Update "Dance of Dragons"

Update "Dance of Dragons" (changelog) was introduced on 10 September 2024. This update is notable for the introduction of the French coastal tree and customizable tank reticles.

Though the update numbering has been dropped since Update "Starfighters", the game version is still present in-game to indicate the update as 2.39

New vehicles

Aircraft

USA

• A-10C
• F-111F
• AV-8B (NA) (Pack)

Germany

• FFA P-16 (Pack)

USSR

• Su-24M

Great Britain

• F-111C

China

• JF-17 (Squadron Vehicle)
• J-10A

Italy

• Tornado IDS

France

• Sea Fury FB 51
• Sea Hawk Mk.50 (Premium)

Israel

• F-16C Barak II

Ground vehicles

USA

• T1E1 (90)
• M41A1 — vehicle visual model has been updated.

Germany

• Puma VJTF

USSR

• ZSU-23-4M2
• T-80U-E1 — vehicle visual model has been updated, a camouflage net has been added.

Great Britain

• Stormer AD

Japan

• CTWV RCV (Squadron Vehicle)

China

• ZTZ99A — vehicle visual model has been updated and some inaccuracies in the geometry have been fixed.
• Antelope ADS
• Al-Khalid-I (Pack)

Italy

• Freccia — vehicle model has been updated: Janus optics system has been added.

France

• CV9035NL (Squadron Vehicle)

Sweden

• KV-1 m1942 (Premium)

Israel

• Tiran 6

Naval fleet

USA

• USS Tennessee

Germany

• SMS Derfflinger

USSR

• Izmail

Great Britain

• HMAS Fremantle

Japan

• PT-802
• IJN Amagi

Italy

• MAS 441

France

• VTB-8
• VTB-9 (Premium)
• VTB-11
• VTB-13
• VTB-14
• VTB-19
• MTB-96
• L9059
• VLT-1
• La Combattante
• Arras
• Mogador
• La Surprise

New locations and missions

• A new [Domination #2] Eastern Europe mission has been added for battles at a Battle Rating of 4.0 and higher.

Location and mission updates:

• 38th Parallel — a position in the grid square E7 (a ledge near the map border), where it was possible to shoot at the spawn point in grid square A6 has been blocked.
• Kuban — rocks in the B3 grid square where tanks could get stuck have been removed.
• Iberian Castle — used pines have been replaced with ones more suitable for the region (the size and shape of the tree crown has been changed).
• Second battle of El Alamein — the depth of the lakes near the spawn point of the right based team has been reduced so they can be crossed by a ground vehicle. A position on the junction between grid squares C5/C6/D5/D6 which allowed firing at the spawn point in squares A3/A4 has been blocked.
• Eastern Europe — a few houses have been removed near the spawn point in grid square F2 to make exiting easier. Some pits and piles of debris have been removed in grid squares F3/E3.
• [Domination] Eastern Europe — the bridges in the mission are now destroyed, thus blocking the positions on the northern side of the river. This mission is available in battles at a Battle Rating of 4.0 and lower.
• Poland, Fields of Poland — a bug that caused the iron fences to not activate HEAT rounds has been fixed.

