War Thunder News

[h2]Welcome to the 11th 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 10 editions for more cool content.

[h2]If you have a scale model to showcase, make sure to show the same vehicle in the background in War Thunder![/h2]

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
• Ninth edition
• 
  Tenth edition

[h2]Let’s take a look![/h2]
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When a giant bomb lands near you, you know you’re in trouble.

By DRAG_provider



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A collection of vehicles in one collage!

By Storm Tide



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A cool screenshot of the St-Chamond and a German solider during our First World War April fools event.

By Germace



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Hot TOG! Just £1.39. Delicious!

By Cotocwart



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British soldier attacks German tank, circa 1918.

By Darcy Wang



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A recently built Elefant, looking snazzy!

By Jurassic_Builder



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Yep, this is a cardboard and toothpick model of the T-90M. It took 8 hours to build and there was no planning involved. Looks great!

By AiRbU




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A MiG-23 model in 1/72 scale and the War Thunder one in the background. Excellent contrast!

By Spartan



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An M18 Hellcat model, looking like the one in War Thunder!

By ◄𝓓𝓨►



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A brush painted M26 Pershing, looking brilliant.

By NIKDIK



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The MiG-21SMT with a beautiful sunset.

By hwangseon45



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A handpainted M4A3E8. Looks great.

By NIKDIK



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A plane that looks like the Bf 109 in our newly updated Rhine map!

By Blue Soap



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A screenshot of the SPAD S.XIII with a destroyed Zeppelin in the background from our First World War event.

By Mafiyozi



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Tiger E pencil drawing, looks great!

By Lux



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An interesting drawing of the Centurion Mk X (we love how the “C” is drawn!).

By LawrenceXVIII



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A very well-made Fw 190 A-4 diorama, complete with the crew loading a bomb.

By Pvt.Snafu



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[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]

Happy 4th July! On July 4th 1776, the Declaration of Independence of the United States was officially adopted by the Second Continental Congress. The anniversary of this event is the United States’ national holiday, celebrated with fireworks, parades and speeches throughout the country.

[h3]The P-38K, F-86F-35 and M26E1 are temporarily available at a 30% discount for Golden Eagles![/h3]
The following are available at a 30% discount: the M26E1 (rank IV) for 5236 Golden Eagles, the F-86F-35 (rank V) for 6489 Golden Eagles, and the P-38K (rank IV) for 3416 Golden Eagles!

When: From July 4th (11:00 GMT) until July 7th (11:00 GMT).
Where: USA > Aviation / Army > Premium vehicles.

About these vehicles

• The M26E1 retains the medium profile of the M26 Pershing, but instead features the T54 90 mm gun, giving it Super Pershing firepower!
  

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• The F-86F-35 Sabre features the Skyblazers aerobatic team camouflage. It can quickly gain speed and maintains excellent maneuverability. For air combat, it is armed with six 12.7 mm machine guns, and for attacking ground targets, it can take up to two 1000 bombs or 16 HVAR rockets.
  

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• The P-38K is essentially a P-38G with more powerful V-1710-75/77 engines producing over 1600 HP. Thanks to these engines along with improved propellers, the P-38K surpasses all other aircraft in its family in terms of flight performance. For firepower, the P-38K features a 20 mm cannon and four 12.7 mm machine guns concentrated in the nose, with an ammunition count of 2,000 rounds!
  

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[h3]Get the “US Independence Day 2025” decal![/h3]
This decal is available for this special day!

“US Independence Day 2025” decal

When: From July 4th (11:00 GMT) until July 7th (11:00 GMT).

Task: Play 3 battles using US vehicles at rank III or higher to receive the “US Independence Day 2025” decal.

Additional details:

• Your activity must not be below 70%.
  
• You can 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 → US Independence Day.
  
• You can find the decal in the “Holidays” tab in the Customization menu.
  

