Welcome to Storm Warning!

Meet Storm Warning, War Thunders last major update of 2024.

Storm Warning brings with it the highly anticipated Eurofighter Typhoon joining the ranks of Germany, Great Britain and Italy in three different variants, plus the Rafale for France! Following this is a line of Thai aircraft for Japan, reinforcing the ranks in this nation with capable fighter and attacker capability. Next up is the M44 for six nations, providing them with fun 155 mm howitzer firepower. In addition to this is the excellent PzH 2000 for Germany and Italy, and several battleships and destroyers for some nations, including the Archangelsk, a Royal Navy ship in service with the Soviet Union. Rounding out the update is Attica, a stunning new location for Ground Battles.

Check out the changelog to see the fixes, vehicles and other features that weve included in this major update.

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Ground Vehicles: 155 mm Howitzer Glory!

Storm Warning features the M44 for six nations (list below), providing them each with a capable short 155 mm gun to have some fun with at the midranks! Next up is the PzH 2000 for Germany and Italy, providing excellent long-barrelled 155 mm fun as well. The premium RDF-LT and BMD-4M for the USA and USSR respectively bring them some excellent light tank firepower. And finally a brand-new, unique pack featuring three WW2 classics: two Tiger Is and an Ostwind II, designed for starting Germany with a capable lineup. Check out the full list below!
RDF-LT (Pack) [table noborder=1 equalcells=1] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]PzH 2000[/td] [td]VBCI[/td] [/tr] [/table] [table noborder=1 equalcells=1] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]M44[/td] [td]Tigers Ost/West, Ostwind Ost[/td] [/tr] [/table] [table noborder=1 equalcells=1] [tr] [td]USA

• RDF/LT (Pack)
• M44

[/td] [td]Germany

• M44
• Strela-10M
• PzH 2000
• Tiger Ost (Pack)
• Tiger West (Pack)
• Ostwind Ost (Pack)

[/td] [td]USSR

• BMD-4M (Pack)

[/td] [td]Great Britain

• Strela-10M
• M44

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Japan

• M44

[/td] [td]China

• T-26 model has been updated.
• HQ17

[/td] [td]Italy

• Strela-10M
• M44
• PzH 2000 (Pack)

[/td] [td]France

• M44
• VBCI

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Sweden

• CV90 Mk.4

[/td] [td]Israel

• Namer Tsrikhon

[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Aircraft: Storm Warning, the Typhoon and Rafale!

The theme of the update, the Eurofighter Typhoon now comes for Germany, Great Britain and Italy in the form of a unique variant for each! Japan has been reinforced with aircraft from Thailand, providing some excellent aircraft for this nation, from jet attackers to fighters. In tandem with the Typhoon, France has the excellent Rafale jet fighter. In a squadron? The USSR now has a new squadron vehicle, the Su-33. Check out the full list below!
EF-2000, Typhoon FGR.4, F-2000A
Rafale C F3 [table noborder=1 equalcells=1] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Thai Aircraft [/td] [td]Su-33 (Squadron Vehicle)[/td] [/tr] [/table] [table noborder=1 equalcells=1] [tr] [td]Germany

• EF-2000

[/td] [td]USSR

• Su-33 (Squadron Vehicle)

[/td] [td]Great Britain

• Typhoon FGR.4

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Japan Thailand subtree:

• F-84G-21-RE
• Alpha Jet A
• F-5A
• F-5T SCU
• F-16A OCU
• JAS39C
• A-7E
• AV-8S Late

[/td] [td]Italy

• F-2000A

[/td] [td]France

• Rafale C F3

[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Helicopters: A Premium Dutch Helicopter for France

The AH-64D attacker helicopter used by the Netherlands has been added to France as a premium pack, allowing you to research this heli tree quicker. Plus, the Rooivalk and Superhind for Great Britain have been given superb detailed cockpits. [table noborder=1 equalcells=1] [tr] [td]Great Britain

• Rooivalk Mk1F CSH detailed cockpit has been added.
• Super Hind detailed cockpit has been added.

