On April 1st, 1918 the Royal Air Force was founded, and on the same date in 1924 — the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. Around that time HMS Hermes, the first purpose built aircraft carrier, was commissioned.

Both the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy proved instrumental in 1940, during the Battle for Britain, when they managed to hold against the might of the entire Luftwaffe and prevent invasion by Germany.




“Royal Air Force Day" 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 → Royal Air Force Day.

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


To commemorate this day, the https://wiki.warthunder.com/Typhoon_Mk_Ib from the British research tree will be available for purchase with Golden Eagles during the event. It is a Rank III fighter aircraft equipped with four 20mm Hispano Mk II cannons and capable of carrying two 1000 lb bombs or eight RP-3 rockets, making it a great asset in dealing with ground vehicles.

• TB-3M-17-32, J7W1 — separate bomb drop has been added.
  
• Mi-28NM — a bug has been fixed that prevented a 4 x 500 kg bombs setup.
  
• BI — camera zoom position has been adjusted.
  
• Tornado F.3 — a bug has been fixed that prevented night vision in third-person view.
  
• An extra red square has been removed from the helicopter sight when stabilization is on.

• ZTS63 — a bug has been fixed where the vehicle lacked some camouflages.

• IJN Isuzu, IJN Chidori, SKR-1, SKR-7 — main calibre turrets now able to turn 360 degrees.
  
• RN Duilio — different speed parameter between in battle and in the data card has been fixed.
  
• Duguay-Trouin — a bug has been fixed that prevented the 155mm first order ammo rack from replenishing (report).
  
• HMS Tiger — display of the deforming camo has been corrected.

• Incorrect animation of fire in the helicopter’s hover mode has been fixed.
  
• Minimum scale interface option is restored for SB.
  
• A bug has been fixed that prevented instruments data (speed, height, etc) from disabling in the test flight in “Custom” difficulty setting.

• Rewards that require all rewards from the same trophy to be unlocked have been moved to a separate section in the description of Battle trophies.

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 Italian Royal Army founded its air arm back in 1884, but a separate Air Force was founded on March 28th, 1923 — precisely 100 years ago. In the 1930s it participated in military operations in Ethiopia and Spain, in the 1940s it fought in WWII as a part of Axis powers (and then partially for Allies), and in 1990 it took part in the Gulf War in an international coalition.




“100th Anniversary of the Italian Air Force” 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 → 100th Anniversary of the Italian Air Force.

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





As a part of the celebrations we’ve added an anniversary camouflage for C. 205 serie 3 — with a golden eagle, an Italian flag and a number commemorating the anniversary. To receive the camouflage, complete the following task.

• Win 5 battles in Italian aircraft (rank III or higher, with activity of not less than 70%) and receive the “100th Anniversary of the Italian Air Force” camouflage for C. 205 serie 3.

Currently more than 700,000 Turkish players have played War Thunder and they are an important part of the global community. In gratitude for their interest we have prepared a special trailer dedicated to the brave Turkish tankers and pilots.

From 12:00 GMT on the 28th of March until 11:00 GMT on the 11th of April

To coincide with the release of the Turkish Armed Forces video we have also prepared a themed special in the Gaijin store. A pack with the T129 ATAK attack helicopter is temporarily on sale and those who purchase the Leopard 2A4 and F-5C packs before the end of the special will receive unique Turkish camouflages for those vehicles.
All 3 packs are also available as a bundle with 50% discount!


This bundle includes:

• F-5C Pack
  
• Leopard 2A4 Pack
  
• T129 ATAK Pack

With the purchase of the F-5C and Leopard 2A4 packs between 12:00 GMT on the 28th of March and 11:00 GMT on the 11th of April, you will receive unique camouflages.

• Desert camouflage with Turkish army insignia for the purchase of a Leopard 2A4 pack (to get this authentic look, take advantage of the recently added option to remove the modification with a camouflage net)
  
• Turkish Air Force insignia paint scheme for purchase of the F-5C pack

Please note! If you have purchased F-5C and/or Leopard 2A4 packs already, you may also receive the unique camouflages if you login into the game and achieve at least three wins with specified vehicles from March 28th to April 11th. This also applies to console players who either own or purchase the packs during the special period. Camouflages will be issued to the users who have fulfilled these conditions after April 11th.

