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🎄Seasonal Discounts in War Thunder!

The holiday period is upon us and it’s nearly the new year which means it’s time to add some new vehicles to your collection! Treat yourself or your friends to vehicles, consumables and a Premium Account before December 26th to take advantage of this holiday offer.

🛍In-game Discounts!

🏪When: From December 19th (11:00 GMT) until December 26th (11:00 GMT).

▪️50% discount on vehicles for all nations for Silver Lions and Golden Eagles.
▪️50% discount on all modifications, talismans and backups.
▪️50% discount on a Premium Account in-game for 90 and 365 days and in the Gaijin.net store for 180 days.

Discounts do not apply to vehicles released in the Dance of Dragons, Firebirds and Storm Warning major updates, as well as squadron vehicles and modifications, talismans, and backups for these vehicles.

❗️After this sale ends, discounts on vehicle packs will begin in the Gaijin.Net store — we’ll tell you about them separately on December 26th!

❄️Celebrate the Holidays and New Year in War Thunder!

It’s time for the winter holidays! And as always, we’ve prepared a bunch of interesting things for you. Receive gifts, take part in the Winter Tales event, treat yourself to discounts, spend Silver Lions on Snow Globes, enjoy the festively decorated hangar and immerse yourself in the winter-themed atmosphere in War Thunder!

🎁Gifts for everyone!
Play and meet the criteria to receive each gift.

🏪When: From December 20th (11:00 GMT) until January 2nd (11:00 GMT).

▪️Play 3 battles using vehicles of Rank III or higher with an activity level of 70% or more - “Serpent Warrior”
decal
▪️Destroy 30 enemies while using ground vehicles of Rank III or higher - “Christmas Miss Gnome”
decoration for ground vehicles
▪️Deal 50,000 damage while using naval vessels of Rank III or higher - “Flag of the Ded Moroz”
ship flag

Use code “NOSEKRITPLS” in our store here to get yourself a free decal! Important: make sure to login into the game after activating the decal, as if you don’t, it won’t activate on your account at all. This decal can be found under Special > Snails in the decal customization menu.

➡️Open the Snow Globe!
➡️Winter Tales: Get Yourself Some Cool Rewards!
➡️In-game Discounts!

🛍Sale in the Gaijin.Net Store!
We’ll tell you about discounts in the Gaijin.Net store in a separate news post on December 26th. Don’t miss it!

🎄Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!🎄

🎁The Holiday Crate for Golden Eagles!

We’re pleased to present you with a Holiday Crate, available in the in-game Item Shop! This crate can only be purchased with Golden Eagles, and inside it is a large set of useful items: Premium Account, Silver Lions, universal backups and boosters, premium vehicles and also all vehicles that have ever been sold for Golden Eagles or Warbonds that aren’t currently obtainable in-game or on the Market (full list below).

🏪The Holiday Crate can be purchased for 999 Golden Eagles in the in-game store from December 25th (11:00 GMT) until January 14th (11:00 GMT).

Picking up a Holiday Crate is a bargain! If you have opened enough crates, you’ll be guaranteed to receive talismans and premium vehicles. And that’s not all, as the average value of the crate contents are almost one and a half times the price of the crate itself!

⭐️Plus, after opening a specific number of crates, you’ll receive memorable additional rewards:
▪️For 3 crates, a decal for the upcoming year
▪️For 5 crates a festive tank decoration
▪️For 7 crates a unique New Year’s profile background
▪️For 10 crates a stunning decoration for your player profile icon, made in the style of a Christmas photo frame!

➡️Holiday Crate terms

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It is time for the final chapter of our holiday celebration: during the next week huge discounts for amazing vehicle packs await you in the Gaijin.Net Store!

🏪From December 26th (11:00 GMT) until January 2nd (11:00 GMT)

🛍50% discount on selected packs!

🎄Holiday collection!

By purchasing one of the following packs during the sale, you will receive a special bonus: a unique camouflage from the “Holiday collection”!

🔹Challenger (OES) Pack -50%
🔹Tornado IDS WTD 61 Pack -50%
🔹Leopard 2A4M CAN Pack -50%
🔹M1 KVT Pack -50%
🔹T-80U-E1 Pack -50%
🔹A-10A Thunderbolt (Early) Pack -50%
🔹Su-25K Pack -50%
🔹MiG-21 Bison Pack -50%

Owners of the vehicles from the packs who purchased them before the start of the special promotion will be able to receive the “Holiday collection” camouflage by earning three victories with the respective vehicles before January 2nd.

❗️Note!

After the special promotion, the following packs will be removed from sale on all platforms:
▪️Marat Pack
▪️VLT-2 Pack
▪️A-5C Pack
▪️Type 96A Prototype Pack
▪️FFA P-16 Pack
▪️M-51 Pack
▪️Ezer Weizman's Spitfire Pack

📜Pages of History (January): Defender of Leningrad

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

🏪From January 1st until January 31st, 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.

👨🏻‍🦰Vasily Antonovich Matsievich
was an ace pilot who fought in World War II from 1941. The fighter squadron he commanded defended besieged Leningrad from enemy raids and carried out assault raids on Wehrmacht positions. Soon after the siege of Leningrad was lifted, Matsievich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for his courage.

