50 CALS ARE FAR TOO STRONG IN WAR THUNDER

50 cals in War Thunder are notoriously powerful for what is a heavy machine gun in a game where large calibre cannons exist! However, some vehicles adorn the infamous M2 Browning and in this video, we fly a plane that has TEN!
In fact, this entire lineup consists of 3 vehicles with TWENTY 50 cals between them. That's an average of 7.3 M2 Brownings per vehicle!
Gaijin recently buffed the .50 by giving it 30mm penetration on planes with the AP belt and an extra 1mm on planes with 31mm total!
So, today I take out the M16, A-36 Apache and SB2C Dauntless with gun pods for some extra BRAP!
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INTRO (00:00)
20 50 CALS ONLY 3 VEHICLES (02:40)
GAME 1 - A SUPRISING AMOUNT OF FRAGS (05:06)
GAME 2 - ACTUALLY USING AN SPAA AS AN SPAA (14:51)
OUTRO (26:31)

[@OddBawZ]

IN THIS VIDEO IN THIS VIDEO IN THIS VIDEO IN THIS VIDEO IN THIS VIDEO IN THIS VIDEO IN THIS VIDEO IN THIS VIDEO IN THIS VIDEO IN THIS VIDEO DO YOU THINK 50 CALS ARE A BIT RIDICULOUS? WHAT US CAS PLANE ARE YOU USING?!

[@Skip.8221]

The B-52 and simulate rolling thunder on the enemies 😎

[@charliefarmer5]

Odd you should bring out the p 61 black widow with the 4x 1000s and the 4x 20mm (they get the same belts as on the f4u-4b)

[@shroder2748]

P47-D25. Not the best in my humble opinion and honestly don't like how utterly heavy the thing is but it's still not to bad

[@sovietuwunionbruh7857]

going crazy

[@DeltaS64Lima]

I would love to see a African MTD video OddBawZ if you could please make one

[@ppchumanoid1289]

"What nation are you grinding?" "50 cals."

[@Novous]

Praise be onto the fifty

[@zanaduz2018]

One of the great products designed by Gun Moses. Praise be unto fiddy cal!

[@MonolophosaurusEnj0yer]

In this video you could also have: M2A2, M13 MGMC, M8 HMC (just load smokes for the gun), and F2A-3!

[@n1co2017]

the t34/t29/t30

[@friendlysnoworb6091]

@@n1co2017 no. the idea is to actually be able to kill things.

[@Anarcho-harambeism]

@@friendlysnoworb6091 have you ever tried doing anti air in the t34 on the American tech tree, dear god its just a low tier aa on top of a great tank.

[@yuxuanhuang3523]

@@Anarcho-harambeism until someone tracks you and there is a bomber or something with heatfs

[@tacomas9602]

@@Anarcho-harambeism the main gun?

[@TheSuperZOS]

FYI you absolutely can damage SU-122 and other T-34 based vehicles with .50, you have enough pen to engine deck and in some cases turret roof them even at a rather forgiving angle. It's a recent change but it made US CAS even more dangerous overall.

[@Kraus-]

Another benefit of Russian vehicles is that their sloped armor on the sides is flat on if you attack with a comfortable dive. No need to risk a top down.

[@collander7766]

@@Kraus- yeah except that requires more than 45mm of pen. Which basically only Russian aircraft have in autocannon form. Then there’s the German duck and whatever

[@hxppythxughts8531]

Also even more cancer. Don't you love it when a ground battle turns into an air battle except the ai targets are us?

[@victordanielalvescarvalho3353]

@@hxppythxughts8531 Skill issue

[@ElwoodPDowd-nz2si]

I'm new. Looking at the German p47d 16e to grind the line. My concern is being effective in ground RB without bombs or rockets. It looks like I'll be able to do some damage to ground forces as well as other planes. Have you used a p47 without bombs in ground RB? Just want to make sure I'm not thinking wrong.

[@Talendale]

Most WWII-era guns aren't something you'd see on anything modern, but the .50 cal is eternal. Because it works. And it works. And it works.

[@lwgrazi]

MG42 has survived the years with many modifications, you can find the most modern variant as the MG3

[@jakearmstrong335]

The 12.7×99mm and M2HB will eventually go but for now it seems eternal. Belgium tries to replace ut with the 15.5mm MG but that didn't seem to work

[@mandernachluca3774]

As said befor, the MG42 too, thought, the MG42 might survive longer, as it is, per definition, more versitil.

[@alanhuskey2404]

I used the P40 instead to keep it below 3.0, it was tons of fun

[@Novous]

1:45 i would have died laughing after passing with 50 cals, you switched to butt gunner and killed him with rear 50 cals (like some two HP boss, "I survived his volley.... OH GOD NO HES GOT MORE") love the vids, love the work odd. best wishes.

[@Siamon34]

For those asking why calling .50 CALS for 12.7mm It's just that 50cals are 0.50 inch which is 127mm in the game.

[@123123boobies]

My favorite thing to do with the A36 is to take it to 11.0 along with the m22, get a capute point and then hunt helis near their spawns. Its pretty much a free god mode per match because helicopter users (expecially ka 50 and ka 52) are goddamn dumb, deaf and blind.

