On March 21st, 1942 the La-5, a Soviet fighter aircraft designed by Semyon Lavochkin, made its maiden flight. It was an evolution of LaGG-3 that replaced an inline engine with the stronger and more widely available Shvetsov ASh-82 radial engine; that allowed the USSR to quickly produce a huge number of new fighters. In the skies La-5 was a strong competitor to the German Bf 109, and its modifications were used until the end of the War.

Something interesting happens regularly in War Thunder. Right now as you are reading this text the participants of the big football competition are fighting for decals, decorations, titles and other valuable prizes.

And while we are preparing the traditional spring assembly event for you it is a good time to remember the prizes from last year’s events and try to get them!




A huge collection of all sorts of prizes from past War Thunder events including rewards from spring and autumn crafting events, April fools events, football competitions and events and also Friday the 13th events.






More than a hundred different prizes:

• 36 vehicles including the legendary Object 279 and amazing VT1-2
  
• 12 camouflages
  
• 22 decorations
  
• 47 decals
  
• 8 player profile icons
  
• 4 loading screens
  
  
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All prizes are immediately credited to the player’s account but there is a chance to get some of them in the form of coupons unless otherwise stated.


Vehicles (will be immediately activated on an account or in the form of coupons):
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• Alecto I
  
• USS Davis
  
• Kfir C.2
  
• T-72M2 Moderna
  
• Pо-2М
  
• SMS Ostfriesland
  
• Jaguar E
  
• CCVL
  
• SU-76D
  
• JDS Yūgure (DD-184)
  
• F-4F Early (Germany)
  
• XM8
  
• Pbil m/40
  
• HMS Mohawk
  
• F-5A
  
• PT-16/T14 mod.
  
• Sd.Kfz.234/1
  
• SGB Grey Goose
  
• AU-1
  
• Object 279 *
  
• Sd.Kfz.251/10
  
• Lübeck
  
• BI
  
• Merkava Mk.3D (USA)
  
• I-180S
  
• MPK Pr.122bis
  
• VFW
  
• Ju 388 J
  
• HMS Tiger
  
• Merkava Mk.1 (USA)
  
• MBK-161 early
  
• Whirlwind P.9
  
• H-34
  
• VT1-2
  
• Tiger (Germany)
  
• Kingcobra (USA)

* — the chance of obtaining an Object 279 is visibly lower than for the rest of the vehicles and is at around 0.001%
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Camouflages (only in the form of coupons):
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• M551: Football camouflage "Dragon"
  
• M551: Football camouflage "Tiger"
  
• Sd.Kfz.234/1: Black camouflage
  
• SGB Grey Goose: Black camouflage
  
• AU-1: Black camouflage
  
• Object 279: Black camouflage
  
• I-180S: Summer camouflage
  
• MPK Pr.122bis: Deforming tricolor camouflage
  
• VFW: Tricolor summer camouflage (spots)
  
• Ju 388 J: Bicolor grey camouflage
  
• HMS Tiger: Deforming camouflage
  
• Merkava Mk.1 (USA): Tricolor camouflage

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Decorations (will be immediately activated on the account and in the form of the coupons):
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• Ceremonial Cris (first time as a coupon)
  
• Golden Ball
  
• Golden Boot
  
• Golden Glove
  
• Silver Ball (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• Silver Boot (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• Silver Glove (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• Super Cup
  
• The Magic Hat
  
• Hat with Feather
  
• Foil Cap
  
• Viking Helmet
  
• Leprechaun's Hat
  
• Pirate's Hat
  
• Rabbit's Ears
  
• Sombrero
  
• Uncle Sam's Hat
  
• Cap and Bells
  
• Slasher’s Mask (first time as a coupon)
  
• Slasher’s Hatchet (first time as a coupon)
  
• Chainsaw (first time as a coupon)
  
• Cannibal Axe (first time as a coupon)

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Decals (will be immediately activated on the account and in the form of the coupons):
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• House of the Bull (first time as a coupon)
  
• House of the Hawk (first time as a coupon)
  
• TailSpin (first time as a coupon)
  
• "Cunning and Fury" decal (first time as a coupon)
  
