War Thunder News

[h3]Aircraft[/h3]

• Automatic selection of the next suspended weaponry after full consumption of the selected one has been added. Selection of the next weapon will be done with a 1 second delay to avoid accidental firing during volley fire.
  
• Kfir C.2/7, Nesher, Mirage 5F, Mirage F1C/СT, Mirage 2000 — instability of the directional damper has been fixed (with auto control enabled an aircraft might sideslip while the rudder is enabled).
  

[h3]Ground vehicles[/h3]

• VRCC — Turret armour scheme has been clarified. The material of the turret armour has been changed from aluminium alloy to high hardness armour. Thickness has been changed from 20mm to 15mm.
  
• M3 GMC — A bug which caused the unit not to apply transmission changes specified in the changelog of the “Drone Age” update has been fixed.
  
• Challenger (all), Vickers Mk.7 — The order of ammo racks consumption has been clarified.
  

[h3]Naval[/h3]

• A bug has been fixed where a target lock might be disabled by objects in the line of sight, or by moving the camera to the side.
  

[h3]Enduring Confrontation and helicopter PvE[/h3]

• The situation where team B bombers would stop respawning in a number of situations has been fixed.
  
• In helicopter PvE the ground forces of team A now always counterattack if they manage to win ground battle in which team B was the attacker.
  

[h3]Other changes[/h3]

• Fixed a number of bugs that caused the game to crash on Linux.
  

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.

40 new camouflages from content creators on the Live.WT portal arrive in the game with the user content support program!

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Unlock a unique trophy simply by playing the game! Activate your camo coupons, or sell them on the Market to get Gaijin Coins (GJN)!

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[h2]Contents in the “Drone Age” trophy:[/h2]

• Coupons for rare vehicles
  
• 23 camouflage coupons for ground vehicles
  
• 13 camouflage coupons for aircraft
  
• 2 camouflage coupons for naval vessels
  
• 2 camouflage coupon for helicopters
  
• Coupon for the “Drone Age” decal
  

From now on, we’ll be reintroducing the most demanded and expensive camouflages from previous trophies. As such, the “Drone Age” trophy, aside from 35 totally new camouflages, will contain 5 of the most popular camouflages from past trophies.



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To unlock the trophy, you will need a new “Danger Zone" key, which can be purchased on the Market for GJN.

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[h2]How to get it?[/h2]

• The “Drone Age” trophy drops periodically (with a specific probability) in random battles in all modes (except for the cooperative PvE “Assault” mode).
  
• The minimum requirements to earn a trophy will be to participate in a battle, in a vehicle of rank II or higher, while achieving a battle-activity of at least 50%.
  

Click on Show More to take a look at some of the camouflages!

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The “Drone Age” has begun! You can appreciate this major update in War Thunder right now, and over the weekend you can get rewards just for watching streams on Twitch — watch your favorite streamers play War Thunder and get some Twitch Drops!

[h2]Rewards for watching streams from September 16th (12:00 UTC) until September 19th (12:00 UTC):[/h2]

• “UAV Snail” decal
  
• “Eagle eye” decal
  
• A special camouflage for HMAS Arrow
  
• A special camouflage for the Type 16 (P)
  
• RP Booster
  
• SL Booster
  

[h2]Rewards for watching streams from September 23rd (12:00 UTC) until September 26th (12:00 UTC):[/h2]

• “Watcher” decal
  
• “Quadrocopter” decoration
  
• A special camouflage for the Z-10
  
• RP Booster
  
• SL Booster
  
• 1 day of Premium Account
  

[h2]Twitch Drops FAQ[/h2]
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[h3]— What are Twitch Drops?[/h3]
These are game rewards for stream viewers on Twitch.

[h3]— You mean I can get something in War Thunder?[/h3]
Yep! The longer you watch War Thunder streams, the more rewards you’ll get.

[h3]— Awesome! What do I need to do to be able to get the rewards?[/h3]
You need to link your Gaijin and Twitch accounts:
1. Sign up or enter your Twitch account details on the website.
2. Enter the information from your Gaijin account you are playing War Thunder with on this page and click the “Link” button.

3. Press the “Allow” button!

[h3]— What broadcasts do I need to watch to be able to earn rewards?[/h3]
Watch War Thunder streams marked “Drops enabled!”.

