Update 1.61: Road to Glory - Everything you need to know

Hello My fellow WarThunder players,
since there is currently maintenance on the Servers for Update 1.61 and they just posted a video with all the changes I thought I would provide a short overview :)

Update Info Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4lyOKPLjZI
Official Changelog: http://warthunder.com/roadtoglory

New Aviation:

P-47N-D15
K100
F7F-3 (OP Summer reward)


Aviation Reskins:
Spitfire Mk IX.F
He-111H-6

New Ground Forces:

Brummbär
M60A1
T62
Grant Mk.I
KV220

Ground Forces: Added Ability to replace down Crew Members in Battle. You can research one spare Crew member who then is able to replace a down member. But minimum of 1 Crew Member (In Realistic: 2 Crew Members) still have to be alive.

Changes in the Squadron Battles(Seasonal System): http://warthunder.com/en/news/4167-d...on-battles-en/
Each Season lasts 2 Months (6 Seasons per year) and added more rewards like decals, Customization to Clantags, Trophy marks. The number of price winning places was rised to 100.

EDIT: Here is a different link to the Official changelog which is working. Currently the other one is unaviable due to whatever reason

http://warthunder.com/en/game/changelog/current/600/

Looking forwards to the F7F-3 KV220 and P-47. I also would have loved to play the Brummbär, but unfortunately it's a premium :-S

The spare crew member looks like a bloody awful new game-mechanic. As if the repair-kit and fire-extinguisher hadn't been enough we get yet another one of these tedious must-have utility modifications.

I'm also amused by the Tu-4 buff. I've always had the impression that plane under-performed quite a bit so I suppose an improving its maneuverability is the right thing to do.

Cheers for the summary ... P47 and Ki100 look interesting

Lets see what the snail has done to the game when the update is complete :)

Update: Servers are back up and running :)

Oh great. The M2 Browning got nerfed on its AP. It took way to few shots to get kills. Now we'll only have to shoot off 1.5 times our ammo count to get a kill.

Thanks for the links. Much needed information.