🦅🦅🦅Meet the “Eagle's Shadow” Major Update!

Eagle’s Shadow introduces a comprehensive selection of vehicles. The namesake of the update is inspired by the new F-15EX, which features excellent armament options and powerful engines. There’s also the modern Leopard 2A8 equipped with Trophy APS and the Second World War Fulmar Mk.II with 8,000 rounds of ammunition, along with the Su-15TM equipped with the newly added R-98 missiles. Additionally, the Sun City and American Desert maps have received visual enhancements while maintaining their original layouts. Alongside these additions, the update implements several new features and mechanics. These include custom Battle Ratings for aircraft, a login streak freeze function, additional ground vehicle modules to enhance tactical depth, refined controls for CCRP bombing and a vast array of updated graphical effects for the accumulation of dirt, firing effects, smoke, fire and much more!

‼️Be sure to check out the changelog to see all the improvements, vehicles and other features that we’ve included in this major update.

‼️Fair Play: November 2026

Your reports and our anti-cheat systems continue to help us in the fight against cheaters. As is tradition, we’re sharing information about the bans issued since last Fair Play. If you want to help rid War Thunder of cheaters and unsportsmanlike players, you can learn how to submit a report and how our anti-cheat system works on our wiki.

🤕Banned accounts

Since our last fair play update, we have banned 3,200 accounts that were found to have violated the rules, specifically paragraph 3.2.3 of the EULA, namely the automation of gameplay (use of bots) and cheat software.

Additionally, 258 accounts were banned for a week or longer for intentional teamkilling and griefing, including 17 permanent bans.
For complete transparency, we will publish the full list of permanently banned players. This list will be available for two weeks following the publication of this article.

📜For complete transparency, we will publish the full list of permanently banned players. This list will be available for two weeks following the publication of this article.

⭐️Recommendations
We recommend that you set a strong password for your account and enable two-step authentication in your profile security settings. We have the following 2FA options available: email, SMS, TOTP (Gaijin Pass/Google Authenticator).
We’d also suggest that you turn on 2FA for the email that is linked to your Gaijin account for additional security, as this will protect your account from fraudsters. And remember, don’t use prohibited client modifications and never share your account information with anyone.

▶️From I-301 to La-200: The Evolution of Lavochkin Aircraft

By the summer of 1941, Soviet aviation was in the middle of a major generational shift. The I-16 and other Polikarpov designs still made up a significant share of the fighter fleet, but the Soviet industry was already transitioning to the new Yak-1, MiG-3, and LaGG-3. The latter was designed with Soviet factory capabilities and limitations in mind: the goal was to get a modern fighter that could be mass-produced even when aluminum alloys were in short supply. That compromise was the starting point for one of the main Soviet fighter families of the Second World War.