War Thunder News

In honor of Alexander Ovechkin’s historic achievement of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal scoring record, we’re launching a special event for all hockey fans!

Get unique decals, the “Callsign “Hockey Player”” profile icon and celebrate this incredible moment with us!

“Hockey puck” decal

“Hockey stamp” decal

“Callsign “Hockey Player”” profile icon

Until April 11th (07:00 GMT), look out for the “The Great Eight” tab in your achievements, where you’ll find rewards and tasks:

• Play 8 battles while using USSR or USA vehicles that are rank II or higher to receive the “Hockey puck” decal.
  
• Win 8 battles while using USSR or USA vehicles that are rank II or higher to receive the “Callsign “Hockey Player”” player icon.
  
• Activate the “OVI” code on the activation page here to receive the “Hockey stamp” decal the next time you log into the game until April 11th (07:00 GMT).
  

The achievement for obtaining the “Callsign "Hockey Player” profile icon will be available for completion on consoles from April 9th (13:00 GMT) until April 14th (13:00 GMT).

Don’t miss your chance to become part of hockey history in War Thunder. Let’s celebrate this sporting triumph together!

Hey everyone, we’re glad to be back with another set of historical decals! We hope you collected everything you were interested in during March, and that the selection for April is similarly appealing. This month, we have quite a varied selection of emblem types — if you’d like to submit an emblem for consideration for future monthly events, make a post on the forum and we’ll take a look!

The following decals will be available from April 7th (11:00 GMT) until May 7th (11:00 GMT).

All tasks can be completed using vehicles that are rank III or higher.

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Monthly markings can be found in a special tab at the bottom of the customization menu, (Monthly Decals) after a month, they’ll be moved to their corresponding category.

You can check the exact terms and track the progress of completing tasks for these decals by going to your Player Profile > Decals > Monthly Decals. From here, click the “Track progress” button on each decal to track from the hangar.

All of the emblems will come with a detailed description. This will generally consist of the history of the marking, its design, which vehicles used it, and where it was often placed on vehicles historically if applicable (some emblems are taken from badges, which weren’t always applied). This way you can more easily recreate the original positioning if you’d like.

We hope you like the selection this month! Thank you for all of your feedback and suggestions, and we’ll see you next month for more!

Your screenshots that you submitted last week were superb! This week, machines from World War I have joined us. Snap a picture with your favorite and show us! You can read more about the event here. The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

[h2]Let’s begin the 166th edition of our competition![/h2]

Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen166. You have time until the 11th of April to submit your screenshot.

After that date, 6 winners will be selected (3 of which will be the highest rated by the community and 3 selected by our judges), each of which receive a reward of 300GE.



[h3]Terms:[/h3]

Your screenshot must be from The Great War event, or include any of the vehicles from the event.
You must add the #WTscreen166 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).
Artists may only win by popular vote once per four screenshot competitions.
• Screenshots need to be compliant with the War Thunder rules.
  
• You need to be the author of the screenshot.
  
• Screenshot needs to be new. You cannot use those which have previously been published or used in other competitions.
  
• We will only accept raw screenshots from the game. You cannot use any editing software nor any other visual enhancements (like Nvidia Ansel filters).
  
• You can use filters and settings built into War Thunder.
  
• You can use the replay functionality built into War Thunder.
  
• Rewards will be delivered to the author's account within 14 working days.
  

[h2]And now, time for the winners of the competition’s 165th edition – Teamwork![/h2]

[h3]Winners selected via community votes:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3454123339
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3454154232
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3454376098

[h3]Winners selected by our judges:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3456210341
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3455325385
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3454561902

Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!

[h2]Ground Vehicles[/h2]

• A bug with the following vehicles where sometimes the ammunition did not explode even if the ammunition module was destroyed (when it “turns black”) has been fixed: T20, M51 (all variants), M4A4 (SA50), P.7.T (AA), Lorraine 37L, Flakpanzer 38, Flakpanzer I, Kugelblitz, Wirbelwind, Zerstorer 45, Panzerjager I, Sd.Kfz.140/1, Pz.II F, Sd.Kfz.221 (s.Pz.B.41), Pvkv III, Pvlvv fm/42, AEC AA, M2A2, GAZ-MM (72-K), T-60, ZiS-12 (94-KM).
• A7V — a bug that caused the overpressure damage to not be dealt to some crew members has been fixed.
  

[h2]The Great War[/h2]

• A7V — the rate of fire in the event has been reduced from 15 to 12 rounds per minute.
  
• St-Chamond — mobility in the event has been improved. Operator country of the event vehicle has been changed to France.
  

[h2]Graphics[/h2]

• A bug that caused Market and user-made skins to display incorrectly or have a condition worse than what was set has been fixed. (Report).
  
• A bug where objects would sometimes flicker when destroyed has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused ground vehicles to be wet after spawning in if they were wet when the last battle ended has been fixed. (Report).
  

Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.

This month’s Pages of History features ace pilot Pavel Golovachev. Having become famous for his aerial ramming over East Prussia, Golovachev left his trusty La-7 in a museum and in the last months of the war switched to a brand-new Yak-9M. He flew it in the skies over Berlin and shot down two Fw 190s in late April 1945.

[h2]Golovachev’s Yak-9M is temporarily available for Golden Eagles![/h2]
In honor of Golovachev, the premium Yak-9M is available for 1,780 Golden Eagles.

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When: From April 4th (11:00 GMT) until April 7th (11:00 GMT).
Where: USSR > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

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[h3]About this aircraft[/h3]

• Golovachev’s Yak-9M (rank III) has a more robust wing structure, allowing it to perform better in dives. This aircraft is armed with a 20 mm ShVAK cannon and a 12.7 mm UBS machine gun.