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

• XM975, Roland 1, FlaRakPz 1, ItO 90M (all variants), Imp. Chaparral (all variants), ADATS, ADATS (XM113), Tor-M1, 2С6, ЗСУ-23-4 (all variants) — new internal modules have been added.
• KPz-70, MBT-70, XM803, CCVL, HSTV-L, XM-8 — an autoloader module has been added to the damage model.
• AMX-13-90 — the weight of the OCC 90-62 shell has been reduced from 8.95 to 3.65 kilograms. (Report).
• G6 — the HP and RPM have been increased from 518 to 550 HP and 2100 to 2300 RPM. (Report).
• Vextra 105 — the wrongly present OE 105 F3 shell has been replaced with a new HE shell, the OE 105-60. (Report).
• Machbet, Hovet, M163 — the transmission gear ratio values have been corrected. These vehicles were missed in the latest changes to M113-based vehicles.
• Type 99, Type 89 — the transmission gear ratio values have been corrected. Source: 制式要綱 89式装甲戦闘車(B) D8009B.
• 2C bis — the gun mantlet armor thickness has been increased from 35 mm to 50 mm. (Report).
• 2C bis — the gun depression and elevation angles have been changed from -10/10 to -15/20 degrees. (Report).
• Desert Warrior — the gun depression and elevation angles have been changed from -8/60 to -7/59 degrees. (Report).
• Leopard 1A5NO2 — a bug where the loader did not rotate with the turret while in X-ray mode has been fixed. (Report).
• Type 81 (C) — a third crew member has been added. (Report).
• SK-105A2, JaPz.K A2 — the number and shape of the fuel tanks have been corrected. (Report).
• SK-105A2, JaPz.K A2 — the partition separating the driver has been removed. (Report).
• BT-5, RBT-5, BT-7, BT-7A (F-32), BT-42 — the location of the fuel tanks has been corrected. Sources: Наставление автобронетанковых сил РККА. Танк БТ-5. 1935 // Танк БТ-7. Наставление автобронетанковых войск РККА. 1938.
• T55E1 — the turning mechanism of the 2 front pairs of wheels has been changed. The turns are now done by turning the whole frontal carriage instead of turning individual wheels. (Report).
• leKPz M41 — the tracks have been replaced with physical ones.
• M1128 — the composite screens have been converted to volumetric armor.
• Namer 30 — vehicle mass has been increased from from 61 to 64.4 tons. (Report).
• A.C.I — internal partition armor has been moved from Armor view to X-ray view.
• Somua SM — maximum speed has been increased from 40 to 50 km/h. (Report).
• ADATS — with the update of internal modules, the ammunition for the 25 mm gun has been reduced from 600 to 200 rounds. In one of the future updates, we plan to update the visual model of this vehicle, correcting current inaccuracies in the geometry (including the placement of the ammunition of the 25 mm gun), and also add a 12.7 mm machine gun.
• HSTV-L — the XM884 76 mm HE shell with a radio fuze has been added. Automatic target tracking (ATT) functionality has been added. (Report).
• Type 98 Ke-Ni — maximum speed has been increased from 40 km/h to 50 km/h. Sources: Japanese Combat Cars, Light Tanks and Tankettes by Lieutenant-General Tomio Hara, I.J.A., Retd; Семен Федосеев ЯПОНСКИЕ ТАНКИ Второй Мировой.
• XM800T — maximum reverse speed has been increased from 13.9 km/h to 43 km/h. Sources: "Armor, 1972 September-October", "Bradley - A History of American Fighting and Support Vehicles".
• FIAT 6614 (M40A1) — elevation angles have been changed from -10\+12 to -17\+65 degrees. Source: "FM 23-82 106-MM Recoilless Rifle M40A1".
• SPz 12-3 LGS — elevation angles have been changed from -5\+13 to -17\+65 degrees. Source: "FM 23-82 106-MM Recoilless Rifle M40A1".
• Ka-Chi, Chi-Ha Kai, Chi-Ha, Ho-Ro, Ho-Ni I, Ho-Ni III, Chi-Ha LG, Chi-Ha Short Gun, Chi-Ha Kai (China), Chi-Ha (China) — transmission gear ratios have been corrected. Sources: "Catalog of Enemy Material. Index to volume II. Japanese", "TRANSLATION OF CAPTURED JAPANESE DOCUMENT: Table of Essential Data on Tanks, dated 22 September 1942".
• Tiger II (P) — vehicle mass has been increased from from 65 tons to 65.5 tons. (Report).
• Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. E, Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. F, Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. J — turret rotation speed has been increased from 12 to 14°\s. (Report). Sources: "Panzer Tracts No. 03-2 - Panzerkampfwagen III - Ausf. E, F, G and H - Development and Production from 1938 to 1941", "Panzer Tracts No. 03-3 - Panzerkampfwagen III - Ausf. J, L, M and N - Development and Production from 1941 to 1943", "Preliminary report: No 5 - Pz Kw III".
• M247 — mass of the M811 and M822 shells have been changed from 860 g to 870 g for the the M811 shell, and to 880 g for the M822 shell. (Report).
• 2C — the following changes have been made to the Mle1916 shell: muzzle velocity has been increased from 500 m/s to 558 m/s, mass has been increased from 7.2 kg to 7.445 kg, and HE filler mass has been increased from 285 g to 350 g. (Report).
• SK-105A2, JaPz.K A2 — maximum speed has been increased from 65 km/h to 68 km/h. (Report). Source: "Fahrerhandbuch Jagdpanzer Kürassier A1", 1996.
• JPz 4-5, Ru 251 — muzzle velocity of the M431 shell has been decreased from 1216 m/s to 1181 m/s. Source: "Waffentechnisches Taschenbuch, 1977, Rheinmetall".
• Comet I (all variants) — muzzle velocity of the Shell Mk.1 HE shell has been decreased from 754 m/s to 495 m/s. (Report).
• Type 60 SPRG (C) — vehicle mass has been increased from 7.7 tonnes to 8.0 tonnes. Source: 60式自走106mm無反動砲(Ｃ)Ｄ ８００４Ｃ
• Striker — a bug regarding the incorrect ammo consumption that made it possible to shoot all 10 missiles without reloading has been fixed. Now after firing 5 missiles a reload happens then the remaining 5 missiles can be used.
• AMX-30 DCA — engine power has been decreased from 720 to 650 hp. (Report).
• Vextra 105 — muzzle velocity of the OFL 105 F1 when shot from the CN 105 G2 has been reduced from 1525 m/s to 1500 m/s. Source: GICAT, 1994. MATERIELS FRANCAIS DE DEFENSE TERRESTRE.
• Vextra 105 — used HE shell type has been changed from OE 105 F3 to OE 105 60. (Report).
• AML-90 (all variants) — muzzle velocity of OE 90 F1 shell has been increased from 640 to 650 m/s. (Report).
• AML-90 (all variants) — turret traverse speed has been decreased from 25 to 18 deg/s. (Report).
• Merkava Mk.1, Merkava Mk.1B, Merkava Mk.2 B (all variants), Merkava Mk.2D — engine power has been reduced from 963 to 900 hp.
• M48A1 (all variants), M103, Magach 3 (ERA), M48A2 C, M48A2 G A2, Magach 2, Magach 3 (all variants) — the gear ratios of the Allison CD 850-4B and CD 850-5 transmissions have been clarified. Sources: N-8832.1-B - Standard Military Vehicle Characteristic Data Sheets; Patton A History of The American Main Battle Tank, Vol. 1 by R. P. Hunnicutt; R.P. Hunnicutt Firepower. A history of american heavy tank; Der Kampfpanzer M48 in der Bundeswehr The M48 Main Battle Tank in German Army Service (Stefan Marx).
• M46, M46 "Tiger", M47 (all variants), T54E1, T54E2, mKPz M47 G — the gear ratio values ​​of the Allison CD 850-4(-4A) transmission have been clarified. Sources: N-8832.1-B - Standard Military Vehicle Characteristic Data Sheets; Patton A History of The American Main Battle Tank, Vol. 1 by R. P. Hunnicutt
• M60, M60A1 RISE (P), M60A2, M60A3 TTS (all), M60 120S, M728 CEV, M247, Merkava Mk.1, Sho't Kal Dalet, Olifant Mk.1A, M47 (105/55), M60A1 "D.C.Ariete", CM11, Magach 5, Magach 6, Magach 6R Hydra, Magach 6A, Magach 6B, Magach 6B Gal Batash, Magach 6B Gal, Magach 6C, Magach 6M, Magach 6R, Magach 7C, Sho't Kal Alef, Sho't Kal Dalet, Sho't Kal Gimel, Merkava Mk.1B, Sholef V1, Strv 104, Strv 105 — the gear ratio values ​​of the Allison CD 850-6 transmission have been corrected, and the reverse speed values ​​have been changed. (Report). Sources: TM 9-2520-223-34 & P - Direct Support and General Support Maintenance Manual, Cross Drive Transmission W/container, Model CD 850-6A, Detroit Diesel Allision Division, GMC - September 1983; IP 17-84 - Instruções Provisórias A viatura blindada de combate - Carro de combate M60 A3 TTS - 2002.
• M46, M46 "Tiger" — maximum reverse speed has been increased from 12 to 19.3 km/h. Source: TM 9-718 Medium tanks M46 and M46A1.
• M47 (all variants), mKPz M47 G, M47 (105/55) — maximum reverse speed has been increased from 12 to 19.3 km/h. (Report).

