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While pilots and tankers in War Thunder are rushing into the skies and rumbling across the ground, Star Conflict players are fighting against aliens in the outer space.

Paul Schulze was a German tank commander and major of the Wehrmacht. In 1945, the Kampfgruppe Schulze with a few Tigers, Panthers and some halftracks, fought a frantic battle against the Allies advancing against West Germany.

Ferdinand Porsche, born 139 years ago, was a German pioneer of automobile engineering and founder the Porsche company. In mid 1943, Porsche’s design for a heavy tank destroyer based on his previous but unsuccessful concept for Germany’s Tiger tank was delivered to the Wehrmacht, called Panzerjäger Tiger (P) ‘Ferdinand’ in his honor.

As many of you already know, we have prolonged the deadline for entering missions to our War Thunder CDK Mission Contest, which features a total prize pool of $1,000 for the best War Thunder missions created through the CDK!

On this day, 77 and 72 years ago, two aircraft performed their first flight, to become legends of the USAF and the UK during the war: The Grumman F4F «Wildcat» and Hawker «Tempest». Enjoy a discount on the aircrafts «Tempest», «Wildcat» and «Hellcat» and find out more about the Grumman F6F «Hellcat» and Hawker «Tempest» below.

The 1930s and 1940s saw the creation of many weird and wonderful aircraft designs that under normal circumstances, may never have seen the light of day. The idea of vertical flight and rotary wings was not new by this time, however it had not been successfully operated by any air force.

In the blue skies above Gerbini, Sicily on June 5^th, 1943, a lone Macchi C.202 fighter fell from the sky as a swirling dogfight ensued overhead, with further Italian fighters aggressively attacking a force of USAAF B-17s escorted by RAF Spitfires. Witnesses on the ground watched with stomach churning anticipation, waiting for the tell tale plume of white to appear behind the stricken fighter to show the pilot had managed to escape via parachute. It never came. Franco Lucchini, possibly the greatest Italian air ace of the Second World War, was lost to enemy action.

Participate in our artwork contest to win a Thrustmaster HOTAS WARTHOG™ and unleash the beast inside you!

Whilst on paper, the 11th of November 1918 brought peace to Europe by formally declaring an end to ‘The Great War’, the greatest conflict in the history of mankind was yet to come, with aggression still smouldering over the horizon.

This weekend earn additional Research Points and Silver Lions by participating in the duel of two of the famous infantry support tanks of the war!

In War Thunder’s new ‘Ugly Duckling’ series, we will take a look at the less well known aircraft of the world. This time: the OS2U Kingfisher!

As part of our newly introduced revenue share partner system, we are very happy to announce the first player created aircraft skins to be added to War Thunder!

At the recent games exhibition in Germany, the gamescom 2014, visitors of the War Thunder booth had the opportunity to meet the real SU-100 and the Bf 109 K-4.

The first nation to recognize the potential of military air power was Austria. In the First and Second World War, Austria produced many pilot aces, including the well-known Luftwaffe aces Walter Nowotny and Maximillian Stotz.