• Icons that display on the nation buttons in the hangar (RP bonus, discount and objective), except for the currently selected nation, are now stacked in a group to save space and reduce visual load on the interface if they are wider than the nation button. When you hover over a group, a tooltip is displayed with the contents of all icons in this group.
  
• When selecting a nation in the hangar, the selected nation button may expand slightly to accommodate all currently displayed icons.

• Spaceport, North Holland, Aral Sea — inability to dig the ground with a dozer blade has been fixed.

Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.

In this month’s Pages of History, you’ll be at the center of events that took place in different theaters of war. Belarus, the Philippines, Egypt and Hungary: take part in battles with the vehicles corresponding to these historic battles and receive prizes. 



Richard Bong was the most successful American ace of World War II who shot down 40 enemy aircraft in his P-38 Lightning. Bong himself considered his accuracy to be poor, but he compensated for this with his audacity: he got as close to enemy aircraft as possible to make sure he hit them. At 22, he became a captain, at 23, a major, and at 24 for his heroism in the Battle of Leyte, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

You can immediately purchase this profile icon for Golden Eagles until November 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.

From October 2nd to November 8th 1944, Canadian troops fought a series of military operations along the Scheldt River on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands to secure Allied supply lines through the port of Antwerp. Due to Allied strategic errors, the battle began too late. The Germans were reinforced and ready to defend themselves, making it become the longest and bloodiest engagement for the Canadian Army in the war.

In October 1943, Japan was evacuating its garrisons from the Solomon Islands. On October 6th, 600 Japanese soldiers remained on the northern part of the island of Vella Lavella, boarding barges guarded by 9 destroyers. The Americans sent 6 of their own destroyers to intercept the evacuation, but they were unable to stop it. As a result of the battle, both sides lost one destroyer each.

From October 12th to December 2nd, 1943, the USSR conducted an unsuccessful offensive operation near the city of Orsha in Belarus. The troops, exhausted by the just-completed Smolensk operation, were not ready to overcome the well-organized multi-echelon defense of the Wehrmacht and suffered huge losses of more than 100,000 soldiers, 25,000 of which were killed. Following the operation, the commander of the Western Front, General Vasily Sokolovsky, was removed from his position.

On October 16th, 1944, Soviet troops launched an offensive into East Prussia, where the Wehrmacht held a strong defense. By October 22nd, the Red Army had taken Goldap and Gumbinnen, but within days it had lost both cities and was pushed back. Both sides suffered significant losses.

At dawn on October 17th 1944, American forces began landing in the Philippines. The Leyte garrison, consisting of tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, held out until the end of the year, with individual guerrillas continuing to resist until the end of the war.

On October 23rd 1942, the decisive battle of the North African campaign of World War II began. In 13 days of intense fighting, Allied forces under the command of Bernard Montgomery defeated the Italo-German group of Erwin Rommel, pushing them out of Egypt and Libya into Tunisia and putting an end to the threat of the Axis reaching the Middle East.

On August 7th 1942, the Americans captured the Henderson Field airfield on Guadalcanal. Japanese troops made several attempts to recapture it, the last of which occurred on October 23rd-26th: infantry with air and sea support unsuccessfully attacked Henderson Field. In three days, Japan lost 2-3 thousand soldiers, a cruiser and 14 aircraft.

After Romania went over to the Allies, the USSR turned its attention to their next strategic target: Hungary. Hitler considered its retention to be the most important task and spared no resources for this purpose. Soviet and Romanian troops began their offensive on October 29th, but they reached Budapest itself only two months later, and took it only by mid-February.

Soon, 11 vehicles that are available for Golden Eagles will soon be removed from sale.

If you’re interested in these vehicles, be sure to take advantage of the discount for them that is going on right now!

When: From today until September 30th (12:00 GMT), the following vehicles are available for Golden Eagles with a 50% discount.

Please note that these vehicles will no longer be available on a permanent basis after the above date.



