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Good military vehicles aren’t only about their characteristics: they also need to be cheap to produce, easy to repair and open to serious upgrading. A perfect example of such a machine is the legendary Po-2 light bomber. This all-round great aircraft earned the love and respect of pilots 95 years ago, and now it has become famous among War Thunder players for its phenomenal capabilities when controlled by an experienced pilot. What a surprising coincidence it is, then, that Po-2 was chosen by the Organization as a platform for upgrades in Project “Overpowered”.

Create an “Overpowered” version of one of the most amazing aircraft in the game, use it as intended, and then exchange it for exclusive vehicles of different classes. A worthy aircraft deserves worthy rewards.

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From September 22nd (12:00 GMT) until October 3rd (12:00 GMT)

Collect special modifications of the Po-2 and exchange them for unique vehicles!

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[h2]Rewards[/h2]

[h3]Po-2M[/h3]
Rank I — premium, coupon - more details

Cost: 1 Po-2 “Overpowered” aircraft.
Legendary good and legendary bad! The Mule, the slowest aircraft in the game, now with floats and premium status. Is it worthless? Is it OP? Depends on you!



[h3]SMS Ostfriesland[/h3]
Rank V — event, coupon - more details

Cost: 3 Po-2 “Overpowered” aircraft.
Dreadnought battleship Ostfriesland combines all the main qualities of such ships: powerful main caliber guns, heavy armor and low speed.




[h3]CCVL[/h3]
Rank VI — event, coupon - more details

Cost: 3 Po-2 “Overpowered” aircraft.
This American experimental light tank is protected only from bullets and fragments, but its impressive mobility and great guns make it a perfect scout and sniper.




[h3]Jaguar E [/h3]
Rank VI — event, coupon - more details

Cost: 3 Po-2 “Overpowered” aircraft.
The two-seat Jaguar E is one of France's best strike aircraft. Large payloads and an excellent choice of guided and unguided weapons!



[h2]How to participate[/h2]

Fight in battle! After each battle the necessary materials will go to the menu “Workshop → Overpowered”.

In this project you will collect the parts of the Po-2 from materials you get in battles, then upgrade them to the special “Overpowered” version and then assemble the unique aircraft. The more aircraft you collect the more valuable vehicles you can exchange.

[h2]Key items[/h2]




* — the base number of mission score, without taking into account the game mode multiplier and vehicle rank.

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During one battle you can get several boxes with materials as well as pieces of tape. The remaining accumulated points will be counted in the next battle.

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[h2]Crafting the details[/h2]

Click the “Assemble” button in the “Workshop → Overpowered”. Assembly takes place in the following order: Materials → Parts → Overpowering of parts → Po-2 "Overpowered".

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Materials for making parts can be traded on the market.

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[h2]How to receive rewards[/h2]

Finished versions of the Po-2 “Overpowered” can be exchanged for exclusive event vehicles!

• SMS Ostfriesland, CCVL and Jaguar E can be obtained from the start of the event and until 12:00 GMT on the 17th of October.
  
• Po-2M can be obtained from 12:00 GMT on the 10th of October until 12:00 GMT on the 17th of October. PlayStation and Xbox players can get this vehicle from 12:00 GMT on the 3rd of October until 12:00 GMT on the 17th of October.
  

All event vehicles will be issued in the form of coupons that can be activated on your account or traded on the market.

[h2]Terms[/h2]

• All event items can be obtained in the following game modes:
  
  • Ground arcade, realistic and simulator battles.
    
  • Aircraft arcade and realistic battles.
    
  • Naval arcade and realistic battles.
    
• The number of items received in battle is limited.
  
  • Crates with Materials — up to 25 per day and up to 250 for the whole event (until 12:00 GMT on the 3rd of October).
    
  • Pieces of Tape — up to 5 per day and up to 40 for the whole event (until 12:00 GMT on the 3rd of October)
    
  • Aircraft Technician Toolkits — up to 300 for the whole event (until 12:00 GMT on the 3rd of October).
    
• You can track the progress of obtaining event items as well as the daily and total limits by clicking on your nickname and selecting in the menu Achievements → Overpowered.
  
• Multipliers for earning mission points depend on the game mode and the maximum rank of the vehicle used in the battle and are specified in the description of each task.
  