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

During World War II Gerard Roope, commander of HMS Glowworm, was the first to perform a heroic deed deserving of a Victoria Cross, the highest military award of the British forces. On April 8th, 1940, near the coast of Norway Glowworm found itself outgunned against the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. Heavily damaged Glowworm rammed the enemy ship, piercing her hull, and fired a last shot before capsizing. Gerard Roope perished helping the crew escape the sinking ship. Hellmuth Heye, commander of the Admiral Hipper, was so impressed by Roope's actions that he wrote a letter to the British authorities recommending him for an award.

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

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 of premium account;
  
• A random camouflage for ground vehicles (out of the selection of camouflages currently obtainable in game for completing tasks, or purchasing with 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.

On April 1st, 1945 an operation to capture the island of Okinawa by US forces began. The battle lasted for almost three months and took the lives of over 200,000 Japanese soldiers and Okinawa’s citizens. Controlling Okinawa gave the US a military base and airfields that could be used for the potential full scale invasion of the main territory of Japan.

Königsberg, the key German stronghold in East Prussia, was stormed by Soviet forces from April 6th through to the th9, 1945. The Red Army was well-prepared: the soldiers learned the tactics of urban combat beforehand, and to prepare for the assault, German defenses were attacked by artillery and aircraft. As a result, the USSR suffered far fewer losses than the Third Reich, and the operation was completed swiftly and effectively.

On April 9th, 1940, Germany began operation Weserübung (Weser Exercise) to quickly gain control over Denmark and Norway. Denmark didn’t put up much of a resistance, and its capture took only six hours, making it the shortest military operation of WWII. Norway resisted with the help of Poland, France, and Great Britain, but on May 10th the Battle of France began, and the support of Norway quickly dried up. On June 10th the Norwegian government fled to London, and the country fell under German control.

After capturing Vienna, the Soviet Army continued to rout the Wehrmacht across Austria and northern Yugoslavia. Graz-Amstetten offensive operation was the last one in this region: it began on April 15th, 1945, by countering a strong counteroffensive by the German forces that lasted for two weeks, and continued until the end of the war on May 9th, with some garrisons and units fighting even after the surrender of Germany.

By mid April of 1945 Hamburg remained the last stronghold of the Wehrmacht’s resistance in northern Germany. On April 18th British forces started advancing towards the city, entering Hamburg proper near the end of the month, when Germany was already negotiating its surrender. The city’s capture was relatively bloodless, but by that time Hamburg was already devastated by bombings.

On April 22nd, 1943 the Allies began operation Vulcan aiming to crush the last Axis defenses in northern Tunisia. The battle proved difficult due to Axis forces being well-prepared, with German paratroopers performing an unexpected counterattack. Still, in two weeks, by May 7th, Allies captured Tunis, and the victory was at hand.

On April 25th, 1945, two allied armies, from east and west, met on the banks of Elbe. First two American patrols that crossed the river greeted the Soviet soldiers, and on the next day two lieutenants, William Robertson and Alexander Silvashko, took the famous “East Meets West” photo in Torgau.

A coup d’etat happened in Cambodia in 1970. General Lon Nol after coming to power demanded Viet Cong to leave his county, but instead they, along with Khmer Rouge, the local resistance group, took up arms against the Cambodian army. On April 29th, 1970, the US forces entered Cambodia to support Lon Nol. The operation lasted for three months and was tactically successful: North Vietnamese forces took heavy losses and had to postpone their invasion of South Vietnam. Still, war in Cambodia led to growing support for the Khmer Rouge, who took over the country in a few years.

We loved seeing your screenshots from last week! Sky Guardians introduced a lot of vehicles and animations that had been long-awaited by many. Try to avoid having to use the ejection seat too often! 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 #WTscreen60. You have time until 31.03.2023 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 - Fire Breathing!

• We would love to see screenshots of fire! This can include exhaust such as afterburners, vehicles that are burning, or incendiary bombs.
  
• Explosions including muzzle flash do not count.
  
• You must add the #WTscreen60 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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• A bug has been fixed that caused torpedoes not to leave a trail in the water.
  
• Incorrect reflections from snow during rain on the Ardennes, Maginot Line and Seversk-13 locations at medium and low graphic settings have been fixed (report).