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

Weaponry

• Ki-84 — 100 kg bombs have been added. Source: Operating instruction on the Nakajima Ki 84 Japanese fighter airplane.
• SB2C-1C — a 1,600 lb AN-MK.1 armor-piercing bomb and 2 x 1,000 lb AN-MK 33 armor-piercing bombs have been added. (Report).
• SB2C-4, SB2C-5 — 2 x 1000 lb AN-MK 33 armor-piercing bombs have been added. (Report, Report).
• A-26B-10, A-26B-50, A-26C-45, A-26C-45DT — 4 x 1000 lb AN-MK 33 armor-piercing bombs have been added. (Report).
• Buccaneer S.2B — 500 lb Mk.82 AIR retarded bombs have been added. (Report).
• Spitfire LF Mk IX — 500 lb AN-M64 and S.A.P Mk.II bombs have been added. (Report).
• Sea Harrier FA 2 — Mk.M2 540 lb bombs have been added. (Report).
• F-20A — the total number of rounds for the 20 mm M39A3 guns has been reduced from 560 to 460. (Report).
• Lincoln B Mk II — 4,000 lb, 8,000 lb and 12,000 lb bombs have been added. Source: 2847A&B Volume 1 Avro Lincoln B1 & 2 Flight Manual.
• Ki-49 (all variants) — an additional 500 kg bomb has been added.
• Lightning F.53 — H.E. M.C. Mk.1 No.118 540 lb bombs have been added. (Report).
• B-25J-30 (USSR) — additional variants with 2 x FAB-500 + 4 x FAB-250 and 8 x FAB-250 bomb loadouts have been added. (Report).
• Jaguar GR.1A — a 540 lb H.E. M.C. Mk.1 No.118 retarded bomb has been added. Source: Jaguar GR Mk 1A and T Mk 2A Aircrew Manual Book 3- Navigation/Attack and Armament Systems AP101B-3101 & 2-15C.
• Mk.13 guided bomb — explosive mass has been increased from 180 to 185.3 kg. (Report).
• Mirage 2000D-R1 — 2 x BGL-400 guided bombs have been added.
• F-104G (Germany) — a 2000 lb Mk 84 bomb has been added. (Report).
• AH-1Z — the AGM-114B Hellfire has been replaced with the AGM-114K Hellfire II. Sources: NAVY TRAINING SYSTEM PLAN FOR THE H-1 UPGRADES PROGRAM (AH-1Z and UH-1Y) N88-NTSP-A-50-9602A/A; 2015-08525 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification.
• Yak-9K, Yak-9UT, TIS MA, Su-8, Tu-1 — armor-piercing high-explosive ammunition, as well as armor-piercing belts for aircraft armed with the NS-45 cannon have been added.
• F-104C — the ability to carry 2 additional AIM-9B missiles under the fuselage pylons has been added. Source: T.O. 1F-104A-1 "F-104A, B, C & D Flight Manual".
• IL-28 (China), Tu-4 (China) — FAB-100, FAB-250, FAB-500, FAB-1500, and FAB-3000 bombs have been replaced with 100-2, 250-2, 500-2, 1500-2, 3000-2 bombs respectively. (Report, Report, Report, Report, Report).