[p][/p][p][/p][h2]Graphics[/h2]

• [p]The size of the self-destruction visual effect of shells with a caliber of up to 40 mm has been reduced.[/p]
• [p]The size of the rocket explosion visual effect when hitting ground vehicles, naval vessels and different types of landscape has been increased.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Locations and Missions[/h2]

• [p]A bug that caused the collision model between windmills and vehicles and shells to work incorrectly allowing them to pass through the windmills has been fixed. (Report).[/p]
• [p]38th parallel — an unintended accessible position on the hill in grid square B4 has been blocked off.[/p]

[hr][/hr][p]Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h2]Aircraft[/h2]

• [p]A bug where air targets could in some cases still not be correctly damaged by air-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft missiles when exploding close enough has been fixed.[/p]
• [p]A bug that in some cases caused HE shells to still deal little to no damage to aircraft has been fixed.[/p]
• [p]A bug that sometimes caused air-to-air missiles and SAMs to fly right through a target without causing damage has been fixed.[/p]
• [p]A bug where air-to-air missiles and SAMs with IR, ARH and SARH seekers might lose targets for no reason has been fixed. (Report).[/p]
• [p]A bug that caused some aircraft to not be able to move on some airfields has been fixed. (Report).[/p]
• [p]AN/AAQ-33 SNIPER ATP — maximum zoom has been increased by 2 times.[/p]
• [p]F-2A, F-2A ADTW — have been added to the RWR data banks. SARH missile launches by both F-2As can now be seen by the RWRs.[/p]
• [p]EF-2000, Typhoon FGR.4, F-2000A — for ease of maneuvering, the camera in 3rd person view has been moved slightly away.[/p]
• [p]Mirage 3S C.70 (Germany) — the built-in rocket booster no longer requires the rocket fuel tank, the booster is fed from the internal fuel tanks. The capacity of the drop tank has been reduced to 730 l. (Report).[/p]
• [p]MiG-29 Sniper, F-5E (Germany), NF-5A, F-2A, F-2A ADTW, F/A-18C (Germany), F/A-18C Late (Germany), F/A-18C MLU 2 (Sweden), Mirage 3S C.70 (Germany), Saab F-35 — these aircraft are now correctly recognized by radars with target recognition by radar signature (Non-Cooperative Target Recognition (NCTR)).[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Ground Vehicles[/h2]

• [p]A bug where the blast wave from an ammunition explosion that hit a ground vehicle while it was moving towards a shell ignored the vehicle’s armor has been fixed.[/p]
• [p]A bug where allied and enemy ground vehicles could move jerkily has been fixed. (Report).[/p]
• [p]A bug that caused Multi-Vehicle SAM launchers to appear on the roof of an arch or tunnel when attempting to place a launcher inside an arch or tunnel has been fixed.[/p]
• [p]CS/SA5 — now, the detection and tracking radars are correctly identified by all RWRs capable of doing so.[/p]
• [p]Tan-SAM Kai — the launchers now point slightly above the line of sight to the target to prevent missiles fired at low flying targets from crashing into the ground. (Report).[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Naval Vessels[/h2]

• [p]Yamato — a bug where an explosion of the 155 mm cannon ammunition always resulted in the destruction of the ship has been fixed. (Report).[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Locations and Missions[/h2]

• [p]Ash River (all missions) has been returned to the rotation.[/p]
• [p]Finland (all missions) has been temporarily removed from the rotation until bugs on this location are fixed.[/p]
• [p]Sweden — a bug that caused some wooden market stalls to become indestructible has been fixed. (Report).[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Interface[/h2]

• [p]The icons of identified targets on the Plan Position Indicator on the Radar Control Screen now rotate along the target’s velocity vector.[/p]

[p] [/p][h2]Graphics[/h2]

• [p]CLAWS — a bug where only the radar vehicle was displayed in the hit window when shooting at the trailer has been fixed.[/p]
• [p]A bug where the game would crash when attempting to launch the game on a display with a resolution lower than the previously set one has been fixed. The game now waits 30 seconds for the player to interact with the dialog box.[/p]
• [p]A bug where enabling PTGI without enabling RTSM and RTR resulted in artifacts appearing in shadows has been fixed.[/p]

[hr][/hr][p]Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.[/p]

France has been actively using combat aircraft since the First World War. In the 1920s, France’s combat aircraft fleet was the largest in Europe, with more than a thousand aircraft. At that time, the Air Force was still part of the army, until they separated on July 2nd 1934. Currently, the French Air Force has more than 40,000 people serving, and is armed with 200 modern multi-purpose Mirage 2000 and Rafale aircraft.

[h3]Get the “French Air Force Day 2025” decal![/h3]
Get this French decal on this anniversary!

“French Air Force Day 2025” decal

When: From July 3rd (11:00 GMT) until July 7th (11:00 GMT).

Task: Play 3 battles using French aircraft at rank III or higher to receive the “French Air Force Day 2025” decal.

Additional details:

• Your activity must not be below 70%.
  
• You can 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 → French Air Force Day.
  
• You can find the decal in the “France -> Aircraft” tab in the customization menu.