[/td] [td]France

• AH-64D (Pack)

[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Naval Fleet: Battleships, Destroyers, Aircraft Carrier!

Storm Warning features a plethora of larger ships, including La Galissonnire, HMS Rodney with 16 inch guns, the premium Z4 Zerstrer and Archangelsk, a former Royal Navy ship in service with the Soviet Union. Plus, the highly detailed Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier has been added to test flights for aircraft.
La Galissonnire [table noborder=1 equalcells=1] [tr] [td]Germany

• Z4 Zerstrer (Premium)
• Ersatz Yorck

[/td] [td]USSR

• Archangelsk

[/td] [td]Great Britain

• HMS Rodney

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Italy

• RN Ghibli

[/td] [td]France

• La Galissonnire

[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Locations & Missions: Attica For Ground Battles!

Attica is based on the bright landscapes of the south-east of Greece and is a suitable and colorful place for Ground Battles! This map has now been added to the map rotation.
Attica

Tactical Map Improvements

The tactical map is a very important aspect of War Thunder battles. In Storm Warning, weve gone ahead and made some improvements to it. If youre playing Ground Battles and driving a ground vehicle or flying an aircraft, press M on your keyboard to open it at the bottom right you can select to move the map around or switch to the map type to either air or ground. Plus, if youre in an aircraft, you can set a point of interest on the map thatll show as a square box. Great for marking targets for yourself!

Player Card Showcase Additions

Some new showcases, including Battle-Hardened, Atomic Ace and Peacemaker have been added to the Player Card window. Click the Edit button in this window to change them. More details on each one can be found in the major changelog below.

Theres plenty more to see!

Thats it for this news, but be sure to check out the full list of changes in the provided changelog, as theres many bug fixes, improvements and additional vehicle changes not mentioned here. Let us know what you think and be sure to leave your feedback on our forums and official social media channels wed love to hear. Thats all for 2024 War Thunder major updates. We hope you enjoy! [hr][/hr]

New locations and missions

• Attica a new location for Ground Battles.

Location and mission updates

• In Ground Battles locations, old concrete airfields have been replaced with new ones.
• Air Realistic and Air Arcade Battles:
  • Tickets for ground vehicles are deducted from the team only if the vehicle is destroyed by a player. If the ground vehicle is destroyed by bots, victory points are not deducted.
  • AI attackers (that appear 4 minutes into the session) now prefer to attack tanks (leaving easier targets for players) rather than attacking everything indiscriminately as before.
  • The death of an AI attacker now takes away victory points only if it was destroyed by a player. Death by anti-aircraft guns, crashing into the ground or being shot down by a bot does not affect victory points anymore.

