Armored Warfare News

Commanders!

With the Rise of the Dragon Battle Path finally here, we are preparing a lot of fun activities for you, starting today with a new screenshot contest.



The rules are, once again, simple. Make a Chinese-themed in-game screenshot featuring a Rise of the Dragon vehicle and submit it to the dedicated contest channel on our Discord.

Make sure that your submission includes your nickname and has the correct size! The authors of the best five submissions will receive 500 Battle Coins. But that’s not the main prize. We’ll put the best five submissions to a vote on our official Armored Warfare Facebook page and the top 3 submissions will receive:

• First place: 3500 Battle Coins and Type 99A2-140 Tier 10 Premium MBT
• Second place: 2500 Battle Coins
• Third place: 1500 Battle Coins

Hot tip: To make the best screenshots, hide you UI with the F2 key!

Please note:

• The contest ends on October 16, 23:59 CEST
• Only one submission per player is allowed
• Don’t forget to add your nickname to your submission
• Each submission must have the resolution of 1024x768 or higher
• If you own the top prize vehicle, you will receive its price in Gold instead

Good luck and see you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

Some time ago, we have introduced the Namer Tier 10 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle and... okay, that’s not exactly accurate. It wasn’t just “some” time ago – it was a long time ago.



More than nine months, in fact and, as the first point of this article, we’d like to apologize for that. Back then, we planned its release for February-March and what seemed like a straightforward thing turned out to be one of the most problematic vehicles to date development-wise for numerous (mostly internal) reasons. Nevertheless, we’ve returned to this long-awaited vehicle and are ready to show it to you in a new form.

First and foremost, we are changing the class of the vehicle from an AFV to a Tank Destroyer. This is done for a specific gameplay reason. The Namer is not intended as a scouting vehicle and the AFV class would see it matched against Sphinxes and other much lighter vehicles. That in turn would sometimes lead to imbalanced teams in PvP. Since the T-15 or Kinzhal would be a much more suitable match to the Namer and the class change solves that issue.

Next, we made the following changes:

• We’ve reduced the basic viewrange to 370m
• The basic configuration no longer has PELE ammunition

There are three configurations now available:

• Scout Configuration now increases the viewrange by 15% and adds the 30mm PELE ammunition that was previously usable in all configurations. Additionally, it increases the ATGM rate of fire by 50% compared to the baseline value
• Autocannon Configuration now reduces the autocannon overheat rate by 50% and introduces two new 40mm Super Shot rounds – APFSDS (with 52 damage per shot and 390mm penetration) and PELE (with 72 damage per shot and 125mm penetration)
• ATGM Configuration that increases the launcher rate of fire and decreases the launcher reload time by 75% (but doesn’t feature any autocannon buffs or PELE ammunition)

And that’s pretty much it. The rest remains the same, although we have solved several issues from the previous versions, including:

• Unmanned turret taking full damage
• Turret ring being too vulnerable
• Ammo rack being too vulnerable
• Autocannon overheating issues
• Other assorted issues

We hope you will enjoy this new Tank Destroyer that’s coming in the near future and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

The celebrations of the German Unity Day are almost over but we have one more special offer for you – the Unity Pack.



The Unity Pack, available for a very low prize until October 13, 2022, contains five different German-themed skins:

• Schützenpanzer BMP 1 skin for BMP-1
• Schützenpanzer BMP 2 skin for BMP-2
• Kampfpanzer T 55 skin for T-55
• Bundeswehr skin for Leopard 1A5
• Bundeswehr skin for Leopard 2

You can read more about each skin in their respective articles.

Clicking the link below will open the game’s launcher. Please select the Market option on the left and select Armored Warfare to access this offer.



We hope that you’ll enjoy this special offer and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

The final skins of this year’s German set (next to the Leopard 2A4 and Leopard 1A5) are the East German ones. We’ve prepared three of them.



KPz T 55 is a skin for a vehicle pretty much everyone owns – the T-55 progression Main Battle Tank. But first things first. We are aware that the T-55 model we have in the game really isn’t a T-55 at all. That’s right, it’s a T-54 – you can tell (amongst other things) by that mushroom-shaped object (ventilator cover) on the rooftop. As a part of this skin pack, we have changed the base model to match the T-55 better by removing the cover and adding a number of other smaller details that set the tanks apart.



As for the skin itself, it represents a Czechoslovak-made East-German T-55 in winter camouflage from the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Aside from the obvious markings, the vehicle’s green color is partially painted over by a thin white layer of paint (possibly lime). Applying the skin will also change the name of the vehicle to its German designation (KPz T 55).

SPz BMP 1 is a skin for the progression BMP-1 progression AFV. The BMP-1 IFV was used extensively by the East German military (Nationale Volksarmee) with 1133 units of Soviet and Czechoslovak origin delivered between 1974 and 1981.After the fall of the Berlin Wall, some of the surviving BMP-1s were adopted by the Bundeswehr (the NVA was disbanded in the October of 1990 along with East Germany) and upgraded to BMP-1A1 Ost, the rest was sold off.



Our BMP-1 skin is based on a BMP-1 belonging to the 7th Motor Rifle Regiment “Max Roscher” (located in Dresden) that took part in the 1984 Schild 84 exercise. Aside from a winter camouflage (see below), all East German BMP-1s were khaki-painted with two East German crests on the turret.

SPz BMP 2 is a skin for the BMP-2 progression AFV. Unlike the BMP-1, the East German military didn’t use the BMP-2 much. Only 23 were imported from the Soviet Union in 1983 and one more in 1985, bringing the total service number to 24. These went exclusively to the 9th Panzer Division located in Vorpommern-Greifswald.



Our BMP-2 skin is based on a vehicle belonging to the 9th Motor Rifle Regiment “Rudolf Renner”, as seen in Berlin during a 1984 military parade. The vehicle was later photographed during various military exercises.

All these skins will be available together during the celebrations along with an East German Winter camouflage that consists of a green base paint covered with white spots. And, of course, a proper East German military crest decal and flag will be available to make your vehicles look the role. Don't forget to pick these up in a gift.



We hope that you’ll enjoy this skin set and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

Brazil is not just the land of samba, beaches and rainforests. Its military has a long and proud history. Let’s take a look at a piece of it together! We’ve prepared a special event with you, featuring valuable prizes!



This event is available until October 25, 2022 and its rules are very simple. You can participate simply by destroying 5 enemy vehicles in PvE (or 1 in PvP) every day (while driving a Tier 3 vehicle or higher) in order to receive a reward.

These rewards include:

• Osório Tier 6 Premium MBT
• 2 Brazilian skins
• 2 Brazilian camouflages
• Real-life unit decals
• Platinum boosters
• Gold Loot Crates
• Premium Time

And more.

Please note:

• This event may run concurrently with other events and is available to all players
• You may only complete one objective per day
• The event starts on October 6, 2022 and ends on October 25, 2022

We hope that you will enjoy this event and will see you on the battlefield!