By the end of April of 1945, Italy-based forces of the Wehrmacht and Republic of Salo had no supplies or manpower to oppose the Allies, and so on the 29th they capitulated at Caserta. However, it was the 25th of April that became Liberation Day — on this date the National Liberation Committee of Upper Italy called for all guerrillas to rise against the occupying forces and force their garrisons to surrender.

25th of April became a holiday already a year later, in 1946, and ever since, it’s celebrated by marches, parades, and placing laurels upon the grave of the Unknown Soldier.



“W L'Italia libera” 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 → Italy Liberation Day.

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

For hundreds of years, hussars were part of the cavalry, but technical progress in the 20th century forced them to ditch horses for tanks — which means they have a place in War Thunder! The eleventh Battle Pass season that will launch very soon is called "Her Majesty's Hussar" for a reason: its main prize, the Centurion (in its later modification), was used by hussar squadrons in the Korean War when Queen Elizabeth II was crowned.

To receive Battle Pass rewards, you need to regularly log into the game and complete tasks and challenges. Each level of Battle Pass will earn you a prize, be it a player icon, a loading screen, a title, decals, decorations, or new premium vehicles!



Every season there’s a new set of awards. See the full list in the Battle Pass tab in the hangar, or check out our wiki. Here are the key awards for season 11:

Germany, rank III, Premium

The latest modification of the legendary E-boat series wielding two additional torpedo tubes to shoot backwards while retreating.



Sweden, rank III, Premium

American P-51 Mustang in service with the Swedish air force got its own name David. This flawless mid-altitude fighter is also able to carry bombs.



British, rank IV, Premium

British Centurion with a cast turret was designed to counter the latest Soviet tanks. The tank comes with a unique camo of the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars regiment in the Korean War.





4 decals!







3 decorations!





Hussar squadron officer

All rewards and challenges for season 11




Battle Pass is a seasonal event during which you will earn progress points and use them to open new levels. Each opened level brings you a valuable reward, from Silver Lions and boosters to exclusive season prizes: decorations, profile icons and premium vehicles.

Open new stages and get awards at any time during the season.



You can access the “Battle Pass” window through the promo block on the right side of the hangar screen.

Play

• You get progress points every day for entering the game.
  
• From 1 to 5 points.

Complete Battle Tasks

• See Battle Task descriptions in the game and get progress points for completing them.
  
• From 2 to 5 points.

Complete Season Challenges

• Season Challenges are very similar to Battle Tasks. One Challenge is available at the season’s start. Every week you get another one or two challenges, three more can be unlocked by opening stages.
  
• 30 points.

Learn more about the Battle Pass

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

A Red Army sergeant who participated in World War II since December 1941. Together with sergeant Mikhail Yegorov he placed the Red flag over the Reichstag during the Battle for Berlin. For his valor he was awarded the highest awards: the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, the Gold Star, and the Order of Lenin.

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

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.

From May 4th through 8th of 1942, Japan and the Allies fought in the Coral Sea, although indirectly: vessels of both sides never fired at or even saw each other, relying instead on aircraft. Strategic victory went to the Allies: they managed to halt Japan's advance and hurt its air carrier fleet that led to a decisive victory at Midway

To prevent a Japanese naval base from possibly being built on Madagascar that at the time belonged to Vichy France, Britain decided to conquer the island. On May 5th, 1942 Commonwealth troops landed on the northern point of Madagascar and half a year later established full control over it. It was the first large-scale operation of World War II where ground, naval, and air forces of the Allies participated in tandem.

This was the biggest ordeal that the Allies had faced, and it’s finally over. Six long years of war, dozens of strategic operations on thousands of miles of the frontlines, and countless acts of heroism of regular soldiers — and at last, victory! Nazi Germany capitulated, the war ended, and heroes can finally go home to their families.

