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Achieve superiority by destroying enemy convoys, ports and vehicles.

Aircraft fly outs require a fixed amount of available respawn points. Respawns on ships with BR 4.7 and higher require respawn points depending on the BR. The amount of respawns is not limited and you can respawn with same vehicle multiple times but every respawn will cost Silver Lions depending on the repair cost of the vehicle.

We invite you to take part in naval enduring confrontation in which you will experience completely new scenarios.





The event ending time may be changed. Costs for respawn and awards may be changed over the testing period.

In the naval enduring confrontation, battles will be held around the ports which are the key objects of the mission. Teams will receive points for capturing and holding the ports and also for completing of other mission tasks. The team which reaches 15,000 points first wins.

• Required vehicles in setup: Fleet of BR 3.7 - 4.3
  
• Acceptable vehicles in setup: Fleet and aircraft of BR 1.0 - 5.7

The amount of respawns is not limited and you can respawn with same vehicle multiple times but every respawn will cost Silver Lions depending on the repair cost of the vehicle. Aircraft fly outs require a fixed amount of available respawn points. Respawns on the ships with BR 4.7 and higher require respawn points depending on the BR.



Naval convoys
New scenario for Enduring Confrontation: naval convoys. On the map border, naval convoys will appear which will move towards the sea ports of their respective team. Whilst the convoy is active, the allied team has additional respawn points close to it. The enemy team will also have respawn points at a distance from the convoy. The number of ships in the convoy depends on the number of players in the game session and on the port size where the convoy is attempting to reach.

Port attack
New scenario for Enduring Confrontation: port attack. Each team will have 3 ports at the start of the mission. Each port has several AI ships which will defend the base. Each port is immediately available for players to capture and there are no additional tasks for capturing the ports. If the convoy from the “naval convoy” scenario reaches its port it is very likely that the AI ships from this port will attack one of the enemy ports and the players will receive additional points for helping them to capture enemy port.

Naval bombers
In case there is an active naval convoy on the map the enemy team may have a bomber which will attack and destroy the convoy. The entire logic of the scenario is working in the same way as for ordinary bombers attacking ground bases, but now their targets are convoy ships.

Dear players!

On 9.00 AM GMT September 26th, bulk savings for purchases of 1000 and 2500 Golden Eagles (compared to the price of 150 GE) will be disabled in Gaijin Store. The prices without savings will be 6.6 and 16.5 USD/EUR accordingly.

Also, the following items will be discontinued from store:

• 100 days of Premium Account.
  
• 20 days + 1500 Golden Eagles
  
• 20 days + 3000 Golden Eagles.
  

The prices of 20, 60 and 180 days of Premium Account will remain the same for the time being.

Today marks the official 71st Anniversary of the U.S. Air Force! On September 18, 1947, Stuart Symington became the first Secretary of the Air Force as US Army Air Corps bases came under Air Force Command and a 4th branch of the U.S. Military was born. Through battle, training, and experience in their 71 years of service, the USAF has grown into a domineering world force of over 20,000 Pilots, 300k active troops, and more than 5,400 Aircraft across the globe.

You can follow your progress by clicking on your Nickname → Achievements → US Air Force Day. Tasks for victories can be completed in all game modes except “Enduring Confrontation” and “Assault”. After completing the tasks you will find the decals in “Decals → USA”.

We recently added some unique vehicles to the game which players can receive for active participation in random battles (in addition to being available for purchase with Golden Eagles).

The new modification of the legendary ‘Schwalbe’ Me 262A-1a/U1 comes to War Thunder as a reward for squadron players in one of our future updates!

In War Thunder, the Me 262A-1a/U1 will be a reward for active game participation by squadron players. Experienced pilots are well acquainted with the classic “Schwalbe” and this new modification of the aircraft doesn’t have any other noticeable differences from other Me 262s. When flying this aircraft, you’d better have a high amount of energy up your sleeve, avoid dogfights (especially with piston-engined fighters), and of course, remember that your opponents can be faster than you. However, as there aren’t likely to be many other jet engine aircraft, and given its relatively low battle rating, the Me 262A-1a/U1 can easily become a master of the skies.





As many as three types of guns allow players a choice of three different ammo racks. This might be considered the most interesting feature of the Me 262A-1a/U1 - at the same time, you can equip the guns with, say, excellent 30mm armour-piercing rounds for the MK.103, and powerful HE shells for the MK.108 and MG.151/20. So, when engaging in battles at high altitudes, you can easily catch out a couple of clumsy bombers, and with a sharp dive, take a bite out of some ground targets as well - there are many possibilities!

Check out the full Dev Blog article here!

During CBT the possibility to research and purchase the Chinese vehicles will be limited. Players that achieve a status of tester or purchase the packs specific to this CBT will be able to research and purchase new vehicles.

From 11:00 GMT on the 11th of September until 11:00 GMT on the 20th of October.
Get 12 “Tester stars” of one of the forces types to get unlimited access to the Chinese research tree in aviation or ground vehicles. You can obtain 1 star per day for each force type (ground and air).
“Tester star” for tankers

• Win 5 times with a game activity of 60% or higher whilst controlling ground vehicles of rank III-VII.
  

“Tester star” for pilots

• Win 5 times with a game activity of 60% or higher whilst flying aircraft of rank III-VI.
  

For example, by getting 12 “Tester stars” for pilots in the “Chinese aviation CBT” you will get access to the research and purchase of all Chinese aircraft.

• Daily tasks for “Tester stars” will be updated at 11:00 GMT on each day.
  
• For 10 tester stars of each type of forces you will get special decals.
  
• All players that achieve tester status will receive a forum award - it will be displayed under your messages on forum.
  
• You can follow your progress by clicking on your Nickname → Achievements → “Chinese research tree CBT” → “CBT of the Chinese air forces" or “CBT of the Chinese ground forces".
  
• The end of the time for receiving the tester stars is not related to the completion of the Chinese vehicles CBT.
  
• We do not plan to reset any research progress in Chinese vehicles after CBT ends.