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Welcome to this new event dedicated to a modern German armored vehicle. Fast, accurate and deadly, the Boxer MGS is the main reward in the Mobile Sniper event!

When: From October 3rd (11:00 GMT) until October 21st (11:00 GMT), earn mission points in Ground Battles, unlock stages and receive rewards!

The Boxer MGS is another combat vehicle from the Boxer family. This vehicle is on an all-wheel drive platform which is capable of accelerating the vehicle to speeds of over 100 km/h and features a Cockerill turret with a 105 mm gun and autoloader. The Boxer MGS can fire several types of ammunition, including a shaped-charge round, a HESH round and two APFSDS rounds including the powerful DM63 that can handle the armor of almost any tank at its rank.




"Demonstration" camouflage

Amongst the rewards in the event is also this chest, where, when opened, brings the chance to receive one of the following items:

• 50,000 - 100,000 Silver Lions
  
• Silver Lion and Research Point boosters
  
• Random Wagers and Orders
  
• Universal Backups (1 - 3)
  
• A random camouflage for a vehicle you own
  
• 1 day of Premium Account

Each stage can be obtained for 45,000 mission points, where every new stage obtained will give you a new reward.

Please note: After finishing a stage, you need to collect the reward manually. To do this, click on your name in-game, go to “Mobile Sniper” and click the “Get Reward” button.

You’re able to earn mission points in Ground Battles at Rank III or above in Arcade, Realistic and Simulator Battles. The number of mission points to complete a stage depends on the game mode and the maximum Rank of the vehicle that you use in battle. There’s a multiplier for earning mission points, which is shown in the task description in-game.

You can also earn mission points by using event vehicles that are Rank I and II. Event vehicles that can be used have the name of the event that they were obtainable in on their stat card.

Stages change every two days at 11:00 GMT on October 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th and 19th.

• For 1 Stage: trophy with a random reward
  
• For 2 Stages: one of the decal rewards
  
• For 3 Stages: trophy with a random reward
  
• For 4 Stages: one of the decal rewards
  
• For 5 Stages: trophy with a random reward
  
• For 6 Stages: the “Modern Sniper Rifle (Germany)” decoration
  
• For 7 Stages: trophy with a random reward
  
• For 8 Stages: non-tradable coupon for the Boxer MGS
  
• For 9 Stages: a unique camouflage and 4 random modifications for the Boxer MGS

Unfinished stages can be purchased for Golden Eagles, but If you’re significantly close to completing a stage, its price will now be significantly reduced.

Let’s say you have earned 85% of the required mission points to complete a stage, then the price of purchasing this stage will be halved. If you’re near the finish line for a stage and are at 95% progress, then the price will be reduced by five times. For example, if you’ve scored 39,000 mission points, then the price for unlocking this stage will be 499 Golden Eagles. If you’ve scored 43,000 mission points, then you’ll only need to pay 139 Golden Eagles. Remember to keep this in mind if you cannot complete a stage on time!

When you complete 8 stages, you’ll receive a non-tradable coupon for the Boxer MGS, where using it will immediately activate the vehicle onto your account. If you don’t want the vehicle and would like to sell the coupon on the Market, you’ll need the “Upgrade for coupon” item.

The “Upgrade for coupon” item can be earned in parallel with the stages throughout the event from October 3rd (11:00 GMT) until October 21st (11:00 GMT) for 750,000 mission points.

After receiving the “Upgrade for coupon” item, you can convert a non-tradable coupon for the vehicle into a tradable one and sell it on the Market. The tradable coupon can be sold after 6 days from the moment it’s created.

To make a tradable coupon, select the “Coupon Boxer MGS (Germany)” in your inventory and click the “Modify” button.

The “Upgrade for coupon” item is valid until 11:00 GMT on October 24th. Until this time, you can use it or exchange it for War Bonds. Afterwards, it’ll disappear from your inventory.