• Q-5 early — the ability to use 2 x 100-2 bombs has been added. (Report).
• J-7II — FAB-500 bombs have been replaced with 500-2 bombs.
• Spitfire Mk.IX (CW) (Israel) — the ability to use 8-cm Flz.-Rakete Oerlikon rockets and AN-M57 bombs has been added. (Report, Report).
• P-63A-10, P-63C-5 — the ability to use M8 rockets has been added. (Report).
• Pe-8 — the following amounts of ammo have been increased: for the 12.7 mm UBT turrets in the landing gear from 200 to 400; for the 20 mm ShVAK turret on top of the fuselage from 200 to 440; for the 20 mm ShVAK turret in the tail from 230 to 430. Source: Технический отчет о работе ОКБ главного конструктора Незваль И.Ф за 1944 г.
• Aerea 559G1 incendiary bomb — mass has been reduced from 260 kg to 253 kg, incendiary material mass has been reduced from 253 kg to 208 kg. (Report).
• 2000 lb SAMP Mk 84 bomb — explosive mass has been reduced from 550 kg to 428.6 kg. (Report).
• 1000 lb SAMP Mk 83 bomb — explosive mass has been reduced from 203 kg to 201.8 kg. (Report).
• 500 lb SAMP Mk 82 bomb — explosive mass has been reduced from 90 kg to 87.1 kg. (Report).
• 500 lb H.E. M.C. Mk.II bomb — explosive mass has been increased from 100.7 kg to 107.5 kg. (Report).
• Meteor F Mk.8 (France) — a bug that caused the RP-3 rockets to be launched in an incorrect order has been fixed. (Report).
• Canberra B.Mk.2 — an additional set of 2 x 4,000 lb H.C. Mk.IV bombs has been added. Source: A.P. 101B-0408-1 Canberra B(I) Mk.8 General and technical info» и «English Electric (BAC) Canberra B Mk 2 T Mk 4 (Roger Chesneau, Ray Rimell.
• AV-8B Plus (all variants) — GBU-38 JDAM bombs and the modification for them have been added.
• Su-27SM — the ability to carry additional underfuselage R-77 missiles has been added.
• F-16D Barak II, Baz Meshupar — GBU-31 JDAM guided bombs have been added.
• F-15C MSIP II, F-16C, F-16A (France), F-16AM (France), F-14B, JAS-39 (all versions) — GBU-38 and GBU-31 guided bombs have been added.
• JH-7A — LS-6 250 and LS-6 500 guided bombs have been added.
• MiG-29SMT — KAB-500S guided bombs have been added.
• Su-25SM3 — S-25L missiles have been replaced by the S-25LD version.
• Damage model of bombs has been changed, previously overestimated resistance to shrapnel hits has been reduced. This change will increase the probability of destruction of bombs when hit by shrapnel of SAM and will make the interception easier.

