🎃Halloween in War Thunder!

Happy Halloween! The spooky season is upon us, and this year we’ve introduced a variety of activities and pumpkin decal rewards. Take part in tank races through spooky places and aircraft races with “Night Witch” aircraft which are returning this Halloween. New decals have been added to the already familiar decals in the Dead Man’s Chest trophy — including four pumpkins, specially carved for the occasion.

🏪When: From October 25th (11:00 GMT) until November 1st (07:00 GMT).

🎯Carved Pumpkin Decals!
Our team of pumpkin carvers have carved these magnificent War Thunder pumpkin decals ready for you to display on your vehicles. Check out the requirements for obtaining each one below!

⭐️Decals in the Dead Man’s Chest
The Dead Man’s Chest and Witch’s Cauldron trophies are once again available to purchase in the in-game shop! In them, you’ll be able to get Halloween decorations and decals from previous Halloween events.

🐎Ground event: “Through the dark forest”
Take part in fast-paced races through creepy places in the spooky M18 “Witch” tank! Those who earn 300 rating points will receive the unique “Carved Turret Drive Pumpkin” decal.

✈️Air event: “Witch Hunt”
Welcome to the dangerous Po-2 “Night Witch” aircraft race! Her path lies between rocks and is full of dangers. If you manage to survive and earn 300 rating points, the “Carved Flame Pumpkin” decal will be added to your collection!

🎁Make sure to earn those rating points, as 1,000 pilots with the highest rating at the end of the air event will be awarded with the Po-2 (USSR) aircraft. This aircraft will be added to your account within 48 hours after the event ends. You can track your rating by clicking on the “Award” button in the “Events” window. The update time of the table can take up to 15 minutes.

Get the other Carved Pumpkin Decals!
You can get the “Carved Engine Pumpkin” decal by simply playing 3 battles with any vehicle at rank III or higher with an activity of at least 70% during the event. Treat yourself to the “Carved Crew Pumpkin” decal until November 1st (07:00 GMT)! To redeem, enter the magic code “PUMPKIN” at https://store.gaijin.net/activate.php

Happy Halloween, have fun racing and have a fantastic spooooooky holiday!

🔥The Dev Server is Opening with Major Update “Firebirds”

Today, we’re opening the dev server featuring the new “Firebirds” Major Update!

You can download the Dev Client here

When: From October 25th
Until: October 31st (07:00 GMT)

For technical reasons, the dev server may close immediately at any time before the indicated time, so please make the most out of the opening window!

Changelog here

✈️The J35A Draken Temporarily Returns at a Discount for the Anniversary of its First Flight!

The Saab 35 Draken first took to the skies on October 25th 1955 and made history for many reasons. It was the first supersonic combat aircraft built in Western Europe, the first aircraft with double-swept wings, the first aircraft to perform a cobra maneuver, and the first to reach Mach 2 in level flight.

🛍The J35A Draken is temporarily available at a 50% discount for Golden Eagles!

🏪This aircraft is available for 4,545 Golden Eagles.
When: From today until October 28th (09:00 GMT).
Where: Sweden > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

About this aircraft
▪️The J35A is a very fast, durable and maneuverable aircraft, but due to its lack of countermeasures, it has to dodge air-to-air missiles the old fashioned way! It can quickly gain speed and altitude and is armed with 30 mm Akan cannons, as well as missiles and rockets of your choosing.

🐆Luchs A2: War Paws

The Spähpanzer 2 Luchs is a German wheeled reconnaissance vehicle developed in the late 1960s, set to replace the aging American and French light tanks serving the same role at the time.

🇩🇪Luchs A2: A Light Tank for Germany at Rank V

At a glance:
▪️Good mobility.
▪️Light protection overall.
▪️Powerful autocannon with great gun depression.
▪️Thermal imager.
▪️Amphibious.

Meet the Luchs A2!
The Luchs will soon be joining rank V of the German ground forces tree in the Firebirds major update, adding a versatile light support vehicle for the cold war lineups. Ready to take a look at what this beast can do? Then join us for the details below!

