The Dev Server is Opening with Major Update “Ninth Wave”! — 16.03.2026 (Dev Server is CLOSED)

Updated lines 04.03.2026:

Vehicles:

  • S-61

  • RN Saetta (Premium)


Locations:

  • A bug where terrain was missing on vertical surfaces in Air Battles locations has been fixed.


Ground vehicle model (…)

  • Leclerc (all variants), Type 90 (all variants), Type 10 (all variants) — the horizontal turret drive module model has been reworked and now includes the turret basket.
  • Leclerc (all variants) — a new FCS module has been added.
  • T-72A, T-72M1 and derivatives — the hull armor geometry has been corrected, the angles of some parts have been adjusted. Some of the hull elements, including the roof, are now made with volumetric armor. The armor type of the 16 mm armor plate welded on the UFP has been changed from RHA to HHA.
  • TSPYDER — the I-Derby ER missile and the corresponding modification have been added. (Report).
  • THo-Ni I — a 4th crew member, a loader, has been added.

Aircraft:
  • EC-665 Tiger UHT — pods with 2x PARS 3 LR ATGMs have been added.
  • Yak-141 — R-73 missiles and the corresponding modification have been added. The R-60M modification has been moved from tier III to tier I.
  • TBF-1C — a bug that caused two identical Mk.13-6 Case Torpedo torpedoes to show up in the Secondary Weapon menu has been fixed.
  • Typhoon FGR.4, Typhoon (AESA) — Enhanced Paveway 2 Mk.13 laser-guided bombs have been added. (Report).
  • Typhoon FGR.4, EF-2000, F-2000A — unguided suspended bomb armament no longer requires modifications to be unlocked. All laser-guided bombs are combined under the LGBU modification at modification tier II. The LJDAM modification has been moved from tier II to tier III in the modifications window after the LGBU modification. Silver Lions and Golden Eagles spent on the removed modifications have been refunded.

Flight model:
  • J-10C — the engine has been replaced with the WS-10B one.

Economy and research

  • The links between the following three pairs of vehicles at rank I and II have been removed: Pz.38(t) F and Pz.Sp.Wg.P204(f) KwK 39/1; SARC MkIVa and SARC MkVI (2pdr); AMC.35 (ACG.1) and AMD.35 (PaK).

06.03.2026

The following changes have been made to the White Rock Fortress location with the latest Dev server update:

  • Access on top of the ravelins has been blocked, as they made it too easy to control the southern team’s spawn points.
  • The terrain along line A and along lines 1 and 7 has been reworked to eliminate safe flanking routes to the northern team’s spawn points.
  • The ruined sections of the walls in grid square E4 have been modified, and the height of the cover at the southern team’s right spawn has been increased to block a long sightline and improve spawn defense.

11.03.2026

Vehicles

USA

  • F-16CM PoBIT
  • B-24D-25-CO — detailed cockpit has been added.

USSR

  • MiG-29M (9-15) (Squadron Vehicle)

Great Britain

  • F/A-18F (Australia)
  • Blenheim Mk.IV — exterior visual model has been updated.

Italy

  • Fw 190 F-8 (Hungary)

Germany

  • sWaTrgInf
  • Sd.Kfz.234/2 Biene (Premium)

USSR

  • T-50 — the model has been updated.

Great Britain

  • GBT 155 (Pack)
  • AS90 Mk.2

Italy

  • Centauro II (P)

Sweden

  • T-50 (Finland) (Premium)

Ground Vehicle model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

  • Leclerc (all variants) — new FCS and power electronics modules have been added.

