| Major Updates
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| Update
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Date
Released
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Date
Superseded
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Key Additions / Information
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| Official Release
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| Current
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Update "Wind of Change"
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24 March 2022
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Current
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- Added 54 new vehicles (including Israeli ground vehicles):
- 8 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- 1 Gift/Bundle Aircraft
- 27 Regular Tanks
- 1 Premium Tank
- 2 Gift/Bundle Tanks
- 6 Regular Ships
- 1 Squadron Ship
- 5 Regular Helicopters
- 2 Premium Helicopters
- Introduced the Israeli ground tree and the first Israeli helicopter
- Introduced the Swedish helicopter tree
- Added new ultra high quality textures and graphical effects
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| Past updates
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Update "Winged Lions"
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14 December 2021
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24 March 2022
Active for 101 days
(3 months, 11 days)
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- Added 46 new vehicles (including Israeli aircraft):
- 27 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- 1 Squadron Aircraft
- 11 Regular Tanks
- 6 Regular Ships
- Introduced the Israeli aircraft tree and the first Israeli ground vehicles
- Added ship-launched reconnaissance aircraft
- Added new wind-affected visual effects
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Update "Ground Breaking"
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28 October 2021
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14 December 2021
Active for 47 days
(1 months, 16 days)
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- Added 27 new vehicles:
- 6 Regular Aircraft
- 2 Premium Aircraft
- 2 Gift/Bundle Aircraft
- 11 Regular Tanks
- 5 Regular Ships
- 1 Regular Helicopter
- Introduced deformable terrain
- Added Israeli aircraft to the game
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Update "Direct Hit"
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7 September 2021
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28 October 2021
Active for 51 days
(1 months, 21 days)
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- Added 38 new vehicles:
- 8 Regular Aircraft
- 3 Gift/Bundle Aircraft
- 11 Regular Tanks
- 11 Regular Ships
- 4 Premium Ships
- 1 Squadron Helicopter
- Introduced guided bombs
- Introduced ship fire control mechanics
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Update "Red Skies"
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2 June 2021
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7 September 2021
Active for 98 days
(3 months, 6 days)
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- Added 29 new vehicles:
- 7 Regular Aircraft
- 3 Premium Aircraft
- 2 Gift/Bundle Aircraft
- 9 Regular Tanks
- 2 Premium Tank
- 5 Regular Ships
- 1 Premium Ship
- Introduced Rank VII aircraft
- Introduced commander's sights for ground vehicles
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Update "Ixwa Strike"
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10 March 2021
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2 June 2021
Active for 85 days
(2 months, 24 days)
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- Added 39 new vehicles:
- 7 Regular Aircraft
- 3 Premium Aircraft
- 22 Regular Tanks
- 1 Premium Tank
- 1 Squadron Tank
- 4 Regular Ships
- 1 Premium Ship
- Introduced South African branch of British ground tree
- Introduced variable wing-sweep mechanics
- Added Head-Up Displays to some aircraft which historically had them.