• Crates with Materials and Pieces of Tape can be earned not only on the vehicles of rank III or higher but also on all event vehicles that were obtained in major game events. The vehicle cards of such vehicles contain the names of the events in which they first became available in the game.
  
• The possibility of whether or not an item can be traded on the Market is indicated in their description.
  
• Event times:
  
  • Crates with Materials, Pieces of Tape and Aircraft Technician Toolkits can be earned in the battles from 12:00 GMT on the 22nd September until 12:00 GMT on the 3rd of October.
    
  • You can assemble parts from materials until 12:00 GMT on the 10th of October.
    
  • All event items except vehicle coupons can be traded on the market until 11:30 GMT on the 10th of October.
    
  • At 12:00 GMT on the 10th of October all event items with the exception of assembled and in the progress of assembling Po-2 “Overpowered” and vehicle coupons will be deleted from the inventory and the market.
    
  • At 12:00 GMT on the 17th of October all copies of the Po-2 “Overpowered” will be requisitioned by the Organization and your memories will be erased. Have time to exchange the Po-2 “Overpowered” for the event vehicles and finish all important business before this moment!
    

In this digest we would like to tell you about our continuing work on improvements and fixes in the game. You can find information about all updates that have been released in War Thunder on the website special section.

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Please feel free to leave your feedback on these changes in the dedicated "It’s fixed! №63" thread

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It is hard to know in advance what gear and what monitor resolution a player will use. Some prefer the widest screens available, others use three monitor rigs. In such cases, some of the War Thunder vehicles might not fit in the screen while observing in the hangar.

We moved the camera in the hangar a bit farther away to make sure you have the full view of your steel machines of war no matter how wide your display setup is!






Many jet aircraft in the game have a drag chute that automatically deploys on landing and helps to decelerate the aircraft while braking. But, due to a bug, they didn’t work automatically for all the time! You had to enable it manually or pray for a soft landing. The bug is found and buzzed, drag chutes should work automatically now.






Some SPAAG vehicles, armed with the FIM-92 Stinger air defence system, such as Machbet or Ozelot, were spoiling for a fight so much that they fired the missile with the launcher tube attached. We do appreciate such zeal, but “Stingers'' would perform better alone.

Launchers are now fixed and welded to the hull, missiles may do their job confidently.



For this digest we have prepared a large set of useful fixes and game improvements. Be sure to read the full list below - there are many interesting things.

Once again, many thanks for all your bug reports that you submitted using our special service.



[h2]Aircraft[/h2]

• A bug has been fixed that prevented the automatic brake chute from deploying while landing and braking.
  
• Harrier GR.7 — display of ground vehicles at longer distances has been fixed. Third-person view night vision restored. A bug has been fixed where parts of the targeting pod obstructed the targeting pod camera view.
  
• Z-9WA — incorrect MFD gamma has been corrected. Night vision display fixed in the MFD. The MFD’s blackscreens have been fixed.
  
• F-4C — the number of M117 bombs has been corrected in the secondary weapons menu.
  
• MiG-19PT — name of the 30mm NR-30(r) cannon has been corrected.
  
• MiG-23BN — RWS has been restored.
  
• F-104G — incorrect display of the AS-20 and AS-30 missiles in the secondary weapons menu has been fixed.
  
• Z-10 — TY-90 missiles now can be mounted on the internal wing pylons.
  
• Po-2 — a bug has been fixed where it was possible to create a user weapon setup where the weight exceeds the payload limit.
  
• Tu-4 (China) — the number of gunners has been fixed in the aircraft info card and crew skills; icons fixed in the secondary weapon menu; engine fire
  
• ADEN 25 cannon — tracer has been removed from the AP sub calibre round.
  
• Ka-52 — a bug has been fixed where while equipping 9K127 Vikhr and 9M120-1 Ataka missiles in one setup, the allowed fire distance didn’t switch.
  

[h2]Ground Vehicles[/h2]

• A bug has been fixed where AI-controlled Type 90, Type 90 (B) and Type 10 in the [Assault] mode might respawn with low suspension.
  
• Recon Micro — a bug has been fixed that prevented the drone’s engine start after switching off in Test Drive.
  
• AMX-13, AMX-13 (SS.11), AMX-13-90 — a bug has been fixed that disabled delay between the smoke grenade bursts.
  
• M4A2 — a bug has been fixed where it was impossible to replenish the smoke grenades.
  
