Today, we would like to tell you about the main prize in the "Naples of the East" event — the powerful Japanese ‘Kaibokan’; Shisaka!

At a glance:

• Powerful main caliber of three 120mm guns
  
• Sixteen 25 mm cannons to combat boats and aircraft
  
• A large number of depth charges
  
• Low speed

Historical background
The patrol ship (according to the Japanese classification; ‘Kaibokan’) Shisaka of the Hiburi class, was laid down on August 21st, 1944 and completed by the end of the same year.

By the end of World War II it patrolled the waters near Tokyo Bay, after the war it was decommissioned from the fleet, and then transferred to the Republic of China and renamed Huian. Whilst with the ROC, the ship was captured and entered the first naval formation of the People's Liberation Army of China, but on April 28th, 1949, it was sunk by B-24 bombers of the ROC.

In 1953, Huian was raised, repaired and rearmed. It remained in the PLA fleet until 1990, after which it was decommissioned and dismantled.


The main prize in the "Naples of the East" event will be the Japanese frigate Shisaka, one of the most powerful coastal fleet ships in the game. Three 120 mm guns, a large battery of 25 mm machine guns and a huge number of depth charges! The slow but ruthless Shisaka is ready to join the battle for dominance in the coastal waters of War Thunder!

Shisaka will become a sister ship of the frigate Syonan, already well known to experienced captains, a real annihilator in the coastal fleet. The main advantage of Shisaka will be its excellent versatile armament.


Firstly, the ship carries a powerful main caliber array of three universal 120 mm guns in two mounts. These guns fire two types of high-explosive shells — standard contact fuse and timed fuse — these guns are effective against all vessels up to the light cruiser class in regards to the bluewater fleet, while boats and some small ships can be sunk with a single well-aimed salvo.

Secondly, Shisaka has an impressive arsenal of automatic cannons, sixteen 25 mm guns, ten barrels can be trained on surface targets from each side of the ship! These guns are the best solution to the problem of annoying nimble boats trying to sneak up on you, these boats will quickly perish under the dense automatic fire. The cannons also work well against aircraft, so Shisaka can cover your allies with anti-aircraft fire at short distances. Additionally, the new Japanese ship has an impressive stock of depth charges with six depth charge mortars and two stern ramps. While more of a niche weapon, these 160 kilogram depth charges can still be effective assistants at very close ranges.


Interesting - at the time of its decommissioning in 1990, Shisaka, renamed Huian, was not only the oldest active ship of the PLA, but also one of only three surviving ships from the Imperial Japanese Navy!

Like Syonan, Shisaka's mobility is not the vessel's strongest feature. The speed is 36 km/h in realistic and just over 50 km/h in arcade modes, which is generally quite tolerable, but against the flurry of small fast boats it may seem insufficient. Still, the main trump cards of Shisaka will be its powerful weapons and good survivability, the frigate can effectively capture and defend control points, discouraging enemy torpedo boats and very effectively hitting targets at distances inaccessible to most ships of the coastal fleet.


You can get the mighty Shisaka absolutely free by completing tasks during the special event "Naples of the East", which will begin soon. Don’t miss the chance to strengthen your Japanese naval lineups and get access to this powerful coastal frigate!

Please note that this vehicle’s characteristics may be changed before it is added to the game.

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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.

Feel free to leave your feedback on this update here

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


We’re gradually expanding the scope of mandatory anti-cheat in War Thunder. In addition to the unmarked modes where it was already enabled, it will now also be active in Air Arcade and Air Realistic battles, as well as in Ground Arcade battles for players and squads with vehicle setups with BR 11.0 and higher.

Until now, we hadn’t required anti-cheat in marked modes, since the presence of markers already greatly limits unfair play. However, at high Battle Ratings the stakes are correspondingly high: even a seemingly minor advantage can decide the outcome of a match. That is why we began rolling out anti-cheat starting with the top BR tiers.

Looking ahead, we plan to gradually lower the minimum BR threshold for mandatory anti-cheat.


