🏆 Stream By Hercules: The Summer CUP is Here! Watch your favorite content creators and Get Yourself Awesome Twitch Drops!

In the summer of 2025, a new event will be born! In collaboration with Stream By Hercules, we're organizing a three-week event where one hundred Gaijin-partnered content creators will compete in different game modes to try and win exclusive Stream By Hercules brand prizes!

Whether in the air or on the ground, our beloved content creators will have to use all their skills to win the battle!

Twitch Drops!
Week 1 – July 26th 14 :40 GMT - 1st August 10:00 GMT
▪️ 50% RP Booster (10 battles)
▪️ 50% SL Booster (10 battles)
▪️ 1 Day of Premium
▪️ ‘Captain Sun’ Decal
▪️ Panther F - '212, 6th Panzer Division, Rhineland, 1945' camouflage
Week 2 – August 2nd 14:40 GMT - 8th August 10:00 GMT
▪️ 50% RP Booster (10 battles)
▪️ 50% SL Booster (10 battles)
▪️ 1 Day of Premium
▪️ ‘Summer CUP’ Decal
▪️ Su-27 - '10 Red, VVS, Lipetsk Air Base, 2014' camouflage
Week 3 – August 9th 14:40 GMT - 15th August 10:00 GMT
▪️ 50% RP Booster (10 battles)
▪️ 50% SL Booster (10 battles)
▪️ 1 Day of Premium
▪️ “Heat Seeker“ title
▪️ F-14A - 'Hercules Camouflage'

Multilingual War Thunder Esports channels will be live every weekend and broadcast the event. Be sure to follow the English, German, French, Polish and Russian Channels to not miss out on the event!

Additionally, during the week, you can also receive Twitch Drops while watching your favorite content creator.

ℹ️ More details on the official website

🏷 The Attacker FB.2 Temporarily Returns at a Discount for its First Flight Anniversary!

The Attacker FB.2 (rank V) is at a 30% discount for 5614 Golden Eagles!
When: From July 25th (11:00 GMT) until July 28th (11:00 GMT).
Where: Great Britain > Aviation > Premium vehicles

On July 27th, 1946, the Supermarine Attacker took to the skies for the first time. The Attacker was the first jet aircraft in service with the Fleet Air Arm. A batch of Attacker aircraft, designed to take off from airfields rather than from an aircraft carrier, was also developed for Pakistan. The fighters served with Britain until 1957, and Pakistan, according to some sources, until 1964.

The Attacker FB.2 (FB standing for Fighter-Bomber) has a newer Rolls-Royce Nene Mk.102 engine and a strengthened fuselage structure. Its wings have four 20 mm Hispano Mk.V cannons and its hardpoints can carry 12 RP-3 rockets or two 500 or 1000 lb bombs.

☺️ Thunder Show: ALL FOR ME?

It’s actually hard to describe the replays we have for you today. The skies mixed up with the ground, some players got divination skills... It’s pure bedlam! Still fun to watch, though.

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🐲 Saab Draken: Delta Dragon

With the development of jet aviation after World War 2, the militaries of the world recognized the danger of high-altitude high-speed bombers. The new threat could not be counteracted with any of the fighters available at the time. The situation needed a solution, and fast. As early as 1948, the Swedish Air Force considered the issue and announced some rather ambitious requirements for a new interceptor.

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🔍 “Leviathans” Hidden Features

The Leviathans update has brought a number of various changes that might’ve gone unnoticed. Today we’d like to talk about them and highlight a few of them.

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🛠Update 2.47.0.77

Aircraft
▪️A bug that allowed choosing a non-existent aircraft carrier as the spawn point in Enduring Confrontation that caused the aircraft to appear in the air with no speed has been fixed.
▪️A bug that sometimes caused the camera on aircraft to clip through the buildings has been fixed.
▪️A bug that sometimes caused the camera to jump around when landing an aircraft without using landing gear has been fixed.

Ground Vehicles
▪️CS/SA5, Tor-M1, HQ-17, Pantsir-S1 — tracking radars have been converted to ESA radars. This has reduced the time it takes to update data on targets in the field of view of the tracking radar.

Customization
▪️A bug that caused decorations to change their position or disappear altogether when changing camouflage which also caused them to disappear after a battle has been fixed.

