Commanders!

Black Friday is coming soon – but this time, you’ll be fighting enemy armored vehicles, not discount-hungry customers! Turn Armored Warfare on, sit back and relax, knowing that no-one will snatch discounted items from your hands to run off with them – instead, enjoy equally awesome offers, discounts and bonuses we have prepared for you!

Bonuses and Missions

From November 23 to December 2 2017, the following bonuses and discounts will be active – it’s time to stock up!

• 200% Reputation income bonus for the first victory of the day
• 50% Credit income bonus for all battles
• 50% discount on all Consumables
• 35% discount on Battle-Hardened status
• 35% discount on all Retrofits
• 35% discount on all Camouflages
• 25% to 45% discount on all Decals
• 50% Gold to Credit conversion bonus
• 50% Reputation to Global Reputation conversion bonus

Or do you prefer to win some prizes instead? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered:

• Deal 15000 damage in a Tier 4 vehicle or higher in any mode to receive 1 day of Premium Time
• Deal 30000 damage in a Tier 4 vehicle or higher in any mode to receive 1 Gold Loot Crate
• Deal 150000 damage in a Tier 4 vehicle or higher in any mode to receive 1 Platinum Loot Crate
• Deal 350000 damage in a Tier 4 vehicle or higher in any mode to receive 3 Platinum Loot Crates
• Win 10 battles in any mode in a Tier 4 vehicle or higher to receive 3 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost tokens

Last but not least, we’ve prepared Black Friday Decals for you:

• Win 1 battle in any mode to receive the Ink Spot decal
• Win 20 battles in any mode to receive the Money Bag decal

New Premium Vehicles

For this year’s Black Friday sale, we’ve prepared three brand-new Premium vehicles for you!

Vickers Mk.7/2 “Vanquisher”

The Vickers Mk.7/2 was one of the last members of the famous Vickers MBT British tank export series. It was built around the advanced Vickers turret (with a wide range of guns offered as options), combined with a modified Leopard 2 hull. A single prototype was built in 1985, but failed to attract any customers. The tank was never mass-produced but the lessons learned by Vickers from its development were used when designing the Challenger 2 MBT

Read more!



In Armored Warfare, the Vickers Mk.7/2 is a Tier 8 Premium Main Battle Tank with a special “Vanquisher” British-themed camouflage, well-armored in the best Albion tradition. It is available in the following bundles:

Standard Bundle, containing:

• Vickers Mk.7/2 “Vanquisher” Tier 8 Premium Main Battle Tank

Improved Bundle with 22% discount, containing:

• Vickers Mk.7/2 “Vanquisher” Tier 8 Premium Main Battle Tank
• 15 Gold Loot Crates
• 5 Platinum Loot Crates
• 20 Gold Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 30 days of Premium Time
• Sale decal

Prime Bundle with 33% discount, containing:

• Vickers Mk.7/2 “Vanquisher” Tier 8 Premium Main Battle Tank
• 20 Gold Loot Crates
• 20 Platinum Loot Crates
• 30 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 30 days of Premium Time
• Sale decal
• Deal with It decal

Sabra Mk.2

The Israeli Sabra Mk.2 was developed as an upgrade kit for the aging Turkish M60A1 and M60A3 series Patton tanks in the early 21st century. Its main features include a new 120mm IMI M253 smoothbore gun replacing the old M68, and a brand new set of additional NERA armor, significantly improving the tank’s protection.

Read more!



In Armored Warfare, the Sabra Mk.2 is a Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank with powerful armament, thick armor and special Black Friday camouflage. It is available in the following bundles:

Standard Bundle, containing:

• Sabra Mk.2 Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank

Improved Bundle with 18% discount, containing:

• Sabra Mk.2 Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank
• 10 Platinum Loot Crates
• 10 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 30 days of Premium Time
• Sale decal

Prime Bundle with 36% discount, containing:

• Sabra Mk.2 Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank
• 20 Platinum Loot Crates
• 30 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 30 days of Premium Time
• 10,000 Gold
• Sale decal
• Deal with It decal

Marder 2

The Marder 2 was an experimental German IFV, developed in the late 1980s to replace the aging Marder IFV. It featured more armor, a new turret and a brand-new Rheinmetall dual-caliber autocannon that could fire both 35mm and 50mm rounds. Despite its qualities, the vehicle was never accepted in service due to its high cost and because it was no longer needed because of the fall of the Soviet Union. A single surviving prototype can be found today in the Koblenz military collection.

Read more!



In Armored Warfare, the Marder 2 is a Tier 8 Armored Fighting Vehicle. With its 44 tons, it’s one of the heaviest and toughest AFVs around. Unlike many other AFVs of its Tier, it is not armed with guided missiles, relying instead on its extremely powerful 50mm autocannon. It also features special Black Friday camouflage.

Standard Bundle, containing:

• Marder 2 Tier 8 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle

Improved Bundle with 17% discount, containing:

• Marder 2 Tier 8 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle
• 15 Platinum Loot Crates
• 15 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 30 days of Premium Time
• Sale decal

Prime Bundle with 38% discount, containing:

• Marder 2 Tier 8 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle
• 30 Platinum Loot Crates
• 30 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 30 days of Premium Time
• 10,000 Gold
• Sale decal
• Deal with It decal

Black Friday Bundle

The Marder 2 and the Sabra Mk.2 vehicles are also available together with a whopping 47% discount in a special Black Friday bundle for players who want to have it all, containing:

• Marder 2 Tier 8 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle
• Sabra Mk.2 Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank
• 50 Platinum Loot Crates
• 50 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 90 days of Premium Time
• 20,000 Gold
• Sale decal
• Deal with It decal

Visit our Web Shop to learn more!



Kampfpanzer 70 and MBT-70

The Kampfpanzer 70 is the German sibling of the MBT-70. Back in the 1960s, the Germans and the Americans cooperated on the creation of a new, highly advanced Main Battle Tank, armed with a powerful 152mm gun and cutting edge technology. The project was a failure and the tank was never adopted for several reasons, including an extremely high price.

Read more!



In Armored Warfare, the Kampfpanzer 70 is a Tier 6 Premium Main Battle Tank, just like the MBT-70. Although both vehicles generally look the same way, there are some differences. For one, the Kampfpanzer 70 cannot fire the Shillelagh guided missiles, but can use HE ammunition, making it truly deadly against lightly armored opponents.