We have made a number of changes and fixes to the calculation of rewards for various actions during battle. So, if you destroy a vehicle of a composite SAM system or a reconnaissance drone that is not currently controlled by a player, you will receive a full reward in mission points, RP and SL, and not a reduced reward, as when destroying AI vehicles. Also, now when destroying composite SAM systems, reconnaissance UAVs and naval vessels controlled by AI, the difference in the Battle Rating will be taken into account when calculating the reward in research points - when destroying vehicles with a higher BR, the reward will be higher. Another error applied the reward coefficient from the air arcade event to reconnaissance UAVs, reconnaissance aircraft and launchers of composite SAM systems, which significantly reduced the reward.

We have also fixed the calculation of the RP reward for vehicles destroyed according to player intelligence and for the destruction of AI-controlled vessels in naval battles. An error in the battle summary message, where the sum in the "Other awards" column was calculated incorrectly, has also been fixed.


The enemy is shooting! A chambered shell hits a curved armor segment at an extreme angle - a ricochet is guaranteed! But the shell does not fly away from your tank, but gets inside, hitting crew that do not deserve it at all.

This error occurred on a number of vehicles where the thickness of the curved armor segment was not very high, which is why the shell decided to ignore it altogether. Thanks to your reports, we quickly fixed this problem!

Something else at the same time. If, in the example above, the shells ignored armor thickness, then in the case of shrapnel hitting the crew members, their "thickness" suddenly began to be taken into account! The crew should be damaged by any hits, but due to this error, shrapnel flying at acute angles might not cause damage to them.


We recently improved the automatic aircraft respawn setting: in bad weather, players would appear at airfields by default. However, there are many fearless pilots among you who can handle any bad weather - thanks to their feedback, we added a new setting "Ignore bad weather and airfield spawn". Enable it - and the air spawn point will always be selected by default, regardless of weather conditions. Go for it!


We recently added the ability to attach a suspended weapons selector to the game in battles - and since then we have been thinking about how to make it even more convenient. So, we slightly reduced its size and made it more transparent, added a display of the number of shells on the weapons icons and made it so that the tooltips when hovering the cursor, do not overlap other cells of the selector. We hope you enjoy these changes!

Check out the full list of fixes and improvements in the update notes below! A locked target in the sight view on the radar control screen no longer twitches, the Mach limit in the aircraft card is now indicated with an accuracy of hundredths, and the radar control screen no longer displays control tips for functions that it does not have.

• Update 2.47.0.65
  
• Update 2.47.0.63

• An "Ignore bad weather and airfield spawn" setting has been added to the "Aircraft combat settings" section in game settings. If enabled, there will be no icon or warning about bad weather, and an air spawn will become the default one.
  
• EF-2000, Typhoon FGR.4, F-2000A — a bug where the redundant artificial horizon in the cockpit was displayed incorrectly has been fixed. (Report).
  
• Ju 87 D-3 (all versions), Ju 87 D-5 — a bug where under fuselage bombs did not use the ejection device to deflect bombs when dropped has been fixed.
  
• D4Y3 — a bug where it was impossible to create a custom weapons set consisting of 3x250 kg bombs has been fixed. (Report). A bug where a 250 kg fuselage bomb was dropped through closed bomb bay doors has been fixed. (Report).
  
• MiG-29SMT — a bug where the artificial horizon was displayed incorrectly in the aircraft cockpit has been fixed.
  
• F-14 (all versions) — the camera in third-person view has been moved further from the vehicle.

• A bug where SPAA could only capture a new target with IRST in the sights after double activation of the "Lock Radar/IRST target on" action has been fixed.
  
• EldE 98 — mobility has been improved (Report).

• RN Roma — a bug where closed AA mounts received pressure damage from nearby explosions has been fixed. (Report). A bug where a fire in secondary caliber mounts could spread to their ammunition magazines through unmanned feed elevators has been fixed. (Report).
  
• Novorossiysk — a bug where the visual effect of the detonation in aft magazines occurred at the bow of the ship has been fixed.

• The appearance of the pinned visual weapon selector has been improved. Now it takes up less space than the collapsible one, it is now semi-transparent and the tooltips when hovering over it do not overlap other cells of the selector.
  
• A display of the number of shells on weapon icons in the visual weapon selector has been added.
  
• The radar control screen now no longer displays control prompts for functions that are not present on the vehicle radar.
  
• A bug where the value of the number of clips was hidden on the action panel when hovering over the belts if the line exceeded 7 characters even where there was enough space in the interface to display these values has been fixed.
  
