- 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
World War scenario: Battle for the Fulda Gap
Commanders, we are preparing for the new season of World War mode, dedicated to the Cold War period and Arab-Israeli conflicts. This intelligence data on one of the new scenarios will help you to make your squadron and its vehicles ready for the upcoming battles. The operation begins in July!
World War mode in War Thunder is represented by Seasons that include various scenarios, years of operations, available vehicles and theatres of war. The squadrons and players that take part in battles and Operations will receive (besides the usual battle rewards) special prizes for participation, and the best squadrons and players will receive special valuable prizes after the results of the day and the Season - they are unique for each Season. Learn more on WT Wiki.
Alternate history: “Battle for the Fulda Gap”
One of the possible directions of the Soviet invasion into Western Europe was considered a wide lowland area between the mountains of the federal state of Hesse, Germany. This area was designated by NATO military ‘The Fulda Gap”. The lowland was well suited for the operation of a large scale armored group, the main gambit of the Soviet military doctrine in a possible war.
The strategists were right. July 25th, 1985, the USSR initiates a large-scale border breakthrough in the Fulda Gap region, heading towards Frankfurt am Main to capture the financial centre of Germany and establish a foothold for the invasion into Western Europe.
Tasks for the sides in the conflict
These conditions are important for squadrons that enter the operation according to the described scenario.
USSR
- Capture 2 sectors C6, D6 (Frankfurt am Main) within 2 hours.
- Capture at least 78% of the sectors within 2 hours.
- Prevent enemy superiority in number over vehicles 2.5 times.
Germany
- Hold at least 1 sector from C6, D6 (Frankfurt am Main) for 2 hours.
- Hold at least 23% of the sectors for 2 hours.
- Gain superiority in numbers over vehicles 2.5 times.
Operation vehicles
The vehicles specified below will participate in the battle for Fulda Gap. The final vehicle choice depends on their presence in the army which is entering the battle.
USSR
Main battle tank
- Т-55А ★
- Т-62
- Т-62М-1
- Т-64А (1971)
- Т-64B
- Т-80B
- Т-55АМ-1
AFV
- BMP-1 ★
- BMP-2
- Shturm-S
SPAA
- ZSU-23-4 ★
- ZPRK 2S6
Helicopter
- Мi-24А ★
- Мi-24P
- Мi-24D
Fighter
- МiG-17 ★
- МiG-19PТ
- МiG-21F-13
- МiG-21SМТ
- Su-7B
Germany
Main battle tank
- Leopard I ★
- M48A2 G A2
- KPz-70
- Leopard A1A1
- Leopard 2K
- Leopard 2A4
- Leopard A1A1 (L/44)
AFV
- JPz 4-5 ★
- RakJPz 2
- RakJPz 2 (HOT)
SPAA
- Gepard ★
- FlaRakPz 1
Helicopter
- UH-1D ★
- BO 105 PAH-1
- BO 105 PAH-1A1
- BO 105 CB-2
Fighter
- G.91 R/3 ★
- G.91 R/4
- CL-13A Mk.5
- CL-13B Mk.6
- F-86K
- F-104G
Even if the participants in the battles don’t have the vehicles presented in the army vehicle group, they will get the group basic vehicle (★), this is always selected in the crew slot by default. All vehicles, including group basic vehicles will be given out with fully researched modifications with the level of training of the player’s crew.
Don’t miss any new devblogs where we will discuss more about the highlights of the upcoming World War mode season!
The War Thunder Team
Comments (210)
pls fix the Naval economy system, and the domination map of port novorsyssk, that map is quite unfair to those who spawn from the upper map. (a suggestion on this map is change it to a battle, or add buildings to the upper cap area, so both side will have a point in buildings an battle for the middle point.
They don't care about Naval. Well, at least their actions show they don't care about Naval.
Conte_Baracca, For some strange reason all they do with naval is making it worse and worse. Just think about their last move when they thought it's a good idea to allow the vessels sinking more often, but kept the number of spawns for them at 3. Their reason is because it's more interactive. Just a simple question: how less opportunity for interaction would make anything more interactive?
There are currently two great/urgent needs for gound forces battles. Firstly bigger maps and secondly more game modes. Gajin please be creative and implement different stuff than the usual white circle in the ground. A good start would be the various "game-modes" present in the last world war modes...
^what players say. What Gaijin hears: "You want WWM? Here you go."
With countless 'hit you right in the face' bugs in the game, and more by the day, we get Gaijin's best effort to demonstrate how truly terribly they do gameplay. Excuse me if I don't jump for joy. World war mode has been trash since day one and always will be.
Why are you here writing comments on stuff you hate?
*grahaldmills, Why can't you let people freely express their opinion?
Will there be prize vehicles like last World War mode?
Ofc. Without a prize most people who play wouldn't bother. WWM is not fun
Indeed there will be new prize vehicles exclusive to this.
cool and all but where is the german m41? it should probably be included
It would be nice to see France for once in those scenarios, especially since were getting more modern ones. It would've been nice in this scenario as it's very close to the french border.
I fully agree especially that the Cold War pitted the Russians and their satellite states against NATO (Germany, UK, France and then the US).
The nearest French town is 260 km away, wtf are you talking about.
Make World War mode an available game mode all year around for solo and team players. Make it like a huge battle where you have a frontline to push until a "zone" is reached, not a spawn point. Lock abilities like "grass in tank sight" to give this mode more realism and not an advantages option to people who doesn't know it exists. Start fart from the battlefield, and let players themselves go into conflict, not being spawn killed. Allow any nation to participate. And people will start play it.
Are there any plans to decompress the BRs for Air RB or at least lock 10.0s and 10.3s so they don't fight each other? Doing this would mean a fairer matchmaker to separate the supersonics that have good missiles from those that don't. And it wouldn't affect queue times as more players would actually want to use those planes that are now in a fair matchmaker.
i only played france, but i want to play WW, but my brain refuse to start another nation from 0, so my question is : Do france will participate in a WW one day ?
No need to grind another nations. This: "Even if the participants in the battles don’t have the vehicles presented in the army vehicle group, they will get the group basic vehicle (★), this is always selected in the crew slot by default."
your brain is just thinking about himself, try something new, different from your own nation. Now I can understand why this world is so selfish.
Remove the MiG-21SMT from the soviet side. It's too OP against F-104Gs. Or at least limit it to R-3s and not R-60s
Please tell me this is satire
TaikapalloOnPC, It isn't. How you gonna play the F-104 when you get instantly yeeted by an unavoidable missile?
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