Created by players for players! The 100/17 su Lancia 3Ro was a field modification of the Italian military transport truck during the North-African campaign of WWII. Soon, the punch of the 100/17 will join the low ranks of the Italian ground forces tree in War Thunder, coming to the game as part of the next major update “Danger Zone”!

Briefly: An Italian SPG based on the chassis of the Lancia 3Ro truck equipped with a powerful 100mm howitzer with high destruction shells.


Features:

• Devastating 100mm gun
  
• Exposed to enemy fire
  
• Limited aiming angles
  
• Poor mobility on soft ground

In War Thunder, the 100/17 su Lancia 3Ro will join the ranks of the Italian ground forces arriving in the game as part of the next major update “Danger Zone”. Thanks to its main 100mm howitzer and capable ammunition, this truck can deal truly lethal damage even to the more heavily protected tanks it can face in battle. Commanders will have the choice between solid anti-concrete shells and very rare at low ranks, HESH rounds,that are perfectly effective against any low-rank opponent.

Fun Fact: to install the howitzer on the chassis, the engineers used an M13/40 turret ring welded to the original field mount.

However, the powerful gun and comparatively large crew are fully exposed to any enemy fire, including rifle-caliber MGs, so any opponent is able to instantly remove the brave Italians on sight. The 100/17 is a pretty huge vehicle and can be easily spotted by attacker or fighter pilots. The wheeled truck itself, equipped with a not so powerful engine, will decrease the mobility on soft ground making it tricky to escape from ambushes or difficult situations. The vehicle is more suited as a second-line support to immobilize or finish off any opponents already engaged by allies.



The 100/17 su Lancia 3Ro has been created by your fellow War Thunder players Nicola “Kolin0” Faggiani and Riccardo “BlueBeta” Lo Verso as part of the Revenue and Share Program and will soon be arriving in War Thunder to reinforce the Italian tech tree as a new light vehicle in the lower ranks. Until then, happy hunting tankers!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368110/War_Thunder__Italian_Starter_Pack/

A detailed description of the task for current game and your overall progress can be found by clicking on your nickname → Achievements → Pages of History

Richard Winters — one of the “D-Day” heroes. After landing in Normandy, he led his squad of 13 paratroopers against German artillery crews shelling Utah Beach. His team not only defeated the enemy forces in the battle at Brecourt Manor but also captured a map of other artillery batteries in the area. This operation is cited to this day as an example of a skillful tactical attack of a small formation on the enemy’s stationary positions.

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

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 premium account
  
• Random camouflage for ground vehicles from among those available to obtain in the game through achievements or purchase for 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

From 4th until 7th of June 1942 took place the Battle of Midway — the decisive battle in the Pacific theater of WWII. The US was able to decipher the Japanese naval code and prepare for a surprise attack. As a result of the battle the Japanese fleet lost four heavy aircraft carriers and has since been forced to turn to the defense of captured territories.

The most important event of the Western Front. Allied forces under air cover landed on the shores of Normandy, beginning the liberation of France and then the rest of the Western Europe. On the 6h of June, also known as “D-Day”, more than 150,000 troops crossed the English Channel in the largest naval landing operation in history.

Over the 10th-11th of June 1982 the Israeli army was severely tested during the Lebanese war: three companies of its tank battalion were surrounded by Syrian armed forces. 11 battalions of Artillery fire supported a breakthrough of armored vehicles trying to compensate for reconnaissance failure, most of them succeeded in escaping the trap.

Just one week after D-Day there were fierce battles in the territory of Normandy. One of them took place near the town of Villers-Bocage where Germans with small forces were able to surround and rough up the British tanks thanks to the surprise attack and superiority of the Tiger heavy tanks. It took the Brits two months to capture the city.

On the 18th of June ended the month-long battle for Ancona — an important port in eastern Italy from which the 2nd Polish Army Corps knocked out the German forces. It was the only battle of the Western Front in which only Polish troops took part on the Allied side.

On the 19th-20th of June 1944 the US fleet inflicted a crushing defeat on the Japanese fleet at the Battle of the Marianas. At the beginning of the battle Japan possessed the most powerful carrier corps in its history which practically ceased to exist by the end of the battle, leaving Japan with not enough aircraft for defense.

In honor of the prince Pyotr Bagration, the hero and an outstanding military leader of the Patriotic War of 1812, was named the large-scale operation which began on the 23rd of June 1944 to liberate Belarus and Lithuania from German occupation. The Red Army gained a confident victory over the Army Group “Center” of Wehrmacht and pushed it far away to the territory of Poland.

