In early versions, the currency value (Silver Lions) was stored in 4-byte integers in the client's RAM. A user could scan for the value of their Lions, spend some, scan again, and locate the address.
Searching for "V.1.43.7.49 Cheat Engine" files on shady Russian forums (the "-RUS-" part of the keyword) is a digital minefield. War Thunder V.1.43.7.49 -ENG-RUS- -L- Cheat Engine
Reputable cheat forums are often closed. Publicly available .CT files from 2014 are almost always repacked with: In early versions, the currency value (Silver Lions)
If a website offers a "working" Cheat Engine hack for a 9-year-old version of a game, they are not hosting it for your benefit—they are hosting it because you are the target. If a website offers a "working" Cheat Engine
In the vast, sprawling history of War Thunder, few version numbers evoke the kind of nostalgic, almost legendary curiosity among veteran dataminers and modders as V.1.43.7.49. To the average player in 2025, this string of digits (often coupled with "-ENG-RUS- -L- Cheat Engine") looks like corrupted code. But to those who lived through the "Great Economy Wars" of 2014-2015, it represents a specific moment in time—a snapshot of the game before the encryption walls went up.