War Thunder News

[h2]Welcome to the 8th edition of the War Thunder Steam Community Spotlight![/h2]

The War Thunder Steam Community Management Team have seen some of your fantastic screenshots and artwork uploaded to the Steam Community Hub! Once again, we’ve collected our favorites and wanted to share them with all of you. Want more? Also check out the previous 7 editions for more cool content.

We have also picked our favorites from the list below to receive the special “Steam Snail” decal. Check Customization > Special > Snails > “Steam Snail” to see if you have it.

• First edition
• Second edition
• Third edition
• Fourth edition
• Fifth edition
• Sixth edition
• 
  Seventh edition

[h2]Let’s take a look![/h2]
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We love a good meme around these parts!

By Holy BeerSeeker



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An excellent model of the Ju 87 G-2 is a sight to behold. Well done, the details are immaculate!

By Ansel CNK



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A brilliant drawing of the T-80BVM here, it’s highly detailed. Well done!

By 御桜 稟



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This awesome artistic screenshot of the Tiger is amazing! Well done for this, it’s very creative.

By Marsilea.



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An impressive and creative drawing of the Tiger II with some bushes. Nice work!

By Sasoushii



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A great looking and creative screenshot of B-17 formations. Well done!

By Marsilea.



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We’ve all had it; our cats interfere with our game. We love them so we don’t mind!

By DonaldTR1P



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This is a fantastic conversion of the radio-controlled model of the KW I C 756 (r) from Taigen in 1/16 scale. Looks so good compared to the one we have in-game!

By EL Kapusto



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War Thunder’s very own Mi-24D model from Italeri! This one looks amazing, great job.

By Some weird dude



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This is Weizman’s Spitfire LF Mk.IXe as a model, just like we have in-game. The details look outstanding, well done!

By CAEDO



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Look at this superb screenshot of a Fw taking down a bomber. The lighting is amazing!

By REX



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Really cool lighting here too of this Huey over the Japan map in this screenshot. Excellent work!

By Illeggy





[h3]That's all for now![/h3]

The wonderful work created by our community that we have shared has been posted to the War Thunder Community Hub — make sure you check it out and even share your own creations that we may feature here in the Community Spotlight! We look forward to seeing you next time!

[h2]Click here to view the Community Hub[/h2]

Today, the People’s Republic of China turns 75! The official announcement of the formation of the PRC was made on October 1st 1949, and since then this day has become the country’s main national holiday. A flag-raising ceremony takes place in Tiananmen square, cities across the country are decorated with flowers, fireworks are set off, and a series of holidays begins on this day — Golden Week.

[h2]Chinese aircraft and tank bundles at a 50% discount![/h2]
Looking for some aircraft or tanks on sale? There’s a 50% discount on two bundles in the Gaijin Store: an aircraft one consisting of the J-7D and A-5C, and a tank one consisting of the Type 96A Prototype (ZTZ96A (P)) and the T-69 II G.

When: From today until October 7th (11:00 GMT).

Can be purchased through the store in-game through Shop > Online Store.

[h3]“Adamant Fortress” Bundle[/h3]

This bundle includes:

• Type 69-IIG Pack
  
• Type 96A Prototype Pack
  
• Unique “Adamant Fortress” title
  
• Unique “Great Wall of China” decal
  

[h3]“Loong's Awakening” Bundle[/h3]

This bundle includes:

• A-5C Pack
  
• J-7D Pack
  
• Unique “Loong’s Awakening” title
  
• Unique “J-10” decal
  

Players on all platforms who already own the Type 69-IIG or ZTZ96A (P) can earn the “Adamant Fortress” title and the “Great Wall of China “decal by playing 3 battles with either tank before October 7th.

Players on all platforms who already own the A-5C or J-7D can earn the “Loong's Awakening” title and the “J-10” decal by playing 3 battles with either aircraft before October 7th.

[h2]The Type 96A Prototype, J-7D and A-5C packs are available at a 30% discount![/h2]
In honor of the anniversary, the above vehicle packs have a 30% discount in the Gaijin Store!

When: From today until October 7th (11:00 GMT).

Can be purchased through the store in-game through Shop > Online Store.



[h2]The Type 69-IIa and Т-62 №545 are temporarily available at a 30% discount for Golden Eagles![/h2]
These two tanks are available at a 30% discount for 5,866 and 6,111 Golden Eagles respectively.

When: From today until October 7th (11:00 GMT).
Where: China > Army > Premium vehicles.

