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Offer: Israeli Tanks

Commanders!

Today we’ve prepared the following items for you:
  • Sabra Mk.2 Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank
  • Merkava Mk.2D Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank
  • Magach 7A Tier 6 Premium Main Battle Tank
  • Sabre Tier 6 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle
  • Challenger 1 Falcon Tier 8 Premium Main Battle Tank
  • Pile of Gold Loot Crate
Between October 22 and October 29, 2020, the following items will be available:


[h2]Magach 7A[/h2]


The Magach 7A is an early M60 series American tank, upgraded by the Israelis to meet the requirements of the 1990s battlefield, especially to combat the threat of anti-tank guided missiles that had started to find their way into the hands of various terrorist groups in the late 1980s. The most distinctive upgrade is its box-shaped extra turret armor. While well-protected, the tank was quite lethargic when it came to its mobility due to the use of its old engine, a shortcoming that was only corrected in the final evolution step of the Magach series, the Magach 7C. You can read more about it in a dedicated article.



In Armored Warfare, the Magach 7A is a Tier 6 Premium Main Battle Tank. With its excellent gun accuracy and aiming time values, the Magach 7A is a good sniper for its class and is perfectly suitable for those players, who want to experience long-range combat but who also want to keep some level of protection and survivability instead of completely relying on mobility and camouflage. It’s a rather sluggish vehicle, but more than a match for anything that it encounters on the battlefield.






[h2]Sabra Mk.2[/h2]


The Israeli Sabra Mk.2 was developed as an upgrade kit for the aging Turkish M60A1 and M60A3 series Patton tanks in the early 21st century. Its main features include a new 120mm IMI M253 smoothbore gun replacing the old M68, and a brand new set of additional NERA armor, significantly improving the tank’s protection. You can read more about it in our dedicated article.



In Armored Warfare, the Sabra Mk.2 is a Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank with powerful armament capable of defeating almost any vehicle it encounters on the battlefield. It’s not well-armored, but its ability to penetrate even extremely thick armor more than makes up for this handicap.






[h2]Merkava Mk.2D[/h2]


The Merkava IID (also known as Mk.2D) is an advanced version of the standard Mk.2 Merkava, upgraded with a modular “Dor-Dalet” composite armor kit. It’s a tough and unyielding vehicle, featuring a number of battle-proven components such as its 105mm rifled cannon. The first version of the Merkava Mk.2 entered service in 1983 and the last vehicles were phased out in 2016 after thirty long years.



In Armored Warfare, the Merkava IID is a Tier 7 Premium Main Battle Tank. It is not equipped with an explosive reactive armor kit, but is, nevertheless, a very tough customer due to the introduction of the applique armor, allowing it to take a lot of damage. Additionally, the tank is equipped with a Ready Rack mechanism, significantly increasing the rate of fire for the first four shots.






[h2]Sabre[/h2]


The Sabre is an interesting British recon vehicle, assembled together from older Scorpion hulls and Fox turrets after both parts were brought to zero hour state (completely overhauled) by a company called Alvis. The resulting vehicle from the early 1990s was called Sabre and, considering it was made of decades old components, it worked fairly well as a scouting vehicle, participating in the Iraq War as well as in several peacekeeping missions. You can read more about it in our dedicated article.



In Armored Warfare, the Tier 6 Sabre Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle is one of the deadliest vehicles on the battlefield thanks to its rather unique upward-aimed Swingfire missile launcher that allows it to fire over obstacles or while hidden, for example behind uneven terrain. While being quite difficult to master, this ability makes it a potent ambusher, especially in skilled hands.






[h2]Challenger 1 Falcon[/h2]


The Falcon is an experimental turret developed in the early 2000s in Jordan as an upgrade to the Jordanian Al-Hussein (Challenger 1) Main Battle Tanks. It's a low profile turret, armed with an automatically loaded Swiss 120mm L/50 RUAG smoothbore gun, capable of firing standard NATO ammunition. The operator controls the turret from inside the vehicle's hull, significantly improving crew protection. A prototype was built and tested, but the design was never mass-produced.



In Armored Warfare, the Challenger 1 Falcon is a Tier 8 Premium Main Battle Tank. The best word to characterize this lumbering behemoth in the game is “tough” – its excellent hull armor shrugs off most shells while the damage its low profile turret takes when it is reduced by 90% thanks to the fact the crew is not located directly in it. Despite being generally very slow and sluggish, the Challenger 1 Falcon can take tremendous punishment and is ideal for the players who prefer the British Main Battle Tank play style.






