Among multirole helicopters, the American UH-60 Black Hawk stands out for its long history and intense military career. Drawing on lessons learned from the Vietnam War, Sikorsky built a tough, reliable, and versatile transport, one of the finest multirole helicopters of the modern era.
Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Hungary’s fighter aviation relied largely on foreign aircraft. In the mid-1930s, the Hungarian Air Force purchased Fiat CR.32 and CR.42 fighters from Italy. But aviation was advancing at a breakneck pace: outdated biplanes stood no chance against the latest monoplane fighters in terms of speed and firepower. The Royal Hungarian Air Force urgently needed a modern replacement.
Some older aircraft in War Thunder get a literal second life with each update. Long-forgotten machines suddenly start playing in fresh colors and roll back out of the hangars. Today is exactly one such case. We’re dusting off the Bearcat machine gun... No, wait. The machine gun Bearcat, the F8F-1!
The Wiesel is a small armored weapons carrier (AWC) that can boast a wide variety of armaments capable of accomplishing many tasks. Since its development in 1969, the Wiesel still serves the German Bundeswehr to this day. With its small size and quick agility, the name “Wiesel” was very fitting.
The Fokker G-1 Jachtkruiser was one of the most ambitious aircraft ever developed for the Dutch armed forces in the years preceding the Second World War. Designed in 1934 by engineers Marius Beeling and Erich Schatzki at Fokker, the twin-engined, twin-boom fighter was conceived as a heavily armed multi-role “fighter-cruiser” capable of bomber interception and ground attack. Its distinctive configuration and concentration of nose-mounted firepower made it a technological statement for Dutch aviation. Adopted by the Luchtvaartafdeling (LVA) as the G-1 Mercury variant powered by Bristol Mercury engines, the aircraft entered service only months before the German invasion in May 1940, where it would briefly but fiercely demonstrate its combat potential.
The Vickers Mk. E, also known as the Vickers 6-ton, was a tank developed in Britain during the Interwar period. Although it did not enter service in the UK, it was used by numerous countries, including Finland, Poland, and the USSR (where it became the T-26). In War Thunder, this tank can be found in the Finnish sub-tree. It is in many ways similar to the T-26, but it also has several differences, such as an extra crew member and a different gun.
War Thunder has plenty of HE slingers. You’d think there’s nothing left to surprise you. But every time a new one shows up, the interest comes right back. Because HE vehicles are all about emotion... and you can never have too much of that! Today we’re taking a look at Britain’s AS90.
After World War II, the Marine Nationale urgently needed to rebuild its fleet with domestic ships. By 1950, it still relied on pre-war vessels and Allied loans, pushing France to restore naval independence. Alongside major ships like the T 47-class destroyers, smaller patrol vessels such as the Fougueux and Adroit classes were designed. Intrépide, one of eleven Adroit-class ships, stood out for testing an experimental stern-mounted torpedo launcher. Introduced in the Tusk Force update, the Intrépide brings a unique coastal asset to France with a mix between the size of large frigates like the Marne and the armament of smaller patrol boats like the VLT-1.
This article is about the history of the German 3.7 cm L/45 guns — mainly the PaK 36* and KwK 36 — as well as the tangentially related Navy 3.7 cm FlaK M42 L/69. The PaK 36 was the mainstay of towed anti-tank guns for Germany during World War II, being used from the war’s onset until the last days of the war, and were used in all sorts of roles, ranging from anti-tank operations in the late 1930s to infantry support using HE and fin-stabilized HEAT grenades during the closing days of the war. While the PaK 36 and its derivatives were largely obsolete by the end of World War II, their large production volume (20,000 units) meant that it wasn’t too hard to find them across various frontlines, still putting in work.
