We continue to let you know about the improvements we are implementing based on the War Thunder updates roadmap. Today, we are going to talk about improving the map rotation for air battles as well as increasing the availability of flares and the ability to extinguish fires and repair vehicles.



An important point that we mentioned in our roadmap - increasing the availability of a number of mechanics. In the case of aircraft, countermeasures, and in the case of armoured vehicles and naval vessels, it is about repairing and extinguishing fires. The changes are already in the game: the default set of countermeasures is now available immediately after vehicle research and you no longer need to additionally unlock it!

When researching the “Flares/chaff” modification (or similar) you will unlock options such as “Chaff only”, “Flares reinforced” and “Flare priority”. Additional countermeasure kits such as BOL-type systems, additional containers with Chaff or additional countermeasures kits on the Mirage 2000 and Kurnass 2000 still require separate modifications to be researched.



FPE for ground vehicles is divided into a regular, single extinguishment, which is available without unlocking any modification, and advanced, which requires modification research, which once unlocked, adds the possibility of double extinguishment.

Repair kits for ground vehicles are also divided into normal and advanced. Normal, available without unlocking a modification, enables you to perform field repairs on all modules up to partial functionality. Penalties to vehicle characteristics after repair of modules with field repair in AB and RB are changed as follows:

• Gun spread multiplier has been changed from х15 to х5;
  
• Guidance angles have been changed from 3 to 6 degrees;
  
• Transmission losses have been changed from 50% to 25%;
  
• Engine power reduction has been changed from 60% to 40%.

Once the advanced repair kit has been researched, this will speed up the repair process and allow you to make repairs without penalties to module functionality.

In naval battles, even vessels without upgrades now have all the tools for firefighting, module repair, breach repair and pumping water - their “field repair” is now replaced with battle for survivability. Without the researched modification, you will be able to conduct it in the former way. You can manually start each process with the buttons of firefighting, repair and water pumping. The crew of a new ship that just came into service will take longer to do this than an experienced trained crew, but even the normal firefighting system has no limit on the number of uses.

The crew can be trained in damage control and effective firefighting with the help of modifications. They are located in the place of the former tools and FPE. There is no need to upgrade them again: players who have previously researched these modifications already have them unlocked.



We want battles to be as interesting and intense as possible and therefore based on our statistics and your feedback, we have revised the availability of a number of missions depending on the BR of the vehicles participating in the battle. Generally, smaller maps will now be available at low BR and larger maps at higher BR. Some missions, those that most often have fallen into the ban list of the players, have been completely removed from the rotation. Some of these changes have already been implemented in the major “La Royale” update and some we have just added.

Removed from the rotation:
[Air Battle] France 1944
[Operation] Husky
[Operation] The Last Battle of Khalkhyn Gol

Only available up to BR 2.0:
[Operation] Middle East
[Operation] Cochinchina
[Operation] Battle for Vietnam

Only available on BR from 2.3 to 5.0:
[Operation] Laizhou bay
[Operation] Battle of Spain

Only available on BR from 2.3 to 6.7:
[Front Line] Kursk

Only available on BR from 4.0:
[Operation] Pyrenees
[Operation] Bourbon Island
[Operation] Malta
[Operation] Peleliu
[Event] Attack on Wake Island
[Operation] Midway

Only available on BR from 5.7:
[Operation] Battle at Malta

We also introduced the display of a mission’s BR in the window of the preferred missions - now you can ignore maps that you don’t get rated within when compiling your list.

Despite the fact that we have added a display of the BR in the maps filter, the distribution of bans, likes and dislikes has not changed much, and many players ban those maps that are not usually played. Please update your filters to reflect the selection of maps you do and don’t want to see. Please also continue to let us know what you think about the selection of maps for those or other vehicle ranks in this special thread on the forum so that we can adjust it further.

We are continuing to make progress on the War Thunder development roadmap and we hope you will be pleased with these changes. Share your opinion in the comments, social media, on Steam or on the official forum!

Your screenshots from the latest major update “La Royale” were superb! 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 #WTscreen73. You have time until 30.06.2023 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.

• Your screenshot must include two vehicles of similar type (Two tanks or two planes or two naval vessels, etc).
  
• You must add the #WTscreen73 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!

With the release of every major War Thunder update, we bring you a selection of great author camouflages from Live.WT in one trophy. It is now time to welcome the “La Royale” trophy!

This trophy traditionally includes 40 camouflages presented as coupons. You also have the chance to get a coupon for a rare vehicle or a “La Royale” decal honoring the French Navy when you open the trophy!

