World War

• The duration of the automatic battles has been significantly reduced and are now 45 seconds.
• A bug where a landing army wouldn’t affect the capture and holding of a landing sector has been fixed.
• A bug which allowed a trenched army to be loaded onto and unloaded from landing boats has been fixed. Now by loading the trenched army will automatically lose its “trenched” status.
• The possibility of receiving a commander’s rating in cases of technical defeat (inactivity of 20 minutes) according to the operation results has been disabled.
• Air assault and bomber armies will now return to the airfield at the end of battles against ground or naval armies to allow the reloading of their suspended weaponry.
• Changes in the scenario “Kerch-Eltigen operation”:
  • German coast artillery has been added to sector C7;
  • Initial number of Soviet aircraft at the airfield:
    • Fighter: 60 → 80.
    • Attacker: 60 → 40.
    • Bomber: 40 → 30.
  • Initial number of German aircraft at the airfield:
    • Strike fighter: 20 → 0.
    • Diving bomber: 40 → 30.
  • Number of available reinforcements:
    • Soviet airborne squadron: 4 → 6.
    • Soviet boat squadron: 4 → 3.
    • German boat squadron: 5 → 3.
  • Soviet tank army:
    • Light tank: 35 → 30.
    • Medium tank: 20 → 25.
    • Heavy tank: 10 → 15.
    • SPG: 35 → 30.
  • Soviet boat and landing squadrons:
    • Torpedo boat: 20 → 25.
    • Artillery boat: 30 → 40.
    • The Pr. 123 bis has been added to the “Torpedo boat” group.
    • The OD-200 has been added as a base vehicle to the “Artillery boat” group.
  • German infantry army:
    • Light tank: 15 → 20.
    • Medium tank: 5 → 10.
    • SPG: 15 → 5.
  • German tank army:
    • Light tank: 30 → 35.
    • Medium tank: 30 → 40.
    • SPG: 40 → 25.
  • German boat squadron:
    • Boat: 30 → 20.
    • Artillery barge: 20 → 30.
• Changes in the scenario “Battle for Caen”:
  • Valentine Mk.XI has been removed from the British infantry tank group, and the base vehicle unit is now Valentine Mk.IX.
  • The airfield capacity in sector E1 has been increased from 140 to 180 aircraft units.
  • A group of British twin-engine fighters has been moved to the reinforcement fighter group and a group of strike fighters has been placed as a separate, single reinforcement.
  • The arrival speed of British tank reinforcements has been increased.
  • British infantry army:
    • Cruiser tank: 10 → 5.
    • Medium tank: 10 → 15.
    • Infantry tank: 10 → 5.
    • SPG: 5 → 10.
  • British tank army:
    • Cruiser tank: 20 → 15.
    • Medium tank: 30 → 35.
    • Infantry tank: 30 → 15.
    • SPG: 20 → 35.
  • German infantry army:
    • Pz.Kpfw. V Panther: 2 → 0.
    • Medium tank: 19 → 12.
    • Light SPG: 6 → 15.
  • German tank army:
    • Pz.Kpfw. V Panther: 6 → 2.
    • Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger: 6 → 4.
    • Light SPG: 16 → 36.
    • Medium SPG: 34 → 20.

The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.