• Attica — the hills in squares C2-3 and E2-3 have been made more level. The ability to take overly advantageous positions in squares B5, C3 and F4 have been removed to improve the balance of each side.

• A bug that caused the previously selected player icon to display in the menu and squad list instead of the currently selected one has been fixed.

• Game modes with active anti-cheat now utilize the BattlEye system.

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.

On January 26th, 1788, the British flag was raised for the first time on the coast of Australia, marking the establishment of the first colony on the continent. Each of the colonies celebrated its own foundation day throughout the 19th century, but at the beginning of the 20th century, Australia was united. In 1935, January 26th was chosen as the date of the main national holiday.

In honor of this holiday, we’re continuing our “Moments of Valor” video series, this time dedicated to the armed forces of Australia. We’re also offering some premium vehicles in a special pack with a discount in the Gaijin store, plus some Australian camouflages that can be purchased for Golden Eagles if you have the vehicles, created by players on the War Thunder Live portal!

To get to the Gaijin Store through Steam, go to the in-game hangar > Shop > Online Store!
Price: 49,99 25

This pack contains:

• Boomerang Mk.I (Great Britain, rank II)
  
• Boomerang Mk.II (Great Britain, rank II) and The Grim Reaper camouflage of No.4 Squadron, RAAF by Aotea*.
  
  
• Wirraway (Great Britain, rank I) and the camouflage of No.1 Advanced Flying Training School, RAAF by Aotea*.
  
  
• Plagis’ Spitfire LF Mk.IXc (Great Britain, rank IV) and the camouflage of Captain Clive Caldwell (the highest scoring ace in the RAAF in WWII) by Aotea*.
  
  
• Catalina Mk. IIIa (Great Britain, rank I) and a camouflage of serial number A24-64, The Dabster of No. 43 Squadron, RAAF by Aotea*.
  
  
• Grant Mk I (USA, rank II) and the camouflage of the 1st Armoured Division of the Australian Armed Forces by Metronoonm*.
  
  
• A.C.IV. (Great Britain, rank III)
  
• “Per Ardua Ad Astra” title
  
• Unique portrait “Corporal Skippy”
  

Additionally until February 3rd, you can separately purchase the F-4EJ Phantom II ADTW pack with a 50% discount and receive the camouflage of No.1 Squadron, RAAF by Aotea* as a gift! And for Golden Eagles, you can get a camouflage for the Leopard A1A1 as the 1st Armoured Regiment, 1st Brigade, Australian Army* by Badass_Jellykin!




* these camouflages can also be obtained if you already own the respective vehicles and play 3 battles in each of them from today until February 3rd (11:00 GMT). The camouflages can also be purchased separately for Golden Eagles during and after the event.

The “Per Ardua Ad Astra” title and portrait “Corporal Skippy” will also be automatically granted to all players who own all vehicles from the Moments of Valor: Australia Pack or who purchases it until February 3rd (11:00 GMT).

Each vehicle in the Moments of Valor: Australia pack can be purchased separately at a 50% discount! This means that Plagis’ Spitfire LF Mk.IXc and the Boomerang Mk.II are temporarily available to purchase with Golden Eagles during the event. Please note: the Boomerang Mk. II can only be purchased if you already own the Boomerang Mk.I.

When: From today until February 3rd (11:00 GMT).
Where: Great Britain > Army / Aviation > Premium vehicles.

About these aircraft

• The https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/boomerang_mkii is an Australian-made aircraft that was widely used in the Pacific theater of World War II. The Mk.II is highly maneuverable, armed with 20 mm cannons and 7.7 mm machine guns. And unlike the first model, it’s capable of carrying two 250 lb bombs for ground attack.
  
• The https://wiki.warthunder.com/unit/spitfire_ix_plagis was flown by RAF ace John Plagis in 1944. This fighter is armed with two 20 mm Hispano cannons and four 7.7 mm Browning machine guns. This aircraft is available in the camouflage of Captain Clive Caldwell, the highest scoring ace of the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II.

You can get yourself this themed decal by meeting the criteria shown below.


