The first tanks and boats armed with flamethrowers also make their debut in the game. Also, in addition to the local smoke and fire effects, aircraft fuselages now get realistic volumetric holes, and impacts on water now produce new, revised splash effects. The British Churchill Crocodile is one of the most famous in history. It is based on the Mk.VII variant with a 75 mm gun and the excellent armor, but is additionally equipped with a flamethrower fed by a fuel trailer mounted behind the tank. Thanks to this trailer, the Churchill Crocodile has the most firepower among the tanks and is also the longest tank in the game. Also debuting in the game is the American flamethrower boat "Zippo", developed from the LCM(6) landing craft during the Vietnam War. The flamethrowers, located on the sides of the bow, are an excellent tool for close combat. Spectacular conflagrations in the jungle can also be ignited by the carrier-based A-1H Skyraider aircraft, which has napalm bombs in its arsenal. These three vehicle models will be available as prizes for the new Battle Pass season with the release of the "Fire and Ice" update.

Tanks with flamethrowers are effective in roughly the same situations as the napalm bombs introduced earlier in the game. The flames won't do any damage to the crew of a heavily armored vehicle, but light vehicles are extremely vulnerable: the incendiary mixture will instantly eliminate the crew in open battle spaces and set the technology on fire. These tanks fire wide, pressurized beams of fire in a curved trajectory that can strike the enemy even behind small cover. Also, wheel wells of ground vehicles can now be ignited by napalm, so the player's tank will look like hell after driving through a burning pool.

The battleship Fuso entered service with the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1915, was significantly modernized between the wars, and was used in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of World War II. This late version of the Fuso is the one that has now made it to War Thunder. The ship's main guns are six twin 14-inch guns, evenly distributed throughout the deck. Good aiming angles and no less good ballistic characteristics of the Fuso allow it to inflict colossal damage on the enemy.

The 2S38 "Derivatsia-PVO" is an anti-aircraft system with a 57-mm gun mounted on a converted BMP-3 chassis, and the first prototype was unveiled in 2018. The unmanned turret includes automatic target tracking for aerial targets, a laser rangefinder, a coaxial machine gun, a laser warning sensor and a thermal imaging system.... With APFSDS ammunition, the 2S38 can even engage tanks if you can surprise them on the flank.