• Issues where opening the Statistics window would cause the cursor to move to the player's nickname, which when opening the Tactical Map caused the cursor to be on the vehicle or weaponry, which caused the respective card to be displayed, obscuring map elements have been fixed. This was particularly disruptive for players when controlling from HOTAS and/or in VR mode. Now the cursor’s position is being reset to the central one each time Statistics window is opened.
  
• A bug where the reward for intercepting ammunition was not included in the total reward in the message with the results of a battle, due to which the value in the "other awards" field did not correspond to the correct one and a negative value might even show has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the armor penetration and damage type icons might be missing from the icon of some rockets and missiles has been fixed.
  
• A bug where tanks equipped with rockets displayed an APHE shell icon instead of a solid shell icon has been fixed.
  
• For ground vehicle and naval vessel ammunition, the thickness of the penetrated armor displayed on the shell icon now takes into account high-explosive armor penetration and correctly reflects the thickness of penetrated armor of shells with significant high-explosive armor penetration relative to other ammunition of that particular vehicle.
  
• The Mach number limit in the aircraft card is now indicated with an accuracy in hundredths.
  
• The gray background has been removed from fully unlocked modification tiers in the modification window.
  
• A bug where in the modification window, the hint about the need to install weapons was displayed on the ammunition of uninstalled weapons only if the modification which unlocks this weapon was not purchased, and not when the weapon was removed has been fixed. The hint text has been adjusted.
  
• Localization of actions with bombs has been added to the battle event log. (Report).
  
• A bug where the fleet rank requirements value was not saved when editing the requirements for submitting an application to a Squadron has been fixed. (Report).
  
• A bug where some tips didn’t disappear when displaying the mission summary block upon the completion of the mission has been fixed.
  
• A bug where on the radar control screen when controlling with a gamepad, the cursor continued to be displayed when calling the multi-functional menu has been fixed.
  
• A bug where, when the squad leader changed the vehicle preset, the Battle Rating indicated next to the name of the game mode did not change has been fixed.

• For the destruction of reconnaissance UAVs and SAM systems that the player did not control at the time of destruction, the full reward is now awarded.
  
• For the destruction of the following types of AI-controlled vehicles (or that the player did not control at the time of destruction): reconnaissance UAVs, SAM systems, and naval vessels in naval battles, the full amount of mission points are now awarded. That is, the rule for awarding mission points for them now coincides with the rules for awarding rewards in RP and SL.
  
• A bug where the reward coefficient from the air arcade streak was erroneously applied to reconnaissance UAVs, reconnaissance aircraft, and SAM launchers, which reduced the rewards in SL and RP by 2.5 times has been fixed.
  
• A bug where when calculating the RP reward for the destruction of naval vessels in naval battles, reconnaissance UAVs and launchers of composite SAM systems controlled by AI (or which the player did not control at the time of destruction), the difference between the Battle Rating of the player's and the target's vehicle was not taken into account has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the base RP reward for the destruction of a target by an ally based on the player's intelligence (scouting) did not take into account the vehicle and game mode multiplier. has been fixed At the same time, the premium account bonus, talisman and 100% booster were always added to the reward (the actual contribution of the booster, even if it was higher, was not taken into account). Due to this bug, the final reward was higher in some cases, and lower in others.
  
• A bug where, in naval battles, ~5.5 times less RP could sometimes be awarded for the destruction of enemy bots has been fixed.

• Finland, Ardennes (winter), Poland (winter), Maginot Line (winter) — the range of height differences on the snow layer located on the main landscape has been reduced in these locations (excessive height differences have been reduced, insufficient differences have been increased). This was done to reduce the amount of shadow spots that appeared on the snow when the sun was close enough to the horizon.

• · Now, anti-cheat is required to play at Battle Ratings 11.0 or higher in Air Arcade and Realistic Battles, as well as in Ground Arcade Battles. In future, we plan to gradually lower the minimum BR for mandatory use of anti-cheat in these game modes.

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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.

Pavel Sukhoi was born on July 22nd, 1895. From his youth, he aspired to become an aircraft designer, and in 1925 under the supervision of Andrei Tupolev, he defended his diploma thesis and in 1930 became Tupolev’s deputy. In 1937, Sukhoi won a competition to create a light bomber (later called the Su-2) and received the ability to found his own design bureau. In total, Sukhoi developed more than 50 aircraft designs.