You can immediately purchase this profile icon for Golden Eagles until February 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.

💅40 New User-Created Camouflages in the “Storm Warning” Trophy!

To commemorate the release of the Storm Warning major update, we’re presenting a trophy that includes 40 camouflages from 38 authors from WT.Live! You’ll find 19 camouflages for ground vehicles, 18 for aircraft, 1 for naval and 2 for helicopters for most ranks and nations.

This trophy contains mostly historical camouflages, and there are lots of camouflages for top rank vehicles. Out of all nations, France is especially well represented this time. In addition to camouflages, you can get a unique decal and rare vehicles — and all this is in the form of coupons!

🎁Contents of the Storm Warning trophy:

▪️Coupons for rare vehicles.
▪️19 camouflage coupons for ground vehicles.
▪️18 camouflage coupons for aircraft.
▪️1 camouflage coupons for naval vessels.
▪️2 camouflage coupon for helicopters.
▪️Coupon for the “Storm Warning” decal.

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📊War Thunder in 2024 — an infographic

As the year comes to a close, we’d like to take a look at the results of both our work and your battles in 2024. We continued to release regular updates for War Thunder — both large, with new vehicles and locations, and small, with corrections and bug fixes. And we don’t plan to slow down in 2025!

But your activity is no less important. Millions of players participated in battles, won spectacular victories, earned achievements and set new records. Let’s see what we achieved together in 2024!

➡️view infographic

🇩🇪A Themed Decal for German Air Force Day!

On January 9th, 1956, the post-war German Air Force was founded. The first combat aircraft of the newly formed Luftwaffe was the F-84F Thunderstreak in 1957. The backbone of the German Air Force today consists of 138 multirole Eurofighter Typhoon jets.

⭐️Get the “German Air Force Day 2025” decal!

You can get yourself this themed decal by meeting the criteria written below.

🏪When: From today until January 13th (11:00 GMT).
Task: Play 3 battles using German aircraft at rank III or above to receive the “German Air Force Day 2025” decal!

Additional details:
▪️Your activity must not be below 70%.
▪️You can complete the task in random battles, except for Enduring Confrontation missions, [Assault] mode and Helicopter PVE battles.
▪️Track your progress in the hangar by clicking Nickname → Achievements → Holidays → German Air Force Day.
▪️You can find the decal in the “Holidays” tab in the customization menu.

🐍Get the FV4030/3 in the Enter the Serpent Event!

Welcome to War Thunder’s first event of 2025! January 29th marks the Lunar New Year, and this year it’s the Year of the Snake! Celebrate it in this event, which features themed decals, a decoration and a camouflage for the new and obtainable British FV4030/3 Shir 2 medium tank.

🏪From January 17th (11:00 GMT) until February 4th (11:00 GMT), earn mission points in Ground Battles, unlock stages and receive rewards!

🎁Rewards are given when you complete a specific number of stages
▪️For 1 Stage: trophy with a random reward
▪️For 2 Stages: one of the decal rewards
▪️For 3 Stages: trophy with a random reward
▪️For 4 Stages: one of the decal rewards
▪️For 5 Stages: trophy with a random reward
▪️For 6 Stages: the “Ouroboros” decoration
▪️For 7 Stages: trophy with a random reward
▪️For 8 Stages: non-tradable coupon for the FV4030/3
▪️For 9 Stages: a unique camouflage and 4 random modifications for the FV4030/3

❗️Please note: You can only receive the modifications if the FV4030/3 is activated on your account.

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🇸🇪The SAV 20.12.48 for Swedish Armed Forces Day!

Swedish Armed Forces Day is celebrated on January 14th. It was on this day in 1521 that the first volunteers signed up for the personal guard of Gustav Vasa, who soon became the first king of Sweden. In the 17th century, during the Thirty Years’ War, the Swedish army became famous as one of the strongest in Europe. Sweden remained neutral during both World Wars.

⭐️The SAV 20.12.48 is temporarily available for Golden Eagles!

🏪This vehicle is available for 1,300 Golden Eagles.
When: From today until January 17th (11:00 GMT).
Where: Sweden > Army > Premium vehicles.

The SAV 20.12.48 features a very high rate of fire, a powerful armor-piercing shell and good maneuverability. Perfect for taking out multiple enemies in quick succession!

🐸It Is Wednesday again, My Dudes!

🔥Battle Pass Vehicles: SB2C-5 (Thailand)

Meet the American Helldiver dive bomber in service with the Royal Thai Air Force, joining the game as the aircraft reward in The Last Legionnaire Battle Pass season!

🇹🇭🇯🇵SB2C-5: A Premium Dive Bomber for Japan at Rank III

At a glance:
▪️Excellent range of bombs.
▪️Decent maneuverability.
▪️20 mm offensive guns.
▪️Air brake.

👋Introducing the SB2C-5!
In The Last Legionnaire, a brand-new Battle Pass season, you’ll have the opportunity to get the excellent SB2C-5 premium dive bomber, well known to you if you’ve played the US or French aviation tree. This aircraft is an invaluable assistant in Ground Battles and a classic in War Thunder Air Battles, so let’s take a look!