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Heavy Cavalry Packs Are Now Available!

Battle Pass Season 24: “Do It Yourself” and Its Warbond Shop!

Meet the “Heavy Cavalry” Major Update!

Battle Pass Season 24: “Do It Yourself” and Its Warbond Shop!

Crews often have to operate in the field. When there’s no fully equipped hangar with tools and specialists nearby, resourcefulness and ingenuity come into play! We’re dedicating Battle Pass Season 24 to the makeshift mechanics and resourceful engineers ready for the boldest improvisations. This season’s vehicle rewards were born from improvisation: the Romanian IAR-81 fighter fitted with a Bf 109G engine, and a Somali modification of the Italian FIAT 6616 armored car, equipped with a 57 mm rocket pod!

The WTCS Pro League Major III is Here: Register Now For The Qualification Stage!

The War Thunder Championships Series (WTCS) continues! The third Major of the season will feature an intense 4v4 top-tier ground format. Whether you’re a seasoned commander or a master of modern ground combat, this tournament is for you!

It’s fixed! №117

Today, we’ve rounded up and will be covering some of the fixes and improvements that we’ve made to the game today and over the past two weeks. If you’d like to catch up on every fixed bug, then be sure to check out the changelog section on our website.

Fair Play: August 2026

Your reports and our anti-cheat systems continue to help us in the fight against cheaters. As is tradition, we’re sharing information about the bans issued since last Fair Play. If you want to help rid War Thunder of cheaters and unsportsmanlike players, you can learn how to submit a report and how our anti-cheat system works on our wiki.

Work-In-Progress: PLZ45

Hey everyone! We’re back with another Work-In-Progress blog, this time for the Chinese PLZ45 with a 155 mm cannon, planned for the upcoming major update. Let’s take a look at it!

Monthly Decals for August!

Hello everyone! How are you? Fine thank you. We’re glad to be back with another round of collectible decals for you! We’re happy to include this rare big cat for Japan, and one of the Bagram birds for the USSR, recreated excellently by Fenris.

Get Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya in the Guardian of the Baltic Sea Event!

In October 1911, the battleship Gangut was launched, named after the Battle of Gangut, the Russian Empire’s first naval victory. After the First World War, the ship remained inactive for a long period; it was subsequently refitted in 1925 and renamed Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya (October Revolution). At the start of the Second World War it was redeployed to Kronstadt, where between 1941 and 1943, it engaged German forces positioned near Leningrad with artillery fire. Although the Luftwaffe made numerous attempts to sink the battleship, it survived every bombing raid and artillery barrage. In 1943, it helped lift the Siege of Leningrad and continued to support Soviet offensive operations in the Baltic region until the summer of 1944.

A Discount on the G.91 R/4 to Mark the 70th Anniversary of its First Flight!

The first mass-produced jet fighter built in Italy, the G.91, made its maiden flight on August 9th 1956. It became a symbol of the resurgence of Italian military aviation following the Second World War. In addition to the Italian Air Force, the G.91 served with the West German Luftwaffe and the Portuguese Air Force. It remained in service for a full 34 years from 1961 to 1995!

Removal of Japanese Ho-Ri SPGs from the Research Tree and Sale

Today, we’d like to give you a heads up regarding the removal of the Japanese Ho-Ri Production and Ho-Ri Prototype SPGs from the Japanese research tree and from sale respectively.