• Coupons for rare vehicles
  
• 21 camouflage coupons for ground vehicles
  
• 17 camouflage coupons for aircraft
  
• 1 camouflage coupons for naval vessels
  
• 1 camouflage coupon for helicopters
  
• Coupon for the “La Royale” decal
  
  “La Royale” decal

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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.

PC players must purchase a key from the Market to open the trophy, with part of the cost going to the camouflage creators. You can activate a key from the trophy on your account or sell it on the Market for Gaijin Coins - just like the trophy itself.

You can become a creator of user camouflages — check out an updated guide on our wiki! It will bring you both glory and real money as a part of the War Thunder partnership program!

The United Kingdom celebrates its armed forces on the last Saturday of June — which is 24th this year. A week before the holiday, flags of the armed forces are raised across the country, and on June 21st a Reserve Day is held: the UK celebrates its veterans, cadets, and civil servants alike!





“British Armed Forces 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 → British Armed Forces Day.

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

• RN Duilio — gun turret model has been fixed.

• Fw 189 A-1 — gunner model has been fixed.

• Gun Carrier (3-in) — armouring of the frontal part of the vehicle cabin has been fixed.
  
• Type 10 — armouring of the gunner’s sights has been fixed.
  
• TKX — armouring of the vehicle hull has been fixed.
  
• leKPz M41 — armouring of the shoulders of the turret has been fixed.
  
• Leopard 2A4, Leopard 2 (PzBtl 123), Strv 121, Leopard 2 PL, Leopard 2A4 (Fin) — armouring of the shoulders of the turret has been fixed, placement of the gunner has been fixed.
  
• ZTZ99-III — armouring of the driver’s hatch has been fixed.
  
• ZTZ96, ZTZ96A, ZTZ96A (P) — armouring of the commander’s turret has been fixed.
  
• SARC MkIVa — animation of the turning wheels has been fixed.

• An error that caused the sounds of allied/enemy ground vehicles to be muted or too quiet has been fixed.
  
• The sound of the engines of ground vehicles of allies/enemies has been corrected in order to maximise their priority in comparison to other sounds.
  
• An error that caused engine sounds of allies/enemies to sometimes sound distorted has been fixed.
  
• Clarity of sounds of wheels and engines of allies/enemies has been improved.
  
• Clarity of sounds of aircraft engines of allies/enemies has been improved.
  
• An error that caused the volume of the radio click that every team message begins with to not correlate to the volume of the messages set in the game options 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.

Desmond Doss was a conscientious objector during World War II but still enlisted as a medic. Other soldiers initially despised him, but that quickly changed after he saved their lives during the battle for Guam. In Okinawa he single-handedly carried 50 to 100 wounded men from the battlefield. His deeds earned him the Medal of Honor and were immortalized in the 2016 Mel Gibson movie Hacksaw Ridge.

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

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.

During the Battle of Rzhev a part of Soviet forces advanced into the territory controlled by the Wehrmacht. The German command decided to cut off their supplies and clear them out, and began encirclement on July 2nd, 1942. It was successful: out of 60 thousand Soviet troops only 1500 managed to escape.

On July 5th, 1943 German forces began their unsuccessful counteroffensive as a part of the Battle of Kursk. The Wehrmacht command hoped to utilize the element of surprise and quickly encircle the Soviet forces, but they were ready for a possible offensive and pushed it back.

After their victory in Africa, the Allies moved to Sicily that later became a foothold for the attack on mainland Italy. On July 9th, 1943 the biggest landing operation at the time began: soon Sicily was taken, and Allies gained valuable experience that they later used in Normandy. In Italy these events led to the ousting of Benito Mussolini and the beginning of negotiations of surrender.

On July 14th, 1941 the Red Army led a counter strike against the invading German forces under Soltsy in Northwest Russia. It was one of the first successful counter attacks of the USSR after the start of the invasion: it pushed the enemy back 40 km and allowed Leningrad more time to prepare its defenses.

On July 17th, 1942 the most important battle in the Eastern Front began: the Wehrmacht’s 6th Army led by General Paulus marched on Stalingrad. Germany planned to quickly take the city and move south to secure valuable oil at Baku, but the Red Army was ordered not to surrender Stalingrad at any cost. Controlling the city became a matter of prestige for both countries, and the battle lasted for over half a year.

The USA lost control over Guam in 1941, when Japan first invaded, and on July 21st, 1944 began an operation to retake it. Despite being more numerous, the American forces suffered from heavy rains, dense jungles, and desperate resistance from the Japanese who fought until the end.

The final operation of the Iran-Iraq War. During the peace talks, on July 26th, 1988, Iraq-backed Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization invaded Iran, hoping to march to its capital, sparking uprisings against Ayatollah Khomeini on the way. It depended on the support of the Iraqi Air Force, which backed out at the last moment, allowing Iran to easily destroy the MEK forces from the air.

