War Thunder News

The holiday period is upon us and it’s nearly the new year which means it’s time to add some new vehicles to your collection! Treat yourself or your friends to vehicles, consumables and a Premium Account before December 26th to take advantage of this holiday offer.

[h2]In-game Discounts![/h2]

When: From December 19th (11:00 GMT) until December 26th (11:00 GMT).

• 50% discount on vehicles for all nations for Silver Lions and Golden Eagles.
  
• 50% discount on all modifications, talismans and backups.
  
• 50% discount on a Premium Account in-game for 90 and 365 days and in the Gaijin.net store for 180 days.
  

Discounts do not apply to vehicles released in the Dance of Dragons, Firebirds and Storm Warning major updates, as well as squadron vehicles and modifications, talismans, and backups for these vehicles.

After this sale ends, discounts on vehicle packs will begin in the Gaijin.Net store — we’ll tell you about them separately on December 26th!

Meet the Japanese Kirishima Battleship, a sister ship to the famous Kongō with different weapons and its own character!

[h2]IJN Kirishima: An Event Vehicle Battleship for Japan at Rank V[/h2]
At a glance:

• Eight 356 mm main battery guns!
  
• Good mobility.
  
• Numerous secondary weapons.
  
• Mediocre protection.
  

Vehicle History
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IJN Kirishima was a Kongō-class battlecruiser for the Imperial Japanese Navy. This ship was laid down in 1912 and commissioned in 1915. After a major overhaul in 1927, the ship was reclassified as a battleship. The next major overhaul was the 1934 program, which, among other things, more than doubled the power of the propulsion system. IJN Kirishima was not actively used before World War II, but was actively used after its outbreak. During the Battle of Guadalcanal, she was shot at close range by the American battleship Washington and sank on November 15th 1942.
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[h2]Introducing IJN Kirishima![/h2]

The Kirishima battleship will be the main naval reward in the Winter Tales event, coming in for Japan as an event vehicle at rank V. IJN Kirishima is the sister ship of the famous Kongō battleship, which has long been loved by those who play Bluewater fleet ships, but is in the configuration at the time of her destruction in 1942, meaning she differs from the lead ship of the class in terms of her weapon loadout. Let’s take a closer look!



Undoubtedly, one of the main advantages of the Kongō class is the powerful main caliber armament, with the Kirishima not being an exception here. Eight 356 mm caliber guns in four turrets with a top crew can fire two salvos a minute! These guns being able to fire high-explosive, armor-piercing or semi-armor-piercing shells that are capable of hitting any target at all firing ranges. Unlike IJN Kongō, IJN Kirishima has more auxiliary guns — 14 placements with 152 mm guns that each are rapid-fire and have good guidance. Despite this upgrade, there’s less anti-aircraft guns though. Four placements with twin 127 mm guns are responsible for long-range defense, however on close approaches, enemy aircraft will be met with ten twin 25 mm cannons. This is still quite good, however if you’re accustomed to the guns on the Kongō, the anti-aircraft weaponry on the Kirishima will not feel great when being attacked by aircraft.



Speed is another advantage of the Kongō class. IJN Kirishima has good maneuverability for its class — it can quickly reach its max speed of over 30 knots (56 km/h), maneuvers easily and behaves like a cruiser. As is usually the case, high speed is normally achieved by reducing the weight of the armor. Kirishima’s protection is not bad, as it can successfully survive salvos from armor-piercing shells from cruisers and early battleships when maneuvering with allies. But caught at short distances without cover, Kirishima has no chance against the guns of battleships and most heavy cruisers. In battle, make sure to be careful and avoid getting into trouble, as your team will need your salvos to defeat the most dangerous opponents, so avoid being hit for as long as possible. This is easier said than done though.



IJN Kirishima can be obtained during the Winter Tales event! Be sure to follow the link below to learn more about this event and its other rewards.

Click here to find out more details about the Winter Tales event

[h2]Welcome to the 9th edition of the War Thunder Steam Community Spotlight![/h2]

The War Thunder Steam Community Management Team have seen some of your fantastic screenshots and artwork uploaded to the Steam Community Hub! Once again, we’ve collected our favorites and wanted to share them with all of you. Want more? Also check out the previous 8 editions for more cool content.

