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Offer: Rare Skins

Commanders!

Today we’ve prepared the following rare skins for you:

  • Obsidian Blade skin for ZTZ-20
  • Honey Badger skin for Challenger 2 ATDU
  • Boyevaya Podruga skin for T-14 Armata
  • Veteran skin for Type 99B
  • Veteran skin for Type 99A2-140
  • Warfighter skin for VN17
  • War Pig skin for M1A2C
  • Desert Ajax skin for Ajax
  • Panzergrenadier skin for Puma
  • Defender skin for T-80UM-1 Bars
  • Spetsnaz skin for BMP-1P


Between October 30 and November 6, 2024, the following items will be available:


[h2]Obsidian Blade Bundle (ZTZ-20)[/h2]

Skins rarely go more epic than this. The Obsidian Blade is a unique Main Battle Tank of unknown origin and David Murdoch's personal war chariot. As its name suggests, the tank’s surface us covered with a layer of obsidian. The cracks in the layer are filled with pure gold, as befitting a man of his influence. This skin also features unique visual effects such as the glowing coolant vapors coming out from underneath its armor. The skin is available for the ZTZ-20 Tier 10 Premium Main Battle Tank (also currently on offer).



The skin is available as a part of the Obsidian Blade bundle, which contains the following items:

  • Skin: Obsidian Blade for ZTZ-20
  • 8 Platinum Loot Crates
  • 500 Gold


This bundle is available in our Web Shop.




[h2]Honey Badger Bundle (Challenger 2 ATDU)[/h2]

We have another epic skin for you, this time for the Challenger 2 ATDU Tier 10 Main Battle Tank. The “Honey Badger” is based on a real-life Challenger 2 testbed called Megatron, equipped with a Barracuda camouflage system. You can read more about it in our dedicated article.



The skin is available as a part of the Honey Badger bundle, which contains the following items:

  • Skin: Honey Badger for Challenger 2 ATDU
  • 8 Platinum Loot Crates
  • 500 Gold


This bundle is available in our Web Shop.





[h2]Boyevaya Podruga Bundle (T-14 Armata)[/h2]

The Boyevaya Podruga skin for the T-14 Armata Tier 10 Main Battle Tank is modeled after a famous Soviet WW2 tank, commanded by Mariya Oktyabrskaya. You can read more about it in our dedicated article.



The skin is available as a part of the Boyevaya Podruga bundle, which contains the following items:

  • Skin: Boyevaya Podruga for T-14 Armata
  • 8 Platinum Loot Crates
  • 500 Gold


This bundle is available in our Web Shop.




[h2]Veteran Bundle (Type 99B)[/h2]

The Veteran skin series turns your Chinese vehicles into truly fearsome machines. Show your opponents who they are messing with by dressing your tank in one of the meanest-looking skins out there. This Veteran bundle is intended for the Type 99B Tier 10 Premium MBT.



The skin is available as a part of the Veteran Bundle (Type 99B), which contains the following items:

  • Skin: Veteran for Type 99B
  • 8 Platinum Loot Crates
  • 500 Gold


This bundle is available in our Web Shop.




[h2]Veteran Bundle (Type 99A2-140)[/h2]

The Veteran skin series turns your Chinese vehicles into truly fearsome machines. Show your opponents who they are messing with by dressing your tank in one of the meanest-looking skins out there. This Veteran bundle is intended for the Type 99A2-140 Tier 10 Premium MBT.



The skin is available as a part of the Veteran Bundle (Type 99A2-140), which contains the following items:

  • Skin: Veteran for Type 99A2-140
  • 8 Platinum Loot Crates
  • 500 Gold


This bundle is available in our Web Shop.




[h2]Warfighter Bundle (VN17)[/h2]

The rare Warfighter skin turns your VN17 Tier 8 Premium AFV into a survivor of a thousand battles. With this limited offer, you’ll stand out on the battlefield while a simultaneously blending in thanks to the camouflage nets from the skin. A contradiction? You be the judge.