On July 30th, 1944 the Allied forces in Normandy began an operation to capture a road junction in the town of Vire, using the fact that the German forces withdrew from the area to regroup before their counteroffensive. The success of this operation left the Wehrmacht without additional forces for their counterattack and allowed the Allies to later surround a significant group of enemies in the Falaise pocket.

The first season of the Ranking Challenge is over — congratulations to all the participants! Over 70,000 competitors from around the world took part in aircraft and ground vehicle battles and received unique titles, sports camouflages, and other prizes. Final tournaments of the season are up next! The best of the best will challenge each other for the season champion status and will be able to receive camouflages, vehicle coupons, and Golden Eagles and will also split the $3000 prize pool! Also, to commemorate the release of La Royale major update and make watching eSports events even more pleasant, we are offering Drops for the Twitch viewers! Let’s break it down.


As we said before, players who were placed high enough in the leaderboards will gain access to the Super Finals. We’ve expanded the number of tournaments in the Finals while dividing them by Leagues: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. So in air 1v1 and ground 2v2 battles there will be three tournaments each instead of one — meaning that even more players will be able to compete for the special awards of the season! 5v5 mixed battles tournament will be available for everyone and will start with qualifications.

All players who received access to the Grand Finals tournaments on the https://tss.warthunder.com/index.php?action=current_tournaments portal will receive the “War Thunder eSports” decal, a notification in the game and a special ticket in their inventory that will unlock registration for the related tournament.



“War Thunder eSports” decal


5v5 mixed battles are one of the most spectacular eSports formats. We decided to open up qualifications for all players. Qualifications consist of the group stage and the double elimination Bo1 play-off. The best 8 teams will fight for the status of ultimate champion of the season in the Grand Finals that will be held in the double elimination Bo3 format.


REGISTRATION

The best players in the qualifications will receive a special camouflage for the 2S3M and the Bf 109 F-4, coupons for Rankings Challenge camouflages for Spitfire XVI, Chieftain Mk.3, Wirbelwind, and T-44, memorable decals and titles, among which is “Jack of all Trades”. The combined prize pool of the qualifications is 100 100 Golden Eagles.

You can find the full list of rewards on the tournament page.


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All Grand Finals participants will receive coupons for unique camouflages for Seafire F.Mk.XVII, N1K1-ja, Ikv 91, and AMX-13. Players who earn places 1 through 3 will each receive a coupon for VK 45.01 (P) (Germany).

The winning team will receive 2100 GJN!


Watch Thunder eSports streams on content partners’ channels and the Fire Front tournament exclusively on War Thunder eSports channels — and earn Twitch Drops!


WATCH WAR THUNDER ON TWITCH


War Thunder viewers on content partners’ Twitch channels will be able to receive:

• “eSports enjoyer” title
  
• Camouflage for Panzer IV / 70 (V)
  
• “War Thunder eSports” decal
  
• Camouflage for Horten 229

Camouflage for Panzer IV / 70 (V)


Camouflage for Horten 229

We welcome you to subscribe to our eSports Twitch channels to receive rewards and support your favorite teams.

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Twitch Drops will also be available on the Russian, German, and French channels. Join the official eSports Discord community!

• War Thunder viewers on the War Thunder eSports channels will be able to receive:
  
• Camouflage for Type 10
  
• Camouflage for Q-5L
  
• Camouflage for Leclerc
  
• Camouflage for JA37D
  
• Camouflage for Merkava Mk 4M
  
• Camouflage for F-14B
  
  
• “eSportsman” player icon

The camouflages are automatically activated on the account.

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1v1 air tournaments will be held on the popular P-39-N-0 (USA) fighter using a double elimination Bo1 system.



Note: Participation requires the specified vehicle to be available on the player’s account. By the end of registration for the tournament and the time when the tournament sheet is generated the player has to be online in the game.




2v2 ground vehicle tournaments will be held using a double elimination Bo1 system on the following vehicles:
USA: M4A3 (76) W, M4A2 (76) W, M4A1 (76) W; Germany: leKPZ M41, Panther D, Tiger H1; USSR: T-34-85, T-34-57, IS-1; Britain: Centurion Mk 1, Challenger, Charioteer Mk VII; Japan: M41A1, M4A3 (76) W, ST-A3; France: AMX-13, M4A4 (SA50), ARL-44; China: T-34-85 (S-53), Type 62, Type 63-I; Sweden: Ikv-91, Strv 74, Charioteer Mk VII; Italy: C13 T90, Sherman Vc, AUBL/74.



