was able to manufacture its first jet engine, the General Electric I-A. It was because of the Power Jets W.1 and the upgraded W.2 that the U.S. engineers to allow the Yanks to begin their own domestic jet engine program. It was Whittle, through his self-founded Power Jets company, who supplied the blueprints to U.S. Senator from Arizona, John McCain III, was facing a peculiar dilemma.Īdmiral McCain couldn't help but be intrigued by rapidly developing advancements in gas turbine engine technology spurred on by the British aero engineer Sir Frank Whittle.

McCain Sr, the grandfather of the future U.S.

While all this chaos was taking place, a Navy Admiral by the name of John S. forces and their allies in the Pacific Theater were gearing up for a massive counteroffensive island-hopping campaign in the wake of their victory over Imperial Japan at the Battle of Midway. The year is 1943, and as we speak, the Brits, Americans, Free French, Canadians, and a handful of others are huddled together in a building in England, planning the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Not to be left out, American forces now have access to the Bradley ADATS, which stands for 'Air Defense Anti-Tank System,' which sounds like something you'd rather not be up against regardless of whether you're in the air or on the ground.įor a rundown on everything that's included in this update, including the two new maps 'Smolensk' and 'Volcanic Islands,' you can check out the War Thunder site or watch the video embedded below.Allow us to paint the scene for you.

Other nations get a boost in this update as well, with the Germans receiving the massive prototype bomber Messerschmidt Me 264, dubbed the 'America Bomber.' Soviet forces get the 2S6 Tunguska, which features the game's first surface-to-air missiles, while The French get the Leclerc S1 tank, which is still in service today. In the skies, the Japanese get a boost in the form of the AH-1S, which has camouflage featuring Wakana Kisarazu, 'one of the four cute fictional girls who in 2012 became symbols of the JSDF's Camp Kisarazu.' The Japanese Imperial Navy has arrived in War Thunder! Update 1.89: Imperial Navy is now live, bringing with it 25 new Japanese ships, as well as two ships for other nations, 10 tanks, 13 aircraft, and one helicopter decorated with anime girls because of course, Japan.Īt the top of the IJN line is the Furutaka, the first heavy cruiser in the game, which sports six main guns set in three turrets, 16 torpedoes, and a bunch of secondary and anti-air guns.

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