War Thunder "Storm Warning" - Changelog - Updates - Game

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War Thunder "Storm Warning" - Changelog

16 December 2024

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Welcome to Storm Warning!

Meet Storm Warning, War Thunder’s last major update of 2024.

Storm Warning brings with it the highly anticipated Eurofighter Typhoon joining the ranks of Germany, Great Britain and Italy in three different variants, plus the Rafale for France! Following this is a line of Thai aircraft for Japan, reinforcing the ranks in this nation with capable fighter and attacker capability. Next up is the M44 for six nations, providing them with fun 155 mm howitzer firepower. In addition to this is the excellent PzH 2000 for Germany and Italy, and several battleships and destroyers for some nations, including the Archangelsk, a Royal Navy ship in service with the Soviet Union. Rounding out the update is Attica, a stunning new location for Ground Battles.

Check out the changelog to see the fixes, vehicles and other features that we’ve included in this major update.

Aircraft: Storm Warning, the Typhoon and Rafale!

Japan

Thailand subtree: F-84G-21-RE, Alpha Jet A, Alpha Jet TH, F-5A, F-5T SCU, F-16A OCU, JAS39C, A-7E, AV-8S Late

Ground Vehicles: 155 mm Howitzer Glory!

USA

Germany

USSR

BMD-4M (Pack)

Great Britain

Strela-10M
M44

Japan

China

T-26 — model has been updated.
HQ17

Italy

Strela-10M
M44
PzH 2000 (Pack)

France

M44
VBCI

Sweden

CV90 Mk.4

Israel

Namer Tsrikhon

Helicopters: A Premium Dutch Helicopter for France

Great Britain

Rooivalk Mk1F CSH — detailed cockpit has been added.
Super Hind — detailed cockpit has been added.

France

AH-64D (Pack)

Naval Fleet: Battleships, Destroyers, Aircraft Carrier!

Germany

Z4 Zerstörer (Premium)
Ersatz Yorck

USSR

Archangelsk

Great Britain

HMS Rodney

Italy

RN Ghibli

France

La Galissonnière

New locations and missions

Attica — a new location for Ground Battles.

Location and mission updates

In Ground Battles locations, old concrete airfields have been replaced with new ones.
Air Realistic and Air Arcade Battles:
- Tickets for ground vehicles are deducted from the team only if the vehicle is destroyed by a player. If the ground vehicle is destroyed by bots, victory points are not deducted.
- AI attackers (that appear 4 minutes into the session) now prefer to attack tanks (leaving easier targets for players) rather than attacking everything indiscriminately as before.
- The death of an AI attacker now takes away victory points only if it was destroyed by a player. Death by anti-aircraft guns, crashing into the ground or being shot down by a bot does not affect victory points anymore.

