Danger Zone Update Coming to War Thunder

Gaijin Entertainment announces that the online military action game War Thunder will receive a major Danger Zone update in mid-June. For the first time, players will be able to take to the skies in the long-awaited F-14 Tomcat, the legendary fourth-generation American fighter jet and the star of hit Hollywood movies. From the British battlecruiser HMS Hood to the colorful South African self-propelled howitzer G6 Rhino, the update will introduce dozens of other types of combat vehicles, as well as the abandoned city and southeastern metropolis maps.

The F-14 is a twin-engine variable-sweep wing jet fighter that was in service with the US carrier-based aviation from 1974 to 2006. American F-14s managed to take part in the wars in Vietnam (at the final stage), Iraq and Yugoslavia. In addition, the F-14 fighters are still in service with the Iranian Air Force - these machines were tested in action on the fronts of the Iran-Iraq war, where they scored dozens of air victories.

The first modification of the F-14 in War Thunder will be the F-14A, equipped with an excellent set of air-to-air missiles. In addition to the already familiar Sparrow AIM-7E and F, as well as the Sidewinder AIM-9D and G, the AIM-9H (a further development of the G version) and the AIM-54A Phoenix, a long-range missile with an active radar guidance system, appear in the game for the first time. In addition, the F-14A has a 20mm M61A1 cannon with a rotating block of barrels, as well as bombs and unguided rockets in case it needs to attack ground targets.

The battlecruiser Hood was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1920, becoming the largest warship in the British Navy. Eight 15-inch guns are capable of inflicting devastating damage to any enemy, including battleships. The main caliber is supplemented by an auxiliary battery of seven twin 4-inch (102 mm) universal guns, as well as 40-mm guns, machine guns and torpedo tubes. Due to its size and powerful armament, the ship was nicknamed the “Mighty Hood” and became a symbol of the power of the British Empire, but at the beginning of World War II, she tragically died in battle with the German battleship Bismarck.

The G6 Rhino is a self-propelled howitzer on a wheeled chassis with a 155mm gun that can quickly change position and unleash huge high-explosive shells (conventional and radio-fuzed) on the enemy. The large caliber and solid weight of the explosives partly forgive inaccurate hits on the vital modules of enemy armored vehicles, causing significant damage from the blast wave and overpressure.

The Danger Zone update will also introduce other innovations, including two new branches of technology, as well as new graphical and weather effects. Detailed information about this will be available on the official website of the game in the coming weeks.