Even after the world gradually turned into a lifeless hot desert, the war did not stop. The ruins of one of the last bastions of a united humanity have now become the battlefield of countless bands of raiders who roam these forgotten lands in search of valuable resources. A cult of rage drives these ruthless warriors of the desert. Their combat vehicles, assembled from parts of military equipment of the past, are decorated with special flags where raiders mark their victories. Rumors of the best warriors spreads quickly, and the hunters themselves often become the prey of those who dream of glory of the chosen one of the sacred rage.

So start your engines and fill up your machine gun belts... oh what a beautiful day... what a beautiful day!


In this event, you’re able to explore the ruins of a forgotten land in two game modes — as a team and free-for-all. Your task in these raids is to collect resources and get to an extraction zone. The second and no less important task is to earn rage tokens! Rage can be obtained for destroying rival combat vehicles and can be spent on improving or building new combat vehicles.

Make sure to be quick and get out in time, as a devastating sandstorm is coming from the desert, and when it covers the ruins of the Forgotten Land, no one will be saved!

When: From April 1st (11:00 GMT) until April 22nd (11:00 GMT).

Get resources in this special event and assemble modifications, new vehicles and other rewards of your interest! You can access this event through Events & Tournaments > Mad Thunder.

In the progression tree are rewards that you can create with the resources that you have collected when leaving the Forgotten Lands. There’s 3 decals, 2 decorators, a ship flag, a loading screen, a profile icon and the “Loot carrier” title, which are all waiting for you.







"Mad Thunder" loading screen


On the minimap of the Forgotten Land, you’ll see areas of interest where valuable resources may remain. It’s worth exploring them! In the raid, you can find ancient electronics, scrap metal, vehicle parts and armor parts, which are all needed to improve your combat vehicles and to craft new ones. Resources are stored in boxes, containers and barrels. You can either shoot them or crush them under the wheels of your vehicle, then drive over them to pick up the loot. The cargo compartment volume of each vehicle is different. A special cargo compartment fill indicator will tell you how many loot slots are available for transportation, as well as how much of each type of resource you’re currently carrying.

The “Loot Imager” modification will help you more accurately determine where valuable resources can be found on the map. You’re able to see loot through binoculars or the optical sight of a gun with this loot imager.

In the event window, there’s a progression tree with new vehicles, their upgrades and other rewards, as well as the resources that you’ve collected.




All rewards are unlocked for the resources that you’ve obtained in the desert. Need armor? You got armor. Need rage? Well this is a world of fire and blood. There’s fire under the hood, and blood will have to be spilled!



When you’ve obtained all of the necessary resources, you can click on the “Assemble” button on the vehicle or modification you’re interested in and use them in the next battle.




Rage can be obtained by destroying enemies and collecting rage flags from the carcasses of destroyed vehicles. Rage Tokens are guaranteed loot at the end of a raid. In addition to this, earned rage in battle will allow you to respawn in the same raid using more powerful vehicles, which you’ll unlock in the progression tree.

At the beginning of each raid, all vehicles receive a black rage flag. Each destroyed enemy immediately adds a mark of rage to the flag, which is a white oblique stripe. Don’t forget to drive near the corpse of a defeated enemy to get extra rage from their flag. If the rage level of the destroyed raider was higher, then when picking up the flag, your rage level will become equal to the level of the destroyed enemy.

It’s easy to turn from a hunter into a victim. When you reach the highest, fifth level of rage, the marks on your flag stop adding up and your combat vehicle becomes visible to all raiders on the minimap. Prepare for battle!

The “Rage Scanner” modification will make it easier to find nearby rage flags. Activate this modification in battle and the scanner will briefly highlight destroyed vehicles with available rage flags on the map.

Oh, and one last thing. After respawning in a new vehicle, the marks on the rage flag are reset. You can earn new ones!



A sandstorm moves from the direction of the large desert. Keep an eye on the timer, as you’ll need to get to the raid extraction zones before the sand swallows the ruins of the Forgotten Land. Although before the big storm comes, a smaller one does first which doesn’t harm vehicles, but will make it more difficult to navigate in battle. Shortly before the big storm, you’ll receive notes on all possible extractions from the vicinity of the Forgotten Land — hurry to the nearest one! If you don’t have time to find a way out before the arrival of the big storm, your crew and stalled vehicle will be quickly swallowed up by multi-ton sand dunes and face a quick death.

In total, you can leave the Forgotten Land through four extractions, but the cult of rage will not allow you to cowardly escape through the nearest ones! You must travel through the entire land, giving battle to those who encroach on your prey. However, everyone is afraid of the storm, and when the choice is between oblivion in the sand and life in the desert, all raiders choose life!