• BTR-ZD — missing description of the 7.62 forward machine guns has been restored in xray view.
  
• Zachlam Tager — a bug has been fixed, where the specifications of the SS.11 missiles differed from other vehciles.
  
• Magach 3 — a bug has been fixed where the 12.7mm machine gun has the same description in the xray as the 7.62mm machine gun.
  
• FIM-92E, FIM-92K — the missile model in flight has been fixed.
  
• A bug has been fixed where the side skirts might not be visible from one of the sides of view on the Sd.Kfz 140/1, Sd.Kfz. 234/1 and Pz.Bef.Wg.IV J.
  

[h2]Naval[/h2]

• RN Andrea Doria — a bug with a single round from the stern main calibre turret has been fixed.
  
• RN Da Verazzano — 40 mm/39 Vickers-Terni mod.1915/1917 mounts have been changed to 40 mm/39 Vickers-Terni mod.1915/1917, modif.1930. Rounds changed too.
  
• The muzzle velocity of the 15 cm Pzgr. L/3.7 (m.Hb) rounds have been changed from 875 to 960 m/sec.
  

[h2]Modifications and progress[/h2]

• RN Andrea Doria, Scharnhorst, Kronshtadt — “Smoke screen” modification has been removed. RP or GE spent to unlock the modification will be refunded.
  

[h2]Graphics[/h2]

• Visual effects of exhaust gas from the wide exhaust pipes have been corrected when observed via thermal imagers.
  

[h2]Locations[/h2]

• Eastern Europe, Pass over Rheine, Berlin, Campania - a bug has been fixed where the metal fences might look transparent from the side.
  

[h2]Enduring Confrontation[/h2]

• The effectiveness of airfield AA guns has been increased.
  
• M163 and M247 in the ground battles have been changed to Falcon and Za-35.
  
• AA guns in ground battles have had the target speed track restored. Previously they fired directly at the target without speed lead.
  

[h2]Other changes[/h2]

• The camera in the hangar is now positioned a bit further back in order to allow any vehicle to fit the screen, especially on a wide-screen, or three-monitor setup).
  
• A bug has been fixed in the protection analysys menu that might cause incorrect results.
  
• Sergey is alive! Added decal for 100 defeated enemy vehicles while controlling the Su-25 or Su-25K.
  

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.

The most infamous plane in the game gets a nice set of floats! Meet the new image for the legendary biplane. Is the Po-2 still 2 OP?

[h2]Po-2M, light bomber, USSR, rank I. Premium.[/h2]

Features:

• Very low speed and climb rate
  
• Lacks forward guns
  
• Poor turret
  
• Perfect agility
  
• Incendiary bombs
  

The Po-2 is a legendary aircraft in War Thunder. Some time ago we had to take it out of the tech tree due to its extremely low speed (just slightly over 130 km/h!) and the lack of forward weapons, which made it a very easy target in the hands of a beginner. At the same time, during game events that allow you to get this biplane, many experienced players eagerly try to get it into their collection. Why? Firstly, this is the best trolling plane ever - there is nothing more delightful than to fly the Po-2 in high-rank battles and destroy a couple of modern tanks, accurately throwing small 50-kg bombs on the turret, or shoot down a jet fighter with a single rifle-caliber turret. Secondly, the Po-2 is truly great for mastering more advanced types of aircraft control - with the help of a “mouse joystick” or a full-fledged joystick and a pilot's head position tracker. Thirdly, the Po-2 is a truly valuable collectible aircraft with its own history; the famous “night witches”, the WWII Soviet female pilots, fought on these fragile and slow flying biplane bombers.





In the autumn crafting event Project "Overpowered" we present a new modification of the aircraft - the hydroplane Po-2M, a premium light bomber from the USSR tech tree, rank I. So, a few words about what is good and what is bad with a new iteration of Po-2.

On the one hand, the Po-2M is ridiculously bad - it is still the slowest aircraft in the game, it has no forward weapons, and the biplane’s only protection is a single rifle-caliber turret. The Po-2M is very susceptible to any damage, even small bullets and shrapnel adversely affects its flight performance. The floats make landing on an airfield a significant challenge, and usually lead to an accident.





