
  
• F-104G (Italy) — The AIM-9J has been added to the weaponry list. The AIM-9B modification has been moved to rank II, LAU-10/A to rank III. A preset with 2хAIM-9B is now available without modification research by default.
  
• F-104S — The AIM-9J has been added to the weaponry list. The AIM-7E modification has been moved to rank II. The LAU-10/A modification no longer requires research. The AIM-9B modification has been moved to rank III
  
• F-8E — A Preset with 2х AIM-9C and 2x AIM-9D has been added.
  
• Tu-1 — Material and armour glass thickness in the nose section of the cockpit has been fixed.
  
• Conditions for obtaining some achievements and the rewards for completing them have been changed. This will not affect the reward of achievements already received and the progress of partially completed ones. The full list of changed achievements:
  • Miscellaneous — Custom-built
    
  • Miscellaneous — Path of perfection
    
  • Miscellaneous — Fully Equipped
    
  • Miscellaneous — Rearmament
    
  • Miscellaneous — Proved as Improved
    
  • Crew — Expert
    
  • Research — Only the Stars Are Higher
    
  • Aircraft — Can't Catch Me!
    
  • Tanks — Victory machine
    
  • Fleet — Flagship
• Incorrect display of fuel has been corrected, that mistakenly depended on the connection quality.
  
• A bug has been fixed where AI aircraft in Test Drive spawned with low initial speed where they stalled and crashed.
  
• A bug has been fixed that in some cases led to a client crash on downloading the hangar on Nvidia graphic cards.
  
• B-29 (USA) nuke carrier - in ground RB, the incorrect respawn type “Bombers” has been removed.

Sound

• A bug has been fixed with the overly loud sound of the Begleitpanzer’s gun and the British 40mm QF.2 gun, as well as the 57mm ZiS-4 gun from the gunner’s view.
  
• The overly loud sound of the rotary barrel gear on the M61 gun (M163 SPAAG) has been fixed.
  
• A bug has been fixed with the missing sound of the naval gun chase camera for the first 4 seconds of flight.
  
• The overly quiet sound of the beginning of an artillery barrage has been fixed.
  
• A bug has been fixed where the sound of the M230 guns of the Apache series of helicopters didn’t depend on the rate of fire.

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 bug has been fixed where players couldn’t see the “Attention to the map” marker on the minimap during a battle.
  
• A bug has been where an afterburner flame looked black in ULQ settings.
  
• A bug has been fixed that prevented a vehicle’s pop-up menu displaying in the test drive window whilst using a gamepad.
  
• A bug has been fixed that prevented the decal tab from closing whilst using a gamepad.
  
• A bug has been fixed that in some cases led to a crash on PlayStation consoles.
  
• The display of ground units at low heights has been fixed for weapons with TV seekers.
  
• IS-7 — a bug with an incorrect display of the coaxial 7.62mm machine guns in x-ray mode has been fixed.
  
• Vickers Mk.3 — vignette in the gunner’s sight has been fixed, field of view has been widened. .
  
• Pe-8 — separate fuel tanks have been enabled (reduced chance of fire). A more precise inertia calculation has been implemented depending on the current weight (fuel and armament load). Thermodynamics of engines has been specified.
  
• AV-8A — a bug with the display of the flares block has been fixed in the preset “Flares/chaff x240”.
  
• MiG-27M — The R-60 missiles in the preset with 100kg bombs have been changed to R-60M.
  
• ZTZ99-III — reduced armour durability of the hull’s front in comparison to the ZTZ99-II has been fixed (report).
  
• ZTZ96, ZTZ96A, ZTZ99-II, ZTZ99-III — Reloading time for the 125 mm cannon has been changed from 7.5 to 7.1 seconds.
  
• Type 79 ASM — Elevation above the line of sight in flight has been added.
  
• ZSU-37-2 — Displaying of the different angular guidance speeds for the left and right cannons in the X-Ray view has been fixed.
  
• HMS Peacock — Radar has been added to the X-Ray view.
  
• Churchill I — A bug with reverse track rotation 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.

A new premium strike aircraft in the Soviet lineup, featuring devastating guns and a heavy bomb load. The perfect addition for mixed and naval battles at mid tiers!

In our game, the Tu-1 is a premium strike aircraft at rank IV of the USSR aviation. This aircraft complements the line of cannon strike aircraft, and in many ways resemble the excellent premium TIS-MA fighter. Heavy forward-facing armament consisting of a pair of 45-mm and a pair of 23-mm cannons makes it unsurpassed in the destruction of low-flying bombers and attack aircraft in air battles. Ammo belts for hitting armored targets easily crack armored vehicles - including heavy tanks and self-propelled guns when shot into the side or roof. Tu-1 is equipped with a radar, which is quite exotic for mid-rank Soviet aviation. The radar makes it easier to detect targets in markerless game modes and will be a huge advantage in night battles, as well as in thick clouds, rain or snow. Two machine-gun mounts with high-caliber MGs at the bottom and top of the fuselage will quickly cool down fighters that dare to chase the Tu-1 on her “six”.





The Tu-1 is an excellent addition to the Soviet strike aircraft lineup. We are sure that the aircraft has a great future in War Thunder!

Check out the full Dev Blog article here!

This update brings a wealth of new vehicles and improvements to War Thunder, including such legendary aircraft as the MiG-27M and the Swedish Viggen! New guided bombs are making their way into the game, along with many additional features - two new maps, an updated test drive, a fire control system for ships, new visual effects, Nvidia DLSS 2.2 and so much more!


17 new or upgraded aircraft, including the JA37C Jaktviggen and Saab J35A Draken interceptor fighters, the MiG-27M with the game's first guided bombs.

MiG-27M


JA37C Jaktviggen



A dozen new vehicles, an improved "Test Drive", clarification of the dynamic characteristics of missiles, and an even more systematic approach to the consideration of reports on the protection of modern tanks.

Vickers Mk.3


2S25 Sprut-SD



15 new vessels, including the USS Pittsburgh heavy cruiser.

USS Pittsburgh


IJN Yubari



2 new battlegrounds, and an updated test drive for tankers to test different terrain types.

Spaceport


Breslau


Updated Test Drive



We're updating old models with a new coat of pixels! The B-17 bombers are getting 3 times the polygons, and textures 4 times as big!

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL LIST OF CHANGES

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