War Thunder Unofficial Patch Notes July 17, 2018 By _Mike10d

New Ships (to the CBT soonTM)

Pr.1124 MLRS

Pr.1124 (1945)

Titles

“Football fan”

Players who collected all 32 country ball decals will receive a title.

Armor Changes

Challenger Mk.2

Hull backing plate: KE protection modifier: 1.5 → 1.0 (120mm → 80mm effective)

Hull composite: no longer provides protection from KE

Turret front composite:

no longer provides KE protection (was 51mm)

CE protection: 195mm → 165

Max effective armor thickness: ∞ → 220

Turret front backing plates:

Armor thickness: 110 → 275

Max effective armor thickness: ∞ → 400

T-64B

30mm UFP: armor quality: 1.3x → 1.85x (39mm → 55.5mm before LOS)

This plate in the UFP was removed (was 60mm)

Forward porcelain composite:

Armor thickness 150 → 165

Max effective armor thickness: ∞ → 190

Gun Changes

100 mm D-10S cannon

Max gun dispersion angle: 0.06 → 0.027

100 mm D-10T2S cannon / 100 mm D-10T cannon / 100 mm LB-1 cannon

Max gun dispersion (horizontal) angle: 0.06 → 0.027

Max gun dispersion (vertical) angle: 0.08 → 0.027

105 mm CN-105-F1 cannon

Max gun dispersion (horizontal) angle: 0.06 → 0.021

Max gun dispersion (vertical) angle: 0.08 → 0.021

105 mm KwK L/68 cannon

Max gun dispersion (horizontal) angle: 0.07 → 0.027

Max gun dispersion (vertical) angle: 0.09 → 0.027

105 mm Royal Ordnance L7A1 cannon / 105 mm L7A3 cannon / 105 mm M68 cannon / 105 mm M68A1 cannon

Max gun dispersion (horizontal) angle: 0.06 → 0.021

Max gun dispersion (vertical) angle: 0.08 → 0.021

105 mm L7A3 cannon (Type 74)

Reload time: 8.333…s → 6.666…s

Ready rack reload tine: ~10s → ~8.53s

115 mm U-5TS cannon

Max gun dispersion angle: 0.065 → 0.028

120 mm GIAT CN120-25 G1 cannon

Max gun dispersion angle: 0.065 → 0.028

120 mm Rheinmetall L44 cannon / 120 mm Type 90 L/44 cannon

Max gun dispersion angle: 0.065 → 0.028

125 mm 2A26 cannon / 125 mm 2A46M-1 cannon

Max gun dispersion angle: 0.065 → 0.028

152 mm XM150E5 gun/launcher

Max gun dispersion angle: 0.075 → 0.06

120 mm Ordnance BL Tk. L11 cannon

L15A3:

Flat pen changes

Range (m)	Old Pen (mm)	New Pen (mm)
10	403	320
100	401	315
500	398	305
1000	392	294
1500	385	280
2000	379	270
2500	348	260
3000	323	250
3500	290	230
4000	211	215
4500	174	190
10000	0	5
20000		0

Slope effect changes

Angle	Old Slope Effect	New Slope Effect
0	20	20
5	13	15
10	8	5
15	5.36	3.73
20	3.91	2.75
25	3.07	2.2
27.5	2.8
30	2.55	1.95
35	2.234	1.59
40	2.051	1.44
45	1.879	1.34
50	1.4	1.27
55	1.2	1.2
60	1.024	1.15
65	1	1.1
70	1	1.05
75	1	1.01
80	1	1
85	1	1
90	1	1

120 mm L11A5 cannon

Max gun dispersion (horizontal) angle: 0.06 → 0.028

Max gun dispersion (vertical) angle: 0.07 → 0.028

L15A5

Flat pen changes

Range (m)	Old Pen (mm)	New Pen (mm)
10	412	320
100	408	315
500	406	305
1000	400	294
1500	393	280
2000	383	270
2500	370	260
3000	350	250
3500	320	230
4000	300	215
4500	174	190
10000	5	5
20000	0	0

Slope effect changes

Angle	Old Slope Effect	New Slope Effect
0	20	20
5	13	15
10	8	5
15	5.36	3.73
20	3.91	2.75
25	3.07	2.2
27.5	2.8
30	2.55	1.9
35	2.234	1.59
40	2.051	1.44
45	1.879	1.34
50	1.4	1.27
55	1.2	1.2
60	1.024	1.15
65	1	1.1
70	1	1.05
75	1	1.01
80	1	1
85	1	1
90	1	1

