🌊Squadron Vehicles: Su-33

The Russian carrier-based Su-33 fighter is coming to the game as a Squadron Vehicle in the “Storm Warning” major update!

🚩🇷🇺Su-33: A Squadron Vehicle Jet / Naval Fighter Aircraft for the USSR at Rank VIII

At a glance:
▪️Excellent flight characteristics.
▪️Up to 12 weapon hardpoints!
▪️Short and medium range missiles.
▪️HMD.
▪️LARGE!

Introducing the Su-33!
Meet the carrier-based Su-33, another powerful representative of the Su-27 jet fighter family, coming to the game in the Storm Warning major update as a Squadron Vehicle. Let’s take a look at what surprises you can expect with this modern Russian carrier-based aircraft!

❗️Interesting: We’re pleased to present a new aircraft carrier model for War Thunder carriers in Air Battles — the heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov! The model will appear in the game in the next update.

⚡️⚡️⚡️The Dev Server is Opening with Major Update “Storm Warning”

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

🏪When: From December 10th (15:00 GMT)
Until: December 13th (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!

➡️Click here to see the Changelog

🐸It Is Winter My Dudes

🐕M44: Big-Bore Bulldog

Today we’ll be taking a look at the American-made M44 self-propelled howitzer, making its way to several nations in the "Storm Warning" major update!

M44: A Tank Destroyer for the 🇺🇸USA, 🇩🇪Germany, 🇬🇧Great Britain,🇯🇵 Japan, 🇮🇹Italy and 🇫🇷France at Rank III

At a glance:
▪️155 mm howitzer with powerful HE shells!
▪️Excellent gun traverse speed, can react to new threats quickly.
▪️Limited horizontal aiming angles.
▪️Weakly armored and open topped.

Introducing the M44!
The M44 self-propelled howitzer will be coming to a handful of nations in the Storm Warning major update! This surprisingly fast vehicle equipped with a hefty 155 mm gun will be a great addition to rank III lineups. Despite its drawbacks, it will always be able to effectively combat the toughest vehicles in the bracket. Let’s take a closer look at this new beast!

🛍Kick-start your research towards the M44 with one of these starter packs!

🛍Pre-order - RDF/LT Pack

The RDF/LT has a new lightweight hull and new engine, giving it decent maneuverability even off-road. Ideal for aggressive and “getting in the enemy’s faces” combat, focus on disabling the enemy’s gun and tracks, and finishing them off with a few shots to the side to knock out the crew or explode the ammunition. Then onto the next!

🇺🇸RDF/LT: A Premium Light Tank for the USA at Rank VII

The Kit Includes:
🔹RDF/LT (Rank VII, USA)
🔹Premium account for 20 days
🔹2500 Golden Eagles
🔹Pre-order bonus: "Rapid Deploy" title

➡️STORE

Based on the developments of the promising HSTV-L, in October 1980 AAI Corporation presented a prototype for the RDF/LT light tank, featuring a new engine and hull, reducing the combat weight to the allowed amount for transportation by helicopter. Several prototypes were made, but the vehicle was never accepted in serial production.

At a glance:
▪️75 mm automatic cannon.
▪️1.5 second reload!
▪️Decent maneuverability.
▪️Thin armor.

Introducing the RDF/LT!
Coming in with a reload time of just 1.5 seconds, the RDF/LT is a close relative of the US HSTV-L light tank, which both feature a 75 mm automatic cannon. This cannon has very good vertical aiming angles and can fire both APFSDS for use against ground vehicles and HE-VT shells for use against helicopters.

🛍Pre-order - BMD-4M Pack

For the chassis, the BMD-4M has additional armor protection thanks to add-on armor plates. This slightly increases the weight of the vehicle and also means it is not amphibious, instead coming with the trade-off of better protection against shrapnel, machine gun fire and autocannons. Being able to support allied MBTs or act alone, the BMD-4M has everything needed for different combat situations in battle.

🚩🇷🇺BMD-4M: A Premium Light Tank for the USSR at Rank VI

The Kit Includes:
🔹BMD-4M (Rank VI, USSR)
🔹Premium account for 15 days
🔹2000 Golden Eagles
🔹Pre-order bonus: "No one but us" title
🔹Pre-order bonus: "Landing BMD-4M" decal

➡️STORE

The BMD-4M (“Airborne Combat Vehicle”) was a further development of the BMD-4. This vehicle was 80% unified with the BMP-3, received a new chassis and a set of add-on armor. This modification is produced at the Kurgan Machine-Building Plant and is currently in service with the Russian Army.

At a glance:
▪️100 mm cannon-launcher.
▪️30 mm autocannon.
▪️Good speed.
▪️Additional armor package.

Introducing the BMD-4M!
The BMD-4M is one of the most modern modifications but remains largely unchanged in terms of weaponry compared to the BMD-4, instead featuring a new 500 HP engine. This vehicle has an interesting weapons layout: a 100 mm cannon that can fire shells and even launch guided missiles, complemented by a 30 mm automatic cannon, good against helicopters and light ground vehicles.

