Welcome to the 168th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition! Thanks for submitting your screenshots last week! This week, your screenshots can be taken anywhere so long as they include a body of water, including lakes and rivers. The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below! Let’s begin the 168th edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen168. You have time until the 25th of April to submit your screenshot.After that date, 6 winners will be selected (3 of which will be the highest rated by the community and 3 selected by our judges), each of which receive a reward of 300GE. How to Participate![steamcommunity.com]
Terms:
- Your screenshot must include a body of water and a player vehicle.
- You must add the #WTscreen168 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).
- Artists may only win by popular vote once per four screenshot competitions.
Easter is the main holiday in the Christian calender, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is observed on different dates in both Catholic and Orthodox traditions, but this year those dates coincide on April 20th.
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Today we’ll be taking a look at the main reward in the Eye in the Sky vehicle event that started today: the Israeli Meteor FR Mk.9! Meteor FR Mk.9: An Event Vehicle Jet Fighter for Israel at Rank V At a glance:
The War Thunder Championships Series (WTCS) starts now! The first Major of Season I is none other than the Titan 5x5 Realistic Battles (with markers), a mixed format that brings together some of the most modern vehicles in the game. Whether you’re a seasoned pilot or tank fan, this tournament is for you! You’ll need to create a versatile roaster of 8 players and come up with the best strategies on each map. Without further ado, let’s check out the lineup, maps, date and prize for this first Major! Tournament Dates After each Open qualifier, four teams will qualify for the Play-Off phases. For more information, be sure to check out the 
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Vasily Matsievich was born on April 13th, 1913. He fought in the Second World War as a squadron commander and shot down 16 enemy aircraft and won another 6 aerial victories as part of a group. For his exemplary performance, he was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Towards the end of the war on February 20th 1945, Matsievich received the Spitfire Mk IX and participated in Soviet testing for it. The Spitfire Mk IXc (USSR) is temporarily available for Golden Eagles! This Spitfire is available for 6,090 Golden Eagles. 
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April 12th, 1961 was a historical date. On this day, humans made the first space flight. In honor of Yuri Gagarin’s flight, April 12th was already established as Cosmonautics Day in the USSR in 1961, and in 2011 the UN called for this date to be celebrated as International Day of Human Space flight. Get the “Cosmonautics Day 2025” decal! You can get this themed decal for this day!When: From April 11th (10:00 GMT) until April 14th (10:00 GMT).
Vehicles from many countries have been in the spotlight for our events, and now it’s Israel’s turn! For playing in air battles, you can get the Israeli Meteor FR Mk.9 jet fighter as well as themed decals and other rewards.
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The sounds of the first tanks and aircraft engines from The Great War gradually fade away now, but even after the end of this large-scale war, the need for resources and support on the battlefield has not gone away! The infantry backpack, an essential attribute to any infantryman, is filled with valuable rewards from past War Thunder events and handy consumables. 
This article goes over some points from the VFX team about the improvements made to Ray Tracing technologies in the Hornet’s Sting update.As promised at the end of last year, work on making Ray Tracing better doesn’t stop! First up, Ray Tracing is now enabled on all PCs, regardless of GPU Vendor. AMD Radeon and Intel Arc users can now enjoy all RT features. We’re still working to make RT available on Xbox Series and PlayStation 5 consoles.By making several changes in the code, we’ve significantly improved RT performance.
Each month we share information about accounts that have been banned for cheating or for violating the TOS. We thank you for actively reporting players who aren’t playing by the rules: it really helps us! You can use the battle replay function on our website to report players who you suspect have violated the game’s Terms of Service and the License Agreement. 
Today, we’ve rounded up and will be going over some of the bug fixes and improvements that we’ve made to the game today and over the past few weeks. If you’d like to catch up on every fixed bug, then be sure to check out 
April 9th is traditionally observed in the Philippines as a national memorial day known as Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor). This day commemorates the fall of the Bataan Peninsula to Japanese forces in 1942. For nearly four months, the defenders of the peninsula held off enemy attacks despite being starved, short of ammunition and low on manpower. For Filipinos, their feat is a shining symbol of valor and selflessness. 
In honor of this day, we’ve prepared a special video from the Moments of Valor series, as well as an exclusive bundle with premium vehicles and unique camouflages created by the War Thunder Live community. This bundle is available at a 50% discount in the Gaijin store until April 16th (6:00 GMT). Vehicle owners can purchase camouflages separately for Golden Eagles. During the same time period, the F-86F-35 Sabre Skyblazers and Stuart VI (5th CAD) are available to purchase for Golden Eagles on all platforms.
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In honor of Alexander Ovechkin’s historic achievement of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal scoring record, we’re launching a special event for all hockey fans!Get unique decals, the “Callsign “Hockey Player”” profile icon and celebrate this incredible moment with us!
Hey everyone, we’re glad to be back with another set of historical decals! We hope you collected everything you were interested in during March, and that the selection for April is similarly appealing. This month, we have quite a varied selection of emblem types — if you’d like to submit an emblem for consideration for future monthly events, make a post on the forum and we’ll take a look!
