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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2023!

The Gaijin team wishes you a merry Christmas and the happiest New Year ever!

Thunder Show: OOPS!

Welcome to Thunder Show and the most impressive moments of the past week. Today’s episode is more than just spectacular: it’s also educational, with some secret knowledge and tips. Some of them might be deemed harmful, though, but that’s trivial. Let’s get started!

Trophies with user-created “Apex Predators” camouflages

We're happy to present the new "Apex Predators" trophy that contains 40 new camouflages created by talented authors on the Live.WT portal!

Special

New Year with War Thunder!

Christmas frost outside - it is time to decorate the Christmas tree and happily wait for the New Year. These winter days are the time of Christmas miracles, fun and gifts. Miracles we will leave to Santa but the fun and gifts will be provided by us!

Char 2bis: the Beast of Champagne

Char 2C is a superheavy French interwar tank, equipped with 155-mm howitzer. The apex predator of the low ranks!

VTOL Aircraft

The advent of the jet era presented a new set of problems to the designers and manufacturers of naval aircraft. As jets needed longer runways, engineers were forced to outfit carriers with complicated and expensive systems for assisted take-off and landing. Even in the late 1950s, contemporary aircraft catapults still left much to be desired – and that’s why major powers of the world started developing VTOL tech – or aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capabilities.

Winter event vehicles: Laté 298

A French Premium Hydroplane with a deadly torpedo is one of the prize in the upcoming winter special event in War Thunder.

Meet Major Update “Apex Predators”!

Brand new Rank VIII 4th generation aircraft with the iconic trio of the F-16, the MiG-29 and the Tornado! A selection of over 40 new and updated models of aircraft, ground vehicles and naval vessels. New models for naval crews with reworked voice overs for naval events, drop-tank mechanics, two new locations and as always, a long list of bug fixes and smaller updates and changes! Prepare yourself, Apex Predators have arrived in War Thunder!

Squadron vehicles: Sea Harrier FRS.1

The Sea Harrier is a later modification of the British V/STOL Harrier jet fighter that entered service with the Royal Navy in the late 1960s. Soon, the Sea Harrier FRS.1 will come to War Thunder as a new squadron vehicle, available with the release of the “Apex Predators” major update.

News for the sea!

Post-war uniforms, a total rehashing of crew voice-overs, as well as a new pack of WWII AI aircraft carriers for air battle modes! Only good news is coming from the sea in the Apex Predators update!

The Shooting Range #333

You are watching The Shooting Range – a weekly show for all tankers, airmen and Captains in War Thunder.

Winter Quest

The winter has arrived - it’s time to warm up in the battles from the Winter Quest in War Thunder! To brighten up the long, dark evenings we have prepared many prizes that you can get for any of your usual activities, because you just need to get points to complete the tasks!

Winter event vehicles: Tornado IDS Marineflieger

German top-tier Tornado IDS Marineflieger jet fighter is the main aviation prize of the upcoming winter special event in War Thunder.

Thunder Show: Got a Light?

Welcome to Thunder Show and the brightest moments of the past week. It’s getting pretty cold outside, at least for many of you, while this episode is going to be hot. Just as hot as inside an anti-air gun that had a close encounter with the British Crocodile’s flamethrowers. Let’s get started!

Duca degli Abruzzi: Ultimate Freelancer

Duca degli Abruzzi is the lead ship of the final Italian ‘Condottieri’ type cruiser class built for the Regia Marina in the years leading up to the outbreak of WWII. Arriving as part of the next major War Thunder update - “Apex Predators”, Duca degli Abruzzi will soon reinforce the Italian naval tree with its most advanced light cruiser design of the era!

Apex Predators Update: New Locations

Introducing two new locations for mixed battles that will be added to the game in the upcoming major update. Meet the industrial area of the mine complex in the location "Gold Quarry" and the winter version of your favorite "Poland"!

“Pandora’s Box”

Join the weekend “Pandora’s Box” special event and get unique titles and trophies with boosters, universal back-ups or Silver Lions!

Book of Records: IFVs

Today we’re going to talk about the best IFVs available in War Thunder: the ones with the best mobility, the best protection... or just unusual design features.