🛍You can greatly speed up the research of the Luchs with this pack

➡️ Turm III Pack
➡️ German Beginner's Pack

🦆Su-34: Precision Jackpot

The highly advanced Su-34 is coming to War Thunder as the top ranking strike aircraft for the USSR/Russian tree in the Firebirds major update!

🇷🇺Su-34: A Strike Aircraft for the USSR at Rank VIII

At a glance:
▪️Advanced air-to-surface weaponry.
▪️Decent flight performance.
▪️A wide variety of air-to-air missiles.
▪️Large-caliber countermeasures.

Meet the Su-34!
Introducing the Su-34 — one of the most modern strike aircraft in the world is coming to War Thunder. Originally developed as a platform for high-precision air-to-surface weaponry, the Su-34 will become the most advanced aircraft of its class in the USSR/Russian aviation tree. Let’s take a closer look!

🛍You can greatly speed up the research of the Su-34 with this pack

➡️MiG-23ML Pack
➡️USSR Starter Pack

🔠🅰️🔠🔠

War Thunder’s 12th Birthday Sale in the Gaijin.net Store!

We’re continuing to celebrate War Thunder’s 12th anniversary and are pleased to offer you special discounts in the Gaijin.Net store, with almost three dozen packs being half price.

🏪When: From October 29th (11:00 GMT) until November 4th (11:00 GMT).

🔜F-4S Phantom II Pack -50%
🔜M1A1 HC "Click-Bait" Pack -50%
🔜Leopard 2A4 Pack -50%
🔜Su-39 Pack -50%
🛍TO THE STORE

Please note!
The following packs will be removed from the store after the sale (on all platforms):

🔹A-6E TRAM Intruder Pack
🔹XM-1 General Motors Pack
🔹Dora Pack
🔹Tu-1 Pack
🔹F-104S TAF Pack

🚁Mi-8AMTSh-VN: Upgraded Assault!

Today we’ll be taking a look at the most modern and heavily armed modification of the Mi-8 military transport helicopter, which will be arriving to the game in the Firebirds major update!

🇷🇺Mi-8AMTSh-VN “Sapsan”: An Attack Helicopter for the USSR at rank VII

At a glance:
▪️Ataka ATGMs, not found on the Mi-8s already in the game.
▪️Verba air-to-air misisles.
▪️RWR with MAWS.
▪️Thermal imager for the gunner sight.
▪️AESA radar.

Meet the Mi-8AMTSh-VN!
Who would’ve thought that the old Mi-8 would transform from a transport aircraft into an incredible attack helicopter with the most modern weapons and advanced electronics? Meet the Mi-8AMTSh-VN “Sapsan”, a direct successor to the War Thunder record holder for the number of rockets, the Mi-8AMTSh. This new helicopter is better than its predecessor, perhaps in all aspects of combat effectiveness. Let’s take a look!

🛍You can greatly speed up the research of the Mi-8AMTSh-VN with this pack: Black Shark Pack

🎯Join us for the Anniversary Air Superiority 2024 finals tournament with Twitch drops!

Live streams with Twitch Drops!
During the three weekends, you'll have the opportunity to acquire amazing camouflages while watching the matches live.

🏪When: On November 2nd-3rd, 9th-10th and 16th-17th from 13:40 GMT

🎃It Is Spooksday, My Dudes🐸

📜Pages of History (November): Medicane

In this month’s Pages of History, you’ll be at the center of events that took place in different theaters of war. Italy and Iran, Moscow Region and Libya: take part in battles with the vehicles corresponding to these historic battles and receive prizes.

🏪From November 1st until November 30th, you’ll be offered 8 tasks consecutively. Completing each will reward you with a trophy, and completing all of them will earn you a unique player icon.

Marmaduke “Pat” Pattle
was a South African-born British pilot and one of the Allies’ most successful aces. In less than a year of combat, he is credited with shooting down more than fifty enemy aircraft, most of them while he was piloting a Hawker Hurricane. He fought in North Africa and Greece, leading No. 80 Squadron, which included the famous writer Roald Dahl. Pattle was killed on 20th April 1941 in an air battle near Athens with German Bf 110s.

