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Dawn of the Jet Age in the Royal Navy

On December 3rd 1945, Lieutenant Commander Eric “Winkle” Brown made history as his de Havilland Sea Vampire touched down on the deck of HMS Ocean, the first carrier landing of a jet aircraft and the dawn of the jet age for the Royal Navy.

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Towing cable In the heat of a ground vehicle battle, vehicles sometimes roll over after a collision or encountering a rock unexpectedly, this can lea...

Steel Generals: M19

The M19 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was based on a lengthened M24 Chaffee chassis. The engine was moved to behind the drivers' compartment, and t...

F2H-2 Banshee

The F2H-2 Banshee was developed from the FH1 Phantom. A Single-seat, two engine fighter, it was developed as a carrier fighter for the US Navy. The...

Bf 110

The Bf 110 was a much maligned fighter in real life and is aptly reflected in game, but in the hands of someone who is disciplined and plays by some simple rules this fighter will dominate the airspace.

White Stone Fortress

The White Stone Fortress was initially built to protect the river, now it's a battle ground for Ground Forces! ...

The SMK

The SMK (named after Sergei Mironovich Kirov) was a prototype tank made to answer requirements for a successor for the T-35. The design team in Kirovs...

I-16 Type 10

The four-gun Type 10 was nicknamed "Super Mosca" or simply "Super". A total number of 276 aircraft were delivered to Spain from 1936 to 1938. Another ...

Iosif Stalin 2

The Iosif Stalin 2 or IS-2 was a Soviet heavy tank arriving in front line duty in 1944. With its powerful cannon and good armour it was a well performing breakthrough tank during the later period of the war.

Sparkly for Children

The most beautiful thing in the world is to help a person that has had maybe a little less luck than we ourselves have had. This person, may have made a wrong decision in their life or maybe didn't even have a chance to make a good decision. A person, that is shivering from cold peeking through a window and seeing happy families preparing for a Christmas dinner.

Panzerbefehlswagen VI Tiger (P)

The Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger (P) or Porsche-Tiger (after it's designer Ferdinand Porsche) was the rival design to the later favored Henschel-Tiger. A...

Ki-43-III Otsu «Hayabusa»

The Ki 43 was the most numerous of all the Imperial Army's war planes, fighting from the beginning till the end of World War 2 despite it's increasing...

Christmas Skin Competition

Our friends over at MetagamingTV are hosting a Christmas skin competition - participate and join in on the fun, to win Golden Eagles and Premium Vehicles!

Results of the third stage of Formula War Thunder!

The third stage of Formula WT is over! Here you can check latest results!

Royal Yugoslav Air Force

The Royal Yugoslav Air Force (henceforth referred to as the JKRV - Jugoslovensko Kraljevsko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo) was the successor to the Serbian Military Air Service, one of the youngest air forces in the world. However, it would not be until 1921 that the JKRV was a self-sufficient, independent air force, untied from French leadership, who supplied and outfitted them till that point.

Steel Generals: M46 Patton

The M46 was an American tank designed to replace the M26 Pershing and M4 Sherman. It was one of the U.S Army's primary medium tanks of the early Cold ...

Canberra B(I).Mk.6

Although the Canberra was designed as a high-altitude bomber it handled excellently at the low-altitudes. As the RAF needed a low-level attack aircraf...

4,000,000 Views - Incredible!

4,192,607 and rising, that’s how many views our latest Trailer - “Victory is Ours!” - has received. A story of war, a story of pain, a story of love, a story of the circle of futility and in the end a calm. All this content in a video that is less than 4 minutes long.