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During March of 2023 we blocked 158 accounts that were violating the rules. For full transparency, we have published the full ban list in a special thread on the forum.

This list will be available within two weeks of publication.

Set a strong password for your account and enable two-step authentication in your profile - this will protect your account from fraudsters. Don’t use forbidden client modifications and never share your account information with anyone!

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 in the website special section.





Mobile infantry from the April event is a great new addition to War Thunder, but since it just appeared in the game, it needed some tweaks. The rangefinders of mobile infantry now work correctly, and third-person camera has been pulled back and up to improve your view when controlling an exoskeleton.

Acquisition rate of more mobile exoskeleton classes, such as ATGM, MANPADS, and Assault has been increased, while Snipers who control the battlefield from afar had it reduced. Check out these changes in battles and let us know what you think!





3D decorations are a very important part of the look of your ground vehicles, and we try to make them easy and intuitive to use. Before, if a decoration couldn’t be placed due to an overlap with a part of the vehicle, the decoration was coloured in red. But if another decoration was in the way, the players only received an error after they tried to attach a new decoration.

Now it’s easier! If an old decoration is obstructing installation of a new one, the new one will be highlighted in red to show where there’s no room for it. Spice up the look of your vehicles for everyone to see!

Especially now that the error that caused some decorations (that were actually on your vehicle) not to appear in the hangar has been fixed. Now in your hangar you’ll see exactly the vehicle that other players will meet in battles!





We’re always working on improving the audio aspect of War Thunder and are trying to make the battles sound better from every possible perspective. This time we’ve paid special attention to tanks: from the gunner's point of view you’ll clearly feel the blast from the shot, while from the third person view fire from your tank and other vehicles will sound less bright.

To make the overall sound of the game more dynamic, we’ve lowered the volume of the game, and that allowed us to make the difference between quiet and loud sounds more pronounced. It’s especially noticeable in case of explosions that we’ve also reworked: now the closer they are, the more bright and sharp they sound.



You’ll find the full list of improvements in the separate changelog - there are many interesting things there. Take-off & landing tutorial can now be completed in the SB mode when using a gamepad with no issues, destroyed vehicles no longer keep up smokescreens, and if you haven’t received your achievement rewards, then the “Achievements” tab will automatically open when you clock on your profile.


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

Once again, many thanks for all your bug reports that you submitted using our special service.

• Tornado F.3 — reflection of the minimap display on the canopy glass has been removed.
  
• Tornado GR.1 — visual artefacts that might appear on the canopy in night maps have been fixed.
  
• A bug has been fixed that prevented completion of the take-off/landing tutorial in SB mode when using a gamepad (report).
  
• BV 238 — incorrect position of the crew in xray mode has been fixed.
  
• Me 262 A1/U4 — an incorrect fuse delay of HE-T rounds has been fixed.
  
• Bf 109G-10, Bf 109G-14 — a bug with incorrect display of the МK-108 and МG-151 cannons in xray mode has been fixed (report).

• Error indicator has been added, if one decoration interferes with another.
  
• A bug has been fixed that might cause a FPS drop while zooming in to a vehicle with decals.
  
• A bug has been fixed where a smoke generator remained on the destroyed vehicle.
  
• A bug has been fixed where bush decorations might disappear completely or partially in the hangar.
  
• Pantsir-S1 — missing “Adjustment of fire” modification has been restored (report).
  
• Type 87 — a bug has been fixed where the gun was unable to be controlled after the gunner was knocked out with the control dubbing for commander enabled .
  
• 105mm T279 — the in-flight weight of the projectile has been increased from 4.2 to 4.5 kg (report).

• HMS Hood — watering and heeling parameters have been adjusted. Ship doesn’t roll onto its side, watering takes longer and more smoothly.
  
• MPK 204 — a bug has been fixed that prevented damage control when the crew number reduced to 5%.
  
• T-51b — a bug has been fixed that resulted in torpedo launch while firing the autocannon.
  
