US Air Force Birthday

From September 16th (13:00 GMT) until September 19th (7:00 GMT), play 3 battles using American aircraft (rank III or higher, with an activity of not less than 70%) to receive the “Lieutenant America” decal.

Project “Overpowered”: Po-2M

The most infamous plane in the game gets a nice set of floats! Meet the new image for the legendary biplane. Is the Po-2 still 2 OP?

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7881-development-project-overpowered-po-2m-en

It’s fixed! №63

✅ The full picture!
✅ Drag chute fixed
✅ “Stingers” under cover
✅ More improvements

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7883-it-s-fixed-63-en

New authentic decals (available until October 20th)

Here’s a new set of rare decals! Japanese cobra, French knight, British unicorn, Italian griffin, South African cat, and two dragons: Swedish and Chinese! Make your aircraft, ships and tanks prettier with these new pictures!

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7884-decals-new-authentic-decals-available-until-october-20th-en

Dear players. From September the 24th we have faced prolonged DDoS attacks on our servers. As a result, some of you may experience problems with the availability of the game and other game services. We are aware of this problem, our specialists are promptly switching the load to other data centres to stabilise the situation.

We want what's happening to have minimal impact on your gaming experience during our Events, so:

We will be increasing the number of Crates with Material and Pieces of Tape tasks for project “Overpowered” that will be available after October 3rd (12:00 noon GMT). We will update you with the details in the event news during the week.
Twitch Drops event participants who clicked the "Get" button in their Drops inventory will receive their earned rewards during the week.
Once the situation stabilises, we will extend all active premium accounts. We will inform you about this in another news item.
We will keep you informed.

It’s fixed! №64

✅ Container auto-drop
✅ Moving target
✅ Saving your rear!
✅ More improvements

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7889-it-s-fixed-64-en

It’s fixed! №65

✅ Have a pleasant flight!
✅ Fixed aircraft torpedoes
✅ Smoke means safety

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7895-it-s-fixed-65-en

It’s fixed! №66

✅ Drop no more
✅ Gravity falls
✅ Correct payload
✅ This is fine
✅ More improvements

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7901-it-s-fixed-66-en

Fusō: A Broadside to Remember

The lead ship of a pair of battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy before and completed during WWI. Despite being a pre-WWI design, Fusō served throughout the interwar period and in WWII thanks to modernization and is about to embark on new campaigns after its arrival in War Thunder in the next major update — Fire and Ice!

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7899-development-fus%C5%8D-a-broadside-to-remember-en

Finnish aviation and armored vehicles

In the upcoming War Thunder “Fire and Ice” update, we plan to introduce lineups of Finnish aircraft and ground vehicles as part of the Swedish tech tree!

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7908-development-finnish-aviation-and-armored-vehicles-en

M1A2 SEP TUSK: Up Close & Personal

The M1A2 SEP is the first of a series of upgrade packages developed for the American Abrams MBT in the late 1990s. Coming to War Thunder as part of the next major update “Fire and Ice”, veteran U.S. tankers may look forward to the arrival of one of the most advanced iterations of the Abrams MBT also featuring the TUSK field kit!

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7906-development-m1a2-sep-tusk-up-close-personal-en

Battle Pass vehicles: A-1H Skyraider

Meet the main aircraft prize in the upcoming new Battle Pass season! A really huge payload and a very special piece of munitions onboard!

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7915-development-battle-pass-vehicles-a-1h-skyraider-en

Battle Pass vehicles: Churchill Crocodile

In the upcoming War Thunder Battle Pass season we will introduce flamethrower vehicles to the game! Meet one of the most famous flamethrower tanks of WWII - the British Churchill Crocodile, a tank prize in the “Smell of Victory'' season!

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7913-development-battle-pass-vehicles-churchill-crocodile-en

New authentic decals (available until November 22nd)

Earn new decals for all nations in battles or purchase them for Golden Eagles until November 22nd!

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7918-decals-new-authentic-decals-available-until-november-22nd-en

New locations: “Arctic” and “Rocky Canyon”

The “Fire and Ice” update brings two new locations to the game - both hot and ice cold! Meet the “Rocky Canyon” designed for aerial battles, and the giant “Arctic” location with two combat zones for mixed battles!.

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7922-development-new-locations-arctic-and-rocky-canyon-en

HMS Glorious: An Outrageous Warship Design

HMS Glorious is a WWI-era British battlecruiser purpose-built for an ambitious plan to defeat Germany through a naval invasion on its eastern flank. Despite the plan itself never materialising, the ships necessary for it did and thus captains will soon have the chance to take command of this highly unorthodox warship design, arriving in War Thunder as part of the next major update “Fire and Ice”!

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7920-development-hms-glorious-an-outrageous-warship-design-en

Battle Pass vehicles: LCM(6)(F) "Zippo"

The “Zippo” river monitor with flamethrowers comes to the game as the main naval prize in the upcoming new Battle Pass season “Smell of Victory”!

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7923-development-battle-pass-vehicles-lcm-6-f-zippo-en

Battle Pass: season “Smell of Victory”

New prizes await their future owners. The ninth season of Battle Pass, called “Smell of Victory”, is starting in War Thunder!

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7928-battle-pass-battle-pass-season-smell-of-victory-en

BT-42: From Tank to Tankhunter!

The BT-42 is a Finnish modification of the captured Soviet BT-7 tank, outfitted with a new turret housing a high-caliber howitzer. Soon, this highly anticipated and no less iconic Finnish tank will finally be making an appearance in War Thunder as it arrives in the Swedish ground forces tree as part of the “Fire and Ice” major update!

https://warthunder.com/en/news/7931-development-bt-42-from-tank-to-tankhunter-en

Planned technical works - 26.10.2022 - “Fire and Ice” Update

Dear players! On October 26th, from 08:00 GMT, the War Thunder game servers may be unavailable due to the release of the “Fire and Ice” major update. While your client is being downloaded, read the devblogs.