➡️Reports

📜Pages of History (August): Master of the Ram

This month's Pages of History will take you to the heart of events that took place in different theaters of war. From the invasion of the USSR to the liberation of France, the triumph of the Royal Air Force and the heroism of the defenders in Kuwait: take part in battles with vehicles that represent these historical battles and win prizes!

🏪From August 1st until August 31st, You will be able to participate in 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!

👨🏻‍🦰Boris Kovzan participated in World War II since the invasion of the USSR by Germany and shot down his first enemy plane on June 24th, 1941. Kovzan was a true master at ramming: he destroyed four enemy aircraft using this strategy, while remaining alive. Kovzan performed his final ram on August 13th, 1942 near Staraya Russa: he encountered superior enemy forces and received a serious head wound, losing his right eye. As a result of the collision, Kovzan was thrown out of his plane's cockpit at an altitude of 6,000 m, and it was only near the ground that he was able to open his parachute. After 10 months in the hospital, he returned to service and in 1943 received the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

❗️You can immediately purchase this profile icon for Golden Eagles until September 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.

🇨🇭A Decal and Discount on the P-16 for the Anniversary of the Foundation of the Swiss Air Force!

Switzerland approved the creation of its air force on July 31st, 1914, three days after the start of the First World war. The country maintained neutrality in both World Wars and the Cold War, but still continued to upgrade its air force with increasingly capable and modern aircraft. Currently, the F/A-18 Hornet and Northrop F-5 Tiger are in service with the Swiss Air Force and the purchase of 36 F-35A aircraft manufactured by Lockheed Martin has already been announced.

🛍The FFA P-16 is temporarily available for Golden Eagles with a 30% discount!

The FFA P-16 (rank VI) is available at a 30% discount for 6363 Golden Eagles!
When: From July 31st (11:00 GMT) until August 4th (11:00 GMT).
Where: Germany > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

About this aircraft
▪️The P-16 is a subsonic fighter jet with two 30 mm Hispano cannons and a large range of external weapons. There’s bombs up to 2,000 lb, incendiary bombs, rockets and the Flz Lwf 63 air-to-air missile, making this aircraft ready for both ground attack and air-to-air combat!

⭐️Get the “Swiss Air Force Chevron” decal!

This decal is available for this special day!

When: From July 31st (11:00 GMT) until August 4th (11:00 GMT).
Task: Earn 3000 mission points in battles where you have used German aircraft at rank III or higher to receive the “Swiss Air Force Chevron” decal.

❗️Please note: After finishing the task, you need to collect the reward manually.

Additional details:
▪️You can complete the task in random battles, except for [Assault] mode.
▪️Track your progress in the hangar by clicking Nickname → Achievements → Holidays → Swiss Air Force Day.
▪️You can find the decal in the “Neutral Countries → Aircraft” tab in the customization menu.

🇨🇳A Decal and Discounts for PLA Day!

The history of the People’s Liberation Army of China dates back to August 1st, 1927. Today, the PLA is the largest army in the world with 2 million service personnel and some of the most high-tech equipment. The army has the ZTZ99A tank, DF-17 hypersonic missile systems and modern drones.

🛍40% Discount on Chinese vehicles!

When: From August 1st (11:00 GMT) until August 4th (11:00 GMT).
Where: China > Army > Premium vehicles.

The following are available at a 40% discount:

▪️Type 69-IIa* (rank V) for 5028 Golden Eagles
▪️ZTZ96A (P) (rank VII) for 5562 Golden Eagles
▪️WMA301 (rank VI) for 5238 Golden Eagles
▪️ZTZ59A (rank V) for 4920 Golden Eagles

❗️*the Type 69-IIa tank will only be available for purchase for Golden Eagles during this promotion.

⭐️Get the “Gutian Congress” decal!

When: From August 1st (11:00 GMT) until August 4th (11:00 GMT).

Task: Earn 3000 mission points in battles where you have used Chinese vehicles at rank III or higher to receive the “Gutian Congress” decal.

Please note: After finishing the task, you need to collect the reward manually.

⚡️The Lightning F.53 is Available at a Discount for the Anniversary of its First Flight!

The English Electric Lightning jet fighter first flew on August 4th, 1954 and entered service in 1960. In that same year, English Electric merged with other companies to form the British Aircraft Corporation, with the aircraft becoming the BAC Lightning. It was designed to intercept Soviet strategic bombers and served until the late 1980s.

