Celebrating the April’s Fools Day

Commander!

The April’s Fools day is near and it’s time to get crazy – but rest assured, the bonuses and offers are very serious indeed, so strap in for an insane ride!

Between March 28 and April 4, 2019, the following items will be available:

• April’s Fools Bonuses
• Two April’s Fools Gift with Decals and free Loot Crates
• Skinless Marder 2 available to all Marder 2 Smash owners for free
• Offer: Type 99A2-140 in Blueprint Loot Crate in Web Shop
• Offer: Armata 152 in Blueprint Loot Crate in Web Shop
• Offer: BM Oplot in Loot Crate in Web Shop
• Offer: April’s Fools Marder 2 skin on MyLoot

Sounds like a handful, doesn’t it? Let’s break it down one by one, starting with...

For the duration of this event, the following bonuses will be available:

• 300% Experience income bonus (x4) for the first victory of the day for the Global Operations mode
• 50% Commander Experience income bonus for all modes

You can also pick up two April’s Fools gifts on MyLoot in the Chest section of the web page. The first of these gifts contains:

• Crazy Clown decal
• Insane Jester decal

The second of these gifts contains:

• 3 Armata 152 Loot Crates
• 3 Type 99A2-140 Loot Crates
• 3 BM Oplot Loot Crates

Please scroll down below for more information about these crates. We hope that you’ll enjoy them.

But that’s not the only free thing that’s coming. We’re pleased to announce that, during this event, the owners of the Marder 2 Smash vehicle will receive a long-awaited skinless version of it for free with the Smash color scheme being available as a skin option. Additionally, we are introducing a special April’s Fools skin of the Marder. Let’s talk a bit about that.

A special April’s Fools skin is now available, clad in the garish colors that all sorts of jesters and fools have been using since the dawn of time. But make no mistake – you’ll be the one to have the last laugh since the vehicle that carries it, the Tier 8 Marder 2 AFV, is amongst the deadliest on the battlefield. With its 44 tons, it’s one of the heaviest and toughest AFVs around. Unlike many other AFVs of its Tier, it is not armed with guided missiles, relying instead on its extremely powerful 50mm autocannon.

The skin comes in the following bundles:

You’ve asked for it to return and here it is – in a brand new Loot Crate with blueprints!

The Type 99A2-140 is an experimental version of the most advanced Chinese Main Battle Tank in existence – the Type 99A. Unlike its production counterpart, however, it is not armed with a 120mm smoothbore, but massive 140mm smoothbore cannon. This is a theoretical upgrade to the vehicle – while the People’s Republic of China was considering upgrading the firepower of its Main Battle Tanks to face latest western and Russian MBT models, a 140mm gun was never installed on this chassis and was only mentioned in passing by certain Chinese sources. Now, however, your enemies will have the opportunity to experience what such a vehicle with you in command would be like to face in battle!

In Armored Warfare, the Type 99A2-140 is a rather unique Tier 10 Premium Main Battle Tank. It is essentially a version of the progression Type 99A2 Tier 10 MBT with one difference – the 140mm gun, trading its rate of fire for penetration and single shell damage. It is very fast and mobile (with its maximum speed being well over 90 km/h), protected by ERA and APS both and capable of using an acceleration-boosting active ability that pushes its engine far beyond the limits of common Main Battle Tanks. If used right, the vehicle is extremely deadly and one of the best Tier 10 MBTs on the battlefields of Armored Warfare. During this offer, the vehicle is available as a part of a new Loot Crate.

This Loot Crate contains mostly Type 99A2-140 blueprint pieces. You need to assemble one hundred of these pieces (that will appear in your Inventory upon the crate opening) to receive the Type 99A2-140. Each crate drops one of the following items:

• Type 99A2-140 Tier 10 Premium Main Battle Tank (rare drop)
• 1 to 99 blueprint pieces
• Temporary 3-day version of a random Tier 6 or higher Premium vehicle
• A part of a Special Type 99A2-140 Loot Crate (collect 10 to receive a Special Type 99A2-140 Loot Crate – Special Loot Crates are enhanced versions of the standard Loot Crates, offering more drops and higher chances to receive better items)
• An extra Type 99A2-140 Loot Crate

If a player already has the same Premium vehicle the Loot Crate dropped a temporary version of in his or her inventory, he or she will receive 125 Gold instead. Parts of a Special Loot Crate can be sold for 85 Gold and a full Special Loot Crate can be sold for 850 Gold.

