War Thunder August Update 2.17.0.126 Released: Here’s Everything You Need To Know

If you’re looking for information on the latest update for War Thunder, you have come to the right place. The August update in War Thunder is a decent update that brings tons of improvements to the game. This article is therefore regarding everything you need to know in War Thunder August Update 2.17.0.126.

War Thunder August Update 2.17.0.126 Released: Here’s Everything You Need To Know –

The main focus of this update is optimizations as well as improvements. Likewise, the update focuses on improving UI, blowout panels as well as reloads for ships. Here are some of the improvements in the update –

1. Normalization of blowout panels – An issue where the ammo rack catches fire and spreads over the engine module, as well as other modules, is now resolved. The update brings fixes to these unnecessary fires.
2. Ammunition tracking – You can now keep track of your machine gun ammunition on the tanks.
3. Fix for reload times on ships – The issue with the discrepancy between the reload times shown and the actual reload time on ships is an annoying one. Likewise, this update has also resolved this issue.
4. Improvements on reflections as well as bug fixes – The update also brings fixes to reflections on cockpit mirrors, the flames from the spigots, etc. Additionally, the update also fixes bugs in the custom weaponry presets.

Here are some specific fixes for vehicle types –

For ground vehicles –

1. New ammo indicator for ground vehicles to keep track of your ammunition. You can hide this new UI in Options – Ground vehicle Battle Setting.
2. Bug fixes for visibility of muzzle flashes from machine gun sight or gunner camera.
3. Fixes for a bug that results in Blowout panels catching fire on a number of vehicles.
4. ARL-44 – Change in magnification of the gunner’s sight from х1.9-3.5 to х4
5. IS-3, IS-6 – The loader now controls the AA machine gun.
6. AUBL/74 – smoke grenades are now a modern aerosol type.

For Aircrafts –

1. F-4E (IAF) – Fix for the pylon missing issue when equipping AIM-9G missiles.
2. G.91 R/4 – Fix for the position of the guns in the secondary weapon menu.
3. MiG-27K – Fix for unnecessary pylons visible on the display of the custom weapon setup.
4. EC-665 Tiger HAP, EC-665 Tiger HAD – Fix for the position of the
   gunner’s camera in the cockpit.
5. Bug fixes for the temporary disabling of bombs in the drop order.
6. Fix for the bug that prevents the display of the nozzle flames in the WEP mode. (when VSync is ON)
7. Bug fixes for the flickering in mirrors as well as the HUD in cockpit view.
8. Fix for bug that results in the HUD visor disappearing from the cockpit mirrors.

For Naval –

1. IJN Kongo – Bug fix that makes the auxiliary caliber round change in battle possible.
2. Fix for the issue of discrepancy of the reload speed on the reload indicator and in the crew skill tab. (For bluewater ships)

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