This article examines the history of the MAA-1 Piranha, the first Brazilian domestic air-to-air missile, tracing its conception, development, testings, and the various setbacks and historical contexts that shaped the program. The Piranha was a bold project for its time, that sought to elevate Brazil into the small group of countries that were capable of producing domestic air-to-air missiles, a group which, at the time, consisted of France, the USA, the USSR, Israel, South Africa, the United Kingdom, China, Taiwan, and Japan.
Tanks have been in service for over 100 years, starting in the trenches of WW1 and still fighting today. While the first designs were slow, massive, and under-armed, they were still revolutionary, introducing an entirely new way to fight wars. Many tank designs from many nations aimed to create the fastest, the toughest, and the strongest tanks. However, one of the most famous of them all is the United States' M1 Abrams. First fielded in the 1980s, it has since fought across the world from Europe to Iraq and it has gone through over 40 years of combat and upgrades. Today, we will explore the history of the Abrams and its impact on American tank design.
We continue looking at the newcomers of the December update. Today it’s time for one of the most modern armored vehicles in the game, an American fire support vehicle sometimes referred to as a light tank: the M10 Booker. Its real-world career turned out to be short-lived: deliveries began in 2024, and by 2025, the program was canceled due to numerous issues. Let’s see what the Booker can do in War Thunder.
This guide will walk you through the process of installing varying types of War Thunder mods, from user models and locations to user hangar mods. Additionally, this guide includes a troubleshooting section for common issues found when installing mods, which may be updated regularly if necessary.
We’ve already discussed the T14 (more about the T14 here in my article: T14: The Super Heavy Sherman). Now we want to take a closer look at its British counterpart, the Excelsior. Like the American T14, the Excelsior resulted from the same development project, although the Excelsior also never went into serial production; only two prototypes were built.
Constraints and compromise often push naval engineers toward original answers to seemingly simple problems. For the Royal Navy after the First World War, constraints were paramount. In 1922, Britain signed the Washington Naval Treaty: an agreement among five powers to rein in the arms race at sea. The treaty forced the abandonment of promising new capital-ship projects — already growing ever more complex and costly. Yet Britain had no intention of surrendering its great-power navy, so the Admiralty challenged designers to produce a powerful new battleship that outclassed prewar types like the Queen Elizabeth while remaining within treaty limits.
If you’re asked which combat aircraft shows up on camera more often than any other, what’s the first one that comes to mind? For many, it’s the legendary American carrier-based fighter, the F/A-18. Today, we’re taking to the skies in this very aircraft — specifically in its most advanced variant, better known as the Super Hornet.
The Ratel 20 is a South African Light Tank in the British Tech tree, which is typically disliked. With a top speed of 65 mph, and a missile with maximum 530mm of penetration, the Ratel 20 is — on paper at least, a good light tank. However, with a poor acceleration and a rather slow missile, this vehicle does not perform too well when in combat.