Ground Vehicle model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

• New modules (electrical equipment, driver modules etc) have been added to the following vehicles: Strela-10M2, Falcon, M247, Centauro 105 (all variants).
• Object 140 shell ejection animation has been added. (Report).
• T1E1 armor has been converted to volumetric armor.
• FlaRakPz 1, FlaRakRad, XM975, Osa-AK, OSA-AKM, 2S6, Pantsir-S1, ItO 90M An indicator has been added to the radar scope that shows the position of your own missiles.
• Khrizantema-S MTI mode has been added to the radar.
• OF-40 Mk.2A, OF-40 (MTCA) the optical rangefinder module has been removed from X-ray view. (Report).
• Ka-Mi fuel tank model has been corrected. (Report).
• ADATS (M113) the position of the missile launch tubes have been corrected. (Report).
• Sherman Firefly (all variants) gun depression angle has been changed from -5/+25 degrees to -4.5/+21 degrees. (Report). Source: Sherman "C" Tanks. Armament.
• 105/25 M43, M43 "G.C.Leoncello", 75/34 M43, 75/46 M43 casemate frontal armor thickness has been reduced from 75 to 70 mm. Sources: Prot.118692, Ministero della Guerra, Gabinetto, 2 aprile 1943 (Official document of adoption in service of the Semovente da 105/25, published in "Gli autoveicoli da combattimento dell'esercito italiano, volume secondo 1940-1945" Pignato, Cappellano, page 372); Gli autoveicoli da combattimento dell'esercito italiano, volume secondo 1940-1945" Pignato, Cappellano, page 377; Kennenblatter fremden gerats D50/12, november 1943 (Italian translation published by Pignato in "I mezzi corazzati italiani nelle schede di riconoscimento italiane e tedesche", pages 84, 86, 87); "Italian armour in German service" D. Gugliemi, pages 124, 126, 127; "Carro M, volume primo", A. Tallillo, D. Guglielmi, page 80.
• OF-40, OF-40 Mk.2A, OF-40 (MTCA) maximum forward speed has been reduced from 65 to 60 km/h and reverse speed has been reduced from 25 to 24 km/h. Sources: Carro da combattimento medio OF 40. Documento Nr. 2071, 1981; Carro Armato OF 40 MK2A Manuale Delloperatore.
• SPz 12-3 LGS, Raketenautomat transmission gear ratios have been changed. Source: Hispano-Suiza HS30 Tank with Standardized Chassis and Variable Superstructure, 1962. Factory information booklet.
• KF41 anti-aircraft machine gun aiming speed has been increased from 90/s to 120/s both horizontally and vertically. Source: MSSA Brochure by Rheinmetall.
• KF41 the turret aiming speeds have been changed. Vertical speed has been reduced from 60/s to 51.56/s and the horizontal speed has been reduced from 60/s to 57.29/s. Sources: LANCE2 Turret Brochure by Rheinmetall; BOXER LANCE Brochure by Rheinmetall.
• Magach 7C the armor material of the side screens has been changed from structural steel to rolled homogeneous armor. (Report).
• Tiger E, Tigris limited gun depression angles in the rear hemisphere have been fixed. (Report).
• Type 93 the vehicles turning radius has been reduced from 8.5 to 5.6 meters. Sources: ; 20005.
• AMD.35, AMD.35 (SA35), Pz.Sp.Wg.P204(f) KwK brake operation causing the vehicle to drift when breaking has been fixed. (Report).
• Centauro I 120, Centauro I 105 R, Centauro I 105 the turning radius of the vehicle has been reduced from 11 to 9 meters. Source: Centauro I 105/120 Datasheet.
• M60A1 (AOS), M60A1 RISE (P), M60A1 D.C.Ariete the reverse speed value has been changed from 11.3 to 8.3 km\h. Source: TM 9-2350-257-20-2-3-1 - Organizational Maintenance Manual. Turret for Tank, Combat, Full-Tracked, 105-mm Gun, M60A1 (RISE) and M60A1 (RISE Passive).
• PUMA VJTF the drivers night sight has been changed to thermal imager. (Report).
• VBCI-2 (MCT30) the ammunition capacity of the M2HB machine gun has been reduced from 2000 to 600 rounds. Source: Kongsberg, Protector Remote Weapon Station.
• HJ-9, 9M133, 9M133FM-3 flight model and autopilot have been updated.

Aircraft and helicopter model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

