update · October 22, 2025
War Thunder Update 2.49.0.79 Adjusts Anti-Cheat Requirements and Fixes Radar Bugs
War Thunder update 2.49.0.79 lowers anti-cheat BR thresholds for select modes, fixes F-16I Sufa and AV-8B guidance issues, and resolves multiple interface bugs.
Gaijin Entertainment has rolled out update 2.49.0.79 for War Thunder, lowering the Battle Rating requirement for anti-cheat enforcement in key modes while resolving persistent targeting, radar, and weapon behavior bugs across air, ground, and naval vehicles.
Anti-Cheat Threshold Adjustment
The minimum Battle Rating for vehicle lineups requiring the anti-cheat system to be enabled has dropped from 11.0 down to 8.0. This change applies specifically to Air Arcade, Air Realistic, and Ground Arcade Battles.
Aircraft Weaponry and Radar Fixes
The F-16I Sufa can now properly lock its GBU-15 seeker onto targets and switch to the optical seeker view. AV-8B Plus and AV-8B (NA) aircraft gain separate firing for APKWS rockets, and launching them while hovering in Realistic Battles no longer causes instant detonation. Additionally, TWS radar tracking no longer drops detected targets randomly inside the scan area, the AGM-179 JAGM-MR fragmentation field has been buffed to match large-caliber ATGMs, and visual weapon selectors now correctly display external guns.
Naval and Quality-of-Life Improvements
HMS Rodney's starboard armor model has been repaired to restore missing armor plates beneath two main battery turrets. MTB Vosper and MTB-1(1) machine gun aiming sectors have been adjusted so the barrels no longer dip unnecessarily. Interface fixes include persistent target filter saving for ground vehicle radar controls, a fix for Tank Arcade Battles bypassing air event cooldowns via mouse clicks, and corrected respawn behavior in co-op singleplayer missions.
Why this patch matters
Update 2.49.0.79 delivers meaningful quality-of-life adjustments for radar filters and weapon controls while widening anti-cheat coverage across mid-to-high tier matches.