The skin is available as a part of the Warfighter Bundle (VN17), which contains the following items:

  • Skin: Warfighter for VN17
  • 8 Platinum Loot Crates
  • 500 Gold


This bundle is available in our Web Shop.




[h2]M1A2C War Pig Skin[/h2]

This skin for the M1A2C Tier 9 Main Battle Tank fits your Abrams with a Barracuda camouflage kit that not only unlocks certain modules for you, but can also change color based on the paint you select on your vehicle. You can read more in our dedicated article.



The skin is available as a part of the War Pig Bundle, which contains the following items:

  • Skin: War Pig
  • 3 Platinum Loot Crates
  • 500 Gold


This bundle is available in our Web Shop.




[h2]Desert Ajax[/h2]

We have prepared a new skin for the Ajax, Europe’s Edge Battle Path reward vehicle. The skin is based on an Ajax that appeared in this configuration (featuring a Barracuda camouflage and a desert paintjob) at an expo in the Middle East. Specifically it was the World Defense Show that took place in February 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. You can read more about it in our dedicated article.



The skin is available as a part of the Desert Ajax Bundle, which contains the following items:

  • Skin: Desert Ajax
  • 3 Platinum Loot Crates
  • 500 Gold


This bundle is available in our Web Shop.




[h2]Panzergrenadier Bundle[/h2]

In addition to the Puma Tier 10 Premium AFV, we have prepared a special skin for it. The skin is based on the camouflage used by Panzergrenadierbataillon 33 (33rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion) stationed in Neustadt am Rübenberge near Hannover (northern Germany, the state of Lower Saxony). You can read more about it in our dedicated article.



The skin is available as a part of the Panzergrenadier Bundle, which contains the following items:

  • Skin: Panzergrenadier
  • 8 Platinum Loot Crates
  • 500 Gold


This bundle is available in our Web Shop.




[h2]Defender Bundle (T-80UM-1)[/h2]

This skin for the T-80UM-1 Tier 8 MBT is based on the camouflage and markings as seen in 2006 on a T-80U in Kubinka. You can read more about it in a dedicated article.



We are offering the Defender skin in a bundle, which includes:

  • Defender skin for the T-80UM-1 MBT
  • 3 Platinum Loot Crates
  • 500 Gold


This bundle is available in our Web Shop.




[h2]BMP-1P Spetsnaz Skin[/h2]

The skin for the BMP-1P Tier 4 AFV is based on a BMP-1 belonging to the 101st Special Operations Brigade of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, as seen during the Battle of Grozny in 1996. You can read more in our dedicated article.




The skin is available as a part of the Spetsnaz Bundle, which contains the following items:

  • Skin: Spetsnaz
  • Russian (Interior Forces) camouflage
  • 3 Platinum Loot Crates
  • 500 Gold


This bundle is available in our Web Shop.



We hope that you will enjoy this offer and, as usual:

See you on the battlefield!

XK3 Contest Results

Commanders!

Thank you all for voting in our XK3 naming contest. We are now ready to announce the results.



After a disqualification of one of the leading entries, it was the name Phantom that received the most votes. The same name was submitted several times (in fact, 22 times) but the first player to submit it was Pasta_Senpai.

He will receive his prize upon the launch of the Seahawks Battle Path and the vehicle will be renamed to XK3 Phantom momentarily. Thank you all who have participated in the contest and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Free tank MMO Armored Warfare unleashes new extra tough endgame mode

Despite war being an eternal focus in gaming, tank games are relatively thin on the ground. While there are titles like World of Tanks, War Thunder, Enlisted, and technically the Battlefield series, they tend to be the exception rather than the rule. Thankfully Armored Warfare also exists, a free MMO that's dripping with in-depth tank action. Now, that action has just ramped up considerably, as a brand new endgame mode has arrived filled with fresh rewards and tough challenges.


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Special Shockwave Offer

Commanders!

To celebrate the launch of the Shockwave update, we’ve prepared a special offer of you consisting of Shockwave mode-ready Main Battle Tanks!