“Australia Day 2025” decal

When: From today until February 3rd (11:00 GMT).
Task: Play 3 battles using British vehicles at rank III or above to receive the “Australia Day 2025” decal!

Additional details:

• 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 → Australia Day.
  
• You can find the decal in the “Holidays” tab in the customization menu.

Thanks for sharing all of your screenshots! There are many other nations in War Thunder besides the ten major ones. This week, take a screenshot with a vehicle from a sub-tree, or from other nations like Australia or Canada. 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 #WTscreen156. You have time until the 31st of January 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 feature a vehicle that is not operated by the ten “major nations” listed in the game.
  
• You must add the #WTscreen156 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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Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!

The Su-7B, designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau, was accepted into service on January 24th 1961. It received many modifications and was used by Warsaw Pact countries, North Korea, India, Afghanistan, Algeria, Syria, Egypt and Iraq, participating in various conflicts in the 1960s-1980s.

This premium strike aircraft can be purchased at a 30% discount for 6,363 Golden Eagles.

• The Su-7BMK is one of the most modern modifications of the Su-7B. It’s durable, accelerates quickly, can reach a top speed of nearly 2,300 km/h and is armed with a pair of 30 mm NR-30 cannons that can take out aircraft and light vehicles. For ground vehicles and bases, you’ll find a wide range of bombs and rockets!

• A-6E TRAM, F-4F KWS LV — a bug that caused the azimuth steering line to not be visible in CCRP mode has been fixed (Report).

• Pz.IV (C, E, F2, G, H) — turret rotation speed has been increased from 15°/s to 16°/s. (Report).
  
• Tetrarch I — turret rotation speed value has been increased from 16°/s to 21°/s. (Report).
  
• ZSU-57-2 — turret rotation speed value has been decreased from 60°/s to 30°/s. (Report).

• The [Conquest #3] Campania mission has been disabled in all game modes due to the positions of the spawn points and capture point which lead to players ignoring the capture point and confronting the enemy spawn instead.

• BattlEye anti-cheat has been enabled for Linux.

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 Naval Battles, the rules for creating game sessions (matchmaking) have been changed:
  
  • The minimum number of players required to start a session has been reduced.
    
  • The number of ships controlled by AI (system named bots) in sessions of all Battle Ratings has been increased to the maximum (32).
    
  • The time during which players can join an ongoing battle has been increased (if the corresponding setting is enabled).
• These changes are aimed at creating battles faster, even with a small number of players in the queue. At the same time, the maximum team size remains unchanged (equal to 16). So if there are enough players in the queue, they can get into the same battle, which in this case will be held in the format of “16 players vs. 16 players” without the addition of AI-controlled ships.

• Battle tasks that need different interactions with enemy players to be completed (for example, destruction or damage) can now be completed against system named bots as well.

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.

Check out the Warbond shop selection that you can earn by completing Battle Pass challenges! As usual, there’s decals, decorations, player icons, camouflages, a stylish pinup that continues the new series, and six premium vehicles for you.

Be sure to take a look at the German BV 238 bomber! It carries 20 x 250 kg bombs and can protect itself with powerful 20 mm autocannons and 13 mm quad mounts. This was one of Germany’s largest aircraft in World War II!

• More about Warbonds

A French rank II fighter, best fitted for low-altitude combat. Unlike the previous P-40 variants, this one is armed with six 12.7 mm machine guns. It’s also fast and has access to bombs.


A mobile Japanese Class II destroyer with limited firepower but access to fast and deadly 610 mm Type 93 torpedoes.


The Czech LT vz. 38 light tank produced under license in Sweden. Its light armor is compensated by mobility, good gun depression and shells with great armor penetration.


An impressive German bomber at rank II, featuring a huge bomb load, 20 mm autocannons and 13 mm machine guns as defensive armament. And it can land on water!


A Soviet rank II gunboat with a 76 mm tank gun with high-explosive and armor-piercing shells, as well as dual 14.5 mm machine guns for fighting aircraft and other vessels.


A Canadian tank on the chassis of the American M3. This second variant featured a 57 mm cannon instead of a 40 mm. It boasts good penetration and fire rate, effective protection, and can lay an engine smoke screen for a tactical retreat — something fairly unique for a tank at this rank.



