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War Thunder "Line of Contact" - Changelog

Meet Line of Contact, War Thunder’s winter 2025 update!

Server Update 04.02.2026

F-117 — a bug that caused the aircraft to spawn in the air at maximum speed has been fixed. The spawn speed is now limited to 900 km/h (IAS).

Update 2.53.0.72

The Planned Battle Rating changes have come into effect.

Update 2.53.0.70

A bug that caused the engine sound of all VTOL aircraft to not depend on the engine RPM, but instead on a “Throttle” input value when hovering has been fixed.

Update 2.53.0.65

A bug that caused the SC2500 bomb to clip through the trolley and ground in the hangar has been fixed.

Update 2.53.0.63

A bug that caused an extra parameter to be present in the crew window in the Repair category has been fixed.

Update 2.53.0.58

A bug where laser homing seekers that did not have the ability to uncage would send incorrect target coordinates and speed data to the autopilot after locking on, causing the munition to miss its target has been fixed.

Update 2.53.0.56

Maximum picture brightness in NVD has been adjusted. Previously the image was too bright on winter maps when the moon was high above the horizon.

Server Update 16.01.2026

A bug that caused temporarily available for purchase vehicles to not display in the tech tree until the player switched the vehicle preset has been fixed.

Update 2.53.0.52

With the release of one of the previous server updates, a bug that caused direct hits of AAMs and SAMs on aircraft to deal too little damage has been fixed.

Server Update 13.01.2026

BMPT, BMPT-72 — the Battle Rating in all modes has been increased from 10.7 to 11.3.

Server Update 30.12.2025

BMPT, BMPT-72 — when external 30 mm cannon ammo catches fire, the cannon breeches, autoloader and vertical drive will be destroyed. The belt between the cannon breeches and main ammo stowage in the crew compartment is what’s considered to be external ammo.