On July 12th, 1961 A-4E, a highly modernized version of the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk carrier-capable light attack aircraft, took to the skies for the first time. The A-4E boasts a new, more powerful engine, tactical air navigation system, strengthened airframe with additional weapon pylons, toss-bombing computer, and low-altitude bombing system. Around 500 units were produced, and their number one importer was Israel.

From July 12th (12:00 GMT) until July 14th (12:00 GMT)

The A-4E attack aircraft from the Israeli research tree will be available for purchase for Golden Eagles. A-4E isn’t the fastest aircraft of its rank, but it’s quite maneuverable and extremely versatile thanks to its amazing selection of suspended weaponry. It’s also equipped with two 30 mm DEFA 553 cannons — powerful and accurate, allowing for quick and comfortable victories over enemy aircraft. 50 mm of bulletproof glass will save the life of the pilot, while countermeasures and RWR will help survive missile attacks.

• The fuze delay for HE shells for the 20mm AN/M2, M3 and Type 99 Model 1 cannons has been reduced.
  
• A bug that caused countermeasures to be selectable in the aircraft protection analysis display has been fixed (report).
  
• A bug where a pilot might leave a damaged aircraft on the airfield or aircraft carrier when manipulating engine thrust even though repair was available has been fixed.

• A bug where the crew can report a scouted target nearby even though the enemy had not yet been detected has been fixed.

• A bug that caused a horizontal line to appear on the screen after switching from high to low resolution (from 1920x1080 to 1600x900) has been fixed.
  
• A bug where a rejected request to add friends might appear at every game client launch has been fixed.

• A bug that might cause a fire effect to remain in the air after the destruction of Hawk has been fixed.
  
• A bug that might cause server crashes and early session termination during the initial stages of the event has been fixed.
  
• The volume of the events background music now depends on the position of the music volume slider in the audio settings.

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 use all means to prevent cheating in War Thunder: Easy Anti-Cheat watches out for banned software, while we pay attention to the player’s reports. You can use the replay feature on our website to tell us about the players who violate the Terms of Use and EULA.

During April of 2023 we blocked 161 accounts that were violating the rules. For full transparency, we have published the full ban list.

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!

• SANTAL — A bug that caused the wave deflector to not rise in water has been fixed.
  
• SANTAL — A bug that caused damaged launchers to disappear from the visual model has been fixed (report).
  
• KV-2 (1939) — The position of the historical sight camera has been corrected to match the gunner optics location (report).
  
• LVT(A)(4) (ZiS-2) — The position of the frontmost armour plate has been fixed. This bug might lead to an incorrect display of the armour joints on the camouflage.
  
• Type 62 — A bug that led to stretching of the camouflage on the rear armour plate has been fixed.
  
• CV9030FIN — A bug that caused the smoke grenade to ‘hang’ near the right side mortar instead of inside it has been fixed (report).
  
• Magach 3 — Asynchronous rotation of the commander’s turret and anti-aircraft machine gun has been fixed. Due to this bug, tracers and shot effects could appear in the air (report).

• La-11 — Inaccuracies in the model have been corrected. Holes at the wing ends have been added. Wires from fuselage to elevators have been removed.
  
• Sea Vixen F.A.W. Mk.2 — A bug where the hook would not cling to the finisher has been fixed.
  
• Short term change of the game brightness during the supersonic speed transition effect has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the supersonic speed transition effect could hide the afterburner flame has been fixed.
  
• UH-1C XM-30 — Information about the type and explosive mass of the 30mm AP shells has been added to the protection analysis.
  
• Mirage 2000 (all modifications) — The display now shows the distance to the captured target.

• Icons of the modifications for the naval vessel “Damage Control Division” and “Fire Division” have been updated.

• Visual problems in the “Iberian Castle” location have been fixed.
  
• Flickering of the location textures which could occur in the tank sight has been fixed.

• Indication of received new decals and decorations in the customization menu has been added.

• The frequency balance in the game's sound mix has been corrected making positioning of the sound sources in space more readable.
  
• New sounds of ricochettes from ground vehicle hulls have been added.
  
• Balance between the volume of engines and wheels of ground vehicles has been corrected so that wheels will not sound much louder than engines.
  
• Shot sounds of the SPAA Gepard (35 mm Oerlikon KDA) 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.

As you know, combat robots from the Atomic Heart world are being tested on the battlefields of War Thunder.


During the field tests, the testing personnel will be split into two teams - team ‘West’, and team ‘East’ - to deploy on the battlefield both conventional and experimental combat vehicles, such as Hedgie and Pchela robots. Players will have access to a predetermined set of vehicles, including M3 Bradley and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, M60A2 and T-55A medium tanks, and AH-1G and Mi-24A helicopters.


Completing battle tasks in the special mission will allow you to open prize stages and receive rewards corresponding to the number of stages. Tasks are divided into two types: those that start on a specific date and are available until the very end of the event, and temporary ones, which are relevant only for two days. Special tasks highlighted in the list below, might be performed simultaneously with each other and with temporary tasks.