Aircraft and helicopter model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

Weaponry

  • Two separate signals are now used by ESA radars to search and to track targets when in TWS mode. As a result, just like in a hard lock, it is now possible to track targets above the horizon with any radial velocity, and targets below the horizon with lower radial velocities are now trackable.
  • JAS39E — the number of missiles on the 3x AIM-120C-5 icon has been corrected. (Report).
  • JAS39E — the 2x AIM-120C-5 missiles which are available without researching any modifications are now located under the belly of the aircraft and not on the wings as to not block the use of other weaponry.
  • F-15E — the GBU-24 Paveway III bomb has been replaced with the EGBU-24B Paveway III. GBU-39 bombs no longer require a separate modification and are unlocked with the JDAM modification. Silver Lions and Golden Eagles spent on the removed modification have been refunded. The JDAM modification has been moved from tier II research to tier I research. GBU-62 LJDAM-ER and GBU-54B LJDAM bombs and the LJDAM modification have been added.
  • F-15I Ra’am — the GBU-24 Paveway III bomb has been replaced with the EGBU-24B Paveway III. GBU-62 LJDAM-ER and GBU-54B LJDAM bombs and the corresponding modification have been added. Unguided bombs no longer require any modifications. All satellite-guided bombs are now unlocked with the JDAM modification at modification tier I. Silver Lions and Golden Eagles spent on the removed modifications have been refunded. The GBU-15 modification has been moved from modification tier IV to modification tier III.
  • F-16C, F-16AM (France) — GBU-62 LJDAM-ER and GBU-54B LJDAM bombs and the corresponding modification have been added. Unguided munitions no longer require any modifications. All satellite-guided bombs are now unlocked with the JDAM modification at tier III. The modification to unlock GBU-39 glide bombs has been moved from modification tier I to tier IV. All laser-guided bombs are now unlocked with the LGBU modification at tier II. Modifications AGM-65D and AGM-65G have been moved to modification tiers III and IV respectively. Silver Lions and Golden Eagles spent on the removed modifications have been refunded.
  • F-16AM (Sweden) — GBU-62 LJDAM-ER and GBU-54B LJDAM bombs and the corresponding modification have been added.
  • Tornado GR.4 — Enhanced Paveway 2 Mk.13 laser-guided bombs have been added. (Report).
  • Harrier GR.7, Harrier T.10 — Enhanced Paveway 2 Mk.13 laser-guided bombs have been added. Source: AP101B-0607-15B Harrier GR Mk 7 and GR Mk 7A Aircrew Manual Book 2 - Operations.
  • BV 138 C-1 — the ammunition capacity for the defensive 20 mm MG 151 cannons has been reduced from 1000 and 900 to 500 rounds per barrel. Source: BV 138 B-1 und C-1.- Bedienungsvorschrift-Wa.- Schusswaffenanlage.

Damage Model and Xray

  • Su-30 (all variants), Su-27 (all variants), Su-33, J-11, J-11B, BO 105 (all variants), HKP9 (all variants)****, OH-58D (all variants), FR-1 Fireball, MiG-29 (all variants**)****,** F-5 (all variants), AH-6M, XF5U-1, Ka-29 — detailed damage model has been added.

Flight Model changes:

  • BV 138 C-1 — the flight model has been updated. An automatic flap retraction mechanism has been added. Combat flaps position has been added. Sources: D (Luft) T 2138 BV 138 B-1 und C-1.- Flugzeug-Handbuch. Bd. 9. Teil 9C. Druckölanlage; D (Luft) T 2138 BV 138 B-1 und C-1.- Flugzeug-Handbuch. Teil 1. Flugzeug-Kurzbeschreibung.
  • Fw 189 A-1 — the flight model has been updated. An automatic flap retraction mechanism has been added. Source: D (Luft) T 2650 Fw 189 A-1 (mit Motor As 410 und Argus-Verstell-Luftschraube).- Kurzbetriebsanleitung.

Naval Visual models and visual parts:

  • Large shell impact effects and burned-out areas on ships have been redesigned.

Other

  • Enemy projectile tracers are now more visible when approaching a player’s ship.
  • An issue of weak highlighting of the projectile impact trajectory in Arcade Battles in cloudy weather has been fixed.

Interface

  • The crew training window has been updated. It now shows the X-ray of the current vehicle and the parts of it, which are affected by the selected skill category are now highlighted.