The Loot Crate is available by purchasing it in our Web Shop in the following bundles:

• 2 Loot Crates (5% discount)
• 5 Loot Crates (10% discount)
• 11 Loot Crates (15% discount)
• 23 Loot Crates (25% discount)
• 50 Loot Crates (37% discount)

Another highly requested tank is the Armata 152 – it too makes an appearance today in a blueprint Loot Crate.

It is a version of the T-14 Armata, armed with larger cannon. One of the upgrades considered for the T-14 Armata was the increase of its caliber to 152mm in order to absolutely, positively destroy anything with the first shot. The 2A83 smoothbore is a behemoth of a gun, designed in the last days of the Soviet empire for the next generation of super-tanks. It’s massive, heavy and quite costly to produce, but, most importantly, it was never truly needed to deal with the western MBTs since the standard 125mm guns were (and still are) up to the task. That is why it never found its way on any Soviet MBT with even the standard T-14 Armata being armed with an improved 125mm cannon. You can, however, experience its awesome firepower in Armored Warfare! Learn more about it in a dedicated article.

In Armored Warfare, the T-14 Armata 152 is a Tier 10 Premium Main Battle Tank. While not firing as fast as its 125mm counterpart, the 152mm rounds do enormous damage, often eliminating weaker opponents with a single shot. And then there’s the platform itself – the Armata, the most modern Main Battle Tank in the world. Earn it and use it to dominate!

This Loot Crate works in an identical way as the Type 99A2-140 one does and is available in our Web Shop in the following bundles:

• 2 Loot Crates (5% discount)
• 5 Loot Crates (10% discount)
• 11 Loot Crates (15% discount)
• 23 Loot Crates (25% discount)
• 50 Loot Crates (37% discount)

And last but not least, we have the BM Oplot Loot Crate with a random chance of dropping the vehicle itself.

The BM Oplot is a heavily upgraded T-84 Ukrainian Main Battle Tank, which is based on an older design called T-80UD. It is currently the best tank the Ukrainian military industry can offer. You can read more about its history in our dedicated article.

In Armored Warfare, the BM Oplot is a Tier 9 Premium Main Battle Tank with a playstyle similar to the T-80U. Power-wise, it’s roughly on par with the T-90MS of the same Tier, but it has a very unique ability. Its advanced Duplet armor consists of several ERA layers, making it able to negate more than one HEAT shell impact. It takes several precise hits aimed at the same location to break through it, making it a very resistant vehicle on the battlefield.

You can obtain the Oplot from the Oplot Loot Crate that we are introducing in our Web Shop.

This Loot Crate has a chance of dropping the BM Oplot as well as plenty of other goodies. Additionally, there is a rule in place – the more you open, the higher the higher the chance of an Oplot drop per crate, making it a virtual certainty at one point.

This Loot Crate has can be obtained in our Web Shop in the following bundles:

• 2 Loot Crates
• 5 Loot Crates (5% discount)
• 11 Loot Crates (11% discount)
• 23 Loot Crates (20% discount)
• 50 Loot Crates (30% discount)

Apart from a chance to receive the ultimate rare drop – the BM Oplot Tier 9 Premium Main Battle Tank, each Loot Crate contains a number of goodies. In fact, you are guaranteed to receive items of at least the value of the Loot Crate!

The BM Oplot Loot Crate offers you the chance to win one or more of the following items:

Please note:

• This offer starts on March 28 at 16:00 CET (8 AM PDT)
• This offer ends on April 4 at 16:00 CEST (7 AM PDT)
• The Loot Crate offers are not available to players located in the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Belgium

Enjoy the offer and see you on the battlefield!