Armored Warfare News

Commanders!

Today we’ve prepared the following items for you:

• Puma Tier 10 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle
  
• Panzergrenadier skin for Puma
  
• EMBT Tier 10 Premium Main Battle Tank
  
• Boxer CRV Tier 9 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle
  
• Otomatic Tier 9 Premium Tank Destroyer
  
• Gepard Tier 8 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle
  
• Pile of Gold Loot Crate
  

Between October 3 and October 10, 2024, the following items will be available:

[h2]Puma[/h2]

The Puma is the principal IFV of the Bundeswehr and one of the most modern vehicles in its category in the world. While expensive, it features nearly unparalleled situational awareness and protection. You can read more about it in our dedicated article.



In Armored Warfare, the Puma is a Tier 10 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle. The Puma doesn’t feature any special or situational features. It’s simply one of the best performing infantry carriers out there, laying down fire with its 30mm autocannon and guided missiles.

The Puma Tier 10 Premium AFV is available in our Web Shop via Loot Crates. Collect 100 blueprint pieces from these crates to obtain the vehicle.

This bundle is available in our Web Shop. It can be accessed it directly in the game by clicking the shopping cart button in the upper left corner of the Garage.


[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. It can be accessed it directly in the game by clicking the shopping cart button in the upper left corner of the Garage.


[h2]EMBT[/h2]

The Enhanced Main Battle Tank (EMBT) is a future MBT demonstrator developed over the course of several years as cooperation between the Germany (KMW) and the French (Nexter). It features a heavily modified Leopard 2 hull with a brand-new turret unveiled in 2022 during the Eurosatory 2022 expo in Paris. Our version of the tank is armed with 140mm ASCALON gun. You can read more about it in our dedicated article.



In Armored Warfare, the EMBT is a Tier 10 Premium Main Battle Tank. Extreme accuracy and firepower are its domain as it features an incredibly powerful 140mm gun and a special ability called Machine Learning that increases the kinetic round penetration with each shot (up to three times). In its medium range support vehicle role, this tank has few equals thanks to the abovementioned ability and the availability of top-attack HEAT rounds.

The EMBT Tier 10 Premium MBT is available in our Web Shop via Loot Crates. Collect 100 blueprint pieces from these crates to obtain the vehicle.

This bundle is available in our Web Shop. It can be accessed it directly in the game by clicking the shopping cart button in the upper left corner of the Garage.


[h2]Boxer CRV[/h2]

The Boxer CRV is the Infantry Fighting Vehicle variant of the Boxer platform, featuring a cutting edge turret with 30mm autocannon and guided missiles. It is a truly next-gen IFV with orders coming from all over the world, most notably from Australia and Germany. You can read more about it in our dedicated article.



In Armored Warfare, the Boxer CRV is a Tier 9 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle. It is one of the best IFVs in its class, offering a combination of solid mobility and great firepower, including Mechanized Infantry deployment and the dreaded double-launch ATGM feature.

This bundle is available in our Web Shop. It can be accessed it directly in the game by clicking the shopping cart button in the upper left corner of the Garage.


[h2]Otomatic[/h2]

The Otomatic was an attempt from the 1980s and 1990s to mate originally naval 76mm rapid-firing cannon with a tracked chassis (either of Palmaria or a Leopard) to create an advanced anti-aircraft gun. You can read more about it in our dedicated article.



In Armored Warfare, the Otomatic a Tier 9 Premium Tank Destroyer. Thanks to its fast-firing 76mm gun it can deal tremendous amounts of damage over short periods of time and can deal effectively with any target it encounters on the battlefield.

This bundle is available in our Web Shop. It can be accessed it directly in the game by clicking the shopping cart button in the upper left corner of the Garage.


[h2]Gepard[/h2]

The Gepard is one of the best short-range anti-aircraft self-propelled guns in the world. Made primarily for Germany and the Netherlands, it remains in active use to this day and has recently seen some combat in Ukraine. You can read more about it in our dedicated article.



In Armored Warfare, the Gepard a Tier 8 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle. Unlike the Otomatic, it relies not on a single larger gun, but on the hailstorm of shells provided by its two 35mm autocannons. Even the toughest of targets crumble under its withering fire.

This bundle is available in our Web Shop. It can be accessed it directly in the game by clicking the shopping cart button in the upper left corner of the Garage.


[h2]Pile of Gold[/h2]

We also have the Pile of Gold Loot Crate for you. This Loot Crate contains copious amounts of Gold for you to win.



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
  

This bundle is available in our Web Shop. It can be accessed it directly in the game by clicking the shopping cart button in the upper left corner of the Garage.

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

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

Once again, it’s time to celebrate the Day of German Unity! The Day of German Unity is an important German holiday, celebrating the reunification of Germany after four decades of being split into East and West, following the results of the Second World War. The reunification of Germany process that ended on October 3, 1990 and the fall of the Berlin Wall represented the start of a new era of prosperity and democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany.



First and foremost, the 50% Battle Coin income bonus is now available until October 9, 2024. Additionally, a gift is available in our Web Shop, containing the following items:

• German Modern Camouflage
  
• Decal: Panzergrenadierbataillon 33
  
• Decal: Panzergrenadierbataillon 33 (Tactical)
  
• Decal: White Palm Tree
  
• 5 Platinum Battlefield Glory tokens
  

The gift can be obtained through the Gift section in our Web Shop. To access the Web Shop, please open the game and click the shopping basket button.

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

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

We are happy to announce that the Update 0.225 is now available!



