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New Location: “Moscow”
The Location “Moscow” has been recreated based on the memories of participants of WW2 and documents of the Moscow defense operation in the winter of 1...
  • 5 December 2014
Upcoming new features
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...
  • 4 December 2014
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...
  • 4 December 2014
White Stone Fortress
The White Stone Fortress was initially built to protect the river, now it's a battle ground for Ground Forces! ...
  • 4 December 2014
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...
  • 3 December 2014
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 ...

  • 3 December 2014
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...
  • 2 December 2014
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...
  • 2 December 2014
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...
  • 1 December 2014
"Eastern Europe" (working title)
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  • 30 November 2014
Mitsubishi J2M3
The Mitsubishi J2M Raiden was introduced in the Japanese navy in 1942. Development begun in 1939 after a request for a local defence interceptor, this...
  • 29 November 2014
Steel Generals: M3 Lee

The Medium Tank M3, called M3 Lee by the US Army and M3 Grant by the British Army, was an American medium tank developed to fill the gap between the Medium Tank M2 and M4 Sherman. Featuring a 37 mm cannon in a fully traversable turret and a 75 mm cannon in a casemate embedded to the hull, the M3's appearance was quite unique.

  • 27 November 2014
Yak-1
The single-engine Yakovlev Yak-1 monoplane was the first aircraft designed by the Soviet Yakovlev design bureau. Aimed at replacing the outdated Polik...
  • 14 September 2014
Panzerbefehlswagen IV
The Panzerbefehlswagen IV, or Pz.Bfw. IV, is a German command tank based on the Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. J series of medium tanks and was put in service in e...
  • 12 September 2014
Boeing B-17E
The Boeing B-17E ‘Flying Fortress’ was a four-engined heavy bomber favoured by the US Air Force. In March 1942, the Japanese Army managed to capture a...
  • 11 September 2014
T-III
T-III (or T-3) was the Soviet designation for any captured German Pz.Kpfw. III to be put in service with the Red Army. This particular vehicle is an e...
  • 10 September 2014
Ki-43-II Late (in USAAF camouflage)
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa was a single-engine fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Air Force. Army designation was "Army Type 1 Fighter" aka "Oscar or ...
  • 9 September 2014
Vehicle Presets
In patch 1.43 we will be adding long-awaited additional functionality for crew slots - it will be the ability to save and load preset aircraft/ground ...
  • 9 September 2014