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

Remember when F-4E had Flares vs MiG-21SMT which didnt?

That may be but still:

F-14A / USA was the only nation to have an entirely new mechanic of missiles (ARH/Fox 3) before any other nation and we know it’s because:

  1. Top Gun Maverick release
  2. Testing the waters of ARH mechanics

None of these things are equal to the next generation of IR missiles. Which is what was being asked and why the comparison was the FOX-3 launch.

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Smin, maybe you have a minute or 2 for 2 Boxer Reports?
6 days without label
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/OU9BD7JpvDQS
2 Months without Label
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/Brjwuq9bqpx9

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dont worry there gonna get “accepted” and left for 2 years like all the challenger reports

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The AIM-54 is no where near comparable to the other ARH missiles that came later. The corresponding thing can (sort of) be argued has already happened as well with the IRIS-T and AIM-9X being available as a ground launched versions (on the EldE 98 and NASAMS 3, etc) before the modern IR missiles eventually come to the air launched platforms in a wide release.

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no dev server updates today ?

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i also wonder this

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Is this just unusual wording… I mean, stereo headphones have been around … well… pretty much before personal computers… and even landing on the moon…

Anyone know more details of what this is about?

(wow, the word “Stereo” reads/sounds so vintage nowadays…)

(Is it meaning more like surround sound?)

Maybe because its a Holiday in Russia. well yesterday, but since it was a sunday the Monday is also Holiday

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maybe

@Smin1080p_WT Any info on this?
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/6zqkLwkX24gw
Been 2 months and there’s a ship literally missing a modification to unlock a shell it has.

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it’s visible on the dev server
(the modification always existed, it was just hidden for some reason)

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Fixed on dev.

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Please tell me this time Gaijin will finally fix the armor of the British Crusader tanks in the Ninth Wave major update… They need corrections asap, the armor on all Crusader tanks and variants is extremely inaccurate and incomplete. In a lot of areas the armor is way thinner than it should, and many plates of armor are missing, please fix the armor of the Crusader tanks, they’re in need of those fixes and it has been pending corrections for such a long time. All issue reports on the armor of the Crusader tanks being wrong, have been accepted for years:

This problem with their armor being extremely inaccurate is affecting all Crusader tanks, including Premium Products that players have to pay real money for, like the Crusader Mk. II “The Saint” from the British starter pack and the Crusader AA in the Echoes of Overlord pack! This issue needs to be addressed, even more since part of the vehicle’s affected are premium products, and the Crusader tanks are in need of this fix, something that could be easily fixed.

I can’t see a reason for not addressing this issue, since all crusader tanks share the same hull, and the Crusader II in the tech tree is the same tank as the Premium Crusader II (it just has a different camo). It’s not like fixing the vehicle’s is going to make them overpowered or anything, it would make them actually fair, and play how they should be.

For example, the mantlet on the Crusader Mk. II tanks their mantlet should have 63,5mm to 50.8mm of armor on the sides, and 76.2mm on the center, in War Thunder it’s currently only 30mm, it’s a really substantial difference, and not something that can be simply overlooked, and considered “good enough” as it currently is. Even by just looking at photos of it, you can see it’s clearly more than just 30mm, this problem and many other have all been addressed by the issue reports.

crusader-tank-turret (1)

not to mention the state that all the Crusader tanks are in, with the incomplete and missing pieces all over the vehicle, even on the premium products, the tanks are looking like they’re a dev server wip that haven’t been finished yet, this has to be corrected.

Crusader tanks have the wrong front hull armor

Crusader Mk. II external mantlet wrong thickness

Crusader Mk. II internal mantlet is incomplete

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Have either of these two reports been resolved internally yet?

Derby-ER underperforming in kinetic range // Gaijin.net // Issues

SD-10(A) Incorrect Maximum Speed // Gaijin.net // Issues

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did the dev update today?

no it didnt

aw shucks

Let’s also not forget the missing internal walls for the Crusaders II that should boost its survivability a little further.
Crusader Missing Internal Walls


While we’re at it, it would be nice if the Churchills could get their .5 inch backplates. Even if they are just structural steel, that would still add a few extra millimeters on most of the largest hull surfaces and could possibly catch some spalling depending on how they are modeled.
Churchill Variants Missing Interior 12.7mm Armour Plates


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