Weaponry

• Lincoln B.Mk.II for the upper 20 mm Hispano Mk.V defensive cannon, the amount of rounds has been increased from 700 to 722. Source: Avro Lincoln B1 & 2 Flight manual.
• Super Etendard the ability to use the GBU-12 on the outer wing pylons has been added. The ability to use the Phimat countermeasure pod has been added. (Report, Report).
• 13.2 mm Type 3 machine gun the machine gun belts have been changed. The AP-I and API-T rounds have been removed. (Report).
• Su-34 the FAB-1500M-46 bomb has been replaced by the FAB-1500M-54.
• 30 mm Type 30-1 cannon the rate of fire has been reduced from 1000 rpm to 850 rpm. (Report). Sources: Norinco Compilation of products. Guns; -21-13 II, 1963.
• Yak-28B M-46 series bombs have been replaced with the M-54 series.
• Su-34 FAB-3000M-54 and FAB-3000 UMPK bombs and the corresponding modification have been added. The ability to equip Grom-2, UPAB-500, KAB-500LG on the central underfuselage pylon has been added.
• F-15I Raam AGM-65D and the corresponding modification has been added.
• F-15E, F-111F AGM-130 guided bomb has been added.
• Kurnass, Kurnass 2000 the GBU-15(V)1/B guided bomb has been added.
• Mirage 2000D-RMV the AASM 250 family of guided bombs and corresponding modifications have been added. PGM-500 bomb modification no longer requires researching the GBU-12/49 modification.
• Tornado GR.4 the ability to carry BOL countermeasure pods on the underwing hardpoints and a corresponding modification have been added. (Report). The ability to carry Brimstone (SAL) missiles on underwing hardpoints has been added.
• BK-27, ADEN25, Akan m/85, GAU-12/U the fuze sensitivity has been reduced for APHE, SAP and PELE projectiles to be similar to other projectiles of the same type. Previously there was a chance that these projectiles passed through aircraft without triggering the fuze.

Other

• MiG-21S (R-13-300) a bug where the ejection seat was not displayed in third person view has been fixed. (Report). Display of the IR visor in the aircraft cockpit has been fixed. (Report).
• Yak-9U, Yak-9UT the coolant tank has been added to X-ray view. Sources: ; -9 -107. .
• Su-34 a bug where the drop tanks were not dropped in the correct order has been fixed. (Report).
• F-20A pilot model has been replaced with a more modern version. (Report).
• Mirage 2000D-R1 an incorrect adapter used with the centerline GBU-16 guided bomb has been removed. (Report).
• J-10A, JF-17 an indication of target tracked with a radar has been added to the HUD.
• Su-27 and other aircraft using the ILS-31 HUD new elements have been added to the HUD: tracked target altitude, tracked target aspect angle, tracked target closing speed, and an indicator that shows whether the radar is active. (Report).
• A radar tracked target marker has been added to several HUDs. If the target is outside the HUD viewing zone (Target Locator Line), the target marker will remain at the edge of the HUD viewing zones and blink, indicating the direction to the target. Indication has been added for the following aircraft (as well as aircraft using similar HUDs): Su-27, MiG-29, Yak-141, F-16, F-15, F-14, F-20, F-5, Su-34, Mirage 2000/4000/F1, Super Etendard, J-8F, F-4 late modifications, J35XS, JA37.
• JA37 an indication of target tracked with a radar has been added to the HUD. (Report).
• Mirage 2000 (all variants), Mirage 4000, Mirage F1CT, Super Etendard an angle-of-attack indicator and digital clock have been added to the HUD. (Report).
• F-16AM (France), F-16A MLU (China) a GMTI mode has been added for the APG-66(V)3.
• F-100A, F-100D the sequence of launching air-to-air missiles has been fixed. (Report).
• F4D-1 ballistic computer for the guns and rockets has been removed. (Report). Source: NAVWEPS 01-40FBA-1.

Flight Model changes:

• Su-27, Su-34, J-11 sustained turn rate at medium speeds has been increased.
• Su-27SM engines have been replaced with the AL-31F-M1 engines.
• IAR-93B engine has been changed to Mk. 633-47.
• Saab AJ37, AJS37, JA37 the maximum speed at high altitudes has been increased to M1.6. (Report).
• AJ37, AJS37 the maximum permissible indicated airspeed has been decreased to 1350 km/h according to the flight manual.
• Me 163 (all variants), Ki-200 fuel consumption has been increased, engine work time on full throttle has been reduced to ~4min. (Report).

