Major Technical Update 1.21

Vehicles

Tanks

• The number of points awarded for destroying air targets in tank battles has been increased by 50%.
• Correct operator country flags have been added for the Skink, M4A5, QF 3.7 Ram, and M60 AMBT tanks.
• Challenger Mk.2, Challenger DS, Challenger 2, Challenger 2 TES, Khalid, FV4030/3 – engine power has been increased from 1217 to 1314 hp. The Challenger 2 (2F) will also have 1314 hp when it appears in the game.
• Alternative controls have been added for the BMD-4M, making the vehicle more maneuverable.
• ZSU-57-2 (all versions) – horizontal traverse speed has been changed to 36°/sec.
• KW I C 756 (r) – tank name has been corrected.
• KW I C 756 (r) – the thickness of the central part of the hull front has been increased from 40 to 75 mm. The thickness of the part above and below the gun mantlet has been reduced from 105 to 70 mm.
• Tiger II (all versions) – tank names have been corrected:
  • Tiger II (P) → Tiger II (Nr.1-50);
  • Tiger II (H) → Tiger II;
  • Tiger II (H) Sla.16 → Tiger II (Sla.16).
• Wiesel 1A4, Marder A1, Marder 1A3, KPz-70, MBT-70, Type 87 RCV (P), Leopard 2K – the rate of fire of the 20 mm Rh 202 gun has increased from 800 to 1030 rounds per minute.

Ships

• HMS Centurion, HMS Ajax – a bug in the stat card has been fixed: now all 8 guns on board are counted in the auxiliary calibre damage instead of 7.
• HMS Rodney – a bug in the stat card has been fixed: turning time has been corrected to 33 seconds.
• USS Selfridge – a bug in the stat card has been fixed: the number and fire rate of the anti-aircraft guns has been corrected.
• Ersatz Yorck – bugs in the stat card have been fixed: the correct minimum (138 people) and maximum (1403 people) crew count is now indicated. The number of anti-aircraft guns has also been corrected.
• Baden-Württemberg – a bug in the stat card has been fixed: the correct base fire rate of the main gun is now indicated – 2.8 seconds.
• Arkhangelsk – a bug in the stat card has been fixed: the correct minimum crew size (173 people) is now indicated.
• HMS Vampire, Type 212, Project 903 “Lun” – a bug in the stat cards has been fixed: the correct base minimum crew size (1 person) is now indicated.
• RN Leonardo da Vinci – the main calibre turrets and other objects on the deck are now painted white in the standard camouflage.
• The Harpoon missile model has been updated.
• A bug that caused the ship to become uncontrollable after returning from a reconnaissance aircraft has been fixed.

Aircraft

• Destroying other players' aircraft now earns 25% more points.
• A bug that caused the bomb drop button to remain available when switching to gunner mode in the Aviation Campaign has been fixed.
• The Ki-87 aircraft is now correctly positioned in the Hangar.
• The impact force of HVAR rockets on ground/water targets has been corrected.

Vehicle Optimization

The WTM team regularly optimizes vehicle models and corrects errors in them.

The following vehicle models have been optimized:

• SU-100, SU-100P – the appearance of models at low graphics settings has been improved.
• SS.11, FIM-92 Stinger, Nebelwerfer 42 missiles, RakJPz 2 HOT missiles and containers, Galix, Galix 18, NbK-S-39 smoke grenades – models have been optimised.
• The following bugs in ground vehicle models have been fixed:
• Shturm-S – fixed a bug where one of the wheels remained hanging in the air after the tank had been destroyed.

Locations

• The display of coastlines and surf on all maps with bodies of water has been improved.
• Alaska map:
  • the appearance of the terrain has been improved;
  • a number of flying objects have been “grounded”;
  • the quality of trees has been improved at low graphics settings;
  • sightlines have been fixed – new environment objects have been added to provide more cover in previously open areas.

UI/UX

• Now, if a vehicle is temporarily available for obtaining in the Collector's or Big Trophy, it is displayed in the Tank and Aviation tree with a timer indicating its availability.
• An animation for the main reward of the Operation pass has been added.
• The icon for the Operation pass has been improved.
• The design of the shell type selection buttons in the respawn window has been fixed.
• A bug that caused two tactical maps to be displayed in the aircraft HUD editor has been fixed.
• The layout of the settings window has been improved.
• The display of active and unavailable filters has been improved.
• The text key in the gamepad tooltip in the Tank Campaign has been fixed.
• A bug that caused incomplete Battle Pass and Season tasks to appear as completed and rewards to be unavailable has been fixed.
• A visual bug that caused the consumables purchase window to display a notification about purchasing 0 items has been fixed.

Sound

• Sounds have been added for smoke grenade explosions.
• A bug that caused sound to be missing when switching between settings has been fixed.

Known Issues

• There are no decal editors or decals on some iOS devices.
• On some iOS devices, black graphic artifacts appear during battle.

We wish you victory and a great experience playing War Thunder Mobile (WTM)!