War Thunder 2.33.0.156 Update Out Now, Patch Notes

Tuna Han

March 7, 2024

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 2.33.0.156 update patch notes down below.

War Thunder 2.33.0.156 Update Patch Notes

From the Roadmap

• The Severe Damage mechanic carried over from the previous Roadmap has now been added to all gamemodes for aircraft.

Ground Vehicles

• A bug with the gun stabilizer which caused them work with a delay when moving the gun horizontally in the rear hemisphere has been fixed.
• VT-4A1, Black Night — a bug causing the APS launchers to sometimes make an extra rotation when activated has been fixed.
• A bug where leaving a fighter during an air event in Ground Arcade Battles caused ground vehicle markers to appear to a spectating player has been fixed.

Aircraft

• F-111A — missing limitation on wing folding when attaching underwing 20 mm cannons in the Dynamic Campaign mode has been fixed.
• For the Akan m/55 gun, the type 5876 armor-piercing tracer round has been added to the ammunition range. A stealth belt for the Akan m/55 gun has been added to the following aircraft: SAAB-105G, SAAB-105OE, AJ37, AJS37, J29D, J32B, J35A Saab, J35XS, J35D, SK60B.
• Mi-24P (all variants), Su-25 (all variants) — a stealth belt has been added to the GSh-30 cannon.
• A bug where aircraft without horizontal stabilzers received severe damage from any hit has been fixed. (Report)

Naval Vessels

• A bug where the reload time for main caliber guns increased up to 2 times when a feed elevator was destroyed has been fixed.
• A bug where the aiming indicator remained visible while torpedoes were being reloaded has been fixed.

Interface

• The new “Battle” mode HUD has been improved:
  • The destroyed vehicle counter animation has been simplified;
  • Indication of when a player is at a capture point has been added;
  • The color of the font, outline and background of the capture points has been changed so that they are similar to the spatial HUD (font and outline to black, background to white) for better readability of capture point progress;
  • Thickness of the outline for a capture point has been reduced for better readability of the capture progress.
• A confirmation window when enabling the “Researching of helicopters playing ground vehicles” option has been added.
• A bug that caused crew qualifications to not be updated in the crew window after purchasing an expert or ace crew has been fixed.
• A bug that caused an unobtainable camouflage to be shown in the modification window after unlocking all camouflages for a vehicle has been fixed.
• A bug where flag tooltip background in the customization window could have been smaller than the flag itself has been fixed.

Sound

• A bug causing the voiceover to say an incorrect grid square and number when calling an artillery strike has been fixed.

The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.