• Resources can only be obtained in this event, from April 1st (11:00 GMT) until April 22nd (11:00 GMT).
  
• You can collect upgrades, new vehicles and other rewards from resources until April 22nd (11:00 GMT).
  
• On April 23rd at 11:00 GMT, all resources, as well as vehicles and improvements will be removed from your inventory.

Get out there and have some fun!
The War Thunder Team

The screenshots all of you submitted last week were superb! We enjoyed seeing the wide collection of favorite vehicles on display. This week, take a picture of your vehicle in action- capturing history in motion. 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 #WTscreen113. You have time until the 5th of April 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 player vehicle in motion.
  
• You must add the #WTscreen113 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).
  
• Artists may only win by popular vote once per four screenshot competitions.

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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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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3199584163
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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3197106194
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Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!

• SUB-I-II — the maximum speed has been increased from 50 km/h to 60 km/h. Source: 仮制式要綱７３式装甲車ＸＤ８００５. Japanese Ministry of Defense website.
  
• Churchill Crocodile — the mass has been reduced from 47.5 tons to 45.15 tons. Source: Crocodile. Flame thrower equipment. Provisional training pamphlet 1945.
  
• Conqueror — APDS projectile speed has been increased from 1463 to 1493 m/s. Source: Royal Armoured Corps Training Vol 3. - Armament Pamphelt No. 9 Conqueror, Marks 1 and 2 1957 by the War Office Page 3.

• A bug that caused the survivability percentage displayed in the hitcam to not match the actual percentage when attacking a target with an upgraded crew has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused the hitcam to not display a change in the survivability percentage when hitting a target has been fixed.

• The JAS39 and Mirage 4000 radars have been reconfigured according to updated data. The detection and identification of them by different RWRs is configured.

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.

106 years ago on April 1st 1918 the Royal Air Force was founded, making it the first official and independent air force in the world. Since this day, the RAF has been involved in many conflicts throughout the 20th century. Perhaps the most famous one is the Battle of Britain, where ‘The Few’ defended British skies against the Luftwaffe, preventing a German invasion.

Some of the most famous aircraft of the RAF include the Hurricane, Typhoon, Spitfire, Lancaster, Meteor, Hunter and Harrier. Today, the RAF operates around 500 aircraft.

For the anniversary, you can get this themed decal.

When: From March 29th (13:00 GMT) until April 2nd (07:00 GMT).

Task: Play 3 battles using British aircraft of rank III or higher to receive the “RAF Day 2024” decal!

Additional details:

• You must use a minimum of rank III.
  
• Your activity must not be below 70%.
  
• You can complete the task in random battles, except for Enduring Confrontation missions, [Assault] mode and Helicopter PVE battles.
  
• Track your progress in the hangar by clicking Nickname → Achievements → Holidays → RAF Day.
  
• You can find the decal in the “Holidays” tab in the Customization menu.

“RAF Day 2024” decal

This British classic can be purchased for 1,930 Golden Eagles.

When: From March 29th (13:00 GMT) until April 2nd (07:00 GMT).
Where: Great Britain > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

• The Typhoon Mk Ib is a fighter aircraft that can carry an assortment of weapons, including up to 2 x 1000 lb bombs and 8 x RP-3 rockets. With a top speed of over 600 km/h and four 20 mm Hispano Mk.II cannons, the Typhoon Mk Ib is more than capable in air battles as well as ground battles when performing close air support.

Italy was the first country to use aircraft in combat, which occurred in 1911 during the Italo-Turkish War. Despite this, an official separate air force was created on March 28th 1923. During World War II, the Italian Air Force had more than 3,000 aircraft that took part in combat operations in North Africa, the USSR and Italy itself. The modern Italian Air Force comprises of more than 500 aircraft, almost 100 of which are Eurofighter Typhoons.

We’ve prepared this decal for the anniversary!

When: From March 28th (11:00 GMT) until March 31st (07:00 GMT).
Task: Play 3 battles using Italian aircraft at rank III or higher to receive the “Italian Air Force badge” decal! 

Additional details:

• You must use a minimum of rank III.
  
• Your activity must not be below 70%.
  
• You can complete the task in random battles, except for Enduring Confrontation missions, [Assault] mode and Helicopter PVE battles.
  
• Track your progress in the hangar by clicking Nickname → Achievements → Holidays → Italian Air Force Day.
  
• You can find the decal in the “Holidays” tab in the Customization menu.

“Italian Air Force badge” decal

In this month’s Pages of History, you’ll be at the center of events that took place in different theaters of war. Iran, Iraq, Cambodia and the final days of World War II: take part in battles with the vehicles corresponding to these historic battles and receive prizes. 