[h3]— How do I know that I have received a reward?[/h3]
You will receive a reward message on the Twitch broadcast page. Once you see it, you will need to click on the “Get” button. You can also do this in your Drops inventory.

[h3]— Which platforms are rewards available for?[/h3]
Rewards are available for everyone who plays War Thunder on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series.

[h3]— How do I enable Drops on my channel if I’m a streamer?[/h3]
In short, participate in our Partnership Program, enable Drops in your settings and stream War Thunder:


ATTENTION! We want each active and passionate War Thunder streamer to find a new audience thanks to Twitch Drops. As such, in no way do we encourage streamers who create their streams only for “farming” Drops using third party content, video clips and any other format that doesn’t include their direct participation with the game. Channels with such content will be disconnected from Drops.

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The German Helgoland-class dreadnought wielding heavy armor and 305mm guns comes to the game as one of the prizes in the upcoming autumn crafting event. A true old school battleship!

[h2]SMS Ostfriesland, battleship, Germany, rank V. Event vehicle.[/h2]

Features:

• Very well protected
  
• Punchy artillery
  
• Poor AA capabilities
  

The SMS Ostfriesland is the dreadnought battleship coming to the game as a “naval” prize in the upcoming autumn crafting event. The ship will become an event vehicle at rank V in the German bluewater fleet tech tree.

Ships of this class are already familiar to weathered captains from the sistership SMS Helgoland, the top-tier dreadnought in her research branch. The ship is an excellent example of its type, with a thick armor belt, well-protected barbettes, powerful artillery, but rather slow and completely defenseless against aircraft. Let's talk a little about the new SMS Ostfriesland’s advantages and disadvantages, as well as the differences from the researchable version. All hands on deck!





A dreadnought is all about armor and guns. The Ostfriesland armor belt reaches 300 mm at the waterline and above, the same massive armor protects the front of the main caliber turrets. Only armor-piercing and high-caliber semi-AP shells at medium and short distances can actually pierce a battleship’s hull side. The main caliber of the battleship is 12x305mm cannons in six turrets, located in a rhombus at an equal height from the deck. Such an arrangement of turrets is a disadvantage of early ships, and allows you to use only four of the six turrets in a broadside. The auxiliary caliber is represented by 14x150mm guns in single-barrel case mate mounts. This is a truly formidable weapon that will save the SMS Ostfriesland from smaller ships while the massive main battery guns are being reloaded.





Unlike SMS Helgoland, the new battleship has an air defense battery… well, if we may say so. A couple of 88mm AA guns, of course, will not be able to protect the leviathan ship from enemy air raids, but will somewhat moderate the ardor of the lonely dare-devils. We keep our fingers crossed and hope for hits - nevertheless, 88mm is a very solid anti-aircraft caliber and shells give a good flak. The armament is supplemented by 6 underwater torpedo launchers with 16 torpedoes. Although torpedoes carry less explosives and have a shorter travel distance than later examples, in some cases, they can do a good job.

The mobility of the battleship is as expected, she slowly accelerates up to a maximum speed of 21.2 knots (about 39 km/h), and maneuvers are quite sluggish too.



So, a new armored monster will appear in War Thunder as one of the prizes of the big autumn crafting event. Stay tuned for more prizes coming soon, and a new hint about the event name!

[h3]Aircraft[/h3]

• Mi-24a, MiG-23BN — Automatic engine Fire System (EFS) has been added to the modification menu.
  
• Tiger HAP, Tiger HAD — Missile in the launch containers has been changed from SNEB 26 to SNEB 23.
  
• A-4E Early — A bug that caused the “6х 500 pounds bombs + ZUNI Mk 32 x24” blocks to go through the bombs in the suspended weaponry sets has been fixed.
  

[h3]Fleet[/h3]

• IJN Settsu — A bug that caused the ship to move with an offset has been fixed.
  

[h3]Locations[/h3]

• The model of stone on the ULQ graphics setting has been fixed for the location “Tunisia”.
  

[h3]Enduring Confrontation and helicopter PvE[/h3]

• AAA settings for Convoy templates for aircraft “EC” and helicopter PvE have been separated by game mode (other templates already have this settings been separated).
  
• The anti-aircraft accuracy for aircraft and helicopter game modes has been adjusted based on the feedback received from players.
  

[h3]Matching[/h3]

• For the attack UAV, the required number of respawn points has been changed from 550 to 750.
  

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.