The Su-7BMK (rank VI) is at 30% discount for 6363 Golden Eagles!

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When: From July 22nd (11:00 GMT) until July 25th (11:00 GMT).
Where: USSR > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

About this aircraft

• The Su-7B fighter-bomber was developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau in the late 1950s. The Su-7BMK is its export modification which received many improvements and two additional hardpoints. It can carry up to a 2,600 kg payload, including bombs up to 500 kg, rockets and incendiary bombs. Due to its high speed, the Su-7BMK can destroy enemy bases and retreat before enemy fighters reach it.

The Su-6 (rank IV) and Su-11 (rank V) have a 30% discount for 2695 and 5236 Golden Eagles respectively!

When: From July 22nd (11:00 GMT) until July 25th (11:00 GMT).
Where: Soviet Union > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

• A bug where, when penetrating an add-on armor plate at the joint between it and the plate lying underneath, fragments of the rear plate did not form has been fixed.
  
• A bug where, when placing a multi-vehicle SAM in a crew slot, the launcher was displayed nearby only after switching to another crew slot and back, has been fixed.

• Syonan — bug where the breech would detach from the barrel when the main caliber gun was retracting has been fixed. A bug where the position of the depth charge mortars in the X-ray view did not match their position on the model has been fixed. A bug where the last 6 depth charges were not displayed in the X-ray view has been fixed. A bug where the turret armor thickness was not displayed in the stat card has been fixed.

• A bug that sometimes caused the tracked target to jiggle in the sight view on the radar control screen has been fixed.
  
• A bug that sometimes caused the CCIP crosshair marker in aircraft to get stuck in place and stay there even in aircraft without ballistic computer functionality has been fixed. (Report).A bug that caused the multi-vehicle SAM actions to be displayed on the action bar of a streak aircraft if the streak was started on multi-vehicle SAM has been fixed. (Report).
  
• A bug that caused the multi-vehicle SAM actions to be displayed on the action bar of a streak aircraft if the streak was started on multi-vehicle SAM has been fixed.

• Sinai, Sands of Sinai — the textures of stones, which previously had stripes on them have been fixed.
  
• Attica — the collision models for some rocks have been corrected to match the visual models.
  
• South Kvarken — the minimap has been updated, the number, shapes and locations of the islands now match what can be actually seen in the location.(Report).

• The vegetation shader settings with RT turned on have been corrected so that the trees don’t look darker than they should.
  
• A bug that caused some grass to sometimes render in stripes when changing models with different levels of detail (LoDs) has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused the missiles on the launcher of the multi-vehicle SAM in the hangar to look black when viewing the TADS vehicle 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.

Situated in the southernmost part of Japan, Kagoshima has historically been an important port. It earned the nickname “Naples of the East” thanks to its access to the sea, hot climate, and fantastic views of Mount Sakurajima, one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Take part in this new naval event in War Thunder and get themed decals, the IJN Shisaka and a loading screen depicting the ship against the backdrop of Mount Sakurajima!

From July 23rd (11:00 GMT) until August 6th (11:00 GMT), earn mission points in Naval Battles, unlock stages and receive rewards!

IJN Shisaka was laid down in Japan in 1944 and ended up in service with the Chinese Navy after the war and remained in service until 1990. In War Thunder, IJN Shisaka will be one of the best Coastal fleet ships — it’s a slow but well-armed frigate with three 120 mm guns and a large number of depth charges on six side mortar launchers and two stern depth charge racks. Thanks to an extensive battery of 25 mm guns, IJN Shisaka can be a great anti-air ship for your team!

Other rewards:

“IJN Shisaka” loading screen

Among the rewards in the event is also this chest. When opened, there is a 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 is unlocked for 35,000 mission points and brings a new reward.

Please note: Once the stage is unlocked, you will need to claim your reward manually. To do this, click on your name in-game, go to “The Naples of the East” and click the “Get Reward” button.
You’re able to earn mission points in Naval Battles at Rank III or above in Arcade and Realistic 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 July 25th, 27th, 29th and 31st, August 2nd, August 4th.

