

Players will be able to use any ships they’ve already unlocked and to train existing ship crews to use any other ships. This is why the fleet tech trees will be split into two separate trees – coastal fleet and blue-navy fleet with separate progression schemes.

The gameplay experience was always quite different for small and large vessels and this difference will only increase when the battleships arrive in the game. Other countries rushed to counter this threat with similar war machines and as a result a whole generation of battleships from that era was commonly referred to as “dreadnoughts”. The construction of this battleship at the beginning of the 20th century made fleets from other nations obsolete because of two key features: an "all-big-gun" armament scheme, with an unprecedented number of heavy-calibre guns, and steam turbine propulsion. Dreadnought is probably the most famous from the list. These large ships will include the British battleship Dreadnought, the German battleship Westfalen, the US heavy cruiser New Orleans and many other famous ships. The “New Power” update will bring colossal battlecruisers and battleships boasting heavy armor and large calibre guns.

Other types of ships including frigates, destroyers and cruisers were added to War Thunder later. War Thunder naval battles began with clashes of light and fast coastal forces ships, like torpedo boats, gunships and submarine chasers. The Blue-water fleet with destroyers, cruisers and battleships will become the fifth type of military hardware in War Thunder, along with ground vehicles, aircraft, helicopters and coastal fleet. Gaijin Entertainment announces that the next major Content Update will bring battlecruisers and battleships.