We have also picked our favorites from the list below to receive the special “Steam Snail” decal. Check Customization > Special > Snails > “Steam Snail” to see if you have it.

• First edition
• Second edition
• Third edition
• Fourth edition
• Fifth edition
• Sixth edition
• 
  Seventh edition
• Eighth edition

[h2]Let’s take a look![/h2]
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An excellent King Tiger on its way to Normandy, excellent diorama!

By Bas {NL}



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A Maus made of sand? That’s exactly what this is, the name inscription “WT” is also written, great job here!

By bomber31



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In one of our latest updates we updated the tracer effects, meaning they can do this beautiful love heart in the sky! Nice one.

By Ayelén♥



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An excellent drawing of the Type 59, which took the author 6 hours to draw!

By Mr.milk



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A homemade LEGO Centauro I 120 in front of the one from the game, amazing work here!

By TAL4FAIL



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1:100 scale diorama Japanese STB under a blossom tree. Looks awesome!

By Cotocwart



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An amazing IJN Fuso in the background with a scale model of it in the foreground. This is really amazing!

By Yamamoto-56



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A cool angle of the P-47 doing a bombing run. Nice!

By Aiden O'Malley



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Flying above the clouds during sunset. Beautiful!

By WD-40 Energy Drink



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The Challenger 2 out on patrol in the snow. Cool atmosphere here!

By Gaming Weird



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Another beautiful sunset from the cockpit!

By Motizie



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A pretty screenshot of the JAS37 in front of the sun and between two mountains!

By Sjorriemonke



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A tiny IS-3 in the foreground and IS-3 in-game in the background. Nice contrast!

By Рядовой козке



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The SU-25 in the foreground and background. Nice model!

By Рядовой козке



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This is an awesome P-51 “In The Mood” drawing! A mechanical pencil was used.

By danidew



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An artistic F4U-4B Corsair, we love this style!

By Cotoplay



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“The Beauty of Mustang”, great angle here.

By verberger81



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A really cool drawing of the M3 Bradley, well done!

By LawrenceXVIII



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We recently added the PzH2000, so what better way to show this awesome model of it!

By Pvt.Snafu



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An amazing drawing of the Rooikat MTTD and Centauro I 120 on Maginot Line!

By random_mesincuci



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The AM-1 Mauler on a torpedo strke attack, excellent art here.

By Sasoushii



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An Su-100 doing Su-100 things in a diorama. Nice!

By Cotocwart



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Awesome animated pixel art of the BM-31-12!

By M777 155mm Towed Howitzer



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A formidable looking Panther D in 1/35 scale painted in an awesome camouflage.

By R^bbit-74



[h3]That's all for now![/h3]

The wonderful work created by our community that we have shared has been posted to the War Thunder Community Hub — make sure you check it out and even share your own creations that we may feature here in the Community Spotlight! We look forward to seeing you next time!

[h2]Click here to view the Community Hub[/h2]

We’re constantly working on removing cheaters from War Thunder. We rely on anti-cheat systems to check for prohibited software usage, as well as on reports from players that we carefully go through. You can use the replay service on our website to report players to us who have violated the Terms of Service and the License Agreement of the game.

[h2]Banned accounts[/h2]
Since our last fair play, we’ve blocked 7,106 accounts that were found to have violated the rules. Specifically 3.2.3 of the EULA namely in the automation of gameplay (using bots) and cheat software.

For complete transparency, we’re publishing the full list of these blocked players. This list will be available for two weeks after the publication of this article.

List

[h2]Recommendations[/h2]
We’d like to remind you to abide to the rules to keep up the friendly and competitive atmosphere in the game.

As always, we also recommend that you set a strong password for your account and enable two-step authentication in your profile security settings. We have the following 2FA options available: email, SMS, TOTP (Gaijin Pass/Google Authenticator), and Telegram bot, which we suggest trying if SMS 2FA messages are not reaching you.

We’d also suggest that you turn on 2FA for the email that is linked to your account for additional security. This will protect your account from fraudsters. And remember, don’t break the rules and never share your account information with anyone!