Both vehicles are now available in the following bundles:

• Standard bundle with 22% discount featuring each vehicle separately (also available for Gold)
• Improved bundle with 35% discount, featuring each vehicle, 10 Gold Loot Crates, 3 Platinum Loot Crates and 7 days of Premium Time, Sale decal
• Prime bundle with 43% discount featuring each vehicle, 20 Gold Loot Crates, 10 Platinum Loot Crates and 30 days of Premium Time, Sale decal

Further Vehicle Discounts

The following vehicles are also available with a discount and for Gold with the Sale decal:

• Taifun II Tier 6 Tank Destroyer (-32%)
• VFM5 Merc Tier 6 Light Tank (-32%)
• Wiesel HOT Wolf Tier 7 Tank Destroyer (-34%)
• BMD-2 Wolf Tier 5 Armored Fighting Vehicle (-33%)
• RDF-LT Claw Tier 6 Light Tank (-32%)
• Challenger 1 Wolf Tier 7 Main Battle Tank (-34%)
• ERC 90 Shark Tier 5 Tank Destroyer (-33%)
• Stingray 2 Shark Tier 7 Light Tank (-34%)
• T-80U Shark Tier 7 Main Battle Tank (-34%)

Please note:

• This event starts on November 23 2017, 18:00 CET (9 AM PST)
• This event ends on December 2 2017, 16:00 CET (7 AM PST)
• Every bundle can only be purchased once per account
• Every bundle is delivered either to the EU server or to the NA server, based on your server selection
• If you already owned a bundle vehicle, you will instead receive its Compensation Value in Gold instead
• Compensation Value for the Marder 2 and Vickers Mk.7/2 is 8,998 Gold
• Compensation Value for the Sabra Mk.2 is 5,498 Gold
• Compensation Value for each other discounted vehicle is equal to the price they are sold for Gold in the Web Shop

We hope that you will enjoy this event and will see you on the battlefield!

 

Commanders!

Black Friday is coming soon – but this time, you’ll be fighting enemy armored vehicles, not discount-hungry customers! Turn Armored Warfare on, sit back and relax, knowing that no-one will snatch discounted items from your hands to run off with them – instead, enjoy equally awesome offers, discounts and bonuses we have prepared for you!

Bonuses and Missions

From November 23 to December 2 2017, the following bonuses and discounts will be active – it’s time to stock up!

• 200% Reputation income bonus for the first victory of the day
• 50% Credit income bonus for all battles
• 50% discount on all Consumables
• 35% discount on Battle-Hardened status
• 35% discount on all Retrofits
• 35% discount on all Camouflages
• 25% to 45% discount on all Decals
• 50% Gold to Credit conversion bonus
• 50% Reputation to Global Reputation conversion bonus

Or do you prefer to win some prizes instead? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered:

• Deal 15000 damage in a Tier 4 vehicle or higher in any mode to receive 1 day of Premium Time
• Deal 30000 damage in a Tier 4 vehicle or higher in any mode to receive 1 Gold Loot Crate
• Deal 150000 damage in a Tier 4 vehicle or higher in any mode to receive 1 Platinum Loot Crate
• Deal 350000 damage in a Tier 4 vehicle or higher in any mode to receive 3 Platinum Loot Crates
• Win 10 battles in any mode in a Tier 4 vehicle or higher to receive 3 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost tokens

Last but not least, we’ve prepared Black Friday Decals for you:

• Win 1 battle in any mode to receive the Ink Spot decal
• Win 20 battles in any mode to receive the Money Bag decal

New Premium Vehicles

For this year’s Black Friday sale, we’ve prepared three brand-new Premium vehicles for you!

Vickers Mk.7/2 “Vanquisher”

The Vickers Mk.7/2 was one of the last members of the famous Vickers MBT British tank export series. It was built around the advanced Vickers turret (with a wide range of guns offered as options), combined with a modified Leopard 2 hull. A single prototype was built in 1985, but failed to attract any customers. The tank was never mass-produced but the lessons learned by Vickers from its development were used when designing the Challenger 2 MBT

Read more!



In Armored Warfare, the Vickers Mk.7/2 is a Tier 8 Premium Main Battle Tank with a special “Vanquisher” British-themed camouflage, well-armored in the best Albion tradition. It is available in the following bundles:

Standard Bundle, containing:

• Vickers Mk.7/2 “Vanquisher” Tier 8 Premium Main Battle Tank

Improved Bundle with 22% discount, containing:

• Vickers Mk.7/2 “Vanquisher” Tier 8 Premium Main Battle Tank
• 15 Gold Loot Crates
• 5 Platinum Loot Crates
• 20 Gold Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 30 days of Premium Time
• Sale decal

Prime Bundle with 33% discount, containing:

• Vickers Mk.7/2 “Vanquisher” Tier 8 Premium Main Battle Tank
• 20 Gold Loot Crates
• 20 Platinum Loot Crates
• 30 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 30 days of Premium Time
• Sale decal
• Deal with It decal

Sabra Mk.2

The Israeli Sabra Mk.2 was developed as an upgrade kit for the aging Turkish M60A1 and M60A3 series Patton tanks in the early 21st century. Its main features include a new 120mm IMI M253 smoothbore gun replacing the old M68, and a brand new set of additional NERA armor, significantly improving the tank’s protection.

Read more!



In Armored Warfare, the Sabra Mk.2 is a Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank with powerful armament, thick armor and special Black Friday camouflage. It is available in the following bundles:

Standard Bundle, containing:

• Sabra Mk.2 Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank

Improved Bundle with 18% discount, containing:

• Sabra Mk.2 Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank
• 10 Platinum Loot Crates
• 10 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 30 days of Premium Time
• Sale decal

Prime Bundle with 36% discount, containing:

• Sabra Mk.2 Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank
• 20 Platinum Loot Crates
• 30 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 30 days of Premium Time
• 10,000 Gold
• Sale decal
• Deal with It decal

Marder 2

The Marder 2 was an experimental German IFV, developed in the late 1980s to replace the aging Marder IFV. It featured more armor, a new turret and a brand-new Rheinmetall dual-caliber autocannon that could fire both 35mm and 50mm rounds. Despite its qualities, the vehicle was never accepted in service due to its high cost and because it was no longer needed because of the fall of the Soviet Union. A single surviving prototype can be found today in the Koblenz military collection.

Read more!



In Armored Warfare, the Marder 2 is a Tier 8 Armored Fighting Vehicle. With its 44 tons, it’s one of the heaviest and toughest AFVs around. Unlike many other AFVs of its Tier, it is not armed with guided missiles, relying instead on its extremely powerful 50mm autocannon. It also features special Black Friday camouflage.

