Name | War Thunder | ||
Developer | Gaijin Entertainment | ||
Publisher | Gaijin Entertainment | ||
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Release | 2013-08-15 | ||
Steam | € £ $ / % | ||
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Controls | Keyboard Mouse Partial Controller Support | ||
Players online | 62636 | ||
Steam Rating | Mostly Positive | ||
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Peak CCU Yesterday |
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Owners | 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 +/- | ||
Players - Since release | +/- | ||
Players - Last 2 weeks | +/- | ||
Average playtime (forever) | 2464 | ||
Average playtime (last 2 weeks) | 329 | ||
Median playtime (forever) | 243 | ||
Median playtime (last 2 weeks) | 288 | ||
| Public Linux depots | War Thunder Linux [48.49 M] War Thunder Content [32.31 G] War Thunder - Ground Forces High-res Texture Pack (1945840) Depot [29.53 G] War Thunder - Air Forces High-res Texture Pack (1945841) Depot [19.32 G] War Thunder - Environment High-res Texture Pack (1945930) Depot [5.42 G] | ||
| DLC | War Thunder - Plagis' Spitfire LF Mk. IX War Thunder - T29 Pack War Thunder - Guards T-34 Pack War Thunder - Ray Wetmore`s P-51D-10 Pack War Thunder - Black Prince Pack War Thunder - T-34-85E, 1945 Pack War Thunder - M18 Black Cat Pack War Thunder - Sergei Dolgushin's La-7 Pack War Thunder - US Beginner's Pack War Thunder - USSR Beginner's Pack War Thunder - German Beginner's Pack War Thunder - Huey Hog Pack War Thunder - Haida Pack War Thunder - British Beginner's Pack War Thunder - Japanese Beginner's Pack War Thunder - XM-1 General Motors Pack War Thunder - Apache Pack War Thunder - Leopard Pack War Thunder - T-55AM-1 Pack War Thunder - USA Pacific Campaign War Thunder - Japanese Pacific Campaign War Thunder - Italian Starter Pack War Thunder - Japanese Starter Pack War Thunder - British Starter Pack War Thunder - USA Pacific Campaign (YP-38) War Thunder - French Starter Pack War Thunder - Black Friday 2022 Pack War Thunder - T-72AV (TURMS-T) Pack War Thunder - Black Shark Pack War Thunder - German Fiat G.91 R/4 Pack War Thunder - Reaper Pack War Thunder - Rooikat 105 pack War Thunder - Swedish Starter Pack War Thunder - F-5C Pack War Thunder - Su-7BMK Pack War Thunder - MiG-21 SPS-K Pack | ||
 The Des Moines-class heavy cruisers were created as a result of the U.S. Navys need to incorporate all the lessons learned during WWII into one ultimate heavy cruiser design, capable of outperforming all previous vessels in terms of its combat capabilities. A focus of this undertaking was to provide the new vessel with a much higher rate of fire in its 8 guns through the fitting of an autoloading mechanism. As the last ship of the class, USS Newport News was laid down in October of 1945 and commissioned into service in July 1949. In the postwar period, USS Newport News saw combat action during the Vietnam War and acted as the flagship of the U.S. Second Fleet. USS Newport News was decommissioned in 1975 after over 25 years of continuous service and was ultimately sold for scrap in 1993.  USS Newport News will be one of the top prizes awaiting participants of this seasons winter event in War Thunder. This cutting edge heavy cruiser represents the pinnacle of American heavy cruiser design, incorporating the most advanced technologies available to shipbuilders of the time. Derived from the Baltimore-class, already familiar to some captains, USS Newport News most prominent feature includes the fitting of a novel autoloading mechanism for its 8 (203mm) Mk.16 primary battery. As a result, USS Newport News possesses a rate of fire more akin to 6-armed light cruisers and can thus engage its targets with an unrelenting hail of shells. Alternatively, captains can also more easily engage multiple targets at once since the fast reload enables for quick adjustments in between salvos.  Apart from the lethal primary arsenal, USS Newport News auxiliary weapons are no less formidable. In fact, consisting of a number of 5and 3 cannons, USS Newport News is a true floating fortress, posing a considerable threat to smaller surface vessels and aircraft in particular! Complementing the ships excellent firepower is also a good balance between protection and mobility, with the vessel featuring an armored belt of up to 152 mm as well as a top speed of 33 kts (61 kmh).  All in all, USS Newport News is an excellent reinforcement in any seasoned captains high-tier naval lineup and a worthy prize for those going the full nine yards in this seasons winter event! |
