Next Major Update - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 2)

I would love H-39, to be honest!

Specially if it kept the signature German quick rate of fire. Technically it would still not be on par with Soyuz or Iowa, but in terms of fun, I think it would feel like a slightly more punchy Bismarck, and that would be neat!

I also think it’s a very interesting ship, representing what could have been the peak of the Kriegsmarine had they not interrupted its construction.

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is it normal that for 2 days straight nothing was posted? Its getting boring here on the forum

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It is pretty normal

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
Jean Bart
PGZ88

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
“A magic aircraft with its namesake being able to communicate with spirits” F-101A Voodoo?
“Another British aircraft that loves high altitudes” Welkin?
Two revshare planes
“some attack aircraft”

Nations, Tech Trees and Subtrees
Swiss ground forces for Germany, likely based on the addition of air subtree
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
Indonesian ground forces for Japan coming in next major

Latest “educated guess” lists:

Remember, these are not official. They do not include all content and Gaijin’s plans can change!

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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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It’s gonna be a no devblog day

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Su-37 with 8xr-27ea, 2 r-77 and 2 r-73 would be interesting
Or a more likely loadout, 6x r-77, and 6x r-27ea with 2 r-73

Yeah I think everybody’s getting a little too excited. We’re early in the devblog season, it’s perfectly normal to have days with no devblogs at all.

Just because the teaser came on this day before doesn’t mean it will again today. There’s no evidence that this will happen. Be patient and enjoy other things in life :)

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Italy had some submarines during ww2, right?

Quite a few

What is new in the new CDK?
Can’t find a changelog of it.

EDIT: found it

What’s new?

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does this mean dovbleh

Our light in Darkness, @gszabi99 is typing, perhaps he will enlighten us with knowledge.

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They multiplied

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gzabi is such a goat bro genuinely peak of the community

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It’s not late to begin with…

Such events always have two blogs:

  • one about the event a few days before it starts,
  • one about the vehicle on the day of the event,

regardless if we’re in dev season or not.

Last year devblogs began on the 19th, and after 9-10 devblogs we got the teaser on the 29th.
This year devblogs began on the 15th, and we’re at 2 devblogs. Why would you expect teaser before the 28th is weird to me.

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WE love you Gzabi

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