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Update "Hot Tracks"
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18 December 2020
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10 March 2021
Active for 82 days
(2 months, 20 days)
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- Added 27 new vehicles:
- 9 Regular Aircraft
- 3 Premium Aircraft
- 7 Regular Tanks
- 4 Regular Ships
- 1 Premium Ship
- 3 Regular Helicopters
- Introduced Italian helicopter tree
- Further improvements to Dagor 6.0 engine, including:
- Physically accurate vehicle tracks
- New ground and naval vehicle gunfire effects
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Update "New Power"
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17 November 2020
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18 December 2020
Active for 31 days
(1 month, 1 day)
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- Added 48 new vehicles:
- 10 Regular Aircraft
- 3 Premium Aircraft
- 2 Gift/Bundle Aircraft
- 12 Regular Tanks
- 1 Premium Tank
- 1 Gift/Bundle Tank
- 10 Regular Ships
- 9 Premium Ships
- Upgraded game to Dagor Engine 6.0 massively overhauling graphics
- Introduced the first battleships to the game
- Introduced V/STOL aircraft
- Added modern AI aircraft carriers
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Update "Raining Fire"
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2 September 2020
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17 November 2020
Active for 76 days
(2 months, 15 days)
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- Added 28 new vehicles:
- 8 Regular Aircraft
- 4 Premium Aircraft
- 1 Gift/Bundle Aircraft
- 6 Regular Tanks
- 1 Gift/Bundle Tank
- 7 Regular Ships
- 1 Premium Ship
- Introduced volumetric shells
- Introduced Semi-Active Radar Homing (SARH) missiles
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Update "Starfighters"
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26 May 2020
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2 September 2020
Active for 99 days
(3 months, 7 days)
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- Added 71 new vehicles (including Italian ships):
- 17 Regular Aircraft
- 6 Premium Aircraft
- 16 Regular Tanks
- 2 Premium Tanks
- 1 Gift/Bundle Tank
- 22 Regular Ships
- 1 Premium Ship
- 2 Gift/Bundle Ships
- 4 Regular Helicopters
- Added Italian naval tree to the game
- Made Swedish tanks available to all players
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Update 1.97 "Viking Fury"
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16 March 2020
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26 May 2020
Active for 71 days
(2 months, 10 days)
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- Added 69 new vehicles (including Swedish tanks):
- 7 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- 44 Regular Tanks
- 2 Premium Tanks
- 7 Regular Ships
- 2 Premium Ships
- 5 Regular Helicopters
- 1 Premium Helicopter
- Added Swedish ground vehicle tree to the game
- Introduced onboard aviation systems
- Made Swedish aircraft available to all players
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Update 1.95 "Northern Wind"
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17 December 2019
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16 March 2020
Active for 90 days
(2 months, 28 days)
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- Added 47 new vehicles (including Swedish aircraft):
- 28 Regular Aircraft
- 7 Regular Tanks
- 2 Premium Tanks
- 9 Regular Ships
- 1 Premium Ship
- Added Swedish aircraft tree to the game
- Added Swedish tanks to the game
- Introduced Ray Traced Global Illumination and HDR support
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Update 1.93 "Shark Attack"
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29 October 2019
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17 December 2019
Active for 50 days
(1 months, 18 days)
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- Added 29 new vehicles:
- 4 Regular Aircraft
- 3 Premium Aircraft
- 3 Gift/Bundle Aircraft
- 9 Regular Tanks
- 1 Premium Tank
- 4 Regular Ships
- 2 Premium Ships
- 1 Regular Helicopter
- 2 Gift/Bundle Helicopter
- Added Rank V ships to the game
- Added Italian helicopters to the game
- Added Swedish aircraft to the game
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Update 1.91 "Night Vision"
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11 September 2019
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29 October 2019
Active for 49 days
(1 months, 18 days)
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- Added 120 new vehicles (including Chinese vehicles):
- 50 Regular Aircraft
- 3 Premium Aircraft
- 3 Gift / Bundle Aircraft
- 41 Regular Tanks
- 2 Premium Tanks
- 2 Gift / Bundle Tanks
- 6 Regular Ships
- 5 Premium Ships
- 5 Regular Helicopters
- 1 Premium Helicopter
- 2 Gift / Bundle Helicopter
- Added Chinese aircraft and ground vehicles to the game (in CBT)
- Added British Helicopters to the game
- Introduced night vision and thermal imaging devices
- Introduced the map rotation filter
- Updated sound engine to Fmod Studio 1.10
- Introduced first Mach 2 capable aircraft to the game
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Update 1.89 "Imperial Navy"