About these vehicles

• The Type 69-IIa is an export tank that’s very popular in the Middle East. This tank features a 100 mm rifled gun from the Type 59 that can fire an APDS, APCBC, HEAT-FS and HE shell. Additionally, this tank has ESS and smoke grenades and a laser rangefinder. And thanks to the slat armor around the turret, it can sometimes survive a hit from HEAT shells!
  
• The Т-62 №545 is a Soviet tank that China captured during the Battle for Damansky Island in 1969. It’s well armored, has a powerful gun and has access to powerful APFSDS and HEAT rounds. It’s generally a good universal medium tank!
  

[h2]Get the “National Day of the People's Republic of China 2024” decal![/h2]
For this day, you’ll be able to get this decal by completing the task below.

When: From today until October 7th (11:00 GMT).
Task: Play 3 battles using Chinese vehicles at rank III or higher to receive the “National Day of the People's Republic of China 2024” decal.

“National Day of the People's Republic of China 2024” decal

Additional details:

• Your activity must not be below 70%.
  
• You can complete the task in random battles, except for Enduring Confrontation missions, [Assault] mode and Helicopter PVE battles.
  
• Track your progress in the hangar by clicking Nickname → Achievements → Holidays → National Day of the PRC.
  
• You can find the decal in the “Holidays” tab in the Customization menu.
  

[h2]Aircraft[/h2]

• AV-8B (NA) — a bug that caused the direction limits indicated in the targeting pod camera view to not match real limits has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused the loss of guidance of laser beam-riding missiles and missiles with semi-automatic guidance due to rapid release of flares and chaff has been fixed. (Report).
  
• A bug that caused the secondary weaponry to not appear on the pylons of previously torn-off wings if after landing on the airfield the reload was completed before the repair of the torn-off wing has been fixed. (Report).
  

[h2]Ground Vehicles[/h2]

• A bug that caused gun-sights on vehicles with unguided rockets munitions (38 cm Sturmmörser, for example) to not display after the settings reset in the Sight settings menu has been fixed.
  

[h2]Sound[/h2]

• A bug where the player could hear random, seemingly unrelated pops, even further than 2-5 km from any sound source on the map has been fixed.
  

[h2]Other[/h2]

• A bug that might have caused a game to crash in ground battles when switching between gunner and commander views has been fixed. (Report).
  
• The multipliers that are applied to mission points in events and Pages of History for some ranks and game modes have been changed:
  
  • Ground Arcade Battles: 0.93 → 1.0
    
  • Air Simulator Battles: 3.0 → 2.3
    
  • Ranks I-III: 0.8 → 0.9
    

Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.

Thanks for submitting all of your screenshots last week! This week we invite vehicles wearing special camouflages and decals- Do you have a favorite? The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

[h2]Let’s begin the 139th edition of our competition![/h2]

Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen139. You have time until the 4th of October to submit your screenshot.

After that date, 6 winners will be selected (3 of which will be the highest rated by the community and 3 selected by our judges), each of which receive a reward of 300GE.

[h3]Terms:[/h3]

Your screenshot must include a player vehicle with a non-standard camouflage, or with decals.
Additional camouflages can be found on wt.live.
You must add the #WTscreen139 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).
Artists may only win by popular vote once per four screenshot competitions.
• Screenshots need to be compliant with the War Thunder rules.
  
• You need to be the author of the screenshot.
  
• Screenshot needs to be new. You cannot use those which have previously been published or used in other competitions.
  
• We will only accept raw screenshots from the game. You cannot use any editing software nor any other visual enhancements (like Nvidia Ansel filters).
  
• You can use filters and settings built into War Thunder.
  
• You can use the replay functionality built into War Thunder.
  
• Rewards will be delivered to the author's account within 14 working days.
  

[h2]And now, time for the winners of the competition’s 138th edition – Mighty Dragoon![/h2]

[h3]Winners selected via community votes:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3334989169
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3337914294
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3335414609

[h3]Winners selected by our judges:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3335236113
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3337962364
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3335359161

Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!

[h2]Interface[/h2]

• Icons that display on the nation buttons in the hangar (RP bonus, discount and objective), except for the currently selected nation, are now stacked in a group to save space and reduce visual load on the interface if they are wider than the nation button. When you hover over a group, a tooltip is displayed with the contents of all icons in this group.
  
• When selecting a nation in the hangar, the selected nation button may expand slightly to accommodate all currently displayed icons.
  

[h2]Locations[/h2]

• Spaceport, North Holland, Aral Sea — inability to dig the ground with a dozer blade has been fixed.
  

Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.