Standard Bundle, containing:

• Marder 2 Tier 8 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle

Improved Bundle with 17% discount, containing:

• Marder 2 Tier 8 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle
• 15 Platinum Loot Crates
• 15 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 30 days of Premium Time
• Sale decal

Prime Bundle with 38% discount, containing:

• Marder 2 Tier 8 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle
• 30 Platinum Loot Crates
• 30 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 30 days of Premium Time
• 10,000 Gold
• Sale decal
• Deal with It decal

Black Friday Bundle

The Marder 2 and the Sabra Mk.2 vehicles are also available together with a whopping 47% discount in a special Black Friday bundle for players who want to have it all, containing:

• Marder 2 Tier 8 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle
• Sabra Mk.2 Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank
• 50 Platinum Loot Crates
• 50 Platinum Battlefield Glory 12-hour Boost Tokens
• 90 days of Premium Time
• 20,000 Gold
• Sale decal
• Deal with It decal

Visit our Web Shop to learn more!



Kampfpanzer 70 and MBT-70

The Kampfpanzer 70 is the German sibling of the MBT-70. Back in the 1960s, the Germans and the Americans cooperated on the creation of a new, highly advanced Main Battle Tank, armed with a powerful 152mm gun and cutting edge technology. The project was a failure and the tank was never adopted for several reasons, including an extremely high price.

Read more!



In Armored Warfare, the Kampfpanzer 70 is a Tier 6 Premium Main Battle Tank, just like the MBT-70. Although both vehicles generally look the same way, there are some differences. For one, the Kampfpanzer 70 cannot fire the Shillelagh guided missiles, but can use HE ammunition, making it truly deadly against lightly armored opponents.

Both vehicles are now available in the following bundles:

• Standard bundle with 22% discount featuring each vehicle separately (also available for Gold)
• Improved bundle with 35% discount, featuring each vehicle, 10 Gold Loot Crates, 3 Platinum Loot Crates and 7 days of Premium Time, Sale decal
• Prime bundle with 43% discount featuring each vehicle, 20 Gold Loot Crates, 10 Platinum Loot Crates and 30 days of Premium Time, Sale decal

Further Vehicle Discounts

The following vehicles are also available with a discount and for Gold with the Sale decal:

• Taifun II Tier 6 Tank Destroyer (-32%)
• VFM5 Merc Tier 6 Light Tank (-32%)
• Wiesel HOT Wolf Tier 7 Tank Destroyer (-34%)
• BMD-2 Wolf Tier 5 Armored Fighting Vehicle (-33%)
• RDF-LT Claw Tier 6 Light Tank (-32%)
• Challenger 1 Wolf Tier 7 Main Battle Tank (-34%)
• ERC 90 Shark Tier 5 Tank Destroyer (-33%)
• Stingray 2 Shark Tier 7 Light Tank (-34%)
• T-80U Shark Tier 7 Main Battle Tank (-34%)

Please note:

• This event starts on November 23 2017, 18:00 CET (9 AM PST)
• This event ends on December 2 2017, 16:00 CET (7 AM PST)
• Every bundle can only be purchased once per account
• Every bundle is delivered either to the EU server or to the NA server, based on your server selection
• If you already owned a bundle vehicle, you will instead receive its Compensation Value in Gold instead
• Compensation Value for the Marder 2 and Vickers Mk.7/2 is 8,998 Gold
• Compensation Value for the Sabra Mk.2 is 5,498 Gold
• Compensation Value for each other discounted vehicle is equal to the price they are sold for Gold in the Web Shop

We hope that you will enjoy this event and will see you on the battlefield!

 

Commanders!

Armored Warfare is now available on Steam – to celebrate the occasion, we’ve prepared a special competition for you – the Steam-powered Vehicle Contest!



The rules are simple – design a steam-powered armored vehicle by any means you see fit and post it in the Armored Warfare Steam community hub with hash tag #SteamPoweredVehicle by December 3, 2017!

You can draw one, make one using graphic editor, build one from wood... whatever suits you the best. The only condition is that it has to be clear that the vehicle is powered by steam!

Three best creations will be selected by the community managers and rewarded with the following prizes:

• First Place: the entire ICE edition of premium vehicles, 7 days of Premium Time and 5 Platinum Loot Crates
• Second Place: 3 ICE vehicles of winner’s choosing, 3 days of Premium Time and 3 Platinum Loot Crates
• Third place: 2 ICE vehicles of winner’s choosing, 1 day of Premium Time and 3 Gold Loot Crates

Additionally, one winner of community’s choosing will receive the brand new Vickers Mk.7 “Vanquisher” Tier 8 Premium Main Battle Tank!

The ICE edition consists of Premium versions of progression vehicles and comes with unique camouflage as well as Level 5 crews. The following vehicles belong to the edition:

• Leopard 2AV ICE Tier 6 Premium Main Battle Tank
• T-72AV ICE Tier 5 Premium Main Battle Tank
• M60A3 ICE Tier 5 Premium Main Battle Tank
• OF-40 ICE Tier 4 Premium Main Battle Tank
• Object 430 ICE Tier 3 Premium Main Battle Tank

Premium Time increases the in-game progression rate by giving you a bonus to Credit and Reputation income, while Loot Crates contain a number of useful bonuses, including Credits, Global Reputation and progression boosters.

Important: Please include your in-game name with each entry.

Please note:

• The contest ends on December 3, 2017 at 23:59 CET (2:59 PM PST)
• Entries must be submitted on our social Steam platform and linked in our official entry thread on Steam forum
• Only one entry per user is allowed
• The entries must not contain inappropriate content such as profanities, references to illegal acts or any other item that is in violation of Armored Warfare Terms of Service
• Players who own the prize vehicles already will receive their value in Gold
• You agree that your creation/content may be published and used by My.com B.V. for promotional purposes
• You agree not to submit any content protected by copyright or already published on the Internet
• You identify yourself as the author of the creation/content you are submitting

We are looking forward to your creations and will see you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

Armored Warfare is now available on Steam – to celebrate the occasion, we’ve prepared a special competition for you – the Steam-powered Vehicle Contest!



The rules are simple – design a steam-powered armored vehicle by any means you see fit and post it in the Armored Warfare Steam community hub with hash tag #SteamPoweredVehicle by December 3, 2017!

You can draw one, make one using graphic editor, build one from wood... whatever suits you the best. The only condition is that it has to be clear that the vehicle is powered by steam!

Three best creations will be selected by the community managers and rewarded with the following prizes:

• First Place: the entire ICE edition of premium vehicles, 7 days of Premium Time and 5 Platinum Loot Crates
• Second Place: 3 ICE vehicles of winner’s choosing, 3 days of Premium Time and 3 Platinum Loot Crates
• Third place: 2 ICE vehicles of winner’s choosing, 1 day of Premium Time and 3 Gold Loot Crates

Additionally, one winner of community’s choosing will receive the brand new Vickers Mk.7 “Vanquisher” Tier 8 Premium Main Battle Tank!

