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He 219: The Night Hunter

We are pleased to present the German He 219 night interceptor. This is the first aircraft in the game created by a War Thunder player!

IT-1, the Soviet Missile Tank

We’re pleased to present yet another new addition in War Thunder 1.59: Flaming Arrows – the Soviet IT-1 tank, armed with anti-tank guided missiles.

Strv-81: The Missile Centurion

We’re continuing our story about tanks with ATGMs in War Thunder. Today’s hero is the export version of the Centurion III for the Swedish army – the Strv-81.

The Yak-30D: A long anticipated top jet fighter in the Yakovlev fighters branch

The Yak-30D is going to be the top jet fighter in the Yakovlev fighters branch, an aicraft difficult to model!

New Location: Novorossiysk

We’re pleased to present a new location for mixed battles – the Port of Novorossiysk. This familiar location to War Thunder pilots has been given a spacious battlefield for ground vehicles.

M551 Sheridan

Today, we're going to present you a Vietnam War icon: the Sheridan. Equipped with a 152mm canon, this light tank can shoot regular shells and ATGM!

Cromwell V RP3

In War Thunder update 1.59 "Flaming Arrows" , we’re adding several tanks armed with ATGMs at once. On top of that, we’re continuing to work on tanks with unguided rockets. Today’s hero is the British Cromwell RP3, armed with aircraft rockets!

Westland Wyvern: The Turboprop Dragon

The Westland Wyvern was the first series-produced combat aircraft in the world equipped with a turboprop engine. It will also be the first of its kind in War Thunder. Meet the new addition to the game, one of the most extraordinary carrier-borne aircraft in history!

Raketenjagdpanzer 2, the Low Profile Slinger

We would like to introduce a brand-new German SPG that will reach us with Update 1.59 "Flaming Arrows" : the Raketenjagdpanzer-2!

ASU-85: Death from the Skies

The ASU, or aviadesantnaya samokhodnaya ustanovka (air-landing self-propelled gun), armed with an 85mm cannon, was developed in the post-war Soviet Union as a vehicle for Soviet airborne landing troops. It will complete the USSR light tree and become a top tank at rank IV.

T29: The Experimental Monster + video added

American tank design at the end of the war stood out for its numerous intriguing projects, many of which were given material form but never reached the front. One of these will be coming to War Thunder soon™ in the American tech tree as a premium vehicle – the T29 heavy tank.

Cockpit for P-61 & Bf 109B-1

We would like to introduce you to our brand new cockpits for the American heavy fighter, the P-61 Black Widow and the German Bf 109B-1 fighter.

PzKpfw III Ausf. B

Today we will take a closer look to one of the first types of German tank: the PzKpfw III - PzKpfw III Ausf. B which will be added to War Thunder in the upcoming 1.59 "Flaming Arrows" update.

ASU-57: Air Delivery

ASU-57 was the first series-produced SPG in the USSR that was developed specially to be delivered by air for airborne landing troops. The ASU-57 – aviadesantnaya samokhodnaya ustanovka, or air-landing self-propelled gun – will be a new addition to the Soviet light tank line and will be situated before the PT-76 on the tree.

New Leaderboards

For many players, personal success is no less important than their team’s success. We understand these feelings, and so, we would like to introduce an update for personal statistics.

Oculus Rift in War Thunder

One of the major focuses since the very beginning of War Thunder has been player immersion. Detailed aircraft, cockpits with instrumentation as well as stunning visuals. All of this now comes even more to live, thanks to recent developments in Virtual Reality technology.

  • 5 May 2016
Vehicle Collision Physics in game - An explanation

Vehicles collision in the game environment is a common topic among players, Anton (Gaijin CEO and War Thunder Lead Developer) took some time out to try and explain exactly how our game interprets real world physics virtually.

  • 29 April 2016
World War, Battle Ratings & more, Pt. II

In the previous devblog, we talked about battle ratings. We now have an announcement - a new mode, which is eagerly awaited by many of our players.