Jun 17, 2026
View on Steam↗Update 20 | Hotfix 2 Live Now
3/5 Moderate
AMD GPU crash fixes and significant engine health buffs for Medium and Heavy tanks to improve armor survivability.
Key Changes
- 1DirectX 12 crash fixes for AMD GPU users on Tobruk, El Alamein, and Stalingrad
- 2Medium Tank engine health increased by 100
- 3Heavy Tank engine health increased by 50 (Firefly, Panther, Churchill A.V.R.E.)
- 4Self-Propelled Artillery engine health increased by 100
- 5Fixed Canadian Outpost and Garrison placement issues on Juno Beach
- 6Restored the Update 20 frontend menu
- 7Fixed Xbox Series X|S performance freezes on Juno Beach
- 8Resolved vehicle wheel repair bug with the blowtorch
- 9Fixed console role customization menu bugs
- 10Fixed barn window shooting collision on Juno Beach
All Changes
🛡️Armor Balance(3)
- buffMedium Tank: Engine health increased by 100 to improve survivability against Anti-Tank Launchers.
- buffHeavy Tank: Engine health increased by 50, including the Firefly, Panther, and Churchill A.V.R.E.
- buffSelf-Propelled Artillery: Engine health increased by 100.
💻Performance & Stability(2)
- fixAMD GPUs: Fixed DirectX 12 crashes affecting AMD graphics card users when loading into Tobruk, El Alamein, and Stalingrad.
- fixXbox Series X|S: Fixed performance issues and frequent freezes on Juno Beach and its variants.
🗺️Maps(6)
- fixJuno Beach: Fixed an issue preventing Canadians from placing Outposts and Garrisons in sections of the beach.
- fixJuno Beach: Fixed multiple collision inconsistencies affecting vegetation across the map.
- fixJuno Beach: Fixed an issue preventing players from shooting through barn windows.
- fixJuno Beach: Fixed spawning issues, including an inaccessible church area where players could become stuck.
- fixJuno Beach: Fixed multiple floating assets and visual anomalies across the map.
- fixJuno Beach: Fixed a visible red bounding box appearing above the Canadian HQs.
🚜Vehicles(2)
- fixVehicles: Fixed an issue preventing vehicle wheels from being repaired using the blowtorch.
- fixGerman Luchs: Fixed an issue where the cannon would not display a cause of death when eliminating players.
🎨UI & Customization(7)
- changeFrontend: Reintroduced the Update 20 frontend menu.
- fixT-34 Medium Tank: Fixed an issue preventing the DLC skin from being previewed and equipped on the summer variant.
- fixDLC: Fixed an issue where purchasing the Veteran Smolensk Offensive DLC unintentionally unlocked Operation Suvorov.
- fixPlayStation 5: Fixed an issue preventing role customization after using the menu multiple times.
- fixXbox Series X|S: Fixed an issue preventing role customization after using the menu multiple times.
- fixEpic Games Store: Fixed non-functional 'Available For Purchase' button in the Additional Content menu.
- fixEpic Games Store: Fixed errors when accessing Wishlist and Pre-Order links through the Newsfeed.
Summary
Armor Balance & Stability
Hotfix 2 for Update 20 focuses on critical stability and community-requested balance changes. The most notable update is a significant increase to engine health across all tank classes to prevent Anti-Tank Launchers from disabling vehicles too easily. Additionally, the team has resolved the DirectX 12 crashes that were specifically plaguing AMD GPU users on several maps.
Map & Bug Fixes
Juno Beach received several targeted fixes for collision, spawning, and construction issues. The update also restores the Update 20 frontend and addresses various DLC and customization bugs across PC and consoles.