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29 May 2019
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11 September 2019
Active for 106 days
(3 months, 13 days)
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- Added 45 new vehicles (including Japanese ships):
- 7 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- 8 Regular Tanks
- 2 Gift / Bundle Tanks
- 24 Regular Ships
- 2 Gift / Bundle Ships
- 1 Gift / Bundle Helicopter
- Added Japanese ships to the game
- Improved realism of radar systems
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Update 1.87 "Locked On"
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12 March 2019
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29 May 2019
Active for 79 days
(2 months, 18 days)
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- Added 25 new vehicles:
- 7 Regular Aircraft
- 4 Gift / Bundle Aircraft
- 6 Regular Tanks
- 1 Gift / Bundle Tanks
- 7 Regular Ships
- Added French helicopters to the game
- Added Rank 7 Tanks
- Added Rank 6 jets to all nations (that didn't have one prior)
- Added ground and air radar systems
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Update 1.85 "Supersonic"
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17 December 2018
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12 March 2019
Active for 85 days
(2 months, 23 days)
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- Added 63 new vehicles (including Italian Tanks):
- 9 Regular Aircraft
- 3 Gift / Bundle Aircraft
- 40 Regular Tanks
- 4 Gift / Bundle Tanks
- 6 Regular Ships
- 1 Premium Ship
- Added Italian tank tree to the game (in CBT)
- Added Rank 6 jets (supersonic and with guided missiles) to the game
- Made British ships available to all players
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Update 1.83 "Masters of the Sea"
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23 October 2018
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17 December 2018
Active for 55 days
(1 month, 24 days)
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- Added 115 new vehicles (including Ships, British Ships, and German Helicopters):
- 1 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- 2 Regular Tanks
- 1 Premium Tank
- 87 Regular Ships
- 7 Premium Ships
- 10 Gift / Bundle Ships
- 5 Regular Helicopters
- 1 Gift / Bundle Helicopters
- Added German Helicopters
- Made USSR and American helicopters available to all players
- Made American, German and USSR ships available to all players
- Added British ships to CBT
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Update 1.81 "The Valkyries"
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19 September 2018
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23 October 2018
Active for 34 days
(1 month, 4 days)
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- Added 25 new vehicles:
- 2 Regular Aircraft
- 8 Regular Tanks
- 1 Premium Tank
- 2 Gift / Bundle Tanks
- 10 Regular Helicopters
- 2 Gift / Bundle Helicopters
- Added USSR and American helicopters to the game (in CBT)
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Update 1.79 "Project X"
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12 June 2018
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19 September 2018
Active for 99 days
(3 months, 7 days)
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- Added 24 new vehicles (not counting ships):
- 10 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- 2 Gift / Bundle Aircraft
- 9 Regular Tanks
- 2 Gift / Bundle Tanks
- Move game to Dagor Engine 5.0
- Added Naval Vehicles to CBT
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Update 1.77 "Advancing Storm"
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14 March 2018
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12 June 2018
Active for 90 days
(2 months, 29 days)
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- Added 19 new vehicles:
- 9 Regular Aircraft
- 2 Premium Aircraft
- 1 Gift / Bundle Aircraft
- 5 Regular Tanks
- 2 Gift / Bundle Tanks
- Move game to Dagor Engine 5.0
- Added ships to CBT
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Update 1.75 "La Résistance"
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19 December 2017
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14 March 2018
Active for 85 days
(2 months, 23 days)
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- Added 51 new vehicles (including French Tanks):
- 15 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- 32 Regular Tanks
- 3 Gift / Bundle Tanks
- Added the French Tank tree to the game
- Added scouting mechanics
- Added Maginot Line and Middle East maps
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Update 1.73 "Vive la France"
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1 November 2017
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19 December 2017
Active for 49 days
(1 month, 18 days)
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- Added 39 new vehicles (including French Aircraft):
- 32 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- 2 Gift / Bundle Aircraft
- 2 Regular Tanks
- 2 Gift / Bundle Tanks
- Added the French Aircraft tree to the game
- Added first Italian premium tanks to the game
- Added ability to make custom tank sights
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Update 1.71 "New E.R.A."