L23A1

Flat pen changes

Range (m)	Old Pen (mm)	New Pen (mm)
10	440	415
100	437	413
500	435	410
1000	430	405
1500	425	395
2000	420	385
2500	416	365
3000	408	355
3500	380	325
4000	360	315
4500	330	305
10000	50	50
20000	0	0

Slope effect changes

Angle	Old Slope Effect	New Slope Effect
0	22.4	20
10	6.16	5.3
20	3.07
25		2.4
30	2.13	1.8
40	1.68
45	1.55
50	1.46	1.305
60	1.29	1.064
70	1.064
80	1.01
90	1	1

APDS

APDS Fragmentation Changes
While changes are bolded you should read the whole thing to fully understand what the changes mean
Ratios
	Residual pen to armor fragment penetration
		Min penetration	20mm of extra pen	20% penetration	→	20mm of extra pen	10% penetration
		Max penetration	200mm of extra pen	100% penetration	→	200mm of extra pen	100% penetration
	Residual pen to shell fragment penetration
		Min penetration	20mm of extra pen	30% penetration	→	20mm of extra pen	10% penetration
		Max penetration	200mm of extra pen	100% penetration	→	200mm of extra pen	100% penetration
	Residual pen to armor fragments damage
		Min damage	20mm of extra pen	30% damage	→	20mm of extra pen	20% damage
		Max damage	200mm of extra pen	100% damage	→	200mm of extra pen	100% damage
	Residual pen to shell fragments damage
		Min damage	20mm of extra pen	40% damage	→	20mm of extra pen	10% damage
		Ma damage	200mm of extra pen	100% damage	→	200mm of extra pen	100% damage
	Fragment count calculation
		Min armor fragments	Armor mass of 0.5	10 fragments	→	Armor mass of 0.5	20 fragments
		Max armor fragments	Armor mass of 10	40 fragments	→	Armor mass of 10	40 fragments
		Max shell fragments	Shell mass of 1	10 fragments	→	Shell mass of 1	30 fragments
		Min shell fragments	Shell mass of 10	50 fragments	→	Shell mass of 20	70 fragments
Fragment Sections
	Old Sections data			→	New Sections data
		First shell fragment section		→		First shell fragment section
			Angle 0-4 degrees	→			Angle 0-5 degrees
			Distance: 6	→			Distance: 6
			Max pen: 25mm	→			Max pen: 25mm
			Min pen: 20mm	→			Min pen: 20mm
			Max damage: 45	→			Max damage: 45
			Min damage: 40	→			Min damage: 40
			On hit fire chance: 3	→			On hit fire chance: 3
			15% of fragments	→			20% of fragments
		Second shell fragment section		→		Second shell fragment section
			Angle 0-15 degrees	→			Angle 0-15 degrees
			Distance: 5	→			Distance: 5
			Max pen: 12mm	→			Max pen: 12mm
			Min pen: 11mm	→			Min pen: 11mm
			Max damage: 20	→			Max damage: 20
			Min damage: 17	→			Min damage: 17
			On hit fire chance: 0	→			On hit fire chance: 0
			30% of fragments	→			30% of fragments
		Third shell fragment section		→		Third shell fragment section
			Angle 0-45 degrees	→			Angle 0-45 degrees
			Distance: 4	→			Distance: 4
			Max pen: 5mm	→			Max pen: 5mm
			Min pen: 4mm	→			Min pen: 4mm
			Max damage: 7	→			Max damage: 7
			Min damage: 5	→			Min damage: 5
			On hit fire chance: 0	→			On hit fire chance: 0
			60% of fragments	→			60% of fragments
		Armor fragment section 1		→		Armor fragment section 1
			Angle 0-30 degrees	→			Angle 0-20 degrees
			Distance: 5	→			Distance: 5
			Max pen: 6mm	→			Max pen: 9mm
			Min pen: 5mm	→			Min pen: 5mm
			Max damage: 15	→			Max damage: 25
			Min damage: 12	→			Min damage: 15
			On hit fire chance: 2	→			On hit fire chance: 2
			40% of fragments	→			40% of fragments
		N/A	N/A	→		Armor fragment section 2	Angle 0-30 degrees
			N/A	→			Distance: 2
			N/A	→			Max pen: 6mm
			N/A	→			Min pen: 5mm
			N/A	→			Max damage: 15
			N/A	→			Min damage: 12
			N/A	→			On hit fire chance: 2
			N/A	→			60% of fragments