Category:Updates

14 December 2023 - Current

• 30 new vehicles:

9 regular aircraft 1 gift/bundle aircraft

10 regular tanks 2 premium tanks 1 gift/bundle tank

5 regular ships 2 premium ships

• Introduced rank VIII ground vehicles
• Rework of all fires in game

31 October 2023 - 14 December 2023 (active for 45 days)

• 28 new vehicles:

3 regular aircraft

14 regular tanks 1 premium tank

4 regular ships 2 gift/bundle ships

4 regular helicopters

19 September 2023 - 31 October 2023 (active for 43 days)

• 49 new vehicles (including Hungarian vehicles):

9 regular aircraft 1 premium aircraft

20 regular tanks 2 premium tanks 1 gift/bundle tank 1 squadron tank

5 regular ships 1 premium ship 2 gift/bundle ships

6 regular helicopters 1 premium helicopter

• Introduced the Hungarian branch to the Italian tree
• Major economy and progression changes

14 June 2023 - 19 September 2023 (active for 98 days)

• 47 new vehicles (including French fleet):

9 regular aircraft 1 premium aircraft 1 gift/bundle aircraft

13 regular tanks 3 premium tanks 1 gift/bundle tank 1 squadron tank

17 regular ships 1 premium ship

• Introduced the French fleet
• New missile flight physics

7 March 2023 - 14 June 2023 (active for 100 days)

• 36 new vehicles:

7 regular aircraft 2 premium aircraft 1 gift/bundle aircraft 1 squadron aircraft

13 regular tanks 1 gift/bundle tank

5 regular ships 2 premium ships 3 gift/bundle ships

1 regular helicopter

• Introduced the first French ships
• Improved visual effects for aviation

20 December 2022 - 7 March 2023 (active for 78 days)

• 42 new vehicles:

11 regular aircraft 10 gift/bundle aircraft 1 squadron aircraft

10 regular tanks 1 premium tank 1 gift/bundle tank

5 regular ships 3 premium ships

• Introduced rank VIII aircraft

26 October 2022 - 20 December 2022 (active for 56 days)

• 51 new vehicles:

10 regular aircraft 2 premium aircraft 1 gift/bundle aircraft

24 regular tanks 2 premium tanks 1 squadron tank

8 regular ships 2 premium ships

1 gift/bundle helicopter

• Introduced Finnish subtrees in the Swedish tech tree

14 September 2022 - 26 October 2022 (active for 42 days)

• 42 new vehicles:

6 regular aircraft 1 premium aircraft 1 gift/bundle aircraft

14 regular tanks 1 premium tank 1 gift/bundle tank

8 regular ships 2 premium ships

6 regular helicopters 2 gift/bundle helicopters

• Introduced scout and attack UAVs
• Introduced the Chinese helicopter tree
• Introduced aircraft engine fire extinguishers

15 June 2022 - 14 September 2022 (active for 92 days)

• 42 new vehicles:

5 regular aircraft 4 premium aircraft 2 gift/bundle aircraft

10 regular tanks 3 premium tanks 2 gift/bundle tanks 1 squadron tank

6 regular ships 2 premium ships

6 regular helicopters 1 gift/bundle helicopter

• Introduced the Israeli helicopter tree
• Introduced the first Chinese helicopter
• Introduced incendiary ordnance
• Implemented battle replay rewind system

24 March 2022 - 15 June 2022 (active for 84 days)

• 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

14 December 2021 - 24 March 2022 (active for 101 days)

• 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

28 October 2021 - 14 December 2021 (active for 47 days)

• 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

7 September 2021 - 28 October 2021 (active for 51 days)

• 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

2 June 2021 - 7 September 2021 (active for 98 days)

• 29 new vehicles:

7 regular aircraft 3 premium aircraft 2 gift/bundle aircraft

9 regular tanks 2 premium tanks

5 regular ships 1 premium ship

• Introduced Rank VII aircraft
• Introduced commander's sights for ground vehicles

10 March 2021 - 2 June 2021 (active for 85 days)

• 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.