Note: Participation requires the specified vehicles to be available on the player’s account. By the end of registration for the tournament and the time when the tournament sheet is generated the player has to be online in the game..

All listed camouflages (except special camouflages for 2S3M and Bf 109 F-4) will be or have already been added to the ”eSport Trophy” that you can purchase on the Market.

• The highlighting of values in the HUD interface in the “Fighter Control Basics” tutorial mission has been fixed.
  
• Now when you rotate the camera it will zoom if there is another player in a ship or ground vehicle between camera position and you.
  
• Search for decals and decorations by name has been added to the customization menu.
  
• A bug where queuing did not occur from the battle result window when pressing the “To battle” button has been fixed.
  
• A bug where after opening the contact window in the respawn menu, when opening the tactical map in the battle, it blinked, has been fixed.

• BMP-1, ZBD86, SPz BMP-1, BMP-2 — The dissimilar thickness of the tracks and the thickness of the spare tracks has been fixed (report).
  
• BMP-2M — Missing tracks in damage model has been fixed (report).
  
• LAV-AD — A bug that caused flooding of the vehicle while moving on water has been fixed (report).
  
• Begleitpanzer 57, M113A1 (TOW) — A bug which caused underestimation of armour penetration of TOW compared to the same ATGM on other vehicles has been fixed.
  
• Stridsvagn 81 — Incorrect designation of the bulkhead material in the X-Ray view has been fixed.
  
• Blinking of the engine status indicator on the DM panel when the radiator is damaged has been added.

• Milan — A bug in the name of the anchored mine has been fixed.
  
• Vautour — A bug in the name of the 75mm gun has been fixed.
  
• Paris — The aiming speed of the main calibre turrets has been adjusted: on traverse 3 → 4.5 degrees per second; elevation 4 → 3 degrees per second.

• Mirage 2000C-S5, Mirage 2000D-R1, Mirage 2000-5F - Drag has been adjusted and supersonic acceleration has been increased.
  
• A bug in the ammunition type designation for unguided air missiles which led to the inability to perform destruction missions on vehicles using rockets has been fixed.
  
• Lynx AH.Mk.1 / G-LYNX — A bug which made it impossible to copy the “Hydra-70 x38 and 20mm Oerlikon KDA” set when creating a new weaponry preset has been fixed.
  
• H-34 — A bug in the display of weapon launcher elements for presets with unguided air missiles and machine gun armament has been fixed.
  
• Mirage 2000D-R1 / A-6E TRAM — A bug with inability to activate night vision mode during flight in 3rd person view has been fixed.
  
• Su-22M4 / Su-17М2 — Icons in the weaponry menu for displaying H-29T and H-29L missiles have been fixed.
  
• AIM-54C — Weight of the explosive mass has been changed from 47.3 to 42.7kg. Source: “Hazard classification of United States military explosives and munitions”.
  
• A bug where when editing suspended weapons for the Su-6 (AM-42) when replacing one paired cannon group with others, only one cannon was installed in the slots and not two, has been fixed.
  
• UH-1C — A bug where ATGMs could fail to launch even if the sight was close to the middle of the allowed launch zone 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.

• According to the poll results (over 97% support for changes) and the War Thunder development roadmap, the proposed economic changes are now in effect:
  
  • Reward multiplier increased and repair cost reduced for the vast majority of vehicles in the game. These changes are designed to make all vehicles ‘break even’, even without a Premium account.
    
  • The calculation of economic indicators for each vehicle is created from the average values of the vehicle class and Battle Rating, instead of on the personal statistics of each vehicle. This change is aimed to make the reward multipliers and repair costs of similar vehicles (of the same class, BR, and economic rank) very similar or equal to each other.
• In accordance with the development roadmap, the available BR indicator has been added to the preferred locations and missions window.

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.

We continue to move forward with the plans listed in our roadmap, and the next big news after the La Royale major update is the updated economу that the majority of the community voted for.

The highly anticipated update is here! Repair costs have been reduced, while SL gain has been increased — so that, on average, players using vehicles of any rank will break even, even without a premium account. These changes affect the overwhelming majority of vehicles in the game, meaning that the average player is likely to notice them after several battles.

Additionally, vehicles of the same class, battle rating, and economic rank will now have very similar economic characteristics. You can learn more from these spreadsheets:

• Average repair cost and reward changes by ranks
  
• Repair cost changes by vehicle

Another great new feature: now in the preferred locations and missions window you’ll instantly see which battle rating each mission is available at. This will make choosing your preferred locations and missions easier.

As we release the planned changes in our roadmap, we'll also continue to update the infographic, so that you can easily see what we have already implemented. Here is the latest version!

Check out these improvements and tell us what you think: on Steam, social media or the official forums!