Armored Warfare News

On the 1st of July 2021, starting from 8:00 CEST (30th of June, 11 PM PDT), the server will not be available for 5 hours due to the application of Update 0.36.8216



[h2]List of Update 0.36.8216 Changes[/h2]
 

• Fixed the Battle Path Shop issues that plagued the game during the launch
• Fixed the Northern Wind achievement for reaching Level 50
• Changed the logic of how HE damage calculation works when hitting modules next to an unmanned turret to avoid some specific strange cases
• Improved the track visual effects across the board, including rotation synchronization and mud effects
• CV90 Mk.IV: Fixed the engine sound
• CV90105 TML: Added the “360 Degree Smokescreen” to this vehicle’s trait list
• CV90105 TML: Fixed the engine sound
• CV90120 Ghost: Fixed the engine sound
• M8-120 Thunderbolt II: Improved the visual model of this vehicle
• M8-120 Thunderbolt II: Moved the machinegun to its correct place (previously, the vehicle was firing through an auxiliary gun sight)
• M8-120 Thunderbolt II: Fixed the camouflage appearance on this vehicle
• M8-120 Thunderbolt II: Fixed the position of this vehicle’s Battalion decal
• Merkava Mk.4: Improved the visual model of this vehicle
• Merkava Mk.4M: Improved the visual model of this vehicle, added various animations
• Stridsvagn 2000: Increased the upper frontal plate thickness by 150mm to improve its protection against HESH-type shells (including PISH)
• Stridsvagn 2000: Added a new module called “Improved FCS” that improves this vehicle’s aiming time by 20 percent
• Famine Special Operation: Car Bombs now detonate if you get too close to them, even if they were targeting a different vehicle
• Famine Special Operation: Fixed the appearance of the drones carrying Warship parts
• Battle Path Shop now features 500 and 1000 Battle Coin tokens for the next Battle Path
• APS modules now have the info about their sector limitations present in their descriptions
• Fixed an issue where some infantry would spawn out of thin air in the Famine Garage
• Added a number of new assets and skins for upcoming events

Commanders!

Every now and then, anyone who is looking at tank photographs on the internet stumbles upon various strange vehicles that are especially difficult to identify. There can be various reasons for that, but one of the most typical cases is that you found an OpFor vehicle.



OpFor, short for Opposing Force, are vehicles, the appearance of which has been modified so that they look like the enemy. Typical examples include masking old Sheridan Light Tanks to look like Russian tanks, or masking old Soviet-era SPGs to look like an Abrams. Examples of this exist in pretty much every major army, which sometimes have specialized units established specifically to play the role of a “fictional” enemy (yes, it’s almost always the Russians).



For the French, this is called FORAD – Force Adverse (Enemy Force). In 2016, a special training center was established in Mailly-le-Camp, some 100km east of Paris. Here, French units train various types of combat against other French units playing enemy forces. Another such center is at Sissonne in north-eastern France – this one is dedicated to training urban combat.

One of the units playing the “bad guys” is the 5th Dragoon Regiment (5e Régiment de Dragons). Up until 2018, this unit was using old, decommissioned AMX-30B2 BRENUS tanks. They were phased out in 2018 and replaced with Leclercs. These would typically come in a special two-tone blue camouflage with lighter background and darker stripes. And this is exactly the camouflage we’ll be introducing.



Needless to say, the camouflage will fit your AMX-30 MBT really well, but it will also look nicely on your Leclerc MBT, or anything else you might think of for that matter. As usual, the camouflage will be available for all environments.

And there’s more good news. For those of you who prefer other types of camouflages, we’ve also prepared the lighter of the two camouflage colors as a base paint under the name FORAD Blue.



We hope that you will enjoy both items and, as usual:

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

We’re happy to introduce another part of the Guide series, available on our Youtube channel.

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In this series, we’ll focus on all core aspects of Armored Warfare, explaining them one by one in order to make the game easier to understand and to get into.

We hope that the new players will find it useful and the veterans entertaining. Let us know what you think about it on Discord and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

Today, we’d like to tell you more about another epic historical skin that we’ve prepared for you – Leclerc Tropicalisé.



Leclerc Tropicalisé (or Tropicalized Leclerc) is a Leclerc version produced for the UAE between 1994 and 2000 with 388 combat tanks delivered (as well as four dozen other versions). The biggest difference between this tank and the French Leclerc is the engine – the sheiks opted for a more universal power plant, the German MTU 883 1.500hp V12 diesel coupled with Renk HSWL 295TM automatic transmission. The decision was likely influenced by the fact that MTU has close ties to the UAE.



This combination is known under the name of EuroPowerPack and is offered as a universal solution for multiple tanks (including the Challenger 2, the Leclerc and the Merkavas). It’s a fairly compact power pack that takes less space than other engines of this output category. Its inclusion, however, meant that the engine compartment of the Leclerc had to be re-designed and these tanks are easily recognized by their different engine decks.

Other changes include:

• New cooling and air-filtration systems along with more powerful air conditioner
• Additional armored skirts
• Additional diesel APU
• Improved HL-80 commander sights with a laser range finder and thermal imager
• Battlefield management system called FINDERS
• Improved stowage baskets

These modified Leclercs took part in the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen in 2015. None of these tanks were allegedly completely destroyed, although several were heavily damaged by mines, RPGs and ATGMs. As tanks go, the Leclercs proved to be very rugged during the fighting and generally outmatched the obsolete Soviet equipment present in this theater of war completely, as expected of this expensive but effective piece of military hardware.



Our skin is based on one of the prototypes for this vehicle, which used the original engine. Otherwise, we’ve added all the changes necessary to make it look like a real “tropicalized” Leclerc.



The vehicle is covered with a two-tone desert camouflage and a camouflage net. This net covers much of its surface.



We’ve added an APU unit to the back of the vehicle.



The rear turret now features new stowage baskets.



The turret optics is also covered with a camouflage net.



Overall, this skin will be highly suitable for desert maps and Realistic battles, as it blends truly nicely into their environment. However, on other map types, it will look just as dashing. It’s worth noting that unlike the real Leclerc Tropicalisé, the skin does not come with any improvements or performance changes. It’s simply a way of making your Leclerc to look really cool.



We hope that you will enjoy it as well as the other items coming with it and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

Aside from the Ridgway skin, we’ve prepared another piece of American history for you in the form of the U.S. Airborne camouflage.



This camouflage had been seen on several U.S. Airborne Sheridans in the early 1980s, before it got replaced by the 1986 universal NATO pattern that would be used during Operation Just Cause. The basic layout remains the same – three irregular stripes, one of which is quite narrow. The colors in this case are two shades of green, black and sand.



The pattern in the game is based on the M551TTS Sheridan of the 73rd Armor Regiment (82nd Airborne), as seen during Operation Ocean Venture. This was a 1984 military exercise that took place in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, aimed at demonstrating the U.S. capability to keep the Caribbean shipping lines open. The Sheridan in question landed at Vieques Island in Puerto Rico.



As the text above suggests, this camouflage will fit your Sheridan nicely, although applying it to the Buford, or even Thunderbolt, will also work. And, as always, the camouflage will be available for all three environments.

The second asset we’ve prepared for you is the brown Field Drab base paint.



Field Drab is one of the basic colors used in multiple American camouflages and you can combine it with various striped patterns available for free in the game to produce interesting results.

We hope that you will enjoy these additions to Armored Warfare and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!