Other

• Su-25T, Su-39 — a bug that caused the fuel tank behind the cockpit to not count as self-sealing has been fixed.
• Meteor F.8 (Israel) — a bug that caused a drop-tank to display under the left wing in x-ray mode has been fixed. (Report).
• Yak-141 — fuel tank neutral gas pressurization system has been added.
• A32A — the number of chaff in the BOX-3/BOZ-3 pod has been increased from 16 to 464. (Report).
• Jaguar A, Jaguar E — the number and composition of countermeasures has been reconfigured to match the visual model. 48 large caliber countermeasures have been added. The amount of usual countermeasures has been set to 144.
• AH-1Z, EC-665 Tiger (all variants), A-129 International (p), A129CBT, T129, AH-129D, T129, Rooivalk Mk1F CSH — TopOwl helmet-mounted sight and display system has been added.
• JAS39 (all variants) — domestic HMD has been added.
• Sea Vixen F.A.W. Mk.2 — an incorrect dependency of bomb modifications has been fixed.
• J-11A — the R-77 modification has been replaced with the RVV-AE.
• J-11A — cockpit glass tint, which was previously orange, has been corrected.
• F-16A MLU (China) — a bug with the absence of drop tanks in standard weaponry presets has been fixed. (Report).
• Ka-52 — the incorrect landing gear model has been fixed. (Report).
• F-5E (all variants) — the incorrect position of the left stabilizer has been fixed. (Report).
• MiG-27K — the canopy model in 3rd person view has been corrected. (Report).
• B-57B — ballistic computer for the guns has been removed. (Report).
• AV-8B Plus (all variants) — the "New 25 mm cannons" modification has been moved from tier IV to tier III in the modifications window.
• Do 217 (all variants) — a bug that lead to the engine overheating quickly has been fixed.
• P-38K — a bug that caused this plane to respawn on the airfield already accelerating has been fixed.
• Attacker FB (all variants) — the Engine Fire System (EFS) modification has been added.
• Su-7 (all variants) — the ability to drop bombs from 2 opposing pylons separately has been removed. Source: "Альбом наглядных пособий по самолету Су-7Б. Часть 2".
• F-84F — ballistic computer (CCIP) for the guns has been removed. Sources: F-84F Thunderstreak (W-3 Engine) SAC - 7 March 1957. F-84F Thunderstreak (W-7 Engine) SAC - 2 September 1958.

Flight Model changes:

• Tornado F.3, GR.1, IDS, ADV — wing lift and critical angles of attack have been increased, turn time has been reduced, automatic wing mechanization has been added.
• A-10A — critical angles of attack have been increased, dive exit has been improved, pitch response when entering a dive has been improved.
• F-104 (all variants) — sustained turn time has been increased, mouse control has been improved, maximum overload limit in forced turn by the instructor has been increased to 7.5G (with full fuel).
• Swift F.1, F.7 — Mach number limit has been increased, flap retraction as speed increases has been added.
• J-8B, J-8F — incorrect refueling and consumption from external tanks has been fixed.
• Me 262 (all variants), Hunter (all variants), Ro.57, G.50 (all variants), G.55 (all variants), P-47 (all variants), F3D-1, B-24D-25-CO, PB4Y-2 (all variants), Ju 88 (all variants), Ju 188 A-2, Fw 200 C-1 — a mechanic of flap retraction with the speed increase has been added.
• SAAB-105G, 105OE — yaw stabilizing damper on full-real controls has been added.
• MiG-23 (all variants) — sway during rolls while in mouse aim has been reduced.
• A-26 (all variants) — flight model has been updated. Critical angles of attack has been corrected, controls in mouse aim have become easier. Aborting a dive has become easier.
• T-2 (all variants), F-1 — a bug that caused the plane to swing in yaw axis while maneuvering has been fixed.
• JAS39A, JAS39C — rate of climb and acceleration at altitudes of 6-12 km at supersonic speeds has been reduced.
• Mirage 2000 (all variants) — insufficient maneuverability in Arcade Battles has been fixed.

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

Naval weaponry:

• Soukou-Tei No.4 — the rate of fire of the Type 89 machine gun has been increased from 600 rpm to 700 rpm. Source: 陸軍技術本部(昭和4年)｢八九式旋回機関銃仮制式制定ノ件｣.
• RN Andrea Doria — the maximum elevation angles for the 40 mm mounts have been fixed.
• LS 3, VS-8, VS-10 — the max ammo count for the 15 mm autocannons has been fixed. (Report).
• Bretagne, Lorraine — the maximum elevation angle of the main battery guns has been increased from 18 to 23 degrees.
• HMS River — a bug that caused the shells of 102mm guns to hit left of the aiming point has been fixed.
• Bretagne — a bug that caused the auxiliary caliber guns to hit left of the aiming point has been fixed. (Report).

