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We’re pleased to introduce new cool mounted weapons for British aircraft. Mighty rockets suitable for both sinking ships and blowing up tanks!

New cool stuff for British pilots - three new extremely powerful rockets to mount on British aircraft. These rockets will be available for RAF aircraft, such as the Hawker Sea Fury, the Mosquito FB Mk 6, the Avenger Mk II, the Firebrand, and the Wyvern.



Well-known to War Thunder pilots, British RP-3 rockets were among the first aviation rockets in the game. But they can still surprise you! “Triplex” is a fancy design of three RP-3 rocket engines with a single warhead. The hit of such a rocket is approximately equivalent to the hit of three RP-3s at once. Triplex R.P. forgives some mistakes in aiming and is perfect for destroying tanks that might survive after being hit by a regular single RP-3.



“Three rockets in one? Why only three?” - British engineers probably thought this, developing Uncle Tom, an experimental anti-ship rocket, the continuation of the idea of the Triplex project. The nominal weight of the rocket is 1,000 pounds, but in reality it is slightly more. There are as many as 6 RP-3 engines. Now they are not just combined with clamps, but are enclosed in a cylindrical metal chassis. Each engine has an external cone-shaped nozzle. The warhead of “Uncle Tom” is an armour-piercing high-explosive, designed to explode after penetrating the armoured belt of a ship - a destroyer or cruiser. Of course, in mixed battles against tanks, such a rocket will also come invery handy!



The most advanced design in the experimental series with the RP-3 engines. The 1,000 lbs Red Angel - it has folding wings that deploy after launch. The warhead is similar to the Uncle Tom rocket: the projectile was supposed to destroy heavily armored naval targets, in particular, Sverdlov-class cruisers (for this, however, it would take at least 6 hits). Red Angel was tested on the Wyvern turboprop fighter, one rocket under each wing mount. For war at sea, rockets were recognized as ineffective due to the short range. In addition, by that time, guided missiles were already appearing. The project was closed, "Red Angel" had never sunk a single ship. But in War Thunder, you can now not only easily try out Red Angel rockets against cruisers, but also against tanks.

All three new rockets will be available in the British aircraft tech tree with the upcoming content update in War Thunder. See you soon!

The War Thunder Team

During the years of World War II, factories of the USSR produced more than 50,000 T-34 tanks. Assembly lines worked day and night. Today's video is about this legendary tank. Enjoy watching!
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• Ya-5M motor gun boat — the salvo speed of the 24 x 82mm M-8 rocket launcher has been increased up to 7 seconds.
  
• Swordfish Mk.2 — Cockpit has been added.

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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75 years ago representatives of the German Supreme Command signed the unconditional surrender in Berlin. Victory celebrations were held in all the countries and one of the most important events of that days was the Berlin Victory Parade of Allied forces.

Thousands of soldiers and officers from the US, Soviet, British and French armies marched in one formation and solemn speeches were made by Marshal Georgy Zhukov, General George Patton, Major-General Brian Robertson and General Marie-Pierre Koenig. It was one of those few moments in history when almost the whole of humanity felt like one.

In honor of the Victory in Europe anniversary, we created a virtual reenactment of that Berlin Victory Parade.

The parade of troops and ground vehicles in the War Thunder recreation will also be joined by the air forces of the Allied nations. This is a tribute to the “Mustang”, Spitfire”, “Yak” and other aircraft piloted by those that fought and won in World War II.

Happy Victory Day!

The War Thunder Team

The HSTV-L, standing for High Survivability Test Vehicle Lightweight, is an American experimental tank, developed and built in the late 1970’s for the purpose of testing new concepts in tank design. The futuristic-looking HSTV-L will soon make its way onto the battlefields of War Thunder, arriving in the game with the upcoming major update!

In War Thunder, the HSTV-L will be a new light tank coming to the American ground forces tree with the release of the upcoming update. Combining excellent mobility, a small profile and a powerful, fast firing medium caliber smoothbore cannon, the HSTV-L should, unlike its opposition, easily catch the attention of tankers who enjoy the excellent dynamics offered by light and mobile vehicles!





The HSTV-L is coming to War Thunder as a new high tier American light tank with the release of the upcoming update. In the meantime, stay sharp and keep a wary eye on the news for more information regarding the next major update coming to the game very soon. Until then, happy hunting tankers!

Check out the full Dev Blog article here!