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Dear players!

Due to maintenance on the server, the game may be unavailable from 09:00 GMT on the 11th of July.

We are sorry for the temporary inconvenience and thank you for your understanding

Your WW2 or before screenshots were very cool, nice work everyone! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

[h2]Let’s begin the 75th edition of our competition![/h2]

Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen75. You have time until 14.07.2023 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 can be of any vehicle in the game! Your choice!
You must add the #WTscreen75 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).
• 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 74th edition - Old Iron![/h2]

[h3]Winners selected via community votes:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2997335335
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2997830994
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2998317683

[h3]Winners selected by our judges:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2999460267
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2998170439
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2997395326

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

Operation Husky, a large-scale landing of the Allies on Sicily, began on July 9th, 1943. After a month and a half of fighting, the Allies gained full control of the island, opening naval routes through the Mediterranean sea. Soon after, Benito Mussolini was removed from power, Italy reached a peace agreement with the Allies, and Germany was forced to weaken the Eastern front to take hold of Central Italy.

[h2]“Vehicles of Victory: Sherman II” decal and “Vickers machine gun” 3D decoration[/h2]

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From July 7th (13:00 GMT) until July 10th (13:00 GMT)

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[h3]Play 3 battles using American or British vehicles (rank III or higher, with an activity of not less than 70%) to receive the “Vehicles of Victory: Sherman II” decal. Winning 5 battles whilst using ground vehicles with the same conditions will earn you the “Vickers machine gun” 3D decoration.
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“Vickers machine gun” 3D decoration

“Vehicles of Victory: Sherman II” decal

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 → Operation Husky.
You can find the decal in the “Holidays” tab in the Customisation menu.

• A bug where fog on the horizon over water may be displayed differently in the right and left lenses of a VR device has been fixed.
  
• A bug where when in VR, some atmospheric effects may be displayed differently in the right and left lenses, or not displayed at all in one of the lenses has been fixed.
  
• An issue specific to some VR headsets that caused clouds on the horizon to appear differently in the left and right eye when tilting your head has been fixed.
  
• Water streaks on the edge of the screen that appeared when the camera moved in VR has been fixed.
  
• Cases when the shadow of an object didn’t disappear after destroying it 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.

Welcome to the fourth War Thunder Steam Community Spotlight!

Following on from the First, Second and Third War Thunder Steam Community Spotlight, the War Thunder Steam Community Management team has continued looking at the community hub for War Thunder, and have yet again spotted some outstanding screenshots, videos and artwork that our players have been creating! So once again, we’ve picked our favourites and thought that we'd share them with the rest of the Steam community. Take a look below.

[h2]Let's begin![/h2]

Featured already in our spotlight for great pencil drawings, this player has now drawn the Fw 190 D-9, a fantastic performing and looking German aircraft. Well done!

"Fw 190 D-9" by The past is like smoke



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Another pencil sketch! This time by the player Tilkidud - they have sketched 3 different angles of the Spitfire; and all angles look amazing. Nice work, we love it!

"I drew some spitfires" by Tilkidud



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Another fantastic pencil sketch! This time, the famous Panzerkampfwagen VI "Tiger", which has been beautifully drawn here and signed.

"Panzerkampfwagen VI "Tiger" by Honey



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Desert Storm! A nice screenshot of the Strv-122A, T-72B3, M1A1 and Leopard 2A4 (PzBtl 123) in the desert, with each tank commanded by 4 different players. Well done, guys!

"DAKADKAKDKKADKA" by Fubuki-20



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A cleverly made screenshot with a nice explosion in the background (cool tanks don’t look at explosions) - this reminds us of the main screen artwork we made years ago, but with a cool twist! Nice work.

"Мир тундры." by 𝑰𝒃𝒖𝒌𝒊



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A Soviet, lend-lease M4, by Yar man! The details and construction are amazing, along with the weathering across, and of course the infamous Soviet log on the side. Great work.

"Soviet m4" by Yar man



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An outstanding 1/35 scale model of the Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind! It looks amazing, the paint camouflage as well as the fine details really make this model pop out, and we also spotted the funny “Devil’s Head” emblem decal that we have in the game! Fantastic work on this model!

"Flakpanzer IV/ Wirbelwind Scale /1/35" by Free^kill-74



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More moving pixel art! This time the Me 262 A-1a by the player “Shibus”, has really fantastic details - nice work.

"ME 262 A-1a" by Shibus



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A Puma in its natural habitat - flanking, spanking, and overall being annoying by the player “Pan Więcek”. We love the Puma here, embedded with the real life environment. Fantastic creative idea!

"Puma on the path" by Pan Więcek



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Another one from the player “Pan Więcek”! This time, the M4A2 Sherman, driving down a road, probably somewhere in Western Europe. Nice creative idea here again!

"M4A2 Sherman 75" by Pan Więcek



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Welcome to the first featured video in one of our community spotlights! This video is created by the player “theloganatorz” - featuring a very creative video kill montage, with amazing text effects and creative editing. Check it out, it’s very interesting - we love it! Nice work here, keep going!

"ENEMY - A WarThunder Kill Montage" by theloganatorz

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A re-created screenshot of the famous stand-off between a Panther and M26 Pershing that we are sure you are all aware of, during the Battle of Cologne in 1945. It looks really great, nice work on this historical screenshot!

"M26 & Panther." by 𝑰𝒃𝒖𝒌𝒊



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A goofy looking LEGO creation of the MiG-29 jet from in-game. It is so small, but looks so cool, so we have included it. Great work!

"LEGO Microscale MiG-29" by PanzerOfTheLake



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A cool, red themed BF 109, created by the same player, “Free^kill-74”, who made the Wirbelwind above. Great models as always!

"BF109" by Free^kill-74



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A magnificent, but not yet finished, portion of a Tiger tank, made entirely out of MATCHSTICKS! It looks really cool and certainly takes a creative mindset to create something like this out of matchsticks. It’s not yet finished, and we can’t wait to see the finished result. Fantastic work!

"pzkpfw Tiger auf H !!!! Machtstick tank model !!!" by StonePlayers



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What’s this? That’s right, a T-34 (1941) made entirely out of SNOW! Look how incredible that is, created by the player “Velja”, who wanted their very own tank in their backyard. Well, now they’ve got it! The tank is over 5 metres long and took several hours to build. Nice work on this! We love it.

"Snow Tank T-34 (1941) v2" by Velja



"Snow tank T-34 (1941)" by Velja



[h3]That's all for now![/h3]

The wonderful work created by our community that we have shared has been posted to the War Thunder Community Hub - make sure you check it out and even share your own creations that we may feature here in the Community Spotlight! We look forward to seeing you next time!

[h2]Click here to view the Community Hub[/h2]