• "Dragons" Team banner
  
• "Tigers" Team banner
  
• Fiery Ball (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• "2OP" Decal (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• "SDI Forces - Harpy" badge (first time as a coupon)
  
• "SDI Forces - Hydra" badge (first time as a coupon)
  
• "SDI Forces - Minotaur" badge (first time as a coupon)
  
• "Bloody Friday" Decal (first time as a coupon)
  
• "Massacre" decal (first time as a coupon)
  
• "Mantrap" decal (first time as a coupon)
  
• "Bad Turn" decal (first time as a coupon)
  
• Soccer Ball of Argentina
  
• Soccer Ball of Australia
  
• Soccer Ball of Belgium
  
• Soccer Ball of Brazil
  
• Soccer Ball of Colombia
  
• Soccer Ball of Costa Rica
  
• Soccer Ball of Croatia
  
• Soccer Ball of Denmark
  
• Soccer Ball of Egypt
  
• Soccer Ball of France
  
• Soccer Ball of Germany
  
• Soccer Ball of Iceland
  
• Soccer Ball of Iran
  
• Soccer Ball of Japan
  
• Soccer Ball of Mexico
  
• Soccer Ball of Morocco
  
• Soccer Ball of Nigeria
  
• Soccer Ball of Panama
  
• Soccer Ball of Peru
  
• Soccer Ball of Poland
  
• Soccer Ball of Portugal
  
• Soccer Ball of Russia
  
• Soccer Ball of Saudi Arabia
  
• Soccer Ball of Senegal
  
• Soccer Ball of Serbia
  
• Soccer Ball of South Korea
  
• Soccer Ball of Spain
  
• Soccer Ball of Sweden
  
• Soccer Ball of Switzerland
  
• Soccer Ball of Tunisia
  
• Soccer Ball of England
  
• Soccer Ball of Uruguay

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Profile icons (will be immediately activated on the account and in the form of the coupons):
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• Burney Malleck (first time as a coupon)
  
• Prince of the House of Hawk (first time as a coupon)
  
• Kanaan Denali (first time as a coupon)
  
• Fox Pilot
  
• Bear Pilot
  
• Pirate "Cunning" (first time as a coupon)
  
• Pirate "Sullen" (first time as a coupon)
  
• Minotaur Commander (first time as a coupon)

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Loading screens (will be immediately activated on the account):
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• April's Fool Event — 2022
  
• Sky pirates
  
• TailSpin
  
• Warfare 2077

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Silver Lions
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• 10000 — 1000000

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Expendable item
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• Battle trophy (RP booster)
  
• Battle trophy (SL booster)
  
• Universal back-up
  
• Universal back-up x2
  
• Universal back-up x3
  
• Random wager
  
• Random order

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• A bug has been fixed that allowed television seekers to acquire targets in the night.
  
• USS Newport News — a bug has been fixed that prevented the “Deforming camouflage” application.

• Sound of the M53/59 engine has been changed to a more suitable, in-line 6 cylinder diesel.
  
• Sound of the ZK 453 cannon has been tuned. Now it sounds brighter and more bass.
  
• A bug which caused a single shot of aircraft guns not to sound or sound jerky has been fixed.
  
• The volume of the game interface sounds and air combat signal shots such as reloading, lack of ammunition etc have been corrected.

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 screenshots from last week were great! The large number of vehicles found in the low tiers was shown with so many different vehicles captured in your works! 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 #WTscreen59. You have time until 24.03.2023 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 - Sky Guardians!

• We would love to see screenshots of content released in the latest major update, Sky Guardians!
  
• Your screenshot must feature a vehicle or a new location released in Sky Guardians.
  
• You can view the Sky Guardians changelog here.
  
• You must add the #WTscreen59 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=2945387843
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2947034963
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2947457878

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2945586420
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2946990749
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2947069096

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

Last weekend's qualifiers determined the best teams that will fight for the title as the Thunder CUP 2023 champions. We invite you to broadcast the tournament on the new official Twitch channel dedicated to War Thunder esports.


Follow on Twitch

Amongst the stream viewers, we are giving away eSports team camouflages from the new ‘eSports trophy’.

Do you want it? Watch the streams at the appointed time and follow the chat. Giveaways will also be held on Russian, German and French channels. Join the Official esports community on Discord for more giveaways and a friendly fan base.


