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Celebrating the Fourth Anniversary

Commanders!

You didn’t think we’d forget, did you? This year, we’ve decided to celebrate the Armored Warfare launch anniversary in late October because, on October 18, 2018, the Global Server was launched, beginning a new era for the game!



We’d like to thank you for those wonderful four years that wouldn’t be possible without your support. For the occasion, we’ve prepared a couple of amazing gifts (including the brand-new Object 287 Tier 6 Premium TD), bonuses and offers. Here’s what’s available!

Between October 17 and October 24, 2019, the following bonuses will be running:
  • 400% Experience income bonus (x4) for the first victory of the day for all modes
  • 50% bonus to Credit income for all battles

You can also pick up a gift on MyLoot for the duration of this event. The gift contains the following items:
  • 7 days of Premium Time
  • 7 days temporary version of the Armata 152 Tier 10 Premium MBT
  • Anniversary decal

But that is just the beginning because we’ve prepared a very special set of missions for you! Deal at least 2.000 damage in a single battle per day (starting at 2 AM CEST) in any mode to receive the following items:
  • October 18, Friday – Anniversary decal
  • October 19, Saturday – Object 287 Tier 6 Premium Tank Destroyer (learn more)
  • October 20, Sunday – Anniversary flag
  • October 21, Monday – Anniversary decal
  • October 22, Tuesday – Anniversary avatar “Burning Skull”

If you manage to obtain all these items by playing every day, you will also receive a cool skin for the Object 287, called Vulkan!



And last but not least, we are offering several interesting items on MyLoot and in our Web Shop:
  • Armata 152 Tier 10 Premium MBT (available in Web Shop – collect 100 blueprint pieces from Loot Crates to obtain this vehicle)
  • Commander Alexander Cortez
  • PTL-02 Tier 7 Premium Tank Destroyer
  • Five historical camouflages on MyLoot (either standalone or in a discounted bundle)

 
Australian:



BAE Urban:



Russian Arctic:



Swiss Digital:



Modern Urban:





Alexander Cortez was born in Santiago de Cuba as a son of a Russian ballerina and a Cuban officer. He ran away from home when he was a teenager and traveled around South America, participating in local conflicts. During his travels, he made some loyal friends with whom he eventually created the Black Eagle mercenary squad.



In Armored Warfare, Alexander Cortez has a rather unique basic skill, giving him a chance to automatically deal maximum damage with every shot. Using additional skills, this chance can be increased even further. Additionally, Alexander Cortez has skills that increase the durability of various components.



PTL-02 Assaulter is a Tier 7 Chinese Premium Tank Destroyer. It is a wheeled fire support vehicle, combining the best features of its class - it is adequately fast, stealthy and well-performing thanks to its powerful and fast-firing gun.



You can read more about it in a dedicated article.



Finally, there’s the Armata 152 Tier 10 Premium Main Battle Tank, available in a blueprint Loot Crate.

The Armata 152 is a version of the T-14 Armata, armed with larger cannon. One of the upgrades considered for the T-14 Armata was the increase of its caliber to 152mm in order to absolutely, positively destroy anything with the first shot. The 2A83 smoothbore is a behemoth of a gun, designed in the last days of the Soviet empire for the next generation of super-tanks. It’s massive, heavy and quite costly to produce, but, most importantly, it was never truly needed to deal with the western MBTs since the standard 125mm guns were (and still are) up to the task. That is why it never found its way on any Soviet MBT with even the standard T-14 Armata being armed with an improved 125mm cannon. You can, however, experience its awesome firepower in Armored Warfare! Learn more about it in a dedicated article.



In Armored Warfare, the T-14 Armata 152 is a Tier 10 Premium Main Battle Tank. While not firing as fast as its 125mm counterpart, the 152mm rounds do enormous damage, often eliminating weaker opponents with a single shot. And then there’s the platform itself – the Armata, the most modern Main Battle Tank in the world. Earn it and use it to dominate!