The ICE edition consists of Premium versions of progression vehicles and comes with unique camouflage as well as Level 5 crews. The following vehicles belong to the edition:

• Leopard 2AV ICE Tier 6 Premium Main Battle Tank
• T-72AV ICE Tier 5 Premium Main Battle Tank
• M60A3 ICE Tier 5 Premium Main Battle Tank
• OF-40 ICE Tier 4 Premium Main Battle Tank
• Object 430 ICE Tier 3 Premium Main Battle Tank

Premium Time increases the in-game progression rate by giving you a bonus to Credit and Reputation income, while Loot Crates contain a number of useful bonuses, including Credits, Global Reputation and progression boosters.

Important: Please include your in-game name with each entry.

Please note:

• The contest ends on December 3, 2017 at 23:59 CET (2:59 PM PST)
• Entries must be submitted on our social Steam platform and linked in our official entry thread on Steam forum
• Only one entry per user is allowed
• The entries must not contain inappropriate content such as profanities, references to illegal acts or any other item that is in violation of Armored Warfare Terms of Service
• Players who own the prize vehicles already will receive their value in Gold
• You agree that your creation/content may be published and used by My.com B.V. for promotional purposes
• You agree not to submit any content protected by copyright or already published on the Internet
• You identify yourself as the author of the creation/content you are submitting

We are looking forward to your creations and will see you on the battlefield!

On the 23rd of November 2017, starting from 7:00 CET (22nd of November, 10 PM PST), the Open Beta servers will not be available for 4 hours due to the application of Update 0.22.4274

 

Important Changes

• Fixed the issue that was causing the vehicles to become stuck in matches and the players receiving the “match failed” announcement
• Fixed the bugged Wilk XC8 120mm PELE ammunition in order to reduce the damage it makes without penetrations
• The Waterway map is now available again, for both PvP and Global Operations
• The Operation Watchdog PvE map is now available again
• Introduced three new premium vehicles – Vickers Mk.7/2 “Vanquisher”, Sabra Mk.2 and Marder 2
• Fixed bugs on Tiger’s Claw map, including the excessively short enemy capture time
• Fixed a number of bugs leading to client crashes

Vehicles

• Fixed the issue with secondary gun loading at the launch of the battle
• Fixed the issue that caused some textures on multiple vehicles to appear black
• Fixed the colors of several vehicles
• Fixed the track textures of several vehicles
• Fixed the Type 96A ATGM name
• Fixed the Type 96 and Type 96A engine names
• Fixed the ERA visual model of BMP-3M Dragun 125
• Fixed the ammo rack explosion effect of Stingray and Stingray 2
• Fixed the FV438 Swingfire visual model on minimal graphics settings
• Fixed the BMP-1, BMP-1P and BWP-1M Puma armor (the three vehicles had different armor values, they were brought to BMP-1 standard)
• Fixed the bug that made camouflage appear on the bottom plate of several vehicles
• Fixed the texture of the rubber side skirts on BMPT-72 and T-90
• Fixed the bug that caused the glass on gun sights and periscopes to not appear on minimal settings
• Fixed the visual model of the engine fire smoke on Type 96 and Type 96A
• Fixed the bugged camouflage of Challenger 1 FALCON that incorrectly appeared on roadwheels

Maps

• Fixed the incorrect Cold Strike and Pipelines skirmish minimaps
• Fixed the missing Waterway textures
• Fixed the texture flickering on the River Point map
• Fixed the invisible obstacle at J6 on the Hydra PvE map
• Fixed the spawn point minimap icons on Cold Strike and Tropical Coast maps

User Interface

• Reworked several vehicle icons in the Garage
• Reworked the Tutorial UI to account for the new Commander system
• Fixed the bug that caused the approaching bomber warning to appear too late
• Fixed the post-battle debriefing window tooltip texts
• Fixed the Upgrade window scrolling
• Fixed several vehicle comparison window UI bugs

 

On the 23rd of November 2017, starting from 7:00 CET (22nd of November, 10 PM PST), the Open Beta servers will not be available for 4 hours due to the application of Update 0.22.4274

 

Important Changes

• Fixed the issue that was causing the vehicles to become stuck in matches and the players receiving the “match failed” announcement
• Fixed the bugged Wilk XC8 120mm PELE ammunition in order to reduce the damage it makes without penetrations
• The Waterway map is now available again, for both PvP and Global Operations
• The Operation Watchdog PvE map is now available again
• Introduced three new premium vehicles – Vickers Mk.7/2 “Vanquisher”, Sabra Mk.2 and Marder 2
• Fixed bugs on Tiger’s Claw map, including the excessively short enemy capture time
• Fixed a number of bugs leading to client crashes

Vehicles

• Fixed the issue with secondary gun loading at the launch of the battle
• Fixed the issue that caused some textures on multiple vehicles to appear black
• Fixed the colors of several vehicles
• Fixed the track textures of several vehicles
• Fixed the Type 96A ATGM name
• Fixed the Type 96 and Type 96A engine names
• Fixed the ERA visual model of BMP-3M Dragun 125
• Fixed the ammo rack explosion effect of Stingray and Stingray 2
• Fixed the FV438 Swingfire visual model on minimal graphics settings
• Fixed the BMP-1, BMP-1P and BWP-1M Puma armor (the three vehicles had different armor values, they were brought to BMP-1 standard)
• Fixed the bug that made camouflage appear on the bottom plate of several vehicles
• Fixed the texture of the rubber side skirts on BMPT-72 and T-90
• Fixed the bug that caused the glass on gun sights and periscopes to not appear on minimal settings
• Fixed the visual model of the engine fire smoke on Type 96 and Type 96A
• Fixed the bugged camouflage of Challenger 1 FALCON that incorrectly appeared on roadwheels

Maps

• Fixed the incorrect Cold Strike and Pipelines skirmish minimaps
• Fixed the missing Waterway textures
• Fixed the texture flickering on the River Point map
• Fixed the invisible obstacle at J6 on the Hydra PvE map
• Fixed the spawn point minimap icons on Cold Strike and Tropical Coast maps

User Interface

• Reworked several vehicle icons in the Garage
• Reworked the Tutorial UI to account for the new Commander system
• Fixed the bug that caused the approaching bomber warning to appear too late
• Fixed the post-battle debriefing window tooltip texts
• Fixed the Upgrade window scrolling
• Fixed several vehicle comparison window UI bugs

 

The M60T (or, using the Israeli export nomenclature, Sabra Mk.2) is basically a M60A3 Main Battle Tank, heavily upgraded for Turkish service by the Israelis. Mentioning Turkey and Israel in one sentence is usually done only when describing an international conflict, but there have been instances where both countries could get along remarkably well, such is the abovementioned upgrade program by the Israeli Military Industries company.