For 1 Stage: trophy with a random reward
For 2 Stages: “Kagoshima” decal
For 3 Stages: trophy with a random reward
For 4 Stages: "Sakurajima volcano" decal
For 5 Stages: trophy with a random reward
For 6 Stages: “IJN Shisaka” loading screen
For 7 Stages: non-tradable coupon for IJN Shisaka

Incomplete 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 30,000 mission points, then the price for unlocking this stage will be 499 Golden Eagles. If you’ve scored 33,500 mission points, then you’ll only need to pay 199 Golden Eagles. Remember to keep this in mind if you cannot complete a stage on time!

When you complete 7 stages, you’ll receive a non-tradable coupon for IJN Shisaka, 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 July 23rd (11:00 GMT) until August 6th (11:00 GMT) for 600,000 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.

The “Upgrade for coupon” item is valid until August 10th (11:00 GMT). Until this time, you can use it or exchange it for War Bonds. Afterwards, it’ll disappear from your inventory.

To create a tradable coupon, select the “Coupon IJN Shisaka (Japan)” in your inventory and click the “Modify” button.
You can track the progress of completing stages and receiving the “Upgrade for coupon” by clicking on your Nickname > Achievements > Naples of the East. If you don’t manage to complete a stage on time or would like to purchase a stage, until August 11th from the Achievements window, you can purchase each stage with Golden Eagles which will give you the corresponding rewards.

Thank you again to everyone who submitted screenshots last week! This week, capture the thrill of stalking your prey. Whether it’s a tank lying in ambush, a fighter lining up the perfect shot, or a ship waiting to strike from behind cover, we’re looking for moments of pursuit, stealth, and surprise across all vehicle types. 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 #WTscreen181. You have time until the 25th of July 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 players from opposing teams.
  
• You must add the #WTscreen181 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!

Meet Battle Pass Season 20, named Flying Dragon! This season, we’ve lined up interesting Chinese-themed decals and decorations, plus the Chinese premium WZ-141-1, a unique light tank featuring two 105 mm recoilless guns. There’s also the handy Dutch SB-25J for France, capable in both air and ground battles. And as always, there’s warbonds, decals, boosters, Silver Lions, premium account time, wagers and more!

Additionally, make sure to check out the Warbond shop, running in parallel with this Battle Pass season. We’ve added a decoration trophy, USSR tanker profile icons and the unique “Lady Death” pinup decal. All details below!

Beginning on: July 23rd (12:00 GMT)
Ending on: October 22nd (12:00 GMT)

What is the Battle Pass?
The Battle Pass is an event that lasts for 90 days where players can earn rewards for completing challenges and earning progress points. Rewards range from Silver Lions and boosters to season-exclusive decals, decorations, vehicles and more. Completing the Battle Pass is simple: you earn progress points that unlock levels, earning valuable things along the way!
Check out the Wiki here to learn more.

Leveling up the Battle Pass & Challenges
Leveling up is simple! Gather progress points to unlock more levels. One level is 10 progress points. Points can be obtained through logging into the game, completing Daily Tasks and completing specific Challenges. New Battle Pass Challenges unlock once a week and another three can be obtained through reaching specific levels.

• Login to the game! Get 1 to 5 progress points for doing this.
  
• Complete Daily Tasks! Get 2 to 5 progress points for each of these.
  
• Complete Battle Pass Challenges! Get 30 points for each of these.

Click here for all of the Challenges

Purchasing the Battle Pass for 2,000 Golden Eagles will allow you to access every level. Purchasing the improved version for 2,500 Golden Eagles comes with an extra 150 progress points (15 levels from the get go).

Not got enough time to complete the Battle Pass? You can purchase progress points for Golden Eagles 28 days after the season begins.

The Battle Pass can be accessed on the right side of the screen while in the hangar.

Click here for all of the Rewards

Check out all of the rewards in the season below.




The WZ-141 prototype was developed in China in an attempt to create a light, air-droppable tank destroyer similar to the American M50 Ontos and Japanese Type 60. The vehicle’s tracked platform has bulletproof armor, and its main armament consists of two 105 mm recoilless guns. Development of the vehicle began in 1976, with the WZ-141-1 test model ready the following year. Despite successful testing, the WZ-141 was never accepted into production. In the game, the WZ-141-1 will be a mobile, compact and maneuverable tank destroyer with powerful weapons, allowing it to hide and ambush enemies.