✈️Dassault Rafale C F3: Le Rafale

The Dassault Rafale jet fighter is coming to the game as a new top aircraft for the French aircraft tree!

🇫🇷Rafale C F3: A Jet Fighter for France at Rank VIII

At a glance:
▪️Powerful engines and excellent controllability.
▪️Large number of guided bombs.
▪️MICA-EM air-to-air missiles.
▪️No air brake.

Introducing the Rafale C F3!
Arriving at the end of the line for the French aircraft tree is a very famous and modern aircraft: the Dassault Rafale! Coming in the Storm Warning major update, this aircraft features excellent characteristics and a large arsenal of weapons. Let’s dive into the details!

🛍You can greatly speed up the research of the Rafale C F3 with this pack

🔝Panzerhaubitze 2000: Best In Its Class!

Today we’re announcing the Panzerhaubitze 2000, one of the world’s most modern howitzers coming to the game for two nations at once.

🇩🇪PzH 2000: A Tank Destroyer for Germany at Rank V
🇮🇹PzH 2000HU: A Premium Tank Destroyer for Italy at Rank V (Pack, with the release of the major update)

At a glance:
▪️Powerful 155 mm L52 gun!
▪️Good mobility.
▪️Poor gun depression.
▪️Lightly armored.

Introducing the Panzerhaubitze 2000!
In the Storm Warning major update, the Panzerhaubitze 2000 will be joining Germany in the main tech tree, and Italy as a premium Hungarian variant with unique camouflage netting. A 155 mm gun and devastating HE shells is all you need to obliterate any enemy! Let’s take a closer look.

🛍You can greatly speed up the research of the PzH 2000 with this packs:

➡️Turm III Pack
➡️Leopard Pack

⚡️⚡️⚡️Dev server “Storm Warning” is now closed. 🛑

Thank you for paricipating in Open Dev Server tests!

🛍Introducing the Tiger and Ostwind Pack!

Today we’re pleased to welcome a trio of new WW2 premium vehicles, all coming as part of a single pack. Two premium Tiger tanks and a premium Ostwind II SPAA!

🇩🇪The unique Tiger Ost, Tiger West and Ostwind Ost at Rank III

❗️Please note: This pack will be available in the Gaijin Store when the Storm Warning major update releases.

☄️The Bundle
A concept we’ve been considering for a while now is the idea of collection packs — a premium bundle that contains multiple vehicles along with other goodies. The benefit of a pack like this is that it comes as a lineup, which is overall more useful than a single vehicle, giving those who pick it up more options in battle and the potential of earning more Research Points with multiple spawns. Plus, it’s a good pick if you haven’t played Germany yet!

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❄️Get Yourself Some Cool Rewards in the Winter Tales Event!

When there’s a snowstorm and blizzard outside, it’s best to gather around with family and friends inside, put up decorations and remember everyone’s favorite fairy tales about the New Year’s miracles. And then of course play some War Thunder, where the festive mood and an event await you!

This time, the rewards for the Winter Tales event include fairy-tale character decals and event vehicles at rank V-VIII. The Colombian Kfir C.10 Block 60 jet fighter for Israel, the IJN Kirishima battleship and the Pakistani T-80UD (478BE) in the Chinese ground forces tree.

🏪When: From December 20th (11:00 GMT) until January 9th (11:00 GMT), complete tasks and get rewards!

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⚡️Eurofighter Typhoon: Oncoming Storm!

It’s time to finally welcome the Eurofighter family, joining War Thunder as the new top fighter aircraft for Germany, Great Britain and Italy. Today, we’ll be showing you the most advanced jet fighter aircraft (for now!) to come to the game!

🇩🇪EF-2000 Block 10, 🇬🇧Typhoon FGR.4 and 🇮🇹F-2000A: Jet Fighters for Germany, Great Britain and Italy at Rank VIII

At a glance:
▪️Ten air-to-air missiles!
▪️Advanced CAPTOR radar.
▪️PIRATE IRST (FGR.4 and EF-2000A).
▪️Exceptional agility and flight performance.
▪️Brimstone missiles!

👋Introducing the Typhoon!
The Eurofighter Typhoon is one of the most advanced 4th (or 4.5 depending on your classification!) generation aircraft in the world today. It’s fair to say few aircraft have been as anticipated as this one! Germany, Great Britain and Italy will all be receiving a comparable version of this top jet fighter aircraft in the Storm Warning major update, providing each of these nations with a highly capable and agile fighter that also has considerable ground attack potential too. Let’s take a closer look at what you can expect from the Typhoon in-game.

🛍You can greatly speed up the research of the EF-2000 Block 10 with this pack ➡️ Su-22M4 WTD 61 Pack
🛍You can greatly speed up the research of the Typhoon FGR.4 with this pack ➡️ F-4J(UK) Phantom II Pack

‼️Planned Technical Works on 16.12.2024

⚡️⚡️⚡️Hey everyone, on December 16th from 07:00 GMT, the War Thunder game servers may be unavailable due to the release of the Storm Warning major update!

Be sure to catch up on what content is coming in this update by looking at our dev blogs while you wait for your game to download. The major update announcement and full major changelog will be published when the update is released and ready to play.

