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Book of Records: British Armored Vehicles

The British are known for their conservative yet original approach to armored vehicles. In designing many of their tanks, engineers from the United Kingdom often went ‘all in’ on a specific concept. Today, we will discuss some of the most intriguing achievements of the British school of design — the heaviest, fastest, and best-armored tanks.

Su-34 Arsenal

High-rank aircraft are famous for being multirole and versatile. To be able to complete a variety of missions, they sometimes employ truly vast arsenals, so it’s not always easy to navigate through all their weapons and pick the best suitable options. Today we’d like to talk about the suspended arsenal of the Su-34, which by the way we extended with a new bomb a short time ago.

JAS39 the Little Plane that Could

In the 1980s, the Swedish Air Force was quite inspired by the successful experience of its foreign counterparts, so it greenlit its own development program for a multirole combat aircraft. At the time, many planes of this class resembled a Swiss army knife, combining a bomber, a fighter, and a reconnaissance aircraft in one vehicle. Sweden wanted a versatile aircraft, too, but it had a few unique requirements of its own.

Panzerhaubitze 2000: Classic Artillery

Modern self-propelled artillery systems are all very similar to each other. An oblong hull, a giant turret, and a lengthy barrel... They all share these features. Still, there’s one vehicle that’s mentioned more often than any other. This SPG was developed in Germany at the end of the 20th century and remains one of the most advanced artillery systems in service with numerous nations. And the name of this vehicle is the Panzerhaubitze 2000!

Thunder Show: TRIPLE KV’D

Hi! Welcome to Thunder Show and the most January moments of the past week. The start of the year may be pretty invigorating, if you get down to it with a batch of some damn fine shooting! Let’s get started!

2025 New Year Party!

The new year, 2025, has arrived, and we’re celebrating by throwing a small party featuring a diverse cast of different vehicles. There are many nations featured in War Thunder, so we’ve decided to let each of them contribute something unique to this special occasion.

2024 Review: Locations

Now that we’ve recalled the most noteworthy vehicles and talked about new mechanics and technologies, it’s time to take a look at in-game locations added or reworked in 2024!

2024 Review: Tech and Mechanics

All throughout 2024, War Thunder has been showing steady development in all directions. Among the most important additions were the reworked visuals and the implementation of raytracing. It made the lights and shadows much juicier and way more realistic, with glass and water surfaces producing natural, genuine reflections of the environment.

War Thunder in 2024 — an infographic

As the year comes to a close, we’d like to take a look at the results of both our work and your battles in 2024. We continued to release regular updates for War Thunder — both large, with new vehicles and locations, and small, with corrections and bug fixes. And we don’t plan to slow down in 2025!

2024 Review: Vehicles

2024 is almost over, which means it’s time for our good tradition of making a short summary of the year! Today we’re going to recall the most iconic and noteworthy vehicles added to the game this year.

Thunder Show: BOMB TO THE FUTURE

Hi! Welcome to Thunder Show and the most festive moments of the past week. We have no idea how that happened, but another year is almost over. Why don’t we watch a series of epic stories to celebrate the end of 2024? Let’s get started!

40 New User-Created Camouflages in the “Storm Warning” Trophy!

To commemorate the release of the Storm Warning major update, we’re presenting a trophy that includes 40 camouflages from 38 authors from WT.Live!

Pages of History (January): Defender of Leningrad

In this month’s Pages of History, you’ll be at the center of events that took place in different theaters of war. Iran and Saudi Arabia, the Philippines and East Prussia: take part in battles with the vehicles corresponding to these historic battles and receive prizes.

Holiday Sale in the Store

It is time for the final chapter of our holiday celebration: during the next week huge discounts for amazing vehicle packs await you in the Gaijin.Net Store!

It’s fixed! №100

Welcome to the 100th edition of “It’s fixed!” Today, we’ll be going over the bug fixes and improvements that we’ve made to the game since the release of the Storm Warning update. Let’s take a look!

Dressing Up Combat Vehicles: Holiday Camouflages 2025

2025 is upon us, and that means it’s time for our traditional end-of-the-year video: holiday camouflages! War Thunder fully embraces the festive atmosphere of winter holidays, and with the tools for custom skins at your disposal, you can bring even more holiday spirit to intense battles by dressing your vehicles in beautiful, striking, or even quirky “outfits”.

The Holiday Crate for Golden Eagles!

We’re pleased to present you with a Holiday Crate, available in the in-game Item Shop! This crate can only be purchased with Golden Eagles, and inside it is a large set of useful items: Premium Account, Silver Lions, universal backups and boosters, premium vehicles and also all vehicles that have ever been sold for Golden Eagles or Warbonds that aren’t currently obtainable in-game or on the Market (full list below).

New Ground Map: Attica

In addition to anticipated vehicles, the Storm Warning update brings a new location for combined battles: the sunny Attica inspired by the sunlit landscapes of the south-east of Greece. Today we’d like to introduce you to this new location, show you around, demonstrate the main attack directions, and, of course, do a little bit of sightseeing. We’re sure these sights deserve to be seen!