War Thunder News

Four holidays in Japan are celebrated within the same week. Showa Day, Constitution Day, Greenery Day and Children’s Day are celebrated from April 29th to May 5th. This is a long vacation and a reason to relax and have fun. We’re joining the celebrations with a new decal in War Thunder!

[h2]Get the “Tokyo Tower” decal![/h2]
Play some Japanese vehicles to get yourself this new decal!

“Tokyo Tower” decal

When: From April 29th (10:00 GMT) until May 2nd (10:00 GMT).
Task: Play 3 battles using Japanese vehicles at rank III or higher to receive the “Tokyo Tower” decal!

Additional details:

• Your activity must not be below 70%.
  
• You can 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 → Golden Week.
  
• You can find the decal in the “Holidays” tab in the customization menu.
  

[h2]Battle Ratings[/h2]

• The planned Battle Rating changes have come into effect.
  

[h2]Aircraft[/h2]

• UH-1D (Germany), UH-1B, UH-1C, Mi-8TB (Germany), Mi-8TV, Mi-24A, SA.342L Gazelle, Mi-24D (Italy) — modification to unlock ATGMs has been moved to Tier I in the modification research.
  
• UH-1B (Japan) — the number of rocket pods with 19 x FFAR Mighty Mouse rockets has been increased from 2 to 4.
  
• XP-50 — air spawn ability has been removed.
  

[h2]Ground Vehicles[/h2]

• Vextra 105 — OFL 105 G2 shell and the modification to unlock it has been added.
  
• E.B.R. (1954) — PCOT-51P shell has been added.
  

[h2]Naval Vessels[/h2]

• A bug that caused the “Camera Shake” option to not affect camera shake intensity on ships has been fixed. (Report).
  
• A bug that caused turrets to sometimes still not adjust fire to the crosshair in Naval Arcade Battles and instead fire at the wrong location has been fixed. (Report).
  

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.

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British Starter Pack
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Japanese Starter Pack
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Chinese Starter Pack
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Italian Starter Pack
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French Starter Pack
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Swedish Starter Pack
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We really enjoyed seeing all of your awesome screenshots last week! This week, snap a screenshot from the jungles! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

[h2]Let’s begin the 169th edition of our competition![/h2]

Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen169. You have time until the 2nd of May 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 in a jungle environment.
You must add the #WTscreen169 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 168th edition – Seascape![/h2]

[h3]Winners selected via community votes:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3466732472
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3466960734
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3466916870

[h3]Winners selected by our judges:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3466818017
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3467249700
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3467289170

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

[h2]Aircraft[/h2]

• MiG-23 (all variants) — a bug that caused the radar to constantly cycle modes when faced horizontally whilst in horizontal flight with gyro stabilization switched off has been fixed. (Rеport).
  

[h2]Locations and Missions[/h2]

• Mozdok, Flanders — a bug that caused some of the buildings to not have any collision has been fixed. The missions on these locations are available again in random battles. (Report).
  

[h2]Interface[/h2]

• A bug that caused the Secondary Weapons menu to not scroll when controlling the cursor using the d-pad on the gamepad has been fixed.
  

[h2]Other[/h2]

• A bug that sometimes caused the game to freeze when switching to a vehicle with a Marketplace camouflage has been fixed. (Report).
  

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.