War Thunder News

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.

Ladies and gentlemen!

We’re excited to invite you to the War Thunder special tank football event! You will experience the reworked physics of tank to ball interactions, as well as new to the game goalie mechanics, which will allow you to earn mission points and progress up through goalkeeper achievements!

To help you prepare for the competition, from March 15 (16:00 GMT) to March 17 (15:45 GMT), training events without achievement progression are available.

[h2]From March 17 (16:00 GMT) to April 1 (05:00 GMT) Daily football matches are available: from 16:00-22:00 GMT and 00:00-05:00 GMT.[/h2]

Join 3vs3 matches for lone players, or lead your team to the victory in 4vs4 team matches. Dash! Jump! Hit! Gain rewards!

[h3]Prizes[/h3]
For each goal, assist or save you will earn achievement progress points. Collect required number of points to get prizes!

For 10 and 25 points
One of football decals

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For 50 points
“Best striker 2023” decoration

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For 100 points
Loading screen “Tank Football - Inspiration”

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For 200 points
Profile Icon
“Team Tigers driver”

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For 300 points
Coupon for one of the decals: "Dragons" Team banner or "Tigers" Team banner

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For 400 points
Coupon for the football camouflage for the M551:
"Tiger" or "Dragon"

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For 500 points
Coupon for one of the golden decorations

[h3]The best 50 players in the record chart of every event will be granted with prize game titles:[/h3]

• Top goalscorer — “Best striker 2023”
  
• Top assist score — “Best winger 2023”
  
• Top save score — “Best goalkeeper 2023”
  

[h3]Details[/h3]

• You may learn details of each task and track your progress by clicking your nickname, selecting “Achievements → Tank Football”.
  
• Coupons for Team banner decals, Football camouflages for M551, and coupons for golden decorators could be sold on the Market.
  
• PlayStation and Xbox players may exchange each coupon in 100 warbonds.
  
• Rewards stay available for purchase in the Achievements window till April 3 (12:00 GMT).
  
• Prize in-game titles for the top 50 players in each category will be awarded until April 7.
  

[h3]Match rules[/h3]

• The match includes two halves 5 min each. Net playing time counts only.
  
• In a draw, players get additional halves of 1.5 min each. If it is still a draw at the end of the halves, neither of the teams wins.
  
• For an early victory in a 3vs3 match, you need to achieve an advantage of 3 goals.
  
• For an early victory in a 4vs4 match, you need to achieve an advantage of 5 goals.
  

• Artillery strikes are again accompanied by visual effects.
  
• Duguay-Trouin — Two additional respawns have been added.
  

[h2]Sound[/h2]

• VT1-2 and Challenger 2E now have the correct sound of MTU 883 diesel engines.
  
• Artefacts (distortion in midrange area) in explosion sound assets have been found and removed.
  
• Sounds of bomb explosions have received sounds of blown up material falling on player armour.
  
• New sounds for flames on ground, naval and air vehicles as well as static objects on maps have been created.
  
• A number of ground vehicles have received sounds of automatic loaders: AMX-13 (and all tanks with FL-10 and FL-12 turrets), AMX-50, AMX M4, Lorraine 40t, Char 25t, XM-8, Obj.906, Об. 685, CV90105, CV90120.
  
• The interior firing sounds of machine guns of ground vehicles have received more hull resonance of the vehicle and less exterior firing sounds.
  
• The interior firing sounds of machine guns of ground vehicles received sounds of falling shells and segments of the ammunition tape (if it is present).
  

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.