You can track the progress of completing stages and receiving the “Upgrade for coupon” by clicking on your Nickname > Achievements > Mobile Sniper. If you don’t manage to complete a stage on time or would like to purchase a stage, until October 24th from the Achievements window, you can purchase each stage with Golden Eagles which will give you the corresponding rewards.

• A bug that sometimes caused the binoculars to face East on first use regardless of the third person view direction has been fixed. (Report).
  
• M1128 Wolfpack — the ability to control the hydropneumatic suspension has been added. (Report).
  
• ZTZ99A — a bug that caused the equivalent protection to be lower than it should have been has been fixed. (Report).
  
• CTWV RCV — area coverage of the the spall liner has been corrected, the spall liner has been divided into more sections.
  
• CTWV RCV — a bug that sometimes caused the telescopic part of the commander optics mast to disappear has been fixed.

Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.

• A bug that made it not possible to toggle the “Show the remaining bonus in headers” in the Research window after bonus battles had been used up has been fixed.

• A bug that caused the first measurement of a certain distance by the rangefinder to only display for a brief moment has been fixed. (Report).

Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.

The Air Superiority Tournament is Back, Register Now for the Qualification Stage!

For the second time this year, the famous Air Superiority aircraft tournament is back! It brings together the best War Thunder jet pilots who compete in a 4v4 format, this time with new unique maps and rewards.

During the next 4 weekends, you’ll have the chance to qualify for the Finals of the fourth Major Esports event of 2024.

In each of the four Open Qualifier tournaments, the four best teams will qualify for the play-offs, making 16 slots available for the first time in an event like this!

Create your team, train and participate in the Air Superiority 2024 Open Qualifier:

Open Qualifier TSS

For the biggest Air Superiority tournament ever, we’ll be partnering with Thrustmaster to offer you prizes worthy of this competition:

https://shop.thrustmaster.com/


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Proud of its expertise and core values of “Passion, Quality and Innovation”, Thrustmaster continually strives to enhance realism and immersion in legendary gaming worlds by offering thrilling and truly exceptional experiences. From video game enthusiasts to casual gamers, Thrustmaster accessories for PCs and game consoles bring everyone’s dreams to life.







DISCLAIMER: Due to logistical reasons, we are only able to deliver prizes to the following countries and territories (click Show details to show the list):
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UNITED KINGDOM, BULGARIA, POLAND, ROMANIA, FRANCE, SPAIN, GERMANY, LUXEMBOURG, NETHERLANDS, DENMARK, BELGIUM, PORTUGAL, FINLAND, ITALY, SWEDEN, CYPRUS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NORWAY, CANADA, CROATIA, SLOVAKIA, IRELAND, AUSTRIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, SWITZERLAND, SINGAPORE, AUSTRALIA, LATVIA, GREECE, LITHUANIA, ESTONIA, MALTA, BRAZIL, SOUTH AFRICA, MEXICO, SLOVENIA, HONDURAS, TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, NEW ZEALAND, LEBANON, ARGENTINA, JAPAN, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, PHILIPPINES, SERBIA, ISRAEL, MOROCCO, UKRAINE, INDONESIA, ARMENIA, CHINA, KAZAKHSTAN, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, PUERTO RICO, KUWAIT, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, ICELAND, INDIA, VIETNAM, ANGUILLA, SAUDI ARABIA, ANDORRA, REUNION, MARTINIQUE, MALAYSIA, CHILE, THAILAND, NORTHERN IRELAND, GIBRALTAR, JORDAN, MACEDONIA, TUNISIA.
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If your country of residence is not included in this list, you will need to provide a postal address in any of these countries in order to receive your prize.

In addition to Thrustmaster products, prizes will include 3 unique skin coupons, Golden Eagles, vehicle packs, premium account time, and the unique “Air Superiority Champion” title!






Stream Open Qualifier I: September 28th - 29th
Stream Open Qualifier II: October 5th - 6th
Stream Open Qualifier III: October 12th -13th
Stream Open Qualifier IV: October 19th - 20th

During the live broadcasts throughout the four weekends of Open Qualifier matches, you can receive boosters and premium account time from Twitch Drops. Make sure to stay tuned for the Twitch drops prizes during the Finals!

