All Vehicles Excess Fuel Tank V1.3 1.43 Site

This system has since been refined in subsequent patches, but the 1.43 update remains the foundational moment when fuel tanks moved from abstract health bars to physical, targetable components. Update 1.43 - War Thunder Wiki

: In certain scenarios, these separate fuel tanks can act as a form of secondary armor (often referred to by the community as "fuel tank armor"), where the fuel and tank structure absorb fragments from penetrating shells before they reach critical internal modules. Implementation Details All Vehicles Excess Fuel Tank v1.3 1.43

: Shell tooltips were updated during this period to provide clearer data on how projectiles interact with various obstacle thicknesses, which directly influenced how players engaged these new fuel tank modules. This system has since been refined in subsequent

: Fuel tanks and ammunition loads were separated and calculated as distinct modules for all ground vehicles. : Fuel tanks and ammunition loads were separated

: This change was applied universally to all ground vehicles available in the game at the time of the 1.43 update.