Contains
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Leopard 2A6 [eSport] DEVCON Team
Type 90 [eSport] MRCLS Team
Tiger E [eSport] NASTY Team
STRV 122B PLSS [eSport] ENP Team
M1A2 SEP [eSport] RAWR Team
Ariete C1 [eSport] MAMMAMIA Team
Leopard 2K [eSport] LEET Team
STA 3 [eSport] PINGU Team
M4A3E2 (76) W [eSport] Not Enough Team
T-80BVM [eSport] Abstract Team
T-80U [eSport] EBLOC Team
MiG-21MF [eSport] DEVCON Team
F-5E [eSport] MRCLS Team
MiG-29 [eSport] NASTY Team
F-16A [eSport] ENP Team
F-16A ADF [eSport] RAWR Team
Tornado IDS (1995) [eSport] MAMMAMIA Team
IL-10 (1946) [eSport] LEET Team
A-10A Late [eSport] Pingu Team
Mirage 2000C-S5 [eSport] NE Team
Mig-15bis [eSport] Abstract Team
Mig-21SMT [eSport] EBLOC Team
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Talented authors from Live.WT have teamed up with the captains of eSport teams to create 22 camouflages for a variety of vehicles. You can get the trophy by playing War Thunder. In the future you will have a better chance of getting a trophy when you participate in eSport events and tournaments in War Thunder. PlayStation and Xbox players can purchase the trophy in the Item Shop and open it with Golden Eagles. Read more on our wiki.

To open it, you’ll need to purchase a key on the Market (income is shared with the authors of the camouflages). You can either activate the coupon on your account, or trade it on the Market to get Gaijin Coins (GJN). A trophy can be sold as well!

We plan to add new eSport camouflages to the “eSport” trophy.


“eSport” trophy


“eSport” key

To unlock the trophy, you will need an “eSport” key that can be purchased on the Market for GJN.




Thunder CUP 2023 teams will fight on equal terms - all participants will have access to the predefined setup of top aircraft and ground vehicles that includes MiG-29, F-16A, Leopard 2A6, Challenger 2 TES, Tor-M1 and other modern vehicles. Battles will take place in the location “Advance to the Rhine” in the 5x5 format in RB mode with markers.

Exciting battles, incredible maneuvers and unpredictable situations on the battlefield await you. Each team will use their own unique tactics to win.

The total tournament pool is over 50,000 Golden Eagles. Play-off teams will receive a “Thunder CUP 2023” decals, the winners (1st to 3rd place) will be awarded with Type-62, Ki-94-II and A-33 Excelsior coupons and winners (1st place) will get the unique title “Thunder CUP 2023 Champion”!



“Thunder CUP 2023” decal

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Russo-Ukrainian Miracles were formed in 2020, but its current lineup was finalized only last year — and it instantly proved to be one of the top contenders of War Thunder TSS, winning OlySt CUP II, WT10 5v5, and CRNG CUP. Most participants of Thunder CUP 2023 consider it to be the most likely winner.

• RasTafaRaY (tanker)
  
• _v1nny_ (pilot)
  
• ERS SHIMADA (tanker)
  
• DepressedSamurai (tanker)
  
• _tonyolo_ (pilot)
  
• Da__LaDHo (pilot)
  
• kleSti (universal)

This Russo-Ukrainian team of “trolls and weirdos”, as they describe themselves, has long been one of the strongest. It achieved numerous victories in the biggest tournaments of 2020-21. Will it return to glory in 2023?

• NeoFel1s (pilot)
  
• Cascad (pilot)
  
• _EvilWolf_ (pilot)
  
• Forze (tanker)
  
• _PodushkA_ (tanker)
  
• uMnepu9I_3JIa (tanker)
  
• farsage (tanker)

PinguHard was formed in late 2020 when French eSpW and English-speaking AlwaysHard merged, and was further strengthened in 2022 by Chech & Slovak veterans from LetsGo. PinguHard aims to become one of the best TSS teams, and so far it has succeeded — in smaller tournaments. Will it manage to become one of the big player teams?

