War Thunder News

Update 09.09.2020 (1.101.0.53)

Decals from the "Fire" and "Mythical Creatures" collections have been moved to the corresponding groups.
Fixed a bug where the reload time of fighters in Arcade Battles was reduced.
Problems with the calculation of the resistance against HEAT shells in the protection analysis have been fixed.
Improved the behavior of air-to-air missiles on target acquisition.

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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Volumetric shells in the "Raining Fire" update

All shells in the game - ground vehicle, aircraft and naval - will now have their own volume. Learn more about damage model improvements brought to you in the recent update.

Hello!

In addition to new vehicles, a new location and numerous fixes and improvements, in the War Thunder: Raining Fire update we are introducing “volumetric” shells - a very important feature for all game modes. Previously, shells in our game did not have their own volume. In fact, each projectile fired was a material point that reacted with the ballistics of its real life prototype, and upon contact with the enemy, a complex multi-vector simulation of the interaction of the projectile at the point of impact, say, with the point of armor on an enemy tank took place. In this case, the point-shaped projectile in some cases could inflict penetration or damage where a real projectile was not able to fit in reality - for example, a ricochet and flight under the turret ring area, slaughtering all crew members and modules in its path.

We decided to fix this. In the "Raining Fire" update, all shells in the game, from 15mm calibre or more, are now simulated by several rays at once, which indicate the real dimensions of the shell for a more reliable calculation of damage - on armor, in it, and behind it. Large calibre projectiles are additionally modeled with two ray circles. Now the projectile cannot penetrate where it cannot physically fit. The changes affected all ground, sea and air vehicles in the game, both player-controlled and AI vehicles, including AA guns.

Now you are able to more precisely simulate the most diverse scenarios of damage from any shells in the game - we have added functionality for protection analysis not only for tanks, but also for aviation. Welcome to the War Thunder: Raining Fire update! Our favorite game just got better!

The War Thunder Team

Server Update 03.09.2020

Somua SM - Thickness of the upper frontal armour part has been changed from 90 to 150 mm.
Stuart III - The correct visual model of the vehicle has been returned.

Sound

A bug where reverberation from interior sounds in the vehicle cabin was uncontrollable with volume settings in the game menu has been fixed.

Flight model

Fw 190 (all modifications) - Stability and stalling resistance at low speeds have been increased.

Meet Major Update "Raining Fire"!

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Introducing War Thunder: Raining Fire, a brand new major update that introduces almost 30 new machines, including Jaguar jet fighters, the long awaited P-47 Thunderbolt "Razorback", two new versions of the T-72B MBT and many more new aircraft, ground vehicles and vessels!

[h3]Ground Forces[/h3]
7 new ground vehicles including the Chi-Ha Long Gun - a powerful Japanese navy gun on tracks!

T-72B3

SOMUA SM

Type 97 Chi-Ha Long Gun

[h3]Aircraft[/h3]
Over a dozen new aircraft! Among them are the iconic P-47D Thunderbolt "Razorback" and Jaguar jet fighters!

SEPECAT Jaguar

Nanchang Q-5

P-47 Thunderbolt

[h3]Navy[/h3]
8 new vessels!

Akebono

Zara

Peacock

[h3]Naval missions for the location “Aleutian Islands”.[/h3]

FULL LIST OF CHANGES AND BUG FIXES