Prepare to get sand between your toes, North Africa makes its much anticipated appearance in War Thunder, we hope you enjoy battling it out in the new maps as much as we did in designing them for you - and don’t forget, keep your hat on, only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun!

Some British love for the defence from airborne attacks against your tea drinking colleagues on the ground. These two Crusader variants will have you downing the enemy and giving some ground based foes some grief.

The players have been asking us when the Mig-17 will be added to the game for several years. Now we can finally reveal this aircraft and tell you for sure that this plane will take its place as the top jet fighter of the USSR after the Mig-15bis.

You won't have long to wait now! British Ground vehicles will be appearing very soon to the sound of a kettle boiling, make the tea boys and girls.

Armoured cars are making their way to War Thunder! With the addition of the T17E2 and Armoured Car MK II SPAA, gameplay in War Thunder is set to become a whole lot more diverse!

The Ki-44-II is soon to make its way into the the Japanese nation for War Thunder. Known for its powerful armament, it served mostly in air defence roles. In the right hands, the damage caused to the enemy can be more than extensive!

Be it the A34's firepower, which was greater than any other allied tank for its time, or the A30's powerful cannon which could wreck heavy German tanks even at medium to long distances, both of these vehicles will prove useful additions for the British line in War Thunder.

Renowned for its increased lifting capacity and durability, and soon to appear on the British aircraft tree in War Thunder, the 4-engined Short Stirling heavy bomber will always be remembered for beginning a fundamentally new era of British aircraft design.

In this Dev Blog article, we would like like to introduce two brand new up and coming additions to the growing British Tank tree of War Thunder: The powerful centurion Mk III and the beastly Conqueror Mk II.

The Australian “Thunderbolt” is an incredible machine. It has good maneuverability, excellent armament and, most importantly, - this is a vehicle of original Australian design! You enjoy the “Boomerang” fighter? You make dozens of ground kills whilst flying your Wirraway? Then this the tank you need!

With a reinforced frame and powerful MK9A engine outputting 2200 hp, the A7M2 will be a powerful weapon even in the hands of the inexperienced, so imagine what a real samurai will be able to accomplish!

As one of the most successful British cruiser tanks of World War II, the Cromwell performed well against its main enemies, Pz.Kpfw. III and Pz.Kpfw. IV. It was used to fight on all major theatres the Commonwealth was involved in.

Light, agile, armoured and transported to the battlefield by glider? Why not?! Today we will take a look at the Tetrarch Mk I - the new vehicle for the British Tech Tree!

The time has come to present more vehicles of the upcoming British Ground Forces lineup! And which tank could be more suited to start with than the legendary Churchill infantry tank?

Refuel before piloting an aircraft, don’t participate without preparation, the battle will be long. The “Enduring Confrontation” game mode is available again for general testing and is now more interesting than before!

Update 1.53 'Firestorm' has finally arrived, introducing War Thunder's updated Dagor Engine 4.0. Besides countless of visual and performance enhancements, many game mechanics have been improved and a plethora of new content has been added!

Regularly, some of our development team interact with our community on the Official Forums. The players are invited to ask the team questions in regard to future development.

Today we would like to introduce you to a famous project of German engineering, the E-100! This vehicle will be added to the game in one of the upcoming future updates.