18 December 2020 - 10 March 2021 (active for 82 days)

• 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

17 November 2020 - 18 December 2020 (active for 31 days)

• 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

2 September 2020 - 17 November 2020 (active for 76 days)

• 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

26 May 2020 - 2 September 2020 (active for 99 days)

• 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

16 March 2020 - 26 May 2020 (active for 71 days)

• 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

17 December 2019 - 16 March 2020 (active for 90 days)

• 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

29 October 2019 - 17 December 2019 (active for 50 days)

• 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 helicopters

• Added Rank V ships to the game
• Added Italian helicopters to the game
• Added Swedish aircraft to the game

11 September 2019 - 29 October 2019 (active for 49 days)

• 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 helicopters

• 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

29 May 2019 - 11 September 2019 (active for 106 days)

• 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

12 March 2019 - 29 May 2019 (active for 79 days)

• 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

17 December 2018 - 12 March 2019 (active for 85 days)

• 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

23 October 2018 - 17 December 2018 (active for 55 days)

• 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

19 September 2018 - 23 October 2018 (active for 34 days)

• 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)

12 June 2018 - 19 September 2018 (active for 99 days)

• 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

14 March 2018 - 12 June 2018 (active for 90 days)

• 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

19 December 2017 - 14 March 2018 (active for 85 days)

• 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

1 November 2017 - 19 December 2017 (active for 49 days)

• 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

18 September 2017 - 1 November 2017 (active for 44 days)

• 28 new vehicles:

10 regular aircraft 1 premium aircraft 1 gift/bundle aircraft

12 regular tanks 1 premium tank 3 gift/bundle tanks

• Added Rank 6 ground vehicles
• Added new armour types such as composite and explosive-reactive

25 May 2017 - 18 September 2017 (active for 116 days)

• 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

16 March 2017 - 25 May 2017 (active for 70 days)

• 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"

20 December 2016 - 16 March 2017 (active for 86 days)

• 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

29 September 2016 - 20 December 2016 (active for 82 days)

• 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

3 August 2016 - 29 September 2016 (active for 54 days)

• 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

9 June 2016 - 3 August 2016 (active for 55 days)

• 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

15 March 2016 - 9 June 2016 (active for 86 days)

• 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

15 December 2015 - 15 March 2016 (active for 91 days)

• 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

5 November 2015 - 15 December 2015 (active for 40 days)

• 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

30 June 2015 - 5 November 2015 (active for 128 days)

• 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

30 April 2015 - 30 June 2015 (active for 61 days)

• 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

24 February 2015 - 30 April 2015 (active for 65 days)

• 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

16 December 2014 - 24 February 2015 (active for 70 days)

• 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 tanks

• Added the American tank tree to the game in CBT
• Added ability to fire tank machine guns

9 October 2014 - 16 December 2014 (active for 68 days)

• 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)

15 May 2014 - 9 October 2014 (active for 147 days)

• 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

15 April 2014 - 15 May 2014 (active for 30 days)

• 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

18 December 2013 - 15 April 2014 (active for 118 days)

• 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

26 September 2013 - 18 December 2013 (active for 83 days)

• 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)

7 August 2013 - 26 September 2013 (active for 50 days)

• 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

11 June 2013 - 7 August 2013 (active for 57 days)

• 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

19 March 2013 - 11 June 2013 (active for 84 days)

• 15 new vehicles:

15 regular aircraft

• Improved the damage model of all aircraft
• Redesigned hangar interface
• Added ability to select ammo belts for fighters
• Re-balanced game economy

30 January 2013 - 19 March 2013 (active for 48 days)

• First Update of the Open Beta Test (OBT)
• Added ability to control critically damaged aircraft
• [Ground Strike] Fjords and [Domination] Asia maps

21 December 2012 - 30 January 2013 (active for 40 days)

• Bug fixes
• Game improvements

9 November 2012 - Unknown (Before 21 December 2012)

• Bug fixes
• Game improvements and additions

30 March 2012