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Challenger MBTs
During the second half of the 20th century, the UK was one of the main players of the global arms industry. From 1971 onwards, the country sold several hundred Chieftain MBTs to Iran, and in 1974 the British secured a contract to supply Iran with even a more advanced combat vehicle. That's how Challenger history begins!
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  • 22 December 2021
"Play4Peace" Tournaments
The NOAIM and eSportsReady communities invite you to take part in 2v2 and 7v7 tank battle tournaments in realistic mode with markers, as part of the “Play4Peace” event. Watch live streams on the participating twitch channels and earn prizes for watching the matches!
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  • 22 December 2021
Christmas in War Thunder!
Snow sparkles in the hangar, so that means it’s time to celebrate the festivities in War Thunder. Discounts, sales and special events are waiting for you! Here is a guide to the War Thunder festive calendar - let’s take a look!
It’s fixed! №34
In this digest we would like to tell you about our continuing work on improvements and fixes in the game. You can find information about all updates that have been released in War Thunder on the website special section.
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  • 22 December 2021
Special
The first combat mission of the "Flying Tigers"
Feel like one of the legendary squadron pilots in the P-40 series fighter!
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  • 20 December 2021
The Shooting Range #283
You are watching The Shooting Range – a weekly show for all tankers, airmen and Captains in War Thunder.
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  • 19 December 2021
End of the year giveaway - week 2!
Participate in our giveaway, we got a 9900k CPU and Apache premium packs!
  • 18 December 2021
Thunder Show: Bouncing Bomb
Hey there! Welcome to this week’s best moments on Thunder Show! For today's episode, we've received replays with a couple bombs (watch out, one of them is a bouncer!), an ATGM sniping, a killer turret... and a battle of an incredible flying ace: we'll keep that for the end of the episode. Let's go!
  • 17 December 2021
Trophies with a user-created “Winged Lions” camouflage
Unlock a unique trophy simply by playing the game! Activate your camo coupons, or sell them on the Market to get Gaijin Coins (GJN)!
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  • 17 December 2021
Squadron vehicles: Su-22M3
A superb Soviet fighter-bomber, the Su-22M3 is the new squadron vehicle in War Thunder.
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  • 16 December 2021
Special
The Ardennes Offensive
On the morning of December the 16th, 1944, the German offensive on Western Front began after a powerful artillery preparation. The offensive in the Ardennes was considered the last large-scale offensive operation of the Wehrmacht in WWII.
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  • 16 December 2021
FIAT Aircraft
Throughout both World Wars, Italian pilots used Italian planes, developed and produced by several companies. Today we’re going to talk about one of them — the legendary Fiat Aviazione.
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  • 15 December 2021
Israeli Ground Forces CBT Early Access Packs!
Check out the early access packs for the Israeli ground forces CBT that starts in the next major update after “Winged Lions”!
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  • 14 December 2021
Israeli Air Forces - Become a tester!
Pilots, with the release of the “Winged Lions” update, we are beginning aviation CBT for Israel!
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  • 14 December 2021
Meet Major Update “Winged Lions”!
A new in game nation and Air Force tree with Israel, reconnaissance aircraft for naval battles, the influence of breeze in the game environment, new locations, many new vehicles and a long list of bug fixes awaits you in the "Winged Lions" Major Update!
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  • 14 December 2021
Vautour IIA and Vautour IIN in the lineups of France and Israel
Update regarding the Vautour IIA aircraft in French and Israeli aviation tech-trees, as well as an all-new Vautour IIN jet bomber version.
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  • 13 December 2021
The Shooting Range #282
You are watching The Shooting Range – a weekly show for all tankers, airmen and Captains in War Thunder.
  • 12 December 2021
Thunder Show: Rage Biplane
Hey there! Welcome to this week’s best moments on Thunder Show! Today we're going to show you some high-altitude maneuvers, a skillful armor-piercing double, a devastating ATGM, one truly crazy biplane and... a moment we don't even know how to describe. Let's get to that odd case first, shall we?
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  • 10 December 2021