Graphical

  • Visual effects for vegetation destruction have been improved.
  • A bug where small-caliber bullets would not produce impact effects on wooden materials on boats has been fixed.
  • FPS limiter options for battles and the hangar have been added, players can access this via Options > Graphics.
  • Support for DLSS 4.5 has been added.
  • Non-ray tracing static and dynamic shadows have been improved. They are now smoother, more readable and have less aliasing artifacts.
  • Support for DLSS ray reconstruction technology, which significantly improves the image with ray tracing, has been added.
  • An option to enable decal reflections in ray-traced reflections has been added.
  • All Xbox consoles can now have VSync disabled. If disabled, the game will either run with unlocked FPS at the cost of screen tearing, or use VRR, if supported by the monitor or TV.
  • Ray Tracing features now use less video memory, which can improve RT performance, especially on systems with 6-8 GB of VRAM.

13.03.2026

Ground Vehicles

  • Type 61 — the model has been updated.

Location

  • American Desert — an unintended position in grid square F1 has been blocked. (Report).

Ground Vehicle model (…)

  • Various motion-related animations have been added to crews of open-top ground vehicles, including reactions to driving over uneven terrain, acceleration, braking, and turning.
  • Animations for some external elements have been added for the following vehicles:
    • M1 KVT — front rubber screens with the VISMOD installed
    • Challenger 2 (2F)/TES/OES — grill armor on the rear of the tank
    • Merkava Mk.4B/LIC/4M — side screens
    • T-80U/B/BVM/UK/U-E1/ UM2/UD — rubber side screens, rubber screens on the lower front plate, and front mudguards
    • Leopard 2A7V/2A7HU/2 PSO/2A6/2A5 — mudguards and part of the side screens
    • Leopard 2 PL/2A4M — rear mudguards
    • Strv 122/122 PLSS/122 B+ — part of the side screens
  • Leclerc (all variants), MSC, Ariete (all variants) , Centauro I 120, Centauro RGO — F1 high-explosive fragmentation shell has been added.
  • VT4 — the Type 1985-I APFSDS shell is now available without researching any modifications. Silver Lions and Golden Eagles spent on purchasing the removed modification have been refunded.
  • Scimitar — the armor scheme has been refined, and part of the hull and turret armor has been converted to volumetric armor.
  • KV-1 (ZiS-5) — the main armor of the hull and turret has been converted to volumetric armor.
  • SPz 12-3 LGS, Raketenautomat — the lower glacis plate thickness has been increased from 20 mm to 30 mm. The upper side thickness has been increased from 15 mm to 20 mm. The fender bottom thickness has been decreased from 15 mm to 5 mm. The upper rear thickness has been decreased from 20 mm to 8 mm. The lower rear thickness has been decreased from 20 mm to 15 mm. The hull roof thickness has been decreased from 10 mm to 8 mm. The hull bottom which used to be 11 mm thick is divided into two parts: a 20 mm thick front section and an 8 mm thick rear section. 5 mm thick armor partitions have been added, separating the engine compartment from the fighting and staging compartments. The sloping part of the roof has been separated from the horizontal section and is now 30 mm thick. 8 mm thick internal armor has been added below the turret ring. Sources: Schützenpanzer SPz HS 30.- Technik, Logistik Bd. 13 Technische Beschreibung, Technische Zeichnungen, Fotografien (Erprobung und Fertigung), Stellungnahmen; Bedienungsanleitungen für Schützenpanzerwagen HS30.
  • Pz.IV J (all variants) — a bug where the gun aiming speed decreased after the battery charge was depleted has been fixed. (Report).
  • T-50, BT-5, RBT-5, BT-7 (all variants) , T-26 (all variants) — a bug where the gun aiming speed decreased after the battery charge was depleted has been fixed.
  • T-35 — a bug where the aiming speed of the 45 mm guns decreased after the battery charge was depleted has been fixed.
  • M14/41 (all variants) , M15/42 — the roles of the crew members in the turret have been adjusted, the gunner has been replaced by a loader, and the gun is now aimed by the commander. (Report).
  • Churchill VII, Churchill Crocodile — transmission gear ratios have been adjusted. (Report). Maximum speed has been increased from 20.4 km/h to 21.7 km/h. (Report).
  • 35 mm Oerlikon KDA cannon (all variants) — firing accuracy has been decreased by ~15%. (Report).
  • M247 — engine smoke generator (ESS) has been added. (Report).
  • Vijayanta, Vickers Mk.1 — 10 mm armor partition between the crew and engine compartment has been added.
  • AMX-30 S DCA — ESS has been removed.
  • Strv m/41 S-II — the thickness of hull floor has been increased from 5 mm to 8 mm. (Report). Vehicle mass has been decreased from 10.9 tons to 10.5 tons. (Report).