We’ve lined up some decals for you this time round and have included a trophy with decals from the 2017-2018 Warbond shop, as well as the new “Ulfhednar” pinup, continuing this series of themed decals. In the “Helmets” trophy, you’ll find helmet decorations in the form of infantry helmets and tank crews of various nations, and the player icon trophy this time features some Soviet tankers. Trophies with random camouflages are available when new levels of the shop are unlocked like before.

A large number of useful items are also available in the shop: boosters, universal backups, wagers and orders, premium vehicle rentals, and talismans at high shop levels!

Take a look at the full list of items available in this season’s Warbond shop as well as the conditions for receiving them in game by opening the Battle Pass window, or Shop → Warbond Shop from the hangar.

Today, we’ve rounded up and will be going over some of the bug fixes and improvements that we’ve made to the game today and over the past few weeks. If you’d like to catch up on every fixed bug, then be sure to check out the changelog section on our website.

If you’ve found a bug that you’d like to report, you can do so on our community bug reporting platform.

Many of you reported a bug related to the free Battle Pass reward levels. Essentially this bug meant that the rewards in these levels couldn’t be claimed immediately, even though the level was unlocked and the previous reward was already claimed. We’ve fixed this bug, meaning you’ll be able to get Battle Pass rewards instantly without any delays!


When shells hit the joints of the armor plates of the upper frontal part of the T-34 series of tanks, they did not form any fragments. Specifically this meant that hits on the armor overlap around the driver’s hatch and UFP, as well as the beak joint between the UFP and LFP of this tank was less effective. We’ve fixed this problem and the T-34’s armor will now properly form fragments when hit.

The squad marker is a very useful tool when you’re playing in a squad full of your friends (or a random player), allowing you to mark an enemy’s position for them. This works fine in regular battles, but didn’t in Custom Battles. You’ve let us know about this, so we’ve added the squad marker to custom battles!


When Mach speed is reached, a vapor cloud, also called the Prandtl-Glauert effect, forms around the aircraft. However, there was a bug that caused this vapor cloud to display in an incorrect position — for many aircraft, it could even be seen in the cockpit while in first-person view. We took a closer look at this issue and have corrected the position, moving it closer to the tail of the aircraft, ensuring it won’t be displaced any longer.


We found a bug in the operation of the Kopyo-21 and Kopyo-25 radars. If the player’s aircraft was not flying parallel to the ground — for example, it was banking or started to dive or pitch up — then instead of the enemy in the radar’s coverage area, it would capture an empty space. This bug has now been fixed!

We’re continuing to refine tank sights and their settings. In the last It’s Fixed, we mentioned some related fixes, and since then we’ve fixed some other things. For example, if you had the “Ready indicator” turned on in your tank sight and fired an autocannon, the indicator would constantly blink. Another one in the Sight Settings menu, the on/off setting in the “Reticle Parameters” section did not turn off the text size setting. Both of these issues have been fixed.

There were also some bugs when moving elements around. For example it was possible to drag the Rangefinder, Gun ready and Bullet type options to the bottom of the screen behind the map preview boxes, causing them to be unable to be moved around without reopening the settings window. Lastly, when zooming in, the range marks in the sight stretched vertically. These have been fixed too.

Thank you for your feedback and reports that allowed us to quickly resolve these issues!

You’ll find the full list of improvements in separate patchnotes. In the “Favorite Vehicles” showcase you can now select a mode, the landscape no longer leaves too “harsh” shadows on the water, and the mechanics of volumetric shells now work again in regular battles!

• Su-33 — a bug where the under-fuselage pylon was taken into account when calculating the combat load of the wing has been fixed. (Report).
  
• FFA P-16 — a bug that caused the rockets to have an incorrect firing sequence has been fixed. (Report).
  
• Z-9W, Z-9WA — 3rd person camera position has been changed. Prior to that the rocket sight was sometimes located beyond the screen limits when zoomed in. (Report).

• Luchs A2 — a bug that caused the vehicle to be left without a driver after a crew member was knocked out and swapped position has been fixed. (Report).
  