The War Thunder Team

A snow globe is a traditional holiday decoration and a great gift during the winter season. You can now treat yourself to one in War Thunder — only this one will bring you magical rewards when you open it!

The Snow Globe can be purchased in the in-game Item Shop for Silver Lions from December 18th (11:00 GMT) until January 14th (11:00 GMT). It can only be purchased by players who have at least one researchable vehicle at rank II or higher on their account.

[h2]What’s in the Snow Globe?[/h2]
The Snow Globe will reward you with vehicles, camouflages, decals, decorations and player profile icons from previous winter events, plus useful consumables, including boosters, universal backups, wagers and orders. Some items are here for the first time as coupons, meaning you’ll be able to sell them on the Market!



The Snow Globe can be purchased for 60,000 Silver Lions.

On January 14th (12:00 GMT), all Snow Globes will disappear from your inventory, so make sure open them before then!

[h2]Some rewards you can find in the Snow Globe:[/h2]



[h3]The “Snow Globe” contains the following rewards (open spoiler)[/h3]
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[h3]Vehicles (both immediately activated on the account and available as coupons)[/h3]

• Mirage 2000C-S4
  
• Vilkas
  
• USS Mississippi
  
• J9 Early (only direct to the account)
  
• Tornado IDS MFG
  
• T-80UM2
  
• USS Newport News
  
• Late 298D (only direct to the account)
  
• MiG-23MF (Germany)
  
• C. 202D (only direct to the account)
  
• AGS
  
• A.C.I (only direct to the account)
  
• IJN Hayanami (only direct to the account)
  
• MPK Pr.201K
  
• MiG-21PFM
  
• Ro.57 Quadriarma (only direct to the account)
  
• Class 3 (P)
  
• E.B.R. (1954) (only direct to the account)
  
• USS Baltimore
  
• Type K-8 No.13 (only direct to the account)
  
• TIS MA
  
• J6K1
  
• Merkava Mk.2B (USA)
  
• QF 3.7 Ram
  
• Jaguar
  
• PT-811
  
• Fw 190 C
  
• M.B.152C1
  
• T30
  
• SU-85A
  
• PBM-3 “Mariner” (only direct to the account)
  
• Leningrad (only direct to the account)
  
• P-40C
  
• NC.900 (only direct to the account)
  
• Ersatz M10 (only direct to the account)
  
• AEC Mk II
  
• Me 262 A-2a
  
• Ki-21-I hei
  
• LVT(A)(4) ZIS-2 (USA)
  
• Type 62 (USSR)*
  
• P-63C-5 (USSR) (only direct to the account)
  
• VK 45.01 (P)
  
• M8A1 GMC
  
• I-301
  

* the chances of receiving the Type 62 (USSR) are far lower than the other vehicles and are around 0.001%.

All vehicles will be immediately credited to your account, but there’s a chance to get it in the form of a coupon unless otherwise specified.

[h3]Camouflages (coupons only)[/h3]

• Mirage 2000C-S4: "Vendée" camouflage (first time as a coupon)
  
• Vilkas: Tricolor spotted camouflage (first time as a coupon)
  
• USS Mississippi: Tricolor geometric camouflage (first time as a coupon)
  
• Tornado IDS MFG: Anniversary camouflage MFG 2
  
• T-80UM2: Bicolor summer camouflage
  
• USS Newport News: Deforming camouflage
  
• MiG-23MF (Germany): Tricolor camouflage
  
• AGS: Snow w/Open Terrain camouflage MERDC
  
• MPK Pr.201K: Deforming camouflage
  
• MiG-21PFM: Demonstration camouflage
  
• Class 3 (P): PATRIA camouflage
  
• USS Baltimore: Deforming camouflage Design 33 16D
  
• TIS MA: Bicolor green camouflage
  
• J6K1: Experimental camouflage
  
• Merkava Mk.2B (USA): Tricolor camouflage
  
• QF 3.7 Ram: Late bicolor camouflage
  
• Jaguar: Deforming camouflage Bow sea
  
• PT-811: Deforming camouflage Design 20L
  
• Fw 190 C: Nonstandard tricolor camouflage
  
• M.B.152C1: Early camouflage
  
• T30: Winter verdant camouflage MERDC
  
• SU-85A: Bicolor summer camouflage
  
• P-40C: Olive-green camouflage
  

[h3]Decorations (both immediately activated on your account and available as coupons)[/h3]