• Duguay-Trouin — a bug has been fixed that caused damage on the second main gun turret with destruction of the third one.
  
• IJN Chidori — a bug has been fixed that prevented the stern main gun turret firing.

• Ground vehicle shots when heard from the gunner view now have a sound blast that compensates the clanging of the gun breech.
  
• Ground vehicle shots from third person view, as well as shots from allies/ enemies are now less bright.
  
• The sound mix has been rebalanced in order to improve the dynamics of the sound picture. I.e. The volume difference between quiet and loud sounds has increased and the general volume of the game has reduced.
  
• The volume of explosions has become more consistent with the distances they occur. Close explosions sound sharp and bright; the further they are, the less bright and loud they are, with characteristic rolling echo.

• Rangefinders of the exoskeletons have been fixed.
  
• Twitching movement by fast clicking the right/left buttons has been fixed.
  
• A bug has been fixed that prevented secondary fragments of the 9М336М and FIM-92X anti-air missiles.
  
• Lock-on distance of the 9М336М and FIM-92X seekers has been increased.
  
• Acquisition rate of exoskeletons has been increased for Assault, ATGM and MANPADS classes.
  
• Acquisition rate of Sniper exoskeletons has been reduced.
  
• The 12.7mm HE-I round of the 6P51 machine gun has been changed to AP-I round.
  
• Third-view camera has been shifted back and up.

• If a player has one of the achievement rewards not redeemed. Each time the profile window is opened, a player will be able to see the Achievement tab with an unredeemed reward.
  
• A bug has been fixed where the squadron list might automatically scroll on top.
  
• A bug has been fixed which made the booster icons look distorted.
  
• A bug has been fixed where the radar mode name on the “Khrizantema-S” was out the screen edge.
  
• The possibility to track the progress of sub-challenges in the Battle Pass window has been added.

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 QN506 is a modern Chinese concept for a fighting vehicle to support tanks. The branded feature of the vehicle is the unmanned turret with automatic cannon and multipurpose missiles of different calibers.


Features:

• Unmanned turret
  
• Two types of missiles, including “fire and forget”
  
• High profile

The QN506 tank support fighting vehicle will be the main tank prize of the upcoming War Thunder crafting event. The vehicle will appear at rank VI in the Chinese armored vehicles tech tree as an event vehicle. The long-awaited high rank ATGM carrier for China - what will it be like?

The experimental QN506 is a true fair of the modern military technologies. The entire crew is located in the hull compartment, which allows the vehicle to operate safely from low shelters. The unmanned combat module includes a 30-mm autocannon with a coaxial machine gun and an ammunition load of 200 rounds, including armor-piercing ones. The cannon is capable of penetrating most tanks from the side, and light vehicles and helicopters in any projection. Much more interesting, however, is the QN506 missiles. Missile launchers of various calibers are installed in the turret’s sides. The main anti-tank caliber of the vehicle is QN502 “fire and forget” missiles. They are located in four launchers. Above the QN502 launchers there are minor launchers of the QN201 multipurpose missiles. These small missiles are guided via sight and feature much less penetration values, however you will be able to take 20 missiles into battle!




In order to save the budget of the project, the engineers kept the original ZTZ59 engine for the QN506. As a result, the vehicle has quite good dynamics, but sometimes the maximum speed of 50 km/h may not be enough. Another factor that future commanders should pay attention to is the high profile of the vehicle due to the high position of the optics.

The QN506 will be a great addition to China's top setup, making it more flexible and adaptable to different combat situations and remaining respawn points. Very soon we will present you a complete list of rules for the upcoming crafting event in War Thunder - stay tuned!

A new two-seater Corsair II comes to War Thunder as the main prize in the upcoming Repair Factory event.


Features:

• Max payload 12,000 lb
  
• Variety of weapons available
  
• Thermal imaging targeting pod
  
• Subsonic

In War Thunder, the two-seat A-7K Corsair II strike aircraft will become the main aviation prize of the Repair Factory event and will be added to the game as an US event aircraft at rank VII.