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18 September 2017
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1 November 2017
Active for 44 days
(1 month, 14 days)
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- Added 28 new vehicles:
- 10 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- 1 Gift / Bundle Aircraft
- 12 Regular Tanks
- 1 Premium Tank
- 3 Gift / Bundle Tank
- Added Rank 6 Ground Vehicles
- Added new armour types such as composite and explosive-reactive
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Update 1.69 "Regia Aeronautica"
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25 May 2017
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18 September 2017
Active for 116 days
(3 months, 24 days)
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- Added 47 new vehicles (including Italian Aircraft):
- 33 Regular Aircraft
- 5 Premium Aircraft
- 9 Regular Tanks
- Introduced Italian aircraft
- Added Smoke grenades & smokescreen launchers to the game
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Update 1.67 "Assault"
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16 March 2017
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25 May 2017
Active for 70 days
(2 months, 9 days)
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- Added 19 new vehicles:
- 6 Regular Aircraft
- 9 Regular Tanks
- 4 Premium Tanks
- Introduced Gun Stabilizers
- Introduced aircraft engine exhaust flame effect
- Added Co-op PvE mode called "Assault"
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Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai"
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20 December 2016
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16 March 2017
Active for 86 days
(2 months, 24 days)
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- Added 49 new vehicles (including Japanese tanks):
- 11 Regular Aircraft
- 3 Premium Aircraft
- 32 Regular Tanks
- 1 Premium Tanks
- 2 Gift / Bundle Tanks
- Official release of War Thunder
- Added Japanese Tanks to the game
- Added low-detail "scaled" cockpits for all aircraft which did not have a cockpit
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| Open Beta
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Update 1.63 "Desert Hunters"
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29 September 2016
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20 December 2016
Active for 82 days
(2 months, 21 days)
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- Added 22 new vehicles:
- 6 Regular Aircraft
- 2 Premium Aircraft
- 1 Gift / Bundle Aircraft
- 10 Regular Tanks
- 3 Premium Tanks
- Added High-resolution Texture Streaming (reducing loading times)
- Added Greece (air AB) and Sinai maps
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Update 1.61 "Road to Glory"
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3 August 2016
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29 September 2016
Active for 54 days
(1 month, 26 days)
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- Added 10 new vehicles:
- 2 Regular Aircraft
- 2 Special Aircraft
- 2 Regular Tanks
- 2 Premium Tanks
- 2 Special Tanks
- Added crew replenishment mechanic to ground battles
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Update 1.59 "Flaming Arrows"
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9 June 2016
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3 August 2016
Active for 55 days
(1 month, 25 days)
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- Added 24 new vehicles:
- 7 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- 1 Special Aircraft
- 10 Regular Tanks
- 3 Premium Tanks
- 2 Gift / Bundle Tanks
- Added the first ATGM armed vehicles to the game
- Added new hangar
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Update 1.57 "Battle March"
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15 March 2016
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9 June 2016
Active for 86 days
(2 months, 25 days)
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- Added 22 new vehicles:
- 9 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- 1 Special Aircraft
- 10 Regular Tanks
- 1 Premium Tank
- Made British tanks available for all players
- Added two tank maps Volokolamsk and Frozen Pass
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Update 1.55 "Royal Armour"
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15 December 2015
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15 March 2016
Active for 91 days
(3 months)
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- Added 42 new vehicles (including British CBT tanks):
- 8 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- 30 Regular Tanks
- 3 Premium Tanks
- Added the British Tank Tree to the game in CBT
- Added two tank maps set in North Africa Campaign
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Update 1.53 "Firestorm"
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5 November 2015
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15 December 2015
Active for 40 days
(1 month, 10 days)
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- Added 26 new vehicles:
- 11 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- 2 Special Aircraft
- 4 Regular Tanks
- 3 Premium Tanks
- 4 Gift / Bundle Tanks
- 1 Special Tank
- Moved the game to the Dagor Engine 4.0
- Added first British Premium Tanks
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Update 1.51 "Cold Steel"
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30 June 2015
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5 November 2015
Active for 128 days
(4 months, 6 days)
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- Added 20 new vehicles:
- 9 Regular Aircraft
- 2 Premium Aircraft
- 5 Regular Tanks
- 4 Premium Tanks
- Added first winter tank map (Finland)
- Added the Enduring Confrontation game mode
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Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory"
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30 April 2015
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30 June 2015
Active for 61 days
(2 months)
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- Added 39 new vehicles:
- 15 Regular Aircraft
- 6 Premium Aircraft
- 10 Regular Tanks
- 8 Premium Tanks
- Added American Tank Destroyer and British Fleet Air Arm lines
- Added 2 historically accurate and 1 semi-accurate tank maps
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Update 1.47 "Big Guns"
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24 February 2015
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30 April 2015
Active for 65 days
(2 months, 6 days)
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- Added 16 new vehicles:
- 7 Regular Aircraft
- 7 Regular Tanks
- 2 Premium Tanks
- Made the American Tank Tree available to all players
- Removed the daily X2 multiplier, replacing it with boosters
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Update 1.45 "Steel Generals"
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16 December 2014
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24 February 2015
Active for 70 days
(2 months, 8 days)
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- Added 20 new vehicles (not counting CBT tanks of USA):
- 5 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Gift / Bundle Aircraft
- 9 Regular Tanks
- 4 Premium Tanks
- 2 Gift / Bundle Tank
- Added the American Tank Tree to the game in CBT
- Added ability to fire tank machine guns
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Update 1.43
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9 October 2014
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16 December 2014
Active for 68 days
(2 months, 7 days)
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- Added 43 new vehicles:
- 18 Regular Aircraft
- 7 Premium Aircraft
- 1 Gift / Bundle Aircraft
- 11 Regular Tanks
- 5 Premium Tanks
- 1 Gift / Bundle Tank
- Added first urban tank map (Poland) and multi-turreted tank (T-35)
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Update 1.41
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15 May 2014
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9 October 2014
Active for 147 days
(4 months, 24 days)
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- Added 86 new vehicles:
- 6 Regular Aircraft
- 4 Premium Aircraft
- 68 Regular Tanks
- 4 Premium Tanks
- 4 Gift / Bundle Tanks
- Ground forces units released into Open Beta Test (OBT) for all players
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Update 1.39
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15 April 2014
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15 May 2014
Active for 30 days
(1 month)
|
- Added 20 new vehicles:
- 17 Regular Aircraft
- 2 Premium Aircraft
- 1 Special Aircraft (La-174)
- Added support for Custom skins
- Added War Thunder CDK
- Significantly improved AI behaviour
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Update 1.37
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18 December 2013
|
15 April 2014
Active for 118 days
(3 months, 28 days)
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- Added 22 new vehicles:
- 20 Regular Aircraft
- 2 Premium Aircraft
- Completely reworked progression system (old 20 tier system replaced with 5 ranks)
- Added Custom Battles
- Reworked over 70 flight models
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Update 1.35
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26 September 2013
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18 December 2013
Active for 83 days
(2 months, 22 days)
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- Added 16 new vehicles:
- 13 Regular Aircraft
- 3 Premium Aircraft
- Added events mode
- Reworked a large number of aircraft and cockpit models
- Added first "bomber" cockpits (Pe-2 and Pe-3)
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Update 1.33
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7 August 2013
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26 September 2013
Active for 50 days
(1 month, 19 days)
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- Added 11 new vehicles:
- 10 Regular Aircraft
- 1 Premium Aircraft
- Added vehicle Modules and Modifications
- Added crew lock
- Added a number of new armament options for aircraft
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Update 1.31
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11 June 2013
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7 August 2013
Active for 57 days
(1 month, 27 days)
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- Added 20 new vehicles:
- 13 Regular Aircraft
- 7 Premium Aircraft
- Added award of a Rank 1 premium after your first battle
- Added Squadrons
- Added Tutorials
- Added invite friends feature
- Added Facebook and Twitch Support
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Update 1.29
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19 March 2013
|
11 June 2013
Active for 84 days
(2 months, 23 days)
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- Added 15 new vehicles:
- Improved the damage model of all aircraft
- Redesigned hangar interface
- Added ability to select ammo belts for fighters
- Re-balanced game economy
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Update 1.27
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30 January 2013
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19 March 2013
Active for 48 days
(1 month, 19 days)
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- First Update of the Open Beta Test (OBT)
- Added ability to control critically damaged aircraft
- [Ground Strike] Fjords and [Domination] Asia maps
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| Closed Beta*
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| Update 1.25
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21 December 2012
|
30 January 2013
Active for 40 days
(1 month, 9 days)
|
- Bug fixes
- Game improvements
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| Update 1.17
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9 November 2012
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Unknown
(Before 21 December 2012)
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- Bug fixes
- Game improvements and additions
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| Closed Beta Begins (30 March 2012)
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