• July 11th - 31st: defeat 30 enemies while controlling the HOG-7 Hedgiev in the Atomic Thunder event
  
• July 13th - 15th: score 20,000 points in the Atomic Thunder event
  
• July 15th - 31st: score 10 assists in repairing or fire extinguishing in the Atomic Thunder event
  
• July 17th - 19th: score 20,000 points in the Atomic Thunder event
  
• July 19th - 31st: defeat 20 enemies while controlling the WSP-9 Laser Pchela in the Atomic Thunder event
  
• July 21st - 23rd: score 20,000 points in the Atomic Thunder event
  
• July 23rd - 31st: defeat 40 robots in the Atomic Thunder event
  
• July 25th - 27th: score 20,000 points in the Atomic Thunder event
  
• July 27th - 31st: defeat 5 enemies while controlling a helicopter in the Atomic Thunder event
  
• July 29th - 31st: score 20,000 points in the Atomic Thunder event

Battle tasks activate and expire at 11:00 GMT. You can track the terms and progress in the game by clicking on your nickname - Achievements - Atomic Thunder.








Each unlocked stage will bring you a prize, depending on how many stages you have unlocked in total. In addition to each prize, you will receive a trophy containing RP and SL boosters for 10 battles, 5 backups, or 100,000 SL. List of prizes:

• 1 stage: only Trophy
  
• 2 stages: “Thump it!” or “Get ready” posters
  
• 3 stages: Door Lock or ‘Swede’ axe decorations
  
• 4 stages: “Thump it!” or “Get ready” posters
  
• 5 stages: Door Lock or ‘Swede’ axe decorations
  
• 6 stages: “Twin Left” or “Twin Right” profile icons
  
• 7 stages: “Atomic Heart - MiG-15” or “Atomic Heart - War Machines” loading screens
  
• 8 stages: “Twin Left” or “Twin Right” profile icons
  
• 9 stages: “Atomic Heart - MiG-15” or “Atomic Heart - War Machines” loading screens
  
• 10 stages: “Atomic Heart” title

In addition, every day for 1 victory in the event, players will receive a combat trophy containing RP and SL boosters, a wager, an order, or an universal backup!



"Atomic Hearts - MiG-15" - loading screen


“Atomic Heart - War Machines” - loading screen




HOG-7 Hedgie is a topographic and geodetic robot with spherical armored hull and four legs. Features an alternative ‘tumbleweed’ moving mode, which allows the robot to accelerate to 30 mph, as well as jumping and slamming. Combat-ready HOG-7 robots come equipped with homing anti-tank missiles with HEAT warheads.



The WSP-9 is a small multi-purpose helicopter drone, equipped with a laser pulse emitter for clearing rubble and demolishing small buildings. For military purposes, the emitter can be effectively used to engage lightly armored vehicles and enemy troops.The WSP-9 is a small multi-purpose helicopter drone, equipped with a laser pulse emitter for clearing rubble and demolishing small buildings. For military purposes, the emitter can be effectively used to engage lightly armored vehicles and enemy troops.



To carry out repairs of agricultural, military and other equipment outside the repair shops, the WSP-9 drone is equipped with the electron beam welding torch, capable of repairing refractory metals of tank armor. In the army service, the Pchela repair drones are used by military technician and mechanic units. The Repair Pchela provides control over the BR-1 Burav robot.

Ability: BR-1 Burav
The mining robot BR-1 Burav was created at Facility 3826 as an autonomous equipment for earthworks, including in rocky conditions, as well as terraforming the Moon and other planets. It is a worm-like mechanism consisting of rotating cylindrical sections and a head with rotary underreamers. The BR-1 is controlled by repair robots of the WSP-9 series.

See you in Test Facility 2271 in the Atomic Thunder event!

Dear players!

Due to maintenance on the server, the game may be unavailable from 09:00 GMT on the 11th of July.

We are sorry for the temporary inconvenience and thank you for your understanding

Your WW2 or before screenshots were very cool, nice work everyone! 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 #WTscreen75. You have time until 14.07.2023 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 can be of any vehicle in the game! Your choice!
  
• You must add the #WTscreen75 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!

Operation Husky, a large-scale landing of the Allies on Sicily, began on July 9th, 1943. After a month and a half of fighting, the Allies gained full control of the island, opening naval routes through the Mediterranean sea. Soon after, Benito Mussolini was removed from power, Italy reached a peace agreement with the Allies, and Germany was forced to weaken the Eastern front to take hold of Central Italy.





“Vickers machine gun” 3D decoration


“Vehicles of Victory: Sherman II” 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 → Operation Husky.
You can find the decal in the “Holidays” tab in the Customisation menu.

• A bug where fog on the horizon over water may be displayed differently in the right and left lenses of a VR device has been fixed.
  
