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Exclusive cover of the “Blood Type” track for War Thunder!



Meet the cover of the “Blood Type” track used in the teaser for the “Drone Age” update, called Wish Me Luck, now on popular music streaming platforms!

Watch the trailer that featured this music


The cover of the song “Blood Type” was recorded by the Baltic Symphony Orchestra and Choir at the Lendok studio exclusively for War Thunder in honor of the double anniversary: Viktor Tsoi celebrated his 60th birthday in 2022 and the Kino group its 40th. The vocalist Pyotr Salnikov is a musician, journalist and game designer.

The musical composition was first published in the trailer for the “Drone Age” update which received a large amount of views, and where the legendary Su-25 attack aircraft played an important role.

Many of you have asked for this track to be made available on streaming platforms, and now we’ve finally managed to do it!

War Thunder Steam Community Spotlight — 6th Edition!



Welcome to the 6th edition of the War Thunder Steam Community Spotlight!

The War Thunder Steam Community Management team have yet again spotted some cool screenshots and artwork created by the community and uploaded to the Steam Community Hub.

We’ve collected our favorites and wanted to share them with all of you. Check them out! Want more? Also check out our previous 5 editions for some more cool content.

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First up is this anime skin created by YouseiYukikaze for the Phantom FGR.2. They’ve created the skin themselves and then made this fantastic looking model with the same skin. We’re a fan of this one!

By YouseiYukikaze



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The ZTZ99A is a cool looking tank, and Mr.milk has drawn a perfectly accurate picture of it! Keep up the fantastic work.

By Mr.milk



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Another one! A neatly drawn picture of the WZ1001(E) LCT. It looks really good, fantastic work here too.

By kllmrqttzz



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A Leopard 2A4 drawing by C0orav! They said that they drew this one in their architecture class at university but recommend you to not do the same!

By C0orav



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A super detailed Sherman Firefly by Gybby3 on some maths paper. Excellently detailed and great highlighting, well done here!

By Gybby3



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What happens when the smallest tank in the game takes out the biggest tank in the game? You get a funny screenshot. These tiny L3/33 CC boys have done a good job here. Overgrown Maus destroyed!

By Ibuki



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The Leopard 2A6 is one of the most popular top-tier MBTs in War Thunder. This model looks almost exactly like the tank we’ve got in the game. Great contrast!

By ALB 23



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FULZY has been featured before for good reason — they create awesome wallpaper art for many jet aircraft. Check out this MiG 29 G!

By FULZY



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Ever had that moment when you’re about to take a shot on an enemy and then your cat jumps onto your desk for a nap? That’s what happened here, this cute cat has made a wild appearance!

By DonaldTR1P



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This one’s funky, an Ostwind II drawn on a whiteboard using marker pens. A formidable sight to behold. Nice work!

By DonaldTR1P



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The Spitfire Mk.22 is a beast of an aircraft, and so is this drawing of it. The shadows, details and setting really spike up our imagination. Nice work!

By The past is like smoke



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An awesome coloring of the AMX-30B2, which is LawrenceXVIII’s favorite tank. We love the details and colors used, especially the dirt on the front.

By LawrenceXVIII



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A brush painted Pzkpfw II at 1/35 scale. Looks clean and tidy, we love the colors chosen and paint work.

By Free^kill-74



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We featured a cat, now we’ve got a Pan Więcek’s dog scouting using a Puma! Looks cute!

By Pan Więcek



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In the last major update, we added Volcano Valley and some volcanoes. This is one of the coolest screenshots that we’ve seen featuring an F-15A.

By 芙兰朵露撕卡雷忒



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VARK VARK VARK! The Aardvark has the biggest bomb load in the game and this screenshot really showcases that. Awesomely detailed!

By FULZY



[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]

Server technical difficulties - resolved



Dear players.

Technical problems on the server side have been resolved.
Active premium accounts have been extended for 6 hours.
Time for task no.6 for "Call of the Dragon" event will be extended tomorrow.

Thank you for your understanding.

Screenshot Competition - Lunar New Year!



Welcome to the 106th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!


We loved seeing your screenshots last week! How do you feel about missiles and rockets? Confident in sending just one? Two, just to be sure? Or all of them, because who doesn’t love explosions? The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

[h2]Let’s begin the 106th edition of our competition![/h2]

Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen106. You have time until the 16th of February 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.

[h3]Terms:[/h3]
    Your screenshot must include a player vehicle from the Chinese tech tree.
    You must add the #WTscreen106 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).
    Artists may only win by popular vote once per four screenshot competitions.
  • 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 14 working days.


[h2]And now, time for the winners of the competition’s 105th edition - Shooting Stars![/h2]

[h3]Winners selected via community votes:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3153404815
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3154650964
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3152889903

[h3]Winners selected by our judges:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3154405261
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3153566423
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3155945905

Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!

The Rooivalk is Back on the Anniversary of its First Flight!



At the beginning of 1984, South Africa began development of a new attack helicopter to participate in the South African Border War. However, the Rooivalk prototype took to the skies for the first time on February 11th 1990 after the conflict ended. Improvements to the Rooivalk still continue, and a small number that were produced continue to serve to this day.

The Rooivalk Mk1F CSH is back for Golden Eagles and is here to stay!

Available for 8,560 Golden Eagles!

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When: From February 9th (15:00 GMT).
Where: Great Britain > Helicopters > Premium vehicles.
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[h3]About this helicopter[/h3]
  • The Rooivalk is a survivable helicopter with good performance characteristics. It carries the formidable Mokopa air-to-ground missile that has a tandem warhead and the FZ49 HEAT rockets which can be fired accurately thanks to a ballistic computer. In addition to this, this helicopter can fire the Mistral air-to-air missile with an all-aspect IR seeker, which can lock targets at a distance of 6 km. In close air engagements or to fire at ground targets, a reliable 20 mm cannon can also be used!