Ground Vehicle model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

New modules (electrical equipment, driver modules etc) have been added to the following vehicles: Strela-10M2, Falcon, M247, Centauro 105 (all variants).
Object 140 — shell ejection animation has been added. (Report).
T1E1 — armor has been converted to volumetric armor.
FlaRakPz 1, FlaRakRad, XM975, Osa-AK, OSA-AKM, 2S6, Pantsir-S1, ItO 90M — An indicator has been added to the radar scope that shows the position of your own missiles.
Khrizantema-S — MTI mode has been added to the radar.
OF-40 Mk.2A, OF-40 (MTCA) — the optical rangefinder module has been removed from X-ray view. (Report).
Ka-Mi — fuel tank model has been corrected. (Report).
ADATS (M113) — the position of the missile launch tubes have been corrected. (Report).
Sherman Firefly (all variants) — gun depression angle has been changed from -5/+25 degrees to -4.5/+21 degrees. (Report). Source: Sherman "C" Tanks. Armament.
105/25 M43, M43 "G.C.Leoncello", 75/34 M43, 75/46 M43 — casemate frontal armor thickness has been reduced from 75 to 70 mm. Sources: Prot.118692, Ministero della Guerra, Gabinetto, 2 aprile 1943 (Official document of adoption in service of the Semovente da 105/25, published in "Gli autoveicoli da combattimento dell'esercito italiano, volume secondo 1940-1945" Pignato, Cappellano, page 372); Gli autoveicoli da combattimento dell'esercito italiano, volume secondo 1940-1945" Pignato, Cappellano, page 377; Kennenblatter fremden gerats D50/12, november 1943 (Italian translation published by Pignato in "I mezzi corazzati italiani nelle schede di riconoscimento italiane e tedesche", pages 84, 86, 87); "Italian armour in German service" D. Gugliemi, pages 124, 126, 127; "Carro M, volume primo", A. Tallillo, D. Guglielmi, page 80.
OF-40, OF-40 Mk.2A, OF-40 (MTCA) — maximum forward speed has been reduced from 65 to 60 km/h and reverse speed has been reduced from 25 to 24 km/h. Sources: Carro da combattimento medio OF 40. Documento Nr. 2071, 1981; Carro Armato OF 40 MK2A Manuale Dell’operatore.
SPz 12-3 LGS, Raketenautomat — transmission gear ratios have been changed. Source: Hispano-Suiza HS30 Tank with Standardized Chassis and Variable Superstructure, 1962. Factory information booklet.
KF41 — anti-aircraft machine gun aiming speed has been increased from 90°/s to 120°/s both horizontally and vertically. Source: MSSA Brochure by Rheinmetall.
KF41 — the turret aiming speeds have been changed. Vertical speed has been reduced from 60°/s to 51.56°/s and the horizontal speed has been reduced from 60°/s to 57.29°/s. Sources: LANCE2 Turret Brochure by Rheinmetall; BOXER LANCE Brochure by Rheinmetall.
Magach 7C — the armor material of the side screens has been changed from structural steel to rolled homogeneous armor. (Report).
Tiger E, Tigris — limited gun depression angles in the rear hemisphere have been fixed. (Report).
Type 93 — the vehicle’s turning radius has been reduced from 8.5 to 5.6 meters. Sources: 高機動車ＧＷ－Ｄ０１１００１Ｙ; 2000年5月メガクルーザー.
AMD.35, AMD.35 (SA35), Pz.Sp.Wg.P204(f) KwK — brake operation causing the vehicle to drift when breaking has been fixed. (Report).
Centauro I 120, Centauro I 105 R, Centauro I 105 — the turning radius of the vehicle has been reduced from 11 to 9 meters. Source: Centauro I 105/120 Datasheet.
M60A1 (AOS), M60A1 RISE (P), M60A1 “D.C.Ariete” — the reverse speed value has been changed from 11.3 to 8.3 km\h. Source: TM 9-2350-257-20-2-3-1 - Organizational Maintenance Manual. Turret for Tank, Combat, Full-Tracked, 105-mm Gun, M60A1 (RISE) and M60A1 (RISE Passive).
PUMA VJTF — the driver’s night sight has been changed to thermal imager. (Report).
VBCI-2 (MCT30) — the ammunition capacity of the M2HB machine gun has been reduced from 2000 to 600 rounds. Source: Kongsberg, Protector Remote Weapon Station.

Aircraft and helicopter model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

