How to test drive hidden vehicles without the wiki

This is a guide to inspecting and test-driving vehicles in War Thunder without using the wiki or in-game option!

One way to access hidden vehicles is to make the link yourself.

> First, you need to be signed-in to the War Thunder Wiki [wiki.warthunder.com] and have War Thunder turned on at this time.

> Second, you need to find the object ID name for the vehicle you want to view.
⠀⠀⠀ The first way, is to find the unit name in this unit list link (may not always be up to date)
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀https://wiki.warthunder.com/CDK_Reference/Units
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⠀⠀⠀The second way, is to search the War Thunder directory with the
⠀⠀⠀vehicle name. (You will usually find newer vehicles this way)

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀*It's worth noting that sometimes the file name isn't always the unit name*
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Example 1
Example 2

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\War Thunder

> Third, take this link (Copy and Paste), the id and put them together. Enter it into your browser.

https://wiki.warthunder.com/index.php?title=Special%3AGameObjectView&object_id=

example.
https://wiki.warthunder.com/index.php?title=Special%3AGameObjectView&object_id=ussr_bm_31_12

> You will enter a web page that looks like this. Click back on the game and the vehicle will appear.
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> If you receive this error. It is because you have not signed into the War Thunder Wiki, which⠀ ⠀  is needed
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> If you receive this error. It is because you do not have War Thunder active at this time, which is needed
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> If you receive this error. It is because you clicked on the link in the guide. Copy and paste it into the address bar instead and then add your ID. You also receive this error when the vehicle model has not yet been added to the game, or the ID is simply mistyped

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• If you have any problems and/or things you want to add to the guide, please type below :)

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[Kototop_CMB]

use old wiki

[Rastmust]

This doesn't work after the wiki update

[Kototop_CMB]

it work ONLY for things that you dont need to research

[Melton]

I was trying 10-15 USA planes, like f-16a and etc. but didnt work

[WaddaDhogDhoin]

updated: file name isn't always the unit name, included extra help to solve Status 200: unit not found

[WaddaDhogDhoin]

What tank were you looking for? Something like this happens when you have a wrong precursor like (usa_) as it can just be (us_)

[Melton]

{
"status": 200,
"details": {
"reply": {
"result": "unit_not_found"
},
"status": "ok"
}
}
how to fix this?

[WaddaDhogDhoin]

{
"status": 400,
"error": "Empty game object identifier"
}

If you receive this error message, its because you clicked on the link. DON'T CLICK IT. Copy it from the guide, put it on the address bar and put the ID after. :)

[Danila D]

{
"status": 400,
"error": "Empty game object identifier"
}

What would i do?

[Sull]

jwjodat no those won't work as tech tree vehicles can't be test driven until you can research them. This would only work for the kind of vehicle that would be to the right of the tech tree, premiums and gift vehicles and the like.