Let’s Celebrate War Thunder’s 13th Anniversary Together!

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Happy Birthday, War Thunder! The War Thunder open beta test began on November 1st 2012. Just think, that was 13 years ago! We’ve come a long way together since then, and we’re happy to invite all of you to celebrate the game’s birthday with us!

Following the in-game and store discounts, we’re pleased to be introducing the unique XF5U-1 in the Dreams Come True event, another chance to get the legendary Maus tank, and a celebratory decal to commemorate War Thunder’s 13th anniversary. Check it all out!

Dreams Come True: XF5U-1

When: From October 31st (11:00 GMT) until November 14th (11:00 GMT).

Take part in the Dreams Come True event and get a fun pancake profile frame, decals, a loading screen and the XF5U-1 “Flying Flapjack”, also known as the pancake!

The XF5U-1 is essentially one large wing, allowing you to perform sharp turns and frankly incredible stall maneuvers. This master of dogfighting is armed with six .50 cals and really does look like a classic UFO, and pancake too of course!

Learn more about the XF5U-1 event here

Get War Thunder’s 13th Anniversary Decal!

When: From October 31st (11:00 GMT) until November 6th (11:00 GMT).

Task: Play 1 battle with any vehicle at rank III or higher in any game mode to get the “War Thunder’s 13th Anniversary” decal.

Get War Thunder’s 13th anniversary commemorative decal for playing one battle!

“War Thunder’s 13th Anniversary” decal

The Return of the Legendary Maus!

When: From October 31st (11:00 GMT) until November 6th (11:00 GMT).

A regular guest during our anniversary celebrations is the Maus tank, which you can research or purchase for Silver Lions during the specified dates!

  • To start researching the Maus, you need to have rank V of the German ground forces tree unlocked for research.
  • Spend research points or convert free research into the Maus within the specified time period! If you put any research towards the Maus (even a single point), it will not disappear after the event ends, meaning you’ll be able to finish researching it at any time you like after the event.

Sales in the Gaijin.Net Store!

When: From October 29th (11:00 GMT) until November 3rd (11:00 GMT).

Up to 50% off on many packs in the Gaijin.Net Store!

CHECK OUT THE BIRTHDAY SALE HERE

Celebratory Tournaments to Mark the Anniversary of War Thunder!

When: From November 3rd until November 14th.

Participate in tournaments dedicated to War Thunder’s anniversary!

CHECK OUT THE TOURNAMENTS HERE

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Regular Event, Maus, sales and 1 decal! You outdid yourselves - the way down !

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Nice to see the Maus back, but a lot of players would like to see the Tiger II 105, Panther II and Coelian brought back too. Behold the top comment on last year’s anniversary post…

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I’d love to know what you all think. Should they be:

  • Returned to the tech tree, simple
  • Returned via a recurring event, similar to the Maus
  • Stay gone, never to return
  • Other method of reintroduction, specify in reply
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Happy 13th, War Thunder :)

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Answered numerous times - there are no plans for their return.

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I’m aware, but there’s always the possibility that the people who make these decisions will change their mind - especially if it’s something the players clearly want.

The devs have changed their stances on things before, e.g. self-propelled artillery and modern vehicles. And that’s a good thing! There’s nothing wrong with changing your mind to make your customers happy.

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Happy birthday snail
i hope snail add birthday titles :D

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Clearly no, don’t bring them back. Maybe a correct Panther II version for an event vehicle, but nothing else.

Many players want also not to suffer from the ODL gamers and that’s also not easy to handle…

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Is the hangar man back?

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That comes with any event vehicle, sadly. And with Germany being one of the most popular nations, I imagine it would suffer less relative to, say, Italy after the FIROS event.

And hey, if all three were to come back at once - there’s a nicely rounded lineup to combat one-death leaving.

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I would love to see them added to sl crates, as a extremely rare award that is.

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these tanks where place holders and fake when ground was beta !

i think flakpanzer 341 should be back and panther II 75mm added but panther 88mm and 105m king tiger are fake i see no reason to bring them this will cause more players to ask for fake tanks and find it as excuse to add fake stuff which will turn war thunder to world of tanks.

players who own it already are little and numbers will get lower.

Edit: panther II we have in game replace the turret with 75mm turret and bring back that’s what i mean !

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The snail will be happy to bring them back in a 1500 USD pack ! <3

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They are now at BR 7.0, the badest BR bracket for Germany, I’ll take 6.7 instead. And these 3 vehicles have nothing to do with ODL at this BR range at Germany.

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No SL Crates?

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Decal looks great, well done :)
(no haters here please)

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The rules would have to change to allow paper vehicles back.
And before someone says something:
A vehicle that begins production [M10 Booker, Gneisenau, etc] are objectively not paper vehicles.

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SL crates won’t happen again until December. Here is a list of all past crate events:

2022.04.01 [Event] April Fool's Event! - News - War Thunder
2022.08.03 [Event] Summer Quest - News - War Thunder
2022.12.16 [Event] Winter Quest - News - War Thunder

2023.03.30 [Special] Lucky Piñata - News - War Thunder
2023.05.05 [Event] Legend of Victory: BM-31-12 “Andryusha” - News - War Thunder
2023.08.04 [Event] Summer Extreme - News - War Thunder
2023.12.13 [Event] Winter Extreme: Earn Yourself Rewards this Festive Season! - News - War Thunder

2024.01.31 [Special] The Dragon Box - News - War Thunder
2024.04.08 The Toolbox! - News - War Thunder
2024.08.08 [Special] The Travel Suitcase! - News - War Thunder
2024.12.18 [Event] The Snow Globe for Silver Lions! - News - War Thunder

2025.01.29 [Special] The Snake Box - News - War Thunder
2025.04.10 [Special] The Infantry Backpack! - News - War Thunder
2025.08.07 [Special] The Explosive Watermelon! - News - War Thunder

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I get what you’re saying, but in my opinion it’s better than having that divide between those who have them and those who don’t.

Gaijin can always put a disclaimer saying that they’re exceptions to the rule in their event devblogs - and really lean into the ‘classic WT nostalgia’ side of things when marketing them. Make it clear that they’re symbols of the game’s identity from back in the day rather than a standard for things to come.

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(Myself, I’d love to see paper vehicles anyway. 183 mm FV215B, please. But that’s an ask for another time.)

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13 and it’s Friday…:
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