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Since its founding on July 1st 1926, the Swedish Air Force has been involved in very few conflicts. One squadron of volunteers came to the aid of Finland in the Soviet-Finnish war, but in WWII Sweden remained neutral. Officially, the Swedish Air Force took part in battles only during the Congolese crisis in 1961-1964, and in 2011 they patrolled the skies over Libya.

[h3]The J29D and J35A are temporarily available for Golden Eagles![/h3]
These two Swedish jet fighters are temporarily returning to sale for Golden Eagles for 8,910 and 9,090 each respectively.

When: From today until July 4th (09:00 GMT).
Where: Sweden > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

About these jet aircraft

• The J29D Tunnan is a prototype created in 1952 based on the J29A, armed with 4 x 30 mm cannons. It’s very fast and versatile, and depending on the choice of weapons, it’s suitable for any role, be it attack or interception.
  
• The J35A Draken is an extremely maneuverable and fast-climbing fighter, armed with 2 x 30 mm cannons. This aircraft is also capable of carrying 4 x RB24 air-to-air missiles and m/56D rockets!
  

[h3]Earn the “Emblem of the Uppland Air Squadron” decal![/h3]
Available for this day!

“Emblem of the Uppland Air Squadron” decal

When: From now until July 4th (09:00 GMT).

Task: Play 3 battles using Swedish aircraft at rank III or higher to receive the “Emblem of the Uppland Air Squadron” decal.

Additional details:

• You must use a minimum of rank III.
  
• Your activity must not be below 70%.
  
• You can complete the task in random battles, except for Enduring Confrontation missions, and [Assault] mode.
  
• Track your progress in the hangar by clicking Nickname → Achievements → Holidays → Swedish Air Force Day.
  
• You can find the decal in the “Holidays” tab in the Customization menu.
  

[h2]Aircraft[/h2]

• F-104G (France) — the lack of separate Battle Ratings for Air and Ground battles has been fixed.
  
• JAS39C — the AGM-65G missile and its modification have been added. The RB 75 modification has been removed, RB 75 missiles will be available when researching the RB 75T modification. The amount used to unlock the RB 75 modification with Research Points, Silver Lions or Golden Eagles has been compensated. The RB 75T modification has been moved from level 4 to level 3 in the modification research window.
  
• Su-17M4 — a bug that made it impossible to take large-caliber countermeasures into battle has been fixed.
  

[h2]Naval Vessels[/h2]

• A bug where gun stabilizers for boats were turned off at speeds above 80 km/h has been fixed.
  

Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.

[h2]Naval Vessels [/h2]

• USS Flagstaff — the physics behavior interaction with water has been fixed.
  

[h2]Interface[/h2]

• A bug that caused the “Your research has been completed” window to not close automatically after purchasing the vehicle and not putting it into a crewslot has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused the temporary connection text between two vehicles in the tech tree (this appears when a new vehicle is introduced between two connected vehicles) to sometimes mention other random vehicles has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the selection could skip and not select some elements of the crewslot on the vehicle selection screen in battle when using a gamepad has been fixed.
  

[h2]Other[/h2]

• A bug where depth charges did not have sound and visual effects when exploding has been fixed. (Report).
  
• A bug that caused severely damaged enemies that were destroyed by allies to not count towards the Service Record of the player who dealt severe damage, counting only to the in-battle scoreboard, has been fixed. (Report).
  

Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.

In 1910, the Union of South Africa was formed, and two years later on July 1st 1912, the Defence Forces were founded. They served in WWI and WWII, as well as the Korean War. Currently, 74,000 people serve in the South African National Defence Forces.


In honor of the 112th anniversary of the South African National Defence Force, the Rooikat 105 is back for 9,090 Golden Eagles and will not be gone.

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When: From today.
Where: Great Britain > Army > Premium vehicles.

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[h3]About this tank[/h3]

• The Rooikat 105 is the ‘Caracal’, already well-known to fans of South African vehicles, but instead of a 76 mm cannon, it has a 105 mm gun. This gun has good armor penetration and a thermal imager and laser rangefinder to provide easy shooting in any conditions. Flank as much as possible and drive on roads where the Rooikat maintains excellent speed.
  

The screenshots you captured last week were very nice! Seek and Destroy introduced many interesting new vehicles and a new sub-tree for France. The Summer Sale has started, be sure to check it out! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

[h2]Let’s begin the 126th edition of our competition![/h2]

Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen126. You have time until the 5th of July 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 300GE.

[h3]Terms:[/h3]

Your screenshot must include a player vehicle in the desert or with sand.
You must add the #WTscreen126 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).
Artists may only win by popular vote once per four screenshot competitions.
• Screenshots need to be compliant with the War Thunder rules.
  
• 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 14 working days.
  

[h2]And now, time for the winners of the competition’s 125th edition – Seek & Destroy![/h2]

[h3]Winners selected via community votes:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3273761094
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3273108131
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3273387606

[h3]Winners selected by our judges:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3273024807
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3275804441
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3274591737

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