War Thunder News

The United States of America celebrates Independence Day on July the 4th - an important national holiday commemorating the Declaration of Independence in 1776. This day is commonly considered as the birthday of the US.

George Washington issued double rations of rum to all his soldiers to mark the anniversary of independence in 1778, and in 1781, several months before the key American victory at the Battle of Yorktown, Massachusetts became the first state to make July the 4th an official state holiday. The war for Independence finally ended officially in September of 1783.


Play 3 battles in US vehicles (Rank II or higher, with a battle activity of 60% or over) to receive the special “Independence Day” decal.


Terms and conditions

The task can be completed in random battle modes, apart from “Enduring confrontation” and “Assault” mode.

Check your progress by clicking your nickname → Achievements → US Independence Day.

The War Thunder Team

• Now loading a ground army is only possible when the helicopter and transport army(e.g. landing craft) is stationary.
  
• A single helicopter army now always fights a ground army in auto mode. You will still be able to send helicopters as reinforcements to a battle involving ground armies.
  
• Balance changes to the “Battle for the Fulda Gap” scenario:
  • USSR ground army:
    • MBT: 70 → 60;
      
    • Combat vehicles: 30 → 40;
  • USSR infantry army:
    • Combat vehicles: 15 → 30;
  • Germany infantry army:
    • MBT: 10 → 20;
      
    • Combat vehicles: 15 → 20;
  • Initial starting USSR fighters: 100 → 70.
    
  • German MBT units: The Leopard I has been removed from the list of available vehicles; the M48A2 G A2 has been set as the default vehicle.
    
  • German infantry armies have been deployed to sectors E3 and F5.

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.

• A bug where some parts of a destroyed/burnt tank might have appeared undamaged has been fixed.
  
• A bug which caused server replays to potentially not record to the end of a match has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the ‘join battle’ button in the menu of World War mode would be inactive if a player had chosen a nation in the hangar other than one of the participating nations of the battle, has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the ‘Create a vehicle setup’ button in World War Mode would not work correctly if a player had chosen a nation in the hangar other than one of the participating nations of the battle, has been fixed.
  
• A rare client crash which would occur after joining ‘Fulda Gap’ missions 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.

A new season in ‘World War’ begins on July 1st. Large scale operations with unique missions and awesome prizes await squadrons and lone fighters alike!

July 1st until July 20th - 10 game days of the “Road to the West” season!

Schedule of the operations



Battle for the Fulda Gap

(USSR vs Germany)
Alternate history scenario. July 25th, 1985. Soviet forces rely on a powerful tank group, for the operation of which two lowlands in the mountainous area of Hesse — the Fulda Gap — are well suited.

Battle of the “Chinese Farm”

(Egypt (USSR) vs Israel (USA))
Historical scenario. October 17th, 1973. Israeli forces crossed the Suez Canal and entrenched themselves on its west bank. The Egyptian command plans a counterattack near the Chinese Farm with the aim of encircling the enemy and regaining control of the Tirtur and Akawish roads.



All players are able to unlock the following awards by earning “World War” Stars .

IL-2 (M-82) (Premium, II rank)

An experimental modification of the legendary Sturmovik, created amidst the Nazi onslaught. A different engine and a long-anticipated defensive turret with .50 machine-gun.

M60 AMBT (event special, VII rank)

The most advanced modification of the M60 in the game. Improved mobility thanks to its powerful diesel engine, and a mighty 120mm smoothbore gun, similar to the M1A1 Abrams.

For more information, and the full list of awards, check out the full article here!

BR changes (Open in a new tab)

Research, purchase, crew training costs and other related parameters for vehicles have been changed (tablesheet with the main parameters) (Open in a new tab)

All economy indicators for vehicles will be changed according to rank.

-USA:

• M15A1 CGMC — moved to rank II.
  
• M19 — moved to rank III.

-Germany:

• Begleitpanzer 57 and TAM — moved to another research branch, after SPz BMP-1.
  
• RakJPz 2 and RakJPz 2 (HOT) — moved to another research branch, after Jagdtiger.

-Italy:

• 90/53 M41M - moved before 75/46 M43.
  
• 75/46 M43 - has been positioned out of the group.
  
• 105/25 M43 and 75/34 M43 have been grouped.

-USSR:

• Т-55A and T-62 — switched places.
  
• Т-62 and T-62M-1 — have been grouped.
  
• BMP-3 and Object 685 — moved to rank VI.
  
• KV-2 (1939) — moved out of the group, now located before the KV-1S — moved to rank II.
  
• SU-76М - moved to rank I, ahead of the ZiS-30.
  
• SU-152 - location moved after the SU-85 and before the SU-85M.
  
• ISU-152 - moved to rank III and grouped with the SU-152

-China

• SU-76М (China) - moved to rank I, ahead of the LVT(ZiS-2).

-Japan:

• Ho-Ro - moved to rank I.

-USA:

• SB2U-2 and SB2U-3 — have been grouped.
  
• A-26B-10 and A-26B-50 — have been grouped.

-Germany:

• Ta 152 H-1 and Ta 152 C-3 — have been grouped.
  
• Me 410 A-1/U4 and Me 410 B-2/U4 — have been grouped.
  
• He 111 H-16 — have been moved to rank II.
  
• Do 217 K-1 and Do 217 M-1 — have been grouped.

-USSR:

• IL-10 and IL-10 (1946) — have been grouped.
  
• Yak-9UT and Yak-3U — switched places.

-France:

• D.500 and D.501 — have been grouped.

-Germany:

• MZ1 and Jaguar-Klasse (140) — switched places.

-Italy:

• VAS 201 and MS-15 — switched places.
  
• MV-611 and MS-472 — switched places.

-Setup 1_5

• Removed: T18E2, Т-126
  
• Added: 75/18 M41, 75/32 M41

-Setup 2_5

• Removed: Mk.VIA AA, T18E2, Panzerjäger I, M14/41, 47/32 L40, 75/18 M41, 75/32 M41
  
• Added: 15 cm Pz.W.42, T 34 747 (r), 75/34 M43, 105/25 M43, M43 "G.C.Leoncello", M4 Hybrid

-Setup 3_5

• Removed: ZSD63, M4A2 (USSR), Т-50, 75/34 M42
  
• Added: T18E2, 75/46 M43
  

-Setup 8_5

• Respawn point costs for heavy tanks have been increased to 450 RP.

-Setup 8_2_5

• Removed: Object 906, Т-10

-Setup 10_5

• Removed: Centurion Action X, Begleitpanzer 57, Swingfire, M247, M60A3 TTS

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.