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USS Atlanta is the lead ship of her class of eight light cruisers, initially built for the USN as flotilla leaders in the late 1930s. Soon, captains in War Thunder may look forward to having the chance to command the iconic USS Atlanta herself, upon her arrival in the game as part of the upcoming update 1.91!

In War Thunder, USS Atlanta will be a new light cruiser, coming to rank IV of the American naval tree with the release of update 1.91. Being a highly requested addition to War Thunder naval forces, USS Atlanta will offer its future captains quite an unusual set of traits, unique to this warship in particular, giving it a high degree of versatility.





USS Atlanta has set course for players’ ports and is expected to arrive with the release of War Thunder update 1.91. In the meantime, be sure to stay tuned to the news for all the latest developments regarding the next update. Until then, captains!

Check out the full Dev Blog article on the official website!

With the release of War Thunder update 1.91, you’ll be able to exclude maps and missions from your personal rotation, as well as mark them as unwanted.



The “Dislike” feature will be available to all players - if a few players from the matching queue have the same mission or location marked as unwanted, the location will be skipped, and the new location will be selected.



An “Exclude” map feature will be available to Premium account owners and guarantees complete removal for the player, of specific locations and missions in multiple gaming modes.



The number of maps and locations that can be selected will be limited for various gaming modes and depends on the overall number of available maps or missions in those specific modes.

The location preference settings work only in random battles in air, land and naval AB and RB.

We are limiting the “Exclude” feature only for Premium account owners as the excluded maps will increase the battle queuing time if all players in a queue have different maps and missions excluded. In such a situation, the matching system will try to find matches for a few players looking for specific maps instead of many players waiting for normal rotation.

We hope that the ability to choose your preferred locations will make your game more enjoyable and comfortable. The War Thunder development team, in our turn, will be able to see which locations most players like or dislike and therefore prioritise for recall, specific maps for revision or removal.

Thank you for playing War Thunder! See you in battle!

The Westland Scout is a light British utility helicopter, developed during the 1960s for general purpose use by the British Army. Appearing in pilots’ hangars in update 1.91, the Scout, along with the navalized Wasp, will become one of the first vehicles available to players in the upcoming British helicopter tree, also set to arrive with the next update!

Development on the Westland Scout began in the late 1950s, however not at the Westland company, but at Saunders-Roe. Saunders-Roe developed their Saro P.531 light utility helicopter, which itself was based on the design of a previous piston-powered helicopter. The Saro P.531 already had several prototypes built and tested by the time the company was acquisitioned by Westland, who in turn, decided to continue development of the P.531.

As a result, in the early 1960s, the Westland Scout was created. The Scout conducted its maiden flight in August 1960 and was well-received with both the British Army and Royal Navy during testing. Following the favorable reception, the helicopter was subsequently ordered into production for the Army as the Scout AH Mk.1.





The Scout AH Mk.1 and Wasp HAS Mk.1 are both arriving to War Thunder as part of the new British helicopter tree with the upcoming update 1.91 and will be available to all pilots upon release of the update. In the meantime however, be sure to follow the news for more information regarding the next major update coming to the game very soon. Until then, clear skies pilots!

Check out the full Dev Blog article here!

The Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose utility helicopter, developed during the late 1960s as a replacement for the then in service Westland Scout and Wasp. Coming as part of the British helicopter tree, the Lynx AH Mk.1 will soon make its appearance in pilots’ hangars with the release of the upcoming update 1.91!

In War Thunder, the Lynx AH Mk.1 will be among the top helicopters awaiting pilots in the new British helicopter tree, coming soon to the game as part of update 1.91. Combining excellent mobility with numerous lethal ordnance options, the Lynx AH Mk.1 will provide seasoned British pilots in the game with an all singing, all dancing utility helicopter, perfectly suited for top rank battles!





The Lynx AH Mk.1 will become available to all War Thunder pilots as part of the upcoming British helicopter tree, coming to the game with the release of update 1.91. In the meantime, be sure to keep a close watch on the news for all the latest developments regarding the next major update coming to the game very soon. Until then, clear skies and good hunting pilots!

For more information, read the full Dev Blog article on the Official War Thunder website!

Today we want to talk to you about upcoming changes to the German Ground Forces tree with update 1.91. We have previously mentioned our plans to hide vehicles that were never fully materialized in real life as a complete vehicle, prototype or test vehicle. 3 such vehicles are the Panther II, Flakpanzer 341 and Tiger II (10.5 cm Kw.K), all of which have historical elements, but were never fully built. The Maus heavy tank also causes serious issues due to the impossibility of balancing it properly in the current gameplay situation. Since they were first introduced during the early years of War Thunder, the German tree has evolved massively and in order to optimize research progress and improve the trees overall balance, we plan to hide these vehicles from standard research.

All these vehicles will stay on the main tree for all players that have purchased them already. You will also be able to complete research if you started the research before 1.91.

• These vehicles will no longer be available for research after 1.91 and will become collectable machines to everyone that currently owns them. These tanks will not be removed from anyone who already owns them.
  
• The gap after Flakpanzer 341 Coelian’s removal will be filled with the brand-new Ostwind II SPAAG.
  
• The M48A2 G A2 will get the DM23 shell (same as the Leopard A1A1) and will move to Rank VI with a BR of 8.3.
  
• The new M48A2 C tank with a 7.7 BR will be added to Rank V.

All these changes will take effect in update 1.91. You have more than two weeks to start researching any vehicle planned for removal from the Panzerwaffe lineup.



Besides the above mentioned addition of the Ostwind II to replace the Flakpanzer 341 Coelian, there will also be a few changes to the current vehicle layouts. The German M48A2 C will be placed at BR 7.7, similar to the US M48A1. M48A2 G A2 shifts from the Leopard branch to replace 10.5 cm Tiger II and its rank changes from V to VI by the addition of a more powerful DM23 shell (the same featured on the Leopard A1A1). Its BR changes to 8.3, and makes the later German Patton close to the French AMX-30B2: both lacking a stabilizer, but bringing a very serious shell to their battle rating.

The War Thunder Team