Aleksandr was the younger brother of saboteur Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, the first woman awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. Aleksandr went to the front at the age of 18 with the goal of avenging the death of his sister. He participated in the expulsion of German troops from Belarus and the Baltic states, but became famous during the assault on Königsberg. On April 6th 1945, Aleksandr’s vehicle was the first from his unit to cross the Landgraben Canal. Then near Königsberg, his battery captured the Queen Louise fort, forcing more than 500 enemy soldiers to surrender. He died on April 13th 1945 in the battle for East Prussia. He was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union.

You can immediately purchase this profile icon for Golden Eagles until May 3rd, 11:30 GMT without completing tasks. To find it, go to your Nickname → Achievements → Pages of History.


Completing each individual task will give 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 backups;
  
• Premium account for 1 day;
  
• 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.

You can read a detailed description of which task is for which day and your overall progress by going to your Nickname → Achievements → Pages of History.

The gorge between the Euphrates River and Lake Al-Milkh in central Iraq is a key road to Baghdad, which is why elite Iraqi Republican Guard Forces held the line there against international coalition forces in 2003. However, they achieved very little: for one damaged American tank, hundreds of destroyed Iraqi equipment occurred. The Medina division was destroyed, and on April 3rd American troops occupied the Baghdad airport.

From April 6th to April 9th 1945, the fortress city of Königsberg, the main stronghold of Germany in East Prussia, was stormed. Aircraft and artillery played an important role in the operation, providing constant support as well as sappers and flamethrowers. As a result of the operation, the main Wehrmacht forces in East Prussia were defeated.

Operation Weserübung is the name of the German military operation to occupy Denmark and invade Norway, which began on April 9th 1940. Denmark offered no resistance, but the Battle of Norway lasted two months, until the Allied forces switched to France where the situation turned out to be a collapse for them.

The final operation of the Red Army in Austria began on April 15th 1945 and continued until the end of the war. It was named after the cities of Graz and Amstetten in central Austria, which the USSR managed to occupy on May 8th, the day Germany signed the act of surrender. However, individual pockets of resistance continued to fight even after the official end of hostilities.

On April 18th 1945, British forces began attacking Hamburg, a key port in Northern Germany. The city’s outnumbered defenders held out for a couple of weeks, and by the end of the month, negotiations for surrender began. The surrender of the city was soon followed by the end of World War II in Europe.

On April 22nd 1943, the Allies launched Operation Vulcan, the penultimate attempt to encircle Axis forces in Tunisia and force their surrender. It lasted two weeks and faced a well-organized Italian and German defense. Having reconsidered their tactical decisions, the Allies were soon able to break through enemy defenses and capture the remnants of the North African Axis forces in early May.

An Iranian Army operation carried out at the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War. Within its framework, Iran managed to liberate the port city of Khorramshahr and drive out Iraqi troops from the territory of Khuzestan. About 19 thousand Iraqi soldiers were surrounded and captured in Khorramshahr itself.

After coming to power in Cambodia, pro-American General Lon Nol demanded that the North Vietnamese Army leave the country. In response, the Viet Cong launched a full-scale offensive, which Lon Nol’s forces could not contain on their own. The Americans came to the rescue on April 29th 1970, but the North Vietnamese command knew about the operation in advance and evacuated most of the soldiers further to the west, losing only camps and equipment.

• CV 90120 — the maximum forward and reverse speed has been changed from 78/51 km/h to 70/40 km/h. (Report)
  
• AMX-32 (105) — engine power has been increased from 680 HP to 700 HP.
  Source: GIAT, 1983. AMX 32. s.l.:s.n. 1979, SATORY VII EXPOSITION DE MATERIELS D’ARMEMENT TERRESTRE. s.l.: s.n.
  
• Centurion Mk 2, Mk 3 — the incorrectly changed optical magnification has been returned from 3x-6x to 6x.
  Source: Technical Handbook for the Centurion mks. 1, 2 and 3 by The war office, May 1950 Page 211-212.
  
• M41D — engine power has been increased from 450 HP to 500 HP.
  Source: Video. According to 《國軍現役武器圖鑑》 （Active Weapon Catalog of the National Military）“雖然最大瞬間出力低於AOS-895，但因最大淨出力相當，故仍保持了M41A3原有的極速，且最大行程也較M41A3大幅提升。再加上更新了聯動自製的扭力杆懸掛系統，使M41D的機動性優於M41A3.
  
• 2C6, Tor-M1 — transmission gear ratios have been changed.
  Source: Study of Modification Scheme for Operation Electric Control System of Russian (569A) Integrated Transmission.
  
