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Steel Generals: M2A4 Light Tank
After the Spanish Civil War, most armed forces, including the U.S. Army, realized that they needed combat tanks armed with proper guns, not only machi...
  • 6 December 2014
New Location: “Moscow”
The Location “Moscow” has been recreated based on the memories of participants of WW2 and documents of the Moscow defense operation in the winter of 1...
  • 5 December 2014
Upcoming new features
Towing cable In the heat of a ground vehicle battle, vehicles sometimes roll over after a collision or encountering a rock unexpectedly, this can lea...
  • 4 December 2014
Steel Generals: M19
The M19 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was based on a lengthened M24 Chaffee chassis. The engine was moved to behind the drivers' compartment, and t...
  • 4 December 2014
F2H-2 Banshee
The F2H-2 Banshee was developed from the FH1 Phantom. A Single-seat, two engine fighter, it was developed as a carrier fighter for the US Navy. The...
  • 4 December 2014
White Stone Fortress
The White Stone Fortress was initially built to protect the river, now it's a battle ground for Ground Forces! ...
  • 4 December 2014
The SMK
The SMK (named after Sergei Mironovich Kirov) was a prototype tank made to answer requirements for a successor for the T-35. The design team in Kirovs...
  • 3 December 2014
I-16 Type 10

The four-gun Type 10 was nicknamed "Super Mosca" or simply "Super". A total number of 276 aircraft were delivered to Spain from 1936 to 1938. Another ...

  • 3 December 2014
Panzerbefehlswagen VI Tiger (P)
The Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger (P) or Porsche-Tiger (after it's designer Ferdinand Porsche) was the rival design to the later favored Henschel-Tiger. A...
  • 2 December 2014
Ki-43-III Otsu «Hayabusa»
The Ki 43 was the most numerous of all the Imperial Army's war planes, fighting from the beginning till the end of World War 2 despite it's increasing...
  • 2 December 2014
Steel Generals: M46 Patton

The M46 was an American tank designed to replace the M26 Pershing and M4 Sherman. It was one of the U.S Army's primary medium tanks of the early Cold ...

  • 1 December 2014
Canberra B(I).Mk.6
Although the Canberra was designed as a high-altitude bomber it handled excellently at the low-altitudes. As the RAF needed a low-level attack aircraf...
  • 1 December 2014
"Eastern Europe" (working title)
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  • 30 November 2014
Mitsubishi J2M3
The Mitsubishi J2M Raiden was introduced in the Japanese navy in 1942. Development begun in 1939 after a request for a local defence interceptor, this...
  • 29 November 2014
New “To Battle!” Button
Selection of game modes has been simplified and its functionality has been expanded at the same time. Now the most popular events and test modes will ...
  • 28 November 2014
Steel Generals: Medium Tank M4A1 Sherman
M4A1 was a major US Medium Tank M4 with a molded, cast turret and a Continental R-975, 350 hp radial engine. Production started in February of 1942 an...
  • 26 November 2014
Steel Generals: M24 Chaffee
The Light Tank M24 was an American light tank used during the later part of World War II and in postwar conflicts including the Korean War and, with t...
  • 24 November 2014
Steel Generals: M103 Heavy Tank
Early prototypes of M103 heavy tank were created in 1951-1954 to counteract the heavy tanks developed by the USSR.  M103 was put on service in 1956 be...
  • 2 November 2014