🚁Z-10ME & Z-10A Squadron Vehicle: China’s New Helicopters

Meet a new top ranked helicopter for China, the export Z-10ME is coming to the research tree! Plus the Z-10A, which will join as a new Squadron Vehicle.

🇨🇳Z-10ME: An Attack Helicopter for China at Rank VII
🇨🇳Z-10A: A Squadron Vehicle Attack Helicopter for China at Rank VI

At a glance:
▪️DIRCM for the Z-10ME
▪️Additional armor plating
▪️Increased ammunition count (ME version)

👋Introducing the Z-10ME & Z-10A!
Helicopter fans can look forward to the arrival of the Chinese Z-10ME coming to the game in the next major update, introducing several handy upgrades not found on the early production versions! The Z-10ME and Z-10A Squadron Vehicle will soon rightfully claim their place as the apex predator among the Chinese attack helicopters in War Thunder, so let’s dive into the details, shall we?

❗️Introducing the F-35 in War Thunder

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🐲Squadron Vehicles: Saab F-35: Red Dragon

One of the new Squadron Vehicles arriving in the Leviathans major update is the advanced Draken of the Danish Air Force!

🇩🇰🇸🇪Saab F-35: A Squadron Vehicle Jet Fighter for Sweden at Rank VII

At a glance:
▪️AIM-9N air-to-air missiles
▪️RWR
▪️Up to 4500 kg of bombs
▪️New sight with ballistic computer
▪️No radar

👋Introducing the Saab F-35!
The Danish Saab F-35 multirole fighter is coming to the game in the Leviathans major update as a new Squadron Vehicle for Sweden’s aviation tree! This aircraft has an advanced RWR, close range air-to-air missiles, and a wide range of ground attack capabilities. Let’s take a look.

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🎯T-72B3A: Entering the Arena!

An improved variant of the T-72B3 that features the Arena-M APS is coming to the game in the Leviathans major update!

🇷🇺🚩T-72B3A: An MBT for the USSR at Rank VIII

At a glance:
▪️Arena-M Active Protection System
▪️Kontakt-5 ERA
▪️Improved engine, but still slow reverse speed
▪️Tandem ATGM
▪️Thermal imager

👋Introducing the T-72B3A!
The Russian T-72B3 is getting better with a new variant! Meet the T-72B3A, featuring the Arena-M active protection system. It’s coming soon in the Leviathans major update, so sit back and read on to find out how this thing works!

🛍Kick-start your USSR vehicles research with this pack, available as pre-order: Pre-order - In May 45 Pack
🛍You can greatly speed up the research of the T-72B3A with this pack: T-80U-E1 Pack

🇨🇭Pre-order: F/A-18C (Switzerland)

In 1988, Switzerland conducted comparative tests between the F-16 and F/A-18, leading to the latter being selected as the new fighter for its air force. Deliveries took place between 1996 and 1999, with most of the aircraft being assembled in Switzerland. Swiss Hornets became the backbone of the country’s air defense. In the 2010s, the aircraft received some modern upgrades, namely to its avionics and weapons.

The premium Swiss Hornet will be one of the best aircraft in the game and a great way to speed up the research in the German aircraft tree. The F/A-18C features the AIM-7P Sparrow and AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, a huge arsenal of bombs, rockets and guided missiles, including laser and satellite guided bombs and Mavericks. It also has high-drag tail fin and incendiary bombs. Basically, you can combine many options to fit your mission needs!

🛍Pre-order - F/A-18C Hornet Pack

🔹F/A-18C Hornet (Rank VIII, Germany)
🔹3000 Golden Eagles
🔹Premium account for 30 days
🔹Pre-order bonus: unique title "Alpine Tiger"
🔹Pre-order bonus: unique decal "Swiss Air Force Squadron 11 patch"

🔎Introducing the Radar Control Screen & How It Works!

In the Leviathans major update, we’ll be introducing a number of advanced SAM systems, including those with multiple vehicles. Today, we’d like to introduce you to something called the Radar Control Screen which will be added to many modern SPAAs in the game, making combat against aircraft more efficient. Let’s dive into the details!

❓How it works

By pressing the assigned key or by clicking on the radar icon on the action bar when in an SPAA vehicle with this functionality, the Radar Control Screen will pop up. Let’s walk through the layout.

Plan Position Indicator (PPI)

The center of the screen shows the Plan Position Indicator (PPI), which displays target marks in polar coordinates (“range-azimuth”). On the PPI, targets are numbered with special indexes that are saved until the target is lost. When the target is detected again, it will be assigned a new free index. In addition, for advanced radars with TWS mode and the ability to use NCTR, the target marks contain information about the speed vector (a small line), and type — be it a plane, helicopter or fired ammunition. By simply clicking on the target in the PPI screen, you can aim the sight at it or switch the capture and can even fire.

Sight view

In the upper left corner there is a window showing your Sight view if the vehicle has one. In this window you can control the zoom and/or switch on NVD or thermal if your vehicle has them.

Elevation-Azimuth Indicator

On the left side there is a vertical view indicator that displays azimuths and altitudes of all found targets. For NCTR-capable radars, target type marks are also displayed here.

Target list

In the upper right corner there is the Target list table with detected targets. This table is a convenient tool for working with targets, as from this list you can select them to fire at, sort targets by azimuth, altitude, speed and threat level, and also immediately lock on to a target by double-clicking on it. Fire control from this table is most useful when playing with a controller or playing on console.

Controls

So we’ve gone through each part of the Radar Control Screen, let’s now get acquainted with the controls. Directly under the PPI are two panels that show the controls; one with radar and one with the fire control buttons. For radar control, you can turn the search radar on and off, switch between the radar and IRST, change the search modes, and scope scale. You can also select a target and acquire it. For fire control, you can launch missiles, turn the missile seeker on or off, and for SPAA with guns, capture the target and fire at it. The guns will receive automatic guidance to the lead point on the target tracked by the sensor.