• TheSaltyGuns (universal)
  
• Flaxreaper (tanker)
  
• ClockPerfection (pilot)
  
• GemZzzz (pilot)
  
• JustComeAndBouc (universal)
  
• KiGAOko (tanker)
  
• Artyst (tanker)

A newly formed team of experienced players from Japan, USA, Western and Eastern Europe hasn’t proved itself in tournaments yet. Will it become a dark horse of Thunder CUP 2023?

• ThatAcer (tanker)
  
• Ant1quar (tanker)
  
• RNGesus__ (universal)
  
• _Eugemolka_ / DEBO4KA_U3_MUE (пилот)
  
• ElZubo (universal)
  
• _GoDik_ (universal)
  
• __Eazy_ (universal)

An Eastern European team with a long history of victories (including Victory Cup 2023) is currently experiencing “turbulent times”, according to its leader VolkodaV. How will it affect the chances of the “Elite”?

• __VolkodaV__ (tanker)
  
• _Skywoker__ (pilot)
  
• Doomheart (pilot)
  
• Minist (tanker)
  
• CommanD4Nt (pilot)
  
• _KoTuK_B_KyMaPe_ (tanker)
  
• Subtronic (tanker)

DEVCON, created by the merging of YEET and NONAME, consists of six German and one Portuguese player. So far its victories are limited to weekend tournaments, but DEVCON hopes to prove itself in the big leagues as well.

• misclicK (tanker)
  
• Keystone (tanker)
  
• MajorM9x (tanker)
  
• HTRO22 (tanker)
  
• W33k (tanker)
  
• Sentinel (pilot)
  
• Red_Seven (pilot)

Uniting players from REDA and OlySt, RAWR became a truly global team: its members hail from Europe, Australia, and Latin America. It showed good results in recent tournaments and intends to earn awards in Thunder CUP 2023 as well.

• Bubensito159 (universal)
  
• Keve20 (pilot)
  
• TwiisterFG (tanker)
  
• P_E_R_M_A_N_ (tanker)
  
• BPA_Jon (tanker)
  
• PingaSlinga (universal)
  
• Bubisium (pilot)

This Eastern European team was created way back in 2017 and was quite successful at first, but the players lost motivation over time. Now NASTY is back with a new lineup, intending to once again earn itself a place among winners. Before it mostly consisted of tankers, but now it has recruited a number of universal players to its ranks.

• ZetRoX (universal)
  
• __Neme (universal)
  
• _Axie (tanker)
  
• pAradoX (tanker)
  
• gogig88 (tanker)
  
• NoECmapsInAirRB (pilot)
  
• BenSch (universal)

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Especially for the fans, we have prepared a pack for real cyber sportsmen with a "Cyber Snail" decal and a title.

War Thunder - "Cyber Warrior" Pack

THIS PACK INCLUDES:
"Cyber Snail" decal
"Cyber Warrior" title
300 Golden Eagles

We are waiting for you on the live stream!

The feast of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is observed on March 17th. This holiday has long since stopped being a purely religious one and thanks to the Irish immigrants spread across the entire world.
Today it is an international celebration of Irish culture: people dress in green, drink beer and wave Irish flags. Join the feast!





“Lucky pin-up” 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 → Holidays → St. Patrick’s Day.

You can find the decal in the “Holidays” tab in the Customisation menu.

The possibilities are infinite! The Swedish CV 90105 light tank, introduced to the game in the’ Viking Fury’ update, has been upgraded in the Drone Age update with a modern XC-8 turret with new fire control system and autoloader, resulting in much better fire rate.

Being lightly armored, the CV 90105 XC-8 is very agile and capable of flanking enemies easily. A quality thermal vision device and deadly arsenal allow the light tank to hit enemies hard unawares and slip away from the counter attack. This tank is a true tactician, possessing a good choice of shells and able to wisely use the terrain to its advantage.

The CV90105 XC-8 is living proof that even a good modern vehicle might be better! Learn more about this amazing vehicle from our Wiki review!


Collectable decal “Wiki Approved: CV 90105 XC-8” — get an unique decal for each vehicle starring in our reviews.



Read more on our Wiki.

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Our video reviews are part of the War Thunder Wiki pages.

Explore the database created by players for players, submit your pages and get Golden Eagles for your contributions!