One of the most effective US aircraft of WWII was the Chance Vought F4U named the “Corsair”. Its first model designed for mass production was improved over the prototype: the cockpit was raised a bit and the hull strengthened to withstand landing on aircraft carriers. The first flight of the F4U-1 took place at the end of June 1942.

• Trim vane folding time for amphibious tanks has been increased.
  
• A bug has been fixed that may have resulted in a client crash while firing in the high tier Naval battles.

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.

Your beautiful scenery was outstanding! More than 900 beautiful screenshots with your favourite vehicles, we are impressed! Because of this, our judges have decided to select 7 instead of 3 winners, alongside the 3 most upvoted; that’s 10 in total. See the winners down below!


The seven most popular and three selected by us will get 300GE! We will meet again next week!


Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen17. You have time until the 03.06.2022 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 300 GE.

Important addition: Screenshot theme - Shockwave!

• Awesome tank, vessel or aircraft cannon fire that sends shockwaves, super fast jet aircraft fighters or even nukes, show us by taking a screenshot!
  
• Screenshots need to be compliant with the War Thunder rules, otherwise they will not be considered.
  
• 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 7 working days.

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

If you’re drooling over the freshly announced F-14A, we’d like to suggest some rigorous training before you sit in the pilot seat of the Tomcat. This weekend daring pilots will fight it out using the best aircraft — and only the top aces will get the prizes.


Destroy 20 airplanes of other players in AB mode or 10 in RB or SB modes using Rank VII aircraft and receive one of the following prizes:

• 1 day of Premium Account
  
• Research Points and Silver Lions boosters for 20-50% (20% for 10 battles, 30% for 5 battles, 50% for 3 battles)
  
• 3-5 Universal Backups

Join the tournament for jet aircraft that will take place in 4x4 format in the RB game mode. The task for each team is to destroy more aircraft than the enemy team and gain air superiority by capturing the air points over the battlefield.

Registration for the teams is open until June 1st (17:00 GMT).

REGISTER HERE

Tournament format: Double elimination, best of 3.

Available vehicles:

• USA: F-86F-2, F-86F-35, F-86F-25, FJ-4B, A-4B
  
• Germany: G.91 R/3, MiG-15bis
  
• USSR: MiG-17, MiG-15bis
  
• Great Britain: Hunter F.1, Venom FB.4
  
• Japan: F-86F-30, Ki-200
  
• Italy: G.91 R/1
  
• France: S.O.4050 Vautour IIA, Super Mystere B2
  
• China: J-4, F-86F-30, J-2
  
• Sweden: J29F

Tournament locations: 38th Parallel, Norway, Pacific Hidden Base and Iron Range.
Prize fund: 15 000 Golden Eagles, boosters and other prizes.

Grumman F-14A Tomcat is a true icon in modern combat aircraft. Elegant and deadly, this carrier-based jet fighter comes as the new top tier of the US naval aircraft lineup!


Features:

• Variable-swept wing
  
• Perfect performance characteristics
  
• Variety of suspended weapons
  
• New air-to-air missiles
  
• Lacks air-to-surface missiles and smart bombs

The upcoming War Thunder major update Danger Zone brings you the new top tier of the US naval aircraft lineup, an early version of the F-14A Tomcat. This twin-engine carrier based jet fighter features variable-swept wing design, brilliant performance characteristics, as well as new to the game air-to-air missiles.



Tomcat’s powerplant is a pair of Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-412A turbojet engines, capable of an impressive 12,000 kgf (26,450 lbf) at M 0,9 each. The thrust is enough to provide max speed of over 2,200 kph (1,370 mph) and climb rate of over 200 m/sec even with minimal weapon loadout. Being quite heavy in mass, the F-14A has perfect controllability at the whole speed range thanks to the variable-swept wing, powerful engines and effective flaps.



F-14A’s strong suit is her capable air-to-air missiles. Pilots have choice from both familiar rounds, like AIM-7E/F Sparrow missiles, AIM-9D/G Sidewinders, as well as all new to the game AIM-9H (advanced version of the AIM-9G) and AIM-54A Phoenix, the long-range missile with semi-active and terminal active guidance modes and 60 kg warhead. In the upcoming update, the Phoenix missile will have the longest launch distance and guidance time among all air-to-air missiles in War Thunder.

The aircraft carries 20mm M61A1 Vulcan rotary cannon and unguided weapon against ground targets, including Zuni rockets and bombs of up to 2,000 lbs each. Being an interceptor by design, F-14A lacks air-to-surface guided weapons, such as anti-tank missiles and smart bombs.