M60T

Of course, Israel has a long tradition of using upgraded American vehicles to this day that started soon after its birth in 1948. For decades, the legendary Super Shermans formed the backbone of Israeli armored power. They were gradually replaced by the Centurion and Patton tanks, the latter serving in the IDF under the name of “Magach.”

The history of the Magach tanks in Israeli service is long and will be covered in the future in a series of separate articles when the Israeli branch is introduced, but here’s what basically happened. During the Six Day War, Israel managed to achieve a stunning military victory over numerically superior opponents, completely decimating Syrian and Egyptian air forces and striking massive blows against enemy armored formations. This victory, however, had a downside. The Israeli forces were lulled into a complacency of sorts – after all, it had taken only six day to knock the Arabs out of the fight, what threat could they possibly pose. Another problem was the corruption – like any other army in the world, the Israeli one was not immune to this issue and when the war broke out once again, entire units found themselves without gas masks, blankets and other equipment, sold by corrupted officers for profit.

The Egyptians and Syrians did, however, learn from the 1967 war and re-armed their forces with advanced equipment of Soviet origin. Amongst the most important pieces were the BMP-1s armed with Malyutka missiles as well as hundreds of infantry-borne Malyutka launchers. Six years after their defeat, in 1973, the Arabs returned in what became known as the Doomsday War.

The pride of the IDF, elite Israeli tank units armed with Magach tanks, was decimated by volleys of Malyutka missiles. What was even worse, the Magach tank had a massive flaw – the hydraulic fluid of its turret drive was highly flammable and frontal penetrations, even if not fatal to the crew by themselves, often resulted in the men inside being sprayed by burning hydraulic fluid and perishing in the flames. This flaw was only rectified after the war by using a hydraulic fluid with higher burning point, but by then the damage was already done.

Even though the 1973 war was won by the Israelis, the victory was paid dearly and the need to upgrade the Israeli equipment became clear. Following the war and the 1982 Lebanese experience, the Magach was upgraded with numerous systems, including the Blazer Explosive Reactive Armor (the first such system used on the Patton).



Magach in Lebanon, 1982

But in the mid-1980s, the Patton, even with the upgrades, was considered obsolete due to its insufficient armor protection – kinetic penetrators of the era were often capable of defeating double the amount of armor the M60 series offered and the appearance of more advanced HEAT projectiles made even the later Blazer variants insufficient. It was therefore decided to provide the Magach tanks with even deeper upgrades, including brand new passive armor based on the Merkava armor design. This version became known as the Magach 7. The first Magach 7 tanks were introduced in the early 1990s, the later 7C variant in the mid-1990s. They are easily recognizable by the sharp-angled additional armor on top of the original M60 turret.

The Magach 7 armor worked splendidly. During one incident in 1997, Hezbollah terrorists fired twenty Malyutka missiles on one Magach – only two of them penetrated and the crew survived the ordeal. Another Magach was later destroyed by a massive IED, but no tank can survive an explosion of hundred kilos of explosives under it. The Magach 7 was therefore considered a major success, especially in the later iterations. Seeing this success and considering the fact that many U.S.-friendly countries in the world were armed by the M60 series, the Israelis smelled an opportunity – for their use, they had their own closely guarded Merkava tank, but why not offer a significant upgrade to the M60 series, based on the Magach 7, for export?



Magach 7A in Gaza, 2002

The result of this line of thought was the Sabra, an advanced M60 modification by Israeli Military Industries (IMI), based on the Magach 7 design. Now, the Israelis only had to find a customer – and luckily for them, by the early 2000s, Turkey needed just such an upgrade for its aging fleet of Pattons. But first, a few words about Turkey, its military and its special relationship with the Israelis. Modern day Turkey was born from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire, ushered into the world by its visionary leader, Mustafa Kemal, also known under the moniker of “Atatürk”, who wanted to turn Turkey into a strong, independent, western-style country.

Learning from the Great War experience, Turkey tried to stay out of major conflicts during most of the 20th century. Turkey stayed strictly neutral during the Second World War, only leaning towards the Allies when the Nazi defeat was certain and did not participate in other conflicts either, save for the Korean War (a small contingent of Turks fought under the United Nations banner).

Turkey joined NATO in 1952 (ironically along with Greece), firmly aligning itself with the West, but its position was always a special one, both regionally (it shared a border with the Soviet Union) and politically (being the only Muslim country in NATO). The latter played a role in its relationships with Israel but unlike other countries in the Middle East, Turkey never adopted the firmly anti-Israeli stance, instead opting for a careful, civilized dialogue with Israel. It wasn’t a friendship; it wasn’t even an easy relationship at times (Turkey for example condemned the Israeli territory gains from 1967), but throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, the Israeli-Turkish relationship suffered few setbacks and even prospered.

The same cannot be said of NATO. Turkish political position was seriously damaged by the 1974 Cyprus invasion and to this day, Turkey holds the dubious honor of being the only NATO country to wage war against a NATO ally. This event had a widespread impact that, unlikely as it seems, influenced the Turkish armored forces in a major way.



Sabra Mk.2

Since the 1950s, Turkey was armed with Patton series tanks, purchasing over 500 M47 tanks by 1954 and several thousand M48 tanks in the mid-1960s. In 1975, as a result of the Cyprus invasion, Turkey came shortly under an American arms export embargo, freezing the plans to purchase more modern American Main Battle Tanks. While the embargo itself was lifted in 1978, the deterioration of the Turkish relations with the United States made it almost impossible to acquire modern American weaponry.

Feeling the need to upgrade their tank formations, the Turks turned to the Germans instead, ordering several variants of the Leopard 1 Main Battle Tank, starting from 1982 – this is how Turkey ended with its strange motley of German and American Main Battle Tanks, but that is a story for another time. Instead, let’s shift to 1992 and the fall of the Soviet Union. Feeling no need to hold such massive forces in Europe anymore, the United States of America released a large number of surplus M60-series tanks on the market.

Turkey used the opportunity to, starting from 1993, purchase 274 M60A1 tanks and 658 M60A3 tanks. It was this assortment of tanks that Turkey entered the 21st millennium with.

