Ah, the next one is here.
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Next update is Korean tech tree trust
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next update SPYDER MR trust me on this
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What has happened to AIM-7F’s? They must be bugged because they’re actually hitting things now and not just nose diving into the ground at any alt.
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Quite delusional to expect any changes
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Here are some current rumors about upcoming content that could be coming to the game with the next major update (2.57) for War Thunder! Keep an eye out on this post as I will update it with new information as we get it!
When will the next major update arrive?
The second major update of the year usually goes live in June:
2.47 “Leviathans”- 25 June 2025
2.37 “Seek and Destroy”- 19 June 2024
2.27 “La Royale”- 14 June 2023
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
Washington B.1
Leopard 2RI
NOMAD
Chervona Ukraina
North Carolina
Confirmed Features
Nuclear Escalation will return temporarily with the next major at a higher BR as a test
3-plane stabilization for the Turm III
Missile simulation graph window in hangar view
Updated damage models for certain jets (Includes F-15, 16, MiG-23, 27 and more)
Unified cyclic targeting of radars with radar queuing controls
Visual improvements to MFDs
Rumored Features and Mechanics (not guaranteed to be in the upcoming update) and Denied Features:
Playable Carriers, many related files datamined in both desktop and mobile clients
Confirmed, with a potential timeframe:
SEAD and DEAD weapons ARMs coming in the first half of 2026
Anti-Ship Missiles could be implemented in the first half of 2026
Fifth Generation aircraft could come but no sooner than the second half of 2026, according to BVVD
Confirmed, but no timeframe:
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
PL-15 and similar missiles will require the implementation of dual-pulse mechanics
Regenerative steering public test being considered
Bombers will be made more durable
Chinese Carrier model in the future
New cockpit for G4M1
Further updates to Nuclear Escalation
Denied:
UI changes will be “evolutionary”, not everything will be changed at once
No indirect fire mode or Smoke artillery for SPHs
No battle rating spread of 0.7
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/
“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
2026 Decal: Palmaria, Hummel, Su-15, Arjun, F-16XL, Takao
Rank VIII premium aircraft for France is planned for this year
Nations, Tech Trees and Subtrees
Swiss ground forces for Germany, likely based on the addition of air subtree
Indonesia/Malaysia ground forces for Japan, likely based on the addition of air subtree
BeNeLux ground forces for France, likely based on the addition of air subtree
United Korea tech tree
Singaporean vehicles will be added to multiple tech trees, including Israel
Cyprus going to Israel
Latest “educated guess” lists:
Remember, these are not official. They do not include all content and Gaijin’s plans can change!
DO NOT ask community managers or forum staff to comment on leaks or “guesses,” they can’t comment on such things. Official statements hold the most weight!
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twenty-first!
But anyway, seeing as the June update is usually the one focussed on naval, I think we might see submarines being the main attraction.
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Why is that?
Because why would they.
Pretty much every bug report got rejected so they won’t just materialize buffs out of nowhere.
It’s probably for the best though, the missile is underweight but i’m afraid gaijin would just increase it with no additional changes if not just more battery life, which would be quite the joke and just make the missile worse.
It’s yet to be implemented
It also doesn’t change the fact the vast majority of reports got rejected and the missile still doesn’t reach its marketed range in game, which can’t be achieved simply by increasing the battery life, especially considering there are visible differences between the PL-12 and PL-12AE that imply the presence of an at least refined propulsion system, although it can’t be fully proved without additional sources.
all in all, gaijin added both a plane and a missile with borderline non-nexistent sources available publicly. The current J-15T implementation is largely made up
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I’d like to dive into this claim (pun intended). A lot of people say that the June update is focused on Naval, but is that really true?
2.47 “Leviathans”: Adds WW2 battleships for all nations. Definitely naval focused. +1
2.37 “Seek and Destroy”: Main feature is missiles. French Coastal pre-order. Maybe you could count this? idk
2.27 “La Royale”: Adds France bluewater navy. Yep, naval focus. +1
2.17 “Danger Zone”: Hood, Kronshtadt, Bayern… but the headlining feature is the F-14, though it is a naval aircraft, not sure we can say this one is fully naval focused. Definitely not naval themed.
2.07 “Red Skies”: Air themed. Literally only 6 boats. New coastal map… not really a naval focus.
1.99 “Starfighters”: Not naval themed, but does add the Italian navy, I think this does count. +1
1.89 “Imperial Navy”: Naval themed and focused, adds the Japanese navy. +1
1.79 “Project X”: Adds Navy CBT. This counts. +1
So, out of the past 8 years, 5 of the 8 May/June updates have added some major feature to Naval. That’s more than half but it’s also not a very strong correlation (62.5%) That said, there does seem to be a trend to add new tech trees or CBT for naval in the second major update.
In the case for submarines, I wouldn’t call this trend alone as evidence that they will be added in the next update. I would really like to see them added and soon too, but the idea that the second major update is focused on naval doesn’t seem to hold a huge amount of water (pun intended).
Someone pass me the powder that makes you say “submarines next update”.
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Bread :)
Submarines,MiG35 and Next gen IR missiles!
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Durjoy and F-7BGI when?
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33rd
Damn I’ll do with 34th.