War Thunder brings back its First World War event for Armistice Day, now with two new planes to earn

Gaijin is rerunning The Great War, War Thunder's First World War event, to mark Armistice Day. It is live from 11 November until 11:00 GMT on 18 November, and you reach it through Events and Tournaments, then Historical Events.

The event recreates the Western Front in Flanders in 1918, with early tanks, biplanes, Zeppelin airships and AI infantry moving through the trenches and across no man's land. Tank mobility is boosted in this mode compared with the real vehicles; once you take an earned tank into normal Ground Realistic Battles, it goes back to its historical speed and handling.

There are two sides, the Triple Entente and the German Empire, each with seven stages. Every stage needs 5,000 mission points, you can clear one stage per side each day, and new stages open at 11:00 GMT from 12 to 17 November. Rewards include random First World War vehicles from each side's list, decals and a title, and the vehicles stay in your tech tree after the event ends. Stages can also be bought outright for 599 Golden Eagles each, the game's premium currency.

What's new this year is in the final stage of each side: the French SPAD S.XIII fighter for completing all seven Entente stages, and the German Fokker D.VII for the German Empire. The British H.P.12 bomber and the German Garford-Beute light tank also join the lists. Anyone who already owns all of last year's First World War vehicles gets a trophy for each duplicate instead, holding a research or Silver Lions booster, backups, a day of premium account or a camouflage.

War Thunder is free to play; our War Thunder page has its player numbers, PEGI 16 rating and what it costs to play.