The Soviet Su-27 fighter became one of the best combat aircraft made by the Sukhoi design bureau. It had an impressive range, a high top speed, a good payload, and modern avionics, all of which allowed it to compete with many other aircraft and even outperform some.
Not long ago, War Thunder introduced tanks from the First World War. These strange and towering machines don’t resemble anything from the modern era — or even their own descendants. Sure, they might lack the firepower or familiar features like turrets, but make no mistake: they’re still powerful combat vehicles that can hold their own in battle. Today, we’ll show you how.
At the height of the First World War, the world witnessed the first ever combat tanks. The armored giants made for breaching enemy fortifications were sowing fear, but at the same time, they were incredibly clumsy. It would take their creators a lot of time to find the perfect shapes and optimal design solutions. In the meantime, creative processes would sometimes give birth to truly peculiar machines, like giants with diamond-shaped tracks, self-propelled armed boxes, and others.
What War Thunder aircraft is worthy of the title “the best piston-engine fighter”? The competition is so tight! We have the American Mustang and Bearcat, the German Messerschmitt and Ta, the Soviet Yak and La, the Japanese Shiden and Hayate, the Italian Reggiane and Fiat, and finally, the British Tempest and... Its colleague the Spitfire, which seems to be a tad ahead of all the other contenders for the throne of the Prop King! So why don’t we take a ride in the legendary Griffon Mk.24?
The Il-2 became the most produced aircraft in the history of aviation and played a major role in World War 2. And while its creators picked the right concept of a slow but well-armored strike aircraft, the design required numerous incremental upgrades. Many of them were urgent and had to be completed in the very first years and even months of production.
An oblong hull with sloped armor plates, a drop-shaped turret, and a long-barreled gun: you’re looking at the tank design revolution that might’ve happened in the United States in the 1950s. The T95 prototype family was used to test a wide range of unconventional and sometimes even breakthrough solutions. By that time, some traits of the future MBTs were already clearly defined, but the tanks of the T95 series strayed away from that path.
World War 2 gave birth to many aircraft, but some of those are more memorable than others. For instance, the Messerschmitt 109 can be considered the main symbol of the Luftwaffe: at the time, it was one of the most advanced fighters in the world. War Thunder offers almost thirty versions of this plane to the players, but today we’d like to focus on the latest available modification: the Bf 109 K-4, or simply the Kurfürst.
In the 1930s, as the political tension in the world was going up, France made the decision to modernize its aircraft fleet. The Republic owned vast territories abroad, including numerous islands, and required capable seaplanes. Meanwhile, its aircraft fleet at the time consisted of outdated models that couldn’t meet modern requirements. In 1934, the Latécoère company used its previous experience to create a new torpedo bomber, and in only two years, the first prototype Laté 298 performed its maiden flight.