Aircraft and helicopter model (…)

  • F/A-18C Late, F/A-18E — AGM-84H SLAM-ER guided missile has been added.
  • A32A, A32A Röd Adam — the ability to equip the countermeasure pod under the left wing has been removed. Maximum total mass of secondary weapons has been increased from 1855 kg to 2050 kg, maximum mass of secondary weapons under each of the wings has been reduced from 1500 kg to 1000 kg. (Report).
  • F/A-18E — GBU-62 LJDAM-ER bombs can now be used from the outer wing pylons, and GBU-64 LJDAM-ER bombs can no longer be used from these pylons. AIM-120D missiles and a corresponding modification have been added. The AIM-7P and AIM-120B modifications have been removed. Silver Lions and Golden Eagles spent on purchasing the removed modifications will be refunded. The AIM-7P and AIM-120B missiles have been removed from presets and are now unlocked with the AIM-120C modification. The AIM-9M modification has been moved to modification research tier I, and the AIM-120C modification has been moved to research tier II.
  • F/A-18C Late — all bombs with satellite guidance are now unlocked by the JDAM modification at tier I of modification research. Silver Lions and Golden Eagles spent on purchasing the removed modifications have been refunded. AGM-62A Walleye II ER/DL bomb and a corresponding modification have been added.
  • Baz Meshupar — unguided bombs no longer require any modifications. All satellite-guided bombs are now unlocked with the JDAM modification on tier I of modification research. GBU-8 modification has been moved from tier IV to tier II of modification research. Silver Lions and Golden Eagles spent on the removed modification have been refunded. SPICE 1000 and SPICE 2000 guided bombs have been added (Report).
  • F-15I Ra’am — the GBU-24 Paveway III bomb has been replaced with the EGBU-24B Paveway III. GBU-62 LJDAM-ER and GBU-54B LJDAM bombs and the corresponding modification have been added. SPICE 1000 guided bombs have been added. (Report). SPICE 250 guided bombs have been added. The maximum number of SPICE 2000 guided bombs has been reduced from 6 to 5. (Report). Unguided bombs no longer require any modifications. All satellite-guided bombs are now unlocked with the JDAM modification at modification tier I. Silver Lions and Golden Eagles spent on the removed modifications have been refunded. The GBU-15 modification has been moved from modification tier IV to modification tier III.
  • Sea Hurricane Mk.IC — the 20 mm cannon ammunition has been reduced from 500 rounds to 360 rounds. Source: Hurricane IIC Aircraft Data Sheet.
  • Hurricane Mk.IIB/Trop — the 7.7 mm machine gun ammunition capacity has been reduced from 4,200 rounds to 3,960 rounds. Source: Hurricane IIB Aircraft Data Sheet.
  • Hurricane Mk.I (all variants) — the 7.7mm machine gun ammunition has been reduced from 2,800 rounds to 2,672 rounds. Sources: Hurricane I Aircraft Data Sheet, Hurricane IIA Aircraft Data Sheet.
  • PB4Y-2 (all variants) — back turret ammunition capacity has been increased from 800 to 2,000 rounds, side turret ammunition capacity has been increased from 800 to 1,000 rounds, and dorsal turret ammunition capacity has been increased from 760 to 800 rounds. Source: PB4Y-2 Privateer Standard Aircraft Characteristics - 15 August 1948.

