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War Thunder Community Magazine Issue #1

GameOnMag.com - War Thunder - Independent publication of issue one, it is rather good, lot's of hard work from organisers and our community and of course you can win Golden Eagles with the in-magazine caption contest:

  • 16 January 2015
Developers about the M16 MGMC
Vyacheslav BVV_d Bulannikov, game-designer "Four large-caliber Brownings are very effective against aircraft of any type or rank at a distance of up ...
  • 15 January 2015
Kawanishi N1K2-J «Shiden-Kai»

The Kawanishi N1K2-J «Shiden-Kai» was a land-based Japanese Army Air Force fighter of late World War II. Feared as an enemy and liked by it's pilots, it was a sucessful aircraft in its role as fighter and interceptor.

  • 15 January 2015
PzKpfw II Ausf C/F and DAK

Don’t let this “toy” tank fool you, it can pull its weight even in higher BR battles using its high mobility to spot and outflank. Historically it also showed its mettle against superior armored but slower forces were used successfully in blitzkrieg tactics again and again.

  • 14 January 2015
15th panzer division

The Battles of France in 1940 and the rapid and decisive victories there were to prove to the High command in the Wehrmacht that more Panzer Divisions were needed to compliment the armies existing panzer elements.

  • 13 January 2015
War Thunder Soundtrack

Check out the official War Thunder soundtrack, which you can now listen to and purchase on various digital distributors!

  • 13 January 2015
Oberleutnant Ludwig Franz Stigler

Clawing its way home with engines spluttering, one stabilizer shot off completely, its nose open to the elements and dead and wounded on board, the lone bomber was intercepted by Stigler – this kill would give him the points he needed for a Knights Cross...

  • 12 January 2015
Developers about the M41 Walker Bulldog
Vyacheslav BVV_d Bulannikov, game-designer The fastest tank in the game, it penetrates practically any opponent head on. It requires a steady hand ...
  • 12 January 2015
War Thunder Skin Competition - January week 1 winners

We present to you the winners of our current War Thunder Skin Competition - January week 1 winners (5th-11th January).

  • 11 January 2015
War Thunder Screenshot Competition - January week 1 winners

We present to you the winners of our current War Thunder's Screenshot Competition (5th-11th January)

  • 11 January 2015
Golden Victories in War Thunder!

Participate in our latest GE event "Golden Victories!", this Sunday, January the 11th. Win battles in War Thunder and be rewarded with Golden Eagles! Also, fulfil ‘heroic deeds’, by reaching first place in a victorious battle and get even more Golden Eagles!

  • 10 January 2015
Heroes of War Thunder!

Reach first place in a victorious battle and earn bags full of silver! Repeat it over eight consecutive days for a total of more than 1 000 000 Silver Lions!

  • 10 January 2015
Holiday War Thunder Marathon!

The War Thunder Holiday Marathon is on! Earn the rare premium Soviet fighter I-301 and US tank destroyer M8A1 by fulfilling tasks!

  • 10 January 2015
Paper Giants - the heavy tanks of Ferdinand Porsche

Professor Doctor Ferdinand Porsche is remembered as one of the pioneers in automotive engineering. However, what many people do not know, is that during the WW II Dr. Porsche was also trying to design tanks. While most of them did not leave the prototype stage, they were still fairly important thanks to innovative design philosophies.

  • 9 January 2015
Polikarpov I-153

In the 1930’s monoplanes were seen as the future of of aviation, yet this WW1 progeny, possibly the last biplane fighter designed for combat, was not going to let the future come unchallenged. Although it had only a brief operational career, it distinguished itself well.

  • 8 January 2015
Developers about the M4A3 (105)
Vyacheslav BVV_d Bulannikov, game-designer "The 105 mm howitzer on the Sherman will add a lot of colour to gameplay for tanks of this series. " ...
  • 7 January 2015
Marder III

Marders were liked for their reliability and firepower, and remained in service right until the end of war, even when they were substitued by fully enclosed designs such as Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer. In total, from 1942 to 1944, 942 Marders III were made in the Böhmisch-Mährische Maschinenfabrik AG plant in Prague, and were used on all fronts, including the deserts of North Africa.

  • 7 January 2015
Rhodesian Air Force

The history of Rhodesian Air Force started in 1935, when the air section of the 1st Battalion Rhodesia Regiment was formed in the British colony of Southern Rhodesia. Based at Belvedere airfield near Salisbury (present Harare), the newly born organisation accepted their first cadets which were then trained on de Havilland Tiger Moths

  • 6 January 2015