🛍The Lightning F.53 is temporarily available at a 30% discount for Golden Eagles!

The Lightning F.53 (rank VI) is temporarily available at a 30% discount for 6,363 Golden Eagles.

When: From August 4th (11:00) until August 7th (11:00 GMT).

Where: Great Britain > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

▪️The Lightning F.53 is a ground strike variant of the Lightning, created for export to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. It received more hardpoints for bombs and rockets, giving it the ability to carry a plethora of ordnance at once. The Lightning F.53 also features two 30 mm cannons and air-to-air missiles, plus a very high max speed!

🛠Update 2.47.0.89

Aircraft
▪️SU-25SM3 — a bug where the TV sight showed an incorrect value on the azimuth scale has been fixed.

Ground Vehicles
▪️The logic for saving the turret position at the moment of each hit has been improved in the hit analysis (previously its position could become desynchronized).
▪️A bug where in some cases, when controlling a Multi-Vehicle SAM, it was possible to place a drone reconnaissance mark has been fixed.
▪️A bug where control did not switch to the radar vehicle after drowning in a launcher vehicle while in a test-drive using a Multi-Vehicle SAM has been fixed.
▪️Object 279 — a bug that caused the tracks to sink into the ground when at an extreme angle and while moving has been fixed.
▪️SPYDER — a bug where one of the launch containers that holds the missile was not displayed in the hangar has been fixed.

Other
▪️The textures of the dakimakura pillows have been changed. They now look more authentic and fit the pillows you want to hug.

➡️Reports

💅35 New Skins Now Available in the ‘WTCS Trophy II’!

The WTCS Trophy II is now complete, with camouflages created by authors on WT Live! This new release of 35 camouflages includes: 18 aircraft, 16 ground vehicles and 1 ship. This trophy continues to showcase a wide variety of vehicles from different battle ratings.

Aircraft Camouflages

▪️F-117 - ‘Shining Ace’
▪️Saab J35XS - ‘Embers of Surtr’
▪️G.55 serie 1 - ‘Maremmano Rosso’
▪️F/A18C Late - ‘Peerless Emerald’
▪️I-225 -‘Cubist Avant Guard’
▪️MiG-17 - ‘Steam Pathfinder’
▪️Mi-28NM - ‘Constructive Diplomacy’
▪️J-8B ‘ Heavenly Fire’
▪️F-16AM - ‘Black Widow’
▪️Ki-84 ko - ‘Thunder Master’
▪️RAH-66 - ‘Ghost Shark’
▪️F-4S Phantom II - ‘Blue Sky’
▪️F-16A OCU - ‘Digital Demo’
▪️F-18C (Sweden) - ‘WTCS Camouflage’
▪️JAS39C - ‘Cobalt’
▪️J-11B - ‘Sulfur’
▪️F-15I Ra’am - ‘Carbon’
▪️Rafale C F3 - ‘Fractured’

Ground Vehicles

▪️Type 16 (FPS) - ‘Mecha Warrior ‘
▪️Leclerc AZUR - ‘Azure Spectrum’
▪️XM800T - ‘Silly Little Machine’
▪️Type 90 - ‘Raiju’
▪️PUMA - ‘Jasta 18’
▪️OTOMATIC - ‘Ultraviolet’
▪️ADATS - ‘Arcade Dweller’
▪️Comet I - ‘Shooting Star’
▪️Merkava Mk.4B - ‘Acid Viper’
▪️T-90A - ‘Bear Ninety’
▪️Merkava Mk.4 LIC - ‘Night Owl’
▪️Centauro I 120 - ‘Omega’
▪️HSTV-L - ‘Ghost Viper’
▪️Type 10 - ‘WTCS Camouflage’
▪️Bhishma TWMP - ‘Hathi’
▪️ZTZ99A - ‘Steel Torrent’

Naval Camouflages

▪️Scharnhorst - ‘Planetarium’

Like the previous Esports Trophy, the new trophy can be obtained by simply playing regular War Thunder battles. In the future, it will also be possible to obtain by participating in Esports events in War Thunder tournaments with an increased chance! PlayStation and Xbox players can purchase the trophy in the Item Shop for Golden Eagles.

To open it, you’ll need to purchase a key on the Market (income is shared with the authors of the camouflages.) You can either activate the coupon on your account, or trade it on the Market to get Gaijin Coins (GJN). A trophy can also be sold!

