- 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
The light cruiser HMS Tiger is the last traditional WW2-era British gun cruiser design, which due to construction delays, only saw service with the Royal Navy well after the war. War Thunder captains will have the chance to obtain this warship as one of the prizes in the ”Battlefield Engineer” event!
The three Tiger-class cruisers were initially laid down as Minotaur-class cruisers early on in WW2. However, their construction priority was considered low as British naval warfare at the time centered a lot around anti-submarine warfare - a role which ships of this class weren’t intended to fill. Thus, the ships would only be partially completed by the end of WW2, with their design being acknowledged as outdated.
After WW2, the decision was made to complete the ships’ construction, but to a different design. Work on completing the new Tiger-class light cruiser began in the early 1950s with the ships seeing completion by the end of the decade. The ships were refitted and modernized extensively, however, they remained outdated designs due to rapid advancements in technology and the changing nature of warfare. As a result, the class was soon afterwards converted into helicopter cruisers and went on to serve with the Royal Navy until the late 1970s. Tiger-class light cruisers were the final British 6-inch gun armed cruisers and the world's last large-calibre artillery ships, no one else has built such ships.
Briefly: The last gun cruiser class employed by the Royal Navy, featuring semi-automatic high caliber primary and secondary weapons!
War Thunder commanders may at first glance think that the Tiger just seems like a regular light cruiser on the outside which has a concerningly small number of guns on its deck, make no mistake, the HMS Tiger packs a lot more punch than it might reveal at first.
Although sporting just two turrets with twin 6-inch (152mm) cannons located on both the bow and the stern of the ship, the Tiger-class light cruiser can unleash a hailstorm of large-caliber projectiles, thanks to the semi-automatic guns providing for a blazingly fast rate of fire of 20 rounds/min! In each of the three auxiliary calibre turrets, two 76mm semi-automatic cannons are installed which are able to achieve an equally impressive 90 rounds/min rate of fire. Thanks to such an astonishing fire rate, HMS Tiger will be a serious threat to any opponent whilst the cannons of the auxiliary calibre can deliver HE shells with a radio fuse which will provide excellent anti-air defence.
The light cruiser HMS Tiger - this special event vessel of rank IV is a powerful and valuable addition to any captain’s large warship collection, so be sure to get your hands on it!
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Comments (70)
Most important part of the ship: Comes equipped with excellent Tea making facilitates.
*tea drinking intensifies*
Yes the Tea! For the Tea!
well atleast the brits get one vehicle *cough*
*hack, cough*
And the US only gets one vehicle too. So there was never a problem in the first place.
a horible exucse for the Merkava beeing in the US tree
Be happy we're getting a merkava
BigTungus, At this point it's kind of hard to be :/
such a glorious vessel.
Maybe I am tripping but I remember you guys had a tank on the ship for scale (maybe like a Matilda tank on a British ship), that was so awesome why do you guys not do that now? *sorry if this is a stupid question
You are being way to hard on yourself! Yours might be the only question in this comment section that isn't stupid. You'll never get an answer because they don't care but no, not a stupid question at all.
TVC15, Nah I think most people just can't see my comment cuz I commented sometime after the first day. Maybe I will try again earlier in the next ship devblog. Also thanks for being so nice! I appreciate it
Definitely my priority for this event.
you wouldnt mind telling us which day the event will start, do you? :)
I would guess later next week, probably on friday, maybe one or two days earlier but iirc events usually start on fridays.
Soon™
Looks really good.
Devblog on a Sunday? That's rare :)
It is a event vehicle so...
The Music played in the Videos is sooo .... urrgh..... instead pls use the ingame Nation Themes
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