Skipping another decade, by the early 2000s, Turkey found itself with a generally obsolete fleet of tanks. The Iraq war has shown the performance (and the limits) of older designs in full and the Turks found it prudent to start thinking about their upgrades. There were three main directions they focused on:

• Purchasing new Main Battle Tanks
• Upgrading the Leopard 1 fleet
• Upgrading the M60 series fleet

The first approach ended with the purchase of 298 Leopard 2A4 tanks between 2006 and 2009. The second approach resulted in the Leopard 1T Volkan from the same time period. But it is the third one that interests us the most.

There were basically two contenders for the major Turkish M60 upgrade – Israeli Military Industries with their Sabra tank and General Dynamics with the 120S tank (effectively a combination of an old M60 hull and a M1A1 Abrams turret). Both tanks fulfilled the essential requirement of carrying a 120mm smoothbore NATO standard gun – unlike the earlier Magach tanks, the Sabra had its 105mm rifled M68 version replaced by an Israeli produced M253 cannon (licensed Rheinmetall smoothbore).



M60T in Syria

The Americans were in a better position politically, but Israel offered a better off-set program. The details of the offer are not entirely known – arms business involves a lot of backroom deals and when it comes to such deals, the Israelis are true masters, perhaps even the best in the world. Either way, a contract was signed between Turkey and IMI in 2002.

The Israelis first produced the Sabra Mk.1 – it was a true masterpiece of engineering, offering significant protection upgrade over the old M60A3 tank. It was, however, simply too expensive for the Turks – as a result, they settled for a cheaper, somewhat downgraded version of the Sabra called Sabra Mk.2 by the Israelis, accepted into service under the name M60T.

The M60T is easily recognized by its arrow-shaped turret. Thick slabs of armor cover the original turret form of the M60A3, significantly increasing protection against all kinds of threats – or at least it did back in 2002. The hull is covered by additional NERA armor as well – the exact level of protection is not known, but the armor is assumed to be effective against older Soviet era ATGMs and kinetic penetrators. Additional protection measures include:

• Improved, insulated ammunition storage
• Rear turret slat cage, effective against RPGs
• Automatic fire detection and suppression system
• IR and Laser warning system
• Smoke grenade launchers
• NBC protection

The Israelis have also offered a hard-kill APS system for the Sabra, but the Turks declined the offer. Other options included:

• Commander’s panoramic sights
• Extra roof protection
• Advanced navigation system

Of course – all this extra gear is heavy. The tank weighs 56 to 59 tons, depending on configuration (compared to the original 52 tons of the M60A3). To compensate for that, the vehicle has a German 1000hp MTU MT-881 KA-501 diesel engine, paired with Renk 304S transmission, allowing it to go as fast as 55 km/h (or 30 km/h off-road) and to accelerate to 32 km/h under 8 seconds. Compared to the M60A3, the tank also has new shock absorbers for smoother ride, new final drives (improving their durability) and improved tracks.

The biggest improvement, however, is arguably its firepower. The M60T is armed with the 120mm M253 smoothbore gun, controlled by the Elbit Knight III fire control system. The gun is fully stabilized, can elevate to +20 degrees and depress to -9 degrees. The tank is equipped with gunner day/night optics with a thermal imager and a laser range finder. The turret is rotated electrically, eliminating the old Patton hydraulic system flaw. The gun can fire NATO standard 120mm ammunition.

Last but not least, the tank features a number of crew improvements such as enhanced displays. Further improvements such a battle management system were offered by the Israelis but ultimately rejected. Overall, for its time, it was still a very capable machine.

Between 2006 and 2010, Israel delivered 170 of these vehicles to Turkey for 687 million USD, but the deal got politically complicated – the relationships between Israel and Turkey deteriorated in 2010 following the Gaza convoy incident. As a result, Turkey cancelled the majority of military co-operation with IMI as well as other deals. The rift lasted until 2016, but even with the reconciliation agreement from June 2016, the relations would take time to mend. In other words, it’s unlikely that more M60Ts would be ordered or delivered, especially considering their combat performance.



During the Turkish incursion into Syria, several M60Ts were hit with Russian Kornet missiles. These hits penetrated the by now insufficient armor, destroying the vehicles. This remains the only combat use of the M60T to date (at least in an actual battle) and while the debate whether the losses were caused by vehicle obsolescence or by poor tactics is still going on, the losses certainly affect the M60T image.

Israeli Military Industries continue to offer the Sabra as a solution for countries with large fleets of M60 series tanks, even to countries who do not have these vehicles at all (recently, the Sabra was offered to the Czech Republic as its future MBT, replacing the aging T-72M4CZ), but the vehicle is generally considered as obsolete – in other words, for all its qualities at the time of its introduction, it’s unlikely that the Sabra will gain new customers in the future, remaining instead a Turkish oddity to be eventually replaced by the indigenous Turkish Altay Main Battle Tank.

In Armored Warfare, the M60T will be a premium Main Battle Tank – but fear not, more Israeli upgraded M60 progression vehicles will appear in the future as well.

We’ll see you on the battlefield!

 

The M60T (or, using the Israeli export nomenclature, Sabra Mk.2) is basically a M60A3 Main Battle Tank, heavily upgraded for Turkish service by the Israelis. Mentioning Turkey and Israel in one sentence is usually done only when describing an international conflict, but there have been instances where both countries could get along remarkably well, such is the abovementioned upgrade program by the Israeli Military Industries company.



M60T

Of course, Israel has a long tradition of using upgraded American vehicles to this day that started soon after its birth in 1948. For decades, the legendary Super Shermans formed the backbone of Israeli armored power. They were gradually replaced by the Centurion and Patton tanks, the latter serving in the IDF under the name of “Magach.”

The history of the Magach tanks in Israeli service is long and will be covered in the future in a series of separate articles when the Israeli branch is introduced, but here’s what basically happened. During the Six Day War, Israel managed to achieve a stunning military victory over numerically superior opponents, completely decimating Syrian and Egyptian air forces and striking massive blows against enemy armored formations. This victory, however, had a downside. The Israeli forces were lulled into a complacency of sorts – after all, it had taken only six day to knock the Arabs out of the fight, what threat could they possibly pose. Another problem was the corruption – like any other army in the world, the Israeli one was not immune to this issue and when the war broke out once again, entire units found themselves without gas masks, blankets and other equipment, sold by corrupted officers for profit.

The Egyptians and Syrians did, however, learn from the 1967 war and re-armed their forces with advanced equipment of Soviet origin. Amongst the most important pieces were the BMP-1s armed with Malyutka missiles as well as hundreds of infantry-borne Malyutka launchers. Six years after their defeat, in 1973, the Arabs returned in what became known as the Doomsday War.

