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War Thunder Update 1.57 "Battle March"

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War Thunder Update 1.57 "Battle March"

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<r>War Thunder Update 1.57 "Battle March"<br/>
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Aircraft<br/>
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Vehicle graphical model updates<br/>

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  • </s>Spitfire Mk.XVI - model has been updated.</LI>

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  • </s>Swordfish - model has been updated.</LI>

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New Locations and missions<br/>
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New Locations and Missions<br/>

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  • </s>New winter location “Volokolamsk” for combined battles, game modes: “Battle”, “Conquest”, “Domination”.</LI>

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  • </s>New winter location “Frozen Pass” for combined battles, game modes:  “Battle”, “Conquest”, “Domination”.</LI>

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Changes in Locations and Missions<br/>

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  • </s>A village area on the central part of the location “Kursk” and on the river bank has been added.</LI>
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Damage Model<br/>

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  • </s>Damage inflicted by HE-F ammunition (including APHE ammo and rockets for ground vehicles) is now calculated more accurately according to explosive type and weight.</LI>
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Ground vehicles performance changes<br/>

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  • </s>M6A1: maximum power value for Wright G-200 engine has been corrected: from 960 HP to 800 HP. According to: TM 9-721 “Heavy Tanks M6 and M6A1''. Catalogue of Standard Ordnance Items, Second Edition, 1944. Volume I. Office of the Chief of Ordnance Technical Division.</LI>

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  • </s>VK4501 (P): Maximum speed value has been corrected:  from 33 km/h tо 35 km/h.  Turret rotation speed has been changed  from 7,5 degrees per second to 8 degrees per second. According to: ''Panzer Tracts - Panzerkampfwagen VI P (Sd.Kfz.181)''; ''Der Panzerkampfwagen Tiger und seine Abarten</LI>

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Armament Changes<br/>

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  • </s>Matilda: depression angle values have been corrected: -20/20 according to Tank Infantry Mark II and IIA, 1940 Edition</LI>

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  • </s>M19: depression angle values have been corrected: -5/+85 according to FM 44-62, 1947. Twin 40-mm Gun Motor Carriage M19</LI>

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  • </s>T-34-100: depression angle values have been corrected: -3/+18 according to «Отечественные Бронированные Машины. XX век. Том 2, 1941-1945» </LI>

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  • </s>HE filler mass value has been corrected for the following 100mm ammo: BR-412 (65 gr), BR-412B (65 gr), BR-412D (61 gr.). According to: «Таблицы Стрельбы 100-мм зенитной пушки КС-19 по Наземным Целям»</LI>

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Changes in Flight Models<br/>

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Interface<br/>

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  • </s>Choice of vehicles in a battle has been updated and improved.</LI>

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  • </s>Display ranges of the battle zones on the map and minimap have been increased.</LI>

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  • </s>New sounds for Ho-301 air cannon.</LI>

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  • </s>New sounds for the engine of the M18 “Hellcat”.</LI>

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  • </s>Environmental sounds in ground battles has been improved and expanded.</LI>

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  • </s>New sounds for hits and ricochets depending on the type of shells involved in ground battles.</LI>

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  • </s>PS4: The sound in voice chat has been improved.</LI>

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Miscellaneous<br/>

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  • </s>Dynamic light sources for effects of explosions, shell hits, launching of rockets and catching fire have been added.</LI>

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  • </s>Possibility of using aerobatic smoke of different colours for wings and tail (three coloured aerobatic smoke for those that have Thunder League Dog Tag) <br/>
    Can be turned on in: Menu > Game Options > Aerobatic Smoke Type > Tricolor. </LI>

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Research and Economy<br/>

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  • </s>Changed position in research for the following German armoured vehicles and self-propelled guns:<LIST><s>
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    • </s>Pz 35 (t), Pz 38 (t) Ausf. A and F moved to the top of the research tree for armoured SPG’s ahead of the Stug Ausf. A without BR changes. </LI>

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    • </s>SPG Jagdpanzer 38 (t) moved to the 3rd rank in the research tree for armoured German SPG’s before the Jagdpanzer IV without BR changes. </LI>

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Game mechanics<br/>

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  • </s>In arcade battles with ground vehicles the physical multipliers for arcade have been adjusted as follows:<LIST><s>
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    • </s>Reduction of 10% of the main drive ratio, which increases the maximum forward and reverse speed by 10%.</LI>

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    • </s>Engine power has been increased by 10% relative to 1.55.</LI>

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    • </s>Rate of the turn of the turret has been decreased by 30% and the speed of gun elevation has been changed.</LI>

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  • </s>New replacement mechanics of the last remaining crew member for ground vehicles has been added - currently for RB and SB mode only.</LI>

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