On the other hand, the Po-2M is ridiculously good! The snail-slow airplane has amazing maneuverability, and its maximum speed is below the stall speed of any fighter. This is a bomber-class aircraft, with air respawn and a bombsight. Because of the float, there is no central pylon, but the load remains very, very decent for a rank I light bomber: up to 200 kg of bombs in 50 and 100 kg, 8x82 or 8x132 mm rockets, as well as 4x50 kg of incendiary bombs, which are very relevant in low rank battles.



Is Po-2M 2 OP? Depends on the hands that pilot it! We are sure that this premium biplane will give you a lot of satisfying frags, both on the ground and in the air, and hey, it's a fun aircraft too.

The main aircraft prize in the upcoming autumn crafting event is the Jaguar E, a French-British two-seat jet aircraft, designed to train Jaguar pilots for the French Air Forces.

[h2]Jaguar E, strike aircraft, France, rank VI. Event vehicle.[/h2]

Features:

• Decent climb rate
  
• Maneuverability is heavily dependent on the payload
  
• Deadly weapons
  
• Ballistic calculator
  
• Lacks RWS
  

The two-seater Jaguar E is coming to the game as one of the main prizes in the autumn crafting event that starts in War Thunder soon. This is an event rank VI strike aircraft and one of the best French aircraft in its class. Good flight capabilities for an attack aircraft, compact size, huge payload and excellent weapons - this is what the Jaguar E will become in the game. Let's see this beauty in detail.





The Jaguar E is a cousin of the Jaguar A jet attack aircraft, already known and loved by War Thunder pilots. This might not be the easiest aircraft to play, but in the hands of a skilled pilot it is a real death scythe against ground targets, which is also capable of engaging short air duels even with top-tier fighters. The new Jaguar E attack aircraft differs from the researchable version in an enlarged canopy with a second cockpit, as well as the absence of a radar warning system. In addition, the aircraft cannot carry flares, however, you may still use a suspended dipole pod.

General flight performance remained the same. At high altitudes, the attack aircraft is capable of accelerating to speeds over 1400 km/h, but its usual operating mode is subsonic speeds at low and medium heights. The aircraft maneuvers surprisingly well, especially at high speeds, and thanks to its small wings area it has excellent roll rate. However, the small wings significantly complicates its controllability with a large payload on board.





The Jaguar E's main armament is a pair of DEFA 553 rapid-fire cannons, with 150 rounds per barrel. The aircraft can take both unguided and guided weapons of different kinds. In the ‘bomb truck’ setup the Jaguar E can carry up to 11x250 kg or as many as 8x400 kg bombs. Ballistic calculator helps to put every bomb directly on target. In addition to the familiar SNEB rockets, the Jaguar E is the second aircraft in the game that is armed with ECC rockets with a shape-charged warhead, and exotic TBA Multi-Dart, containing 6 armor-piercing kinetic darts capable of effectively hitting any armored vehicle from above. After researching the ATLIS II targeting pod, pilots will have access to modifications to unlock the 400 and 1,000 kg guided bombs, as well as AS-30L Nord guided missiles. For aerial duels, the Jaguar E can take a pair of slick Matra R550 Magic 1 air-to-air missiles.



How to get yourself a very decent jet attack aircraft for free? Simple! Complete the tasks of the crafting events just by playing your regular battles, track your progress, and grab well-deserved prizes! Tomorrow we will tell you about the most mysterious prize of this autumn, and a little later we will announce the full rule list for the upcoming event - don't miss it! Snail out.

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• A bug that led to switching on the automatic abandonment timer in air RB by receiving critical damage although it was possible to reach the airfield and repair the vehicle, has been fixed.
  
• Z-9W, Z-9WA — A bug where the “Compressor” modification decreased climbing speed has been fixed.
  

[h3]Ground vehicles[/h3]

• T-80UK — Mistakenly presented tank rack has been removed. The amount of ammunition has been changed from 39 to 30 shells.
  
• HJ9 — Jamming channel for ATGM has been added. Source: «Research and Development of Chinese ATGMs (1958—2000)».
  

[h3]Interface[/h3]

• A rare bug on the icon of an already researched vehicle where the “Research” button was displayed instead of the “Purchase” button has been fixed.
  

[h3]Other changes[/h3]

• A bug causing the client to crash with vulkan render (Linux) has been fixed.
  

The current provided update notes reflect the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates and fixes may be not listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving all the time and certain fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.