In August, the popular online project World of Tanks turned 10 years old. This is an important figure for any video game and Wargaming decided to publish various indicators achieved over the years of the project’s existence.

Global numbers

160 millionusers around the world have registered for World of Tanks in 10 years. That’s 4 times the population of Germany or half the population of the USA.

4 Golden Joysticks –This is exactly how many awards World of Tanks received, equal to the Oscar in the gaming world. The game was awarded by them in 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2018, and for two years in a row in the same category (Still Playing).

More than 600 vehicles from 11 nations –This is the amount of equipment in the game today. They could replace real tanks with virtual ones in the armies of countries such as France (527 vehicles) and Bulgaria (about 80 vehicles). World of Tanks is rightfully considered the largest online museum of military equipment.

5.8 billion battleswere fought by virtual tankers of the planet in the game. These are only rounded data; it is very difficult to give an exact figure, since it is rapidly increasing every second.

55.5 billion awardsreceived by players over the 10 years of World of Tanks existence. If you divide them among all the inhabitants of the Earth, then everyone will receive an average of 7 awards.

2.1 billion carsare in players’ hangars – almost twice the number of cars in use worldwide today. p>

By the way, today a special website appeared https://10years.worldoftanks.com, which will give tankers their own unique numbers: those who have been with the game for many years, spent thousands of battles during this time and have accumulated many interesting stories, will be able to find their main achievements on it and share them on their social networks.

There is no limit to perfection

More than 80 major updateshave been released in World of Tanks during its existence – the developers constantly support the game so that it remains relevant for users. Every 1.5–2 months, changes of various sizes occur in Tanks, and if you compare what World of Tanks was in 2010 and what it has become today, these will be two different games.

Over 8,000 visual effectsare used in World of Tanks in total for both the old and new graphic versions of the game. This is 3 times more than was used for the film “Avengers: Endgame”.

Over 50,000 sound files are used in the game. These include music, voice acting, sounds of tanks and interface. In addition, the game features 200 musical soundtracks – enough for 15-20 full-length albums.

1000 people are working on the creation of World of Tanks in Wargaming offices around the world, including in Kyiv. In total, Wargaming employs more than 4,500 employees. It is noteworthy that almost the same number of people live on the Falkland Islands, which are located in the southwest Atlantic Ocean.

Regional features

56% of Ukrainian tankershave been playing World of Tanks for more than 6 years – this is the time during which a planted spruce grows by 1 meter and continues to grow by 10- 20 centimeters per year. Tankers, starting to play World of Tanks, plant trees and you will see how the world will become a better place!

Almost 100 billion kilometers –all the tanks in Ukraine and the CIS region have traveled such a long distance in 10 years. With the same success, they could ride to the Moon approximately 260 thousand times.

Inside the game

9631 treescan be counted on the “Murovanka” map. If you plant them nearby at intervals of about 5 meters, you will get a cozy forest of 21.5 hectares.

91 km/h –This is the maximum speed developed by the fastest tank in the game – the French Tier X tank Panhard EBR 105. If it had the right to drive on public roads, it would look very good in the traffic on the Kyiv-Odessa highway.

14 km/h –this is the maximum speed of the heavy British tank of Tier VI TOG II*, the slowest in the game. So, purely theoretically, you can escape from it. By the way, the most accurate vehicle in World of Tanks is the German Tier X tank destroyer Grille 15, the fastest-firing is the Tier X K-91 medium Soviet tank, and the British Tier X tank FV4005 Stage II boasts the most powerful weapon in the game.</p >

324 meters is the height of the Eiffel Tower in the game. Striving for maximum authenticity of real objects in World of Tanks, the developers depicted it in life-size, observing important details and all proportions. The game also contains other famous objects, for example, Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag building, the Victory Obelisk in Minsk, etc., they also repeat the original in the smallest detail.

World of Tanks in the sky and on the ground

More than 2,800 flightswere made by two unique “Tank Jets” branded by the World of Tanks game. In total, Belavia branded aircraft – Boeing 747-300 (began flying in 2016) and Embraer 195 (flying since 2018) – transported almost 350 thousand passengers to various parts of the world.

90 tonsweighs a mining dump truck, painted in 2019 in the colors of Wargaming Fest especially for the celebration of Tanker Day by BELAZ employees and World of Tanks players. With such a machine you would definitely stand out from the crowd.