💥Planned Battle Rating Changes (October 2026) — Aircraft and Ground Vehicle Decompression

Hi everyone! Here’s the list of planned Battle Rating changes for October. It includes adjustments for aircraft, ground vehicles, and ships.

In this round of planned Battle Rating changes, we’ve decided to raise the upper limits for the Battle Ratings of aircraft in Air and Ground Battles, as well as for ground vehicles in Ground Battles.

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▶️Thunder Show: LAKE CITADEL

Welcome to Thunder Show and the wildest moments of the past week!

▶️PUMA: The Most Protected IFV

Work on the Puma infantry fighting vehicle began back in the early 2000s, and the first prototype appeared in 2005. Today it remains one of the most modern IFVs in the world. Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall packed it with a host of technological solutions accumulated over the 20th century.

▶️How Do You Replace the Sherman?

The famous American M4 Sherman was born in an environment of fierce competition for industrial capacity. The air force, navy, and ground forces all needed engines, armor plates, machine tools, and transport vehicles. American industry had enormous potential, but in wartime, production lines had to be reserved for machines that truly justified mass production.

✈️The British A-20 is Available with a Discount To celebrate the A-20’s First Flight!

The Douglas A-20 prototype first took to the skies on October 26th 1938. It served as the basis for a wide range of aircraft designed for various roles, including light bombers, attack aircraft, reconnaissance planes, and night fighters. Known by the nickname “Havoc”, the A-20 saw service with the air forces of France, Great Britain, the United States, and the USSR. The USSR received large numbers of the aircraft via the Lend-Lease program.

🏪The Havoc Mk I is temporarily available with a 30% discount!

When: From October 26th (09:00 GMT) until October 29th (09:00 GMT).
Where: Great Britain > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

❗️The Havoc Mk I is available for 490 Golden Eagles. It can only be obtained during this promotion

▪️The Havoc Mk I (rank II) is a highly versatile aircraft for its rank: with its speed, maneuverability, and survivability, complemented by four 500 lb bombs, four forward-firing machine guns, and two defensive machine guns, it’s capable of handling just about anything! In skilled hands, it’s more than ready to carry out multiple sorties against enemy positions.

▶️How to Train The New Dragon

The Sky Odyssey update has expanded the Swedish J35 Draken family with the late J variant. The familiar J35XS also received some new weapons. That’s a perfect excuse to revisit the entire Draken family and figure out how to get the most out of each version.

🔫Testing Nuclear Escalation in Simulator Battles!

Calling all pilots! Today we’re inviting you to take part in testing of the large-scale Nuclear Escalation mode in Simulator Battles.

📆When: From October 27th (13:00 GMT) until October 29th (13:00 GMT)
Where: Events & Tournaments → Nuclear Escalation.

‼️Features
This is the same Nuclear Escalation mode found in Realistic Battles, but played at the Simulator Battles difficulty level, with the corresponding flight model settings and marker configurations.
You’ll engage on the Tropical Coast and Southeastern City maps featuring the same ground vehicles categorized by era according to their Battle Rating. However, rewards in this mode will be calculated in the same way as in Enduring Confrontation, and matchmaking will be based on the following Battle Rating ranges (which correspond to the era boundaries):

▪️8.7-9.7
▪️10.0-11.0
▪️11.3-13.0
▪️13.3+

Don’t miss your chance to take part in the testing from October 27th to 29th and share your feedback with us. See you in the skies!

▶️AMV (BMP-3): A Hybrid from the Emirates

It’s time to meet the main reward of the Desert Predator event, the AMV (BMP-3) of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. We’ve only recently talked about hybrid military vehicles, and here we go again! This time, someone decided to put a BMP-3 turret on the chassis of a Finnish Patria armored vehicle. The result was first unveiled at an exhibition in 2007, and just a year later, the UAE ordered specially extended AMV chassis to accommodate the familiar Soviet BMP turrets. Let’s see how this newcomer performs in War Thunder.