Naval characteristics, physics and damage model:

• IJN Kurama — barbette armor has been fixed. Source: "〔断面図(鞍馬・伊吹)〕".
• HMS Orion — a bug where one of the 102 mm guns would intersect with the superstructure geometry has been fixed. (Report).
• Emden — the shape and thickness of the armored stern traverse has been corrected. Source: BArch RM 25/16188 "Kleiner Kreuzer "Emden". Hintersteven, Ruder- und Schraubenanordnung (1 : 25)".
• Emile Bertin — the maximum speed has been decreased from 64 km/h to 63 km/h. Source: French warships of World War II, 1971
• RN Duilio, RN Conte di Cavour — roll period has been reduced. These ships now return to an even keel more quickly after turning.
• USS Trenton, USS Detroit, USS Raleigh — a bug that caused the elevators under the main battery turrets on the bow and stern to not be selectable when hovered over in X-ray view has been fixed. (Report).

Naval Visual models and visual parts:

• Type 1924, Jaguar — a bug that caused the camouflages to not apply on the turrets has been fixed. (Report).
• IJN Mogami, IJN Mikuma, IJN Suzuya — draft has been increased. (Report).
• VLT-2 — crew models have been changed from British to French sailors.
• Tracers for all naval shells have been reworked. They are now more visible, especially in poor weather conditions.
• USS Douglas — an animation for opening and closing the missile silo doors during missile reloading has been added.
• Bernau — the rocket model in the launcher has been corrected, and an animation of its stabilizers opening after launch has been added.

Localization

• IJN Kuma has been renamed to IJN Tama, and the crew has been increased — the ship's appearance and equipment are different from IJN Kuma and are more suitable for IJN Tama. (Report, Report). The ship's crew has been increased from 438 to 447. (Report).
• TKA-106 — has been renamed to TKA-412. (Report).

Interface

• A naval minimap is now being displayed when flying reconnaissance aircraft launched from a ship.
• In Arcade Battles, a round marker for fire control system data refresh has been replaced with a progress bar, just like in Realistic Battles.

Other

• Ship towing has now been made contextual. We have removed the towing on/off button from the action bar and made it work automatically. If a player runs aground, the request to tow them is now turned on automatically. A corresponding icon appears above the player's ship, which is visible to nearby allies. If an ally gets close enough to the stranded ship, they will be asked to help get it off the ground by hooking the towing rope. After that, the towing player will be able to unhook it using the same button at any time.

Economy and research

• The period where new vehicles are counted as "new" has been increased from 14 to 28 days. During that period, any new vehicles are marked with a golden strip on them and they don't block the research of the vehicle after it.

Customization

• The ability to change the texture of drop-tanks when creating camouflages has been added.
• A "Basic green camouflage" for South African ground vehicles has been added.
• A tricolor camouflage has been added for post-war Italian ground vehicles.
• The pattern of the "Tricolor late camouflage pattern" for post-war Italian ground vehicles has been fixed.
• The color scheme of North African tricolor camouflage has been corrected. (Report).
• For camouflages where change of condition, scale and rotation are not available, the corresponding tools are now disabled and a warning has been added.
• The following changes have been made to the nation challenge achievements:
  • Achievements can now only be obtained with vehicles that belong to a specific nation. Vehicles with the same name from another nation will no longer be added to achievements. For example, the achievement "Bf.109 German Ace" can only be completed with aircraft from the German aviation research tree and not with captured aircraft from the US and Japanese aviation research trees.
  • The nation indicating the vehicle's ownership has been added to the achievement names.
  • The missing vehicle by nation has been added to the completion conditions.
  • After October 15th, vehicles that do not belong to the nation specified in the title will be removed from achievements.
• A new mechanic for coloring camouflage nets to the tank's camouflage has been added. Currently it is available on two vehicles: Vextra 105 and T-80U-E1.