• Leclerc (all variants) — the maximum speed has been increased from 71 km/h to 72 km/h.
  Sources: Source 1: "LECLERC - LA SUPERIORITE OPERATIONNELLE" - 2005, GIAT Industries Retrieved from here
  Source 2: Nexter Group Official Website Web Archive - 2007 Retrieved from here
  
• Black Prince — transmission gear ratios have been changed. The number of reverse gears has been increased from 1 to 2. The number of forward gears has been increased from 4 to 5. The reverse speed has been increased from 2.2 km/h to 6.6 km/h. The maximum forward speed has been increased from 17.2 km/h to 18 km/h. Source: Mr. Churchill's Tank: The British Infantry Tank Mark IV by David Fletcher, pages 203, 204 and 209.
  
• DF105, FlaRakPz 1 — the maximum speed has been increased from 70 km/h to 75 km/h. Source: International Defense Review 1971-08: Vol 4 Iss 4. The Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle of the Modern German Army.
  
• Striker — transmission gear ratios have been changed.
  Source: International Defense Review 1971-10: Vol 4 Iss 5.
  
• Daimler Mk II — gun depression angle has been changed from -12 to -15 degrees.
  Source: Royal Armoured Corps Training Vol. 3 – Armament. Pamphlet No. 4 Daimler armoured car Mk. 1 and 2. October 1951 by The War Office Page 123.
  
• Churchill Crocodile — the angles of elevation/depression and traverse to the right and left of the Flamethrower have been changed from 5/30 and -15/15 degrees to -15.5/23 and 14.5/15.5 degrees.
  Source: Crocodile. Flame thrower equipment. Provisional training pamphlet 1945.
  
• Alecto I — transmission gear ratios have been changed.
  Source: Service Instruction Book for Alecto I. June 1945 Page 5 and 18.
  
• Alecto I — gun elevation has been increased from 25 to 26 degrees.
  Source: Service Instruction Book for Alecto I. June 1945 Page 3.
  
• Comet I, Comet I “Iron Duke IV” — the turret rotation speed has been increased from 15 to 21 degrees per second. An incorrect description in the crew window will be corrected later.
  Source: Royal Armoured Corps Training Vol. 3 - Armament Pamphlet No. 5 Comet 1, June 1949 by the War Office Page 85 "to time the system" - paragraph "C".
  
• Marder A1, Marder A3, DF105, FlaRakPz 1, Begleitpanzer 57, TAM, TAM 2C, TAM 2IP — transmission gear ratios have been changed.
  Source: International Defense Review 1971-08: Vol 4 Iss 4.

• F-14 (all variants), Mirage-2000C S5, Tornado F3/ADV, F-4J/K/M FGR, F-1, T-2 (aircraft with radars without All-Aspect PD mode) — now have manual selection of “ACM” and “ACM PD HDN” modes for radar in ACM mode. While in tracking mode, radars still use automatic waveform management. Aircraft radars with All-Aspect PD mode still only use this mode in ACM.
  
• MiG-29 (all variants), Yak-141, Su-27, F-16 (all variants), F-15A, Mirage-2000 5F, AV-8B Plus Italy, F-20 Tigershark, F-4EJ Kai, JA37 (all variants), JAS 39 (all variants) — corrected the name of the radar ACM mode — “PD ACM” instead of “PD AUT”.

• A bug that caused the game to freeze during startup when opening a dialog box 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.

• Valentine XI — errors in the turret damage model have been fixed. (Report)
  
• AFT09 — errors in the optics damage model have been fixed. (Report)
  
• Le Triomphant — the display of modules in the ship’s x-ray have been fixed.
  
• The in-game chat is now available again.

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.

• Su-25k — a bug where the voice over was in Chinese while in the test flight has been fixed.

• A bug where projectiles could interact incorrectly with the water causing them to hit the underside of ships has been fixed. Projectiles could ignore the surface of the water and hit a ship from below. Because of this bug it could seem for example, that 100-140 mm shells could penetrate the main armor belts of ships. More details can be seen on our forum.
  
• A bug where destroyed ships began to levitate above the water has been fixed.

• Screen flickering after a tank gun was fired 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.

Thanks for your screenshot submissions last week! Last week the major update introduced many new and interesting vehicles to War Thunder. This week, you can showcase any vehicle of your choice! 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 #WTscreen112. You have time until the 29th of March 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 player vehicle, whichever is your favorite!
  
• You must add the #WTscreen112 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).
  
• Artists may only win by popular vote once per four screenshot competitions.

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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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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3189132919
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3186927419
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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3190774161
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Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!