Category: War Thunder
War Thunder April Fools 2021 Events
WT – Celere Sahariano: The Desert Cheetah
The Celere Sahariano was a late war experimental Italian medium tank, developed in response to the highly mobile British cruiser tanks encountered in the deserts of North Africa. Although the war ended before the Celere Sahariano could enter production, it will soon reinforce the lower ranks of the Italian ground forces tree in the upcoming “New Power” War Thunder update!
Briefly: A late war experimental Italian medium tank, engineered with a strong focus on mobility.
Celere Sahariano, medium tank, premium, Italy, rank II.
Pros
- Superb mobility
- Good firepower
- Low profile
Cons
- Light protection
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War Thunder – Chi-Ha Long Gun: The Last Chance Gun [Devblog]
120mm naval guns on the chassis of Japanese Chi-Ha tanks were supposed to hit the landing American troops with direct fire. The mobile coastal artillery was to be the last-chance weapon to save Japan from the Allied invasion.
Type 97 Chi-Ha Long Gun, SPG, Japan, II rank
Pros
- Extremely powerful gun
- Decent mobility
Cons
- Lacks gun protection
- Limited ammo
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War Thunder – SOMUA SM: Heavy Weight Fighter
The SOMUA SM is a French experimental tank, developed in the immediate postwar years as an alternative to the AMX-50 being developed in parallel at the time. Despite it being the AMX which ultimately entered service, this won’t stop the SOMUA SM from joining the ranks of the French ground forces tree in the upcoming War Thunder update!
Briefly: The alternative design to the AMX-50, featuring heavier armor protection at the expense of mobility.
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WT: Answers from the developers
With War Thunder producer Vyacheslav Bulannikov. Source: WT Portal.
Aviation
Q. Around a year ago, you introduced “temporary” measures for aircraft matchmaking above 7.7 which made mixed battles and allies vs allies / axis vs axis more common. Now a lot of time has passed and there are more vehicles and players at those ranks, do you have plans to return to normal axis vs allies matchmaking?
First of all we would like to say that the concept “normal matchmaking with allied-axis” sounds rather strange in relation to aircraft BR above 7.7. Basically there are aircraft from times when the meaning of axis or allies didn’t apply for existing alliances. The question then becomes: for which alliance should we count Germany in such a setup? However some time ago (couple of months) we added to the top ranked aircraft battles (BR above 10.0) the possibility of creating matches not only “all against all” but also “nation preset against nation preset”, which means USSR + China + Germany against all others because at that time top ranked German aircraft were represented by aircraft from GDR. This option proved to be well balanced so we plan to add a similar option in addition to the current “random” also to the BR range between 7.7 and 10.0.
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[WT Development] Type 69-IIG: Asian Armadillo
The Type 69-IIG is a modern Bangladeshi modification of the Chinese Type 69 main battle tank, upgraded in recent times to improve the vehicle’s combat capabilities. Soon, the Type 69-IIG will become the new top Chinese premium ground vehicle, awaiting eager new commanders in the upcoming War Thunder update!
Briefly: The new top Chinese premium ground vehicle, featuring access to ERA protection and more powerful sub-calibre ammunition.
Type 69-IIG, main battle tank, premium, China, VI rank.
Pros
- ERA
- Premium bonuses
Cons
- Average mobility
- Tank Type 69-IIG (Rank 6 China) – available after the major update release;
- 2000 Golden Eagles;
- Premium account for 15 days;
- Pre-order bonus: unique “Badge of the Bangladesh Army” decal;
- Pre-order bonus: unique “Bengal tiger” title;
59.99
History
In 1975, China and Bangladesh established diplomatic relations and maintained a close relationship since. In 1989, Bangladesh purchased a large number of older Chinese Type 69-IIM tanks, which immediately entered service with the armed forces of Bangladesh.
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