What's in the newest War Thunder update?
Summary
Q.What's in the newest War Thunder update?
A.The newest major announcement is the Line of Contact update — a December 2025 introduction of a player-controlled infantry mode (closed beta) with new urban maps, weapons and supporting vehicles; the live game still carries the Nov 11, 2025 “Spearhead” release and a small December hotfix.
More info
The most important thing right now is the new Line of Contact update: Gaijin posted a development blog on December 4, 2025 announcing a standalone infantry mode entering closed beta in late December, with city maps, modern infantry weapons and attachments, and combined arms support from tanks, IFVs and attack helicopters. Read the official dev blog for the full announcement Line of Contact dev blog.
Supporting context: the closed beta lineup already lists specific infantry weapons and the vehicles that will support squads (examples include M4A1/M16A4/AK family rifles, MANPADS and drones, plus M1 Abrams, T‑72B, Bradley/BMP‑3 and AH‑64/Mi‑24 helicopters). Highlights from the recent major release (Update 2.51 “Spearhead”, released 11 Nov 2025) added dozens of vehicles and map remakes such as Stalingrad and Carpathians — see the official Spearhead news and community writeups for details (Spearhead announcement). Finally, Gaijin has pushed small hotfixes in early December (eg. 2.51.0.60 on Dec 3, 2025) that fixed radar, auto‑gunner and UI bugs — see the patch archive for the recent notes (SteamDB patch notes).