American B-25 Mitchell bombers were not only used by the United States, but were actively supplied to Allied nations during the Second World War. A notable foreign operator of this plane was the Netherlands, who used the B-25 primarily in the Pacific theater. The SB-25J variant features eight large-caliber machine guns in the nose and four on the sides of the cockpit, giving this plane a combined total of 12 guns. The SB-25J also has excellent defensive armament and a good bomb load. In the game, this versatile medium bomber can operate effectively in both Air and Ground battles.







Missed out on previous Battle Pass vehicles? The Battle Trophy has you covered, featuring four vehicles from past Battle Passes or events. Opening this trophy will give you one vehicle from the list. If you have them all, you’ll instead receive Silver Lions and the special “Golden Battles Wager”, allowing you to earn up to 1,000 Golden Eagles.





The Battle Pass doesn’t just feature decals, decorations and vehicles, it also contains a lot of other useful items. This includes a large amount of Silver Lions, Warbonds to spend in the Warbond shop, Orders, Wagers and Backups for use in battles, a Test Drive for one of the new vehicles before you get it, 10 days of Premium Account time, unique camouflages for the two new vehicles and a title and loading screen to remember your accomplishments.

Two “Upgrade Coupons” are at levels 105 and 125 in the Battle Pass and are both needed to get the next Battle Pass for free. They also make the two new vehicles tradable on the Gaijin Market if you prefer.

To purchase a Battle Pass using the “Upgrade Coupon”, you need to wait until the current season ends and the new season begins. You’ll then be able to exchange two Upgrade Coupons in the Battle Pass purchase window. Upgrade Coupons must be available in your inventory to do this.

Check out some of the main Warbond shop items in Season 20! You can view the full list of items available as well as the conditions for receiving them in-game.

The Warbond shop can be accessed by clicking on Shop > Warbond Shop from the hangar or from the Battle Pass window by clicking “Shop”

What is the Warbond Shop?
The Warbond shop is connected with and runs in tandem with the Battle Pass. Items in the Warbond shop can be purchased with a currency called Warbonds that are earned in the Battle Pass. There are a total of 6 shop levels and each one can be unlocked by reaching specific levels in the Battle Pass. In addition to purchasing with Warbonds, each item from shop level 3 requires a certain number of medals to purchase. Medals can be obtained through completing Special Tasks.



Aigle features five main turrets with a single 138.6 mm gun in each, capable of firing HE or SAPBC. This Destroyer also has six torpedoes, an array of machine guns, and a 71 km/h top speed, making Aigle a good all-round Destroyer, capable of taking out a range of enemies.


The Mörkö-Morane is a Finnish variant of the French M.S.406, delivered in 1940. This variant features a single 12.7 mm machine gun or 20 mm cannon in the nose (swappable via modifications), one 7.5 mm machine gun on each wing, a good top speed of over 500 km/h and an excellent turn time.


The Grant I was derived from Britain needing a tank, they opted for the M3 Medium and modified it to their needs. This tank features two cannons; a fast-firing 37 mm gun in a conventional turret — which features significantly more armor than the Lee variant, along with a 75 mm at the side of the hull, firing the same powerful APHE shell as the early Shermans.


The Type C Z47 was developed due to the shortcomings of the Type A and B. Featuring three main turrets with two 12.8 cm guns in each, the Z47 packs a punch against other enemy Destroyers. This ship also features twelve torpedoes and several 2 cm and 3.7 cm anti-aircraft guns.


The Mustang Mk IA is a British variant of the classic American P-51. It features several unique camouflages, four 20 mm Hispano cannons that can deal heavy damage to enemy aircraft and great flight performance. It lacks suspended weaponry options, but the AP rounds fired by its cannons can tear through the top of enemy tanks with ease.


The T-34-57 (1943) was a late, experimental variant of the T-34, featuring the 57 mm ZIS-4M cannon in a modified hexagonal turret. It combines workable armor with effective mobility and a powerful cannon, with both high penetration and a very fast reload.

Season 20 returns a Trophy with tiger decals, plus the new Lady Death decal, continuing this themed series!


