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War Thunder

Server Update 16.01.2026

Posted by Blitzkrieg Wulf on

Aircraft

  • MiG-27K, MiG-27M — the restriction on the combined use of munitions with Laser and TV seekers has been removed.

  • F-106A — the drag chute rip off speed has been increased from 220 km/h to 320 km/h.

 

Ground Vehicles

  • BMPT, BMPT-72 — the part of the 30 mm cannon belt located outside of the vehicle is now separated from the part of the belt located inside the vehicle. The fire or explosion of the internal part of the belt now leads to the destruction of the vehicle. The fire or explosion of the external part of the belt can seriously damage the external modules.
    The erroneously missing ATGM launcher stabilizer has been added.
    A bug that caused the autoloader sound to play when reloading ATGMs has been fixed. (Report[community.gaijin.net]).

  • BMPT — a bug that caused the destruction of the Power System module to not disable the FCS has been fixed. (Report[community.gaijin.net]).

 

Locations and Missions

  • Franz Josef Land — a bug that sometimes caused the ship to spawn in another ship on the Southern spawn point of the Eastern team has been fixed. (Report[community.gaijin.net]).

  • \[Battle] European Province — a bug that caused the playable area in the mission to not include the whole playable area indicated on the minimap has been fixed. (Report[community.gaijin.net]).

 

Interface

  • A bug that caused temporarily available for purchase vehicles to not display in the tech tree until the player switched the vehicle preset has been fixed.

 

Customization and Achievements

  • FSAF SAMP/T (Mamba) (TEL) — a bug that caused the Modern desert camouflage to not apply to the TEL vehicle has been fixed. (Report[community.gaijin.net]).

Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service[community.gaijin.net], forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.