It’s worth noting that the mouse control in the Radar Control Screen is a bit different — the right mouse button can now fire the missiles, and you can activate the necessary actions on the PPI, in the Target list table and with other elements of the screen with the left button. The mouse buttons are assigned automatically when switching to this screen, while your custom keyboard binds and other control keys you have assigned will work here as well.

In conclusion

From the Plan Position Indicator, you’ll see the entire battle picture through the eyes of your radar. Keep your team informed of the current situation, find and identify threats, select priority targets and destroy them! However, don’t forget about threats from the ground — make sure to correctly position yourself before you scan the airspace and don’t forget to look around from time to time to move your vehicle to a safer place or to a point with a better view.

That’s it for this one, get ready for the Leviathans major update, which is coming real soon!

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🇨🇭Swiss Aircraft Line & the C-3604!

In the Leviathans major update, several aircraft from Switzerland will come to the game as a separate line in the German aircraft tree. Let’s do a quick breakdown on what you can expect: the Mirage IIIS C.70 export modification, a new variant of the Hawker Hunter F.58, the compact F-5E, as well as two variants of the formidable F/A-18 Hornet (plus one as a pre-order pack). The earliest Swiss aircraft to come is the C-3604 piston strike aircraft, fully designed by Swiss engineers!

Today we’re announcing the Swiss aircraft line coming to the German aviation tree, and we’ll be taking at closer look at the C-3604 from the Second World War!

🇨🇭🇩🇪C-3604: A Strike Aircraft for Germany at Rank II

At a glance:
▪️Powerful autocannons
▪️Versatile ordnance options
▪️Tail gunner

👋Introducing the C-3604!
While individual Swiss aircraft have been a common sight in War Thunder’s skies for some time now, the Leviathans major update officially introduces a line of new Swiss aircraft to the German aircraft tree. A highlight of the new Swiss aircraft is the domestically designed C-3604 multirole aircraft. Today’s devblog is all about this new aircraft, so let’s dive right into the details!

‼️Planned Technical Works on 25.06.2025

Hey everyone, on June 25th from 08:00 GMT, the War Thunder game servers may be unavailable due to the release of the Leviathans major update!

Be sure to catch up on what content is coming in this update by looking at our dev blogs while you wait for your game to download. The major update announcement and full major changelog will be published when the update is released and ready to play.

Thank you for your understanding.

🐋🐋🐋Meet the “Leviathans” Major Update!

Meet Leviathans, War Thunder’s second major update of 2025!

Leviathans introduces several new vehicles to the game. The Japanese F-2A, the Swiss subtree, Czechoslovakia’s first domestic aircraft and the renowned RAH-66 Comanche! Ground forces benefit from the new Multi-Vehicle SAM system mechanic, enabling control of up to three vehicles at once. Battleship fans can rejoice with the most famous naval powerhouses in the world, such as Yamato and Bismarck, now making their way into the game. The Falkland Islands map is now available in Air Battles, and Berlin and Kuban have undergone visual enhancements. Alongside these additions, we’ve added fuel dumping, improved graphical effects and Frame Generation, made UI refinements, added new mechanics, and improved numerous aspects of the game!

🆕Check out the changelog to see all the fixes, vehicles and other features that we’ve included in this major update.

🔤🔤🔤 🔤🔤🔤🔤Summer Sale in the Gaijin Store!

🏪When: From June 26th (09:00 GMT) until July 7th (09:00 GMT).

Summer is upon us! Ready to fill your hangar with some premium vehicles? We’re offering 29 vehicle packs with a 50% discount in the Gaijin.net Store, including:

🔹BMD-4M Pack - 50% discount
🔹Saab JA 37DI Viggen F21 Pack - 50% discount
🔹Mirage F1C-200 Pack- 50% discount
🔹RDF/LT Pack- 50% discount
🔹Leopard 2A4M CAN Pack- 50% discount
🔹AV-8B Night Attack Pack- 50% discount
And many more!

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❗️Note! Available for PC players only.

📜Pages of History (July): The Irish Lion

In this month’s Pages of History, you will find yourself in the midst of key historical events across different theaters of war. Sicily and Guam, USSR and France — take part in battles using vehicles corresponding to these historic conflicts and earn rewards!

🏪From July 1st until July 31st, you’ll have access to 8 tasks consecutively. Completing each task will grant you a trophy with a reward, completing all of the tasks will earn you a unique player icon!

👨🏻‍🦰Paddy Mayne
was one of the founders of the British Special Air Service (SAS). In 1941-42, he and his men carried out sabotage on Axis airfields in North Africa, destroying over 100 aircraft. As a commander, he fought in the Sicilian campaign and later in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Norway. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order with three bars (awarded four times).

❗️You can immediately purchase this profile icon for Golden Eagles until August 3rd (11:30 GMT) without completing tasks. To find it, go to your Nickname → Achievements → Pages of History.

🎁Trophy reward for each task

Completing each individual task will give you a trophy with one of the following rewards:
▪️20-50% RP booster for 3-10 battles;
▪️20-50% SL booster for 3-10 battles;
▪️3-5 universal backups;
▪️Premium account for 1 day;
▪️A random camouflage for ground vehicles (out of the selection of camouflages currently obtainable in game for completing tasks, or purchasing with Golden Eagles).

Other terms
▪️Tasks are available from 11:00 GMT until 11:30 GMT on the final day of each task.
▪️Tasks can be completed in random battles except for “Assault” mode.

You can read a detailed description of which task is for which day and your overall progress by going to your Nickname → Achievements → Pages of History.