[h2]Pile of Gold[/h2]


This Loot Crate contains copious amounts of Gold for you to win, now available with 20% discount!



This Loot Crate includes:
  • 250.000 Gold
  • 100.000 Gold
  • 50.000 Gold
  • 10.000 Gold
  • 5.000 Gold
  • 1.000 Gold
  • 500 Gold
  • 100 Gold





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

See you on the battlefield!

Maintenance - October 22

On the 22nd of October, starting from 8:00 CEST (21st of October, 11 PM PDT), the server will not be available for 5 hours due to the application of Update 0.33.7425



[h2]List of Update 0.33.7425 Changes[/h2]

Infantry Attack Command

You can now use a dedicated key (“V” by default) to mark targets for your Mechanized Infantry to attack. You can read more about it in our dedicated article.

Abrams Updates

The Tier 7 to Tier 10 Abrams MBTs are receiving the following changes:
  • Adjusted their mobility and agility to correspond to the one they had with the old model
  • Adjusted their ground clearance
  • Fixed some track animation issues
AI Vehicle Changes

In this update, we are introducing the following changes to AI opponents that will improve their performance:
  • Fixed an issue where the AI opponents would drive towards you in reverse, showing their rear armor
  • Update the AI logic in order to fix some unplanned and strange AI behavior
  • Fixed an issue where AI opponents wouldn’t choose their targets properly, their ability to aim at vehicle weakspots is now somewhat improved (only to a certain extent and not in a gamebreaking way)
  • Fixed an issue where, if an AI opponent was turning on the spot, its wheels would not move correctly
General Changes
  • Fixed the issue that allowed for an incorrect full Ready Rack reload when players were switching to their machinegun and back during the reloading process
  • M60-2000: Fixed the collision model
  • Type 10: Fixed this vehicle’s mobility bugs
  • Wilk XC-8 now correctly displays a Battalion logo
  • We have set the minimum allowed game resolution to 1366x768
  • Fixed an issue where the minimap radius of Mechanized Infantry viewrange wouldn’t correspond to the real one
  • Battle UI now shows the correct state of active infantry after a respawn
  • Fixed some smaller visual issues of various vehicles (mostly the Abrams MBTs and their skins)
  • Fixed some smaller UI issues
  • Added a number of assets for future events

Instagram Weekend Contest

Commanders!

Are you active on Instagram? Even if not, now might be a good time to start because we’ve prepared a screenshot contest for you!



The task is really simple. Until October 26, 2020 (20:00 CEST), post an Armored Warfare gameplay screenshot on Instagram with the following tags:
  • #AW, #ArmoredWarfare, #Raid, #Contest, #(your in-game nickname)

One randomy selected winner will receive the ZTQ-15 Tier 9 Premium Light Tank with three other winners receiving 3 days of Premium Time each.

Please note:
  • Only one submission per player is allowed
  • Make sure you include all the tags above

We hope that you will enjoy this simple and quick contest and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Community Highlight: Heroics (SPG team only)

Commanders!

Our resident experts on the Heroic difficulty, dark_demigod and danlambo (and, of course, their friends MaffoXD, Teykey1 and itzjustrick), decided that conquering an entire Special Operation on the Heroic difficulty with a two-man team still wasn't good enough for them.

We're happy to present another of their legendary feats; the entire Special Operation completed while using artillery vehicles only!

In the videos below, you can see how they did it:

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We are happy to have such devoted and skilled players in Armored Warfare and are looking forward to more such feats. Don't hesitate to share yours on our official Discord and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

The second Spirithaven Raid is now available!

Commanders!

The previously announced second Spirithaven Raid event is now available!

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This month-long event will put you into the role of a raider, conquering the territory represented by a map.

You can access the event by:
  • Completing 10 Contract Missions
  • Purchasing access for 499 Gold (click on the Raid icon in your Garage)

Four main rewards in the form of epic skins await you along with a very special one (camouflage), available for completing each objective and for claiming every other reward:

Revenant – an Egyptian-themed skin for the Wilk XC-8 Tier 10 TD. The mysteries of ancient deserts and kingdoms long lost to the sands of time await discovery with the God of Afterlife, Anubis himself, your guide and overlord. Unearth secrets long lost with the Revenant skin and its special abilities. Not only do its wheels show the phases of the Moon, but the hull itself sparks with eldritch energies born from the souls belonging to the jackal-headed divine. On top rests the Skull of Destiny, its eyes glowing with dark fire whenever an unfortunate enemy is spotted. Anubis always hungers for more souls and you are his Reaper. Do not disappoint him, though, or your own will be forfeit.

