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The first US land operation on Japanese ground began on Iwo Jima island on the 16th of February, 1945. American troops had to fight through the heavily fortified Japanese defenses.

Complete the task from 11:00 GMT on the 18th of February until 11:30 GMT on the 23rd of February and get the reward!

Completing the “Battle of Iwo Jima” task will bring you a battle trophy with one of the following rewards:

• 20-50% RP booster for 3-10 battles
  
• 20-50% SL booster for 3-10 battles
  
• 3-5 universal backup vehicles
  
• 1 day premium account
  

• Destroy 40/20/20 (AB/RB/SB) player vehicles whilst controlling the specified vehicles in random battles
  

The task can be completed only in vehicles from the following list:

• USA: M4A2, LVT(A)(4), LVT(A)(1), F4U-1A (USMC), F4-1D, F6F-5
  
• Japan: Chi-Ha, Chi-Ha Kai, Chi-He, D4Y2, A6M3, A6M3 mod. 22, A6M5
  

Follow progress by clicking on your nickname → Achievements → Memorial Date.

[h2]A new set of decals for rarity hunters![/h2]
[h3]Until March 23rd, earn in battle, or purchase rare decals for War Thunder gaming nations![/h3]

You can find these decals in the “Weeks latest” section in the customization tab, after which they will be available to their owners in the thematic sections of vehicle customization.

Tasks can be completed in vehicles of rank II-VII.

• The requirements for the decals may be checked in the “Weeks latest” section in vehicle customization or in the Achievements → Decals → Weeks latest.
  
• Tasks can be completed in random battles and events, except “Enduring Confrontation” and “Assault” missions.
  
• Decals received earlier have been temporarily moved to the section “Weeks latest” and will be moved later to the thematic sections.
  

Some of the decals are created by Colin 'Fenris' Muir, Jej 'CharlieFoxtrot' Ortiz, Ricardo "BlueBeta" Lo Verso and Branislav 'InkaL' Mirkov.

In this digest we would like to tell you about our continuing work on improvements and fixes in the game. You can find information about all updates that have been released in War Thunder on the website special section.



We are talking about the labels on icons with the vehicles for special tasks that are currently available. We implemented them in one of the previous updates and are now improving them based on your feedback.

The label on the “Research” button and one on the armies tab will be hidden if you read the special task in your profile window. You can open it simply by clicking on the tag hanging above the vehicle icon.



Interesting and unique rewards are the reason why we perform Battle Pass tasks. But previously you could only see the rewards from the images in the news and the little icons in the rewards feed of the Battle Pass. You asked us to improve this part of the interface and we did!

The “preview” button has appeared right in the Battle Pass feed on all important rewards: vehicles, camouflages, decorations and decals. Click and view all the things you can soon own.


The following vehicles are on the list: 3 tanks from the BT series - BT-7, BT-7М, BT-7A (F-32) and also the Strv m/31 and the Tetrarch I. The problem manifested itself on all these machines in the same way: straight-line movement after a sharp turn was restored slowly and reluctantly. Although experienced tankers learned to compensate for this behaviour by turning the steering the opposite way, it was still a bug that we have fixed now.

If you know about any other vehicles with the same behaviour - we would be grateful for a bug report.

[h2]Ground vehicles[/h2]

• 2S6 — a bug has been fixed that prevented 30mm ammo reload on a point with the 2S6M1 modification installed.
  
• BT-7, BT-7M, BT-7A (F-32) — turn lag has been fixed.
  
• Strv m/31 — turn lag has been fixed.
  
• Tetrarch I — turn lag has been fixed.
  
• 57mm OR-281U — explosives type has been specified from TNT to A-IX-2. Source: 57-мм автоматическая зенитная пушка С-60. Руководство службы.
  

[h2]Aviation[/h2]

• F-105D — lack of the radar lock on target visualisation has been fixed .
  
• Me-264 — targeting angles of the nose turret have been corrected.
  
• TBD-1 — targeting angles of the turret have been corrected.
  
• DB-3A (China) — targeting angles of the turrets have been corrected (report).
  
• Lancaster B.Mk.I, Lancaster B.Mk.III — a bug has been fixed where the upper turret was able to shoot through the fuselage.
  
• MiG-27M, MiG-27K — a bug has been fixed where the number of bombs in the setup “OFAB-100 х12, S5KP х64” was incorrect.
  

[h2]Naval[/h2]

• A bug has been fixed where a wrecked hydroplane disappeared when the second hydroplane was launched.
  
• MBK-161 late — bugs with incorrectly displayed armour values have been fixed.
  

[h2]Other changes[/h2]

• A bug has been fixed that prevented raindrops from displaying when the graphics are set to “Maximum” or “Movie” modes.
  
• An option has been added to hide markers of the available tasks from the “Research” button, as well as nations and vehicle types’ tabs. Markers are now hidden after reading the corresponding info in the user profile window.
  
• Players are now able to toggle previews of vehicles, camos, decals and decorations from the Battle Pass prizes list.
  

The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.

• Planned Battle Rating changes have been applied.
  
• Important changes to top-tier air battles implemented.
  

[h2]Other changes[/h2]

• Some wagers have been changed (applied to newly received items only):
  
• “Mission Maker” — the number of stages has been reduced from 10 to 3; reward for the first stage has been increased from 50,000 to 75,000 Silver Lions; rewards for the third (and the now last) stage has been increased from 150,000 to 400,000 Silver Lions.
  
• “Wing Breaker” - the number of stages has been reduced from 10 to 3; reward for the first stage has been increased from 12,500 to 50,000 Silver Lions; rewards for the third (and the now last) stage has been increased from 75,000 to 300,000 Silver Lions.
  
• “The Best Squad” — the number of failed attempts has been reduced from 4 to 3; the reward for the 10th (final) stage has been decreased from 500,000 to 250,000 SL.
  
• “Hero of the Sky” and “Antimech” wagers have been grouped into a single one - “Unstoppable”
  

The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.

I like big guns and I cannot lie! Looks like you also like them! Almost 130 screens full of high calibre armament! The three most popular and the three selected by us will get 300GE! We will meet again next week!
[h2]Before we announce 14th edition winners, let’s begin the 13th edition of our competition![/h2]
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub (link for instructions) with the tag #WTscreen14. You have time until 21.02.2022 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.

[h2]Important addition: Screenshot theme - Beloved one![/h2]

[h3]Terms:[/h3]

• Valentine’s day is here! Show us your favourite machines! The one you love no matter what! Don’t forget to also mount the Valentine's decal you can get from the ongoing Valentine’s Day event!
  
• 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 7 working days.
  

[h2]And now, time for the winners of the competition’s 13th edition - Big Guns![/h2]
[h3]Winners selected via community votes:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2750626150
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2747027802
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2748178779
[h3]Winners selected by our judges:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2748487039
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2747262758
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2747749415
Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!