• Sd.Kfz.234/1 — a bug that caused the vehicle to be left without a driver after a crew member was knocked out and swapped position has been fixed.
  
• MBT-70 — a bug that caused the incorrect display of the amount of ammunition for the 20 mm cannon has been fixed. (Report). The amount of ammunition for the 20 mm cannon has been reduced from 2000 to 750.
  
• MBT-70 — the 20 mm cannon depression and elevation angles have been corrected. Previously it was possible for the gun to pass through the optics cover. (Report).
  
• VK 45.01 (P) — vehicle mass has been reduced from 57 to 52.5 tons.
  Source: Wichtige Daten einzelner Panzerfahrzeuge.
  
• 12.7 mm M2HB machine gun — a bug with the lack of machine gun overheating functionality has been fixed. (Report). Time to jam when firing continuously has been adjusted.
  
• 12.7 mm M2HB machine gun — the amount of ammunition in the belt has been reduced from 200 to 100. (Report).
  
• Freccia, CV 90 Mk.IV — the Janus commander sight now has a magnification of 2.5x-10x on both of these vehicles.
  
• BMP-2MD, BMP-2M, BMP-2 — speed on water has been reduced from 10 km/h to 7 km\h. (Report).
  Source: Боевая машина пехоты БМП-2. Техническое описание и инструкция по эксплуатации. Часть 1.
  
• Matilda III — vehicle mass has been reduced from 27.3 to 25.4 tons. (Report).
  
• VBCI-2 (MCT30) — vehicle mass has been reduced from 32 to 27 tons. The turning diameter of the vehicle has been changed from 22 to 17 meters. The names of the transmission and engine have been added to X-ray mode.
  
• ZiS-30 — transmission gear ratio values have been adjusted.
  
• Chi-Ri — transmission gear ratio values ​​have been adjusted. Reverse speed has been increased from 8.4 km/h to 12.5 km/h.
  Source: チリ車説明図, 1945.3.1.
  
• Chi-Ri — the 37 mm cannon ammunition capacity has been reduced from 120 to 102 rounds. The machine gun ammunition capacity has been increased from 3000 to 5000 rounds. Vehicle mass has been reduced from 41 to 37 tons.
  
• HQ17 — a bug with the incorrect name of the missile in Sensor View has been fixed. (Report).

• Syonan — the firing area of the rear main gun turret has been adjusted. (Report).
  
• IJN Akizuki, IJN Hatsuzuki — explosive mass in the HE and HE-TF shells has been increased from 0.95 kg to 1.4 kg. (Report).
  Source: TM 9-1985-5 Japanese Explosive Ordnance.
  
• JDS Murasame — main caliber gun aiming speed has been adjusted: horizontal aiming speed has been increased from 15 to 30 degrees/sec, vertical aiming speed has been decreased from 30 to 15 degrees/sec.
  
• USS Roanoke — main battery rate of fire has been increased from 12 to 12.75 rounds per minute.
  
• RN Ghibli — crew amount has been increased from 154 to 177 and the maximum displacement of the ship from 1651 to 1800t.
  
• HMS Rodney — a bug where not all of the weapons would show in the turret tooltip in X-ray mode has been fixed.

• In the Player Profile for the “Favorite vehicle” showcase, an option to select the mode for displaying statistics for the favorite vehicle has been added. In the window for selecting a favorite vehicle, the vehicles are sorted by the highest number of enemy vehicle destructions for the selected mode.
  
• A bug that caused the description of the FCS module for some vehicles to not indicate that it affects turret rotation in X-ray mode has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused the vehicle search bar to not work in the Service Record tab in the Player Profile has been fixed. (Report).
  
• A bug that could cause the incorrect Battle Rating to be displayed for the selected mode when playing in a squad has been fixed.
  
• A bug in the Sight settings that caused the “Rangefinder/Gun ready/Bullet type” options to be hidden behind the map preview scenes, causing these settings to not be adjustable without reopening the settings window has been fixed. (Report).
  
• A bug where graphic settings screenshots would blink when first viewed has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused the “Season ends” timer for the Battle Pass season to be cut off in the promo block has been fixed.