The fourth and final battle at Monte Cassino began on May 11th, 1944. After three failed offensives the Allies spent two months preparing for an attack that would be a surprise for the Wehrmacht — and succeeded. The Gustav Line in Central Italy was breached, and the German forces retreated to the Hitler Line.

During the final months of the North African campaign the Axis powers kept retreating, suffering from lack of fuel and reinforcements. In Tunisia they fell back to well fortified defensive positions, but their defeat was only a matter of time. That time came on May 13th, 1943, when over 200 thousand troops from Germany and Italy surrendered to the Allies.

From May 20th through 31st of 1941 Germany executed an operation to capture Crete. It was the first large-scale airborne invasion in history: over 20 thousand German paratroopers were involved in the operation. As a result the British army lost almost all of its forces stationed on Crete, but Germany suffered heavy losses as well and never authorized large-scale airborne operations again.

After the defeat at the Gustav Line the Wehrmacht retreated to the Hitler Line, which didn't last long either and fell to the assault of Polish and Canadian forces. To make its fall seem less significant, Hitler had renamed it to the Senger Line beforehand. After the victory the Allies instead of routing the retreating German forces decided to march on Rome which was taken without a battle on June 4th.

On May 27th, 1958, a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter took its maiden flight. Thanks to its high adaptability it became the most produced American supersonic military aircraft and the most iconic aircraft of the US Air Force during the Cold War. It was widely used by the US during the Vietnam War, by Israel in many conflicts, and is still employed by several countries.

The first season of Rankings Challenge begins! In its debut you’ll earn unique camouflages and titles, and the best of the best will enter the finals with a prize pool of over $3000! Can you play War Thunder well? Then the prize can be yours!

From April 24th until May 22nd fight in daily competitions “Wings of Prey” (1v1 aviation), “Shoulder to Shoulder” (2v2 ground vehicles) and “Fire Front” (5v5 mixed battles) and earn prizes in each of them!

You don’t have to search for long — just press Battles → Rankings Challenge in the War Thunder client. The competitions are divided between air, ground, and mixed battles, and do not overlap in the schedule.

In Rankings Challenge, each participant receives a preset collection of upgraded vehicles and an experienced crew that allows the players to prove who’s stronger on an equal footing. Decals and decorations are disabled during Rankings Challenge battles. Parity is also enforced by the same limit of battles per day for each player, a realistic battle mode with markers, and small difference margin of battle rating of your competitors that you’ll be able to meet in the battles.

Assemble your team, stay up-to-date and take part in discussions by joining the official eSport War Thunder discord server! There you will find the section dedicated to ranked battles!

• About Rankings Challenges
  
• Season schedule

In the first season you can earn 14 sports camouflages, unique titles, “Cybersport’ trophy coupon, and a place in the finals that we’ll talk about in a separate news piece after Season 1 of Rankings Challenge is over.



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Players who place 1 through 100 in a leaderboard of any competition will receive a coupon for a camouflage. You can earn 1 coupon for each competition to a maximum of 12. There are camouflages for the following vehicles: Fw 190 D-9, Spitfire F Mk.XVI, J2M2, Yak-3, Type 74, P-51D-30, Leopard I, M4A3 76 (W), Chieftain Mk.3, Amx-30 (1972), T-44, and Wirbelwind.

Rankings Challenge Season 1 camouflages can be sold on the Marketplace starting from May 23rd.

• Players who place 1 through 1000 in a leaderboard of any competition will receive a “Cyber-Competitor” title.
  
• Players who place 1 through 5000 in a leaderboard of any competition will receive a “Rankings Challenge Season 1 Participant” title.

For 10 victories in each competition the players will receive a special trophy that contains one of the following items:

• RP Booster for 50% for 5 battles;
  
• SL Booster for 50% for 5 battles;
  
• A set of wagers;
  
• A set of orders;
  
• A “Cybersport” trophy coupon.

Special camouflage for Bf 109 F4


Special camouflage for 2S3M

• Players who place 1 through 10 will receive a “Legendary Pilot” title.
  