• Mac — an error that allowed the mouse cursor to leave the game window has been fixed (report).
  
• An error that caused a possible crash on Intel Arc video cards has been fixed (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.

• Incorrect display of the gun crosshair in the HUD of some aircraft has been fixed (report)
  
• The terms of some Battle Tasks have been changed. New terms are applied to fresh tasks only, The terms of the tasks in progress remain (table with details).

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 little more details of a recent update with noticeable improvements in the radar mechanics, the IRST range, and flight parameters of missiles.




Recently, the developer team introduced important fixes and adjustments for the SAM systems in War Thunder. The main improvement was the increased tracking range in automatic mode (IRST - infrared search and track). The top-tier SPPAGs go beyond the 10 km range: the range of the IRST of the FlaRakRad and ITO-90 is now 15 km, the IRST range of the TOR-M1, ADATS, and 2S6 is 12 km. The IRST range of the pre-top anti-aircraft systems LAV-AD, Type-93, Machbet, SIDAM 25, SIDAM 25 (Mistral) has increased to 10 km.





We fixed an annoying issue that was disabling the laser detectors in the radar-warning systems (RWS) of armored vehicles and aircraft. But the coolest thing with RWS is that they are now much more sensitive to radars and active seekers of missiles - the detection distances are now two, or sometimes three times longer!





The Snail programmers were concerned by the insignificant influence of induced drag on the flight performance of missiles. The induced drag (or lift-induced drag) is the force that appears on the wing top and bottom sides due to the pressure difference. An increase of induced drag causes the missile to lose more energy in sharp maneuvers, as well as when flying at low speeds. Thus, by maneuvering intensively, the pilot can swing the missile locked on to their aircraft and, more likely, avoid being hit. Such maneuvering works especially effectively over long distances - the greater the distance, the more wobbly the missile’s course due to attempts to turn on the target.

• Laser warning sensors in random battles have been restored.
  
• A bug has been fixed where the destroyed antenna of SAM SPAAGs continued to rotate.
  
• Pantsyr-S1 — a bug has been fixed that prevented the radar from tracking air-to-surface missiles and aircraft bombs (report).
  
• Pantsyr-S1 — an issue, where the search radar was unable to detect low flying targets, has been solved.
  
• Pantsyr-S1 — incorrect display of the radar scanning cone angles has been fixed.
  
• Pantsyr-S1 — scan time of the search radar in different modes has been adjusted. 0-30 degree cone - 2 sec; 0-60 degree - 4 sec; 0-80 degree - 8 sec.
  
• TOR-М1 — a bug with the incorrect display of the radar cone of the search radar has been fixed (report).
  
• TOR-М1 — scan time of the search radar in different modes has been adjusted. 0-12 degree cone - 1 sec; 0-32 degree - 3 sec; 0-64 degree - 6 sec.
  
• FlaRakRad — a bug has been fixed that disabled the tracking radar after switching off the search radar (report).
  
• FlaRakRad — search-and-track distance has been increased from 10 to 15 km.
  
• ITO-90 — search-and-track distance has been increased from 10 to 15 km.
  
• 2S6 — search-and-track distance has been increased from 10 to 12 km.
  
• ADATS — search-and-track distance has been increased from 10 to 12 km.
  
• 2S6 — tracking radar distance has been increased from 10 to 13 km.
  
• 2S6 — search radar scan cone angles have been increased from 15 to 20 degrees (report).
  
• 2S6 — search-and-track angles have been increased: from +/-20 to +/-134 horizontal, and from -10…+80 to -12…+84 vertical (report).
  
• LAV-AD, Type-93, Machbet, SIDAM 25, SIDAM 25 (Mistral) — incorrect IRST distance in the xray mode and in battle has been fixed, IRST distance has been increased to 10 km.
  
• Type-91 SAM — autopilot has been improved, missile dynamics adjusted. Sensitivity of the contact fuse has been increased.

• Laser warning sensors in random battles have been restored.
  
• Distance of all radar-warning systems has been increased 2-3 times against radar and active missile seekers.
  
