War Thunder 2.43.0.87 Update Out Now, Patch Notes

War Thunder is a free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer game developed and published by Gaijin Entertainment. Announced in 2011, it was first released in November 2012 as an open beta with a worldwide release in January 2013; its official release was on 21 December 2016. The developer has released a new update for War Thunder, increasing the gameplay. Check out War Thunder 2.43.0.87 update patch notes down below.

War Thunder 2.43.0.87 Update Patch Notes

Aircraft

• Tu-2S-44, Tu-2S-44 (China), Tu-2S-59 — the M44 bombs have been replaced with the M43, with more explosives.
• A-7K — the weight of the secondary weapons has been increased. (Report).
• Mirage 2000-5F — Mirage 2000-5F — a bug where the HMD wasn’t being displayed when the pilot’s head was turned away from the sights at small angles has been fixed. (Report).
• F-8E, F-8E(FN) — EEGS (unsynchronized shooting) has been added.
• Matra R550 Magic 2 — engine operating time and total thrust have been clarified. Operating time has been reduced from 2.2 to 2s, total thrust has been increased from 55,000 N to 55,900 N. Source: Solid propellant rocket motor manufacturer website www.bayernchemie-protac.com

Ground Vehicles

• MIM-146 — the burn time has been changed from 2s to 3.17s while maintaining total thrust impulse. (Report).
• MIM-146 — missile autopilot has been updated, trajectory sway has been reduced. Rocket dynamics have been updated.

Naval Vessels

• RN Duilio — the thickness of aft casemate armor belt has been increased from 20 to 70 mm.
• Nurnberg — the display of main caliber ammunition in the ship’s X-ray has been fixed.
• HMS Spey — elevation angles of the 40 mm Bofors 90 mounts have been reduced to 85 degrees.
• A bug where on some vehicles it was possible to buy and accordingly take into battle fewer shells than were in the ammunition has been fixed.
• For playability reasons, the following naval weapons have been stabilized:
  • “Plamya” 30 mm automatic grenade launcher
  • 57 mm Type 97 mod. 1937 gun
  • 75 mm anti-aircraft Type 88 gun
  • 76 mm/40 F-34 gun
  • 85 mm/54.6 ZIS-S-53 gun

Interface

• A bug where the hit analysis could show shells that were not in the feed has been fixed.

Other

• The delay for sending messages to the in-game chat has been reduced: for unique messages the delay is 2 seconds, for repeating messages the delay is 5 seconds.