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World War Mode

World War is a totally new, full-scale mode in our game! A worldwide war is breaking out between squadrons for global supremacy on the ground, on the seas, and in the skies!

Fiat CR.32: The Spanish Cricket

The CR.32 is an Italian biplane fighter and was the most widely used aircraft in the Spanish Civil War. 1,211 vehicles were produced, and this nippy “cricket” was exported to China, Hungary, Austria, Paraguay, and Venezuela, was licensed for production in Spain, and also formed the core of Italy’s armed air force in the latter half of the 1930s.

Italian aircraft in War Thunder Update “1.69 ”Regia Aeronautica”

In the nearest major update we plan to separate Italian aircraft into a stand-alone research tree. Meet the new War Thunder nation - Italy!

WW2 Chronicles vehicles: A33 Excelsior (GB)

The A33 Excelsior Heavy Assault Tank is an up-armoured and up-gunned experimental heavy vehicle based on the chassis of the A27 Cromwell Cruiser tank that will be available as a reward for this years World War 2 Chronicles series of events.

How can you get premium vehicles? Warbonds!

We remind you that the April brought to us a new assortment in the war bonds shop, and you are still able to get enough Warbonds to purchase the most valuable specimens of rare premium vehicles!

Thunder Show: True Chivalry

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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  • 28 April 2017
Tribal-class destroyer

Recently we told you about the naval battles development progress in our game. Your feedback helped us to improve the existing naval gameplay and today we proudly introduce the first representative of a new class of vessels in War Thunder - the British Tribal destroyer!

The Shooting Range Ep. 42

You are watching The Shooting Range – a weekly show for all tankers, airmen and aspiring Captains in War Thunder.

Weekend tournaments, April 29th-30th

Pilots and tankers! Every weekend we continue to introduce more tournaments on the TSS portal! 

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  • 27 April 2017
Military Traffic Code Contest - winners

Every driver knows that red means stop, but what about you tankers and pilots – do you obey the traffic rules? The only thing we know for sure is this: whoever’s heaviest wins. Now it’s time to announce the winners of our Traffic Code contest!

  • 26 April 2017
WW2 Chronicles vehicles: Matilda MK-2 F-96: A Soviet Lady

The British Matilda tank was acquired by the Soviet Union through the Lend-Lease program, and a range of issues was discovered in the first batches, including a very weak tank gun. Soviet engineers resolved to equip this “capricious” English tank with something better.

“Victory is ours” tournament series

Take part in our original tournaments on the TSS portal, dedicated to Victory in Europe day, from the 1st until the 10th of May, 2017

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  • 24 April 2017
About the development of Naval Forces in War Thunder

Today we would like to shed some light on the Naval battles development process and to tell you about the problems we have faced and how we have solved them. We would also like to share our plans for the future in Naval development.

Thunder Show: Wings of war

It's time for your weekly episode of the Thunder Show! Enjoy our selection of epic and humorous Community videos of the week.

WW2 Chronicles vehicles: The PV-2 Harpoon

The PV-2 Harpoon is no PT boat, as the name would usually suggest, but a significantly redesigned Lockheed Ventura - a very popular and well known twin engined medium bomber used in a massive numbers towards the end of the World War 2.

The Shooting Range Ep. 41

You are watching The Shooting Range – a weekly show for all tankers, airmen and aspiring Captains in War Thunder.

War Thunder Wiki: Matchmaking

Matchmaking is one of the core components for every battle. It selects the players, balances the teams and creates an even match for everyone based on a number of calculations. Today, we would like to explain and break down the math and science behind how the matchmaker works as well as what factors influence it. 

  • 20 April 2017
Revenue Share program - the Ta 154A-1, another success story
The T 154A-1 premium German twin-engine rank III interceptor was created by two of our players, Vitaly “NovA29R” Vostokov and Michael “__StrafeMike__” Ioannidis, and this aircraft has already been fully appreciated by tens of thousands of pilots.
  • 20 April 2017