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German Aircraft Release Tree

The highly anticipated tech tree of Luftwaffe planes featuring in War Thunder is ready. Several types of fighters and bombers listed in the table make a pretty large collection of 109 German aircraft including modifications.

  • 16 March 2012
New Locations Announced: The Ardennes and Malta

We are glad to announce that european theatre of war in War Thunder has expanded to the west and to the south - the Ardennes and Malta locations have been revealed.

  • 15 March 2012
Soviet Aircraft Release Tree

We are proud to reveal the release tree of USSR aircraft to be included in the game. Two separate branches, one for fighters and one that groups together several categories of attackers and bombers, make up an impressive 80 playable airplane models, including modifications.

  • 7 March 2012
Welcome to New Locations: Ruhr and Pearl Harbor

Expaning borders even more with two new in-game locations. Witness decisive battles for the industrial heart of Germany - Ruhr and the very start of Japanese invasion on Pearl Harbor with War Thunder.

  • 20 February 2012
New Locations Added: Midway and Kuban

Today we reveal descriptions of two locations that will also be available in War Thunder.

Kuban and Midway locations will be featured in the game starting the closed beta stage.

  • 27 January 2012
Developers about the M103 Heavy Tank

The last American tank in the “heavy tank” class. A decently balanced tank – it has a very powerful cannon, but the weak armor on some parts of the tank force it to take a careful approach to choosing a firing position.