Interface

• Following the Roadmap: A sight settings menu has been added. It can be accessed from the Ground vehicle Battle Settings menu by pressing the "Sight settings" button. In this new menu, you can select a reticle from the preset or custom ones, add and move some elements wherever you want. The following indicators can be added and some of them can be moved: the rangefinder, reload timer, turret position indicator and a frame showing the field of view at maximum zoom. The colors of all these elements can be changed taking into account the sight backlight state and the current channel (visible light, night vision, thermal vision). The selection of suitable colors is helped by the ability to switch backlight state, current channel and 4 maps in the background with different conditions, and as a result a different color palette. The menu also has ready-made sight presets that can be saved to a vehicle right away or edited if wanted.
• This is just the first version of this menu as we already have plans for further improvements to it. We would like to thank the authors on WT Live, as some of the preset sighting reticles are part of their work included in the game. We hope that they will continue to create awesome sights that everyone can download from WT Live and use in the game for their own pleasure.
• The Secondary weapons menu has been changed:
• The window with a list of weaponry presets has been made smaller and moved to the lower part of the screen. Camera settings have been changed. Now the aircraft can be seen when selecting different weapon presets and when making new ones. All changes are reflected on the aircraft in real time without it flickering.
• The ability to display radar altitude has been added to the aircraft HUD. Switching between the indicated altitudes is done via "Indicated altitude" parameter in the "Air Battle Settings" category. It is possible to choose just one of the altitude types — either barometric or radar, as well as both of them at the same time.
• Information about the calculated (maximum, with an accurate hit) damage to bases for bombing and the reward multiplier for this damage (the multiplier applies to SL, RP and mission points) has been added to the description of secondary weapons for aircraft.
• Bombs that have their mass specified in pounds now also have mass in kilograms displayed in the brackets after the mass in pounds.
• The ability to filter by module parts has been added to the X-ray view of ground and naval vehicles in the hangar.
• Rookie trophies in the in-game Item Shop are now grayed out and cannot be purchased if the player already has the vehicle in the trophy on their account.
• A bug where the display content filter did not change to "Any" when selecting a fictional camouflage in battle has been fixed. The player will receive a notification about this when the display content changes.
• A discount indication has been added for pack vehicles. Now these vehicles will have an icon with the discount value when there is a sale in the store.
• A display of max thrust on shafts has been added to the x-ray tooltip for helicopter engines.
• A bug that caused the crew level font to be smaller than it should be when dragging the vehicle from one crew slot to the other has been fixed.

Game mechanics

• Following the Roadmap: detailed damage models have been added to helicopters. It's possible to disable avionic systems, weapons control, night vision devices, countermeasure systems and radar equipment. For all AH-64 helicopters and the Ka-52, new detailed damage model modules corresponding to various systems have been added (when hovering over a module with the cursor, the information on what the selected module is responsible for is displayed). For other helicopters, all systems are temporarily integrated into the damage model of the fuselage as a whole, until a detailed damage model with separate modules responsible for their functionality are added. We plan to introduce an indication of disabled systems in the near future. The damage model of tail separation during strong impacts of the fuselage and tail impacts when hitting the ground or other objects has been improved.

Graphical

• A bug where the effect of the transition to supersonic was only displayed on part of the screen when the 4x SSAA and temporary anti-aliasing resolution was higher than 1 has been fixed. (Report).

Sound

• The effect of radio distortion for ground vehicle crews has been reduced, speech has become intelligible. The effects of radio interference for tank crew communications have been removed. The radio effect only remains when the commander communicates with external characters (artillery, aviation, etc.).
• Now, when flying an aircraft from cockpit view at high speeds, an open canopy/cockpit door will cause external sounds to be muffled by the wind and become indistinguishable.

Controls

• A bug where pressing a combination of buttons and releasing one of them would trigger the action assigned to the remaining button pressed has been fixed.