The wait is over — the crafting event has returned, and this time we’ve got some very interesting vehicles coming which have already had dev blogs! To sum it up, build the Ki-148 missile (called the Tokushu Heiki in this event) from WWII, test its flight performance in a special flight test mission, then prepare and create a report which can be exchanged for exclusive prizes during this event!

In this article, we’ve detailed each part of the event step-by-step, which will help with understanding what you’ll need to complete to earn these amazing vehicle prizes. So without further ado, let’s dive into the details!

When: From September 26th (12:00 GMT) until October 9th (12:00 GMT)!

What can you obtain during this event? We’ve prepared cool prizes in the form of 1 premium and 3 event vehicles, with information about these vehicles below!

• The IJN Kurama, LOSAT and F-100F can be obtained from the start of the event until October 23rd (12:00 GMT).
  
• The Ki-48-II otsu can be obtained from October 16th (12:00 GMT) until October 23rd (12:00 GMT). PlayStation and Xbox players can get this vehicle from October 9th (12:00 GMT) until October 23rd (12:00 GMT).

All vehicles that you obtain from this event are given in the form of coupons that can be activated onto your account, or sold on the Gaijin Marketplace.

Written simply: Play matches in multiplayer modes, earn a mission score in matches and at the end of each match you’ll receive a drop, the “Resource Box”. Opening this box will give you materials, and with these materials you can assemble parts of the missile!

• An exciting addition to the Tokushu Heiki event that you’ve been asking for is that Simulator players can now earn “Resource Box” drops in Air simulator matches, which wasn’t the case in previous crafting events.
  
  
• The “Tokushu Heiki” event differs from previous crafting build events in its duration and limit on the number of items dropped during your matches. Items and crates will drop in matches over 13 days instead of 11. In addition to this, the maximum possible number of dropped items has been increased, so that there is enough for 6 builds instead of 4. This means that during this event, you’ll be able to get 2 main prizes that cost 3 “Test Reports” instead of 1 main prize, which was the case in previous craft build events.

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Finding this event is easy from the hangar: Workshop → Tokushu Heiki.

From this event window, you can open “Resource Boxes” that you received from a match. To start building your missile, click on the “To the Factory” button in the bottom left. In this window under the “Missile production and testing” section, you’ll be able to assemble missile parts once you’ve collected enough materials. Simply click on the Produce button under each part. Once completed, click on Finish — now that missile part is ready!


Missile parts to be assembled will appear at the top line of the window, so Produce all parts in order.

Be sure to earn and use plenty of materials, as there’s 16 missile parts in total that are required to build a missile.

Let’s move onto how you can Test the missile.

After all 16 missile parts have been produced, in the same section as mentioned above, you’ll now be able to assemble the “Tokushu Heiki” missile. Click on the Assemble button and the assembly will start.


The “Missile production and testing” section of the event window, with all 16 missile parts having been completed. The missile is now ready to Assemble!

Once complete, click Finish and then you’ll need to test the performance of the missile. Click the Test button on the missile, and you’ll be sent into a special mission by yourself. Here, you’ll need to look at the missile and decide if it’s working or not by finding defective parts. We recommend checking the controls, looking at the engine and fuel system for any issues, and to check that all other parts are working as normal.

After fully assembling the missile, it is ready to be Tested!


In the test mission, you’ll see the Ki-48-II otsu, which carries the special missile!

After you’ve done your inspections on the missile and you think you’ve found the defective part, you can leave the mission and return to the hangar. Prepare the report by clicking on the Prepare the report button in the same section as mentioned above. This is where your inspections come into play, as from here you’ll need to choose the faulty part after testing the missile. Once you’ve made your choices, click on the different Prepare the report button in the faulty parts window. If you answered correctly, you’ll receive three “Resource Boxes” to help with assembling another missile, but if you answered incorrectly, you’ll only receive one “Resource Box”.


Which part is faulty? Select it here and press Prepare the report. To make your selection easier, you can mark a known working part as incorrect.

You won’t get a combat-ready missile on the first and on each try — you’ll get defective missiles for several builds, but eventually you’ll get a combat-ready missile that can only be determined in a test mission. The order of obtaining broken and combat-ready missiles is the same for all players. This means all players are on equal and pre-thought-out conditions. For successfully testing a combat-ready missile, you’ll receive a commemorative decal so that you can remember your work in the future! And importantly, for preparing a report (correct and incorrect) on a combat-ready missile, you’ll earn the important “Target Destruction Report”.


Let’s move onto how you can get your vehicle prizes.


