War Thunder: The Summer Quest begins

The Summer Quest begins in War Thunder. Players compete for rare new models of military vehicles.

Gaijin Entertainment announces that the Summer Quest event has started in War Thunder, the online military action game featuring over 2000 land, sea and air vehicles of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Players compete for four new military vehicles: the Hungarian Zrinyi I self-propelled gun, the American F4D-1 Skyray carrier-based fighter jet, the German Leopard 2AV tank, and the Japanese battleship Haruna. Other prizes include new camouflage skins, as well as profile pictures, decals and decorations for naval and land vehicles dedicated to the summer adventure. The event runs until August 29th.

Each Summer Quest vehicle model is unique and intended to make a great addition to the collections of military history fans.

The Stug Zrinyi I is a World War II vehicle designed and built entirely in Hungary and named after the 16th-century Hungarian national hero Miklós Zrínyi. The assault gun is based on the chassis of the Turán medium tank (also Hungarian) and is armed with a 75mm anti-tank gun. During some field trials, the Zrinyi I was fitted with external rocket launchers, and this version made it to War Thunder.

The Leopard 2AV is a prototype developed for US Army testing, where it competed against the XM-1 models. The tank is a transitional version from the Leopard 1 to the Leopard 2: the vehicle sports a 105mm L7A3 gun familiar from the Leopard 1, while the fire control system, engine and armor are already similar to the early Leopard 2 variants.

The F4D-1 Skyray was the first carrier supersonic fighter, entering service in 1956. The aircraft is characterized by an excellent rate of climb and can reach almost the speed of sound even at sea level.

The F4D-1 Skyray is armed with four forward-facing 20mm Browning-Colt Mk12 autocannons, and attachment points are capable of attaching nacelles with FFAR unguided missiles and AIM-9B Sidewinder guided missiles.

Designed as a Kongō-class battlecruiser, the Haruna was launched in 1915 but saw no further action in World War I. She was later converted into what was known as a Fast Battleship and saw action in many battles throughout World War II, including the Battle of the Philippines, the Battle of Guadalcanal and the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

The battleship was only lost in July 1945 when American planes attacked her in Kure Harbor off mainland Japan. The main armament of the Haruna consists of eight 356 mm guns divided into four turrets, the 152 mm and 127 mm guns support the main calibers, and the 118 anti-aircraft guns drive away any enemy aircraft with a barrage of fire.

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