# War Thunder Update 2.57.0.25 - Product: War Thunder (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/war-thunder) - Vendor: Gaijin Entertainment - Date: 2026-06-29 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/236390/view/705524237917487261 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/war-thunder/releases/2026-06-29-update-2.57.0.25 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **fixed** — Fixed a bug where performance dropped significantly when the radar was turned on - **fixed** — Fixed a bug that caused cyclic target switching to not switch to targets outside of the current scan area on ESA radars - **changed** — MiG-29KR (9-41R) pilot model has been replaced with a naval one - **fixed** — Fixed a bug that caused the lack of thermals in the seeker view of HOSBO guided bombs on EF-2000 (Germany) and EF-2000 (AESA) (Germany) - **fixed** — Fixed a bug where the only target in the view zone was not highlighted by a frame in RWR mode on Su-25T, Su-39, Su-25SM3 - **added** — Added a restriction regarding the simultaneous use of the AGM-88 and conflicting weapon loadouts on Tornado IDS MLU (RET.8) - **fixed** — Fixed a bug that prevented the creation of a custom loadout with incendiary bombs on MAW pylons for F-16CM PoBIT - **fixed** — Fixed a bug that prevented the use of the airbrake when an external fuel tank was carried on MiG-29M (9-15) - **fixed** — Fixed a bug where the external pods were always displayed in the X-ray view on F-4 Phantom (all variants) - **fixed** — Fixed a bug where the external pods were always displayed in the X-ray view on AJS37 and AJS37 (Early) - **fixed** — Fixed a bug that caused the ESM in the pilot description in the X-ray to be displayed as a text key - **fixed** — Fixed a bug where equipping the laser rangefinder caused the M829A3 round to be replaced by the M829A2 round on M1A2 SEP V2 - **fixed** — Fixed a bug where the direct hit of M829A3 shell into the ammo stowage didn't lead to ammo fire and hits into the fuel tanks didn't set them on fire - **added** — Added the ability to rotate on the spot for NOMADS - **fixed** — Fixed a bug that caused the explosion of the trailer to lead to the destruction of a tank on Churchill Crocodile - **changed** — Replaced M829 APFSDS round with M829A2 as the available round without researching modifications on M1A2 SEP, M1A2 SEP V2, M1A2 SEPv3 - **changed** — Replaced DM33 APFSDS round with DM43 as the available round without researching modifications on Leopard 2A5 PSO, Leopard 2RI, Leopard 2A6, Leopard 2A7V - **changed** — Replaced 3BM42 APFSDS round with 3BM42-2 as the available round without researching modifications on T-80BVM, T-90M (all variants) - **removed** — Removed the ability to fire with a destroyed TADS on BUK-M3 TEL in Nuclear Escalation - **fixed** — Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash on Seversk-13, Aral Sea, North Holland, Abandoned Town and re-enabled all missions on these locations in Ground Battles matchmaking rotation ##### **Aircraft** - A bug where performance dropped significantly when the radar was turned on has been fixed. (**(https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/qyVyKukwkwYC)**). - A bug that caused cyclic target switching to not switch to targets outside of the current scan area on ESA radars has been fixed. (**(https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/kFtvu2XUUSIA)**). - **MiG-29KR (9-41R)** — the pilot model has been replaced with a naval one. (**(https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/qfeA98DoEv7X)**). - **EF-2000 (Germany), EF-2000 (AESA) (Germany)** — a bug that caused the lack of thermals in the seeker view of HOSBO guided bombs has been fixed. (**(https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/PcJKLeDZrZiP)**). - **Su-25T, Su-39, Su-25SM3** — a bug where the only target in the view zone was not highlighted by a frame in RWR mode has been fixed. - **Tornado IDS MLU (RET.8) **— a restriction has been added regarding the simultaneous use of the AGM-88 and conflicting weapon loadouts. - **F-16CM PoBIT **— a bug that prevented the creation of a custom loadout with incendiary bombs on MAW pylons has been fixed. (**(https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/wFuPYjVk3Lvg)**). - **MiG-29M (9-15) **— a bug preventing the use of the airbrake when an external fuel tank was carried has been fixed. (**(https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/n66fl1aOh7Br)**). - **F-4 Phantom (all variants)** — a bug where the external pods were always displayed in the X-ray view has been fixed. (**(https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/sjtg2VpCpZoE)**). - **AJS37, AJS37 (Early)** — a bug where the external pods were always displayed in the X-ray view has been fixed. (**(https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/5eV2EvagCMju)**). - A bug that caused the ESM in the pilot description in the X-ray to be displayed as a text key has been fixed. ##### **Ground Vehicles** - **M1A2 SEP V2** — a bug where equipping the laser rangefinder caused the M829A3 round to be replaced by the M829A2 round has been fixed. (**(https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/Y2lZVYISR5RY)**). - **M829A3 shell **— a bug where the direct hit of a shell into the ammo stowage didn’t lead to ammo fire and hits into the fuel tanks didn’t set them on fire has been fixed. - **NOMADS** — the ability to rotate on the spot has been added. (**(https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/Ow5cmbIvTt9c)**). - **Churchill Crocodile** — a bug that caused the explosion of the trailer to lead to the destruction of a tank has been fixed. (**(https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/1nngwi7UYtfM)**). - For tanks with a Battle Rating of 12.7, APFSDS shells that are available without researching any modifications have been replaced: - **M1A2 SEP, M1A2 SEP V2, M1A2 SEPv3** — the M829 APFSDS round, available without researching modifications, has been replaced by the M829A2. - **Leopard 2A5 PSO, Leopard 2RI, Leopard 2A6, Leopard 2A7V** — the DM33 APFSDS round, available without researching modifications, has been replaced by the DM43. - **T-80BVM, T-90M (all variants)** — the 3BM42 APFSDS round, available without researching modifications, has been replaced by the 3BM42-2. - **Challenger 2E, Black Night** — the L23A1 APFSDS round, available without researching modifications. has been replaced by the L26. The modification to unlock the L26 round has been removed. - **Leclerc** **(all variants)** — the OFL 120 G1 APFSDS round, available without researching modifications, has been replaced by the OFL 120 F2. (**(https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/I9DlDXIxU79e)**). - **Strv 122 (all variants) **— the DM23 APFSDS round, available without researching modifications, has been replaced by the Slpprj m/95. The DM53 APFSDS round and its corresponding modification have been added. The DM33 round and its corresponding modification have been removed. ##### **Nuclear Escalation** _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/236390/view/705524237917487261]_