There’s a variety of broadcasts in different languages to give you the best experience in English, Russian, German and French.

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Info: Login to your Twitch account → link your Gaijin account → click “Allow” to be able to receive Twitch Drops!

During the Air Superiority 2024 tournament, join the Official War Thunder Esports Discord server to hang out with like-minded competitive players and take part in major giveaways that include the following packs:

• AV-8B Night Attack
  
• FFA P16
  
• MiG-21 Bison
  
• A-10
  
• F-20A Tigershark

Today, we’re ready to present to you the final version of the Vehicle Research Bonuses, which has just gone live today! For those of you who participated in the recent testing, the following changes have been made since then:

• The number of battles with a bonus has increased from 3 to 5;
  
• A 25% bonus has been added to ranks I-III;
  
• While a vehicle is considered new, the bonus does not apply to it;
  
• The bonus will stay active for all remaining vehicles in a tree even if you have the top vehicle unlocked;
  
• The bonus now applies to the top vehicle in each nation as well. Due to this we’ve dropped “new nations” in the name of the bonus. It has instead been renamed to Vehicle Research Bonuses.

If you didn’t participate in the recent testing or would like a recap, this article explains how research bonuses will work after the changes made from your testing and your feedback.

In summary: Each day, an independent research bonus for up to 5 battles will be available for each vehicle type (Army, Helicopters, Aviation, Bluewater, and Coastal) for each nation. The bonus will be available if you have unlocked and purchased a “top” vehicle of the same type in any nation.

Bonus numbers can be seen in the “Table of research bonus numbers for each tree type and rank” table below. The bonus is calculated from the base amount of RP received in the battle and is displayed in the battle results window. The 5 battles with bonuses reset everyday at 00:00 GMT.

Each nation and type of vehicle (Army, Helicopters, Aviation, Bluewater and Coastal) will each receive a bonus when researching vehicles that are not considered new. This bonus will be active for 5 battles each day if you have researched and purchased a “top” vehicle in one of the respective trees in any nation.

In each tree there are vehicles that are considered “top”. Once you’ve researched and purchased one of these vehicles, you’ll receive research bonuses for that vehicle tree. The size of the research bonus depends on the rank of the vehicle being researched.

A “top” vehicle is (all conditions must be met):

• A researchable vehicle. The following do not count: premium and squadron vehicles, event vehicles, store pack or marketplace vehicles, and hidden vehicles.
  
• A vehicle that is last in its line in the research tree. If the last in the line is in a group, then the first vehicle is considered the “top” one.
  
• A vehicle that is located at the maximum rank in the research tree.
  
• A vehicle whose maximum Battle Rating among all modes is no more than 2 Battle Rating steps lower than the maximum Battle Rating of this tree. For example, the maximum Battle Rating of France’s aviation is 13.7. 2 steps lower would be 13.0 (13.7 to 13.3, then to 13.0). Meaning a vehicle in this tree below 13.0 even at the maximum rank does not count as a “top” vehicle.

You can easily find the “top” vehicle by looking in the tree — it’s connected by an arrow to the new Research Bonus Block at the bottom. If at least one arrow from the “top” vehicle to the research bonus block in the research tree is not red, then the bonus is unlocked in this tree.



If you’ve purchased the M1A2 SEP V2 in the US Army tree — which is the last rank VIII vehicle here — you’ll get a bonus when researching ground vehicles in all nations. This means that you can research, for example, the Strv 81 with a 50% research point bonus (which is the bonus value for rank V ground vehicles), for the Swedish ground tree for the first 5 battles of each day.

To see which nations still have research bonuses for the day, hover over this new block section in each of the Army, Aviation, Helicopters, Bluewater / Coastal fleet trees. In the example below, one battle for US ground vehicles has already been played.



The daily Research Bonus icon is shown on each nation. Hovering over it will show you which vehicle will receive the bonus.





