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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...
  • 16 September 2014
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...
  • 16 September 2014
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 Aimed at replacing the outdated Polik...
  • 14 September 2014
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...
  • 12 September 2014
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...
  • 11 September 2014
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...
  • 10 September 2014
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 ...
  • 10 September 2014
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 ...
  • 9 September 2014
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 ...
  • 9 September 2014
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...
  • 9 September 2014
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” ...
  • 8 September 2014
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...
  • 5 September 2014
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...
  • 1 September 2014
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...
  • 28 August 2014
J7W1
In the next major War Thunder update we will be introducing the J7W1 "Shinden" ("Bright Lightning"), a Japanese single-engine, high-speed, short range...
  • 27 August 2014
PzKpfw III Ausf. J
The tank has 50 mm of frontal armor and is armed with a 50 mm Kw.K. 39 L/60. Battle rating of this tank will approximately be equal to the BR of the S...
  • 26 August 2014
Tank Armour and Module Inspector
We have significantly improved the amount of information that is displayed using the Armour Inspector, which we first presented on gamescom 2014, and ...
  • 21 August 2014
B-57A Canberra
The Martin B-57 Canberra was officially test flown on July the 20th, 1953, and was the first aircraft of overseas design to be manufactured in the Uni...
  • 21 August 2014