Modifications and modules
Airborne radars are found on aircraft at both low and high ranks, if an aircraft is equipped with radar then a radar display will be present in the right portion of a player's screen, as well as a compass displaying the player's current heading and the directions to detected targets at the top of the screen.
Self‑entrenching equipment is a built‑in or externally mounted device that helps a tank dig in for a firing position. Many armies worldwide equip their tanks with these systems. For example, in the Soviet Army, beginning with the T‑72, all main battle tanks and some armored vehicles were fitted with self‑entrenching devices, and their use became standard in tank‑crew training.
Naval ships vary greatly in size, from the smallest boats to heavy multi-ton cruisers. The greater the displacement of a ship, the more difficult it will be to sink it. But sinking is not the only way to deal with the enemy, which is why it is important to know what parts make up their equipment and where their weakest points are.
To increase survivability in a battle, some vehicles have duplicate control functions. For example, in some vehicles, the commander can fire the gun, and in others, the gunner can drive the tank. The mechanic was implemented to War Thunder in Update 2.7 “Red Skies”.
A smoke grenade launcher is a device used to quickly create smoke or smoke screens around a vehicle. The game includes several smoke grenade types that vary in how and how fast they produce a screen, as well as in how they are deployed: some smoke charges are ground‑deployed canisters, while others are fired as shells from a launcher. Launchers may be mounted externally on the vehicle’s armor or installed inside the fighting compartment.
An autoloader is a mechanism that automatically reloads a weapon and removes spent cartridges. Autoloaders are used on various types of military equipment, such as tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled guns, and even anti-aircraft guns. The main purpose of this mechanism is to make the crew's job easier, reduce its size, and, in most cases, increase the rate of fire.
Chaff (also known as “Window” in World War II) are small strips of radar reflecting material (aluminium, metallized paper, fiberglass or metallized polymer based films) that are released in large quantities by an aircraft’s countermeasure dispenser which create a cloud of false radar targets.
Aerial Infrared Countermeasures also known as “flares” are pyrotechnic devices that produce a powerful signature within specific wavelengths. When a flare is detected within the FoV of an IR Guided missile, the stronger signture of the flare will cause the missile target it instead of the aircraft that launched it.
The gun stabilizer is a system that improves the tank gun’s aim at the target and preserves (stabilizes) its aim even when the hull vibrates during movement, which allows it to perform effective aimed fire during vehicle movement or when temporarily stopped. This reaction time and accuracy between target detection and effective hit draw the line between life and death in tank warfare. Read more about the gun stabilizers in the article.