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‼️Fair Play: August 2025

Each month, we share with you some details on our progress in fighting unfair play. The BattlEye anti-cheat helps us find violations, and your reports are a great asset as well! You can learn more about the anti-cheat and how you can report players who violate rules on our Wiki.

🤕Banned accounts

Since our last fair play, we’ve banned 3647 accounts that were found to have violated the rules. Specifically 3.2.3 of the EULA namely in the automation of gameplay (using bots) and cheat software. For complete transparency, we’re publishing the full list of these banned players. This list will be available for two weeks after the publication of this article.

Additionally, 319 accounts have been banned for a week or longer for intentional teamkilling, ramming and griefing.

📜For complete transparency, we’re publishing the full list of these banned players. This list will be available for two weeks after 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), and Telegram bot, which we suggest trying if SMS 2FA messages are not reaching you.

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.

🛠It’s fixed! №108

Today, we’ve rounded up and will be going over some of the bug fixes and improvements that we’ve made to the game today and over the past few weeks. If you’d like to catch up on every fixed bug, then be sure to check out the changelog section on our website.

✅Turret position in the hit analysis

The hit camera displays two key elements: the target status and the projectile hitting it in the same time scale, while in reality the rotation of the turret is a thousand times slower than the projectile penetrating the barrier.The hit camera consists of two key elements: the vehicle that was shot at and the animation of that shot. In this camera, the vehicle is stationary or moving slowly, and the projectile is flying at high speed, and we’re trying to show these elements in one unit of time. Because of this, when shooting at a vehicle that was actively rotating its turret, players could see strange situations in the hit camera, similar to the projectile being reflected by the turret rotation. In reality, the projectile had time to interact with the turret armor before it turned and most likely hit one of the armor elements at a large angle, which is why there was no penetration. This is just one of the reasons for strange animations.

To avoid these types of cases, we’ve changed the animation logic. Now during the hit animation, your target is displayed static, preserving the real position of the turret and hull at the moment of impact. This will allow the interaction of the projectile and the target to be correctly displayed. The downside of this solution is the sudden movement of the vehicle’s turret to animate multiple hits (for example, from autocannons). In this case, the turret may move jerkily between the moments of impact. However, the advantages of this solution, in our opinion, outweigh the disadvantages.

✅Aircraft damage model fix

After analyzing several reports and complaints, we have improved the logic of aircraft destruction when hit by aircraft and anti-aircraft missiles.

Previously, there were rare situations when a direct hit by missiles with sufficiently powerful warheads on certain parts of the fuselage that were not part of the wing could cause serious damage to the aircraft — loss of control, radar, engines — but this might not have been enough to count as an instant kill. Your target could lose combat capability but be finished off by another player, or even make a forced landing. We have added additional logic that will cause the destruction of the aircraft’s airframe (detachment of one or both wing consoles) when missiles with sufficiently powerful warheads directly hit the fuselage. For weaker missiles, such as those launched from MANPADS, a direct hit will also trigger an additional destruction check, but the chance of wing consoles breaking off will not be 100%.

It should be noted that the new logic does not change the existing rules of destruction in any way, but only supplements them.

✅Improvements to the Visual weapon selector

We’re continuing to improve the Visual weapon selector. You don’t need to activate it in every battle now, as if you’ve pinned it, the game will remember your choice and it will be pinned and active in subsequent battles.

We’ve also improved the display of the weapon you have currently selected, it is now highlighted with a frame.

✅Disappearing decorations

We’ve fixed a bug where in some rare cases, decorations would disappear or change their position on vehicles. Sometimes this happened after a battle, and sometimes when changing camouflage. Many players noticed this problem, thank you for your reports!

That’s not all

Check out the full list of fixes and improvements in the update notes below!

✈️Get the F-106A “Six Shooter” in the Sky Guard Event!

The F-106 supersonic interceptor entered service with the U.S. Air Force in 1959. This aircraft did not take part in combat operations in Vietnam, but the possibility of using it as air cover was considered. In view of this, in 1972 the fighter was modernized under the Six Shooter program, where it was equipped with an internal cannon, an optical sight and a transparent canopy. Closer to the 1980s, the U.S. Air Force switched to more modern fighters, causing the F-106s to be transferred to the National Guard, serving until 1988.

