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

Dm63 would add nothing

The ship that took confirmed 11 torpedos and 6 bombs with her sistership having took estimated 19 torpedos and 17 bombs

Behemoths that thanks with some documents we know have one of the most complex and intricated survivability compartment systems that immediatly could self-sustain damage like almost no other can, treated like paper in game…

Yamato and Soyuz situation truly is a stone of shame of this game and his “historical decisions”…

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Oh yeah its definitely a cool ship but we already have a ship of that class in the UK tree but still no R class which the russia tree has had for coming too 2 years now

Not as a Premium though >:C

I want it as a Premium to grind the British tree, hahah. I can’t be bothered with Nelson and its 13 business day reload speed.

@Smin1080p_WT Any Nuclear Escalation news planned for this week?

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I remember that the difference between the DM63 and the DM53 was only an improvement to the propellant, optimizing the safety of the ammunition.

I heard that it DM63 would actually take off like 10mm penetration ingame because of the new propellant

Honestly, Challenger 3 (TD) could perfecly a great 12.7 tank IF Gaijin fixed its reload to 5 seconds like all other Challengers and gave it the DM63 shell it was presented with, removing the tank’s main weakness (ammorack through the mantlet).

Adding all CR2s their missing hull spall liners would help a lot as well.

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There is alot of stuff they could do to fix the CR2s but they wont as they think its already fixed from the one dev blog they did about it which actually didnt do anything

i hope they have an interesting vehicles that they did not tease yet, soo far these devblogs are boring

Literally all the difference is lmao it’s irrelevant for the game

Anymore news for the day?

Shouldn’t take anything off to any meaningful different maybe 5 or less

(I’m just a suggestion moderator guys, I know nothing more than y’all)

Visually it seems like no CM yet, we’ll have to see for when it’s fully added to see if it will get them. Very interesting! (it’s obviously not finished yet).


The prototype IRL didn’t have them built-in, so they would have to added according to the planned designs.

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going by that looking at margins it would be max 6x mav + 2x maybe 4x bombs? (if even because of rocket exhaust)

we’ll see when we can test-fly it in-game.

Apologies for running late. I’ve been busy this past week.

Here are some current rumors about upcoming content that could be coming to the game with the next major update (2.59) 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 third major update of the year usually goes live in September:
2.49 “Tusk Force”- 23 September 2025
2.39 “Dance of Dragons”- 10 September 2024
2.29 “Sons of Attila”- 19 September 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
CA-27
M7 Medium
PLZ45
AW159
F-14D (tech tree)
Ki-93-I Ko
Giulio Cesare
Ar234 B-2 (WB 151)

Confirmed Features
Exocet missiles, AARGM-ER
Rewards for Enemies who leave their vehicles in Ground and Naval
Submodes added to Mode Drop Down Menu in hangar
Improved lineup preset menu
Top-down view in sensor view
Map tooltips
New MFDs for MiG-21, F-104, Mirage F1, F-2/F-1, Ka-52
HMDs for RAH-66, JH-7A2/J11, F-4J/S
Darwin Hill ground battles map
Bomber Survivability rework
MITL for helicopters

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:
Fifth Generation aircraft could come but no sooner than the second half of 2026, according to BVVD (we are in the second half of 2026 now)
RCS modeling for munitions planned for 2026
Fujian, Nimitz, and other carriers (not playable) planned for 2026
More naval vessels planned for Nuclear Escalation
Confirmed, but no timeframe:
Strategic bombers are being considered as event or squadron vehicles
Submarines, confirmed by BVVD, many related files datamined in desktop client, BVVD says the developers are optimistic about progress.
Scouting mechanics and additional weapons for armed UAVs
Regenerative steering public test being considered
RBS-15
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 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: Su-15, Arjun, Takao
Chinese trainer aircraft (L-15?)
More Indonesian ground vehicles coming in September update
AMX-30C2
Rank IX aircraft for Israel
Greek ground vehicle

Nations, Tech Trees and Subtrees
Swiss ground forces for Germany, likely based on the addition of Swiss Air subtree
Malaysia ground forces for Japan, likely based on the addition of Malaysia Air subtree
United Korea tech tree (CM8)
Cyprus going to Israel (CM8)

Game Modes
SEAD and Strategic Bombing/Deep Strike missions for upcoming Aerial Warfare mode (has this been outmoded by Nuclear Escalation???)
Nuclear Escalation could become a permanent game mode with the next major update
Airfield repair/capture mechanic is planned for Nuclear Escalation (no timeframe)

Latest “educated guess” lists:
Remember, these are not official or confirmed. The information also contradicts official statements in some places, and there have been no further updates since this list was initially posted last year.
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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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Didn’t have any crazy upgrades as far as I know

Yeah the dispensers should be here according to NASA’s Elegance in Flight book


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