War Thunder News

• An error that caused the game to freeze when opening the contacts window if the player had over 1000 friends 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.

• An error that caused lack of fragment damage to parts of helicopters/aircraft when fragmentation munitions with a calibre of 20 mm or higher exploded inside the fuselage and wings has been fixed. This error caused damage to be lower after we implemented the realistic fragment spread mechanic since the fragments could pass from inside a target to outside via fuselage and wings without dealing damage. Now the fragments spread correctly and deal the same damage as before the implementation of the realistic spread.
  
• For aircraft missiles with a laser seeker or a semi-automatic guidance system (SACLOS) during third person play, a visualisation of missile launch window has been added to clearly display guidance zones that are available for launch.
  
• For AGM-12С, AGM-12B, AA-20, AS-20, AS-30 missiles, the smoke trail has been modified to be less voluminous and more transparent according to visual references and to make aiming more comfortable.
  
• An error that caused the compensation for expenses to not count the automatic purchase of “Crew replenishment” after a battle has been fixed.
  
• An error that caused information about active boosters to not be displayed correctly when copying the battle log has been fixed (report).
  
• A timer has been added to the sights of ground vehicles, helicopters, and aircraft that counts down the time during which it is still possible to launch a beam-riding missile without undermining guidance of the previously launched missiles.
  

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.

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The Warbond shop for the “Armour Breaking Ambusher” Battle Pass season will be open from 26th of July until 25th of October.

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We’d like to present an assortment of goods that will be available for Warbonds that you will earn in the Battle Pass! As usual, we have decals, decorations, camouflages, a new stylish pinup, and six premium vehicles!

Pay special attention to the French B1 ter tank — this steel monster boasts impressive armour for its rank, making it able to hold off almost any attack or lead the offensive against enemy positions.

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The Warbond shop is available to players that have vehicles of rank III and up and is part of the Battle Pass. You can purchase items with the special ‘Warbond’ currency that can be obtained by unlocking Battle Pass levels.

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Open “Shop” → “Warbond shop” to see an assortment where some of the more interesting items can be seen.



[h2]Smelyi — first time in the shop[/h2]

Lead ship of the 30-bis project destroyers — the largest series of bigger ships in the history of the Soviet navy. It has impressive weaponry for its II Rank: four 130 mm mail calibre guns, two 85 mm secondary calibre guns, fourteen AA guns and up to ten 533 mm torpedoes.

[h2]IAR-81C[/h2]

This Romanian fighter-bomber can be found at Rank II in the Italian aviation tree. It's very manoeuvrable and has great payload options, including bombs up to 250 kg and 20 mm Wfr. Gr. 21Е Doedel rockets that can destroy even heavy tanks. And it can fend off enemy aircraft with its wing-mounted 20 mm MG 151 cannons and a pair of 7.92 mm machine guns.

[h2]Grant I (USA)[/h2]

This American Rank II tank differs from its predecessor, the M3 Lee, with its redesigned turret. It lacks an AA machine gun, but compensates for that by having a smoke grenade launcher, great frontal armour, six crew members, and two cannons: 37 mm and 75 mm.

[h2]IJN Yubari[/h2]

A Japanese Rank III experimental light cruiser. It has decent AA defences and is small like a destroyer — enemies will have a hard time hitting it. It's no match for other cruisers, but it's perfect for handling enemy destroyers!

[h2]Ta 154 A-1[/h2]

One of the first German night fighters created to counter the British Mosquitoes. It has great manoeuvrability and very powerful and precise frontal armament consisting of two 30 mm MK 108 cannons and two 20 mm MG 151 cannons. You'll find it on Rank III of German aviation.

[h2]B1 ter[/h2]

French Rank II tank. An improvement over the B1 bis tank granted the vehicle an extra crew member, raised its armour to 70 mm, and improved horizontal traverse of its 75 mm gun. And it's not alone: there's also a 47 mm cannon with great vertical guidance angles! Hold the enemy fire — and return it tenfold!

[h2]Other Items:[/h2]

• "Cancer Zodiac" pinup
  
• decals
  
• player icon
  
• decorations
  

[h2]Cancer Zodiac pinup[/h2]


Decals are represented in the trophy with decals from the 2020 Warbonds shop, as well as a new “Cancer Zodiac” pinup which continues the series of themed decals. The Road Signs trophy will provide you with decorations that will surely amuse car enthusiasts. The player icons in the corresponding trophy this time features German tankers. Trophies with random camouflages, as before, become available as new store levels are opened.

A large number of usable items are also available in the store: boosters, universal backups, wagers and orders, test drives of premium vehicles — even talismans on the highest levels of the shop.

Check out the full assortment of available Warbond items for the current Battle Pass season and the terms for purchasing them in the game by opening the Battle Pass window or “Shop -> Warbond Shop”!

Hello everyone,

We are continuing to tell you about the improvements that we are implementing based on the Roadmap we released in June. In this news, we’ll be talking about the changes that will allow Battle Pass tasks to be completed in Simulator Battles (SB).

This planned Roadmap change was originally scheduled to be released in the Autumn 2023 Major Update, however with the release of the new Battle Pass season 12 that has arrived today, the 26th of July, we’ll be bringing this long-awaited change forward to today instead, ahead of schedule.

You will be able to complete the same battle tasks and challenges in Tank SB as in AB or RB. In Air SB there will be a few exceptions: due to mission specifics and availability of the lobby system, some tasks and challenges, such as participation in a certain number of missions or tasks aimed at destroying AI controlled vehicles or targets, will be unavailable.

This change will significantly help out the SB player base, and any player looking to get into SB but was not willing to due to Battle Pass tasks being unavailable. We hope that you will enjoy this change!

As we release the planned changes in our roadmap, we'll also continue to update the infographic, so that you can easily see what we have already implemented. Here is the latest version!

• Added Battle tasks for Tank and Aviation Simulation Battles.
  
• Added a limitation on the duration of the Prandtl effect, as well as the interval between launches of this effect.
  

[h2]Ground Vehicles[/h2]

• Object 120 — the incorrect display of the material of the wooden ‘splasher’ has been fixed (report).
  
• VFM5 — armouring of the lower frontal area has been fixed (increased from 6.35 mm to 38.1 mm). Earlier, due to the erroneous value, the tank might receive damage while being shot from a 12 mm machine gun (report).
  
• STB-1, Type 74 (all versions), Type 87 — power output of the Mitsubishi 10ZF22WT engine has been corrected and is now 870 hp (report).
  
• Leopard C2A1 MEXAS — maximum forward speed has been decreased from 66 km/h to 62 km/h; maximum reverse speed has been decreased from 26 km/h to 24 km/h (report).
  
• Leopard C2A1 MEXAS — an error that caused the incorrect display in protection analysis mode has been fixed. When “Show external construction elements” had been toggled off, the grate of the engine-transmission compartment was not displayed, while the frontal ‘splashers’ and the pad on top of the turret were displayed (report).
  
• Type 62, Type 63-I and ZTS63 — long distance spread of the Type-62-85-TC gun has been reduced (report).
  

[h2]Locations and Missions[/h2]

• [Pilotage] Mission for the training of aerobatic teams — an error that caused the Duisburg and Dortmund airfields to be absent from the location has been fixed (report).
  

[h2]Interface[/h2]

• An error that caused the “watch the battle” button, that allowed a player to watch a server replay, to not be displayed in the “messages” tab in the battle results 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.