American Desert, a new location for combined battles, will be released in War Thunder update 1.81. When creating this location our artists and designers were inspired by images of small towns in the US Southwest and the romantic style of the 60s. We used Page, Arizona as the inspiration for this location’s visual style. We’ve created many new assets for this location, including plant life, automobiles, and buildings that are characteristic of the location, as well as animated fire hydrants that shoot columns of water into the air if you drive over them.
The battles for this location will take place among the one- and two-story buildings typical of an American small town. There are a couple of small lakes and highways in the surrounding area. The town’s main square has four access points, as well as a few other firing locations. Another flashpoint for future battles is a residential area with small homes that are too small for even medium tanks to hide behind. Some areas can also be fired on from outside the town, where snipers can hide among rocks and small cliffs. The third capture point is a railroad station, and an animated train will drive down the tracks during battle. Tank commanders can destroy the train with gunfire, and the train itself can also ram tanks if they get in its way.
American Desert will be the first American location in War Thunder. We hope you like the simple, heartfelt style of a 1960s American small town.
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Didnt you just say in the shooting range that you would not add alternate history tank RB maps? Where is the consistency?
they said on a stream theyd lie from time to time to make the reveal more surprising
This is based on a historical location. Its not an alternative history creation.
All answers (14)SoloWing_Makarov, U r right, it's an histórical location. But u Gaijin said literally that u would only add maps in wich tanks battles had taken place (or a location in wich almost tanks fought, like fulda)...
i thought you guys were against making a america map like you stated in the shooting range
bottomline is that shooting range sometimes isn't right... they said they would not make the fritz-x bomb either
von_Stauffenburg, Apparently they said they would lie from time to time to make the reveal more suprising.
You remember how planes can hull break light tank just by crashing into them? Well there was one shooting range episode where they said they wouldn't do that because it requires no skill. and BOOM! we have kamikaze planes in the game. to be honest the Q&A in the shooting range is just nonsense and not worth watching. Only the Q&A, not the whole series, don't understand me wrong.
"We don't do alternate history locations" also gaijin:
Now I want to fight in the middle of a destroyed New York.
pokenaut7, I've been wanting something like that also. Alt history, or "what-if" seems interesting to me.
Technically they've been doing alternate history since closed beta. You know the alt-history version of Krymsk/Kuban? That used to have the Soviets and Germans fighting side by side, with the fluff in the intro stating that Germany had fallen to a Communist revolution sometime in the 30s and that now World War II was between the Allies and the Comintern instead of the Axis. Granted, this was done for the same reason as "Hokkaido" later on: unbalanced queues.
'as historically accurate as possible' can anyone name me any battles in American deserts? Not complaining, since the map looks absolutely amazing, but it's a bit ironic, especially since what last thunder show said...
The map is based and created authentically on a real historical location.
All answers (5)Smin1080p, So an authentic map of a US coastal city set during a fictional Soviet invasion would be fine too. Since the map would authentic and based on a real historical location.
Maybe they are living in a ucronian dimensions....where there is a war in the '60s in an American desert... So historically accurate... "facepalm"
All answers (1)*AceOfAces99, An American desert that isn't in America because they said we'd see no maps in the US because of "muh historical accuracy"
"Tank commanders can destroy the train with gunfire, and the train itself can also ram tanks if they get in its way." ♥♥♥
Why would the people drive the train around, if a Tank Battle was ensuing in the area ??
Zepuoj, "We're sorry to report a departure delay due to an ensuing tank battle. Please remain seated and in cover as we wait to depart the station."
Ahh. Rip Poland. This is my new favorite map now!