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Thanks for submitting all of your screenshots last week, they looked super! Working in pairs is a great strategy to avoid one on one standoffs, and to have enough firepower to make crushing blows against the enemy team. The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

[h2]Let’s begin the 141st edition of our competition![/h2]

Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen141. You have time until the 18th of October 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 feature one or more fall colors - Yellow, Orange, Red, or Brown.
You must add the #WTscreen141 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 140th edition – Escort Duty![/h2]

[h3]Winners selected via community votes:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3343754804
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3344860234
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3344089371

[h3]Winners selected by our judges:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3343257079
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3346622199
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3345919218

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

The history of the US Navy dates back to October 13th 1775, when the rebellious colonies first created their Continental Navy. The US Navy’s most significant growth occurred during World War II, when by the end of the war it had become the largest navy in the world.

[h2]USS Cowell and USS Des Moines are temporarily available for Golden Eagles at a discount![/h2]
Both are available at a 30% discount for 3416 and 5614 Golden Eagles respectively.

When: From today until October 14th (09:00 GMT).
Where: USA > Bluewater fleet > Premium vehicles.

About these ships

• USS Cowell is at rank III and is armed with 10 x 40 mm Bofors autocannons, 7 x 20 mm autocannons and torpedo tubes with 533 mm Mk.15 torpedoes. Five rapid-fire 127 mm main caliber guns complete this ship, making USS Cowell a formidable opponent at its Battle Rating!
  

• USS Des Moines is a very fast-firing rank V heavy cruiser with a strong anti-air battery. This ship excels at long range firefights and can also cover vulnerable allies from boats and air threats.
  

[h2]Get the “US NAVY Day 2024” decal! [/h2]
For this day, you’ll be able to get this decal by completing the below task.

“US NAVY Day 2024” decal

When: From today until October 14th (09:00 GMT).
Task: Play 3 battles using US ships at rank III or higher to receive the “US NAVY Day 2024” decal!

Additional details:

• Your activity must not be below 70%.
  
• You can complete the task in random battles, except for Enduring Confrontation missions, [Assault] mode and Helicopter PVE battles.
  
• Track your progress in the hangar by clicking Nickname → Achievements → Holidays → US Navy Day.
  
• You can find the decal in the “Holidays” tab in the Customization menu.
  

HMS Iron Duke, a dreadnought and the lead ship of the Royal Navy’s Iron Duke class of battleships, was launched at Portsmouth on October 12th, 1912. She took part in all the major operations of the Grand Fleet in the First World War, including the Battle of Jutland.


HMS Iron Duke is now available again for purchase for 8,380 Golden Eagles.

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When: From October 11th (11:00 GMT).
Where: Great Britain > Bluewater fleet > Premium vehicles.

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[h3]About this battleship[/h3]

• HMS Iron Duke is well armored and superbly armed! 10 x 343 mm guns are ready to hit the enemy with devastating high-explosive and semi armor-piercing shells, and a dozen 152 mm secondary guns will finish the job. HMS Iron Duke may need help in terms of anti-aircraft defense and should stick with allies that have better anti-aircraft protection.
  

[h2]Battle Ratings[/h2]

• The planned Battle Rating changes have come into effect.
  

[h2]Ground Vehicles[/h2]

• FlaRakRad — engine and transmission parameters have been changed:
  
  • RPM has been changed from 2100 to 2300. Idle revs have been reduced from 900 to 600.
    
  • Gear ratios and number of gears have been completely changed. Climbing ability has been significantly improved.
    
  • The number of forward gears has been changed from 5 to 16. The maximum speed has been reduced from 101 km/h to 90 km/h (RB and SB).
    
  • The number of reverse gears (2) has been retained. The reverse speed has been reduced from 36 km/h to 6.9 km/h (RB and SB).
    

[h2]Other[/h2]

• A bug where it was not possible to change the scale and rotation for some stock camouflages has been fixed. For example, the IS-7 “Tricolor Summer Camouflage”. (Report).
  
• A bug that could cause the game to crash after a long period of time when selecting a ground vehicle with an Active Protection System in the hangar 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.

We’re constantly working on removing cheaters from War Thunder. We rely on the Easy Anti-Cheat system to check for prohibited software usage, as well as on reports from players that we carefully go through. You can use the replay service on our website to report players to us who have violated the Terms of Service and the License Agreement of the game.

[h2]Banned accounts[/h2]
Since our last fair play, we’ve blocked 7,164 accounts that were found to have violated the rules. Specifically 3.2.3 of the EULA namely in the automation of gameplay (using bots) and cheat software.
For complete transparency, we’re publishing the full list of these blocked players. This list will be available for two weeks after the publication of this article.

[h2]Recommendations[/h2]
We recommend that you set a strong password for your account and enable two-step authentication in your profile security settings. We have the following 2FA options available: email, SMS, TOTP (Gaijin Pass/Google Authenticator), and Telegram bot, which we suggest trying if SMS 2FA messages are not reaching you.

We’d also suggest that you turn on 2FA for the email that is linked to your account for additional security. This will protect your account from fraudsters. And remember, don’t use forbidden client modifications and never share your account information with anyone!

The War Thunder Team