- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
We continue our article series “Weapons of Victory”, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in Europe Day. Several unique vehicles will be added to the game as exclusive and we would like to brief you about them!
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| M18 Hellcat driving through the city |
The M18 Hellcat was a US tank destroyer in WW2. It was produced from mid 1943 till October 1944 and joined the Northern Europe and Italian theaters. The Hellcat had a modified chassis from the Chaffee light tank and the 76mm M1 cannon of the Sherman. Being very lightly armoured, the M18 was the fastest armoured vehicle in WW2 and and even for 2 decades after the war. The Hellcat was an extremely deadly tank destroyer - the most efficient in the U.S. Army. The M18 was highly vulnerable to German tanks and its gun could hardly penetrate the frontal armour of the Panther or Tiger, so any combat tactics relied on the vehicle’s speed and maneuverability, the Hellcat was able to accelerate and change direction rather quickly so German tanks were left with both the flanks or rear exposed, unable to rotate their turret fast enough to counter the M18, the M1 cannon proved deadly to these vulnerable side profiles.
M18 Hellcats of the 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion (which operated in Italy) were some of the more colourful, the vehicles were marked with tactical numbers painted in black against white and also used a Tank Destroyer emblem - a black panther crushing a tank with its jaws on an orange disc. The naming practice was to start the vehicle’s name with the company letter. Thus the first vehicle of company B (5A-805 TD B-1) was named “Black Cat”. This vehicle in the game will have the historically correct exteriors and interiors of the original vehicle.
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Together with the vehicle, we will also add the three connected decals to War Thunder:
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| 'Black Cat' Tactical Sign | '805th Tank Destroyer Batalion' Emblem | 'Black Cat' Text |
Decals created by Branislav 'InkaL' Mirkov
Don't forget to check previous "Weapons of Victory" articles:
