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Meet the “Storm Warning” Major Update!
Meet Storm Warning, War Thunder’s last major update of 2024.
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  • 16 December 2024
Get Yourself Some Cool Rewards in the Winter Tales Event!
When there’s a snowstorm and blizzard outside, it’s best to gather around with family and friends inside, put up decorations and remember everyone’s favorite fairy tales about the New Year’s miracles. And then of course play some War Thunder, where the festive mood and an event await you!
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  • 13 December 2024
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
2024 Review: Locations
Now that we’ve recalled the most noteworthy vehicles and talked about new mechanics and technologies, it’s time to take a look at in-game locations added or reworked in 2024!
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  • 30 December 2024
2024 Review: Tech and Mechanics
All throughout 2024, War Thunder has been showing steady development in all directions. Among the most important additions were the reworked visuals and the implementation of raytracing. It made the lights and shadows much juicier and way more realistic, with glass and water surfaces producing natural, genuine reflections of the environment.
  • 28 December 2024
War Thunder in 2024 — an infographic
As the year comes to a close, we’d like to take a look at the results of both our work and your battles in 2024. We continued to release regular updates for War Thunder — both large, with new vehicles and locations, and small, with corrections and bug fixes. And we don’t plan to slow down in 2025!
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  • 28 December 2024
2024 Review: Vehicles
2024 is almost over, which means it’s time for our good tradition of making a short summary of the year! Today we’re going to recall the most iconic and noteworthy vehicles added to the game this year.
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  • 28 December 2024
Thunder Show: BOMB TO THE FUTURE
Hi! Welcome to Thunder Show and the most festive moments of the past week. We have no idea how that happened, but another year is almost over. Why don’t we watch a series of epic stories to celebrate the end of 2024? Let’s get started!
  • 27 December 2024
40 New User-Created Camouflages in the “Storm Warning” Trophy!
To commemorate the release of the Storm Warning major update, we’re presenting a trophy that includes 40 camouflages from 38 authors from WT.Live!
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  • 27 December 2024
Pages of History (January): Defender of Leningrad
In this month’s Pages of History, you’ll be at the center of events that took place in different theaters of war. Iran and Saudi Arabia, the Philippines and East Prussia: take part in battles with the vehicles corresponding to these historic battles and receive prizes. 
  • 26 December 2024
Holiday Sale in the Store
It is time for the final chapter of our holiday celebration: during the next week huge discounts for amazing vehicle packs await you in the Gaijin.Net Store!
  • 26 December 2024
It’s fixed! №100
Welcome to the 100th edition of “It’s fixed!” Today, we’ll be going over the bug fixes and improvements that we’ve made to the game since the release of the Storm Warning update. Let’s take a look!
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  • 26 December 2024
Dressing Up Combat Vehicles: Holiday Camouflages 2025
2025 is upon us, and that means it’s time for our traditional end-of-the-year video: holiday camouflages! War Thunder fully embraces the festive atmosphere of winter holidays, and with the tools for custom skins at your disposal, you can bring even more holiday spirit to intense battles by dressing your vehicles in beautiful, striking, or even quirky “outfits”.
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  • 25 December 2024
The Holiday Crate for Golden Eagles!
We’re pleased to present you with a Holiday Crate, available in the in-game Item Shop! This crate can only be purchased with Golden Eagles, and inside it is a large set of useful items: Premium Account, Silver Lions, universal backups and boosters, premium vehicles and also all vehicles that have ever been sold for Golden Eagles or Warbonds that aren’t currently obtainable in-game or on the Market (full list below).
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  • 25 December 2024