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Armored Warfare Steam Summer Sale

Commanders!

This summer, we’ve prepared a number of Steam DLC discounts for you to enjoy. Browse through the DLC section of Steam to find out more.

We hope that you will enjoy them and, as usual:

See you on the battlefield

Historical Skins – Leclerc Glorieux

Commanders!

For the upcoming French Bastille Day holiday, we’re working on another special historical skin called Glorieux.

Unlike the Warhammer, this skin, made for the Leclerc Tier 9 MBT, does refer to one particular vehicle.



The Glorieux (Glorious) was a Tranche 5 Leclerc of the first Series (vehicle number 6974-0036), produced in 1996 and assigned to the 2nd Escadron (Squadron) of the 501e-503e Régiment de chars de combat (501st-503rd Combat Tank Regiment), where it used as a command vehicle under Lieutenant Frédéric Fabre. The tank was deployed to Kosovo during Operation Trident in 1999, where it served with the Kosovo Peacekeeping Force (KFOR). The French were withdrawn from Kosovo in 2002 and the 501st-503rd Combat Tank Regiment, established in 1994, was disbanded in 2009 even though the 501st CTR (to which the Glorieux belonged) still exists.



What makes this tank really interesting is its fairly unique camouflage. French vehicles are rarely individualized, but this tank’s original NATO pattern camouflage (also available in Armored Warfare) was, for the winter of 1999, covered with commercial-grade white paint to better blend in during snowy winters.



Other than that, the tank bears the following markings:
  • KFOR indentification
  • Squad leader chevron
  • French flag
  • The name Glorieux written on the side of its turret, as is common for the French
  • Vehicle weight limit on the lower front plate
  • Vehicle number and unit designation on the lower front plate and in the back

Even though the original French Glorieux wasn’t an AZUR Leclerc, this skin will be available for all Leclerc’s configurations, including the AZUR armor upgrade.










We hope that you will enjoy this skin as much as we enjoyed creating it for you and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Preview: Update 0.33

Commanders!

With the Enigma’s Legacy Battle Path in full swing, it’s time to look to the next, final part of the Spirithaven season, which is coming in the form of Update 0.33.



This update will arrive in early September and will bring a large number of rebalances and changes to the core game. Much like Update 0.32, only a portion of its features will be initially available with more content added in smaller batches during the course of the months following its initial launch.

On the bright side, there’s a lot to look forward to. Here’s a taste what’s coming in Update 0.33:


[h2]Tier 7-10 Rebalance[/h2]


The biggest feature of this update is a major rebalance program of pretty much all the Tier 7 to Tier 10 vehicles, their characteristics and armor in order to make high-Tier gameplay as smooth and fun as possible. We are aware of many of the issues that are plaguing high Tiers right now, as well as of the power creep problem that, well, crept itself into the game. This set of changes is meant to address all these concerns and should make the affected battles much more fun.



There’s a lot to it – too much to cover here; armor and penetration adjustments, shell changes, damage per minute changes, camouflage values changes, reload mechanics improvements and so on. We’ll be telling you more about this feature in an upcoming In Development article.


[h2]Mobility Overhaul[/h2]


We’ll be improving the core mechanics of movement controls and their interaction with the ground. Vehicles will drive much better and more natural, wheeled vehicles will feel more responsive. This is another absolutely huge feature that deserves its own In Development article, even though many of these changes involve backend mechanics and equations and as such are quite hard to describe. You’ll have to try it for yourselves during the PTS phase of this update!


[h2]Visual Model Fixing[/h2]


As you can see, Update 0.33 is all about major fixes and addressing the issues that you’ve submitted your feedback about. One of the issues is the (un)realistic appearance of several models. We’ll be fixing those, starting with the Abrams line of tanks and the long-awaited new T-72B model that’s also coming.

Note the added CITV optics to this M1A2 model:



The full list of changes will be unveiled later on.


[h2]New PvP Map Al Dabbah[/h2]


After the launch of the initial update, we’ll be adding a new, large desert map to the game, called Al Dabbah. It’s map based on a Nile area in southern Sudan with rolling dunes of sand surrounding a lone massive solar power plant.



This map will be fairly open, even though the central area with the massive power plant poised to provide plenty of cover. However, players will also be able to snipe each other at longer distances.




[h2]Other Changes[/h2]


The features above are, of course, only a small part of what's in store for you. We'll also have:
  • New Contract Mission reward vehicle, the Belarusian 2T Stalker Premium Tier 9 AFV
  • Two new Premium vehicles, the BVP M-80A and one more we’ll announce a bit later
  • User Interface improvements
  • Lots of shader and other optimizations that should significantly improve the game’s performance


2T Stalker Gallery












Another Raid event awaits you after the conclusion of the Enigma’s Legacy Battle Path, this time with incredibly cool skins we know you’ll love along with plenty of other rewards.

There’s, of course, even more and we’re looking forward to your feedback during the public testing phase, which is coming in late August. For now, enjoy the Engima’s Legacy Battle Path and the rest of Update 0.32 content as well as the events we are preparing for July.

See you on the battlefield!

Now available: Hunter AFV

Commanders!

We’re happy to announce that the final vehicle of the Enigma’s Legacy Battle Path campaign, the Hunter Tier 9 Premium AFV is now available directly in the game for a week only!

Another alternative name for this vehicle is NGAFV (or Next Gen AFV), since it belongs to a whole program to replace the obsolete M113 APC in Singaporean service and to operate alongside its predecessor, another indigenous Singaporean IFV called Bionix. Hunter is the name of the production model of this program. The Hunter AFV is the pinnacle of bleeding edge of technology. In this sense, it can be compared to the AS21 Redback and both vehicles share several characteristics, not the least of which being relatively large size. This bulky IFV offers considerable levels of protection and firepower. It is expected to serve in the Singaporean army in large numbers in the near future with its mass-production having recently begun. You can read more about its history in our dedicated article.



In Armored Warfare, the Hunter AFV is a Tier 9 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle. As its description above suggests, it is a rather standard-sized IFV with good levels of protection and excellent firepower (consisting of a 30mm autocannon and a Spike ATGM launcher). It also features a recently introduced type of armor, NERA. Simply put, NERA is an ablative armor kit that deteriorates whenever it gets hit. In other words, the vehicle starts with excellent protection levels but it will lose some with damage taken as the battle progresses. Apart from that, the vehicle is adequately mobile and quite universal. It can, of course, also deploy Mechanized Infantry.

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This vehicle can be obtained from Enigma Loot Crates. You need to assemble 100 blueprint pieces to assemble the vehicle. The Last Enigma Loot Crates are available in exchange for surplus Battle Coins directly in the game (as long as you have the Enigma’s Legacy access). They include the abovementioned blueprint pieces (along with a chance for the Hunter to drop directly) as well as pieces of Special Enigma Loot Crates. These Special Crates have to be first assembled and, upon doing so, they drop improved loot, including:
  • Exclusive Premium vehicles (including those from previous Battle Paths, up to Tier 10)
  • Exclusive commanders (including Battle Path ones)
  • Battle Path boosters

These Loot Crates can be obtained in the Crates section in the Battle Path window for the following prices:
  • 1 Crate for 1.500 Battle Coins
  • 5 Crates for 7.000 Battle Coins
  • 10 Crates for 12.500 Battle Coins

We hope that you will enjoy this vehicle and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Celebrating the Beginning of Summer

Commanders!

Summer’s finally here and even though our travelling and vacation options are a bit limited at the moment, our capacity to celebrate is not.



For the occasion, we’ve prepared a small gift for you, consisting of:
  • Indian camouflage
  • 3 days of Premium Time

This particular Indian camo pattern is suitable for the open, desert environments of north-western India where battles with Pakistan took place. It features yellow base paint (matching the palette that can be observed in the Thar Desert) with brown and green rectangles. This camouflage is a typical silhouette breaker, making it more difficult to spot the vehicle at longer distances and, most importantly, in defensive positions, since any movement in the desert will give away your position almost instantly due to the amounts of dust being kicked up by tracks. This type of camouflage has been used since the 1980s and appears today on various Indian BMPs and T-72S or T-90 MBTs (the indigenous Arjun tanks typically use different patterns).



We hope you will enjoy it and, as always:

See you on the battlefield