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Get the FV4030/3 in the Enter the Serpent Event!
Welcome to War Thunder’s first event of 2025! January 29th marks the Lunar New Year, and this year it’s the Year of the Snake! Celebrate it in this event, which features themed decals, a decoration and a camouflage for the new and obtainable British FV4030/3 Shir 2 medium tank.
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  • 13 January 2025
Thunder Show: HELI MAGNET
Hi! Welcome to Thunder Show and the mightiest moments of the past week. Today we’re learning to bait heli pilots, study time loops, and follow our dreams! Let’s get started!
  • 17 January 2025
Enter the Serpent: FV4030/3
This is the FV4030/3, designed as an upgrade of the Chieftain tank for Iran. However with no deliveries fulfilled, the FV4030/3 later evolved into the Challenger 1 tank we all know and love.
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  • 17 January 2025
Battle Pass Vehicles: M46 Patton (France)
Meet the M46 Patton that saw service with France! Today, we’ll take a look at the main reward for the next Battle Pass, The Last Legionnaire!
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  • 17 January 2025
Battle Pass Vehicles: SB2C-5 (Thailand)
Meet the American Helldiver dive bomber in service with the Royal Thai Air Force, joining the game as the aircraft reward in The Last Legionnaire Battle Pass season!
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  • 16 January 2025
F-111 Aardvark: Low-Altitude Menace
On December 21, 1964, the American tactical bomber F-111, nicknamed the ‘Aardvark,’ took to the skies for the very first time. The name ‘Aardvark’ translates to ‘earth pig,’ reflecting its distinctive design. The bomber’s story began in 1961, when the U.S. Air Force and Navy outlined requirements for a new strike aircraft. This two-seat supersonic platform needed to feature a heavy combat payload, twin engines, and a variable-sweep wing. The F-111A entered service with the U.S. Air Force in 1967, replacing the Republic F-105.
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  • 15 January 2025
The SAV 20.12.48 for Swedish Armed Forces Day!
Swedish Armed Forces Day is celebrated on January 14th. It was on this day in 1521 that the first volunteers signed up for the personal guard of Gustav Vasa, who soon became the first king of Sweden. In the 17th century, during the Thirty Years’ War, the Swedish army became famous as one of the strongest in Europe. Sweden remained neutral during both World Wars.
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  • 14 January 2025
Customizing Sights
Sights are widely used by all ground vehicles in War Thunder. Our game allows you to customize this indispensable UI element and fine-tune it by adding useful data fields, changing the grid, displaying a reload indicator, and more.
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  • 13 January 2025
Pages of History: M44
The US Army joined the Korean war with a rich experience of World War 2 behind its back. The command knew perfectly well how important it was to have a mobile self-propelled howitzer on the battlefield, and the Chaffee-based M41 that they had in service provided unsatisfactory protection for its crew. Besides, the M24 chassis was on the verge of becoming obsolete.
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  • 12 January 2025
Rafale C F3: Gust of Wind
We’ve already met one of the major air additions to the game back in 2024, so now it’s time to take another multirole fighter for a ride. Please welcome the Dassault Rafale C F3, a French fighter of generation 4.5! Its name can be translated as ‘gust of wind’, which makes this plane an even closer sibling of the multinational Eurofighter Typhoon.
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  • 11 January 2025
Thunder Show: EXTENDED WARRANTY
Welcome to Thunder Show and the most nuclear moments of the past week. And we meant it! We only have a couple of moments without nukes because no one can get a nuke in War Thunder right away. Let’s get started!
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  • 10 January 2025
Special
A Themed Decal for German Air Force Day!
On January 9th, 1956, the post-war German Air Force was founded. The first combat aircraft of the newly formed Luftwaffe was the F-84F Thunderstreak in 1957. The backbone of the German Air Force today consists of 138 multirole Eurofighter Typhoon jets.
Book of Records: British Armored Vehicles
The British are known for their conservative yet original approach to armored vehicles. In designing many of their tanks, engineers from the United Kingdom often went ‘all in’ on a specific concept. Today, we will discuss some of the most intriguing achievements of the British school of design — the heaviest, fastest, and best-armored tanks.
  • 8 January 2025
Su-34 Arsenal
High-rank aircraft are famous for being multirole and versatile. To be able to complete a variety of missions, they sometimes employ truly vast arsenals, so it’s not always easy to navigate through all their weapons and pick the best suitable options. Today we’d like to talk about the suspended arsenal of the Su-34, which by the way we extended with a new bomb a short time ago.
  • 6 January 2025
JAS39 the Little Plane that Could
In the 1980s, the Swedish Air Force was quite inspired by the successful experience of its foreign counterparts, so it greenlit its own development program for a multirole combat aircraft. At the time, many planes of this class resembled a Swiss army knife, combining a bomber, a fighter, and a reconnaissance aircraft in one vehicle. Sweden wanted a versatile aircraft, too, but it had a few unique requirements of its own.
  • 5 January 2025
Panzerhaubitze 2000: Classic Artillery
Modern self-propelled artillery systems are all very similar to each other. An oblong hull, a giant turret, and a lengthy barrel... They all share these features. Still, there’s one vehicle that’s mentioned more often than any other. This SPG was developed in Germany at the end of the 20th century and remains one of the most advanced artillery systems in service with numerous nations. And the name of this vehicle is the Panzerhaubitze 2000!
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  • 4 January 2025
Thunder Show: TRIPLE KV’D
Hi! Welcome to Thunder Show and the most January moments of the past week. The start of the year may be pretty invigorating, if you get down to it with a batch of some damn fine shooting! Let’s get started!
  • 3 January 2025
2025 New Year Party!
The new year, 2025, has arrived, and we’re celebrating by throwing a small party featuring a diverse cast of different vehicles. There are many nations featured in War Thunder, so we’ve decided to let each of them contribute something unique to this special occasion.
  • 1 January 2025