War Thunder News

Aircraft model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

• The damage model has been improved for the following Ju 87 modifications: D-3, D-5, G-1, and G-2. The damage model has been refined so that the materials of the air brakes and elevators will now behave more accurately to their real-life counterparts.
  
• Element positioning in the mounted weapon menu has been fixed for FB.1 Attacker, Halifax B Mk.IIIa, Lancaster B.Mk.I, Lancaster B.Mk.III, Lincoln B.Mk.II, Meteor F Mk.8 Reaper, Catalina Mk. IIIa, Sea Fury FB.11, Sea Hawk FGA.6, Seafire FR.47, Spitfire F Mk.24, Wellington Mk.Ic, Mi-24P, Mi-24V.
  
• AH-1Z — TOW missiles have been removed from the available weapon load. Golden Eagles spent on the TOW modification will be refunded.

World War

• Surrounded armies can no longer capture enemy rear sectors. Now, to capture an enemy rear sector, it must be connected to a friendly rear sector.
  
• Balance changes to the “Battle of the Chinese farm” scenario:
  
  • The number of Israeli backup helicopter armies has been increased by 1.
    
  • The number of Israeli backup tank armies has been increased by 1.
    
  • The deployment time for the backup armies has been corrected in accordance with the new number of armies.
• Balance changes to the “Battle for the Fulda Gap”:
  
  • The required number of vehicles to achieve the completion of the task for Germany to “Gain superiority in the number of vehicles” has been changed from 2.5 to 2.0.
    
  • The number of German backup infantry armies has been increased by 2.
    
  • The deployment time for the backup armies has been corrected in accordance with the new number of armies.

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.

We celebrate along with our French players and wish them a very happy Bastille Day, a national holiday in France, considered also as the French Independence Day!

Prisoners of the Bastille, an ancient fortress prison, were set free by freedom fighters in 1789. Thus the French Revolution began, proclaiming the people of France free from monarchy and tyranny.

[h3]From July 14th (11:00 GMT) until July 17th (07:00 GMT)
fight 3 battles in French combat vehicles (rank II and above, with an activity of 60% and above) to receive special decal: Bastille Day.[/h3]

Terms and conditions

• The task can be completed in random battles, except ‘Enduring Confrontation’ and ‘Assault’ gaming modes.
  
• Check your progress by clicking your Nickname → Achievements → Bastille Day.
  

Helicopters can now capture points in Defence/Advance to Contact missions.
A bug has been fixed where in some cases, changing the composition of the vehicle group would mean that a player had two vehicles in the crew slots of the world war mode from the vehicle group which led to respawn in battle being impossible.
A bug has been fixed, occasionally causing a notification to buy the missing ammunition to appear before entering battle.
A bug has been fixed with missing notifications to a player for events on the operation map.
A bug has been fixed that allowed loading of an army from battle on transports.
A bug has been fixed causing an instant auto battle of an attacker army versus aircraft armies.
Defence/Advance to Contact and Domination missions on the larger version of the Tunisia location have been added to the mission list in the “Battle of the Chinese farm” scenario.
Balance fixes to “Battle for the Fulda Gap” scenario:
USSR infantry army:

• MBT: 10 → 13;
  
• AFV: 30 → 27;

Germany infantry army:

• MBT: 20 → 17;
  
• AFV 20 → 23;

T-72A has been added to the USSR MBT group.
Mi-24V has been added to the USSR helicopter group.
Number of German backup tank armies has been increased by 1.
Number of German backup infantry armies has been increased by 1.
Number of Soviet backup aircraft armies has been reduced by 4.
Number of German backup aircraft armies has been reduced by 4.
Number of German backup helicopter armies has been increased by 1.
Time of backup deployment for both sides has been corrected in accordance with the new number of armies.

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.

The new Italian Starter Pack includes a premium light M14/41 (47/40) tank and a Re.2001 Gruppo 22 fighter, which, along with an ample amount of Silver Lions and Premium Account days, will ensure confident victories and rapid development in the early ranks of War Thunder!

Two Pacific campaigns, based upon historical events, allow you to fight as a pilot in the U.S. Navy or Imperial Japanese Air Forces in the battles of the Pacific Theatre.

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• T-80B — fixed a bug where the empty mortars were not displayed on the basic version of the tank, without the installed modifications of Smoke Grenade Launchers or Kontak-I.
  
• IL-2 M-82 — battle rating has been changed to 2.7 for all gaming modes.
  
• Bf 110 (all series) — the description of the modification for 50 kg bombs has been corrected.
  
• Mi-4AV — the third-person view camera position in zoom has been changed for more comfortable aiming.
  
• IL-28 (all series) — the popup info that showed the thickness of the 32 mm armor plates as 30 mm has been corrected.
  
• IL-2-37, IL-2M (1943) — data card info on number of crew (previously there was one crew member) has been corrected.
  
• The aircraft ATGM SS-11 designation has been changed to AS-11.
  
• Strv m/39 TD — a bug with missing “Twitch” camo has been fixed.
  
• World War — balance fixes to the “Battle for the Chinese farm’ scenario:
  • Israeli light tank group: AMX-13-90 has been changed to AMX-13.
    
  • Number of backup tank armies for Egypt has been increased by 1.
    
  • Number of backup tank armies for Israel has been reduced by 1.
    
  • Number of backup aircraft armies for both sides has been reduced by 1.
    
  • Deployment time for backup armies for both sides has been corrected in accordance with the new number of armies.
• A bug has been fixed, where the World War army commander sometimes could not queue a new operation immediately after the previous operation had ended.
  
• A bug has been fixed that allowed cloning an infantry army during embussing to transports that resulted in a crash in the current operation.
  
• Bugs have been fixed with the incorrect application of the “Kontakt-I” modification in World War battles and the shooting of two rounds at once.

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.