If you already have “top” vehicles for several types, nations or trees, this list can quickly become very large. In this case you can disable the “Show the remaining bonus in headers” option for individual trees that you don’t want to advance through at the moment.




Table of research bonus numbers for each tree type and rank:



This information can be seen by hovering over the new research icon on a vehicle that you’re researching. This icon will only appear if the current vehicle type already has Research Point bonuses and will only be displayed as active (bright) if bonus battles for today haven’t yet been spent and the vehicle is not considered new.



Once you’ve played all 5 research bonus battles for a nation and vehicle type, the reset happens at 00:00 GMT everyday (the time shown in-game is specific based on your local time). The bonus amount is calculated on the base Research Points gained in a battle, the same as how Skill Bonuses work.

For Enduring Confrontation (EC), every 30 minutes spent in battle will use up a bonus battle, similar to how boosters work. Although, as the bonus applies to base RP earned, using up multiple bonus battles in one match won’t increase the earnings.

For example, if you have 5 bonus battles left and play a 3 hour long EC match, you will receive the same bonus amount as if you played 1 bonus battle.



Research Bonuses work in any random battles game mode, and will be applied if a valid vehicle was used. For example, if you spawn an aircraft and tank in combined battles and have the bonus active for both, the bonus will apply to the base reward for both vehicles (and a bonus battle will be used up for both aircraft and tanks in this case).

If you played a battle and received 0 mission points and 0 base RP with a respective vehicle, for example a helicopter in Ground Realistic Battles where the battle ended and you had no time to do anything, you will not receive any research bonus to helicopters. The research bonus battle for helicopters also won’t be spent, so you’ll not waste one of the 5 bonus battles for helicopters in this case.

If you played a battle and received a bonus, this is shown in the My results screen under “Vehicle research bonus” as well as in the Battles section in the messages area.

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Here are some relevant scenarios and answers. Please feel free to ask any additional questions you might have.

Q: I only play one nation, the USSR. I have a max rank vehicle unlocked and purchased in Aviation, Army and Helicopters for this nation, but have nothing unlocked in any other nation. How many bonuses will I get?
A: For each nation, you’ll get 5 battles with a bonus every day. For example, 5 for American aviation, 5 for the American army tree and 5 for American helicopters and so on for each nation.

Q: I only play the USA, and I have every single plane in the USA tree researched and purchased, but only up to rank IV for their ground tree. Will I get bonuses for the ground tree?
A: Not in this case. Bonuses only apply to the same type of vehicle in other research trees. So if you have a “top” aircraft, you will receive bonuses to aircraft research in other nations, but not ground vehicles.

Q: If I don’t plan to play with a vehicle from a nation that has a research bonus available, can I disable the display of the bonus icons?
A: Yes. You can toggle the display of the bonus icon in the research branch using the “Show remaining bonus in headers” option.


Q: If a new vehicle is added to the only tree where I have a “top” vehicle, and mine is no longer “top”, will I lose the bonus?
A: Yes, the bonus status will be updated when new a new vehicle is introduced. If you have only one “top” vehicle of only one nation, and the new vehicle becomes the new “top” of the sub-branch you are researching, then the bonus will disappear until you purchase the new vehicle or get another “top” vehicle.

Q: If a new “top” vehicle is added to the tree, will I be able to research it using the bonus?
A: Yes, you can, but not right away. While the vehicle is considered new the bonus will not apply to it.
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Hello everyone, Smin here!

Welcome to the next edition of covert disclosures where we aim to bring you up to speed with some of the goings on behind the scenes outside of our normal scheduled news.


With the release of the Dance of Dragons major update two weeks ago, the devs have been hard at work addressing many of your reports and going through all the feedback raised. We would like to cover a few of those subjects to begin with and give you some news from the development frontlines.

