Season Update 1.17: “Freedom Fighters”

In this update, you can expect to see the following:

• New features: Armor protection view!
• New common American platoon at Rank XI.
• Updated desert camouflage and new top-tier vehicles in the ship and aircraft campaigns' trophies.
• New season of the long-term event with unique vehicles in trophies.
• New season of the Battle Pass.

Read more about the changes in the Freedom Fighters major update in the article below.

New vehicles

Tanks

• M1A1 HC Platoon (Rank XI)
  • M1A1 HC
  • IPM1
  • M1128
  • M247
• Premium VT1-2 Platoon (Rank VII)
  (can be obtained from the Big Trophy container during the Freedom Fighters event)
  • VT1-2
  • Leopard I
  • DF105
  • Marder A1

Important: Due to technical reasons, the VT1-2 tank will only have one gun sight available at the start of the season. Once the bug causing the second gun sight to be jammed has been fixed, the vehicle will be fully functional.

• Premium R3 T106 FA Platoon (Rank VI)
  (can be obtained from the Medium Trophy container during the Freedom Fighters event)
  • R3 T106 FA
  • C13 T90
  • BTR-80A
  • ZSU-57-2

Ships

• German missile frigate Sachsen (Rank VI)
  (standard or premium versions can be obtained from the trophies during the Freedom Fighters event)
• British missile destroyer Type 45 (Rank VI)
  (standard or premium versions can be obtained from the trophies during the Freedom Fighters event)

Aviation

• Japanese J2M5 fighter (Rank VIII)
  (standard and premium versions can be obtained from the trophies during the Freedom Fighters event)
• American B-29A-BN bomber (Rank VIII)
  (standard and premium versions can be obtained from the trophies during the Freedom Fighters event)

Armor protection view

New tabs have appeared in the vehicle hangar in vehicle view mode (the feature works in test mode): Armor and X-ray. The Customization button still directs to the camouflage selection interface.

Armor – displays the thickness of the armor on different parts of the tanks and aircraft. You can use this information to better protect your vehicle and choose the most effective shells by type or penetration to destroy enemy vehicles.

X-Ray – displays the modules of vehicles. You can analyze where important modules are placed to better defend your vehicles or destroy enemy vehicles.

The function of firing at vehicles in the Hangar is currently under development and will appear later in this section, probably by the end of 2025.

Season “Freedom Fighters”

Complete the Freedom Fighters Season combat missions, earn War Bonds and Keys as rewards and unlock trophy containers with valuable prizes for them.

The “Freedom Fighters” season will last from July 3rd to July 31st, 2025.

War Bonds and Keys cannot be used in the next season. After the end of the current season, War Bonds and Keys will be automatically used to open the relevant trophies in random campaigns. If you want to get rewards from a certain campaign, you have to use the War Bonds and Keys yourself before the end of the season, until 10:00 (GMT) on July 31st 2025.

Leaderboards

To get into the campaign leaderboard, you need to fight at least 5 battles using vehicles from the relevant campaign (tank and ship take-offs don't count for access to the Aviation Campaign).

The rating season ends on July 24th, 2025 at 10:00 (GMT). Rewards will be distributed within a few days after the leaderboards are frozen. It’s important to note that rewards may be given out at different times for different leaderboards.

Battle Pass

Complete special tasks, level up your Battle Pass and receive rewards for your completed steps.

When you purchase the VIP pass, you instantly receive premium camouflages on vehicles from the Medium Trophies of the tank and ship campaigns, for one of the aircraft, as well as automatically completing 10 steps from the Battle Pass lineup. If you have already purchased an upgraded BP, the cost of the VIP pass will be reduced.

The unique camouflages are given when you purchase a VIP pass no matter if you have a vehicle.

Other

• The option to view and select ammunition for secondary ground vehicle weapons has been added to the game. These weapons include additional guns and launchers for unguided missiles and ATGMs.
• Battle Pass – “Finish a battle in the aircraft campaign” tasks have been added.
• The system information bar in the lower left corner of the screen has been made more readable. Please do not crop this bar when making screenshots to report bugs or matchmaking issues.
• The seasonal trophy reward system has been changed. For details, please follow the link.
• Big Trophies are now available to unlock from the first day of the new season, rather than after a week.

Announcement

On Friday, July 4th, 2025, no earlier than 10:00 (GMT), the special event “Stars and Stripes” will begin. Take part in the event, complete exciting tasks, and receive great rewards!

You can read more about the event in a special article.

Known issues

• For technical reasons, the VT1-2 tank will only have one gun sight available at the start of the season. Once the bug causing the second gun sight to be jammed has been fixed, the vehicle will be fully functional.
• The Raketenautomat and U-SH 405 tanks will receive a second sight after the sight for the NAR has been adjusted. This is tentatively scheduled for mid-autumn.
• There may be problems logging into the game on iOS 26 beta2 devices. We are already investigating the issue.
• The ATGMS icon is missing from some vehicles in the shell selection menu. This problem will be fixed in upcoming updates.

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