I’ve been trying to get one forever, I remember it going on sale in 2017 but I couldn’t buy it because until then I didn’t have a mode of payment to get it.
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The P-38K is such a rare find, and it’s frustrating when vehicles like this only show up in limited-time events.
Since it’s made a few returns in past sales, there’s still hope that Gaijin might bring it back in another special sale or bundle.
Best bet is to watch the big seasonal events, Summer Sale, Anniversary specials, maybe even the Black Friday deals.
They’ve brought back older premium vehicles before, so fingers crossed we’ll see it again!
May Sale in the Gaijin Store – Includes discounts on bundles and standalone packs, with themed vehicles returning for a limited time.
Big May Sale – Offers discounts on vehicles, modifications, backups, and premium accounts.
P-38K War Thunder Wiki – Lists past events where the P-38K was available, including the 2015 Christmas Sale, 2016 Independence Day Sale, 2017 Summer Sale, and 2018 Winter Sale.
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Thank you Tubby, I hope it appears in the upcoming D-day sale thingy.
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I’ve been wanting the P-38K as well for a while. Hope it won’t be super expensive when it does show up.
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Yeah, it’s rare. I only last saw and bought the P-38K with the T29 as a limited combo premium sale pack back in 2021.
The P-38K Lightning is a beast. It has one of the best climb rates and acceleration speeds of any twin-engined propeller aircraft in-game.
The only downside of it honestly, is that it still uses the earlier variant P-38G airframe and does not have boosters or airbrakes for better controllability at higher speeds, unlike the main tech tree P-38J/L, which is useful for boom and zoom, which is the main viable playstyle of the Lightning.
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I don’t mind it not having the boosted ailerons and airbrakes, that engine power already compelled me, especially watching my P38K teammate 4v1 at 7km. It was the greatest spectacle I’ve seen and it cemented my eagerness to get it more.
Just fly the hornet, literally just a better p-38
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But ITS NOT A P38!!
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Hopefully some day my friend I’ve been praying for it pop up in a sale for awhile. It was always for sale while I was deployed with no interest access, and of course now that I no longer have to worry about that it’s never been back on sale >:(
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P-38 is much better than a Hornet.
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P-38K didn’t appear in the D-day sale.
Oh Gaijin, when will it come? I weep.
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The P38K will appear later at UTC 11:00:00 and will be a GE premium costing 4880 GE. I’ve prayed for times like this and with the effort of grinding out event planes to sell them I can finally get it. Thank you Snail.
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32eur for a P-38 is quite steep…
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With the amount of money to buy it in my currency it costs more than a light grocery run lmao. I’m just glad I grinded the coupons for the Marut and the Kfir C10 to sell them later. If the P38K didn’t appear I would’ve just saved up for the F2G.
Out of morbid curiosity… what is so special about the 38K? I have it, it is just another P38… Now the XP-38G is a broken one lol, but it will never come back
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It’s just special to me in my opinion, I love the P38’s in general and getting the best version (cough P38L you’re still more reliable) to me is a dream come true. I’ve also been trying to get for years now, though I could’ve gotten it way back '21 and '22— I stuck myself just playing germany and barely grinded through the ranks of USA.
XP38G oh man, It’s a shame I was saving up to get it but then the YP38 replaced it. Such a shame.
Very powerful engines.
That’s 1860hp per engine up to a little over 6km. The already very strong P-38L peaks at 1570hp and has a slow dropoff until 7km.
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yeah fighting the p-38k is cancerous, most of them are super passive and stay at 7k where they know you cant do anything to them. if it got boosted ailerons it would probably be 6.3 material
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Just proves they know nothing about it, a well-flown P-38 can dogfight most fighters very effectively.
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Yesterday, me (P38L) and a P51D30 managed to clutch a 2v10. Stats @ the end was me with 4 kills and the P51D got 6. It was amazing. Whole plethora of fighters that could just beat us in any metric and they managed to fumble it.
I’m sure the replay is there somewhere. I was certain that we were about to lose— lo and behold the P51D30 was communicating. Banger plane, banger teammate.
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