War Thunder News

Your beautiful scenery was outstanding! More than 900 beautiful screenshots with your favourite vehicles, we are impressed! Because of this, our judges have decided to select 7 instead of 3 winners, alongside the 3 most upvoted; that’s 10 in total. See the winners down below!


The seven most popular and three selected by us will get 300GE! We will meet again next week!

[h2]Let’s begin the 17th edition of our competition![/h2]

Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen17. You have time until the 03.06.2022 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 300 GE.

[h2]Important addition: Screenshot theme - Shockwave![/h2]

[h3]Terms:[/h3]

• Awesome tank, vessel or aircraft cannon fire that sends shockwaves, super fast jet aircraft fighters or even nukes, show us by taking a screenshot!
• Screenshots need to be compliant with the War Thunder rules, otherwise they will not be considered.
  
• 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 7 working days.
  

[h2]And now, time for the winners of the competition’s 16th edition - Beautiful Scenery![/h2]

[h3]Winners selected via community votes:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2811209498
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2811364609
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2811200733

[h3]Winners selected by our judges (New! 4 additional winners have been chosen by our judges):[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2811611770
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2810443867
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2811657976
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2812233770
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2811751361
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2813161370
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2811190191

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

If you’re drooling over the freshly announced F-14A, we’d like to suggest some rigorous training before you sit in the pilot seat of the Tomcat. This weekend daring pilots will fight it out using the best aircraft — and only the top aces will get the prizes.

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Until May 30th (7:00 GMT)

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Destroy 20 airplanes of other players in AB mode or 10 in RB or SB modes using Rank VII aircraft and receive one of the following prizes:

• 1 day of Premium Account
  
• Research Points and Silver Lions boosters for 20-50% (20% for 10 battles, 30% for 5 battles, 50% for 3 battles)
  
• 3-5 Universal Backups
  

[h2]Jet Strike 4x4 RB Tournament[/h2]



Join the tournament for jet aircraft that will take place in 4x4 format in the RB game mode. The task for each team is to destroy more aircraft than the enemy team and gain air superiority by capturing the air points over the battlefield.

Registration for the teams is open until June 1st (17:00 GMT).

REGISTER HERE

Tournament format: Double elimination, best of 3.

Available vehicles:

• USA: F-86F-2, F-86F-35, F-86F-25, FJ-4B, A-4B
  
• Germany: G.91 R/3, MiG-15bis
  
• USSR: MiG-17, MiG-15bis
  
• Great Britain: Hunter F.1, Venom FB.4
  
• Japan: F-86F-30, Ki-200
  
• Italy: G.91 R/1
  
• France: S.O.4050 Vautour IIA, Super Mystere B2
  
• China: J-4, F-86F-30, J-2
  
• Sweden: J29F
  

Tournament locations: 38th Parallel, Norway, Pacific Hidden Base and Iron Range.
Prize fund: 15 000 Golden Eagles, boosters and other prizes.

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Grumman F-14A Tomcat is a true icon in modern combat aircraft. Elegant and deadly, this carrier-based jet fighter comes as the new top tier of the US naval aircraft lineup!

[h2]F-14A Tomcat, jet fighter, naval, USA, rank VII[/h2]

Features:

• Variable-swept wing
  
• Perfect performance characteristics
  
• Variety of suspended weapons
  
• New air-to-air missiles
  
• Lacks air-to-surface missiles and smart bombs
  

The upcoming War Thunder major update Danger Zone brings you the new top tier of the US naval aircraft lineup, an early version of the F-14A Tomcat. This twin-engine carrier based jet fighter features variable-swept wing design, brilliant performance characteristics, as well as new to the game air-to-air missiles.



Tomcat’s powerplant is a pair of Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-412A turbojet engines, capable of an impressive 12,000 kgf (26,450 lbf) at M 0,9 each. The thrust is enough to provide max speed of over 2,200 kph (1,370 mph) and climb rate of over 200 m/sec even with minimal weapon loadout. Being quite heavy in mass, the F-14A has perfect controllability at the whole speed range thanks to the variable-swept wing, powerful engines and effective flaps.



F-14A’s strong suit is her capable air-to-air missiles. Pilots have choice from both familiar rounds, like AIM-7E/F Sparrow missiles, AIM-9D/G Sidewinders, as well as all new to the game AIM-9H (advanced version of the AIM-9G) and AIM-54A Phoenix, the long-range missile with semi-active and terminal active guidance modes and 60 kg warhead. In the upcoming update, the Phoenix missile will have the longest launch distance and guidance time among all air-to-air missiles in War Thunder.

The aircraft carries 20mm M61A1 Vulcan rotary cannon and unguided weapon against ground targets, including Zuni rockets and bombs of up to 2,000 lbs each. Being an interceptor by design, F-14A lacks air-to-surface guided weapons, such as anti-tank missiles and smart bombs.



The Grumman F-14A Tomcat is surely one of the top guns in the Danger Zone update. An aircraft of incredible charisma and a living embodiment of modern carrier-based aviation rightfully goes to rank VII of the American naval aircraft lineup. The major update is almost ready, stay tuned for more news from the War Thunder dev team. Until then - good luck and happy hunting, pilots!

Although Sweden maintained neutrality during WWII, events forced it to form its own National Security Forces. It happened on the 29th of May, 1940 and for the anniversary of this event we want to invite you to decorate your vehicle with the Emblem of the Home Guard decal.

From 12:00 GMT on the 27th of May until 07:00 GMT on the 30th of May

Play 3 battles in Swedish vehicles (rank III or higher and with an activity of 70% or higher) and receive the Emblem of the Home Guard.



"Emblem of the Home Guard" decal

Complete the task in random battles, except for Enduring Confrontation missions and [Assault] mode.

Track your progress in the hangar by clicking Nickname → Achievements → Swedish National Security Forces

You may find the decal in the “Sweden (tanks)” tab in the Customization menu.