• Snowbike (first time as a coupon)
  
• Ratrack (first time as a coupon)
  
• New Year's sign (first time as a coupon)
  
• Christmas gnome
  
• Christmas sleigh
  
• Christmas mill
  
• Cuckoo watch
  
• Christmas sock
  
• Christmas deer
  
• New Year Tree
  
• Snowman
  
• Sparkler
  
• Snowboard
  
• Snowshoe
  
• Biathlon rifle
  
• Ice Climber’s Backpack
  
• Snowmobile NKL-16/41
  
• DUKW
  
• Assault rifle with grenade launcher (USSR)
  
• Assault rifle with grenade launcher (China)
  
• Assault rifle with grenade launcher (Germany)
  
• Assault rifle with grenade launcher (Britain)
  
• Assault rifle (Sweden)
  
• Carl Gustaf M/45
  
• Assault rifle (China)
  
• Type 63
  
• Assault rifle (Japan)
  
• Assault rifle (USA)
  
• Assault rifle (Britain)
  
• Assault rifle (Germany)
  
• Assault rifle (France)
  
• Assault rifle (USSR)
  
• Christmas Wreath
  
• Sleigh
  
• Ski
  
• Skates
  

[h3]Decals (both immediately activated on your account and available as coupons):[/h3]

• "Ice cross downhill" decal
  
• "Kitewing" decal
  
• "Freestyle" decal
  
• "Snowkiting" decal
  
• "Snowmobiling" decal
  
• "Dragon Warrior" decal (only direct to the account)
  
• “We can climb it” decal
  
• “Christmas Lights” decal
  
• “Powder Day” decal
  
• “Secret Santa” decal
  
• “Times to Travel” decal
  
• Metal Bull (only direct to the account)
  
• “Raging Tiger” decal (only direct to the account)
  
• Battle Rabbit (only direct to the account)
  
• “Warrior of the North” decal
  
• “Warrior of the Slavs” decal
  
• “Desert Warrior” decal
  
• “Guard Warrior” decal
  
• “Warrior of the Rising Sun” decal
  
• “The Sherwood Warrior” decal
  
• “Warrior of the East” decal
  
• “Legion Warrior” decal
  
• Pin-up pilot China
  
• Pin-up pilot Sweden
  
• Pin-up pilot Italy
  
• New Year’s pin-up (China)
  
• New Year’s pin-up (France)
  
• New Year’s pin-up (Germany)
  
• New Year’s pin-up (Italy)
  
• New Year’s pin-up (Japan)
  
• New Year’s pin-up (Sweden)
  
• New Year’s pin-up (Britain)
  
• New Year’s pin-up (USA)
  
• New Year’s pin-up (Russia)
  
• Pin-up pilot USA
  
• Pin-up pilot Russia
  
• Pin-up pilot Britain
  
• Pin-up pilot Japan
  
• Pin-up pilot Germany
  
• Pin-up pilot France
  
• Shark Jaws (1)
  
• Shark Jaws (2)
  
• Shark Jaws (3)
  
• Shark Jaws (4)
  
• “Christmas tree” victory marks
  
• Xmas Rocket
  
• Xmas Sock
  
• Xmas Tree
  

[h3]Profile Icons (will be immediately activated on your account and in the form of the coupons)[/h3]

• Snowboarder (first time as a coupon)
  
• Winter Pilot
  

[h3]Aerobatic Smokes (only activated on your account)[/h3]

• New Year Aerobatic Smoke
  

[h3]Naval Flags (only activated on your account)[/h3]

• New Year's flag
  

[h3]Silver Lions[/h3]

• 10000 — 1000000
  

[h3]Expendable items[/h3]

• Battle trophy (Research points booster)
  
• Battle trophy (Silver lions booster)
  
• Universal backup
  
• Universal backup x2
  
• Universal backup x3
  
• Random wager
  
• Random order
  

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