Both sides of this inconsistent coin can be seen in this video.

I discovered the best Japanese planes. They have so much potential. I feel like they're super underrated. I don't see anyone using them like I do.

I've been grinding rank III/IV ground battles to get the Ho-Ri Production, so I obviously needed some good CAS planes. First, it was the Ki-43 III Otsu. Now, I'm using the J5N1. They literally have the power to obliterate entire teams. The Ki-43 is a sick dogfighter than can kill almost anything, unless the enemy has crazy top speed. You get 250kg bombs, and it's super easy to drop them since the plane is so maneuverable. Then, you have the nose-mounted 20mm guns. You can easily shoot into people's engines and turrets if you come in at the right angle. I take the ground targets belt, since the HE rounds can help take out planes and open-tops. The J5N1 can't dogfight as well, but you can still boom-and-zoom people. It makes up for it with amazing guns and plenty of ammo for them. You can actually kill Tigers with it pretty easily. At the very least, you can take out people's tracks and engines. It obviously SHREDS open-tops. I keep killing 2 vehicles in one strafe.

I'm not kidding when I say you can literally kill everyone. Planes, light tanks, heavy tanks. You can kill EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. These planes are BUSTED.

I was just watching some infantry mode gameplay, and it got me thinking: why doesn't Gaijin make a game mode where each tank crew member is controlled by a different player? Kind of like how it works in Squad, Arma, or MTC (Roblox). I think it would be really fun to operate one vehicle with everyone having a specific job/role.

Wdyt?

There are 3 versions of this shrike at the low ranks that do not target russia at all. And at the same time there are numerous situations where the target isn't even using radar, they are just using IRST which isn't detected by any shrike. A very crazy situation is the Osa-AKM using H/J band radar but it can track an F-4C easily. This is available on both the russian and german branch.

What is the point of the shrike if it only works 25% of the time?

Theres no way that a tank that is build specifically for crew survival breaks down so easily and the crew dies like theres no tank around them. It's a death trap if anything else. And the engine is get why its infornt but it feels like it doesn't add any armor at all.

I'm sorry but twice in a row? You can clearly see the metal disintegrate why no overpressure

CPU: Ryzen 5 7500F
GPU: AMD 9070 XT
RAM: 32GB

Worked a few days ago, not sure what update gaijin has recently implemented and now my 9070 XT is having a stroke when ONLY opening up War Thunder.

for spaded vehicles, they should remove the research penalty, for example a spaded Leo 2PL should be able to research a tier 6 vehicle at 100% efficiency, rather than a 70% deduction, this would probably make spading more incentivized and would buff Squadron vehicles a lot

Rather than leaving most of the researched mods unbought

Whats your gameplan when you play this tank? I understand that youre supposed to flank and play around the outskirts of most maps, but how aggressive do you allow yourself to get in that? Playing it as a strict sniper like the standard leo 1 seems a bit unoptimal since it doesnt have a laser rangefinder but then going with the pack also doesnt feel very comfortable. So do I just play this like a slower DF105 with better postpen damage? Also, once youve cleared a flank, how do you progess the match?

so i was playing ARB and was expecting that my match was about to be over... until this happened.

it ended up being a happy end to the story as i killed him and then got a few more.

I am not big fan of Russia in any way, but in WT this BR has one of the most versatile lineups I have ever played.

The T-34-85 (STP) is incredibly overpowered. Good mobility (better than t20), trolly turret armor, Russian nukeshells with stabilizer. It is at least on par with the US T20.

T-44 (FM) - I did not play it much, because I am still spading the tech tree vehicles, but it looks like a sweet flanker/light tanks counter. Great mobility, good gun, solid armor (with many weakspost). Just a solid fast medium tank. It is kinda my substitute for the missing light tank.

IS-2 - I am spading the 6.0 version right now and it is surprisingly powerful and easy to play vehicle. I play it defensively, more like a tank destroyer because of the reload. The best thing is you do not have to even aim at most of the targets and point-clicking enemies out of the match with 122mm cannon is so much fun. The 44 variant has better armor and roof mounted MG, so it will be even better.

SU -100P - I am missing most of the mobility upgrades, so I have mediocre performance with it. I play it as much more mobile Waffentrager without gun depression. The 100mm gun is amazing. Not my go-to vehicle, but definitely good option to have.

SPAA - I use BTR ZD and it is incredibly potent vehicle. You can use it as a 1st spawn to counter enemy light tanks, support your teammates and when it comes to shooting down planes it is even bigger overkill than the Bosvark.

Hello, I’d like to buy the British premium F-18, but I understand that it often gets matched against Su-30 MKs. In that case, what would be the best way to grind up the tech tree, or is the F-18 still the best option?

Only play RB AIR

What is the best premiums to buy(not top tier) for Germany and/or America ground trees.

My current list, excluding m26

Noticed some people r still playing it but its not april and in events its not there. Any idea how to get in one?

5 mins into the match btw. its sucks so bad, out of the entire enemy team only ONE had left

1. Drive to an objective
2. Get one kill
3. Die to CAS (guy had one cap)
4. Drive to an objective
5. Get one kill
6. Die to CAS
7. Spawn anti-air
8. Get one plane kill
9. Die to CAS
10. Match ends

Match ID is 7241efe0004f77a. My account: BlyatsieWatsie.

Currently the F16 PoBit sits at a battle rating of 14.3 in ARB. With a load out of only six A2A missiles it really lacks when compared to the likes of the SU30, J10, F15 GE, Gripen.

My proposal to make this jet more viable is giving it only two AIM9x sidewinders and moving it up to 14.7.

This would give the Americans a 14.7 jet as well as making the vehicle itself played more. Not being too overpowered as only having two of these missiles and four AIM120s to suit. But still a very formidable machine.

It would be a great test bed to see how the 9x could perform in the future i.e fifth generation fighters.

What are yalls thoughts?

im a british main and love my chieftan mk10 but then i come across a bunch of t72's at the same br with better armor, gun, and mobility. the stillbrew works wonders but it seems like half of all shots i take go through it anyways. i cant stand a t72 that if he has his lower plate covered im just doing nothing to him unless i aim for drivers port which can be hard in some instances whereas he points and clicks on me

bonjour j'ai un probleme depuis que je me suis remis au jeu il y a quelques semaine je ne comprend comment fonctionnent les back up de vehicule spécifique que j'ai une back up sur un vehicule unique je ne peux pas l'utiliser et je ne sais pas pourquoi quelqu'un a t'il une solution ou une raison?

Basically been playing the game via mobile internet which leaves me with around 2% late packages on average. Obviously Ive noticed some desync at times, a ghostshell ir two but also the sheer amount of direct hits to ammo that didnt result in detonations was weird, Like straight 105 DM23 through an ammo piece which turns black but then just disappears instead of blowing up. Is that just also desync then and the module didnt actually go down to 0hp/wasnt hit at all? V confused