Classified military documents leaked on War Thunder forums yet again

War Thunder is a free-to-play military vehicle combat MMO (Image via Gaijin Entertainment)
War Thunder is a free-to-play military vehicle combat MMO (Image via Gaijin Entertainment)

War Thunder has again come under the spotlight for the leak of new classified military documents. This is the second time in 2024 that classified documents were leaked on the forum and the 15th time in total since 2021. This time, details regarding the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet were leaked.

The Typhoon is set to arrive in the upcoming Storm Warning update. The documents were swiftly taken down by the War Thunder forum moderators.

This article will discuss what we know about the leak of the classified military documents for the Typhoon in War Thunder.


War Thunder: Eurofighter Typhoon classified military documents leak

The Italian variant of the Eurofighter Typhoon coming to the game (Image via Gaijin Entertainment)
The Italian variant of the Eurofighter Typhoon coming to the game (Image via Gaijin Entertainment)

On December 11, user Charge Bison leaked what appears to be 'Classified and Export Restricted information' on the Italian variant of the Eurofighter Typhoon.

The document seemed to have information on the supercruise capability of this multi-role combat aircraft. The discussion hinted that the user utilized the documents in order to win an argument on the forum. The moderators quickly took down the classified documents and issued statements on the forum.

Gunjob, a Technical Moderator on the forum wrote:

"We have directly confirmed with the Italian MOD these are available illegally"...."You cannot use these documents for reporting and you cannot post them."

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Gaijin Entertainment has repeatedly requested users to stop posting classified military documents on the forum. However, since the surfacing of alleged classified military documents started with the leak of the British Challenger 2 MBT in 2021, the number of such incidents has increased every year.

Smin1080p_WT, a prominent community manager on the game forum wrote after the leak:

"IN BRIEF: you are not allowed to publish any Classified information and Export restricted military-technical data other than Declassified Information, as well as some other defense information..."

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With modern vehicles constantly being added, it might be a short time before more leaks surface.


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