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77 ft Elco PT-20 Class torpedo boat: Powerful Reserve

Our focus today is the American 77 ft Elco PT-20 Class starter torpedo boat, which is capable of performing very well even outside the ‘sandbox’.

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  • 24 October 2016
The Fairmile C - A greyhound with bite

With the Closed Beta Test of Naval forces coming soon, it is only logical to introduce another of the upcoming Royal Navy beauties. We would like to present to you the Fairmile C motor gun boat - the older brother of Fairmile D, already presented to you in a past devblog.

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  • 21 October 2016
G-5 torpedo boat: The Little Terror

We present the most widely produced Soviet boat of the 1941 to 1945 WWII period – the G-5 motor torpedo boat.

Reconnect mechanics

Loss of connection to the server is no longer a verdict for battle! We are introducing the long-awaited mechanics of return to battle due to a lost connection!

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  • 14 October 2016
Newsflash from IgroMir 2016! New ships and first look at Japanese Ground Forces!

Unable to participate in IgroMir 2016? Dont worry! We will tell you everything you need to know about the new additions we introduced at the biggest Russian Game Expo in 2016!

Texture Streaming in War Thunder on all platforms

“Texture Streaming” is the main technical addition to update 1.63 Desert Hunters. The technology improves the game in five ways at the same time!

Improved visual effects for fire and tracers

Update 1.63 "Desert Hunters" will feature improved visuals for tracer ammunition, explosions and flames on burning vehicles.

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  • 23 September 2016
Hudson Mk V - A twin-engined rascal!

The twin-engined passenger aircraft which proved its value during the war as a light bomber. Meet the Hudson Mk V!

Sneak Peek for Update 1.63 "Desert Hunters" (Live Stream from Dev Server at Friday!)

We are introducing new vehicles of the Update 1.63 "Desert Hunters". Make sure to read the vehicles devblog for more informations. 

Brigand B.1 - A Bandit without a mask

We are pleased to present to you the Royal Air Force successor of the well-known Bristol Beaufighter. The Bristol Brigand that will arrive in Update 1.63 Desert Hunters in the designated B.1 bomber variant.

New location: Sinai

Charging iron beasts replaced battle chariots, and there, where the stones of slingshots cracked and arrows shot out in a wicked swarm, tank shells now fly to their targets with a sinister whistle. The new Sinai map awaits desert hunters in War Thunder update 1.63!

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  • 16 September 2016
A1E1 Independent - A Land Ironclad

Pardon sire, would you mind looking at this wonderful piece of machinery over here? It is the Vickers A1E1 Independent - an influential multi-turreted interwar tank design built by British engineers.

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  • 16 September 2016
8.8cm Flak 37 (Sf.) auf s. Zgkw. 18t - A Heavyweight Flak

A combination of heavy half-track and 88 mm Flak cannon? Does that sound odd? Not if German engineering has anything to do with it! Let us introduce, the 8.8cm Flak 37 (Sf.) auf s. Zgkw. 18t

BV 238: The Largest aircraft

It's difficult to imagine an aircraft of the Second World War that exceeds the size of the American B-29 Superfortress strategic bomber or the Japanese H6K Crocodile. But now we have a new record-breaker!

FlakPz I Gepard - The second and last of its name

It is time to introduce the first post-war German Self Propelled Anti-aircraft gun in the game. Welcome the Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard - a deadly anti-aircraft defence tool with twinned 35mm autocannons.

ZSU-23-4 Shilka: River of Fire

Yet another legendary anti-aircraft gun is coming to War Thunder – the Soviet four-barrel, self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon system the ZSU-23-4 Shilka.

Location: Greece

We are pleased to present a new air battle map in War Thunder, which we've titled Greece. Close combat amid labyrinths of cliffs in a colorful Mediterranean landscape? Boom and zoom from out of the clouds? This has all that, again and again! Clear prop!

F9F-8 Cougar - A Perfect Predator

When you hear "Cougar" you imagine a predatory animal - a mountain lion, puma, panther or wildcat. From now on, the first thing you think about will be the brand new US Navy jet fighter for War Thunder!