“Lady Death” pinup decal
Like decorating your ground vehicles? Then check out the Road signs trophy, featuring several road signs for your vehicles! Prefer making your player profile unique? Open the profile icon trophy to get yourself a USSR tanker!

Alongside trophies, vehicles and decals are a bunch of useful consumable items, including boosters, universal backups, wagers & orders, premium vehicle rentals and talismans — all perfect for helping you through the game.

Get out there and get yourself some goodies!

The Hawker Hunter jet fighter first flew on July 20th, 1951. On September 7th, 1953, an improved prototype set a new air speed record, reaching 1,171 km/h (700 mph). The Hunter entered service with the Royal Air Force in 1954, and was subsequently used by more than 20 other countries. One of these was Rhodesia, later called Zimbabwe, which continues to use the Hunter to this day!



The Mitsubishi T-2, Japan’s first supersonic aircraft, first took to the skies exactly 20 years later, on July 20th, 1971. This was a training aircraft that Mitsubishi later developed into the F-1 combat fighter-bomber. The T-2 served for over 30 years from 1975 to 2006.

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The T-2 Early (rank VI) is available at a 30% discount for 6237 Golden Eagles!

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When: From July 18th (11:00 GMT) until July 21st (11:00 GMT).
Where: Japan > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

About this aircraft

• The T-2 Early is a plane for experienced pilots since it has no countermeasures. This means you’ll need to attempt to evade enemy missiles yourself. It does have a pulse-Doppler radar, allowing you to detect enemies in advance, air-to-air missiles and a powerful 20 mm cannon with 750 rounds of ammunition. For ground attack, you can take up to 500 lb and 750 bombs, plus Zuni and Mighty Mouse rockets!

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The Hunter FGA.9 (rank VI) is available at a 30% discount for 6237 Golden Eagles.

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When: From July 18th (11:00 GMT) until July 21st (11:00 GMT).
Where: Great Britain > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

About this aircraft

• The Hunter FGA.9 is one of the best variants of the Hawker Hunter family, thanks to its better engine and access to AIM-9E air-to-air missiles. It’s not just strong as an attack aircraft, but also as a ground attack aircraft, carrying up to four 1,000 lb bombs, as well as AP Mk II, RP-3, HVAR or SNEB type 23 rockets.

• A bug that caused shells to ricochet through the armor in some cases at high impact angles has been fixed. (Report).

• A bug that caused the calculations of hits on crew members to take impact angle into account has been fixed. It caused the equivalent thickness to be taken into account and caused fragments that hit crew members at high impact angles to deal no damage.

• AMX-50 (TOA100) — a bug that made it impossible to apply decorations to the left side of the turret has been fixed. (Report).

• A bug in “Sinai” and “Sands of Sinai” that caused gaps between some stones and ground to appear has been fixed. All missions in these locations in all game modes have been returned to the rotation.

• \[Domination] Franz Josef Land — spawn points for the bluewater fleet have been moved to the south and away from each other. The positions of the capture points have been adjusted.

• Eastern Europe, European Province — water level in the rivers has been increased by 0.85 meters to leave the possibility of driving on ramps from the water while still allowing for easier passage of amphibious vehicles under the bridges than before the changes.

• A bug that caused the enemy that was destroyed in the detection zone around a spawn point to stay highlighted on the minimap after respawning has been fixed. (Report).

• Crews of Dutch vehicles are now temporarily voiced over in French. The correct national voice over will be added in the future.

• Crews of Thai vehicles are now temporarily voiced over in English. The correct national voice over will be added in the future.

• Crews of Swiss vehicles are now temporarily voiced over in German. The correct national voice over will be added in the future.

• Sounds of petrol detonation have been adjusted (canisters, cisterns, gas pumps).

• A bug that sometimes caused a lack of the player’s ground vehicle sounds after being destroyed in a streak aircraft has been fixed.

• A bug that caused the sinking and hull destruction sounds of sinking ships to be heard too far away has been fixed.

• The task for unlocking the “Pz Abt 502 emblem” can now be completed in Tiger Ost and Tiger West tanks from the “Two Fronts” pack.

• A bug that in some cases caused the game to show a black screen on start with some VR headsets when playing through SteamVR has been fixed. (Report, Report).

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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.

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