The Grumman F-14A Tomcat is surely one of the top guns in the Danger Zone update. An aircraft of incredible charisma and a living embodiment of modern carrier-based aviation rightfully goes to rank VII of the American naval aircraft lineup. The major update is almost ready, stay tuned for more news from the War Thunder dev team. Until then - good luck and happy hunting, pilots!

Although Sweden maintained neutrality during WWII, events forced it to form its own National Security Forces. It happened on the 29th of May, 1940 and for the anniversary of this event we want to invite you to decorate your vehicle with the Emblem of the Home Guard decal.

From 12:00 GMT on the 27th of May until 07:00 GMT on the 30th of May

Play 3 battles in Swedish vehicles (rank III or higher and with an activity of 70% or higher) and receive the Emblem of the Home Guard.



"Emblem of the Home Guard" decal

Complete the task in random battles, except for Enduring Confrontation missions and [Assault] mode.

Track your progress in the hangar by clicking Nickname → Achievements → Swedish National Security Forces

You may find the decal in the “Sweden (tanks)” tab in the Customization menu.

May 28th, 1935, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 took her maiden flight to soon become the most well known WWII German piston fighter, remaining in service over twenty years after the war was over. The greatest German and Finnish aces used only the Bf 109!

From May 27th (11:00 GMT) till May 30th (11:00 GMT)

Purchase Premium Bf 109 fighters for Golden Eagles with 50% off!

The list of aircraft available for Golden Eagles: Flegel's Bf 109 A, Bf 109 E-7 (Japan), Bf 109 F-4 (USA), Bf 109 G-2 (Italy), Bf 109 G-6 (Sweden).





The twin-fuselage Bf 109Z is also temporarily back in the Gaijin store - open the store from the hangar via Steam browser. Don't miss your chance to own a rare experimental aircraft!

The Milan is an experimental version of the famous Mirage jet fighter, jointly developed by French and Swiss engineers to improve the aircraft’s low speed handling characteristics. Soon, this exotic variant of the Mirage will make its way to the skies in War Thunder, arriving to the game as part of the next major update Danger Zone!

Briefly: An experimental version of the venerable French Mirage jet fighter, fitted with retractable canards which improve the aircraft’s handling at lower speeds.


Features:

• Retractable canards
  
• Improved low speed handling
  
• Excellent air-to-air arsenal
  
• High energy loss during maneuvers

In War Thunder, the Milan will be a new jet fighter joining the top of the French aviation tree with the release of the next major update. Further expanding the Mirage family of jet fighters available in the game, the Milan will also offer its prospective pilots enhanced maneuverability as well as additional rewards to faster progress through the top ranks thanks to the aircraft’s premium status.



At its core, the Milan represents an experimental upgrade to the Mirage IIIE - a jet fighter already most familiar to seasoned French pilots. However, unlike the standard version, this experimental model possesses two distinct features which make it stand out from its close relative. The more obvious difference is the presence of a pair of retractable canards situated on the aircraft’s nose. While somewhat odd-looking, this additional pair of wings noticeably reduces the aircraft’s take-off distance and allow for a lower landing speed. Furthermore, they also vastly improve the Milan’s maneuverability during lower speeds - a handy upgrade for avid dogfighters among our pilots!

Fun Fact: The aircraft’s new retractable canards were often referred to as its ‘mustaches’.

The second, less notable, difference concerns the aircraft’s engine choice. Namely, the Milan is fitted with the more powerful SNECMA Atar 9K-50 turbojet engine, producing notably more thrust than the Atar 9C originally fitted to the Mirage IIIE. While this upgrade doesn’t directly result in an increased top speed, pilots will notice improvements in acceleration and climb rate, both being vital performance characteristics of jet fighters especially during heated engagements.



Apart from a pair of 30 mm DEFA cannons, the Milan’s arsenal can be further augmented by IR-guided air-to-air missiles, unguided rockets, an air-to-ground missile as well as bombs of 250 and 500 kg caliber. As a result, the Milan retains the Mirage’s high combat effectiveness and versatility as weapon loadouts are not just powerful, but also well suited for engaging a number of different targets during a sortie.



The Dassault Milan will make its way to player hangars upon the arrival of the next major War Thunder update Danger Zone. Be sure to get the special pre-order pack in our online store to be among the first to fly out in the Milan, get Premium account days, as well as obtain exclusive ingame content!

Introducing the next major update teaser for War Thunder - "Danger Zone"