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Commanders!

Bundeswehr is the name of the German army, reformed on November 12, 1955, with the goal of defending German citizens, democracy and freedom. To celebrate the anniversary, we’ve prepared a small gift for you.



The gift, available on MyLoot, contains the following items:

• Bundeswehr Cross decal
• 3-day temporary version of the Marder 2 Premium Tier 8 AFV

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

In the recent hotfix, we’ve introduced two useful features that will help you find new friends in Armored Warfare – Battalion Search and Battalion Recruitment. Today, we’ll take a look at how exactly do both features work.

I’m solo, looking to meet new friends in a Battalion!

We got you covered. In your Garage, click on the Battalion button on the upper bar of your screen and then click on the Search button below.



A list of Battalions that are recruiting more players will appear.



Open Battalions can be entered without any further steps. Click on an Open Battalion name. A screen with details will appear, including the Battalion’s name, age, message for potential applicants, primary hours (when the Battalion is playing), primary Tiers of vehicles the Battalion uses and its preferred game mode (PvP/PvE/Global Operations). Click on the Enter button to enter the Battalion and begin your new adventure right away.



Private Battalions can be entered only once your application is approved by the Battalion Commander. Click on a Private Battalion name. The same window as with an Open Battalion will appear but, this time, instead of entering right away, you can submit your application for a review. Once the commander or an officer of the Battalion approves it, you will enter the Battalion automatically.



You can view the status of your applications on the Battalion Search screen. Please note that the User Interface does not automatically update. Press the Refresh icon to the top of the Battalion list to update its status.

I’m a Battalion commander or an officer and want to recruit new players!



You can start your recruitment process by opening the Battalion window and then clicking on the Recruitment button below. There, you will see another button called Recruitment Settings. Press it.



This button allows you to recruit new players by adding your Battalion to the list of Battalions that are accepting new members, which will then appear to players who are looking to join a Battalion. Here, you can add the following items:

• Message to recruits: the first thing any candidate sees is this message, if you are a national Battalion or speak a specific language, make sure to indicate that here
• Additional message: as advised by the game client, write more about your Battalion. What do you do? What is your goal? Do you play “for fun” or are you a group of hardcore achievers?
• Battalion activity hours: during which hours are your members most active?
• Dominant tiers: here, you can indicate what Tiers your Battalion plays the most – are you enjoying mid-Tier battles for example, or are you playing exclusively Tier 10?
• Preferred game mode: is your Battalion PvP- or PvE-focused? In combination with preferred Tiers, this paints a good picture of what to expect
• Private or open: this selection allows you to choose whether players can simply join your Battalion, or require your approval to join.

Pressing the Save and Enable activates your recruitment. The recruitment can be stopped at any time by pressing the Stop Recruitment button. Recruitment in general can only be enabled by the commander of the Battalion.

If your Battalion recruitment is set to open, players can join directly. However, if you set your Battalion to Private, their application needs to be approved. The applications will appear in the same Recruitment tab as the recruitment settings, as such:



You and your Battalion’s officers can always view you recruit’s Dossier regardless of his or her settings. Right-click the name to check out whether he or she is a good match for your Battalion.



You or your officers can accept or reject any applicant by pressing the green or red button next to the applicant’s name. To summarize – only a Battalion commander can enable or disable recruitment in general, but officers can approve or reject applications.



Please note that disabling recruitment will automatically deny all applications. Please also note that the User Interface does not automatically update. Press the Refresh icon to the top of the Battalion list to update its status.

We hope that this feature will allow you to find many friends and have plenty adventures with them in Armored Warfare. For more information about the game and to talk to other Armored Warfare players, please visit our official Discord server linked below and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

We’d like to invite you to another round of the Bounty Hunt event, in which you will have the opportunity to hunt down some Armored Warfare members of staff or VIPs and destroy them in battle for amazing prizes! This time, the bounty hunt is Polish-themed in celebration of the Polish Independence Day!



On Monday, November 11, 2019, between 18:00 and 19:00 CET, log in to Armored Warfare and play Tier 6 PvP.

We, the staff-members and moderators, will be joining the battles in our Polish T-72M2 Wilk MBTs and if you manage to destroy one of us, you will be awarded with the Rosomak M1 Wataha Tier 8 Premium AFV (or 9.000 Gold if you own it already).

The following staff and VIP’s will take part in the event:

• MaciekM4a4
• Silentstalker
• T3nam
• Friesenstahl
• hanaiel
• Bezkres82
• Bat_Comrad
• arek3city
• Eskobar68
• Noobdown
• Stricky
• Pickard
• Eisenherz
• waidler
• dayan78
• Spitfire_

They will also identify themselves at the beginning of each battle by a chat message.

The rules of the contest are very simple:

• Team-Killing will not win you a prize, unless you count a ban and contest disqualification
• You don’t need to make a note of who you destroyed (although it doesn’t hurt); we’ll keep track
• You can win the Rosomak M1 Wataha as many times as you want, they are no limits per player
• Rewards will be distributed after the end of the event

We look forward to seeing you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

As you know already, we are celebrating the Polish Independence Day this week and, in addition to the bonuses and offers we already disclosed, we have prepared several contests for you to participate in.