[h2]List of Update 0.225 Changes[/h2]

During the launch of the last update, the Panzergrenadier skin was briefly available to all players before it was blocked. In this update we are removing the skin from the players who managed to install it and are setting the correct conditions for its acquisition.

The Desert Ajax skin is also available again along with the vehicle.

Furthermore, we are making the following corrections:

• Designate Target ability now works correctly with kinetic missiles
  
• Ajax: Fixed the vehicle suspension and track model so that it can move again
  
• Ajax: Desert Ajax skin no longer makes the vehicle invulnerable
  
• K2: Kraken skin no longer breaks the vehicle’s armor
  
• Puma: Numerous visual fixes to the Panzergrenadier skin
  
• T-62M: Rusalka skin no longer breaks the vehicle’s armor
  
• T-64BV Mod.2017: Fixed the gun clipping when aiming to the rear
  
• T-64BV Mod.2017: Fixed the machinegun model
  
• T-64BV Mod.2017: Large number of smaller visual fixes
  
• T-80BVM: Fixed the incorrect armor upgrade tooltip appearance
  
• T-80BVM: Hard-kill APS elements can now be destroyed
  
• T-80BVM: Fixed the square-like cables and other smaller visual issues
  
• T-80UM-1 Bars: Defender skin no longer breaks the vehicle’s armor
  
• T-90: Fixed the Rage skin
  

On the 3rd of October 2024, starting from 8:00 CEST, the server will not be available for 5 hours due to a planned server maintenance.



Please note that the maintenance can be extended beyond the abovementioned timeframe. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Commanders!

We’re happy to announce that the second vehicle of the upcoming Battle Path will be the North Korean Cheonma-2 Main Battle Tank.



When it comes to countries, North Korea is as mysterious as it gets. Ever since the factual end of the Korean War in 1953 (which never actually ended for the North Koreans), the country’s been in what amounts to a lockdown with very few foreigners coming in (and even fewer coming out). The fact that they managed to build something that even resembles modern military industry while being so isolated is nothing short of a miracle and each such advancement was paid for dearly.



Nevertheless, it is a fact that more advanced weapons have been showing up as of late during their notorious military parades. These advances can be attributed to pretty much two sources:

• Industrial espionage (which North Korea excels in)
  
• Foreign countries trading technology for whatever North Korea can offer (from gun shells to raw materials)
  

One such weapon system that’s been making rounds lately is, of course, the Cheonma-2 Main Battle Tank, often referred to as “M2020”, which is a western media unofficial designation based on the fact that it was first seen during a 2020 military parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of North Korea’s Worker Party. The tank caused quite a stir despite clearly being (back then) an unfinished mock-up.

Judging by the shape of the hull and the engine bay, the tank is some kind of a variant of the odd T-62/T-72 hybrid platform that led to the Chonma-ho series of tanks and the Seon’gun-915 (that appeared in 2009). Given the state of North Korean metallurgy, the armor is very likely inferior to the current generation MBTs but it is enhanced by a hard-kill APS and tiles of unknown ERA. The vehicle allegedly weighs some 55 tons and has a crew of four men (despite the gun being automatically loaded).



The tank is armed with what is likely a 125mm smoothbore cannon and, in a fashion typical for North Korean MBTs, a missile launcher (likely firing Bulsae-5 ATGMs that are said to be similar to Russian Kornet in power). The tank is also reportedly equipped with an unusually advanced Fire Control System that is based on Russian technology. Some sources claim the tank is powered by a 1200hp variant of the Russian V-46 engine.

In May 2024, it was discovered that the tank was in active service already and is fully functional, judging from a number of photos of a military exercise. Its name was also revealed recently – Cheonma-2. Given the speed with which the vehicle appeared, one can only wonder how the North Koreans gained the technologies to do so (although the answer is perhaps not that difficult to deduce). There are rumors of mass-production but only about 9 vehicles of this type have been seen during a single occasion, which likely means more do not exist yet. And that’s roughly what’s known about this tank. Even the name itself is a bit sketchy because it was gleaned from a low-resolution photo of some North Korean presentation. But such is the way of western North Korean military vehicle research – few things are certain. What is certain, however, is the following:



[h2]In Armored Warfare, the Cheonma-2 will be a Tier 10 Premium Main Battle Tank.[/h2]

In a way, the Cheonma-2 will be the opposite of the previously announced VN20. Despite the presence of ERA, its armor will not be as thick as that of the Armata. It’s not that the tank will be completely unprotected but it won’t be able to take as much punishment as the traditional first-line MBTs. It’ll have both soft-kill and hard-kill APS (modeled after Armata’s Afganit though).



But, as you can probably see from the photos and the screenshots, the Cheonma-2 will be a real heavy hitter thanks to its multiple weapon systems. Its gameplay will resemble that of the Seon’gun-915 MBT. It’ll have multiple weapon systems and the key to successful gameplay is switching between them to maximize your damage output. The following weapons will be present:

• 125mm M2020 smoothbore cannon (with the usual complement of shells, including Chinese tandem HEAT round)
  
• Bulsae-5 ATGM launcher (two tubes, roughly equivalent to Russian Kornet – tandem HEAT missile with a thermobaric variant that can be unlocked by playing the Battle Path, no double launch though)
  
• 30mm grenade launcher with enhanced performance (also needs to be unlocked)
  

And, of course, a machinegun. And the vehicle will be quite mobile too thanks to its 1200hp engine. It’ll be a great choice for those who prefer firepower over protection but the fact you need to effectively rotate weapons to reach the maximum output will make it more suitable for advanced players rather than newbies.



We hope you’ll enjoy it and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!