• Gun lead indicator will no longer be available for aerial targets in the TWS (track-while-scan) mode, same as for the target area set on the ground. The indicator is now available on distances up to 1.5 km, target tracking is now smoother. When the lead indicator is activated, its mode is now displayed as “AUTO” in the HUD.
  
• In order to make flight the characteristics of all missiles more authentic, their induced drag has been significantly increased. This results in increasing energy drop in manoeuvring, as well as at low speed flight. Maximum fire range in the frontal hemisphere and on crossing (collision) courses will be reduced, the efficiency of induced oscillation of enemy missiles by manoeuvres in long-range air combat will increase.
  
• Distance of all radar-warning systems has been increased 2-3 times against radar and active missile seekers.
  
• Gun lead indicator will no longer be available for aerial targets in the TWS (track-while-scan) mode,
• same as for the target area set on the ground. Indicator is now available on the distances up to 1.5 km, the target tracking is now smoother. When the lead indicator is activated, its mode is now displayed as “AUTO” in the HUD.
  
• In order to make flight characteristics of all missiles more authentic, their induced drag has been significantly increased. This results in increasing energy drop in maneuvering, as well as at low speed flight. Maximum fire range in the front hemisphere and on the crossing (collision) courses will be reduced, efficiency of the induced oscillation of enemy missiles by maneuvers in long-range air combat will increase.
  
• Ki-21-Ia, Ki-21-I Hei — separate bomb drop has been added.
  
• Be-6 — separate bomb drop has been added.
  
• A-26 (all modifications) — targeting angles of the turrets have been fixed.
  
• Bf 110G-4 — a bug has been fixed where the gun pod was displayed after mounting of the Flam C 250 and Flam C 500 incendiary bombs.
  
• Bf 110G-2, Bf 110G-4 — incorrect bomb icons in the secondary armament menu have been fixed.
  
• Z-10 — take-off weight (armed, fuelled, with crew) has been reduced to 5,540 kg.
  
• Lynx AH Mk.1, G-Lynx — wander of the autopilot in the hover mode has been fixed.
  
• Ka-50, Ka-52, Ka-29, Wasp HAS Mk.1, Scout AH Mk1 — wobbles in the level flight have been fixed.
  
• MiG-23BN - fuel weight has been increased by 140 kg, dry weight reduced.

• Imperatritsa Mariya — traverse limits of the second and the third main calibre turrets that previously allowed firing through the superstructure, have been fixed.
  
• RN Duilio — the lifeboats have been hidden to widen the traverse angles of the 37mm guns on the stern superstructure.
  
• USS Newport News — armour of the mantlets of the stern main calibre turret has been corrected.
  
• Duguay Trouin — targeting speed of the main calibre turrets has been corrected: traverse from 7 to 6.4 deg/sec; elevation from 6.4 to 6 deg/sec.
  
• Duguay Trouin — the first order ammo rack of the main turrets has been increased from 17 to 30 rounds.
  
• 155mm/50 model 20 gun — shell parameters have been adjusted:
  
  • Tail fuse HE round name has been fixed.
    
  • Type of the semi-AP round changed from SAPCBC to SAPBC.
    
  • Velocity of the tail fuse HE round has been increased from 864 to 870 m/sec.

• Some machine guns on ground vehicles and aircraft, that previously used the Browning M1919 sound but had a higher fire rate, now get their own sound with correct fire.
  
• Some aircraft machine guns with rate of fire over 20 rps and previously using the Browning M1919 sounds, have been transferred to the MG-81 sounds.
  
• Tanks of the Merkava Mk.4 family get the correct sound of the MTU MB 833 engine of the Leopard 2 family.

• A bug where on helicopters with radar, an inclinometer was missing has been fixed.
  
• Distance selection for ground vehicles in the protection analysis has been reduced to 2000 metres. Previously armour penetration wasn’t considered at distances above 2000 metres despite the possibility of selecting a larger distance in the interface.

• Momentary visual zooming of the model when switching between two similarly sized ships has been fixed.
  
• A bug that could cause the game to freeze when trying to join the next battle has been fixed (report).
  
• One of the causes of the in-game browser hanging has been fixed.
  
• A bug that might cause armoured vehicles to appear too bright in the thermal sight has been fixed (report).
  
• A bug that caused the fire extinguisher prompt not to be displayed has been fixed (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.