So, you’ve now assembled and tested the combat-ready missile and you’ve now received a “Target Destruction Report”. What now?

A “Development Progress Data” sheet can be earned the same way as “Resource Boxes” — after matches for mission points. Once you’ve collected enough, you can create a “Development Progress Report" by using “Development Progress Data” sheets under the “Valuable materials and components” section in the event window.

Now, you can use your “Development Progress Report” and “Target Destruction Report” to create a “Test Report” in the “Creating a test report and receiving prize vehicles” section!


From left to right: “Development Progress Data” → to create “Development Progress Report”


From left to right: “Development Progress Report” → “Test Report” ← “Target Destruction Report”

That’s it — nice work! Your created “Test Reports” can now be used to obtain the vehicles in this event! The amount required for each vehicle is specified at the top of this article.



Since assembling each missile part takes time, you’ll be able to cut this time by upgrading your Workshop to a higher level. To improve the Workshop, you’ll need to have a “Factory Upgrade”, either level 1 or level 2, which you can create by using the Factory Upgrade Toolkit, or buy it from the Gaijin Marketplace. You can create upgrades from “Factory Upgrade Toolkits” under the “Valuable materials and components” section in the event menu.


From left to right: “Level 1 Factory Upgrade” ← “Factory Upgrade Toolkit” → “Level 2 Factory Upgrade”

Once you’ve got a Factory Upgrade, you can upgrade the level of your factory by going to the “Missile production and testing” section in the event menu. Click on the Upgrade button on the Factory — improvements made are applied sequentially: first the level 1 upgrade, and then level 2. The Workshop level is reset to Base Level Factory after successfully completing a test of the missile, so be sure to upgrade your workshop at the beginning of the assembly cycle and not at the end!


The Factory that you can upgrade!

Workshop upgrades: Level 1 Factory Upgrade and Level 2 Factory Upgrade can be bought or sold on the Gaijin Marketplace.

Purchasing materials on the Gaijin Marketplace will come in handy if you want to speed up the assembly process. If you find yourself having a shortage of materials and an excess of others, you can sell and purchase them on the Marketplace with other players instead of waiting for the materials you need out of the “Resource Box”. In the case of a large supply and low demand for certain materials, trading items becomes difficult, and therefore changes in the rules for exchanging materials introduced in the “Repair Factory”' event have been further developed in the “Tokushu Heiki” event!

To create a tradable container with materials, you’ll need an “Empty Tradable Container”, which will drop for you out of the “Resource Box” after testing 2 missiles. Around this time, if you’d like, you may want to sell excess materials for ones that you need. No more than 20 “Empty Tradable Containers” drop out of the “Resource Box” — this is enough to start selling materials, and when you open a Tradable Container with materials, you’ll receive an “Empty Tradable Container” along with the materials in the tradable container that you need.


In “Marketable materials (bought and sold on the Market)” you can Assemble the Tradable Container!


The lack of the Gaijin Marketplace on consoles will not slow your progress during this event. Due to this, we’ve made it so that you can purchase the following items for Golden Eagles.

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• All event items can be obtained in the following game modes:
  
  • Ground Arcade, Realistic and Simulator battles.
    
  • Aircraft Arcade, Realistic and Simulator battles.
    
  • Naval Arcade and Realistic battles.
• The number of items received in battle is limited.
  
  • “Resource Boxes” — up to 30 per day and up to 360 for the whole event.
    
  • “Development Progress Data” — up to 10 per day and up to 120 for the whole event.
    
  • “Factory Upgrade Toolkit” — up to 450 for the whole event.
• You can track the progress of obtaining event items as well as the daily and total limits by clicking on your nickname and selecting in the menu Achievements → Tokushu Heiki.
  
• Multipliers for earning mission points depend on the game mode and the maximum rank of the vehicle used in the battle and are specified in the description of each task.
  
• “Resource Boxes” and “Development Progress Data” can be earned not only on the vehicles of rank III or higher but also on all event vehicles that were obtained in major game events. The vehicle cards of such vehicles contain the names of the events in which they first became available in the game.
  
• The possibility of whether or not an item can be traded on the Marketplace is indicated in their description.
  
• Event times:
  
  • The “Resource Box”, “Development Progress Data” and “Factory Upgrade Toolkit” can be earned in battles from 12:00 GMT on the 26th September until 12:00 GMT on the 9th of October.
    
  • You can assemble parts from materials until 12:00 GMT on the 16th of October.
    
  • All event items except vehicle coupons can be traded on the Marketplace until 11:30 GMT on the 16th of October.
    