The vehicles in question are:

  • Altay Tier 10 Premium MBT
  • Armata 152 Premium MBT
  • CATTB Tier 10 Premium MBT
  • Object 490 Tier 10 Premium MBT
  • Object 640 Tier 10 Premium MBT
  • Type 99A2-140 Tier 10 Premium MBT


These MBTs available in our Web Shop via Loot Crates until November 7, 15:00 CET. Collect 100 blueprint pieces from these crates to obtain the vehicle.



We hope that you will enjoy the offer and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

The Shockwave Update is now available!

Commanders!

As announced earlier, the Shockwave update (Update 0.235) is now available in Armored Warfare.

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Here’s what it’s bringing.

[h2]Shockwave Mode[/h2]

The Shockwave mode is an endgame survival mode for advanced players in which a team of five fights of waves of ever-increasing difficulty. The longer you survive, the higher the rewards. Do you have what it takes to become the best team in Armored Warfare? Because that’s pretty much what’s at stake here – this is the endgame mode of Armored Warfare.



The mode is available during all hours for both platoons and solo players who can join the queue to be matched with others. This mode is initially available for one month only (“Season 0” launch) and will therefore temporarily go away somewhere along the launch of the upcoming Seahawks Battle Path which is planned for November.

You can enter Shockwave battles by using the dedicated panel in the PvE UI.



As for the mode details:

  • This mode is available for Tier 10 vehicles only (no vehicles are excluded)
  • There is no time limit per match, you need to hold on for as long as you can
  • There are no respawns but you can use your consumables to repair
  • Enemy vehicles spawn in waves and each wave arrives from one of several different directions (the types of enemies and directions are randomized so no two matches will be identical)
  • Enemy vehicle wrecks despawn immediately upon destruction and therefore cannot be used for cover
  • New enemy types appear in this mode (vehicles that cannot be seen in any other mission)
  • Ammunition replenishes automatically (periodically, with a sound indicator)


Please do be also aware of the following:

  • You currently cannot complete contracts or Battle Path missions in this mode
  • Some performance and bot behavior issues do exist and we are aware of them


The launch of the mode is accompanied by the Shockwave Event where you can earn exclusive Season 0 rewards (including camouflages, Gold and an animated avatar) by playing the Shockwave mode every day and destroying enemies.

[h3]Shockwave Prizes[/h3]






[h2]Pipelines Map Overhaul[/h2]



We have overhauled the visuals of the Pipelines PvP map to improve the graphics of Armored Warfare. You can read more about it in our dedicated article.




[h2]Dynamic Decals[/h2]

The in-game decals can now be moved, rotated (by holding Alt and scrolling your mouse wheel) and their size can be changed (by holding Shift and scrolling your mouse wheel).

Video demonstration of the system:

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Please note that the system still has some limitations:

  • This system only applies to decals, not to battalion emblems
  • There still are just two decals per vehicle
  • Decals cannot be placed on ERA or other additional armor plates, they will always appear on the base hull of the vehicle



[h2]New Engine and Gun Sounds[/h2]

The T-72 series and several other vehicles are getting new engine sounds as the first step in the announced sound overhaul. You can hear a demonstration of the sound in the following video:

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This affects the following vehicles:

  • T-72 Ural
  • T-72A
  • T-72AV
  • T-72B
  • T-72B3
  • T-72M1
  • T-90
  • Object 787 Gadyuka
  • Msta-S
  • M-95 Degman
  • Seon’gun-915
  • Type 96
  • Type 96A


We have also added a new 125mm gun sound to the following vehicles:

  • T-72 Ural
  • T-72A
  • T-72M1


You can hear a demonstration of the sound in the following video:

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[h2]PELE Overhaul[/h2]

In this update, we are overhauling all PELE shells to use a modified HESH mechanism. What it means is that these shells will be very useful against sloped surfaces and thinly armored targets, dealing tremendous damage in situations where regular AP shells would not be as useful. The vast majority of PELE shells belong to autocannons and will therefore serve either as an upgrade or an alternative shell to the already existing ones. Regarding the full caliber PELE shells:

  • Wilk’s PELE shells will become considerably more powerful
  • Arjun already has HESH rounds and PELE (PCB) shells will serve simply as an upgrade to them


You can read more about it in our dedicated article.



