War Thunder Patch Notes

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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
Ground Locations Reworks & Arresting Gear in the Heavy Cavalry Update! Today we’re talking about the graphical rework of the Ash River, 38th Parallel, and Ardennes (Winter) locations and arresting gear at gr...	04 Jun 2026
"Heavy Cavalry" Update Trailer! Introducing the next major update trailer for War Thunder: Heavy Cavalry!	04 Jun 2026
Update 2.55.1.142 Sound The ability to use sound mods has been temporarily disabled in the WIP client. Thank you to everyone who tested sound mods on ...	03 Jun 2026
The New Update in Progress: Detailed X-Ray and New MFD Screens Today we’d like to cover the improved aircraft damage models and new multifunctional display screens (MFD) that we’re preparing for the ...	01 Jun 2026
Update 2.55.1.137 Aircraft B-52H — a bug that made it impossible to switch to the gunner if the “Camera from aircraft gunner sight” setting was disable...	29 May 2026
Update 2.55.1.126 Aircraft A target filtering mechanic has been added to radio fuzes of some ARH and SARH air-to-air missiles — the fuze now ignores sm...	22 May 2026
Update 2.55.1.119 Aircraft A bug that caused a camera jerk at the end of a zoom animation when using zoom on a locked target has been fixed. Grou...	20 May 2026
Community Update No.11: Nuclear Escalation, Sound Mods & More Hey everyone! Today we’re back with another Community Update, we’ll be giving you some details on Nuclear Escalation, Sound Mods, the up...	15 May 2026