War Thunder News

HMS Iron Duke, a dreadnought and the lead ship of the Royal Navy’s Iron Duke class of battleships, was launched at Portsmouth on October 12th, 1912. She took part in all the major operations of the Grand Fleet in the First World War, including the Battle of Jutland.


HMS Iron Duke is now available again for purchase for 8,380 Golden Eagles.

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When: From October 11th (11:00 GMT).
Where: Great Britain > Bluewater fleet > Premium vehicles.

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[h3]About this battleship[/h3]

• HMS Iron Duke is well armored and superbly armed! 10 x 343 mm guns are ready to hit the enemy with devastating high-explosive and semi armor-piercing shells, and a dozen 152 mm secondary guns will finish the job. HMS Iron Duke may need help in terms of anti-aircraft defense and should stick with allies that have better anti-aircraft protection.
  

[h2]Battle Ratings[/h2]

• The planned Battle Rating changes have come into effect.
  

[h2]Ground Vehicles[/h2]

• FlaRakRad — engine and transmission parameters have been changed:
  
  • RPM has been changed from 2100 to 2300. Idle revs have been reduced from 900 to 600.
    
  • Gear ratios and number of gears have been completely changed. Climbing ability has been significantly improved.
    
  • The number of forward gears has been changed from 5 to 16. The maximum speed has been reduced from 101 km/h to 90 km/h (RB and SB).
    
  • The number of reverse gears (2) has been retained. The reverse speed has been reduced from 36 km/h to 6.9 km/h (RB and SB).
    

[h2]Other[/h2]

• A bug where it was not possible to change the scale and rotation for some stock camouflages has been fixed. For example, the IS-7 “Tricolor Summer Camouflage”. (Report).
  
• A bug that could cause the game to crash after a long period of time when selecting a ground vehicle with an Active Protection System in the hangar has been fixed.
  

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.

We’re constantly working on removing cheaters from War Thunder. We rely on the Easy Anti-Cheat system to check for prohibited software usage, as well as on reports from players that we carefully go through. You can use the replay service on our website to report players to us who have violated the Terms of Service and the License Agreement of the game.

[h2]Banned accounts[/h2]
Since our last fair play, we’ve blocked 7,164 accounts that were found to have violated the rules. Specifically 3.2.3 of the EULA namely in the automation of gameplay (using bots) and cheat software.
For complete transparency, we’re publishing the full list of these blocked players. This list will be available for two weeks after the publication of this article.

[h2]Recommendations[/h2]
We recommend that you set a strong password for your account and enable two-step authentication in your profile security settings. We have the following 2FA options available: email, SMS, TOTP (Gaijin Pass/Google Authenticator), and Telegram bot, which we suggest trying if SMS 2FA messages are not reaching you.

We’d also suggest that you turn on 2FA for the email that is linked to your account for additional security. This will protect your account from fraudsters. And remember, don’t use forbidden client modifications and never share your account information with anyone!

The War Thunder Team

[h2]Aircraft[/h2]

• J-10A — a bug that caused dropped LS-6 250 and LS-6 500 guided bombs to not level horizontally but instead always fly in the same position in which they were dropped when the aircraft rolled has been fixed.
  

[h2]Naval Vessels[/h2]

• A bug where the torpedo aiming marker would disappear after each launch despite the presence of torpedoes in the tube has been fixed.
  
• The circular indicator showing the direction of attack on the player has been disabled for friendly fire.
  

[h2]Other[/h2]

• An error in the text in the “Guided bomb with thermal imaging seeker” tutorial mission has been fixed. (Report).
  
• Target markers have been added to AGM and Guided bomb tutorial missions.
  

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.

We loved seeing your decorated vehicles last week, thanks for sharing your screenshots with us! New camouflages are always being created by members of the community, be sure to check in on occasion- you will probably find something you like! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

[h2]Let’s begin the 140th edition of our competition![/h2]

Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen140. You have time until the 11th of October 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 two player vehicles together.
You must add the #WTscreen140 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 139th edition – Custom Colors![/h2]

[h3]Winners selected via community votes:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3339244567
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3340406846
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3339218965

[h3]Winners selected by our judges:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3339686094
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3339202055
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3340323708

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