It’s not about whether or not an aircraft has been added too early, the Eurofighter also didn’t get to where it is today until after a year’s worth of work. Just the nature of things coming into the game completely gimped is what I’m pointing out.
It’s not even new, J-11B got the WS-10.
Here are some current rumors about upcoming content that could be coming to the game with the Line of Contact update (2.53) for War Thunder! Keep an eye out on this post as I will update it with new information as we get it! Now with the first teaser!
When will the next major update arrive?
The fifth major update of the year usually goes live in December:
2.43 Storm Warning, 16 December 2024
2.33 Air Superiority, 14 December 2023
2.23 Apex Predators, 20 December 2022
Upcoming content confirmed or hinted by Gaijin (developer or CM comments, appearances in trailers, dev streams, or the dev server) will be in this color. Otherwise, any content below this point is a RUMOR and is not confirmed to be coming to the game.
Confirmed Vehicles
Stalingrad
Hawk 209
DB-LK
FR-1 Fireball
Type 03 Chū-SAM
Ajax
MiG-25PD
J-10C
F/A-18E
M10 Booker
BMPT
South Dakota
Prince of Wales
Confirmed Features
New matchmaker settings to avoid repeat maps
Random Vehicle spawn option for Ground Battles at 9.3 and above
Naval damage reward rework, now crew is the key contributing factor
Naval Severe Damage and Heavy Damage System
New hangar visuals, features, and animations
Winter Poland visual rework
Infantry Closed Beta Test
Rumored Features (may arrive sometime in the future, not necessarily the upcoming update):
Playable Carriers, many related files datamined in both desktop and mobile clients
SEAD and Strategic Bombing/Deep Strike missions for upcoming Aerial Warfare mode
Strategic bombers are being considered as event or squadron vehicles
Submarines, confirmed by BVVD, many related files datamined in desktop client, BVVD says development is still ongoing. Main challenge is integration.
Scouting mechanics and additional weapons for armed UAVs
SEAD and DEAD weapons ARMs coming in the first half of 2026
White Rock Fortress will return before the end of 2025
Specific Rumored Vehicles
For a comprehensive list of leaked vehicles and assets, check out the work of the incredible leakers and dataminers at https://gszabi99.github.io/
Su-30 for China, maybe not this update- Goose039
Will all nations have ESA radars in 2025? “Basically yes”- Goose039
MiG-25, mentioned by BVVD as a potential event or Squadron vehicle
“New wheeled vehicles for Russia, not a new branch, but many new vehicles” mentioned by BVVD
Ka-52M mentioned by BVVD as being worked on
New top tier jet for China, US Main Battle Tank for China
New top SAMs for Sweden, Japan, USA, and China
“very interesting light vehicles in the works”
Nations, Tech Trees and Subtrees
Swiss ground forces for Germany, likely based on the addition of Swiss Air subtree
Malaysia and Indonesia going to Japan (CM8)
United Korea tech tree (CM8)
Singaporean vehicles will be added to multiple tech trees, including Israel (CM8)
Greece and Cyprus going to Israel (CM8)
Long-term Rumors (not expected to be arriving soon) and Denied Features:
Naval for China and Sweden are not planned for 2025 according to BVVD
New independent nations are planned, but BVVD says focus for 2025 is subtrees, gap filling, and new vehicle classes
Fifth Generation aircraft could come but no sooner than the second half of 2026, according to BVVD
UI changes will be “evolutionary”
No indirect fire mode or Smoke artillery for SPHs
No battle rating spread of 0.7
Regenerative steering public test being considered
Latest “educated guess” lists:
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Which of these two aircraft with legacy airframes would you regard as the better top tier aircraft next patch?
- F-15SG (AIM-120A and C)
- Su-30MKM (R-77-1)
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Which of these two aircraft with delta canard airframes would you regard as the better top tier aircraft next patch?
- Gripen E (AIM-120A and C)
- J-10C (PL-12)
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Absolutely not.
Well goodness this thread died fast, cmon guys we need to hit 10k lmao
It’s past their bedtime, go easy on them lol
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mkm only has rvv-ae irl ( normal r77, not r771)
though r771 is still compatible with it.
not guaranteed to get r771
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you have to be kidding me really, I guess I need to fight some one now anyways though I swear their trailers are getting much better.
I am thinking they will give it R-77-1 and dual racks for balance purposes honestly.
though a Bars radar at like 13.7 would be incredibly funny for about 5 minutes
i know i’m late to the party, but a few people told me to keep dreaming about the mig-25 speculation and I can’t help but say…
dreams do come true…
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i mean f-2 with aesa exists at 13.7, and kfir c10 with aesa exists at 13.0
I’ve been dreaming of jeeps and HMMWV’s for quite a while now, how much longer do I have to dream for additions which should be in the game already?
You never know, maybe you’ll see such things in the FPS beta?
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Maybe they will add MV-22B on a later patch for infantry too
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I suppose, and everything hasn’t been shown for the update yet, but I highly doubt they will add HMMWV or jeep without showing them off.
i’d expect a TOW2 HMMV at some point honestly.
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Obviously, the future of naval warfare is uncertain, forcing snails to look for the future from infantry.