Naval fleet model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

Naval weaponry:

• Mogador torpedo tube aiming angles have been fixed. (Report).
• HMS Repulse a bug that caused the 40 mm Pom-Pom mounts on the stern to not shoot has been fixed. (Report).

Naval characteristics, physics and damage model:

• USS Mississippi a geometry error in the barbette of the first main caliber turret where a gap could appear when turning the turret has been fixed.
• USS Tennessee a geometry error in the floor of all main caliber turrets where a gap could appear when turning the turrets has been fixed.
• IJN Mutsu a gap between the barbettes and main caliber turrets has been fixed. (Report).

Economy and research

• The max Battle Rating limit for all Air Battle modes has been increased to 14.0.
• F-15E, F-15I Raam Battle Ratings in all Air Battle modes has been increased to 14.0.
• F-14B, AV-8B Plus (all variants), MiG-29G, Sea Harrier FA 2, Harrier GR.7, Mirage 4000 these aircraft are no longer considered top in terms of vehicle research bonus. This is because they no longer meet the condition of maximum Battle Rating among all modes is no more than 2 steps below the maximum BR of this tree due to new vehicles with a Battle Rating of 14.0 being added to the trees of the corresponding nations.
• Tor-M1 the Battle Rating in all modes has been decreased from 11.7 to 11.0.
• ARL-44 vehicle class has been changed from Tank Destroyer to Heavy Tank. It has been moved from the tank destroyer line to the tank line, where it was has been added as the first vehicle in the group with the M4A3E2.
• AMX-10M added as the second vehicle in the group with the AuF1.
• Zachlam Tager added as the second vehicle in the group with the Rochev.
• Sturer Emil the Battle Rating has been reduced from 4.3 to 4.0. Vehicle has been moved to Rank II and added as the second vehicle in the group with the Dicker Max.
• Wirbelwind added as the second vehicle in the group with the Ostwind.
• Ostwind II vehicle rank has been changed from IV to III.
• Challenger 3 TD the position in the tech tree has been changed. This tank is now located before the Challenger 2 Black Night / 2E group.

Interface

• New customization options for ground vehicle sights have been added:
  • Reload indicator settings the ability to separately show/hide the gun readiness indicator and the weapon reload countdown timer has been added.
  • The color of the rangefinder progress bar can now be changed.
  • The thickness of the sight lines and text fonts can now be adjusted.
• The ability to change the Player Profile showcase has been added. The following showcases are currently available to choose from:
  • Battle-Hardened. Available by default. You can select a game mode where the your skill-dependent statistics, PvP rating, and place in the leaderboard will be displayed.
  • Atomic Ace. Becomes available when a nuclear strike is performed. Shows the total number of nuclear strikes performed over the entire lifetime of the account.
  • Peacemaker. Becomes available when a nuclear weapon carrier is shot down before it drops its nuke. Shows the total number of nuclear weapons carriers intercepted over the entire lifetime of the account.
  • Favorite Vehicle. Available by default. You can select one of your favorite vehicles and the statistics for the game mode with the most respawns will be shown. In the future, the game mode for this showcase can be manually selected.

Game mechanics

• A separate mechanic for punishing an attack on an allied nuclear-armed aircraft has been added. When any damage is inflicted on such an aircraft, the player is awarded penalty points in the amount necessary to disconnect them from the current game session. The awarded penalty points will not only lead to an immediate disconnection from the session, but will also be used in calculating the need for longer-term automatic bans.
• New mechanics for interacting with the tactical map have been added. For aircraft and ground vehicles, the ability to move the tactical map has been added, as well as switching between the ground forces and aircraft maps in Ground Battles. For aircraft, in addition to the functionality described above, the ability to set a point of interest via the tactical map has been added.
• An altitude indicator has been added to targets tracked by a radar.
• Relative threat elevation indication has been added for RWRs that are capable of determining this in real life; Currently, RWRs of the SPO-15 series have this ability in the game.

[ 2024-12-16 09:03:08 CET ] [ Original post ]