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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 caused the condensation effect at speeds near the speed of sound to be shifted forward, causing it to be in the cockpit has been fixed. (Report).
  
• A bug where the HMD interface could be displayed during camera rotations has been fixed.
  
• Incorrect collision of the third-person camera with objects above it has been fixed. For example, it passed through the ceiling when flying through tunnels.
  
• A bug where the image of the minimap outside of the playing area was stretched on the MFD has been fixed.

• T-34 (all variants) — a bug that caused fragments to not form when the armor was penetrated at the joint of the armor plates at the upper glacis has been fixed. (Report).

• A bug where the range markers in the scope were stretched vertically when zoomed in has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the on/off setting in the Reticle Parameters section in the Sight Settings menu did not apply to the text size setting has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the Ready to Fire indicator in the Sight Settings menu would blink when firing autocannons has been fixed.

• A bug where some areas of water around the player’s ship were too dark has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the suspension element of destroyed vehicles would twitch when the terrain near them was driven over has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the picture could flicker when switching views if Ultra-Low Quality was enabled has been fixed.
  
• A bug where terrain shadows on the water looked too “harsh” has been fixed.

• A bug that caused a constant sound of flaps extending to play when attempting to extend them while flying at speeds that did not allow them to be extended has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the sound of jet engine nozzles moving would play intermittently in replays 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.

The new Battle Pass season celebrates the French Foreign Legion, a military unit made up mostly of foreigners. This season’s top reward is the M46 Patton medium tank — Pattons were the last foreign tanks used by France, hence the name of The Last Legionnaire!

To receive Battle Pass rewards, you’ll need to regularly log into the game and complete tasks and challenges to progress. Each level of the Battle Pass will earn you a reward, be it a player icon, loading screen, title, decals, decorations, or premium vehicles!

Please note: We’ve created a trophy for premium vehicles that includes three Battle Pass rewards from previous seasons that were not available on the marketplace, as well as one event vehicle. Opening this trophy will guarantee you either the Type T-51a, Voroshilov, LVT-4/40 or Type K-8 No.13i, if you don’t have them currently. If you have them all, you’ll receive Silver Lions and a “Collector Golden Battles Wager” instead.

The maximum reward for this wager is 1,000 Golden Eagles. To receive it, you need to win 12 battles using rank III and higher vehicles while destroying at least one player vehicle in each match. If you lose your match or don’t destroy a player three times, the wager will be over and the reward corresponding to the progress made will be given to you.




A new season means a new set of rewards! The full list can be found in the Battle Pass window or on our Wiki. Here are the main ones for Season 18:

Get vehicles from past Battle Passes or events: Type T-51a, Voroshilov, LVT-4/40 or Type K-8 No.13

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Opening this trophy will give you one vehicle from the list. If you have them all, you’ll receive Silver Lions and a “Collector Golden Battles Wager” instead.

A Premium Dive Bomber for Japan at Rank III

A high-speed bomber with good secondary weapons at its rank. Various bombs and torpedoes, rockets and machine gun pods make the SB2C-5 relevant in any mode!

More details here.



A Premium Medium Tank for France at Rank IV

The M46 Patton in service with France is an agile and mobile sniper with an excellent range of shells to use in various combat situations.

More details here.
















Foreign Legion Sapper





The Battle Pass is a seasonal event where players can earn many rewards, from Silver Lions and boosters to exclusive season prizes: decorations, profile icons and premium vehicles. The rules are simple: you earn progress points and use them to unlock new stages, earning valuable prizes in the process.

You can unlock new stages and receive awards at any time during the season.


You can access the “Battle Pass” window through the promo block on the right side of the hangar screen.

Play

• You get progress points every day for entering the game.
  
• From 1 to 5 points.

Complete Battle Tasks

• You can check your Battle Tasks in the game. Complete them and receive progress points.
  
• From 2 to 5 points.

Complete Season Challenges

• One Challenge is available at the start of the season. Every week you get a new one, while three more can become available by unlocking stages.
  
• 30 points.

Learn more about the Battle Pass