Updated Planned Battle Rating Changes (April 2026)

i thought about 12.3 to make a lineup to the currently 2a5NL but 12.0 also fits well for then

La-7
2026-04-22 20_32_48-War Thunder
4.7 (RB) → 5.0 (RB)

Reason:

  • Faster than a Bf 109 K-4 on the deck
  • Beats Fw 190 A-8 in every metric other roll rate and is basically a more manuverable D-9 with worse high alt performance
  • Armament is still absolutley deadly (actually at the moment you don’t need any other armament against any target)
  • La-7 B-20 is already 5.0, while the third gun doesn’t make it any better with how hard a single already hits.

Even 5.0 seems kinda unfair compared to 4.0 planes.

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Ground realistic

Scimitar
7.7 → 7.3

its too slow for light tank. Yeah, its has pretty good gun (for light tank), but when you have Fox, there 0 reasons to use it. Fox fast enough to attack sides, but Scimtar not.

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Oh I am better. Go look back, I warned and I mean WARNED people the T58 was going to break the game, it is so OP, I’d be stupid not to buy it.

Of course I used it a bunch and made it worth the cost.

Vehicle: HF-24

BR: 9.0 → 8.7

Reason: If this didnt have a air spawn it would be worse then most of the 8.3 planes, even with a air spawn at 8.7 it will be mostly mid. You cant even bomb a entire base in ARB so not sure what this plane is meant to do. If it is to stay 9.0 at least give it Aim-9Bs.

Split it up into 1 recommendation per post.

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At that point just give it the 20mm apfsds so the 20mm can finally be useful…

Air Realistic
Su-24M
11.3->11.0
4 all aspect r60s == 11.3??
Not particularly fast, even though it has variable geometry. Huge target for cannons

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People just don’t love the Lavochkins because they are busy abusing the yaks.

So yeah, the Lavochkins could maybe see a 0.3 BR increase

IMO the only correctly placed 190 are the A-1, D-9, D-12, D-13, F-8

the 4.0 and 4.3 190s could make some nice 3.3 - 3.7 company for the 410s and 110s, since those BRs don’t have any fighters.

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The Italian P40 and P40 “G.C. Leoncello” from 3.3 to 3.7 in Ground Arcade. These tanks have great armor, mobility, and sufficient penetration shells with insane post-pen damage. Since many current 3.3 and 3.7 vehicles are being moved up in this update, leaving the P40 at 3.3 would make them too dominant. They definitely belong at 3.7.

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Ground realistic

Buccaneer S.2
9.3 → 9.0
The only good thing about the Buccaneer is its bombs. It’s a bomber, even though it’s classified as a cas. At 10.3, there’s a good chance of getting hit by AA but at 10.0, that risk decreases, which is why it makes sense to use the Buccaneer as a bomber in Ground RB. It’s too sensitive to uptier, because even around 9.3 it feels heavy.

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Ground realistic

Valentine I
2.7 → 2.3
In the 2-pounder variant, the Valentine doesn’t make much sense because there’s already the Valentine XI on this BR with a 75mm gun and the better-armored Matilda. This will at least give some reason to choose this one.

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Su-24 so big i could hit it with a BB gun from 2km

Ground realistic

FV721 Fox
8.0 → 7.7

Fox suffers from poor turret rotation and the wheels. Yes, the wheels - on any open map, the terrain is almost always uneven, and any bump or pebble sends the Fox flying into the air, breaking its wheels or flipping it over. And any loss of a second in this situation can be fatal.

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Please don’t create arguments in this thread. There will be lots of comments as it is so the feedback will take longer to go through if people bicker on each BR change they want.

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but but but my pointless internet arguments

Psst… Maybe the ±1.0 BR spread matchmaker isn’t helping with current WT compression.

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Maybe you should play it before suggesting balancing it?
U have 0 battles on MMK/MK2

maybe you should see what the Su-30MKs are doing to the 12.3 - 14.3 bracket

Was gunna buy the turm 3 next sale but now its 8.7 it only has 1 other ground vic to put with.

Guess thats £ saved. Lucky dodge. Kinda makes me not want to buy anything as one minute you had a good line up aaaaand it gone

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