You can immediately purchase this profile icon for Golden Eagles until December 3rd, 11:30 GMT without completing tasks. To find it, go to your Nickname → Achievements → Pages of History.

🎁Trophy reward for each task

Completing each individual task will give you a trophy with one of the following rewards:
▪️20-50% RP booster for 3-10 battles;
▪️20-50% SL booster for 3-10 battles;
▪️3-5 universal backups;
▪️Premium account for 1 day;
▪️A random camouflage for ground vehicles (out of the selection of camouflages currently obtainable in game for completing tasks, or purchasing with Golden Eagles).

Other terms
▪️Tasks are available from 11:00 GMT until 11:30 GMT on the final day of each task.
▪️Tasks can be completed in random battles except for “Assault” mode.

You can read a detailed description of which task is for which day and your overall progress by going to your Nickname → Achievements → Pages of History.

🔫Sabra Mk.I: Magach’s Final Form

Today we’ll be taking a look at the Sabra Mk.I, a tank that was derived from major upgrades made to the Magach 7 tank, featuring add-on armor modules and a new 120 mm gun!

🇮🇱Sabra Mk.I: A Medium Tank for Israel at Rank VII

At a glance:
▪️120 mm gun similar to the Merkava tanks with a good reload speed!
▪️Effective APFSDS shell.
▪️Decent protection.
▪️Average mobility.

Meet the Sabra Mk.I
The Israeli Sabra Mk.I is quite literally the ultimate Magach and will provide an interesting alternative when placed in some high-ranking ground force lineups. It features a very similar gun as the Merkava Mk.3 but at a lower Battle Rating, so let’s take a closer look!

🛍You can greatly speed up the research of the Sabra Mk.I with this pack: Merkava Mk.3 Raam Segol Pack

🔥We’ve extended the DEV server opening time until November 6th (07:00 GMT).

You can download the Dev Client here

When: From October 25th
Until: November 6th (07:00 GMT)

For technical reasons, the dev server may close immediately at any time before the indicated time, so please make the most out of the opening window!

Changelog here

‼️Update 2.39.0.119

🔇The overall sound volume has been reduced in accordance with technical requirements of digital distribution services. Please note that it is the general volume levels that were reduced, while the volumes of separate game soundscape elements relative to each other have remained the same.

🎂It’s War Thunder’s 12th Birthday. Join the Celebrations!

War Thunder celebrates its 12th birthday on November 1st. It was on this day in 2012 that the game entered open testing. Since then, it has become larger and has grown incredibly in scale and ambition, winning the love of millions of players around the world.

We started the celebrations a week ago with in-game discounts and continued with discounts in the Gaijin.net Store, which is still ongoing. Now it’s time for the last stage of the celebration! Earn the premium KV-7 in the Dreams Come True event, get some awesome Esports camouflages from Twitch Drops, as well as a cinematic trailer for Dancing on the Edge with the opportunity to get unique decals, decorate your vehicles with an anniversary decal, and of course, the much-loved Maus temporarily returns to be researched, typical to our anniversary event.

✅Dreams Come True: KV-7
✅Twitch Drops and “Chasing the Older Brother” Event with a Chance to Win the IS-7!
✅12th Anniversary Decal!
✅The Maus Returns!
✅Gaijin.Net Sales!

➡️LEARN MORE

🆚Play in the KV-7 vs KV-7 Event and Earn Tickets To Have a Chance of Winning the IS-7 During Our Anniversary Stream!

Today, the Dreams Come True event featuring the KV-7 as the main reward has started! While exciting as it is, it’s War Thunder’s 12th birthday this year, so we wanted to spice it up a bit for you. We’re happy to announce a few side activities related to the KV-7 and the game’s anniversary!

Your eyes don’t deceive you — there’s now a chance to win the famous IS-7. As it’s War Thunder’s 12th anniversary, we’re giving away IS-7 heavy tanks during our anniversary stream to 12 lucky winners through earned tickets during a new event. Read on!