The pride of the IDF, elite Israeli tank units armed with Magach tanks, was decimated by volleys of Malyutka missiles. What was even worse, the Magach tank had a massive flaw – the hydraulic fluid of its turret drive was highly flammable and frontal penetrations, even if not fatal to the crew by themselves, often resulted in the men inside being sprayed by burning hydraulic fluid and perishing in the flames. This flaw was only rectified after the war by using a hydraulic fluid with higher burning point, but by then the damage was already done.

Even though the 1973 war was won by the Israelis, the victory was paid dearly and the need to upgrade the Israeli equipment became clear. Following the war and the 1982 Lebanese experience, the Magach was upgraded with numerous systems, including the Blazer Explosive Reactive Armor (the first such system used on the Patton).



Magach in Lebanon, 1982

But in the mid-1980s, the Patton, even with the upgrades, was considered obsolete due to its insufficient armor protection – kinetic penetrators of the era were often capable of defeating double the amount of armor the M60 series offered and the appearance of more advanced HEAT projectiles made even the later Blazer variants insufficient. It was therefore decided to provide the Magach tanks with even deeper upgrades, including brand new passive armor based on the Merkava armor design. This version became known as the Magach 7. The first Magach 7 tanks were introduced in the early 1990s, the later 7C variant in the mid-1990s. They are easily recognizable by the sharp-angled additional armor on top of the original M60 turret.

The Magach 7 armor worked splendidly. During one incident in 1997, Hezbollah terrorists fired twenty Malyutka missiles on one Magach – only two of them penetrated and the crew survived the ordeal. Another Magach was later destroyed by a massive IED, but no tank can survive an explosion of hundred kilos of explosives under it. The Magach 7 was therefore considered a major success, especially in the later iterations. Seeing this success and considering the fact that many U.S.-friendly countries in the world were armed by the M60 series, the Israelis smelled an opportunity – for their use, they had their own closely guarded Merkava tank, but why not offer a significant upgrade to the M60 series, based on the Magach 7, for export?



Magach 7A in Gaza, 2002

The result of this line of thought was the Sabra, an advanced M60 modification by Israeli Military Industries (IMI), based on the Magach 7 design. Now, the Israelis only had to find a customer – and luckily for them, by the early 2000s, Turkey needed just such an upgrade for its aging fleet of Pattons. But first, a few words about Turkey, its military and its special relationship with the Israelis. Modern day Turkey was born from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire, ushered into the world by its visionary leader, Mustafa Kemal, also known under the moniker of “Atatürk”, who wanted to turn Turkey into a strong, independent, western-style country.

Learning from the Great War experience, Turkey tried to stay out of major conflicts during most of the 20th century. Turkey stayed strictly neutral during the Second World War, only leaning towards the Allies when the Nazi defeat was certain and did not participate in other conflicts either, save for the Korean War (a small contingent of Turks fought under the United Nations banner).

Turkey joined NATO in 1952 (ironically along with Greece), firmly aligning itself with the West, but its position was always a special one, both regionally (it shared a border with the Soviet Union) and politically (being the only Muslim country in NATO). The latter played a role in its relationships with Israel but unlike other countries in the Middle East, Turkey never adopted the firmly anti-Israeli stance, instead opting for a careful, civilized dialogue with Israel. It wasn’t a friendship; it wasn’t even an easy relationship at times (Turkey for example condemned the Israeli territory gains from 1967), but throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, the Israeli-Turkish relationship suffered few setbacks and even prospered.

The same cannot be said of NATO. Turkish political position was seriously damaged by the 1974 Cyprus invasion and to this day, Turkey holds the dubious honor of being the only NATO country to wage war against a NATO ally. This event had a widespread impact that, unlikely as it seems, influenced the Turkish armored forces in a major way.



Sabra Mk.2

Since the 1950s, Turkey was armed with Patton series tanks, purchasing over 500 M47 tanks by 1954 and several thousand M48 tanks in the mid-1960s. In 1975, as a result of the Cyprus invasion, Turkey came shortly under an American arms export embargo, freezing the plans to purchase more modern American Main Battle Tanks. While the embargo itself was lifted in 1978, the deterioration of the Turkish relations with the United States made it almost impossible to acquire modern American weaponry.

Feeling the need to upgrade their tank formations, the Turks turned to the Germans instead, ordering several variants of the Leopard 1 Main Battle Tank, starting from 1982 – this is how Turkey ended with its strange motley of German and American Main Battle Tanks, but that is a story for another time. Instead, let’s shift to 1992 and the fall of the Soviet Union. Feeling no need to hold such massive forces in Europe anymore, the United States of America released a large number of surplus M60-series tanks on the market.

Turkey used the opportunity to, starting from 1993, purchase 274 M60A1 tanks and 658 M60A3 tanks. It was this assortment of tanks that Turkey entered the 21st millennium with.

Skipping another decade, by the early 2000s, Turkey found itself with a generally obsolete fleet of tanks. The Iraq war has shown the performance (and the limits) of older designs in full and the Turks found it prudent to start thinking about their upgrades. There were three main directions they focused on:

• Purchasing new Main Battle Tanks
• Upgrading the Leopard 1 fleet
• Upgrading the M60 series fleet

The first approach ended with the purchase of 298 Leopard 2A4 tanks between 2006 and 2009. The second approach resulted in the Leopard 1T Volkan from the same time period. But it is the third one that interests us the most.

There were basically two contenders for the major Turkish M60 upgrade – Israeli Military Industries with their Sabra tank and General Dynamics with the 120S tank (effectively a combination of an old M60 hull and a M1A1 Abrams turret). Both tanks fulfilled the essential requirement of carrying a 120mm smoothbore NATO standard gun – unlike the earlier Magach tanks, the Sabra had its 105mm rifled M68 version replaced by an Israeli produced M253 cannon (licensed Rheinmetall smoothbore).



M60T in Syria

The Americans were in a better position politically, but Israel offered a better off-set program. The details of the offer are not entirely known – arms business involves a lot of backroom deals and when it comes to such deals, the Israelis are true masters, perhaps even the best in the world. Either way, a contract was signed between Turkey and IMI in 2002.

The Israelis first produced the Sabra Mk.1 – it was a true masterpiece of engineering, offering significant protection upgrade over the old M60A3 tank. It was, however, simply too expensive for the Turks – as a result, they settled for a cheaper, somewhat downgraded version of the Sabra called Sabra Mk.2 by the Israelis, accepted into service under the name M60T.