🏪From August 13th (11:00 GMT) until August 27th (11:00 GMT), earn mission points in Air Battles, unlock stages and receive rewards!

🇺🇸F-106A “Six Shooter” An Event Vehicle Jet Fighter for the USA at Rank VI

The F-106A “Six Shooter” comes to the game in its modernized 1970s variant. It features a great top speed and maneuverability, a Helmet-Mounted targeting system and a built-in six-barrel 20 mm M61A1 Vulcan cannon with 650 rounds of ammunition. It can also carry four AIM-4F/G Super Falcon air-to-air missiles and two external fuel tanks.

🎁Rewards are given when you complete a specific number of stages

▪️For 1 stage: a trophy with random reward
▪️For 2 stages: one of the decal rewards
▪️For 3 stages: “Explosive Watermelon” Silver Chest
▪️For 4 stages: one of the decal rewards
▪️For 5 stages: “Emblem of the California Air National Guard” decal
▪️For 6 stages: unique camouflage for the F-106A “Six Shooter”
▪️For 7 stages: non-tradable coupon for the F-106A “Six Shooter”

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🍉The Explosive Watermelon!

One of the best fruits you can eat on a hot summer August day is a big, cold, juicy, sweet watermelon. It’s full of flavor! In War Thunder, the Explosive Watermelon is filled with rewards and you can buy it for Silver Lions!|

❗️The “Explosive Watermelon” can be purchased from the in-game Item Shop for Silver Lions from August 7th (11:00 GMT) until September 3rd (11:00 GMT). It doesn’t require a key and can only be purchased by players who have bought at least one researchable vehicle at Rank II or higher on their account.

❓What’s in the Explosive Watermelon?

The “Explosive Watermelon” contains vehicles and camouflages, decals and decorations, player icons from previous summer events and events from the new cycle from June to August inclusive, as well as useful consumable items: boosters, universal backups, wagers and orders. Some items from past events are appearing as coupons for the first time, and you’ll be able to trade them on the Market!

The Explosive Watermelon costs 60,000 Silver Lions.

On September 3rd (11:00 GMT), all Explosive Watermelons will disappear from your inventory, so be sure to open them before then!

All items are immediately credited to your account, but there’s a chance of receiving some of them in the form of a coupon, unless otherwise stated.

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⭐️Monthly Decals for August!

Hello decal enjoyers! We’re happy to be back with some historical markings for you to unlock, five new and five from previous events. Quite a few inscriptions this time around, the previous monthly events had fewer of these so we’ve added some more for a bit of variety. We hope you give each nation a try and add the decals you like to your collection!

🏪The following decals will be available from August 8th (11:00 GMT) until September 8th (09:00 GMT).

❗️All tasks can be completed using vehicles that are rank III or higher.

All of the emblems will come with a detailed description. This will generally consist of the history of the marking, its design, which vehicles used it, and where it was often placed on vehicles historically if applicable (some emblems are taken from badges, which weren’t always applied). This way you can more easily recreate the original positioning if you’d like.

We hope you like the selection August has to offer! Enjoy adding them to your collection, and we’ll see you in September!

✈️The Ki-96 Temporarily Returns on Shozo Kawasaki’s Birthday!

Shozo Kawasaki was born on August 10th, 1837 in Kagoshima, the city that our recent Naval Event is dedicated to. He was a businessman who worked closely with the Japanese government to establish trade with the Nansei Islands. After being on two ships that were shipwrecked, Kawasaki decided to modernize Japanese ships. He asked for help from fellow countryman Masayoshi Matsukata, who was then the Minster of Finance, and opened a shipyard in 1878. In 1896, the Kawasaki Company was established, and Matsukata’s son (then the Prime Minster of Japan) became its first director. In the 20th century, the company expanded its product range to include trains, cars, motorcycles and aircraft.

🛍The Ki-96 is temporarily available for Golden Eagles at a 30% discount!

The Ki-96 (rank III) temporarily returns and is available at a 30% discount for 1,120 Golden Eagles.
When: From August 8th (11:00 GMT) until August 11th (11:00 GMT).
Where: Japan > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

▪️The Ki-96 is a heavy, twin-engine fighter developed by Kawasaki as an improvement on the popular Ki-45. It is an excellent interceptor, armed with one 37 mm and two 20 mm cannons. Thanks to its excellent performance, it’s also capable of giving other fighters hell in a flyby!