The "Summer Quest" has begun in War Thunder

Gaijin Entertainment announces the start of the "Summer Quest" in the online military action game War Thunder. Until August 29, players can complete tasks and fight for four new models of military vehicles: the Hungarian Zrinyi I self-propelled gun, the American F4D-1 Skyray carrier-based fighter, the German Leopard 2AV tank and the Japanese battleship Haruna, new camouflage options, as well as a player icon, decals and decorators for fleet and land vehicles dedicated to summer adventures.

Each vehicle model in the quest is a unique piece of equipment that deserves to be included in the collection of a fan of military history.

The Zrinyi I self-propelled gun is a World War II era vehicle, entirely designed and built in Hungary and named after the 16th-century Hungarian national hero Miklós Zrinyi. It is built on the chassis of the Turán medium tank and is equipped with a 75 mm anti-tank gun. During tests, tubes were installed on the Zrinyi I to launch rockets - this is the version of the self-propelled guns that made it to War Thunder.

The Leopard 2AV is a prototype tank submitted to the US Army competition, where it competed against the XM-1 models. The tank is a transitional version from the Leopard 1 to the serial Leopard 2: the vehicle has a 105 mm L7A3 cannon familiar from the first series, while the FCS, power plant and armor scheme correspond to the early Leopards of the second series.

The F4D-1 Skyray is the first ever supersonic carrier-based fighter, which entered service in 1956. The aircraft boasts excellent rate of climb and is capable of accelerating to transonic speeds at sea level. The F4D-1 Skyray is armed with four forward-facing 20mm Browning-Colt Mk12 cannons, and hardpoints can accommodate pods with FFAR unguided rockets and AIM-9B Sidewinder guided missiles.

IJN Haruna was laid down as a Kongo-class battlecruiser and launched as early as 1915, but did not take part in World War I. Later, she was rebuilt into a high-speed battleship and, as such, went through the entire Second World War, taking part in many battles, including the Mariana Islands, for Guadalcanal, in Leyte Gulf. The battleship died only in July 1945, when American aircraft attacked it in the harbor of the port of Kure. Haruna's main armament is eight 356-mm guns in four turrets, 152-mm and 127-mm cannons make it easier to deal with targets, and 118 anti-aircraft guns drive enemy aircraft away with dense fire.