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New locations!
First work-in-progress images of the new locations from the upcoming War Thunder update!
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  • 16 February 2023
IJN Nenohi: Lightweight Battler
Nenohi is one of six Hatsuharu class destroyers built for the IJN in the early 1930s. Armed with punchy cannons and even deadlier torpedoes, Nenohi will come to reinforce the ranks of the Japanese bluewater tree as part of the next major War Thunder update!
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  • 16 February 2023
ZTS63 (1980): Nimble Sniper
ZTS63 is a Chinese amphibious light tank created on the Soviet PT-76 platform. The vehicle has an 85 mm rifled gun with a laser rangefinder and armour-piercing fin-stabilised rounds.
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  • 14 February 2023
Optimization of the War Thunder file structure
We will soon move to a new game client file structure that will reduce the size of updates and speed up their installation.
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  • 14 February 2023
Sd.Kfz.222: A Little Tank
The Sd.Kfz.222 light reconnaissance armored vehicle was one of the most successful vehicles of this type in service with the German land army and saw intense use in combat during WWII.
Update for the War Thunder CDK!
Did you know how easily you can customize War Thunder, or even add your own content to the game? Meet the official content creation tools pack, the War Thunder CDK!
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  • 9 February 2023
Battle Pass vehicles: AMX-50 (TO90/930)
The main tank prize in the upcoming Battle Pass season “Royal guard” is a new member of the AMX-50 family, a premium French tank equipped with a 90mm gun, oscillating turret and autoloader!
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  • 20 January 2023
Battle Pass vehicles: Bf 109 F-4 (Italy)
Meet the aircraft prize of the upcoming season! A Premium winter version of the Bf 109 F-4 coated with a livery of the most effective Hungarian ace Dezső Szentgyörgyi!
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  • 19 January 2023
Battle Pass vehicles: Project 183 BM-21
The Cold war Soviet torpedo boat gets into a gun frenzy with a BM-21 "Grad" multiple launch rocket system mounted instead of the rear turret!
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  • 18 January 2023
Char 2bis: the Beast of Champagne
Char 2C is a superheavy French interwar tank, equipped with 155-mm howitzer. The apex predator of the low ranks!
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  • 22 December 2022
Winter event vehicles: Laté 298
A French Premium Hydroplane with a deadly torpedo is one of the prize in the upcoming winter special event in War Thunder.
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  • 21 December 2022
Squadron vehicles: Sea Harrier FRS.1
The Sea Harrier is a later modification of the British V/STOL Harrier jet fighter that entered service with the Royal Navy in the late 1960s. Soon, the Sea Harrier FRS.1 will come to War Thunder as a new squadron vehicle, available with the release of the “Apex Predators” major update.
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  • 19 December 2022
News for the sea!
Post-war uniforms, a total rehashing of crew voice-overs, as well as a new pack of WWII AI aircraft carriers for air battle modes! Only good news is coming from the sea in the Apex Predators update!
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  • 19 December 2022
Winter event vehicles: Tornado IDS Marineflieger
German top-tier Tornado IDS Marineflieger jet fighter is the main aviation prize of the upcoming winter special event in War Thunder.
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  • 16 December 2022
Duca degli Abruzzi: Ultimate Freelancer
Duca degli Abruzzi is the lead ship of the final Italian ‘Condottieri’ type cruiser class built for the Regia Marina in the years leading up to the outbreak of WWII. Arriving as part of the next major War Thunder update - “Apex Predators”, Duca degli Abruzzi will soon reinforce the Italian naval tree with its most advanced light cruiser design of the era!
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  • 15 December 2022
Apex Predators Update: New Locations
Introducing two new locations for mixed battles that will be added to the game in the upcoming major update. Meet the industrial area of the mine complex in the location "Gold Quarry" and the winter version of your favorite "Poland"!
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  • 15 December 2022
Khalid: The Sword from the Desert
The Khalid is a modified variant of the well-known British Chieftain main battle tank, developed for service with Jordanian forces in the late 1970s. Coming to War Thunder as part of the next major update, the Khalid will offer tankers an interesting twist on the design of a popular British high tier classic!
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  • 14 December 2022
M728: Combat Engineer
The M728 is a combat engineering vehicle, developed on the basis of the American M60A1 tank by the Chrysler company during the early 1960s. Fans of peculiar American ground vehicles and oversized weapon calibers alike may look forward to the M728 soon making its way to War Thunder as part of the next major update!
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  • 13 December 2022