War Thunder News

Aircraft characteristics, damage model, and weapon improvements:

• Parameters relating to the resistance of the aircraft’s materials (cladding and power kit) to secondary shell fragments have been fixed. Previously, aircraft and helicopters had an inflated survivability when they were under fire from anti-aircraft shells with remote detonators.

Sound:

• The sound characteristics of the guns on ground vehicles have been corrected.
  
• The volume level of the player’s aircraft engines has been slightly raised.
  
• A bug where the start and stop sounds coming from the engines of some allied/enemy tanks would sound as if they were closer and louder than the regular engine sound itself, has been fixed.

Fleet:

• Admiral Graf Spee — The display of the ammunition amount for the main calibre aft stock 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.

Sound

• The whistle from nearby cannon shells currently has low playback probability. We continue to improve\
  
• this effect and in future updates the sound of a passing shell will work more accurately and realistically.
  
• The sound of low calibre bullets passing at close range is now quieter.
  
• The whistle before the explosion of an artillery shell strike now has a probability of playback but it will not be played every time.
  
• Taking into account player feedback the following changes have been made
  • The volume of enemy/allied aircraft engines has been lowered.
    
  • The volume of the enemy/allied ground vehicles as well as the sound from the player’s ground vehicle have been increased.
    
  • The volume of ATGM and rocket volleys has been lowered.
• The sound of the Ju 87 Stuka siren at long and short range has been changed.
  
• A bug has been fixed where active air defense (flares) sounded like ATGM’s when firing.
  
• The sound of allied/enemy machine guns dependent on distance from them has been adjusted. Now the distance is more noticeable with the ear.
  
• The sound of explosions dependent on distance from them (in increasing) has been adjusted. Now the distance is more noticeable with the ear.

Ground Vehicle model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

A battle speed mode for ground vehicles with gun stabilization through a shoulder rest, whose stabilization limits are in the area of the first stage of the cruise control, has been implemented. The changes affect the following vehicles:

• AMC.34 YR
  
• AMC.35 (ACG.1)
  
• AMR.35 ZT3
  
• B1 bis
  
• B1 ter
  
• FCM.36
  
• H.35
  
• H.39 "Cambronne"
  
• D2
  
• R.35 (SA38)
  
• S.35
  
• Pz.35(t)
  
• Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) Ausf. A
  
• Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf. C
  
• Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf. C (DAK)
  
• Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. F
  
• Sd.Kfz.221 (s.Pz.B.41)
  
• L3/33 CC
  
• Type 1 Chi-He
  
• Type 1 Chi-He (5th Regiment)
  
• Type 2 Ka-Mi
  
• Type 89b I-Go Ko
  
• Type 95 Ha-Go
  
• Type 97 Chi-Ha
  
• Type 97 Chi-Ha Kai
  
• Type 98 Ke-Ni
  
• Tetrarch Mk.I
  
• Independent
  
• Cromwell I
  
• Matilda III
  
• A13 Mk I (3rd R.T.R.)
  
• A13 Mk.II
  
• A13 Mk.II 1939
  
• Churchill I
  
• Churchill III
  
• AEC Mk II
  
• Crusader "The Saint"
  
• Crusader III
  
• Daimler Mk II
  
• M2A4 (1st Arm.Div.)
  
• LAC M8
  
• Valentine I

Aircraft characteristics, damage model, and weapon improvements:

The images of suspended weaponry have been changed for the following aircraft corresponding to the weaponry names:

• Mi-24V
  
• Mi-24P
  
• Mi-28N
  
• AH-1S
  
• AH-1S Kisarazu

The position of the elements in the menu of the suspended weaponry has been corrected for following vehicles:

• Martin 167-A3
  
• LeO 451 early
  
• LeO 451 late
  
• PB4Y-2

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.

From 11:00 GMT on the 7th of August until 11:00 GMT on the 31st of August

Earn Stars⭐ completing marathon tasks. The more Stars you have, the more prizes you will get: premium and event vehicles, special decals from the “Mythical Creatures” series and decorations from the “Weapons” series!

Ar 196 A-3
rank I, Germany, premium

Infanterikanonvagn 73
rank II, Sweden, premium

Freccia P-493
rank II, Italy, premium

F-11F-1 Tiger
rank VI, USA, event vehicle

Leopard C2A1 MEXAS
rank VI, Germany, event vehicle

“Maxim Gorky”, 1941
rank IV, USSR, event vehicle

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• The icons of corresponding gaming platforms (PC and consoles) have been added to the players nicknames. Icons for consoles will be visible to PC players and vice versa.

Ground vehicle characteristics, damage model, and weapon improvements:

• Clarifications in the designation of British ground vehicles of rank III.
  
• BMP-3 — A bug has been fixed with jerky movement when turning from halted whilst the W and A/D buttons are pressed, the vehicle repeatedly trying to switch between N and first gears.
  
• Pvrbv 551, Lvrbv 701, Type 94, Sd.Kfz.221, AEC Mk.II — A bug where the vehicle continued to turn for a while after releasing the A/D keys has been fixed.
  
• CV90120 — The initial speed of the DM23 shell has been changed from 1640 to 1680 m/sec with corresponding adjustments of the armour penetration value. Source: RUAG — 120mm Compact Tank Gun brochure.
  
• M60A2 — Sight magnification has been reduced to 8х/10х variable. Source: FM 17-12-4 — Tank Gunnery, M60A2.
  
• T-69 IIG, Ikv 91 — A bug where there was no automatic setup of the distance for the laser rangefinder has been fixed.
  
• Challenger 2 (all modifications), Vickers Mk.7 — The vertical guidance speed of the cannon has been changed from 5 to 11 degrees per second. Source: Vickers Tanks: From Landships to Challenger 2, Christopher F. Foss & Peter Mckenzie, Keepdate Publishing, 1988-1995 // Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank, Haynes Manual, Haynes Publishing, 2018.
  
• Ostwind II — A bug where the thickness of the breech part of the cannon was 5mm thick has been fixed.
  
• ANTI II — The Swedish flag in the vehicle card has been replaced by the Finnish flag.
  
• Ariete (P), Ariete, Ariete PSO — The elevation angle of anti-aircraft machine guns has been changed from 20 to 60 degrees.
  
• M60A1 Ariete, M60A2, M60A3 TTS, M60A3 TTS (Сhina) — A bug where the depression angle of the cannon didn’t reach the value indicated in the vehicle card by 1 degree 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.

• Game performance has been improved for battles with large amounts of aircraft.
  
• Cameras in the replay of battles have 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.