• Players who place 1 through 100 will receive a “Gladiator” decal and a special camouflage for Bf 109 F4 (untradable coupon).
  
• Players who place 1 through 300 will receive access to the “Wings of Prey — superfinals” tournament that will take place in the tournament service after the season is over. Prize pool of the tournament is 300 GJN.

• Players who place 1 through 20 will receive a “Master of Destruction” title.
  
• Players who place 1 through 200 will receive a “Steel Legion” decal and a special camouflage for 2S3M (untradable coupon).
  
• Players who place 1 through 900 will receive access to the “Shoulder to Shoulder — superfinals” tournament that will take place in the tournament service after the season is over. Prize pool of the tournament is 600 GJN.

• Players who place 1 through 50 will receive a “Jack of all Trades” title.
  
• Players who place 1 through 1000 will receive a “Fire Front” decal and special camouflages for Bf 109 F4 and 2S3M (untradable coupon).
  
• Players who place 1 through 2100 will receive access to the “Fire Front — superfinals” tournament that will take place in the tournament service after the season is over. Prize pool of the tournament is 2100 GJN.

Mind the blast! Your screenshots submitted last week were superb! The visual effects of the vehicles while shooting can make them look very impressive. 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 #WTscreen64. You have time until 28.04.2023 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 - It’s Custom!

• Your screenshot must include a player vehicle that has been modified in the hangar.
  
• This can include decals and 3d decorations, but does not include vehicle skins.
  
• You must add the #WTscreen64 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!

A visually modified M1 Abrams MBT to represent a Soviet tank in exercises, with premium status and pre-order bonuses!




M1 KVT (Rank 6, USA)

• 2000 Golden Eagles
  
• Premium account for 15 days
  
• Pre-order bonus: "Red Scare" title
  
• Pre-order bonus: "Krasnovian Tank Division" decal

So, the Krasnovian tank is an American Abrams M1 main battle tank with visual modifiers, such as a camo net on the gun barrel, an imitation of an IR searchlight, an imitation of a dozer blade in front of the hull, two barrels welded to the rear, an imitation of the ERA blocks on the hull and turret, dismantled side skirts, as well as confusing inscription "ЛОДКА" (‘boat’ in Russian) on the tower baskets.

Under the guise of a Soviet tank is the excellent M1 Abrams MBT, one of the best tanks in its rank. Great front protection of the turret, good front protection of the hull, high mobility, a thermal imaging device in the gunner’s sight, as well as an excellent stabilized gun with all popular types of rounds, including two variants of APFSDS. The KVT version also has a Premium status, which means it can greatly boost the research of any tank and armored vehicle in the US research tree from ranks I to VII! It is worth noting also that unchecking the modification box in the menu removes visual modifiers, returning the familiar look of the menacing Abrams M1.




The tank itself will be added to the game in the next major update. However, for connoisseurs of war machines our team has prepared a special pre-order pack, containing the M1 Abrams KVT tank, Golden Eagles, Premium account days, the unique title “Red Scare” and a special decal “Krasnovian Tank Division” - a great addition to the exotic look of the Krasnovian invader. Hurry up, comrade Krasnovian, the offer is limited until the release of the next major War Thunder update!

The main tank prize of the new season is the British Centurion Mk 2 with a cast turret and gun stabiliser. Meet Her Majesty Hussar!


Features:

• Very good frontal protection
  
• Gun stabiliser
  
• Low speed

So, in War Thunder the Centurion Mk 2 is a transitional version from the first production vehicles to the Mk 3 version. From the Centurion Mk 1 we get the QF 17-pounder gun, a strong hull front with an upper glacis at a rational angle, and from the Mk 3 version we get a cast turret, gun stabiliser and improved armour of the gun mantlet.