Weaponry

Lincoln B.Mk.II — for the upper 20 mm Hispano Mk.V defensive cannon, the amount of rounds has been increased from 700 to 722. Source: Avro Lincoln B1 & 2 Flight manual.
Super Etendard — the ability to use the GBU-12 on the outer wing pylons has been added. The ability to use the Phimat countermeasure pod has been added. (Report, Report).
13.2 mm Type 3 machine gun — the machine gun belts have been changed. The AP-I and API-T rounds have been removed. (Report).
Su-34 — the FAB-1500M-46 bomb has been replaced by the FAB-1500M-54.
30 mm Type 30-1 cannon — the rate of fire has been reduced from 1000 rpm to 850 rpm. (Report). Sources: Norinco Compilation of products. Guns; Самолёт МиГ-21Ф-13 II, Оборонгиз 1963.
Yak-28B — M-46 series bombs have been replaced with the M-54 series.
Su-34 — FAB-3000M-54 and FAB-3000 UMPK bombs and the corresponding modification have been added. The ability to equip Grom-2, UPAB-500, KAB-500LG on the central underfuselage pylon has been added.
F-15I Ra’am — AGM-65D and the corresponding modification has been added.
F-15E, F-111F — AGM-130 guided bomb has been added.
Kurnass, Kurnass 2000 — the GBU-15(V)1/B guided bomb has been added.
Mirage 2000D-RMV — the AASM 250 family of guided bombs and corresponding modifications have been added. PGM-500 bomb modification no longer requires researching the GBU-12/49 modification.
Tornado GR.4 — the ability to carry BOL countermeasure pods on the underwing hardpoints and a corresponding modification have been added. (Report). The ability to carry Brimstone (SAL) missiles on underwing hardpoints has been added.
BK-27, ADEN25, Akan m/85, GAU-12/U — the fuze sensitivity has been reduced for APHE, SAP and PELE projectiles to be similar to other projectiles of the same type. Previously there was a chance that these projectiles passed through aircraft without triggering the fuze.

Other

MiG-21S (R-13-300) — a bug where the ejection seat was not displayed in third person view has been fixed. (Report). Display of the IR visor in the aircraft cockpit has been fixed. (Report).
Yak-9U, Yak-9UT — the coolant tank has been added to X-ray view. Sources: Системы оборудования силовых установок самолетов; Самолет Як-9У с двигателем ВК-107А. Техническое описание.
Su-34 — a bug where the drop tanks were not dropped in the correct order has been fixed. (Report).
F-20A — pilot model has been replaced with a more modern version. (Report).
Mirage 2000D-R1 — an incorrect adapter used with the centerline GBU-16 guided bomb has been removed. (Report).
J-10A, JF-17 — an indication of target tracked with a radar has been added to the HUD.
Su-27 and other aircraft using the ILS-31 HUD — new elements have been added to the HUD: tracked target altitude, tracked target aspect angle, tracked target closing speed, and an indicator that shows whether the radar is active. (Report).
A radar tracked target marker has been added to several HUDs. If the target is outside the HUD viewing zone (Target Locator Line), the target marker will remain at the edge of the HUD viewing zones and blink, indicating the direction to the target. Indication has been added for the following aircraft (as well as aircraft using similar HUDs): Su-27, MiG-29, Yak-141, F-16, F-15, F-14, F-20, F-5, Su-34, Mirage 2000/4000/F1, Super Etendard, J-8F, F-4 late modifications, J35XS, JA37.
JA37 — an indication of target tracked with a radar has been added to the HUD. (Report).
Mirage 2000 (all variants), Mirage 4000, Mirage F1CT, Super Etendard — an angle-of-attack indicator and digital clock have been added to the HUD. (Report).
F-16AM (France), F-16A MLU (China) — a GMTI mode has been added for the APG-66(V)3.
F-100A, F-100D — the sequence of launching air-to-air missiles has been fixed. (Report).
F4D-1 — ballistic computer for the guns and rockets has been removed. (Report). Source: NAVWEPS 01-40FBA-1.

Flight Model changes:

Su-27, Su-34, J-11 — sustained turn rate at medium speeds has been increased.
Su-27SM — engines have been replaced with the AL-31F-M1 engines.
IAR-93B — engine has been changed to Mk. 633-47.
Saab AJ37, AJS37, JA37 — the maximum speed at high altitudes has been increased to M1.6. (Report).
AJ37, AJS37 — the maximum permissible indicated airspeed has been decreased to 1350 km/h according to the flight manual.
Me 163 (all variants), Ki-200 — fuel consumption has been increased, engine work time on full throttle has been reduced to ~4min. (Report).
HJ-9, 9M133, 9M133FM-3 — flight model and autopilot have been updated.

