The American MTB-422 torpedo boat, transferred to the UK under the Lend-Lease program, received reinforced deck weapons.
Features:

• Fast and agile
  
• 40mm automatic gun
  
• No spare torpedoes

[expand]The PT-92 torpedo boat was built in the USA at the end of 1942 at the Higgins Industries shipyard in New Orleans, LA, amongst the bulk of the sister 78-foot boats she was intended for Lend-Lease delivery to the Soviet Union. Due to the cancellation of the spring convoy in 1943, the boat went on to serve in the Royal Navy, where she received the hull number MTB-422. Here the boat was used in combat operations in the Mediterranean until the end of World War II. After the war, the boat returned to the United States, where she served at least until the mid-1950’s; the further fate of the boat is unknown. The boat was finally decommissioned from service late in 1985.[/expand]

MTB-422 will be one of the prizes in the new War Thunder Battle Pass season. The American torpedo boat of the Higgins 78-feet family has undergone noticeable changes in service with the Royal Navy. Instead of four American torpedoes, the Brits decided to use only two domestic torpedo tubes that reduced the weight of the boat, increased her maximum speed, and also made it possible to install more powerful deck guns. Two twin heavy machine guns remained at the wheelhouse, and the 20mm Oerlikon Mk.II auto gun was moved to the centre of the deck, making it possible to install a punchy 40mm Bofors automatic gun on the vacant stern - a more than welcome addition for a torpedo boat!

In the game, the MTB-422 will become the fastest rank III boat from the British coastal fleet research line, while the boat quickly reaches her maximum speed and maneuvers perfectly. Guns of three calibres at once - 12.7mm , 20mm and 40mm - as well as two steam-gas torpedoes make the boat a very versatile small ship, perfect for capturing and defending points. From the entire artillery arsenal, the commander can concentrate on the 40mm Bofors, which has an average rate of fire, smooth ballistics, and a choice of high-explosive and armour-piercing rounds. It is reasonable to set the heavy machine guns and the 20mm cannon to automatic firing at surface and air targets, which will be useful in sea-borne dogfights with low-ranking boats.

The War Thunder Battle Pass is a great opportunity to get unique game equipment, decorations, and boosters. Don't miss your chance!

Biplanes, biplanes everywhere! Almost 100 screenshots with these beautiful machines! It was not easy to select three best! Great job and congratulations to all six winners (three additional selected by you!), 300 GE should be on your accounts by now! Don’t forget to take lifebuoys or some inflatables, because next week's theme is Waterworld!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub (link for instructions) with the tag #WTscreen10. You have time until 24.01.2022 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 - Waterworld

• Your screenshot needs to be focused on Water. Naval vessel, amphibious, float plane? Or maybe a sunken tank at the bottom of the lake? We are waiting for all of them!
  
• 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).
  
• 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 7 working days.

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

• Physically correct moonlight has been added.
  
• Display of some objects (for example bushes and trees) has been improved when observed through a ground vehicle sight by graphic settings “max” and “movie”.
  
• MiG-27K, Jaguar GR.1A — a bug has been fixed that caused camera rotation while maneuvering.
  
• A bug has been fixed where Roland 1 missiles had a limited effective range within 1 km versus helicopters.
  
• Display of trophy contents has been improved.

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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.

You can find these decals in the “Weeks latest” section in the customization tab, after which they will be available to their owners in the thematic sections of vehicle customization.

Tasks can be completed in vehicles of rank II-VII.

• The requirements for the decals may be checked in the “Weeks latest” section in vehicle customization or in the Achievements → Decals → Weeks latest.
  
• Tasks can be completed in random battles and events, except “Enduring Confrontation” and “Assault” missions.
  
• Decals received earlier have been temporarily moved to the section “Weeks latest” and will be moved later to the thematic sections.

Some of the decals are created by Colin 'Fenris' Muir, Jej 'CharlieFoxtrot' Ortiz, Ricardo "BlueBeta" Lo Verso and Branislav 'InkaL' Mirkov.

On January 14th, 1950, the prototype SI (I-330) aircraft, soon after named the MiG-17, took her maiden flight. Even then the aircraft showed better flight characteristics than its predecessor, the MiG-15bis jet fighter. The MiG-17 was in service with many armed forces and was used in intense combat becoming the principal for Chinese, Polish, and Czechoslovakian licensed copies.