  • At 12:00 GMT on the 16th of October all materials and missile parts will be deleted from the inventory and the Marketplace.
    
  • At 12:00 GMT on the 23rd of October all event items, except coupons for vehicles, will be removed from the inventory and the Marketplace. Be sure to exchange “Test Reports” for vehicle vehicles before this date!

John Basilone was a US Marine Corps Sergeant tasked with defending the Henderson Field airfield on Guadalcanal. On October 24th 1942, his unit came under attack by the Japanese forces, and two machine gun sections under Basilone’s command held them off for two days, not stopping even after only three defenders were left. As ammo began running low, Basilone fought through hostile ground to get supplies to his machine gunners. For his heroism during the battle he was awarded the Medal of Honor, US military’s highest award.

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

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.

The Battle of the Scheldt began on October 2nd, 1944 in Dutch Zeeland and northern Belgium. A month earlier the Allies took Antwerp, the next major port to the east of Normandy, but the ships heading towards it had to pass through the Scheldt estuary which was in range of German artillery. After a month of fierce battles the Canadian army managed to push the Wehrmacht to the east, opening the supply route through Antwerp.

On October 6th, 1973 the Yom Kippur War began, with a coalition of Arab states invading Israel. The advance of much more numerous Syrian forces was held off for three days by the 7th Armored Brigade of the IDF: it lost almost all its vehicles, but managed to push the enemy back. The battlefield was later called the Valley of Tears.

October 12th, 1943 marked the beginning of the Soviet offensive in the Orsha region in Belarus. This area spent two years under German control, allowing the Wehrmacht to build strong defensive fortifications. As a result, the USSR forces suffered heavy losses while gaining little new ground.

From October 15th through 18th of 1973 the biggest tank battle of the Yom Kippur War was held on the eastern bank of the Suez Canal. The Israelis called the Egyptian agricultural station with lots of Japanese equipment the “Chinese Farm”: it was near it where hundreds of tanks from both sides met in an intense close quarter combat. Both Israel and Egypt suffered heavy losses in the battle, but Israel emerged victorious and gained control of the bank of the canal.

On October 16th, 1941 the Soviet Army began its defensive operation under Tikhvin. It was one of USSR’s first strategic successes after the start of the German invasion: the full encirclement of Leningrad was prevented, the Wehrmacht wasn’t allowed to take the southern bank of Lake Ladoga, and German and Finnish forces remained separated.

On 23rd of October, 1942 the decisive battle of North African Theatre began. The forces of the British Commonwealth were victorious against the Axis armies, making them retreat — first from Egypt, then from Libya, and finally into Tunisia where they were forced into a corner. For this victory General Bernard Montgomery was awarded the title of a viscount.

On October 23-26, 1942 the Japanese army stormed the American fortifications near Henderson Field airstrip on Guadalcanal, while being supported from sea and air. The opposing forces were nearly equal in numbers, but the losses of the Japanese were 30 to 50 times higher than those of the Americans. The Japanese were forced to withdraw, stopped any large-scale offensive operations on the island, and left it next February.

On October 29th, 1944 Soviet and Romanian armies began their advance on the capital of Hungary. They spent the entire November trying to reach the city and then almost all winter in fierce urban warfare: Hitler ordered the German forces to defend Budapest at all costs. Victory was achieved only on February 13th, 1945.

Your screenshots from last week looked fantastic! In many situations, small guns can still pack a punch! 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 #WTscreen86. You have time until 29.09.2023 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 a vehicle in motion.
  
• You must add the #WTscreen86 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).

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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 bug that caused flag names and icons to not update when changing camouflage has been fixed.
  
• A bug where during a test drive or flight, ammo fired from vehicles was swapped, for example a tank’s machine gun could fire smoke grenades and aircraft missiles fired flares, 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.

The Ki-48-II is a late modification of the prolific Japanese Ki-48 light bomber, more commonly known under the allied reporting name of "Lily". During the tail end of the war, this aircraft was specifically used as a testbed for an experimental guided missile. Soon you’ll be able to obtain this aircraft along with its unique weaponry by taking part in the upcoming Tokushu Heiki crafting event!


Features:

• Experimental guided missile.
  
• Premium bonuses.

The Ki-48 was developed in the late 1930s under the "fast bomber" principle, which sought to develop a bomber which utilized speed as a defense; if contemporary aircraft struggled to catch it, it wouldn’t need to be weighed down with extra armor or heavy defensive guns. Despite eventually falling out of favor later in the war when allied fighters began to catch up, the Ki-48 continued to see wide use in a variety of roles, one of which being a testbed for a secret weapon. It was selected to test the Ki-148 radio controlled air-to-ground missile, which underwent a variety of trials with the Ki-48 and ended up being produced somewhat widely. However, it failed to enter service before the end of the war.




