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Premium destroyer USS Frank Knox and economic changes to the USS Moffett
USS Frank Knox, a new Premium Gearing-class destroyer, arrives in the game in the upcoming “Fire and Ice” update!
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  • 24 October 2022
Battle Pass vehicles: LCM(6)(F) "Zippo"
The “Zippo” river monitor with flamethrowers comes to the game as the main naval prize in the upcoming new Battle Pass season “Smell of Victory”!
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  • 21 October 2022
HMS Glorious: An Outrageous Warship Design
HMS Glorious is a WWI-era British battlecruiser purpose-built for an ambitious plan to defeat Germany through a naval invasion on its eastern flank. Despite the plan itself never materialising, the ships necessary for it did and thus captains will soon have the chance to take command of this highly unorthodox warship design, arriving in War Thunder as part of the next major update “Fire and Ice”!
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  • 20 October 2022
New locations: “Arctic” and “Rocky Canyon”
The “Fire and Ice” update brings two new locations to the game - both hot and ice cold! Meet the “Rocky Canyon” designed for aerial battles, and the giant “Arctic” location with two combat zones for mixed battles!
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  • 20 October 2022
Battle Pass vehicles: A-1H Skyraider
Meet the main aircraft prize in the upcoming new Battle Pass season! A really huge payload and a very special piece of munitions onboard!
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  • 19 October 2022
TCM-20: Hail of Bullets
The TCM-20 is an Israeli SPAAG, developed on the basis of the M3 halftrack chassis commonly used by the IDF throughout the Cold War era. Coming to War Thunder as part of the next major update “Fire and Ice”, tankers may look forward to the arrival of the TCM-20 SPAAG to the starting rank of the Israeli ground forces tree!
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  • 19 October 2022
Pre-order: T-2 Early Pack
The Mitsubishi T-2 is a trainer jet fighter developed in Japan in the early 70s. Back in the mid-60s Japan investigated a new supersonic trainer aircraft to replace the obsolete sub-sonic Fuji T-1. In March 1968 the project took final shape, followed by the creation of the first prototype designated XT-2. Some of the prototypes were later brought up to production series standard. The aircraft was armed with a JM61A1 20mm rotary cannon, widely known as “Vulcan”.
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  • 18 October 2022
Battle Pass vehicles: Churchill Crocodile
In the upcoming War Thunder Battle Pass season we will introduce flamethrower vehicles to the game! Meet one of the most famous flamethrower tanks of WWII - the British Churchill Crocodile, a tank prize in the “Smell of Victory'' season!
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  • 18 October 2022
M1A2 SEP TUSK: Up Close & Personal
The M1A2 SEP is the first of a series of upgrade packages developed for the American Abrams MBT in the late 1990s. Coming to War Thunder as part of the next major update “Fire and Ice”, veteran U.S. tankers may look forward to the arrival of one of the most advanced iterations of the Abrams MBT also featuring the TUSK field kit!
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  • 14 October 2022
Finnish aviation and armored vehicles
In the upcoming War Thunder “Fire and Ice” update, we plan to introduce lineups of Finnish aircraft and ground vehicles as part of the Swedish tech tree!
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  • 14 October 2022
Bosvark: The Little Truck That Grew Up
The Bosvark is a South African wheeled SPAAG, developed in the late 1990s on the back of the SAMIL-100 truck chassis. Soon, fans of the South African ground vehicles can look forward to the arrival of the Bosvark in the British ground forces tree, coming to War Thunder as part of the next major update!
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  • 13 October 2022
Fusō: A Broadside to Remember
Fusō is the lead ship of a pair of battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy before and completed during WWI. Despite being a pre-WWI design, Fusō served throughout the interwar period and in WWII thanks to modernization and is about to embark on new campaigns after its arrival in War Thunder in the next major update — Fire and Ice!
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  • 12 October 2022
Project “Overpowered”: Po-2M
The most infamous plane in the game gets a nice set of floats! Meet the new image for the legendary biplane. Is the Po-2 still 2 OP?
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  • 20 September 2022
Project “O███po█████”: strike jet aircraft Jaguar E
The main aircraft prize in the upcoming autumn crafting event is the Jaguar E, a French-British two-seat jet aircraft, designed to train Jaguar pilots for the French Air Forces.
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  • 19 September 2022
Project “████po█████”: light tank CCVL
Prototype of a light airborne tank designed for fire support for infantry will be the main ‘tank’ prize of the upcoming crafting event!
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  • 16 September 2022
“Project █████o█████”: battleship Ostfriesland
The German Helgoland-class dreadnought wielding heavy armor and 305mm guns comes to the game as one of the prizes in the upcoming autumn crafting event. A true old school battleship!
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  • 15 September 2022
Harrier GR.7: Next Gen Jump Jet
The Harrier GR.7 is a modification of the second generation British Harrier jump jet, developed in the 1980s as a means to expand the capabilities of the original Harrier. Soon, both War Thunder pilots and fans of this unique aircraft family alike will have the chance to take command of the Harrier II as it arrives in the game as part of the next major update, Drone Age!
  • 13 September 2022
SMS Elbing: Armor Inside
SMS Elbing is the second of two German WWI-era cruisers of the Pillau-class, previously ordered by the Imperial Russian Navy which were seized at the outbreak of The Great War. Soon, SMS Elbing will reinforce the early German cruiser lineup as it makes its way to War Thunder as part of the Drone Age major update!
  • 12 September 2022