War Thunder Patch Notes

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Update 2.57.1.58 Aircraft BO 105 PAH-1A1 — a bug that caused deployed countermeasures to appear from the other side of the helicopter when only one cou...	Yesterday
Update 2.57.1.50 Aircraft A bug that made fuel dumping impossible after using rocket boosters has been fixed. (Report[community.gaijin.net]). J-22...	28 Jul 2026
Update 2.57.1.48 Aircraft F/A-18C MLU 2 (Sweden) — a bug that caused the pylons with 2x AGM-154A1 JSOW to not display has been fixed. (Report[communit...	24 Jul 2026
Update 2.57.1.43 Aircraft IAR-81C (DB 605) — a bug that caused the aircraft to be hidden from the tech tree when the test-drive was active has been fi...	23 Jul 2026
Update 2.57.1.38 Aircraft F/A-18E, F/A-18F (Britain) — the maximum number of AGM-154A1 JSOW bombs that can be carried simultaneously has been increas...	22 Jul 2026
Update 2.57.1.33 Aircraft The following new nuclear weaponry carriers have been added to Ground Battles with a session Battle Rating of 13.0 and highe...	21 Jul 2026
Update 2.57.1.29 Aircraft The ability to link weapons to aiming points via the tactical map by right clicking, along with a corresponding hint to the ...	16 Jul 2026
Update 2.57.1.22 Aircraft The point of interest and aiming points set by the player now persist after respawning. Su-30MK2 AMV (USSR), Su-30MKK (...	14 Jul 2026
Update 2.57.1.12 Aircraft A bug where the calculated damage against bases was missing from the weapon description for air-to-ground missiles and bombs...	09 Jul 2026
Update 2.57.1.7 Ground Vehicles AEC Mk II — a bug where the wrong wheels were damaged upon being hit has been fixed. M1A2 SEPv3, M1A2 — position...	07 Jul 2026
Update 2.57.0.35 Nuclear Escalation The “Red” team’s Buk-M3 air defense system has been replaced with the S-300 air defense system. Locations an...	03 Jul 2026
Update 2.57.0.32 — Sound Mods Available Sound Mods Sound mods can once again be used. If a sound mod stops working during a battle, you’ll see a warning the next time you l...	02 Jul 2026
Update 2.57.0.30 Aircraft The precision and smoothness of the vehicle’s motion in the Bomb/Missile Camera View have been improved. The ESM functi...	01 Jul 2026
Update 2.57.0.27 Aircraft A bug where the brake parachute would not deploy when landing at airfields has been fixed. (Report[community.gaijin.net]). ...	30 Jun 2026
Update 2.57.0.25 Aircraft A bug where performance dropped significantly when the radar was turned on has been fixed. (Report[community.gaijin.net]). ...	29 Jun 2026
Update 2.57.0.17 Aircraft A bug that caused the friend or foe target filter on the ESM screen to sometimes reset has been fixed. K/RKZ RWR — K-ba...	26 Jun 2026
Update 2.57.0.13 Aircraft ☢Su-24M — a bug where the ☢RN-28 bomb would detonate like a conventional bomb and fail to end the battle in Ground Battles ...	25 Jun 2026
Meet the “Heavy Cavalry” Major Update! The Heavy Cavalry major update brings a variety of vehicles for all nations, from the Welkin and IA.58A Pucara to the new Abrams variants...	24 Jun 2026
Update 2.55.1.165 Graphics Fixed an issue where enabling ray reconstruction in the ray tracing settings did not actually activate the feature. A b...	17 Jun 2026
Update 2.55.1.157 Ground Vehicles Fixed unnatural shaking of tanks when driving on sandy surfaces. Sound Fixed an issue where the voices of El...	09 Jun 2026