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War Thunder "Line of Contact" - Changelog
Meet Line of Contact, War Thunder’s winter 2025 update!
  • 16 December 2025
Update 2.53.0.42
Update 2.53.0.42
A direct hit on an aircraft's fuel tank by the high-explosive warhead of an air-to-air missile (or equivalent munition) will now always cause the fuel tank to detonate.
  • 29 December 2025
Update 2.53.0.41
Update 2.53.0.41
A bug that caused the guidance type multiplier of the guided bombs to apply to Spawn Point cost of some other weapons in the Secondary Weapon presets that had both guided bombs and other weapons (for example, guided bombs and AGMs) has been fixed.
  • 26 December 2025
Update 2.53.0.37
Update 2.53.0.37
A bug that caused the hit marker above the ground vehicle in Ground Realistic Battles to display on close shell flybys and not only on direct hits has been fixed.
  • 25 December 2025
Update 2.53.0.33
Update 2.53.0.33
A bug that caused some APDS shells to lack an armor plate that demonstrated the penetration characteristics in the hangar has been fixed.
  • 24 December 2025
Update 2.53.0.26
Update 2.53.0.26
The content needed for the infantry CBT has been added to the game.
  • 23 December 2025
Update 2.53.0.23
Update 2.53.0.23
F/A-18E, F/A-18D Late (Japan), Hawk 209 (Japan), Su-30MKK (China), J-10C — additional camouflages have been added.
  • 22 December 2025
Update 2.53.0.19
Update 2.53.0.19
The ability to select the hangar has been enabled.
  • 19 December 2025
Update 2.53.0.12
Update 2.53.0.12
A bug where battles may end early with no rewards being given has been fixed.
  • 17 December 2025
Update 2.51.0.60
Update 2.51.0.60
A bug that caused the current scan area limits of the radar to display incorrectly when zooming in on aircraft in 3rd person view has been fixed.
  • 3 December 2025
Update 2.51.0.50
Update 2.51.0.50
To participate in Arcade Battles with a Battle Rating of 4.7 or higher, anti-cheat is now required.
  • 26 November 2025
Update 2.51.0.49
Update 2.51.0.49
TWS+ track stability has been improved. A bug where tracking signatures would stop updating during a single scan, resulting in frozen targets and loss of vector tracking has been fixed.
  • 25 November 2025