Meet the new Sky Guardians trophy! 38 authors from the Live.WT portal created 40 new camouflages: 17 historical, 21 semi-historical, and only 2 fictional! You can use them on vehicles of any rank, both old and new ones from the Sky Guardians update, while supporting the creators!

To earn the new trophy, just keep playing War Thunder. To open it, 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 Sky Guardians decal. You can either activate the coupon on your account, or trade it on the Market to get Gaijin Coins (GJN). A trophy can be sold as well!

• Coupons for rare vehicles
  
• 21 camouflage coupons for ground vehicles
  
• 16 camouflage coupons for aircraft
  
• 1 camouflage coupons for naval vessels
  
• 2 camouflage coupon for helicopters
  
• Coupon for the Sky Guardians decal
  
  Sky Guardians Decal

Camouflage trophies can be earned with a certain probability after any battle on vehicles rank II or higher, with activity of no less than 50% (except for [Assault] PvE mode). PlayStation and Xbox players can purchase the trophy in the Item Shop and open it with Golden Eagles. Read more on our wiki.

Table of changes in the BR of Hunter aircraft in RB:

• Hunter F.58 9.3 -> 9.7
  
• Hunter FGA.9 unchanged
  
• Hunter F.1 unchanged
  
• Hunter F.6 10.0 - 9.7
  
• J34 RB 9.3 -> 9.0

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.

• T-64A(1971) — a missing description of the mid layer of the composite armour for the hull has been restored.
  
• Pantsir-S1 — erroneous recon ability has been disabled.
  
• Challenger 2E — hard-kill APS testing area has been removed from the test drive.
  
• M53/59 — a bug has been fixed where crew members inside the hull might be affected by napalm damage.
  
• Type 61 — impact smoke grenades have been changed to those which is spread by explosive action in the air (report).
  
• Type 61 — a bug has been fixed where all available smoke grenades were discharged at once.
  
• Char FCM 2C bis — a bug has been fixed that prevented rear machine-gun from firing to the sides.

• AH-6M — a bug has been fixed where the “Airframe” modification might affect max speed by 0.7 km/h in RB.
  
• Lynx AH.Mk.1 — a bug has been fixed where the stock helicopter’s max speed might increase in AB by installing the 2xITOW or 2xTOW-2 weapon setups.
  
• F-80 — a bug has been fixed that prevented armament setups which include 4x1,000 lb bombs. Missed info of the 1,000 lb bomb has been restored to the cursor hover menu.
  
• Ka-29 - a bug has been fixed that prevented HIRSS, countermeasures, and IRCM display while the 2A42 cannon was installed. The 30mm 2A42 cannon has been added to the offensive armament menu. The crosshair has been added for the 2A42 cannon.
  
• AH-6M - an ammo capacity for the machine-gun pods has been increased: to 6,000 rounds for the M134, and to 1,200 rounds for GAU-19 machine-guns.
  
• Tornado F.3 - Skyflash missiles have been changed to the Skyflash (DF).
  
• UH-1D - icons for the missiles have been fixed.
  
• Tornado F.3 - a bug has been fixed that prevented the AIM-9L missiles with the BOL flare/chaff pod (when the countermeasures researched and missiles modification is not).
  
• P-47D-30 (Italy) - HVAR rockets have been added.
  
• F-4J and F-4S - Mk.77 incendiary bombs have been added.
  
• Bf 109 G-10, Bf 109 G-14 - a bug has been fixed part of the wing disappeared when installing the 20mm MG151 gunpods (report).

• A few changes to damage control tips:
  
  • Tips to activate extinguisher, vessel repairs, or water pumps now disappear smoothly in a few seconds and immediately after the required button was pressed.
    
  • If damage control actions are set in the auto mode (long hold of the [6], [7] or [8] buttons), the corresponding tips are not displayed.

• A bug has been fixed where pressing the minimap button in the multifunctional menu or radio reports many times caused the opening of the gaming chat.
  
• Custom interface colour setup now corresponds to the helicopter HUD interface and indicator.
  
• A bug has been fixed with incorrect position of the gaming chat in the helicopter HUD.
  
• A bug has been fixed where the battle chat was dubbed in the spectator’s view.
  
• A bug with missing description in the secondary armaments tooltip 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.