With the mighty J-10A arriving, many of you requested that we consider the PL-8B missile for this aircraft. We didn’t give the aircraft this missile as it may be a bit of a strong combination given the missile’s potential performance in conjunction with the platform, so PL-5E II was a more logical and balanced starting point. It may be given further consideration depending also on how the J-10A is performing in the current meta. At this time however we can’t say for sure it will come to the game at any point soon, just to be clear. We just wanted to keep you updated that we are indeed aware of the missile and are looking into it.

Staying on the subject of the J-10, its drop tanks were also a point raised, as the current wing tanks occupy a missile pylon. The developers are indeed aware of this and we do have alternative tanks in the pipeline. So work is indeed underway.



On the F-111C, the developers are studying further reports into GBU-15 and shoulder mounted Sidewinder options for this aircraft. You may have spotted some of these in the early dev blog renders, however they were not quite confirmed and complete, which is why we always aim to stress that dev blogs themselves are very much a window into in-development matters and the final outcome of a vehicle can always change even from that moment. Lastly we are also taking a look into evidence that showed F-111Cs potentially with the additional wing mounted bomb racks found on the F-111A. Thanks for all your reports and details on these matters!



The star of the current Battlepass, the Sholef V.1 has had its gun designation corrected to the M845 along with its appropriate performance, accurately representing the L/45 cannon we have modelled and present on Sholef V.1. We know this was raised by many of you and we would like to thank you for the reports made on this!



The most recent major also brought the JANUS commander sight for the VBM Freccia. Its missing Thermal imagery has now been added and the vehicle has several other fixes on the way. Such as its top speed, a correction to its smoke calibre and the number of missiles possible to store in the hull.



Lastly for ground forces, we would like to touch on the subject of the M735 shell briefly. Since we changed this round to the LO formula last year there have been many requests to re-evaluate the changes and review extra source materials to ensure its performance is correct. Whilst we can’t at this time specify the outcome, we can let you know the devs will be taking a look into the shell again and we do have some additional materials to evaluate and take into consideration.

Onto aircraft, the F-15C Baz Meshupar was a bit of an exception to the later versions of F-15s (such as F-15C and F-15J(M)), in that its radar differed by being an APG-63 PSP, thus lacking TWS. After reviewing some of the reports submitted and conducting further investigations of our own, the developers have decided to provide the aircraft with a TWS updated radar. This should bring the aircraft more into line with its counterparts and drastically improve its AMRAAM handling capabilities.



We’re nearing the end of the year now, and there are interesting times ahead. For now though, the next event vehicle after HMS Barham will be a ground vehicle for Germany. Keep an eye on the news for the announcement for this event/vehicle!

Here is some more interesting stats from the game in the past 30 days that we’ve pulled from the production server. For future stats, we want to do some interesting comparisons to make it more exciting! Stats date range is from 22.08 - 20.09.

Make sure to let us know what kind of stats you’d like to see in the next article, and we’ll see if we can pull them.

• Highest number of ground vehicle kills at once with the Pe-8’s FAB-5000 bomb and Lancaster B Mk I and B Mk III 12,000 lb bomb in Ground Realistic Battles in the past 30 days

There were 11 enemy kills (not including accidental teamkills) at once with each of the Pe-8’s FAB-5000 and Lancaster B Mk I and B Mk III’s 12,000 lb bomb. 11 kills is great!

• Number of times there were number of kills per battle by a single player: 10 or above, 13 or above, 15 or above, 17 or above, 20 or above in each of Ground AB, RB and SB in the past 30 days

Hundreds of thousands of times there were 10+ kills in Ground battles over a month period. Only a few thousand get over 20 kills, and in Ground SB, there were two times with over 20+ kills. Nice work!

• Number of times that torpedoes destroyed the Battleship class in all naval battle modes in the past 30 days

40,499 ships classed as a “Battleship” in-game were destroyed by torpedoes in the past month in all naval modes. Nice!

