🚁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!

🛞ICV(P): Fast Response!

The ICV(P) is a state-of-the-art experimental infantry combat vehicle belonging to a family of new tactical wheeled vehicles developed by Mitsubishi for the JSDF.

🇯🇵Infantry Combat Vehicle ICV(P): A Light Tank for Japan at Rank VII

At a glance:
▪️Excellent mobility!
▪️Unmanned turret.
▪️Light protection.
▪️Rapid-firing 30mm cannon.

Meet the ICV(P)!
The ICV(P) will be a new light combat vehicle joining the top ranks of the Japanese ground forces tree, coming to the game as one of the highlights of the Firebirds major update. Fans of the Type 87 and Type 89 may especially look forward to the arrival of the ICV(P) as it combines the best aspects of both vehicles in a new, highly mobile and just as deadly platform. Let’s take a closer look!

🛍You can greatly speed up the research of the ICV(P) with this pack

➡️Type 90B "Fuji" Pack
➡️Japanese Starter Pack

🔼AV-8S Harrier — Japan, Rank VI

🇹🇭🇯🇵The AV-8S represents the Spanish, and later Thai, export variant of the AV-8A Harrier, which is already well familiar to the game. As such, the aircraft inherits much of its flight characteristics from the AV-8A, including the Harrier’s signature VTOL ability, allowing it to act both as a fixed wing aircraft, but also as a helicopter, thanks to its hover capabilities. As with other Harriers, this feature in addition to an extensive suite of suspended weapons makes it particularly well suited for Ground Battles. Furthermore, being able to carry the AIM-9P Sidewinder missile as well as countermeasures ensures that the AV-8S can hold its own in a dogfight. Lastly, with the AV-8S being a Premium aircraft, you can use its additional bonuses to speed up progression towards some of the top Japanese aircraft!

The Kit Includes:
🔹AV-8S Matador (Rank VI, Japan)
🔹2000 Golden Eagles
🔹Premium account for 15 days
🔹Pre-order bonus: unique title "Matador"
🔹Pre-order bonus: unique decal “Naga”

🛍STORE

✈️Su-22M4 — Germany, Rank VII

🇩🇪The Su-22M4 comes to the game as the pinnacle of the Su-17/22 family in German service. This advanced variant is able to employ cutting-edge guided ordnance, including TV-guided weapons, as well as laser-guided munitions. Furthermore, the Su-22M4 proves formidable in air-to-air combat, equipped with over 250 countermeasures and the potent all-aspect R-60MK missiles. Its upgraded engine and avionics ensure rapid delivery of these deadly weapons to enemy targets. In essence, the Su-22M4 embodies a true multirole masterpiece for German high-tier air operations. It excels in both air-to-air and air-to-ground engagements, making it a formidable force on the battlefield.

The Kit Includes:
🔹Su-22M4 WTD 61 (Rank VII, Germany)
🔹2500 Golden Eagles
🔹Premium account for 20 days
🔹Pre-order bonus: unique title "Fitter"
🔹Pre-order bonus: unique "Ingolstadt coat of arms" decal
🔹Pre-order bonus: unique camouflage

🛍STORE

🎄JA37DI — Sweden, Rank VIII

🇸🇪The JA37DI represents a further modification of the JA37D, which itself became available during the mid 1990s. Building upon the upgrades of the standard D variant of the Viggen, the DI modification focused on streamlining the aircraft’s systems and avionics for international operations. Most notably however, the JA37DI brings with it the ability to mount the Rb99 missile. Being the Swedish designation for the American AIM-120, its addition to the Viggen greatly increases the aircraft’s effectiveness in aerial combat, giving it the ability to hunt down targets which are beyond visual range. In addition to this, the Viggen retains its signature superb flight characteristics culminating in the aircraft’s excellent maneuverability thanks to its sleek delta wing design!

The Kit Includes:
🔹Saab JA 37DI Viggen F21 (Rank VIII, Sweden)
🔹3000 Golden Eagles
🔹Premium accoount for 30 days
🔹Pre-order bonus: unique title "Lightning strike"
🔹Pre-order bonus: unique "Mjölnir" decal
🔹Pre-order bonus: unique green camouflage

🛍STORE

🔥Dev server “Firebirds” is now closed. 🛑

Thank you for paricipating in Open Dev Server tests!

Changelog here