This late war Ki-48-II model along with its special missile is coming to War Thunder as one of the many exciting prizes in the upcoming Tokushu Heiki crafting event starting on September 26th! Specially modified to carry the deadly Ki-148 — an experimental Japanese WWII air-to-ground missile — the Ki-48-II will join the early ranks of the Japanese aircraft tree as a new premium vehicle. Let’s take a closer look!




The Ki-48-II represents an excellently versatile Japanese bomber, built with speed in mind. Being able to reach a top speed of over 500 km/h at medium altitudes and maintaining excellent agility while doing so, the Ki-48-II can simply outrun its opponents in some cases. If an enemy does manage to catch up however, it also manages to retain a deceptive amount of maneuverability. Enough to let it fly defensively against fighters to bleed their speed, getting them nice and slow for the defensive guns to pick them off. What’s truly unique about the Ki-48 though is its Ki-148 air-to-ground missile. Using manual controls to guide it to its target, you’ll be able to engage an enemy from a range of up to 12 km while still ensuring deadly accuracy. Thanks to its impressive HEAT warhead, the Ki-148 can easily punch through armor, and is therefore equally suited for engagements against both ground and naval targets.




The unique Ki-48-II and the accompanying Ki-148 missile will arrive soon to the early ranks of the Japanese aircraft tree as part of the Tokushu Heiki crafting event. Eager to add it to your collection? Then keep an eye out for the news on September 25th to see how you can take part! See you in the skies!

Ever heard of an ATGM that doesn’t use a shaped charge? Well meet the American LOSAT tank destroyer — equipped with guided missiles that feature a kinetic penetrator!


Features:

• Unique kinetic ATGMs.
  
• No vertical traverse.
  
• Great mobility.
  
• Ineffective at close range.

The main tank prize of the Tokushu Heiki crafting event will be the American experimental LOSAT anti-tank system. Featuring a launcher for 12 ATGMs with kinetic armor-piercing cores on a highly mobile chassis — you've definitely never seen something like this before!




At the heart of the LOSAT project are its unique guided missiles. Instead of the standard shaped-charge warhead regularly found on such weapons, the LOSAT missiles utilize a reinforced core, which is accelerated to hypersonic speeds. The principle of this ammunition is functionally quite similar to tank-fired APFSDS rounds, only the missiles fired by the LOSAT have a significantly greater mass.

In flight, these missiles are conveniently guided by a laser beam, but their launch has certain peculiarities. Firstly, the entire ammunition load of 12 missiles are all ready to go in the launcher, but the launcher itself can only traverse horizontally. Once fired, for the first few seconds the missile tends to dip in its trajectory until its engines provide the required propulsion for steady flight. In combat, this means that it's nearly impossible for the operator to accurately hit close range targets, or even guide the missile if there are obstacles in front of the vehicle. Additionally, due to the kinetic warhead, the missile achieves its optimum armor penetration after its engines fully kick in, so even if the missile does connect at close range it won’t have much power behind it.




The platform of the system itself will be familiar to tankers who have experience with the CCVL. It's a mobile platform with a top speed of up to 70 km/h and a quick turn rate for swift adjustments to positioning. The compromise of this mobility however is, no surprise — the armor, which is only bullet-resistant and made of light alloys, so it doesn't offer any tangible protection.



The unique LOSAT tank destroyer will only be available during the Tokushu Heiki crafting event, which starts on September 26th. This vehicle is certainly a special one, we hope you enjoy adding it to your collection! Make sure to check out all the details of the event and how to take part this Monday on the 25th with the news article — See you then!

On September 22nd, 1970 the Soviet VTOL light strike aircraft Yak-38 performed its maiden flight — it was the first operational carrier-based VTOL fixed-wing aircraft in the Soviet Navy. It was designed especially for Project 1143 heavy aviation cruisers and served almost exclusively on them.

• The Yak-38 is a versatile aircraft that is great at attacking targets both in the air, on the ground, and in the sea, as it has access to powerful S-24B rockets, Kh-23M AGMs and R-60 AAMs. Its ability to perform vertical takeoff and landing opens up new tactical possibilities, and it reaches its max speed very quickly!

• The relative control mode for “Yaw axis for aimed weapons” and “Pitch axis for weapons aiming” control settings is set to off for standard control settings.
  