The strong point of the Centurion Mk 2 is definitely its frontal protection. Indeed, the angled upper frontal plate of the hull, the cast turret, as well as the reinforced armour of the gun mantlet, allows the tank to survive enemy fire and be able to fire back. The chance of ricocheting is much higher when a commander turns the hull from the enemy and uses uneven terrain to increase hull angle of impact. The Centurion Mk 2 is armed with a 17-pounder familiar to British commanders, but in this version of the tank, the gun received a stabiliser that allows it to fire on the move at low speed.




For a medium tank, the Centurion has a low maximum speed - only 37 km/h (41 km/h in arcade), although the tank reaches its maximum speed quite fast even on unpaved terrains, and maintains good dynamics and manoeuvrability. Another problematic point of the tank is the thin armour on the sides of the hull that can be penetrated, in general, by any tank guns and many autocannons. Commanders are advised to study the ammo replenishing order and clear a few internal niches from shells - this really increases the chances of survival.




For the premium Centurion Mk 2, you can get a special camouflage inspired by the colour scheme of the 8th Royal Irish Hussars regiment from the period of participation in the Korean War, with American white stars on the sides so as not to get under friendly fire. In this camouflage the tank is damn good! We will tell you how to get the Centurion Mk 2 and the hussar camouflage in the upcoming announcement of the full list of rules for the new season of the War Thunder Battle Pass “Her Majesty's Hussar” - stay tuned for the news!

• The displaying of nicknames for all Gaijin users has been unified.
  
  • Added support for Unicode letters and numbers that allows the vast majority of nicknames from Steam to look unchanged in Gaijin services. If you encounter any issues, please report them on http://community.gaijin.net/.

J26 David is an interned and purchased American P-51B-7 Mustang fighter aircraft in service with the Swedish air forces. Meet the main aviation prize available for every War Thunder player!


Features:

• Good performance at low and mid altitudes
  
• High G-tolerance
  
• Mediocre forward weapons
  
• Bombs

The Swedish Premium Mustang J26 with own name “David” will be the main aviation prize of the new season of the War Thunder Battle Pass “Her Majesty's Hussar”, and all players who complete the required number of stages and progress points will be able to receive the fighter for free.

The P-51B-7 modification was one of the first to receive British Merlin engines, licensed as Packard V-1650. Thanks to the new engine, the Mustang performs great at low and medium altitudes, where it can slowly speed up to about 700 km/h. The aircraft retains energy well in level flight, and thanks to its strong fuselage, it can survive over 800 km/h in the dive. There are few aircraft on its rank which performs better in vertical or horizontal maneuvers, but still the P-51 is slightly inferior to them, while maintaining a stable high max speed at altitude and good rate of climb.




The only con side of the Swedish Mustang might be its mediocre forward armament. Four wing-mount M2 machine guns, designated according to the Swedish classification as Akan m/45, are not bad, but surely not as good as cannons. But for mixed battles, the J26 (B-7) can be equipped with bombs - a pair of 100, 250 or 500-pounders.



The J26 David fighter will be available to all players in the new Battle Pass season - stay tuned for the news to find out more about the new prizes and rules of the season!

Music from your favorite game can be enjoyed from outside it — and we're happy to give you an opportunity to do so. Following the classic War Thunder soundtrack that was dedicated to the vehicles of WWII, we released two new albums. They consist of 20 tracks that were added to the game in the Apex Predators update and are played during the battles of the Cold War era and more modern ground and air vehicles. We hope to please commanders of the navy with new music in the foreseeable future!

You can find War Thunder Original Game Soundtrack Air Forces Vol. 2 and War Thunder Original Game Soundtrack Ground Forces Vol. 2 on numerous platforms: from Apple Music and Spotify to Amazon and YouTube. Over an hour and a half of music that can inspire great deeds!

• Spotify
  
• YouTube Music
  
• Apple Music
  
• iTunes
  
• Deezer
  
• Amazon

• Spotify
  
• YouTube Music
  
• Apple Music
  
• iTunes
  
• Deezer
  
• Amazon

To commemorate the release of the soundtracks, we’d like to present new wallpapers with artwork used on the covers of the albums.