Naval fleet model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

Naval weaponry:

Mogador — torpedo tube aiming angles have been fixed. (Report).
HMS Repulse — a bug that caused the 40 mm “Pom-Pom” mounts on the stern to not shoot has been fixed. (Report).

Naval characteristics, physics and damage model:

USS Mississippi — a geometry error in the barbette of the first main caliber turret where a gap could appear when turning the turret has been fixed.
USS Tennessee — a geometry error in the floor of all main caliber turrets where a gap could appear when turning the turrets has been fixed.
IJN Mutsu — a gap between the barbettes and main caliber turrets has been fixed. (Report).

Economy and research

The max Battle Rating limit for all Air Battle modes has been increased to 14.0.
F-15E, F-15I Ra’am — Battle Ratings in all Air Battle modes has been increased to 14.0.
F-14B, AV-8B Plus (all variants), MiG-29G, Sea Harrier FA 2, Harrier GR.7, Mirage 4000 — these aircraft are no longer considered “top” in terms of vehicle research bonus. This is because they no longer meet the condition of “maximum Battle Rating among all modes is no more than 2 steps below the maximum BR of this tree” due to new vehicles with a Battle Rating of 14.0 being added to the trees of the corresponding nations.
Tor-M1 — the Battle Rating in all modes has been decreased from 11.7 to 11.0.
ARL-44 — vehicle class has been changed from “Tank Destroyer” to “Heavy Tank”. It has been moved from the tank destroyer line to the tank line, where it was has been added as the first vehicle in the group with the M4A3E2.
AMX-10M — added as the second vehicle in the group with the AuF1.
Zachlam Tager — added as the second vehicle in the group with the Rochev.
Sturer Emil — the Battle Rating has been reduced from 4.3 to 4.0. Vehicle has been moved to Rank II and added as the second vehicle in the group with the Dicker Max.
Wirbelwind — added as the second vehicle in the group with the Ostwind.
Ostwind II — vehicle rank has been changed from IV to III.
Challenger 3 TD — the position in the tech tree has been changed. This tank is now located before the Challenger 2 Black Night / 2E group.

Interface

New customization options for ground vehicle sights have been added:
- Reload indicator settings — the ability to separately show/hide the gun readiness indicator and the weapon reload countdown timer has been added.
- The color of the rangefinder progress bar can now be changed.
- The thickness of the sight lines and text fonts can now be adjusted.
The ability to change the Player Profile showcase has been added. The following showcases are currently available to choose from:
- Battle-Hardened. Available by default. You can select a game mode where the your skill-dependent statistics, PvP rating, and place in the leaderboard will be displayed.
- Atomic Ace. Becomes available when a nuclear strike is performed. Shows the total number of nuclear strikes performed over the entire lifetime of the account.
- Peacemaker. Becomes available when a nuclear weapon carrier is shot down before it drops its nuke. Shows the total number of nuclear weapons carriers intercepted over the entire lifetime of the account.
- Favorite Vehicle. Available by default. You can select one of your favorite vehicles and the statistics for the game mode with the most respawns will be shown. In the future, the game mode for this showcase can be manually selected.

Game mechanics

A separate mechanic for punishing an attack on an allied nuclear-armed aircraft has been added. When any damage is inflicted on such an aircraft, the player is awarded penalty points in the amount necessary to disconnect them from the current game session. The awarded penalty points will not only lead to an immediate disconnection from the session, but will also be used in calculating the need for longer-term automatic bans.
New mechanics for interacting with the tactical map have been added. For aircraft and ground vehicles, the ability to move the tactical map has been added, as well as switching between the “ground forces” and “aircraft” maps in Ground Battles. For aircraft, in addition to the functionality described above, the ability to set a point of interest via the tactical map has been added.

An altitude indicator has been added to targets tracked by a radar.
Relative threat elevation indication has been added for RWRs that are capable of determining this in real life; Currently, RWRs of the SPO-15 series have this ability in the game.

Matchmaking

Existing top brackets in Air Simulator Battles have been expanded to 14.0. You can find the table with current BR rotation on this War Thunder Wiki page.