• Wind settings for trees have been adjusted so that they look more natural.
  
• By default, brightness and contrast have been added to the dynamic tone mapping setting for a richer picture.
  
• The modern U.S. flag on stat card images has been corrected.
  
• The progress of Steam achievements is now displayed.

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.

• Ju 87D-3 — a bug that made it impossible to go into battle with this aircraft has been fixed. (Report)
  
• F-16C Block 50 — the position of the LITENING II targeting pod camera has been adjusted. (Report)
  
• Tornado IDS ASSTA1 — the glass texture has been fixed. (Report)

• A bug where the amount of loaded ammo did not match the amount selected before a match has been fixed. (Report)
  
• The settings for collision damage have been adjusted to reduce speed loss when colliding with concrete, brick and stone fences.
  
• Object 279 — the hull armor has been fixed. (Report)
  
• T30 — the ammo rack position has been corrected. (Report)
  
• Strv m/42 EH — the gunner’s position has been fixed. (Report)

• [Operation] Battle for Vietnam now uses updated base bombing logic, where the location of bases depends on rank of the match. The number of possible base positions has been increased.
  
• For Air RB and Confrontation missions, the required amount of HP for bombing bases at the top ranks has been reduced.
  
• An issue where anti-aircraft guns covering ground vehicles could shoot at aircraft that did not pose a threat to them or other ground vehicles has been fixed.
  
• Excessive accuracy of anti-aircraft guns covering bombing bases in specific Air RB and Confrontation missions has been fixed.

• Now, when the conditions for getting a flag are met or a flag is purchased, a flag icon is displayed in the messages menu, similar to decals.
  
• A bug that could cause the map to not display in [Confrontation] naval missions if it was opened for the first time when the player was in a catapult aircraft has been fixed.

• The volume of allied ground vehicle engines when there is a large concentration of them around the player has been reduced. This does not apply to the volume of enemy ground vehicle engines.
  
• The engine sounds of the Abrams and T-64 series of tanks has been adjusted, with the aim to make them sound more realistic.
  
• Message pauses have been added for the “Limit Angle of Attack” and “Ultimate Overload” speech messages for “Mouse Aiming” and “Simplified Controls” control options.
  
• A bug that could cause crew voice messages to play after the player’s ship had sunk and been destroyed has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused RWR sounds to remain after an aircraft was destroyed and after respawning in a ground vehicle 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.

Battlecruiser Kurama, the most advanced Ibuki-class ship, will be the grand naval prize of the upcoming Tokushu Heiki event!


Features:

• More firepower in the form of auxiliary weapons.
  
• Improved armor protection.
  
• Low speed.

Battlecruiser Kurama will arrive at Japan's Bluewater research tree as an event vehicle which can be obtained during the upcoming Tokushu Heiki event that starts on September 26th! Kurama offers 305 mm main battery guns, an excellent selection of auxiliary caliber weapons, and alongside this, good armor protection — but with this, low speed and maneuverability, and a fairly long reload time. Let’s dive into the details!




The closest relative of the upcoming Battlecruiser Kurama is the classic pre-war cruiser Ikoma. Kurama can be seen as the result of development of Tsukuba-class ships, although not all plans to improve these ships came to reality. Let’s compare them — what do these two pre-war ships have in common, and how do they differ? To start, their combat capability is similar in the form of 4 x 305 mm guns in two turrets that have excellent armor for this time period. Next, the hull itself is also well protected, with the Kurama’s armor in general being superior to the Ikoma — and thanks to this extra thicker armor at the bow and stern, the Kurama’s survivability is increased!

The main difference between these two ships lies with their additional weapons. 6 x 152 mm guns in casemates along the sides are replaced with 203 mm guns, with four guns on each side. It’s certainly worth noting that 203 mm guns are typically the main caliber for Heavy Cruisers, but on the Kurama they’re additional auxiliary guns. A large gun on pre-war ships typically means a longer reload, and unfortunately the Kurama is no exception to this, meaning each volley that you fire will require careful aiming.




In addition to the long reload times, we’d also like to mention that the Kurama is slow — coming in with a top speed of just 21.25 Knots (39.3 km/h). The Kurama also lacks fast-firing anti-aircraft guns, as these types of guns were simply not needed around this period of time. Having said this, the Kurama can still hold up against aircraft at medium altitudes, which sets it apart from many ships of the First World War time period.



Want to add the Kurama to your classic pre-war naval collection? If you do, it’s going to be available to obtain in the upcoming Tokushu Heiki event, with the details surrounding this event being released on September 25th. Stay tuned to our news and see you soon!