The M60T is easily recognized by its arrow-shaped turret. Thick slabs of armor cover the original turret form of the M60A3, significantly increasing protection against all kinds of threats – or at least it did back in 2002. The hull is covered by additional NERA armor as well – the exact level of protection is not known, but the armor is assumed to be effective against older Soviet era ATGMs and kinetic penetrators. Additional protection measures include:

• Improved, insulated ammunition storage
• Rear turret slat cage, effective against RPGs
• Automatic fire detection and suppression system
• IR and Laser warning system
• Smoke grenade launchers
• NBC protection

The Israelis have also offered a hard-kill APS system for the Sabra, but the Turks declined the offer. Other options included:

• Commander’s panoramic sights
• Extra roof protection
• Advanced navigation system

Of course – all this extra gear is heavy. The tank weighs 56 to 59 tons, depending on configuration (compared to the original 52 tons of the M60A3). To compensate for that, the vehicle has a German 1000hp MTU MT-881 KA-501 diesel engine, paired with Renk 304S transmission, allowing it to go as fast as 55 km/h (or 30 km/h off-road) and to accelerate to 32 km/h under 8 seconds. Compared to the M60A3, the tank also has new shock absorbers for smoother ride, new final drives (improving their durability) and improved tracks.

The biggest improvement, however, is arguably its firepower. The M60T is armed with the 120mm M253 smoothbore gun, controlled by the Elbit Knight III fire control system. The gun is fully stabilized, can elevate to +20 degrees and depress to -9 degrees. The tank is equipped with gunner day/night optics with a thermal imager and a laser range finder. The turret is rotated electrically, eliminating the old Patton hydraulic system flaw. The gun can fire NATO standard 120mm ammunition.

Last but not least, the tank features a number of crew improvements such as enhanced displays. Further improvements such a battle management system were offered by the Israelis but ultimately rejected. Overall, for its time, it was still a very capable machine.

Between 2006 and 2010, Israel delivered 170 of these vehicles to Turkey for 687 million USD, but the deal got politically complicated – the relationships between Israel and Turkey deteriorated in 2010 following the Gaza convoy incident. As a result, Turkey cancelled the majority of military co-operation with IMI as well as other deals. The rift lasted until 2016, but even with the reconciliation agreement from June 2016, the relations would take time to mend. In other words, it’s unlikely that more M60Ts would be ordered or delivered, especially considering their combat performance.



During the Turkish incursion into Syria, several M60Ts were hit with Russian Kornet missiles. These hits penetrated the by now insufficient armor, destroying the vehicles. This remains the only combat use of the M60T to date (at least in an actual battle) and while the debate whether the losses were caused by vehicle obsolescence or by poor tactics is still going on, the losses certainly affect the M60T image.

Israeli Military Industries continue to offer the Sabra as a solution for countries with large fleets of M60 series tanks, even to countries who do not have these vehicles at all (recently, the Sabra was offered to the Czech Republic as its future MBT, replacing the aging T-72M4CZ), but the vehicle is generally considered as obsolete – in other words, for all its qualities at the time of its introduction, it’s unlikely that the Sabra will gain new customers in the future, remaining instead a Turkish oddity to be eventually replaced by the indigenous Turkish Altay Main Battle Tank.

In Armored Warfare, the M60T will be a premium Main Battle Tank – but fear not, more Israeli upgraded M60 progression vehicles will appear in the future as well.

We’ll see you on the battlefield!

 

Commanders!

In addition to the standard Episode 4 goal, we’ve prepared a bonus objective for you and an opportunity to earn the Clayburn Industries 2039 decal!

Between November 22 and December 4 2017:

• Play at least 20 Global Operations battles using Tier 5 or Tier 6 vehicles

and

• Play at least 40 PvE Easy or Medium battles using Tier 2, Tier 3 or Tier 4 vehicles

to receive the decal.



While these requirements do correspond to Objective 2 and 3, they do not need to be played in that order. Additionally, the Bonus Objective is active regardless of your Episode 4 progress:

• You can complete the Bonus Objective without completing Episode 4
• Bonus Objective battles count also towards Episode 4 battles and vice versa

But that’s not all – the outcome of this Bonus Objective will determine the prize of Episode 5. Currently, a Tier 4 premium vehicle with unique skin is planned for the main prize.

However:

• If more than 30% of Episode 4 winners complete the Bonus Objective, the prize will be upgraded to a Tier 5 premium vehicle
• If more than 50% of Episode 4 winners complete the Bonus Objective, the prize will be upgraded to a Tier 7 premium vehicle and the Seahawks will receive 10 additional men
• If more than 70% of Episode 4 winners complete the Bonus Objective, the prize will be upgraded to a Tier 7 premium vehicle and the Seahawks will receive 30 additional men as well as an improved morale, making Episode 5 easier. Finally, Joshua Seagrove will become the prize commander of Episode 5

Please note:

• This event starts on November 22 2017, 12:00 CET (3 AM PST)
• This event ends on December 4 2017, 16:00 CET (7 AM PST)
• The decal will be awarded at the end of the event
• Vehicles and/or Tiers may be combined

We’ll see you on the battlefield!

 

Commanders!

In addition to the standard Episode 4 goal, we’ve prepared a bonus objective for you and an opportunity to earn the Clayburn Industries 2039 decal!

Between November 22 and December 4 2017:

• Play at least 20 Global Operations battles using Tier 5 or Tier 6 vehicles

and

• Play at least 40 PvE Easy or Medium battles using Tier 2, Tier 3 or Tier 4 vehicles

to receive the decal.



While these requirements do correspond to Objective 2 and 3, they do not need to be played in that order. Additionally, the Bonus Objective is active regardless of your Episode 4 progress:

• You can complete the Bonus Objective without completing Episode 4
• Bonus Objective battles count also towards Episode 4 battles and vice versa

But that’s not all – the outcome of this Bonus Objective will determine the prize of Episode 5. Currently, a Tier 4 premium vehicle with unique skin is planned for the main prize.

However:

• If more than 30% of Episode 4 winners complete the Bonus Objective, the prize will be upgraded to a Tier 5 premium vehicle
• If more than 50% of Episode 4 winners complete the Bonus Objective, the prize will be upgraded to a Tier 7 premium vehicle and the Seahawks will receive 10 additional men
• If more than 70% of Episode 4 winners complete the Bonus Objective, the prize will be upgraded to a Tier 7 premium vehicle and the Seahawks will receive 30 additional men as well as an improved morale, making Episode 5 easier. Finally, Joshua Seagrove will become the prize commander of Episode 5

Please note:

• This event starts on November 22 2017, 12:00 CET (3 AM PST)
• This event ends on December 4 2017, 16:00 CET (7 AM PST)
• The decal will be awarded at the end of the event
• Vehicles and/or Tiers may be combined

We’ll see you on the battlefield!