The first one is the Anniversary Instagram Contest. Participating in it is really simple. Are you celebrating the Polish Independence Day or the end of the Great War? Let us know how – make a photo of you and share it on Instagram until November 13, 2019, with the following hashtags:

• #AW, #ArmoredWarfare, #(vehicle name), #(mode name), #(your in-game nickname)

You also need to tag the official profile (@armoredwarfare) in your post. The best five submissions will be rewarded as such:

• First place: Polandball skin for the PL-01 Tier 10 LT
• Second place: Rosomak M1 Wataha Tier 8 Premium AFV
• Third place: WWO Wilk Tier 8 Premium TD
• Fourth place: T-72M2 Wilk Tier 6 Premium MBT
• Fifth place: BWP-1M Puma Tier 4 Premium AFV

The second contest is about earning XP with Polish vehicles. Once again, it’s fairly simple – with a Polish vehicle, earn as much XP per battle as you can in one of three modes – PvP, Global Operations and PvE (Hardcore difficulty only). Make then a screenshot of your result and post it in the dedicated contest channel on our Discord.

The submissions must be posted until November 13, 2019. For each of the three abovementioned modes, three best results will be rewarded as such:

• First place: BM Oplot Tier 9 Premium MBT
• Second place: T-72 Green Tier 8 Premium MBT
• Third place: Type 90 or K1A1 Tier 7 Premium MBT

Please note that the following vehicles that are available in the game are Polish:

• BWP-1M Puma
• KTO Rosomak
• Rosomak M1M
• Rosomak M1 “Wataha”
• BWP-2000
• WPB Anders
• WWO Wilk
• Wilk XC-8
• PL-01

We are looking forward to your submissions for both contests and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

On November 11, Poland celebrates its 101st anniversary of as an independent nation, forged in blood and fires of the Great War as well as the 1920 victory over Soviet invaders. Poland has always had an interesting and proud military history, never truly giving up during the Second World War and proudly continuing the fight from abroad. Regardless of the circumstances, Polish soldiers have always served with honor and dignity and even today, the Polish Army remains one of the most powerful on the continent.



Like every year, we’ve prepared a nice set of bonuses, gifts and offers for the occasion!

Between November 7 and November 14, 2019, the following bonuses will be available:

• 30% bonus to Commander Experience income for every battle
• 30% bonus to Crew Experience income for every battle

You can also pick up a gift on MyLoot for the duration of this event. The gift contains the following items:

• Polish Eagle decal
• Polandball avatar
• 3-day temporary version of Marder 2 and Rosomak M1 Wataha
• Platinum Loot Crate

We are offering several interesting Polish-themed items on MyLoot, starting with the Strong (Polandball) Skin and the Polish Experimental Camouflage. The Strong skin can be installed on the PL-01 Tier 10 Light Tank, painting it in a nice combination of red and white with a cute Polandball image on top – and let’s face it, who doesn’t love Polandball. Additionally, this skin comes with a Hussar Wings decal as a free bonus.



The Experimental Camouflage is a digital camouflage pattern that appeared on several Polish prototypes during the 2016 MSPO expo in Kielce.



This camouflage can be used for all three environments and also comes with a Polandball decal as a free bonus.





And last but not least, we are offering three Polish vehicles on MyLoot with massive discounts. These include:





The Rosomak is the current standard wheeled IFV of the Polish military. Originally designed by Patria, it was modified and locally license-produced in Poland. It has already seen combat in Afghanistan and fared quite well. Poland plans to obtain more of these vehicles in the future. The M1 is an upgraded Rosomak for the use in Afghanistan. You can read more about it in our dedicated article.



In Armored Warfare, the Rosomak Wataha is a Tier 8 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle. Compared to the standard Tier 7 Rosomak, it features improved protection as well as the ability to fire Spike guided missiles. It can serve as an excellent heavy scout, a light AFV interceptor and, if needed, as an effective tank killer thanks to its ATGM launcher. Wataha stands in Polish for “a pack of predators” (in this case, wolves) and this vehicle is a ferocious beast indeed. It comes with a Polish-themed military camouflage, a Polish flag attached to its antenna and special Wataha imagery.









The T-72M2 Wilk (Polish for “Wolf”) is one of the results of the Polish attempts from the late 1980s to upgrade its aging fleet of T-72M1 tanks in order to provide an effective counterpart to the western Leopard 2 and Abrams MBTs. The Polish development program resulted in several prototypes built between 1987 and 1990, featuring a more powerful engine, better Fire Control System and a Polish ERAWA explosive reactive armor kit. The Wilk program was concluded in 1990 but the lessons learned from it were used in the construction of the Polish PT-91 Main Battle Tank. You can learn more about its history in our dedicated article!



In Armored Warfare, the T-72M2 Wilk is a Tier 6 Main Battle Tank. It’s based on the T-72M1, which is an export version of the T-72A. That, along with improved mobility and the ERAWA ERA kit, puts it one tier above its predecessor. Performance-wise, it’s comparable to the T-72B Main Battle Tank with its experimental Polish DRAWA FCS and the improved autoloader increasing its performance.









The WWO Wilk is the second Polish vehicle of Armored Warfare named after the ferocious pack animal. It is a fire support variant of the Rosomak, replacing the original IFV turret with the Cockerill CT-CV one, armed with a 105mm gun. A prototype of this vehicle was built and tested in 2012. After passing the tests, it was offered to the Polish Armed Forces but failed to catch its attention despite the excellent trial results. You can learn more about its history in our dedicated article!



In Armored Warfare, the WWO Wilk is a Tier 8 Tank Destroyer. A lower tier counterpart to the existing progression vehicle Wilk XC8, its mobility is comparable to other vehicles using the Rosomak platform, while its 105mm gun firepower allows it to compete with such vehicles as the American Stryker.





We hope that you will enjoy the bonuses, gifts and offers and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!