Thank you for your understanding.

⚡️⚡️⚡️Welcome to Storm Warning!⚡️⚡️⚡️

Welcome to Storm Warning!
Meet Storm Warning, War Thunder’s last major update of 2024.
Storm Warning brings with it the highly anticipated Eurofighter Typhoon joining the ranks of Germany, Great Britain and Italy in three different variants, plus the Rafale for France! Following this is a line of Thai aircraft for Japan, reinforcing the ranks in this nation with capable fighter and attacker capability. Next up is the M44 for six nations, providing them with fun 155 mm howitzer firepower. In addition to this is the excellent PzH 2000 for Germany and Italy, and several battleships and destroyers for some nations, including the Archangelsk, a Royal Navy ship in service with the Soviet Union. Rounding out the update is Attica, a stunning new location for Ground Battles.

‼️Check out the changelog to see the fixes, vehicles and other features that we’ve included in this major update.

🚀HQ17: Rockets in the Night Sky

The HQ17 SAM vehicle has arrived at the end of the Chinese ground forces research tree in a group with the Tor-M1.

🇨🇳HQ17: An SPAA (SAM) for China at Rank VIII

At a glance:
▪️Increased missile launch range and guidance time.
▪️Thermal imager.
▪️Capable of tracking and hitting two targets simultaneously.
▪️Barely any protection.

👋Introducing the HQ17!
Today we’d like to talk about the HQ17, added to the Chinese ground forces tree this week in the Storm Warning major update, in a group with the Tor-M1. Despite the external similarities, the HQ17, which was developed entirely in China offers several improvements. Let’s take a look!

🛍Kick-start your Chinese vehicles research with this starter pack
🛍You can greatly speed up the research of the HQ17 with Al-Khalid-I Pack

🎄It is Christmas tree time, my dudes.

🐸Whoever found the frog in the screenshot, write “Wednesday” in the comments

🛠Update 2.43.0.17

Ground Vehicles
▪️RDF/LT — the rate of fire has been increased from 45 to 70 RPM. Source: AAI RDF/LT Booklet // Extended Area Protection & Survivability (EAPS) Gun and Ammunition Design Trade Study.
▪️HSTV-L — the rate of fire has been increased from 45 to 60 RPM. Source: Hearings on Military Posture H.R.6495 // Department of Defense Appropriations for 1984 (July 6th, 1983) // Heat Transfer and Erosion in the ARES 75mm High Velocity Cannon - Vol II.
▪️M44 — a bug where it was possible to fire the anti-aircraft machine gun when the machine gunner lost consciousness has been fixed. The crew transfer order has been corrected.
▪️Flak Sfl. / M44 and Ostwind / Wirbelwind — icons for the groups have been fixed.

Aircraft
▪️Rafale, EF-2000, Typhoon FGR.4, F-2000A — additional camouflages have been added. They are available by completing missions and/or can be purchased with Golden Eagles.

Locations
▪️Attica — collision on some buildings has been fixed.

Interface
▪️A bug where the list of vehicles for the “Favorite vehicles” profile showcase displayed vehicles that were not on the account has been fixed.

❄️The Snow Globe for Silver Lions!

A snow globe is a traditional holiday decoration and a great gift during the winter season. You can now treat yourself to one in War Thunder — only this one will bring you magical rewards when you open it!

🏪The Snow Globe can be purchased in the in-game Item Shop for Silver Lions from December 18th (11:00 GMT) until January 14th (11:00 GMT). It can only be purchased by players who have at least one researchable vehicle at rank II or higher on their account.

What’s in the Snow Globe?
The Snow Globe will reward you with vehicles, camouflages, decals, decorations and player profile icons from previous winter events, plus useful consumables, including boosters, universal backups, wagers and orders. Some items are here for the first time as coupons, meaning you’ll be able to sell them on the Market!

The Snow Globe can be purchased for 60,000 Silver Lions.

❗️On January 14th (12:00 GMT), all Snow Globes will disappear from your inventory, so make sure open them before then!

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‼️Fair Play: December 2024

We’re constantly working on removing cheaters from War Thunder. We rely on anti-cheat systems to check for prohibited software usage, as well as on reports from players that we carefully go through. You can use the replay service on our website to report players to us who have violated the Terms of Service and the License Agreement of the game.

🤕Banned accounts
Since our last fair play, we’ve blocked 7,106 accounts that were found to have violated the rules. Specifically 3.2.3 of the EULA namely in the automation of gameplay (using bots) and cheat software.

📜For complete transparency, we’re publishing the full list of these blocked players. This list will be available for two weeks after the publication of this article.

⭐️Recommendations
We recommend that you set a strong password for your account and enable two-step authentication in your profile security settings. We have the following 2FA options available: email, SMS, TOTP (Gaijin Pass/Google Authenticator), and Telegram bot, which we suggest trying if SMS 2FA messages are not reaching you.

We’d also suggest that you turn on 2FA for the email that is linked to your account for additional security. This will protect your account from fraudsters. And remember, don’t use forbidden client modifications and never share your account information with anyone!