➡️KV-7 Dreams Come True Event Details

🎯Introducing the “Chasing the Older Brother” Event!

🏪When: From November 15th (11:00 GMT) until November 18th (11:00 GMT), earn mission points in the “Chasing the Older Brother” event and get tickets for a chance to win the famous IS-7, added directly to your account.

The “Chasing the Older Brother” is an event with arcade levels of difficulty where everyone plays in a KV-7 vs KV-7 mode with no aircraft set on “classic” small maps: [Domination] Kuban, [Domination] Poland, [Domination] Eastern Europe, [Domination] Abandoned Factory, [Domination] Karelia, [Domination #1] Mozdok, [Domination] Advance to the Rhine, [Domination] Sinai, [Domination] Volokolamsk. Everyone has 3 respawns.

You can find this event under Events & Tournaments from the hangar.

📜Tickets

Let’s see what tickets are. 1 ticket is given for every 5,000 mission points earned in the “Chasing the Older Brother” event. Tickets are limited to 5 per day (a new day starts at 11:00 GMT), so the maximum amount of tickets you can acquire is 15.

You can track your daily progress by heading to your Profile > Achievements > “Chasing the older brother” section. Each ticket that you earn will have its own unique ID in your inventory.

A link to the full list of player IDs and ticket IDs will be added to this news after the event ends and before the anniversary stream starts. It will be removed after two weeks.

Read below to see how tickets give you a chance to win the IS-7.

‼️Tickets & How they can win you the IS-7 on the Anniversary Stream

How do earned tickets convert into a chance to win the IS-7? On November 22nd (16:00 GMT), we’re going to host an anniversary stream where among other things, this giveaway will take place with Mike and Tom being the hosts.

Each ticket that you have will enter you into the giveaway draw. The more tickets you have, the higher chance you have of winning.

12 different winners will be drawn on stream — each will win the IS-7, added directly to their account! If a winner already owns the IS-7, we’ll contact them later to choose any pack from the Gaijin Store and another winner for the IS-7 will be redrawn on the stream.

➡️LEARN MORE

🎂Dreams Come True — KV-7 U-13: Happy Birthday, War Thunder!

Today we’ll be taking a look at the KV-7, an experimental three-barreled tank destroyer and the main reward for the Dreams Come True event!

🚩KV-7 U-13: A Premium Tank Destroyer for the USSR at Rank III

At a glance:
▪️Three guns (one 76 mm, two 45 mm).
▪️Excellent armor!
▪️Great APHE shells.
▪️Average mobility.
▪️Poor gun elevation/depression.

Meet the KV-7!
For War Thunder’s birthday, we’ve selected a suitable and special vehicle, the three-barreled Soviet KV-7 U-13 premium tank as the main reward in the Dreams Come True event! Let’s dive into the strengths and weaknesses of this interesting monstrosity.

🇮🇹P40 and a Decal for National Unity and Armed Forces Day of Italy!

One of the main national holidays of Italy is dedicated to the capitulation of Austria-Hungary in the First World War, which took place on November 4th, 1918. As a result of the peace treaty, Italy annexed South Tyrol, the Austrian Littoral, Trieste and part of Dalmatia, thus completing the unification of all the lands that it considered its own. For this purpose, Italy entered the First World War, so the victory over Austria-Hungary is also celebrated as the Day of Armed Forces of Italy.

🛍The P40 “G.C. Leoncello” and M43 “G.C. Leoncello” are temporarily available at a 50% discount for Golden Eagles!

In honor of the holiday, the Italian P40 and M43 from the Leoncello armored squadron group are temporarily available at a 50% discount for 575 and 650 Golden Eagles respectively.

When: From today until November 7th (07:00 GMT).
Where: Italy > Army > Premium Vehicles.

⭐️Get the “Italian Unity” decal!

When: From today until November 7th (07:00 GMT).
Task: Play 3 battles using Italian vehicles at rank III or above to receive the “Italian Unity” decal!