One century ago, in September 1916, the French villages of Flers and Courcelette witnessed a momentous event – it was the very first time in history of warfare that tanks were used in combat! The idea to develop armoured combat vehicles, or ‘land battleships’ as it were, came as a response to the rigid World War I reality of trench warfare. The British Landships Committee wanted a vehicle capable of breaking through fortified positions and trenches, thus breaking the stalemate situation prevalent on the battlefields of World War I. The outcome of the development process initiated in the summer of 1915 was the Gun Carrier Mark I. Even though the plans were to utilise the tanks in a mass scale attack on the opening day of the Battle of Somme, the manufacturers were not able to prepare the required number of vehicles in time. As a result, the unleashing of this new weapon had to be postponed for an additional 10 weeks. On 15th September 1916, the decision was made to use the total of 49 available vehicles in a combined attack with infantry and artillery in an attempt to break the German defense lines. Even though no breakthrough had been achieved, the operation resulted in the capture of the villages of Courcelette, Martinpuich and Flers, and pushed the frontline forward by over 2,300 metres.

This weekend, we would like to commemorate this milestone in the history of warfare by launching a special event. Here is what you can expect:

80% Credit Income Bonus for all Tier III and IV Standard Vehicles

Save up some credits – you will need them once you reach higher tiers!

50% Credit Income Bonus for all Tier V and VI Standard Vehicles

What can make mid-game battles even more fun? Improved income, of course!

Double Crew Experience for all Tier VII and VIII Vehicles

Get your crews into top fighting condition at double the rate!

Triple Crew Experience for all Tier IX and X Vehicles

The bigger the vehicles, the bigger the bonuses – get 3x the experience for all tankers on your end-game machines!

50% Discount on the following Premium Vehicles:

Up to 50% Discount on Insignias

Personalize your vehicles with some cool insignias for half the price!

Discount on Premium Time

Get 3 days of Premium for 250 (usually 650 gold)

(usually 650 gold) Get 7 days of Premium for 650 (usually 1250 gold)

Missions :

Mission 1: Second Coming Objective Win the battle Reward 2x Experience for the battle Conditions No more bonus for the first victory of the day*

Random Battles only

Once per day per tank

*This mission can only be completed on vehicles which were played earlier and won a battle, thus using up the daily experience bonus.

Mission 2: Tank Ace Objective Deal the most damage in the battle from all players on both teams Reward 50% credit income bonus for the battle Conditions Random Battles only

Mission 3: There is no “I” in Team Objective Achieve one of the following Medals: Confederate

Patrol Duty

Brothers in Arms Reward Triple Crew Experience for the battle Conditions Random Battles only

Please note that scoring more than one of the listed medals in the battle will not affect the reward – you will always get 3x Crew experience.

Special Mission : Wrecking Steel Sessions In addition to the standard missions listed above, there will be one additional mission during this special. It will be much more challenging and will offer great rewards for its completion: Objective Score a total of 60 frags (destroyed enemy vehicles) while driving the following tanks: 20 frags on Type T-34

20 frags on Churchill I

20 frags on Stug III Reward 7 days of Premium Account

10x Automatic Fire Extinguisher

10x Large Repair Kit

10x Large Med Kit

1,000,000 Credits Conditions Random Battles only

Once per account

You can enjoy these bonuses from Saturday 14th September 2013 07:10 CEST (GMT +2) until Tuesday 17th September 2013 07:10 CEST.

Roll out, Commanders!