Complete the task from 11:00 GMT on the 14th of January until 11:30 GMT on the 16th of January and get the reward!

Completing the “Birthday of the MiG-17” task will bring you a battle trophy with one of the following rewards:

• 10-30% RP booster for 3-10 battles
  
• 10-30% SL booster for 3-10 battles

• Destroy 20/10/10 (AB/RB/SB) player vehicles whilst controlling specified vehicles in random battles.

The task can be completed only in vehicles from the following list:

• MiG-17, MiG-17AS, Shenyang F-5, J-4

Follow progress by clicking on your nickname → Achievements → Memorial Date.

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 issue might occur when the resolution of the game doesn’t match the physical resolution of your monitor. Air targets, in this case, could behave incorrectly and disappear even at a relatively close distance.
We investigated the reason for this bug which was caused by the complex system of rendering contacts and have now fixed it. Now enemies will not hide from you (and you from them).

Sometimes some points in our digest look like chapters in an alchemist’s book but behind them is some pretty technical and useful work. For example the smoke screen, where a mistake at different times of the day, has different temperatures in your thermal imaging camera. This of course is wrong and we have corrected this mistake.

Another strange thing happened during the towing of vehicles. Armoured vehicles that were pulled or pushed would start to spontaneously accelerate and leave an exhaust. The reasons were figured out and everything has been fixed.
Together with the end of the holidays, we returned to the conventional battle hangar. Everything is in the right places, be sure to check it!

• A bug has been fixed that caused the rendering of exhaust gases on towed or rammed vehicles.
  
• A bug has been fixed where smoke from smoke grenades was displayed as low temperature in the thermal imagers in night scenarios .
  
• A bug has been fixed that resulted in shot loss when another enemy vehicle was located near the target and the shot vector was directed to the ground’s surface.
  
• FlaRakRad, SARC MkVI (6pdr) — a bug has been fixed that caused the model to disappear when observed from the commander’s sight at certain angles.
  
• Eland 90 Mk.7, AML-90, Ratel-20, Ratel-90, ZT3A2 — smoke grenades now launched in two salvos.
  
• ZTZ59D1 — smoke grenades have been changed to modern spray grenades activated in mid-air.
  
• Char 25t — turret traverse speed has been specified - 24°/sec → 36°/second.
  
• Char 25t — sight magnification has been specified - х6 → х7.9 (report).
  
• M18 GMC — sight magnification has been changed from x3 to the standard (х1.9 — 3.5).
  
• Leopard 2K — max speed has been specified from 70 to 72 kph.
  
• M4A3 (76) W (JSDF) — underestimated turn time of the AA machine gun has been fixed. Speed has been changed in accordance with other open flak cannons 30°/second → 90°/second.
  
• Vickers Mk.3 — overestimated thickness of the bulkhead between engine and combat compartments has been fixed - 500mm → 10mm.
  
• TCM AGS — a bug has been fixed that resulted in different targeting angles of the gun and the coaxial machine gun.
  
• Ikv 91, Ikv 91-105 — sight magnification has been specified - х8-16 → x10 .
  
• Ikv 91, Ikv 91-105 — turret traverse speed has been specified - 20°/second → 25°/second.
  
• STB-1 — targeting angles on the AA machine gun have been specified in order to avoid intersections with the turret.
  
• 155-mm sgr m/60 round — tracer has been removed.

• ITP (М-1) — a bug has been fixed that caused a fuselage break when the tail was detached.
  
• MiG-21MF, MiG-21bis-SAU, MiG-21SMT, MiG-21bis — visuals of pylons for R-60 and R-3S missiles have been fixed.
  
• Bf 109 (all versions) — separate drop has been added for 50kg bombs.
  
• F.C.20 Bis — the name of the 37mm Breda Model 39 gun has been fixed.
  
• 800kg armour piercing bomb Type 99 number 80 — explosives type has been changed to Type 91.

• Targeting speed parameters of the Italian 100-mm/47 utility guns have been corrected.
  
• IJN Mutsuki, IJN Satsuki, Scharnhorst — errors in the info cards concerning the armour thickness of the main calibre turrets have been fixed.

• Standard hangar has been enabled.
  
• A bug has been fixed with missing aircraft contacts when the game resolution was set lower than the resolution of the monitor.
  
• Battle task “Aerial Superiority ” now features the “Rogue wave” award.
  
• Marker position under the airfield in the “Domination:Vietnam” mission has been fixed.