• Number of successful landings in total in Air RB, AB and SB battles with “Severe Damage” in the past 30 days

In the past month, many players resisted crashing their aircraft and made it back to the airfield to repair. Players whose aircraft had “Severe Damage” made 410,049 successful landings in Air AB, 119,978 in Air RB and 138,033 in Air SB. That’s 668,060 in total across all modes. Impressive numbers!

The devs have created some new training missions for ground vehicles, similar to how the tutorials for testing aircraft weapons such as AAMs or AGMs work. There’s 5 missions here for binoculars, laser rangefinder, SAM with IR homing head with uncaging
SAM with IR homing head without uncaging and SAM with multi-channel optical homing head.





These tutorials are planned to be added to the game before the next major update and will provide new and experienced players alike with a proper tutorial area for all types of ground weapon systems and other functions in the game. Keep an eye out for this coming soon!

As mentioned in the tank reticle blog, the devs will be adding more tank reticles to the game over time. Some of the first ones that were added to the game last week are for the Challenger 2, Leclerc, Ariete and Merkava.



Dance of Dragons just released and the devs are already working hard on the next major update. Check out the below on some of the things in store for the next major update and beyond.

Recently, we’ve seen requests for new SPAA additions to the US ground forces tree at the lower to mid ranks. If all goes to plan and nothing prevents us, in the next major update, the devs will start to remedy this situation by adding a new, domestic SPAA for the US (more information on this one will be revealed closer to the next major) as well as the addition of the Canadian Skink.



Since the Skink is already in the British tree, and for a long time now there have been requests for the M4A5 (Ram II) to go to the British tree, the devs will also add the Ram II to the British tree as a premium as well. Both trees will keep both vehicles too, meaning both nations will now simply have both vehicles. The addition of these vehicles doesn’t affect any current or future plans for SPAA and other vehicles for these nations — this is simply an “extra bonus” on-top.



The devs are also working on an overall revamp of aircraft test flights. Those of you who have been here since the early days probably know that aircraft test flight maps haven't changed much, but we do have a lot of them. The new test flights are still very early on, but we can say they will follow a similar sort of approach as what tank test drives offer, with a range of practical features like targets scaled for BR, selectable spawn positions, re-spawning targets and perhaps some other elements too that are still being discussed.

Also in the works is a new mechanic for switching HE shells operating mode. This primarily is for shells with a Radio or Remote fuse activation, as it allows you to disable this function and use them as a standard HE shell with a contact fuse. A cyclic switch function will allow you to toggle which mode your shell will have.

Naval warfare will also see some improvements in gameplay interface features. The team are currently working on a range of features, such as a new aiming sight for missiles as well as improvements to the prediction markers. Some of these will make it for the next major, and some for the future, all depending on how development goes.

The next major will have a plethora of visual effect updates that we’ll likely cover close to the major. However, one exciting addition that we wanted to point out is LERX Vapor for jet aircraft! Take a look at some of the screenshots of this effect, please bear in mind that this is still Work-In-Progress and is subject to change.






We hope you have enjoyed this instalment and its updates on quite a wide range of subjects that the dev team have been working on since the last major update and well into the next!
Please be sure to keep your bug reports coming for any issues and let us know your feedback below.

• For all helicopters that do not have the new avionic modules in their damage models, the chance of avionic damage after the fuselage has been damaged has been significantly reduced. Avionics will not be damaged by the high-explosive impact from ammunition of calibers less than 23 mm and kinetic impact of calibers less than 25 mm with the exception of shells with radio fuzes and air-to-air missiles. One-time damage to the fuselage by ammunition of calibers less than 30 mm will not lead to the disabling of all helicopter avionics.

• AB 43, Sd.Kfz.234/2, Sd.Kfz.234/2 TD, Sd.Kfz.234/3 — a bug with crew swapping that resulted in these vehicles being left without a driver has been fixed. (Report).
  
• M48A1, M103, Magach 3 (ERA), M48A2 C, M48A2 G A2, M48A1, Magach 1, Magach 2, Magach 3 — a bug that made it not possible to turn on the spot has been fixed (Report).

Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.