Following Crossout, Gaijin released an update to War Thunder

Gaijin Entertainment announces that the Apex Predators Update for online military action game War Thunder is now available to players. The focus is on the 4th generation aircraft F-16, MiG-29 and Tornado, however, significant new items have appeared in all game modes. The voice acting of all ships has been redesigned, and carrier-based aircraft can now operate from five new aircraft carriers - Shokaku (Japan), Illustrious (Great Britain), Saratoga, Lexington and Enterprise (USA). Ground vehicles include the exotic American M728 engineer tank with a 165mm gun, the French Char 2C bis super-heavy tank, and the Jordanian Khalid MBT. More than 20 aircraft and helicopters now have a weapon designer, and the mechanics of external fuel tanks now work for the new top aircraft.

Simultaneously with the release of the update, the Winter Quest event started, in which players complete missions and fight for prizes - decorators, camouflages and four rare models of vehicles, including the Tornado IDS Marineflieger (a German modification of the European Tornado fighter-bomber). It is intended for naval strike aircraft, so the Marineflieger does not have access to adjustable bombs, but the aircraft can take the new AS.34 Kormoran guided anti-ship missiles into battle.

The M728 is a combat engineering vehicle based on the chassis of the M60 tank, created in the 1960s and still in the US Army reserve and in service with Saudi Arabia and Oman. The machine is equipped with a crane boom on the tower, a winch, a blade and a 165 mm caliber gun. The M728 was actively used during the Vietnam and Gulf Wars to destroy fortifications and overcome barriers, as well as perform other engineering tasks in the field. Khalid ("sword") - a modification of the British Chieftain tank, which was originally created for the Shah of Iran under the name Shir, but then was finalized for another customer - the Jordanian army. It differs from the original version by a much more powerful engine, as well as a laser rangefinder.

The mixed battles of War Thunder will now unfold on the new map "Gold Pit", which recreates a typical mining and processing plant in the Tien Shan mountains. The teams will have to fight for control points among the rock heaps, between the concrete walls of the workshops and on the territory of the car park with mining dump trucks and bulldozers. In addition, the popular location "Poland" has a winter version - with snowdrifts and a frozen lake, which you can now risk crossing to go into the flank of the enemy.