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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.

Slowly but surely we have managed to check all the screenshots you uploaded and we are ready to announce this week's winners! The three most popular and the three selected by us from over 200 entries will get 300GE! We will meet again next week, to check who will win the 9th edition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub (link for instructions) with the tag #WTscreen09. You have time until 17.01.2022 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.

• Your screenshot needs to be focused on Biplanes. If it has two pairs of wings - Bring it on!
  
• 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).
  
• 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 7 working days.

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

In January 1945, the Vistula-Oder offensive by the Soviet army began to liberate the western part of Poland and provide a further advance by troops into German territory. The operation became perhaps the most intensive strategic offensive operation in the history of modern Europe. Possessing total air superiority and a significant advantage in manpower and armored vehicles, the troops of the Red Army, as well as the Polish formations that came under the command of the USSR, threw back the Wehrmacht forces with powerful blows beyond the border of Germany. An Allied victory became just a matter of time.

Complete the task from 11:00 GMT on the 10th of January until 11:30 GMT on the 13th of January and get the reward!

Completing the “Vistula-Oder offensive” task will bring you a battle 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
  
• Random camouflage for ground vehicles of rank I-IV for USSR or Germany from amongst those available to obtain in-game through achievements or purchase with GE.
  
• 1 day premium account

• Destroy 40/20/20 (AB/RB/SB) player vehicles whilst controlling specified vehicles in random battles

The task can be completed only in vehicles from the following list:

• USSR: T-34-85, T-34-85 (D-5T), IS-1, IS-2, IS-2 (1944), ISU-122, ISU-122S, SU-100, ZiS-12 (94-KM), SU-76M, T-80, SU-85M, SU-85, La-7, Yak-3, Yak-9U, IL-2-37, IL-2M (1943), Tu-2S.
  
• Germany: Sd.Kfz.234/1, Sd.Kfz.234/2, Sd.Kfz.234/2 TD, Sd.Kfz.234/3, Sd.Kfz.234/4, Sd.Kfz.251/21, Wirbelwind, Ostwind, 15 cm Pz.W.42, StuG III G, Jagdpanzer 38(t), Jagdpanzer IV, Panzer IV/70(V), Pz.IV G, Pz.IV H, Pz.IV J, Pz.Bef.Wg.IV J, Tiger II (P), Tiger II (H), Panther D, Panther A, Panther G, Jagdpanther, Bfw. Jagdpanther, Fw 190 A-5, Fw 190 A-5/U12, Fw 190 A-5/U2, Fw 190 A-8, Fw 190 D-9, Bf 109 G-6, Bf 109 G-14, Bf 109 G-10, Fw 190 F-8.

Follow progress by clicking on your nickname → Achievements → Memorial Date.

Over 100 screenshots with a carnival theme! Who needs fireworks when you have crazy decals and aerobatic smoke?! We have selected three of the best screenshots, another three were selected by you! Every winner will get 300GE! We will see you all in 7 days with the latest edition’s winners announcement!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub (link for instructions) with the tag #WTscreen08. You have time until 10.01.2022 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.

• Your screenshot needs to be focused on the “Slow but Sure” theme. Heavy but slow tanks? Big bombers with even bigger bombs? Huge Dreadnoughts? Bring it on!
  
• 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).
  
• 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 7 working days.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2702819620
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2698960966
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2696881242
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Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!

Active aircraft and air defense unit supply from the USSR created significant difficulties for the US Air Forces during the Vietnam War. The appearance in the skies of the latest Soviet MiG-21 fighters was a key factor in launching an active operation to eliminate this threat.

During operation “Bolo”, the F-4 Phantom II was demonstrating normal strike aircraft behavior, luring into the sky and destroying more than seven MiG-21’s of the North Vietnamese Air Force without casualties to the US aircraft.

Complete the task from 11:00 GMT on the 2nd of January until 11:30 GMT on the 5th of January and get the reward!

Completing the “Operation Bolo” task will bring you a battle 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 premium account

• Destroy 40/20/20 (AB/RB/SB) player vehicles whilst controlling specified aircraft in random battles

The task can be completed only in vehicles from the following list:

• USA: F-4C Phantom II, F-4E Phantom II, F-4J Phantom II
  
• USSR: MiG-21F-13, MiG-21SMT, MiG-21bis, MiG-21PFM

Follow progress by clicking on your nickname → Achievements → Memorial Date.