The new Corsair II is very similar in terms of performance characteristics and the range of weapons used to the A-7D version, on the basis of which the two-seat version was created, but differs from by the LANA thermal imaging pod. In our game, the Corsair II strike aircraft are among the best of their kind, and rightly so. The new event aircraft will only confirm the glory of her family!




Despite its comparatively low top speed, which makes it highly dependent on allied fighter cover, the A-7K is capable of delivering truly devastating strikes against ground targets in any game mode. Pilots will have the opportunity to equip the vehicle as a heavy “bomb truck” that carries over 6 tons of bombs in various calibers to enemy bases. For mixed battles, the best choice would be rockets, as well as guided munitions - GBU-8 guided bombs (up to four at once) and AGM-65B Maverick missiles (up to six missiles at once). By the way, a thermal imager will also come in handy here. The pilot will be able to combine all these weapons, as well as incendiary bombs, cannon pods and, which is especially nice, AIM-9J and AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, in the secondary weaponry editor before each mission.




Take part in the big spring Repair Factory event to get the A-7K Corsair II strike aircraft and many other prizes! Full list of terms comes tomorrow!

The Soviet light cruiser Shcherbakov offers a fine balance between high fire-rate of her main guns, good mobility and excellent anti-air defense.


Features:

• Main caliber of 4x3 152mm
  
• Improved AA battery
  
• Good speed
  
• High survivability

The Shcherbakov light cruiser will be the main naval prize of the spring crafting event in War Thunder. Like her predecessor, the Sverdlov light cruiser, the new ship features fast-firing main battery guns, good mobility, and her already powerful anti-aircraft battery is now reinforced with quadruple 45mm autocannon mounts!

Light cruisers of Projects 68-bis and 68-A are always a good pick for high-ranking naval battles in War Thunder. Their element is in constant motion, fire support of the high-speed ships and boats of the first line of attack and actively "pecking" the weak spots of opponents with their fast-firing 152mm main guns. The closest relative of the new Shcherbakov cruiser, the light cruiser Sverdlov, boasts fully armored main and auxiliary turrets, a large crew, and an excellent air defense battery of 37 mm automatic cannons.




The Shcherbakov inherits all the branded features of her class, but offers improved air defense.Part of the 37mm guns on the bow and stern superstructures has been replaced with quadruple 45mm ZIF-68 autocannon mounts, which are capable of effectively shooting down medium altitude targets.

The Shcherbakov light cruiser has no striking shortcomings, however the caliber of the main guns shapes the ship’s gameplay. The penetrating power of 152mm guns is usually not enough to pierce the most protected opponents. That is why it is necessary to have a good supply of armor-piercing shells and, when engaging the heavies, captains are recommended to try to hit critical areas, such as main gun magazines, with multiple shots. High rate of fire and the excellent turret traverse speed make it easy to adjust hits and quickly shift fire between targets. The most versatile shell choice for most conventional targets will be semi-AP rounds for the main caliber, and bottom-fuzed HE for the auxiliary guns. The high density of fire and good load of explosives in these shells make it possible to quickly disable enemy guns, destroy modules and cause fires in different compartments of enemy ships.




The Shcherbakov light cruiser will be the main naval prize of the upcoming spring crafting event in War Thunder - follow the news to know more!

The AMD 35 is a French armored car developed by Panhard in the interwar period featuring an advanced design for its time. Soon, an experimental modification of the already familiar AMD 35 will make its way to War Thunder as one of the main prizes of the upcoming spring crafting event!

Briefly: A hastily developed upgunned modification of the AMD 35 armored car, fitted with a new turret and a larger gun.


Features:

• Superb mobility
  
• High profile
  
• Light armor

The AMD 35 SA35 will be a new light vehicle coming to War Thunder as one of the main prizes of the upcoming spring crafting event. This nimble armored car will become available to participants of the event as a new rank I premium vehicle of the French ground forces tree. Keen to find out more about it? Then join us as we dive deeper into the details!

