The initial appearance of heavy tanks in the United States armed forces can be traced back to the First World War. It was then that the cooperation between British and American engineers resulted in the appearance of the Mark VIII heavy tank, also known as the "Liberty Tank".

Join us this weekend and get Pokryshkin's P39N-0 for free by performing tasks in the game! Each task fulfilled will also earn you a special Pokryshkin trophy, yielding you Silver Lions, wagers and powerful boosters!

Dear players! We are introducing you to the tournament in honour of the birth of Alexander Pokryshkin

Today we are starting our article series “Weapons of Victory”, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in Europe Day. Several unique vehicles will be added to the game as exclusive and we would like to brief you about them!

The first idea for the creation of the Grumman F8F Bearcat was pitched after the Battle of Midway. Many pilots who took part in it remarked that one of the most important parts of naval air warfare was an aircraft’s rate of climb. This of course meant that an increase in power was necessary. 

Players have already fought over Berlin and brought down hundreds of thousands of aircraft in this location and now, intense ground battles will erupt in the centre of the city - at the Reichstag.

The war weary world was caught off guard two days after Japan's surrender when potent Japanese built warplanes once again roamed the skies in a show of force. The reality was this event was a long time in the making and the surprise birth of the new Indonesian Air Force was far from unplanned.

The medium tank Panzerkampfwagen IV (ordnance inventory designation Sd.Kfz.161), was a reliable workhorse forming the backbone of German armoured forces during the whole Second World War. It has its roots in the first half of the 1930’s: in that time, German strategists were actively developing theories of modern tank warfare.

We are glad to announce that it is now possible to obtain Golden Eagles using gift cards from a hundred of leading North American brands; from clothing and perfume to electronics retailers and coffee shops. Don’t know how to spend your Starbucks or GameStop gift card balance? Get Golden Eagles!

Vasily Fedorovich Golubev was born in 1912 in Kamenka, near Leningrad in the northwest of modern day Russia. As a fighter ace with 39 confirmed individual aircraft shot down, he was very respected for his ability as a military leader. 

We present to you the winners of our current War Thunder Skin Competition - February  winners.

We present to you the winners of our current War Thunder's Screenshot Competition  February.

We present to you the winners of our current Video competition (16th-28th February)

We present to you the winners of our current War Thunder's Screenshot Competition (23rd-28th February)

We present to you the winners of our current War Thunder Skin Competition - February week 4 winners (23rd-28th February).

We're steadily climbing towards 400.000 followers on Facebook, but we're not quite there yet. In any case, we decided to give the Mastermind Quiz a head start!

War Thunder and Igromania present a new series of “Video Tutorials” created for War Thunder. In the second video, we will get into more details about the Planes Arcade battles.

After the hammering of North Africa and Tunisia, the Italians set about establishing a defensive line around the Italian peninsular. Available to this defence was some 30 Divisions, though many units were lacking training and not fit for front line service. On the island of Sicily, however, the Axis forces were deprived of much in the way of manpower and material.