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War Thunder CDK: The Location Editor

In this next video of the series: "Developers explaining the War Thunder CDK”, the lead artist responsible for in game locations in Gaijin Entertainme...

The Future of Matchmaking

The team and I often get questions like: “What’s with the Battle Ratings thing”? “Any news about them?” Players see an issue in the current balance of...

New features in ground forces arcade mode

As you have probably already noticed, we have been busy experimenting on a new mode with respawn points for mixed battles for a while now. But...

Developers explaining the War Thunder CDK

We are happy to present another video of our “Developers explaining the War Thunder CDK” series. This time our game designer Elizaveta Mahatkova will ...

New shell icons

In Update 1.43, tank shell icons have been significantly improved. Now they show the penetration value and damage effects, which are taken directly fr...

Research Trees in 1.43

Dear players! Our research trees for both air and ground vehicles in War Thunder have been significantly improved for the major update 1.43. Today, w...

Yak-1

The single-engine Yakovlev Yak-1 monoplane was the first aircraft designed by the Soviet Yakovlev design bureau. Aimed at replacing the outdated Polik...

Panzerbefehlswagen IV

The Panzerbefehlswagen IV, or Pz.Bfw. IV, is a German command tank based on the Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. J series of medium tanks and was put in service in e...

Boeing B-17E

The Boeing B-17E ‘Flying Fortress’ was a four-engined heavy bomber favoured by the US Air Force. In March 1942, the Japanese Army managed to capture a...

T-III

T-III (or T-3) was the Soviet designation for any captured German Pz.Kpfw. III to be put in service with the Red Army. This particular vehicle is an e...

New Sounds 1.43

In patch 1.43 sound content will change significantly in War Thunder. We will have new sounds for popular aircraft cannons and machine guns, we will ...

Ki-43-II Late (in USAAF camouflage)

Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa was a single-engine fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Air Force. Army designation was "Army Type 1 Fighter" aka "Oscar or ...

Vehicle Presets

In patch 1.43 we will be adding long-awaited additional functionality for crew slots - it will be the ability to save and load preset aircraft/ground ...

Improve your account security by enabling Two-Step-Authorization

Dear Players! For all Gaijin Entertainment services, we are employing an active unified account system - meaning that you don’t need to create multip...

Lancaster Mk.I & Updated Lancaster Mk.III

The Avro Lancaster – a British four-engined heavy bomber in service with the Royal Air Force from 1942. The Lancaster Mk.I was equipped with “Merlin” ...

Captured KV-1 with Kw.K. 40

A Soviet KV-1 captured by the German forces. Amongst the modifications made by Germany was a newly installed commander’s cupola as well as replacing t...

I-16 type 5

In a future update, the Soviet fighter line will receive an addition, the I -16 type 5, which is less suited to short-range air combat and is less man...

Venom FB.Mk.4

The Venom FB.Mk.4 – an improved modification of the Venom FB.Mk 1 with power-driven ailerons, a modified tail and ejection seat. The construction of t...