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The Soviet light cruiser Shcherbakov offers a fine balance between high fire-rate of her main guns, good mobility and excellent anti-air defense.

[h2]Shcherbakov light cruiser, USSR rank V. Event vehicle.[/h2]

Features:

• Main caliber of 4x3 152mm
  
• Improved AA battery
  
• Good speed
  
• High survivability
  

The Shcherbakov light cruiser will be the main naval prize of the spring crafting event in War Thunder. Like her predecessor, the Sverdlov light cruiser, the new ship features fast-firing main battery guns, good mobility, and her already powerful anti-aircraft battery is now reinforced with quadruple 45mm autocannon mounts!

Light cruisers of Projects 68-bis and 68-A are always a good pick for high-ranking naval battles in War Thunder. Their element is in constant motion, fire support of the high-speed ships and boats of the first line of attack and actively "pecking" the weak spots of opponents with their fast-firing 152mm main guns. The closest relative of the new Shcherbakov cruiser, the light cruiser Sverdlov, boasts fully armored main and auxiliary turrets, a large crew, and an excellent air defense battery of 37 mm automatic cannons.



The Shcherbakov inherits all the branded features of her class, but offers improved air defense.Part of the 37mm guns on the bow and stern superstructures has been replaced with quadruple 45mm ZIF-68 autocannon mounts, which are capable of effectively shooting down medium altitude targets.

The Shcherbakov light cruiser has no striking shortcomings, however the caliber of the main guns shapes the ship’s gameplay. The penetrating power of 152mm guns is usually not enough to pierce the most protected opponents. That is why it is necessary to have a good supply of armor-piercing shells and, when engaging the heavies, captains are recommended to try to hit critical areas, such as main gun magazines, with multiple shots. High rate of fire and the excellent turret traverse speed make it easy to adjust hits and quickly shift fire between targets. The most versatile shell choice for most conventional targets will be semi-AP rounds for the main caliber, and bottom-fuzed HE for the auxiliary guns. The high density of fire and good load of explosives in these shells make it possible to quickly disable enemy guns, destroy modules and cause fires in different compartments of enemy ships.



The Shcherbakov light cruiser will be the main naval prize of the upcoming spring crafting event in War Thunder - follow the news to know more!

The AMD 35 is a French armored car developed by Panhard in the interwar period featuring an advanced design for its time. Soon, an experimental modification of the already familiar AMD 35 will make its way to War Thunder as one of the main prizes of the upcoming spring crafting event!

Briefly: A hastily developed upgunned modification of the AMD 35 armored car, fitted with a new turret and a larger gun.

[h2]AMD 35 SA35, light tank, France, Rank I, premium vehicle.[/h2]

Features:

• Superb mobility
  
• High profile
  
• Light armor
  

The AMD 35 SA35 will be a new light vehicle coming to War Thunder as one of the main prizes of the upcoming spring crafting event. This nimble armored car will become available to participants of the event as a new rank I premium vehicle of the French ground forces tree. Keen to find out more about it? Then join us as we dive deeper into the details!

Being already familiar in its standard modification to tankers from the starting ranks of the French ground forces tree, the AMD 35 is highly regarded for its excellent mobility and compact size. However, being only equipped with a semi-automatic 25 mm cannon does mean that commanders of this vehicle often encountered issues dealing with more heavily armored opponents or fighting enemies at longer engagement distances. This experimental variant of the AMD 35 means to address these issues by offering tankers a much higher caliber weapon in the form of the also familiar 47 mm SA35 cannon. Trading rate of fire for a more powerful caliber results in the AMD 35 now being capable of posing a more serious threat to an expanded circle of potential enemies.



While the chassis of the vehicle remains the same, the turret of this AMD 35 is vastly different. For starters, its size has clearly increased compared to the familiar standard modification of the vehicle in order to facilitate the larger gun. The larger turret also increases the vehicle’s silhouette, making it easier for hostile forces to detect the vehicle.

The larger turret, however, doesn’t affect much on the vehicle’s weight. The vehicle retains its excellent top speed of up to 72 km/h, meaning it’s still more than capable of taking the enemy by surprise once it unexpectedly makes its appearance at a flank.



This exotic new variant of the AMD 35 armored car will soon appear in War Thunder ground battles and tankers will have the chance to add it to their collection by participating in the upcoming spring crafting event. Stay tuned to the news to find out what other exciting prizes the event has in store for its participants. Until then, happy hunting tankers!

Your crews have nothing to do between battles and your technicians just dawdle around and chatter in the hangar? Get them into the gym!

Soon, the crews and the hangar tech guys will be able to take care of their health, and at the same time achieve for you unique game content - click on the characters in the hangar and send any of them for training! With the time spent in working out, they will be able to get you special titles, decals, decorations and loading screens dedicated to sports, wrestling and a healthy lifestyle.

The training of crews and technicians is available when they are free from battles. The training progress will happen all the time while the game client is open and the crews are working out. If during training you decide to go into battle, to resume training you will need to send the crews back to the gym.

Who will be the real boss of the gym? We'll find out soon! Stay tuned for the announcement of your hangar personnel training program! Go hard!

Your screenshots from last week were brilliant! While the fire animations have been in war thunder for a very, very long time, they now look wonderfully cinematic with updated graphics and particle effects! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

[h2]Let’s begin the 61st edition of our competition![/h2]

Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen61. You have time until 07.04.2023 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.

[h2]Important addition: Screenshot theme - April Fools![/h2]

[h3]Terms:[/h3]

This week is the beginning of April! And, we would love to see your screenshots from the April Fools event!
You must add the #WTscreen61 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).
• 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 60th edition - Fire Breathing![/h2]

[h3]Winners selected via community votes:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2953481192
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2952700632
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2953688120

[h3]Winners selected by our judges:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2953838950
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2953630529
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2952881969

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

Custom hangar functionality is temporarily disabled due to a bug that causes the game to crash when launching the client.

After the issue is fixed, the user hangar will be available again if it was installed previously. In some cases, it may be necessary to restart the game to fix this bug

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.