• A bug where when in VR, some atmospheric effects may be displayed differently in the right and left lenses, or not displayed at all in one of the lenses has been fixed.
  
• An issue specific to some VR headsets that caused clouds on the horizon to appear differently in the left and right eye when tilting your head has been fixed.
  
• Water streaks on the edge of the screen that appeared when the camera moved in VR has been fixed.
  
• Cases when the shadow of an object didn’t disappear after destroying it 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.

Welcome to the fourth War Thunder Steam Community Spotlight!

Following on from the First, Second and Third War Thunder Steam Community Spotlight, the War Thunder Steam Community Management team has continued looking at the community hub for War Thunder, and have yet again spotted some outstanding screenshots, videos and artwork that our players have been creating! So once again, we’ve picked our favourites and thought that we'd share them with the rest of the Steam community. Take a look below.


Featured already in our spotlight for great pencil drawings, this player has now drawn the Fw 190 D-9, a fantastic performing and looking German aircraft. Well done!

"Fw 190 D-9" by The past is like smoke

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Another pencil sketch! This time by the player Tilkidud - they have sketched 3 different angles of the Spitfire; and all angles look amazing. Nice work, we love it!

"I drew some spitfires" by Tilkidud

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Another fantastic pencil sketch! This time, the famous Panzerkampfwagen VI "Tiger", which has been beautifully drawn here and signed.

"Panzerkampfwagen VI "Tiger" by Honey

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Desert Storm! A nice screenshot of the Strv-122A, T-72B3, M1A1 and Leopard 2A4 (PzBtl 123) in the desert, with each tank commanded by 4 different players. Well done, guys!

"DAKADKAKDKKADKA" by Fubuki-20

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A cleverly made screenshot with a nice explosion in the background (cool tanks don’t look at explosions) - this reminds us of the main screen artwork we made years ago, but with a cool twist! Nice work.

"Мир тундры." by 𝑰𝒃𝒖𝒌𝒊

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A Soviet, lend-lease M4, by Yar man! The details and construction are amazing, along with the weathering across, and of course the infamous Soviet log on the side. Great work.

"Soviet m4" by Yar man

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An outstanding 1/35 scale model of the Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind! It looks amazing, the paint camouflage as well as the fine details really make this model pop out, and we also spotted the funny “Devil’s Head” emblem decal that we have in the game! Fantastic work on this model!

"Flakpanzer IV/ Wirbelwind Scale /1/35" by Free^kill-74

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More moving pixel art! This time the Me 262 A-1a by the player “Shibus”, has really fantastic details - nice work.

"ME 262 A-1a" by Shibus

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A Puma in its natural habitat - flanking, spanking, and overall being annoying by the player “Pan Więcek”. We love the Puma here, embedded with the real life environment. Fantastic creative idea!

"Puma on the path" by Pan Więcek

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Another one from the player “Pan Więcek”! This time, the M4A2 Sherman, driving down a road, probably somewhere in Western Europe. Nice creative idea here again!

"M4A2 Sherman 75" by Pan Więcek

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Welcome to the first featured video in one of our community spotlights! This video is created by the player “theloganatorz” - featuring a very creative video kill montage, with amazing text effects and creative editing. Check it out, it’s very interesting - we love it! Nice work here, keep going!

"ENEMY - A WarThunder Kill Montage" by theloganatorz

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A re-created screenshot of the famous stand-off between a Panther and M26 Pershing that we are sure you are all aware of, during the Battle of Cologne in 1945. It looks really great, nice work on this historical screenshot!

"M26 & Panther." by 𝑰𝒃𝒖𝒌𝒊

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A goofy looking LEGO creation of the MiG-29 jet from in-game. It is so small, but looks so cool, so we have included it. Great work!

"LEGO Microscale MiG-29" by PanzerOfTheLake

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A cool, red themed BF 109, created by the same player, “Free^kill-74”, who made the Wirbelwind above. Great models as always!

"BF109" by Free^kill-74

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A magnificent, but not yet finished, portion of a Tiger tank, made entirely out of MATCHSTICKS! It looks really cool and certainly takes a creative mindset to create something like this out of matchsticks. It’s not yet finished, and we can’t wait to see the finished result. Fantastic work!

"pzkpfw Tiger auf H !!!! Machtstick tank model !!!" by StonePlayers

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What’s this? That’s right, a T-34 (1941) made entirely out of SNOW! Look how incredible that is, created by the player “Velja”, who wanted their very own tank in their backyard. Well, now they’ve got it! The tank is over 5 metres long and took several hours to build. Nice work on this! We love it.

"Snow Tank T-34 (1941) v2" by Velja



"Snow tank T-34 (1941)" by Velja




The wonderful work created by our community that we have shared has been posted to the War Thunder Community Hub - make sure you check it out and even share your own creations that we may feature here in the Community Spotlight! We look forward to seeing you next time!

Click here to view the Community Hub