War Thunder update 2.43.0.68 is now available to download on PC. According to the official War Thunder patch notes, the latest update 2.43.0.68 addresses some bugs and crashes.
Previously, a major update 2.43.0.68 added new changes, fixes, and gameplay improvements.
Unfortunately, players are still experiencing several issues since the release. Today’s War Thunder version 2.43.0.68 will fix a few of these issues.
Check out more details below.
War Thunder Patch 2.43.0.68 Notes – Jan. 22, 2025
Aircraft
- Su-33 — a bug where the under-fuselage pylon was taken into account when calculating the combat load of the wing has been fixed. (Report).
- FFA P-16 — a bug that caused the rockets to have an incorrect firing sequence has been fixed. (Report).
- Z-9W, Z-9WA — 3rd person camera position has been changed. Prior to that the rocket sight was sometimes located beyond the screen limits when zoomed in. (Report).
Ground Vehicles
- Luchs A2 — a bug that caused the vehicle to be left without a driver after a crew member was knocked out and swapped position has been fixed. (Report).
- Sd.Kfz.234/1 — a bug that caused the vehicle to be left without a driver after a crew member was knocked out and swapped position has been fixed.
- MBT-70 — a bug that caused the incorrect display of the amount of ammunition for the 20 mm cannon has been fixed. (Report). The amount of ammunition for the 20 mm cannon has been reduced from 2000 to 750.
- MBT-70 — the 20 mm cannon depression and elevation angles have been corrected. Previously it was possible for the gun to pass through the optics cover. (Report).
- VK 45.01 (P) — vehicle mass has been reduced from 57 to 52.5 tons.
Source: Wichtige Daten einzelner Panzerfahrzeuge. - 12.7 mm M2HB machine gun — a bug with the lack of machine gun overheating functionality has been fixed. (Report). Time to jam when firing continuously has been adjusted.
- 12.7 mm M2HB machine gun — the amount of ammunition in the belt has been reduced from 200 to 100. (Report).
- Freccia, CV 90 Mk.IV — the Janus commander sight now has a magnification of 2.5x-10x on both of these vehicles.
- BMP-2MD, BMP-2M, BMP-2 — speed on water has been reduced from 10 km/h to 7 km\h. (Report).
Source: Боевая машина пехоты БМП-2. Техническое описание и инструкция по эксплуатации. Часть 1. - Matilda III — vehicle mass has been reduced from 27.3 to 25.4 tons. (Report).
- VBCI-2 (MCT30) — vehicle mass has been reduced from 32 to 27 tons. The turning diameter of the vehicle has been changed from 22 to 17 meters. The names of the transmission and engine have been added to X-ray mode.
- ZiS-30 — transmission gear ratio values have been adjusted.
- Chi-Ri — transmission gear ratio values have been adjusted. Reverse speed has been increased from 8.4 km/h to 12.5 km/h.
Source: チリ車説明図, 1945.3.1. - Chi-Ri — the 37 mm cannon ammunition capacity has been reduced from 120 to 102 rounds. The machine gun ammunition capacity has been increased from 3000 to 5000 rounds. Vehicle mass has been reduced from 41 to 37 tons.
- HQ17 — a bug with the incorrect name of the missile in Sensor View has been fixed. (Report).
Naval Vessels
- Syonan — the firing area of the rear main gun turret has been adjusted. (Report).
- IJN Akizuki, IJN Hatsuzuki — explosive mass in the HE and HE-TF shells has been increased from 0.95 kg to 1.4 kg. (Report).
Source: TM 9-1985-5 Japanese Explosive Ordnance. - JDS Murasame — main caliber gun aiming speed has been adjusted: horizontal aiming speed has been increased from 15 to 30 degrees/sec, vertical aiming speed has been decreased from 30 to 15 degrees/sec.
- USS Roanoke — main battery rate of fire has been increased from 12 to 12.75 rounds per minute.
- RN Ghibli — crew amount has been increased from 154 to 177 and the maximum displacement of the ship from 1651 to 1800t.
- HMS Rodney — a bug where not all of the weapons would show in the turret tooltip in X-ray mode has been fixed.
Interface
- In the Player Profile for the “Favorite vehicle” showcase, an option to select the mode for displaying statistics for the favorite vehicle has been added. In the window for selecting a favorite vehicle, the vehicles are sorted by the highest number of enemy vehicle destructions for the selected mode.
- A bug that caused the description of the FCS module for some vehicles to not indicate that it affects turret rotation in X-ray mode has been fixed.
- A bug that caused the vehicle search bar to not work in the Service Record tab in the Player Profile has been fixed. (Report).
- A bug that could cause the incorrect Battle Rating to be displayed for the selected mode when playing in a squad has been fixed.
- A bug in the Sight settings that caused the “Rangefinder/Gun ready/Bullet type” options to be hidden behind the map preview scenes, causing these settings to not be adjustable without reopening the settings window has been fixed. (Report).
- A bug where graphic settings screenshots would blink when first viewed has been fixed.
- A bug that caused the “Season ends” timer for the Battle Pass season to be cut off in the promo block has been fixed.
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