At the beginning of July, a new season of World War mode is coming to War Thunder! Weve already talked about the new scenarios being introduced in it, but there are other awesome additions that are coming as well. We are happy to reveal the details of the improved interface, new game mechanics, and changes to the level of difficulty in the upcoming World War season Road to the West!

Realistic difficulty



No markers, and instead, new technologies. Modern combat equipment features advanced systems for acquiring and locking on a target. Use them all to gain superiority in battle! Dont forget to bind keys for the effective features of your vehicle, or use a multifunctional menu.

Improving the interface



These are the first steps towards making the World War interface easy and fun to use both for soldiers and squadron leaders. In the next season, we are going to work on the joining of available battles. Thank you for your feedback and suggestions!

New army type: Helicopters



Its hover time! Helicopters have become their own separate army in World War mode, getting their own structure, missions, and unique features!

Squadron commanders can send helicopters as reinforcements to ground army battles. Helicopters in ground battles will have helipads where field service can be done.

They can also be used by the commander to quickly move an infantry army to the enemys rear, or in any other important direction!

You can find more information about the new army for commanders here:
Helicopters - an independent army that is based on, and can only use, helipads. At any given time during air battles, the operation map can only have up to 2 helicopter armies and up to 4 aircraft armies.

The helicopter army has a unique ability - it can take infantry army units aboard and transport them around the operation map.

The loss of a helicopter army upon which infantry army units had boarded will also lead to the loss of the infantry armys forces in proportion to the amount of helicopters that were shot down, so be careful!

A helicopter army can be joined to a ground battle and by doing so, the helicopter army will not take the aircraft slot in that battle. Therefore, the aircraft army will also be able to join the battle.

Types of missions that arise where a helicopter army attacks a ground army are identical to those created for assault or bomber aircraft when attacking a ground army.

Other changes

• The requirement for receiving awards for squadron players achieving a prize-placing in World War mode has been increased. You will now need to play no less than 100 battles in operations in your squadron to receive an award.
  
• A surrounded army can no longer destroy enemy aircraft (and helicopters) at an enemy airfield.
  
• The sound of artillery fire on the global map has been added.
  
• The volume of the victory and defeat sounds in the operation have been reduced. Also, the volume of the victory, defeat and start of the battle sounds on the global map have been reduced.
  
• The progress indicator of the ground convoy in respective missions has been improved. Their distance which has already been travelled will now remain on the map and will be shown with a gray line, and the current position of the convoy will be highlighted with a flickering line.
  

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