War Thunder News

New T-72 modifications: here come the top-of-the-line Russians!

The upcoming War Thunder update will see three new modifications of the legendary Russian tank being added to the game – the 1989 T-72B build, the 2011 T-72B3 and the latest 2016 T-72B3 build!

War Thunder tank commanders should by now be well familiar with the Soviet T-72, which was the most-produced tank in the second half of the 20th century. The present modifications; the T-72A and the T-72B perform rather well in rank VI battles but struggle quite a bit against the top-tier Western tanks. This can be explained for a number of reasons: their average mobility, lack of modern ERA and fire control systems, and insufficient destructive power of the shells. Fans of the Soviet/Russian armoured vehicle tech tree had much to think about, mainly because of an incredibly wide range of available T-72 modifications, both developed domestically and abroad.

In the upcoming major update, three new modifications of the tank will be added to War Thunder, and this will promote the T-72 from its duties in the secondary offensive front to the hottest top-dog assault lines. Please welcome the 1989 T-72B model, the 2011 T-72B3 model and it is the 2016 T-72B3 researchable modification, that will put the T-72 on the closest-possible level to modern MBTs!

Check out the full Dev Blog article here!

Plane games: the best airplane and flying games on PC

The best plane games is a pretty broad topic so if you're looking for a list of the best flight games you may struggle to pick any single game out. Flying games encompassing everything from complex flight simulators and meticulously detailed military facsimiles to arcadey jet fighter games and relaxing wingsuit sims.

To help you organise your thoughts and pick out something that suits your tastes, we've assembled a shortlist of some of the best plane games on PC, with a representative from all of the different niches. So whether you want to soar gracefully through the air for hours on end, settle down for a cosy evening of piloting a jumbo jet from LA to Las Vegas, or want a grizzly WW2 dogfight, there's something for everyone.

As with many genres like flying simulators - we're looking at you submarine games - a lot of the classics can be tricky to get hold of and run on modern PCs, so we've tried to keep the majority of our entries modern for ease of access.

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Update 18.08.2020 (1.99.1.86)

A bug has been fixed where tone from missiles fired from aircraft was missing in cockpit view.

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.

Update 17.08.2020 (1.99.1.83)

Freezes which would occur when piloting helicopters in the location “Berlin” while locking onto a target with an ATGM have been fixed.
A bug which would sometimes cause balloons/aerostats not to be visible in battles has been fixed.
A bug, where the use of cruise control could cause some ground vehicles to move faster in reverse than should otherwise be possible, has been fixed.

SOMUA SM: Heavy Weight Fighter

The SOMUA SM is a French experimental tank, developed in the immediate postwar years as an alternative to the AMX-50 being developed in parallel at the time. Despite it being the AMX which ultimately entered service, this won’t stop the SOMUA SM from joining the ranks of the French ground forces tree in the upcoming War Thunder update!

In War Thunder, the SOMUA SM will be a new premium heavy tank awaiting commanders at rank IV of the French ground forces tree, following the release of the upcoming major update. Unlike its close relatives - the AMX-50 and Lorraine 40t - which share a similar general design, the SOMUA SM offers its future commanders a slower, but much more heavily armored platform, carrying the excellent French 100mm cannon.

As already mentioned, the SOMUA SM is fitted with the proven 100mm SA47 anti-tank cannon, present on a number of French machines at rank IV and therefore all too familiar to tankers. Furthermore, the SOMUA SM is also equipped with the same autoloading mechanism as found on the AMX-50, giving it an astonishing reload rate of just 4 seconds!

Check out the full Dev Blog article here!