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Hellbeast – this infernal skin is available for the Leclerc T4 Tier 10 MBT. Spawned from the depths of hell, this monster clawed its way out into the world of the living. Black iron, slag and cinder barely contain the inferno within, its very skin ablaze with the fury of its kin. Untamed, the beast will leave only flames and dust in its wake, turning the Earth into a twisted, smoldering version of its home.

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Kraken – this skin is available for the K2 Black Panther Tier 10 MBT. There are fates even grimmer than the raging depths of hell. The cold dark of the abyss where souls linger for eons, mournfully looking up towards the unseen skies. The wretched denizens of the deep that eke out an existence feeding upon the damned generations of mariners lost to the sea. The still embrace of an eternity in a watery grave. A torment without end. Such terrors are embodied in the Kraken skin, its essence already half-consumed and phasing into the realm of spirits. Do not succumb to its lures, commanders, lest you join the legions of the dead powering this abomination.

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Archangel – this skin is available for the XM1A3 Tier 10 MBT. Where there’s darkness, there must be light, but some light is terrifying to behold, representing not hope, but unforgiving retribution. Expect no mercy from this angel, for his sole focus is the annihilation of the infernal, his focus is unmoving and his quest eternal. He cares not for the suffering of man but should his goals align with yours, you’ll wield the might of all of creation. For a time, at least.

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For more pieces of information, please see the Frequently Asked Questions below.

What is the Raid event?

The Raid is a month-long event, in which you, as a Raider, conquer certain territory by moving along the lines representing roads and other paths and forming a grid. Each grid intersection has a point that is either a mission that you must complete (Mission Points), or a reward that you may claim (Reward Points). Completing the mission or claiming the reward unlocks another portion of the grid. The main prizes await you in each of the territory map’s corners. Players who complete all missions and claim all rewards receive a special reward.



Once the map is available to you (either by purchasing access or completing 10 Contract Missions), start from the center by clicking on one of the dots that show the initial direction of your advance.

What rewards are there available?

Standard Reward Points that can be found around the grid will reward you with various items such as Reputation, Gold or even Battle Coins for an upcoming Battle Path. The top rewards that are waiting for you in each of the map’s corners are the following epic skins:
  • Wilk XC-8 Revenant
  • Leclerc T4 Hellbeast
  • K2 Kraken
  • XM1A3 Archangel

Please note that these skins do not come with the vehicles themselves. The skins also work with multiple vehicle upgrades where applicable. For example, on Wilk XC-8, the skin works with or without the anti-RPG cage armor installed.



Finally, completing all missions and claiming all rewards will unlock the top reward – a lava surface camouflage called Raider.

What missions appear in Raid?

There are four categories of missions available:
  • PvP missions (which require you to play either Random Battles or Global Operations)
  • PvE missions (which require you to play either standard PvE or Special Operations)
  • General missions (which can be completed in both PvP and PvE)
  • Elite missions (which require you to complete a very difficult objective in order to access major rewards such as the abovementioned skins)

General, PvE and PvP missions have randomized requirements that may include the use of vehicles from specific dealers, or playing specific Tiers. Elite missions are not randomized.



Can I obtain the rewards only by playing my favorite mode? For example, I do not want to play PvP or PvE.

Yes, with one exception. The Raider camouflage will require you to collect all the rewards, which requires either play missions or complete the ones you do not wish to play by using Raider Tokens.



Is it possible to change missions if I do not like the conditions?

Yes. You may obtain a Reroll Token from a Reward Point. Using it changes the conditions of a single mission. Please note that PvP missions cannot be rerolled into PvE ones and vice versa, the main mode requirement will always remain the same. Elite missions cannot be rerolled. Reroll Tokens can also be purchased for Gold.



Is it possible to skip missions?

Yes. You may obtain a Raider Token from a Reward Point. Using it will instantly complete the mission you have selected. However, please note that these items are rare and you best save yours for a rainy day. Please also note that completing Elite missions this way will cost you five Raider Tokens. Raider Tokens can also be purchased for Gold.



What are the time limits on this event?

The Raid missions have no timers and, if you wish, the entire event can be completed even on Day 1. The only timer that is present is the one-month deadline that starts at the event’s launch and is therefore the same for everybody. You can see the time left to complete the event in the upper right corner of the Raid window.

Good luck on the battlefield, commanders!