War Thunder News

The feast of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is observed on March 17th. This holiday has long since stopped being a purely religious one and thanks to the Irish immigrants spread across the entire world.
Today it is an international celebration of Irish culture: people dress in green, drink beer and wave Irish flags. Join the feast!

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From March 17th (11:00 GMT) until March 20th (7:00 GMT)

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[h3]Play 3 battles using any vehicles (rank III or higher, with an activity of not less than 70%) to receive the “Lucky pin-up” decal. [/h3]



“Lucky pin-up” decal

Complete the task in random battles, except for Enduring Confrontation missions and [Assault] mode. Track your progress in the hangar by clicking Nickname → Achievements → Holidays → St. Patrick’s Day.

You can find the decal in the “Holidays” tab in the Customisation menu.

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Up till March 27th (20:00 GMT) get a special decal “Wiki Approved: CV 90105 XC-8” by purchasing the CV 90105 XC-8 Pack.

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The possibilities are infinite! The Swedish CV 90105 light tank, introduced to the game in the’ Viking Fury’ update, has been upgraded in the Drone Age update with a modern XC-8 turret with new fire control system and autoloader, resulting in much better fire rate.

Being lightly armored, the CV 90105 XC-8 is very agile and capable of flanking enemies easily. A quality thermal vision device and deadly arsenal allow the light tank to hit enemies hard unawares and slip away from the counter attack. This tank is a true tactician, possessing a good choice of shells and able to wisely use the terrain to its advantage.

The CV90105 XC-8 is living proof that even a good modern vehicle might be better! Learn more about this amazing vehicle from our Wiki review!


Collectable decal “Wiki Approved: CV 90105 XC-8” — get an unique decal for each vehicle starring in our reviews.



Read more on our Wiki.
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Our video reviews are part of the War Thunder Wiki pages.

Explore the database created by players for players, submit your pages and get Golden Eagles for your contributions!

Meet the new Sky Guardians trophy! 38 authors from the Live.WT portal created 40 new camouflages: 17 historical, 21 semi-historical, and only 2 fictional! You can use them on vehicles of any rank, both old and new ones from the Sky Guardians update, while supporting the creators!

To earn the new trophy, just keep playing War Thunder. To open it, you’ll need to purchase a key on the Market (income is shared with the authors of the camouflages). The key allows you to get a coupon for a camo, rare vehicle, or Sky Guardians decal. You can either activate the coupon on your account, or trade it on the Market to get Gaijin Coins (GJN). A trophy can be sold as well!

[h2]Contents in the "Sky Guardians" trophy:[/h2]

• Coupons for rare vehicles
  
• 21 camouflage coupons for ground vehicles
  
• 16 camouflage coupons for aircraft
  
• 1 camouflage coupons for naval vessels
  
• 2 camouflage coupon for helicopters
  
• Coupon for the Sky Guardians decal
  Sky Guardians Decal

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To unlock the trophy, you will need a new Sky Guardians key that can be purchased on the Market for GJN. Read more about the Market and Gaijin Coins on the wiki.

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[h2]How to get it?[/h2]
Camouflage trophies can be earned with a certain probability after any battle on vehicles rank II or higher, with activity of no less than 50% (except for [Assault] PvE mode). PlayStation and Xbox players can purchase the trophy in the Item Shop and open it with Golden Eagles. Read more on our wiki.

Table of changes in the BR of Hunter aircraft in RB:

• Hunter F.58 9.3 -> 9.7
  
• Hunter FGA.9 unchanged
  
• Hunter F.1 unchanged
  
• Hunter F.6 10.0 - 9.7
  
• J34 RB 9.3 -> 9.0
  

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.

[h2]Armoured vehicles[/h2]

• T-64A(1971) — a missing description of the mid layer of the composite armour for the hull has been restored.
  
• Pantsir-S1 — erroneous recon ability has been disabled.
  
• Challenger 2E — hard-kill APS testing area has been removed from the test drive.
  
• M53/59 — a bug has been fixed where crew members inside the hull might be affected by napalm damage.
  
• Type 61 — impact smoke grenades have been changed to those which is spread by explosive action in the air (report).
  
• Type 61 — a bug has been fixed where all available smoke grenades were discharged at once.
  
• Char FCM 2C bis — a bug has been fixed that prevented rear machine-gun from firing to the sides.
  

[h2]Aircraft[/h2]

• AH-6M — a bug has been fixed where the “Airframe” modification might affect max speed by 0.7 km/h in RB.
  
• Lynx AH.Mk.1 — a bug has been fixed where the stock helicopter’s max speed might increase in AB by installing the 2xITOW or 2xTOW-2 weapon setups.
  
• F-80 — a bug has been fixed that prevented armament setups which include 4x1,000 lb bombs. Missed info of the 1,000 lb bomb has been restored to the cursor hover menu.
  
• Ka-29 - a bug has been fixed that prevented HIRSS, countermeasures, and IRCM display while the 2A42 cannon was installed. The 30mm 2A42 cannon has been added to the offensive armament menu. The crosshair has been added for the 2A42 cannon.
  
• AH-6M - an ammo capacity for the machine-gun pods has been increased: to 6,000 rounds for the M134, and to 1,200 rounds for GAU-19 machine-guns.
  
• Tornado F.3 - Skyflash missiles have been changed to the Skyflash (DF).
  
• UH-1D - icons for the missiles have been fixed.
  
• Tornado F.3 - a bug has been fixed that prevented the AIM-9L missiles with the BOL flare/chaff pod (when the countermeasures researched and missiles modification is not).
  
• P-47D-30 (Italy) - HVAR rockets have been added.
  
• F-4J and F-4S - Mk.77 incendiary bombs have been added.
  
• Bf 109 G-10, Bf 109 G-14 - a bug has been fixed part of the wing disappeared when installing the 20mm MG151 gunpods (report).
  

[h2]Naval[/h2]

• A few changes to damage control tips:
  
  • Tips to activate extinguisher, vessel repairs, or water pumps now disappear smoothly in a few seconds and immediately after the required button was pressed.
    
  • If damage control actions are set in the auto mode (long hold of the [6], [7] or [8] buttons), the corresponding tips are not displayed.
    

[h2]Interface[/h2]

• A bug has been fixed where pressing the minimap button in the multifunctional menu or radio reports many times caused the opening of the gaming chat.
  
• Custom interface colour setup now corresponds to the helicopter HUD interface and indicator.
  
• A bug has been fixed with incorrect position of the gaming chat in the helicopter HUD.
  
• A bug has been fixed where the battle chat was dubbed in the spectator’s view.
  
• A bug with missing description in the secondary armaments tooltip 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.