[h2]Friendly Fire Adjustments[/h2]

We have had situations before where players would be kicked out of the match for inadvertently dealing friendly fire damage to their teammates. This most notably affected artillery (dealing damage with large caliber HE blast wave) and ammo rack explosions (which count as “your” damage when an enemy tank explodes but the blast wave from the explosion deals damage to a friendly target).

In this update, dealing damage to friendlies will no longer kick you from the match but will simply result in your ability to deal damage to friendlies being disabled. Your vehicle will be marked blue and dealing damage to it will not result in any punishment.



[h2]Other Changes[/h2]

New Crew and Commander Upgrades

We are adding the sixth crew training level to the game. Alongside it you will be able to choose a third skill from those already available. Additionally, it’s now possible to easier unlock Commander levels with a single button by purchasing the required XP.

  • New player accounts are now receiving 2-day version of the Armata 152 MBT
  • Starter pack for new players can now be bought and activated correctly
  • Fixed the requirement for the Death to the Enemy Battle Path mission
  • Retrofits no longer get removed from the vehicle when clicking and dragging them to a different slot in the Garage
  • Fixed the mobility model for the entire T-series of the vehicle (aside from T-80) so that they no longer have difficulties traversing ditches and slopes
  • Fixed the track visual model for the entire Abrams series of vehicles
  • AS90: Fixed the missing gun part on low graphics settings
  • AS90: Fixed the armor’s material to a correct one
  • CV90120T Ghost: Fixed an issue where the hard-kill APS worked with a limited angle (now it destroys missiles all around the vehicle)
  • BMP-2M: Double ATGM launch module now correctly only works for the Kornet ATGMs (and not Atakas)
  • BMP-2M: Fixed the grenade launcher sound
  • BMP-2M: Fixed the empty shell case visual model
  • EMBT: Fixed a small unintended weakspot on the bottom of the hull
  • EMBT: Small visual fixes of the vehicle’s destroyed model
  • Challenger 2 Streetfighter II: Fixed the flying flag pole
  • M1A2C: Fixed the SEP v3 PL textures and camouflage
  • M60A2 Starship: Fixed the drive sprocket texture
  • Puma: Fixed the incorrect dirt appearance on the hull
  • Puma: Fixed numerous visual issues on the Panzergrenadier skin
  • T-62M: Fixed the low visual settings inscription on the Rusalka skin
  • T-64BV Mod.2017: Fixed the turret ERA appearance
  • T-72M2 Wilk: Fixed the destroyed ERA not attached to the vehicle
  • T-80BVM: Improved the gun depression from -5 to -7
  • T-80BVM: Turret machinegun now has a belt visual model
  • T-80BVM: Fixed the gun mantlet tarp texture
  • T-80BVM: Fixed several low resolution textures on the hull and numerous other smaller issues of the model
  • T-80BVM: Fixed the incorrect dirt appearance on the hull
  • T-80BVM: Tracks no longer sometimes clip through the mudguards
  • T-90A: Fixed the broken ERA models
  • T-90A: Fixed the broken ERA model on the T-90SA skin
  • T-90M Proryv: Added a spaced armor layer behind the Relikt ERA (this improves the vehicle’s side protection)
  • T-90M Proryv: Shells no longer fly through destroyed APS and optics models
  • T-90M Proryv: Fixed the excessive hull dirt
  • VBR: Fixed an issue where missiles were flying through closed covers of the launcher
  • Rate of Decay Special Operation: Fixed the indestructible poles at C2
  • Rate of Decay Special Operation: Wall at I2 no longer makes vehicles stuck
  • Added numerous assets for future events
  • Fixed a number of localization issues