Being already familiar in its standard modification to tankers from the starting ranks of the French ground forces tree, the AMD 35 is highly regarded for its excellent mobility and compact size. However, being only equipped with a semi-automatic 25 mm cannon does mean that commanders of this vehicle often encountered issues dealing with more heavily armored opponents or fighting enemies at longer engagement distances. This experimental variant of the AMD 35 means to address these issues by offering tankers a much higher caliber weapon in the form of the also familiar 47 mm SA35 cannon. Trading rate of fire for a more powerful caliber results in the AMD 35 now being capable of posing a more serious threat to an expanded circle of potential enemies.




While the chassis of the vehicle remains the same, the turret of this AMD 35 is vastly different. For starters, its size has clearly increased compared to the familiar standard modification of the vehicle in order to facilitate the larger gun. The larger turret also increases the vehicle’s silhouette, making it easier for hostile forces to detect the vehicle.

The larger turret, however, doesn’t affect much on the vehicle’s weight. The vehicle retains its excellent top speed of up to 72 km/h, meaning it’s still more than capable of taking the enemy by surprise once it unexpectedly makes its appearance at a flank.




This exotic new variant of the AMD 35 armored car will soon appear in War Thunder ground battles and tankers will have the chance to add it to their collection by participating in the upcoming spring crafting event. Stay tuned to the news to find out what other exciting prizes the event has in store for its participants. Until then, happy hunting tankers!

Your crews have nothing to do between battles and your technicians just dawdle around and chatter in the hangar? Get them into the gym!

Soon, the crews and the hangar tech guys will be able to take care of their health, and at the same time achieve for you unique game content - click on the characters in the hangar and send any of them for training! With the time spent in working out, they will be able to get you special titles, decals, decorations and loading screens dedicated to sports, wrestling and a healthy lifestyle.

The training of crews and technicians is available when they are free from battles. The training progress will happen all the time while the game client is open and the crews are working out. If during training you decide to go into battle, to resume training you will need to send the crews back to the gym.

Who will be the real boss of the gym? We'll find out soon! Stay tuned for the announcement of your hangar personnel training program! Go hard!

Your screenshots from last week were brilliant! While the fire animations have been in war thunder for a very, very long time, they now look wonderfully cinematic with updated graphics and particle effects! 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 #WTscreen61. You have time until 07.04.2023 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 - April Fools!

• This week is the beginning of April! And, we would love to see your screenshots from the April Fools event!
  
• You must add the #WTscreen61 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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Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!

Custom hangar functionality is temporarily disabled due to a bug that causes the game to crash when launching the client.

After the issue is fixed, the user hangar will be available again if it was installed previously. In some cases, it may be necessary to restart the game to fix this bug

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 have probably already heard about a top secret base built in the USSR in late 1950s and known as Facility 3826. They have found many uses - domestic and professional. But thanks to the “Atomic Heart” project, robots now have decent battle abilities and battle vehicles have a place in War Thunder, of course.



We are introducing a separate lineup of secret Soviet robots created in collaboration with Atomic Heart! Here you will find the most diverse vehicles. For example, MA-9 Belyash welding robot inspired by chimpanzees which can easily climb even on vertical surfaces and this makes it a perfect scout. Designed for repair and construction work, the NA-T256 Natasha is equipped with a jetpack that allows it to launch vertically and reach speeds of up to 95 km/h. It is also armed with anti-personnel mines, a rocket launcher and Katyusha 3.0 multiple rocket launcher, making it indispensable in support. Air attack equipment such as the MTU-7 Bumblebee truck with laser system or a small-sized mobile drone LUC-1 Owl with ShKAS automatic machine guns are also widely represented in the lineup.

Thanks to the detailed documentation received from Scientific and Industrial Facility 3826, battle robotics will be embodied into War Thunder with all certainty.

Wait for it on the battlefields!