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

See you on the battlefield!

Special Stream – Coming Today!

Commanders!

We’d like to invite you to a special stream on our channel, during which a new feature – the crown jewel of the American Dream season – will be unveiled. We’ll also be taking questions in comments and answering them during the stream, so don’t miss the opportunity to ask anything you’d like to know about Armored Warfare!

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The stream will take place on the official Armored Warfare Twitch channel, starting at 17:00 CEST (8 AM PDT) today.

See you there!

Artillery in Global Operations

Commanders!

For the next few days, we’ve prepared a special event for you. We will be allowing the Self-Propelled Gun class to participate in the Global Operations mode, starting today up until October 24.



The purpose of this event is not only for the Self-Propelled Gun players to try them out in real player versus player combat and to gather the feedback from both sides regarding such a change.

What you think about the performance of this class in Global Operations? Would you like to see this change become permanent? Please let us know on Discord!

See you on the battlefield!

Maintenance - October 17

On the 17th of October 2019, starting from 8:00 CEST (16th of October, 11 PM PDT), the server will not be available for 5 hours due to the application of Update 0.30.5773.



List of Update 0.30.5773 Changes


New Vehicles

We are adding three new vehicles to Armored Warfare:
  • T249 Vigilante Tier 9 Progression AFV, unlockable from the Tier 8 Ramka-99 TD (learn more)
  • M8 MGM-166 Tier 10 Progression TD, unlockable from the T249 Vigilante (learn more)
  • Object 287 Tier 6 Premium TD (learn more)

The T249 Vigilante is a fast AFV with massive, burst-firing rotary cannon while the M8 MGM-166 (also known as LOSAT) is the ultimate Tank Destroyer of Armored Warfare that uses a brand new mechanism – kinetic missiles. You can learn about all of those vehicles in their respective articles.

Abrams Improvements

In this Update, we are improving most high-Tier Abrams vehicles, as such:
  • M1A2C now has the Trophy hard-kill APS available
  • M1A2C reload time reduced from 10s to 8.75s
  • XM1A3 now has the Trophy hard-kill APS available
  • TTB now has a better upgraded APFSDS shell available, the M829A3 with improved penetration and damage
  • TTB’s Ready Rack rate of fire improved from 8 to 15 rounds per minute
  • TTB’s aim time for both guns improved from 2.2s to 1.8s
  • TTB’s gun accuracy was tweaked very slightly to make it correspond to the M1A2C
General Changes
  • American Dream, Special Operation 3: Fixed the No Mercy achievement
  • American Dream, Special Operation 2: Fixed the model of the fuel truck that appears at the end of the mission
  • Stryker ADATS: Reduced the camouflage penalty for firing its weapons as such: ATGM from 0.2 to 0.12, rockets from 0.4 to 0.07
  • Stryker ADATS: Its unmanned turret no longer takes full damage
  • M48 GAU-8: Added an additional progression module called “Weight Reduction Measures“, which improves this vehicle’s acceleration by 15% and its maximum speed by 20% at the expense of 200 hitpoints
  • M48 GAU-8: Fixed the penetration indicator for this vehicle – it will turn yellow if only partial penetrations (with reduced damage) are predicted (the same principle applies to the M8 MGM-166 TD)
  • M48 GAU-8: Fixed the appearance of flags on this vehicle
  • QN-506: Fixed the appearance of the loitering recon missile spotting effect

Community Highlight: Fortius' Art

Commanders!

Fortius (also known within the game by his username, Metalmammoth) is one of the most talented Armored Warfare community contributors. His submissions are mostly various contest entries. Are you familiar with his art? Let's take a look at his best pieces to date.

He designed an amazing Battalion recruitment poster:



Recently, you might have noticed his Oktoberfest art:



He also designed a flag for his Battalion:



Fortius can be reached (under this very name) on Armored Warfare Discord and we are eagerly looking forward to more of his work.

See you on the battlefield!