War Thunder News

An export version of the Freedom Fighter in service with the United States Air Force will become one of the main prizes of the “Export Order” crafting event!

The F-5A in service with the US Air Force will become the top event jet fighter in the American aviation research tree as the main prize for the participants of the upcoming crafting event “Export Order”. Since the introduction of the F-5A into the ranks of Chinese aviation, the Freedom Fighter has established itself as difficult to learn, but very interesting to play. Both Chinese and American F-5A’s will be equipped with countermeasures - a flares/chaff mounting and a radar warning receiver.





Do you consider yourself a skilled pilot? Prove it in battle in the American F-5A! You can pick it up by taking part in the large assembly event “Export Order”, which we will announce in detail in the coming days.

Check out the full Dev Blog article here!

The Pansarbil m/40 is a Swedish armored car, originally developed by the AB Landsverk company for the Danish Army. Soon, tankers in War Thunder will have the chance to add this unique vehicle to their Swedish ground forces collection by taking part in the upcoming crafting event!

The Pansarbil m/40 is one of the prizes awaiting participants of the upcoming crafting event, starting soon in War Thunder. Compact, extremely nimble and packing a rapid-firing 20mm autocannon, the Pansarbil m/40 is sure to quickly find itself new commanders among fans of lightly armored vehicles!





Be sure to add the unique Pansarbil m/40 to your in-game collection by taking part in the upcoming crafting event. Good hunting tankers!

Check out the full Dev Blog article here!

In 1909, the United States Military purchased its first aircraft. Through WWI and WWII, the importance of controlling airspace on the battlefield had grown significantly being used in every aspect of war and peacetime use. In 1947, the need for a formalized branch of service to be established to further the development and deployment of America’s Air Forces was seen as vital to modernization and organization efforts. Today we salute the USAF on their 74th Birthday! The USAF today continues to meet the highest standards possible, producing many of the finest pilots the world has ever seen.

[h3]Until 07:00 GMT on the 20th of September,
play 3 battles with an in-game activity of 70% or higher in random battles while flying US aircraft of rank II or higher and
get a unique “U.S. AIR FORCE” decal in honor of U.S. Air Force Day.[/h3]

Terms

• You can follow your progress by clicking on your Nickname → Achievements → US Air Force Day.
  
• Prize decal can be found in “Customization” → USA.
  

[h3]Temporarily in game for Golden Eagles: P-47M-1-RE and P-51D-10[/h3]



For the period of the event, the premium Bostwick's P-47M-1-RE Thunderbolt and Wetmore's P-51D-10 Mustang are available for purchase for Golden Eagles in the USA research tree.

• A bug with the armour analyzation mode, where armour plates of the same thickness would display with different colours, has been fixed.
  
• A bug which would allow aircraft to land successfully in shallow water without breaking their landing gear has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused the AIM-9J missile to not lock onto targets in SB mode without activation of the AGM-65’s missile camera has been fixed.

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.

Improvements

• A warning message when the BR of the squad player’s vehicles differs from the BR of the squad leader’s vehicles has been added when queuing.
  
• Display of the actual BR of a player’s vehicles or squad’s vehicles in the queue window has been improved. The numbers are now more visible.
  
• Display of an aircraft’s contacts has been improved and the distance of their appearance has been increased. This simplifies visual search and detection of the aircraft at medium and long range as well as against the surface background.

Fixes

• Incorrect fuel load when entering a battle in an aircraft has been fixed for some cases where the change of the fuel amount and the appearance of the aircraft didn’t match the selection in the respawn window.
  
• A bug that caused the selected rocket detonation distance settings not to be applied, but to use presets of another aircraft in the setup, has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the visual display of aircraft contacts in the sky depended on turning on or off the radar has been fixed.
  
• A bug has been fixed with a hydroplane or flying boat with an aerial spawn point may be spawned on the ground far from the airfield in EC missions.
  
• Kh-25 missile — a bug has been fixed with the missing laser guiding indicator.
  
• AGM-65 missile — missing target lock indicator has been fixed .
  
• A bug has been fixed with heat sources that could not be rendered in the TVD with the very high resolution effects option enabled.
  
• A bug has been fixed with the hit camera, when the torpedoed ship might be displayed incorrectly or with missing modules.
  
• F-8E FN now has authentic radar without IRST.
  
• Notch sector for AIM-7 and R-23R has been increased.
  
• The maximum range of non-tracking target illumination with a fighter radar (due to radar sidelobes) has been decreased.
  
• Head-on target detection has been increased, low altitude tail-on target detection has been decreased for the Pulse-Doppler mode of the F-4K and F-4M FGR2 radars. Detection range has been slightly decreased for impulse mode.
  
• Pulse-Doppler mode is chosen by default for Saab 37 Viggen and F-4EJ KAI radars.

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.