War Thunder update 5.08 is rolling out on PS4, PS5, PC, and Xbox One. According to the official War Thunder 5.08 patch notes, the latest update adds a long list of bug fixes and changes. Apart from this, War Thunder version 5.08 also includes stability fixes.
Previously a major War Thunder update added a long of bug fixes and gameplay changes. Unfortunately, players are still experiencing several issues with the game.
Read more details below.
War Thunder patch 5.08 changelog – June 21, 2023
Ground vehicles
- BMP-1, ZBD86, SPz BMP-1, BMP-2 — The dissimilar thickness of the tracks and the thickness of the spare tracks has been fixed.
- BMP-2M — Missing tracks in damage model has been fixed.
- LAV-AD — A bug that caused flooding of the vehicle while moving on water has been fixed.
- Begleitpanzer 57, M113A1 (TOW)— A bug which caused underestimation of armour penetration of TOW compared to the same ATGM on other vehicles has been fixed.
- Stridsvagn 81— Incorrect designation of the bulkhead material in the X-Ray view has been fixed.
- Blinking of the engine status indicator on the DM panel when the radiator is damaged has been added.
Naval
- Milan— A bug in the name of the anchored mine has been fixed.
- Vautour— A bug in the name of the 75mm gun has been fixed.
- Paris— The aiming speed of the main calibre turrets has been adjusted: on traverse 3 → 4.5 degrees per second; elevation 4 → 3 degrees per second.
Aircraft
- Mirage 2000C-S5, Mirage 2000D-R1, Mirage 2000-5F– Drag has been adjusted and supersonic acceleration has been increased.
- A bug in the ammunition type designation for unguided air missiles which led to the inability to perform destruction missions on vehicles using rockets has been fixed.
- Lynx AH.Mk.1 / G-LYNX— A bug which made it impossible to copy the “Hydra-70 x38 and 20mm Oerlikon KDA” set when creating a new weaponry preset has been fixed.
- H-34— A bug in the display of weapon launcher elements for presets with unguided air missiles and machine gun armament has been fixed.
- Mirage 2000D-R1 / A-6E TRAM— A bug with inability to activate night vision mode during flight in 3rd person view has been fixed.
- Su-22M4 / Su-17М2— Icons in the weaponry menu for displaying H-29T and H-29L missiles have been fixed.
- AIM-54C— Weight of the explosive mass has been changed from 47.3 to 42.7kg. Source: “Hazard classification of United States military explosives and munitions”.
- A bug where when editing suspended weapons for the Su-6 (AM-42) when replacing one paired cannon group with others, only one cannon was installed in the slots and not two, has been fixed.
- UH-1C— A bug where ATGMs could fail to launch even if the sight was close to the middle of the allowed launch zone has been fixed.
Download free War Thunder update 5.08 for PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One.
