War Thunder News

Dear players,

We heard your recent feedback on the changes planned to the economy of War Thunder and, as you already know, have decided to cancel them. This has been our first step in addressing your concerns, and it will not be the last.

We regret that our actions to balance the economy are often poorly explained and not transparent to you. In the future, we will try our best to talk about the changes we plan to do earlier, in more detail and more clearly, as well as listen to the feedback that you offer more carefully.

We are going to revise the economy in a dedicated update planned for mid to late summer (this will be a huge amount of work). In order for your feedback to be taken into account, please provide it using the special form on our website before May 25th (unfortunately, we do not have the ability to track all posts on external sites and we may miss something important there). We have already received and are analyzing many constructive proposals, and we sincerely thank their authors!

We will announce the content of the dedicated economy update in advance, explain in detail the essence of all changes and collect feedback on them before we implement them in the game. If necessary, we will discuss the economy separately on streams, in the format of questions and answers on the site, or in any other way - the main thing is that you clearly understand what is planned and why.

We have one common goal: to make War Thunder better and make players happy and the game more popular. Therefore, we will do everything possible so that we understand and support each other on the way to this goal.

The history of the French Navy goes back to the legendary Cardinal Richellieu, who saw the fleet go from humble beginnings to conquering faraway lands across the globe — from Canada to Madagascar. Today the French Navy is amongst one of the largest in the world, with over 180 vessels and 200 aircraft.

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From May 19th (12:00 GMT) until May 24th (12:00 GMT)

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[h3]Play 3 battles using French vehicles (rank III or higher, with an activity of not less than 70%) to receive the “Emblem of the Marine Nationale France” decal.[/h3]

“Emblem of the Marine Nationale France” 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 → French Navy Day.

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


The next major update will introduce closed beta testing for the French Navy in the game! To commemorate this holiday, we have discounted a bundle containing both vessels of the French Navy currently implemented in War Thunder: purchasing it will grant you CBT access! Destroyer Aigle sports five powerful 138 mm cannons that rival light cruisers, and torpedoes containing 310 kg of TNT each — a respectable arsenal for such a mobile ship! Light cruiser Duguay-Trouin is also quite agile and well-equipped for battle: its four twin 155 mm main caliber turrets, four 75 mm dual purpose guns, six 40-mm Bofors and twenty 20 mm autocannons can fend off ships and aircraft alike!

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To purchase this pack, click Shop > Online Store whilst in the in-game hangar.

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[h3]French Navy Day bundle -25%[/h3]

• Aigle Pack;
  
• Duguay-Trouin Pack;
  
• French Navy CBT access.
  

In 1947, President Harry Truman unified various parts of the US Armed Forces under a single chain of command, and in 1950 he dedicated a day to commemorate them all — the third Saturday of May. Now the US Armed forces employ over 1.3 million people: they are the biggest and most advanced in the world.

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From May 19th (9:00 GMT) until May 22nd (9:00 GMT)

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[h3]Play 3 battles using American vehicles (rank III or higher, with an activity of not less than 70%) to receive the “National Armed Forces Day” decal.[/h3]

“National Armed Forces Day” 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 → US Armed Forces Day.

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

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The next major update for War Thunder — 'La Royale'!

Hello! Today we will tell you about a new type of weapon that will appear in the game in the next major War Thunder update!



With the further development of more effective air defense systems, the only safe window for delivering bombs became ultra-low altitude, where aircraft remained outside of the detection zone of anti-aircraft radars. However, tree-top bombing is risky due to the chances of hitting the carrier aircraft with fragments of its own bombs. This is how retarded bombs first appeared - the bombs are equipped with an aerodynamic brake, or chute, to provide a low-speed fall.

Retarded bombs will appear in our game as part of the upcoming major War Thunder update. As experienced pilots know, you may already set the fuse delay on conventional bombs, which allows pilots to get out of the danger zone of fragmentation spray and the blast wave while dive bombing or performing tree-top bomb attacks. However, conventional bombs have a flat fall trajectory, which makes it very difficult to hit targets on the city streets, behind cover, or on locations with large terrain elevations. In addition, conventional air bombs fall too quickly and you can’t drop bombs on a sudden enemy, they will fly too far ahead.



Retarded bombs are perfect for strafe bombing, which is one of the most frequent bombing scenarios in mixed battles. Thanks to the parachute, these bombs slow down when dropped and smoothly fall almost vertically down. Retarded bombs can be carefully dropped in between houses, in a ravine or behind a rock!

Aircraft retarded bombs will have the full range of physical qualities of regular bombs - for example, they can be shot down in flight, so do not drop retarded bombs from a high altitude, as they can become easy prey for well-aimed anti-aircraft gunners. For aircraft equipped with ballistic computers, the drop area of retarded bombs will also be adjusted according to their specific trajectory.

We plan to equip a lot of aircraft of all gaming nations with retarded bombs right when the update goes live. In the future, we will definitely add new retarded bombs of different calibers and different nations. Stay tuned to the news!