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Server update 30.04 (economy)
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30 April 2020

Research, purchase, crew training costs and other related parameters for vehicles have been changed (tablesheet with the main parameters).

All economy indicators for vehicles will be changed according to rank.

  • In Naval AB Silver Lions reward for destruction of enemy has been increased by 75% for destroyers and cruisers.

Ground forces tech tree changes

  • USA:
    • M8 HMC —  Has been moved to the SPG line with sequential research requirements with M3 GMC and M10 GMC.
  • Germany:
    • Sd.Kfz.221 (s.Pz.B.41) and Panzerjäger I —  Requirement for sequential research has been added.
    • StuG III A and StuH 42 G — Requirement for sequential research has been added.
    • StuG III G и Jagdpanzer 38(t) —  Requirement for sequential research has been added.
    • Jadgtiger and Begleitpanzer 57 —  Requirement for sequential research has been added.
  • USSR:
    • Т-50 —  Moved to rank II. The ability of active scouting and allied forces repair have been added.
    • Т-126 —  Moved to rank II. The ability of active scouting and allied forces repair have been added. The price has been changed from 550 to 850 GE.
  • Britain:
    • Crusader Mk.II and Crusader Mk.III — Have been grouped and moved to rank II and placed after the A13 Mk.II with a sequential research requirement. The ability of active scouting, and allied forces repair, airstrike modification and improved optics modification have been added.
    • Cromwell V and Cromwell I — Have been grouped..
    • Tetrarch Mk.I and Daimler AC Mk.II — Requirement for sequential research has been added.
    • Valentine Mk.I —  Has been moved to the rank II with a sequential research requirement with Daimler AC Mk.II and Valentine Mk.XI.
    • Valentine Mk.XI and Valentine Mk.IX — Have been grouped.
  • Japan
    • Ho-Ro —  Has beem moved to rank II.
  • Sweden:
    • Ikv 91 and U-SH 405 — Switched places.
    • Ikv 91 — Battle rating has been changed from 7.3 to 6.7 for all game modes.

Aviation tech trees changes

  • USA:
    • TBD-1 and PBY-5 “Catalina” —  sequential research has been implemented.
    • SBD-3 and TBF-1C —  sequential research has been implemented.
    • P-36G and P-40E-1 —  sequential research has been revoked.
    • F2A-3 and F4F-3 —  sequential research has been revoked.
  • Germany:
    • CR.42, G.50 series 2, G.50 AS series 7, C.200 series 3, C.200 series 7, C.202 — have been grouped in German tech tree and moved to the Premium section of Rank I.
    • S.M.79 (all versions) — have been grouped in German tech tree and moved to the Premium section of Rank I.
    • Bf 109 B-1 — moved to Rank I.
    • Bf 109 E-1 — moved to Rank I, with sequential research with Bf 109 B-1 and grouped with Bf 109 E-3 and Bf 109 E-4.
    • Ju 88 A-1 and He 111H-6  —  sequential research has been implemented.
    • Ju 87 D-3 and Ju 87 D-5 — grouped.
    • Hs 129 B-3 — Has been moved to rank II and located before Hs 129 B-2. 
    • Me 410 A-1/U4 — Has been moved and located before Me 410 B-2/U4.
    • Me 410 A-1/U4 и Me 410 B-2/U4 — Has been moved to rank III with the need for sequential research with Hs 129 B-2 and Do 335 A-1
  • USSR:
    • Yak-1 — Has been moved to rank II. 
    • Yak-1 and Yak-1B — Have been grouped and located before the Yak-7B with the need for sequential research.
    • LaGG-3-8 and LaGG-3-11 — Have been grouped and located  before the LaGG-3-35 with the need for sequential research.
    • LaGG-3-35 and LaGG-3-66 — Have been grouped and located before the La-5 with the need for sequential research.
    • I-15bis and I-153 M-62 — Have been moved in rank I in a separate branch before the group with the LaGG-3-8 and LaGG-3-11.
    • Pe-3 — Has been moved to rank II. 
    • Pe-3 (r) and Pe-3 — Have been grouped before Il-2 (1941) with the need for sequential research.
    • Yak-4 — Has been moved and located before Ar-2.
  • Great Britain:
    • Hurricane Mk.I/L — Has been moved to rank II and located before the Typhoon Mk.Ia with the need for sequential research.
    • Nimrod Mk.I and Nimrod Mk.II — Have been dropped from the group with the need for sequential research.
    • Beaufighter Mk.X — Has been moved to rank II and located before the Beaufighter Mk.VIc with the need for sequential research.
    • Whirlwind Mk I — Has been moved to rank IV and located before the Brigand B 1 with the need for sequential research.
    • Mosquito FB.Mk.VI and Mosquito FB.Mk.XVIII — Have been grouped and moved to rank III and located before the Beaufighter Mk.21 with the need for sequential research.
    • Hornet Mk.III and Swift F.1 — The requirement for sequential research has been added.
  • Japan:
    • Ki-10-II K — Has been moved in line and located before the A5M4
    • Ki-32 — Has been moved in the line and located before the J1N1 with the need for sequential research. 
    • J1N1 and Ki-45 ko —  The need for sequential research has been added.
    • F1M2 — Has been moved in the line and located before the Ki-21-Ia with the need for sequential research. 
    • B5N2 —  Has been moved to rank I.
    • Ki-109 —  Has been moved to rank II.
  • Italy:
    • Re.2002 Early - Has been moved to rank II.
    • Re.2000 series 1 and Re.2000 G.A.— Have been grouped and moved to rank II and located before the Re.2002 Early with a sequential research requirement.
    • Re.2001 serie 1, Re.2001 CB, Re.2001 CN — Have been grouped with a sequential research requirement.
  • France:
    • F.222.2 and N.C.223.3 — Have been grouped before the Potez 633 with a sequential research requirement.
    • M.S.406C1 - Has been moved to rank II and located before the M.S.410 with a sequential research requirement.
    • The research tree after the A-35B aircraft is now distributed in the following order -  at rank III: F6F-5, SB2C-5, P-63C-5, at rank IV: F6F-5N, AD-4, F4U7, F8F-1B, the other ranks remain unchanged.
  • Sweden:
    • J20 — Has been placed before the J22-A.
    • J29F — Has been moved to rank VI.

Other fixes

  • Crusader Mk.II, M3A3 Stuart — The ability of active scouting, allied forces repair, airstrike  modification and improved optics modification have been added.
  • BT-7 (F-32) — The airstrike modification has been added. 
  • Sd.Kfz.234/1 — The ability of active scouting and allied forces repair have been removed.
  • Strf 90C — The ability of allied forces repair has been added.

 

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.