War Thunder Controversies
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200

Players who leak classified documents on the forums are usually trying to prove this.

What is a vehicle is modelled wrong in-game?

200

This company built the Fw 190A’s radial engine.

What is BMW?

200

The M1 Abrams is powered by this type of engine.

What is a gas turbine?

200

The highest-scoring fighter ace in history.

Who is Erich Hartmann?

200

China’s J-7 is a licence-built copy of this Soviet fighter. 

What is MiG-21?

400

During the May 2023 review bombing, Gaijin quietly removed this from the War Thunder website.

What is Steam?

400

The Me 163 Komet is powered by this type of engine.

What is a rocket engine?

400

The active protection system on the Sepv2 Abrams and Merkava MK.4.

What is Trophy APS?

400

Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in level flight in the X-1 in this year.

When is 1947?

400

The Canadian licence-built version of the F-86 Sabre was designated this. 

What is CL-13 (Canadair Sabre)?

600

The May 2023 review bombing dragged War Thunder’s recent Steam reviews down to this rating.

What is "Overwhelmingly Negative"?

600

The “Ta” in Ta 152 comes from this designer’s surname.

Who is Kurt tank?

600

This Soviet vehicle was designed to survive nuclear blasts.

What is Object 279?

600

Viktor Belenko defected by flying a MiG-25 to Japan in this year.

When is 1976?

600

Israel’s Magach series is built on these American tanks. 

What is M48 and M60 Pattons?

800

This longtime Gaijin community manager went public as a whistleblower after leaving the company in 2024.

Who is Keofox or Evgeniy Kononenko?

800

The upward-firing gun installation on German night fighters like the He 219 has this name.

What is Schräge Musik?

800

The first tank to enter service with a smoothbore main gun.

What is T-62?

800

In 1958 over the Taiwan Strait, this missile scored the first air-to-air missile kill.

What is Aim 9B Sidewinder?

800

Name the two upgrades the Germans made to the KV-1 for the KW I C 756 (r).

What is 7.5 cm KwK 40 gun, German commander’s cupola, add-on armour on the upper and lower front plates?

1000

Name three vehicles or weapons whose classified documents have been leaked on the War Thunder forums.

3 of these: Challenger 2, Leclerc, ZTZ 99, M2A2 Bradley, DTC10-125, DTW-125, BMP-3, T-90M, Eurofighter Typhoon DA7, Mikoyan MiG-29, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, AV-8B Harrier II, F-117 Nighthawk, AH-64 Apache, Eurocopter Tiger and Shenyang J-8B

1000

Early Spitfires and Hurricanes could lose engine power under negative G because of this part.

What is the float carburettor?

1000

The Strv 103 has no turret, so it aims vertically by doing this.

What is Tilting its hull with its adjustable suspension?

1000

The SR-71’s top speed, to one decimal place in Mach. 

What is about Mach 3.3?

1000

Israel’s Kfir was developed from this French jet. 

What is Mirage 3 or Mirage 5?