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War Thunder Birthday Sale!
We continue to celebrate the 7th anniversary of War Thunder and would like to offer you special bundles and discounts in the Gaijin store.
How can you get premium vehicles? Warbonds!
We present to you an assortment of Warbond shop items for November. Fulfill Battle Tasks, earn warbonds, improve your shop level and unlock rewards!
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  • 31 October 2019
Belfast: The Guardian of the Thames
The Belfast is a state-of-the-art light cruiser used by the Royal Navy. This is the ship that is permanently moored near London’s Tower Bridge.
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  • 31 October 2019
Halloween in War Thunder!
On this night, demonic forces will try again to break through into our world! Participate in our in-game races and earn cool decals and decorations!
Special: The Panther Family
The Panzerkampfwagen V Panther is a legendary WW2 era German medium tank, major production models are in our game. Let's talk about it!
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  • 30 October 2019
Meet update 1.93 “Shark Attack"!
We're adding an up-armored Abrams tank, the legendary helicopters Ka-50 and Mi-28N, the first Italian helicopter, the first Swedish aircraft and the first rank V ship ! As usual, we also worked on plenty of bug fixes and game improvments too, all to be discovered in the major update 1.93 "Black Shark" !
AMX-30 ACRA: Luxury à la Française
The special modification AMX-30 ACRA of the AMX-30, is a French rank VI tank equipped with a unique smooth bore gun capable of launching laser guided ACRA missles.
The Shooting Range #171
You are watching The Shooting Range – a weekly show for all tankers, airmen and Captains in War Thunder.
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  • 26 October 2019
New location: South Africa
We’re pleased to present our new naval location “South Africa” in the upcoming update 1.93 “Shark Attack”!
M1A2 Abrams - Higher and Higher
The M1A2 is among the latest and most capable modifications of the American Abrams MBT, featuring notable improvements in protection as well as other areas. Soon in War Thunder!
Thunder Show: Mine!
It's time for your weekly episode of the Thunder Show! Enjoy our selection of epic and humorous Community videos of the week.
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  • 25 October 2019
Pyörremyrsky: The Nordic Whirlwind
The VL Pyörremyrsky is a Finnish late war prototype fighter aircraft. Pilots will soon have the chance to take to the skies in the highly interesting VL Pyörremyrsky in War Thunder’s upcoming update 1.93!
ZTZ96: Top-Tier Chinese
The ZTZ96, a modernized version of the Chinese ZTZ85, featuring a 125mm smoothbore cannon coupled to an autoloading mechanism and rounded off by composite armor protection.
Swedish Aircraft in War Thunder! SAAB J29D Jet-Powered Fighter.
We’re excited to announce the arrival of Sweden’s military aircraft in War Thunder and we’re offering you early access packs. Today we’re going to take a closer look at the Swedish jet fighter, the J29D!
Rank V in the War Thunder Navy: The USS Pensacola
In War Thunder update 1.93 “Shark Attack”, a fifth rank will be added to naval forces featuring heavy cruisers and ships of even heavier classes. Today we’re going to tell you about one of the first ships in rank V: the Pensacola, an American heavy cruiser.
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War Thunder reaches its 7th year!
War Thunder is now 7 years old and it’s time to celebrate!
A129 Mangusta
The A129 is the early prototype version of the Italian ‘Mangusta’ attack helicopter, developed by the Agusta company in the early 1980s. Coming to the game as part of War Thunder’s upcoming update 1.93, players will soon have the chance to pilot the menacing Mangusta as the first Italian helicopter in the game!
Vickers Mk.7: The Steel Centaur
The Vickers Mk.7 will help bridge the gap between the Challenger MBTs at the top ranks of the British ground forces, with the superb mobility of the Leopard 2 chassis, a well-protected turret and powerful main gun.