Damage model (…)

  • Su-30 (all variants), Su-27 (all variants), Su-33, J-11, J-11B, BO 105 (all variants), HKP9 (all variants)****, OH-58D (all variants), FR-1 Fireball, MiG-29 (all variants**)**,** F-5 (all variants), AH-6M, XF5U-1, Ka-29,** Hawk 200 (all variants) — detailed damage model has been added.

Flight Model

  • Tu-14T — the takeoff weight has been increased, and the fuel tank capacity has been increased. Source: Самолет Ту-14. Техническое описание. Книга 1. Основные.
  • **I-15 WR **— the takeoff weight and fuel tank capacity has been reduced. Source: Техническое описание самолета И-15 с мотором Райт-Циклон F-3, винт завода №28.

Naval Fleet model (…)

  • Vauquelin — a bug that caused depth charges to be fired from both sides at once has been fixed. Now they are fired from the side where the player’s camera is facing. (Report).
  • HMS Prince of Wales — a bug that caused some of the secondary caliber turrets to aim too low has been fixed. (Report).

Naval modifications and crew skills:

  • RN Armando Diaz — torpedo mode modification has been added. (Report).

  • USS Hoquiam — the shapes of the fuel tanks, the locations of the transmission, radio room and ammo magazines have been corrected.

  • HMS Centurion — a bug that caused the upper part of the main caliber elevators in the barbettes to lack a damage model has been fixed.

  • USS Iowa — a bug that caused one of the armor elements of the stern barbette to be transparent on the inner side has been fixed.

Naval Visual (…)

  • HMS Brissenden — a bug that caused the engines to highlight incorrectly in the X-ray has been fixed. (Report).
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When will Type 10’s steering be fixed? It’s been over 5 years since it’s been broken!

Every major update, I check the patch notes in hopes of seeing a fix, but it’s never there.

Just one of the more recent “accepted” reports; Community Bug Reporting System

Even some YouTubers and modders have managed to fix it for making demonstrations on how it should turn; it only takes changing two numbers in the code! How can it possibly be taking this long? It’s starting to feel intentional.

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yessir, cannot wait for this to come

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Is the changes to power planned to be adjusted?

These two changes that have been in the waitlist for some time is very good news.
Shame that:

They did this…

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can sombady go to the dev sever and show me all the loadout of the Gripen D plase?

@Piciu713 @Smin1080p_WT

What happend to Tiger UHT plans 😢
Not finding anything.

It cant be that hard to give the Tiger UHT the essentialy same loadout as the Tiger HAC

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Thanks for implementing my reports

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will done snail !!

i can’t wait to try them my issue always was with sounds !
i think my headphones are stereo headphones

Still no SC 2500 added for He 177 :(

Edit:
this changes are awesome and give a lot of info wow will done snail
bild

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Why is the separate screen not available when using the B scope?

Does that means that the J-10C isn’t going to receive the WS-10 engine this update but just the PL-12A?

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Vickers GBT 155 rate of fire seems to be way slower then what was suggested by Vickers documents?

10 seconds “best” reload for the ready rack when it could fire 3 rounds in 13 seconds and intense (in game sustain reality lol) a 10 second reload after that.

Currently way slower on both sides of that equation. 13 seconds on the ready rack per shot, and 18 seconds(?) after that. Stock reload ofc, when ace crew it goes to 10 seconds ready rack and im not sure for after that, but still worse then the 6 rpm of the document.

Is this changing or need a bug report?

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Ah, ok thanks.

I missed it in the changelog

US top tier uncooked?

Does this include the J20 as well?

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Ooooooh

ACLOS?

With a BR increase to 14.7 right?

Is that it, is that all the Typhoon reports you could be bothered to fix?

Nothing for the Harrier of course

The Patton family of vehicles really just ping-pong their gun handling characteristics every few years don’t they?

M47 went from good gun depression, to atrocious, to good again.

M47 went from average turret traverse, to incredibly fast, to average, to incredibly fast again.

M46 has went from decently fast turret traverse, to mediocre, to now decently fast again.

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In the whole update, I’m most curious about those points.

Could it actually be that the Stormer HVM becomes useful?!?

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Dude finally
Now just add this to literally every top tier plane

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From Discord discussion. It might need work