[@turczech]

Currently at 7.3 with the israeli tanks along with my faithful P-51, occasionally doing the same though there aren't many choppers at that br.

[@EwokJEDI]

Ah yes! Spawn camping a spawn point like a true pro gamer! 👍

[@yuxuanhuang3523]

I always used the P40 to spawn camp the airfield. Next time perhaps the A36 for a change

[@eklhaft4531]

My favourite thing is to go into air RB and get 20 ground kills and 4 air kills without really too much effort. One 0.50 is shit but 12 of them is the shit.

[@yuxuanhuang3523]

Try taking the m16 out at 6.7-7.3, where you shoot bmps and the new russian HE thing. It is also no armour best armour because unless they use HE, heavy rounds pass through and take out only the gunner because that is where they think to shoot first.

[@matteocesa9017]

"Tonight on war gear: odd bullies low tier...a 30 years old machinegun melts germany and russia aaand an anti air role plays as a tank destroyer"

[@skybuprofen9834]

For future reference, the A-36 has an airbrake that can be used to mitigate its dive compression.

[@joshuashreve2380]

Yes i was kinda disappointed when he hadn't used them at all

[@TheAngelobarker]

Yup it's because the p51 was so crap the us army found another role for it 🤣

[@ZealothPL]

Initially p51 was crap because the US simply didn't have the technology to make a decent engine for it. Once they got a British engine with way higher power to weight ratio it suddenly drastically improved

[@ExcavationNation]

Odd I wish you would have replaced the 50s with the brrrrt sound. Only would have added like 17 hrs of editing. Been sick tho brrrrrrroski

[@rhystaylor851]

The M16 is the best US AA until maybe the York, even then it's debatable

[@lwgrazi]

Imho the M19A1 is pretty damn good

[@yuxuanhuang3523]

@@lwgrazi Don't call a tank destroyer an AA lol. M19 is only good with AP, unless you have perfect aim and go with tap shots. I have destroyed more tanks that planes in that thing. the worst thing is it has two gunners yet if one gets knocked out, it stops working. I would accept each one to work the horizontal and vertical slower. And planes love spraying this thing long range because there is no armour on top and the turret is too slow to track properly But it is good puma killer on long range. Just carry full ammo and press W. See a puma, spray. One or two will make it anyway.

[@jimmiarreltherford8464]

Odd, I believe now you should be spiritually obligated to take out the F-82 with the gunpod in the name of M2 .50 Cal!!

[@moronic_dense_fooker]

Cmon Bawz. I know you want to get a double ace with the FCM 36 or M2A2 ;)

[@_f00d_43]

Finally someone brings out my absolute favorite p51 variant, being the a-36 just because you get it at such a low br and dont have to worry about bringing it with you to higher brs, ive had success even in 6.0 with my a-36

[@amplified7918]

Yesssss thank you ive been wanting u phly or bo to make a a36 vid this is the perfect line up for 50s to lol

[@chris_hisss]

Thank you Mr. John Browning (and later those that upscaled the .30), and you Bawz for this fun video!

[@sidwainhouse]

I love shredding things with the single .50 on the 6 Pdr SARC, makes mincemeat of Pumas.

[@politenessman3901]

It's also worth noting that on most Korean War and earlier US tanks, the .50 cal acts in game like a remote weapons station, wheras in reality the tank comd in most cases would need to be massively exposed to use the .50 against ground targets (in many cases standing on the engine deck, or with the turret traversed to the rear to point the .50 forwards).

[@ZealothPL]

To be honest the .50 in war thunder seems to be firing tungsten darts only lol, it's somehow more effective at penetrating targets than anti tank rifles are in Enlisted...

[@moonlitfoxling8448]

I've been using the SBD 3 with gunpods for a year in naval, it is absolutely brutal

[@blueduck8431]

Was just playing the A36 today with the pods. Been about 6 months. Forgot how fun the 50's are! Always enjoy your videos!

[@josstroeven2380]

the scope view on the m16 with the red tracers makes me think of Xwings from star wars games

[@SergZa]

An ordinary heavy machine gun, no worse and no better than others. BUT, in this game, not people are sitting in the planes, but robots for which it is not difficult to take any plane out of a dive at any speed and any angle of attack. A simple example: when diving with an angle of more than 30 degrees, the pilot of the Hs-129 did not have enough physical strength to deflect the rudders. In the game, we can take the Hs-129 out of a dive at any speed and angle.

[@cantbyou3086]

Bawz I like every vid as it begins and is always a joy to watch your cas play cause I can't play air planes

[@user-jw4fn6fh2x]

That was great. Do your top 3 or 5 favorite low tear, anti-air.

[@Novous]

Contraereo is amazing ever since they switched from the b.s. box mags to full belt ammo. You can blow through all 400+ rounds in like 30 seconds and then drive around like a crazy person trying to get to a cap to get ammo back. Also its an AA. WITH SMOKE LAUNCHERS. Honestly, most AA are the most fun you can have in War Thunder. If you learn to dodge and hide between buildings to control how often a plane can see you, and only ambush fire at it when its close, you can get 5+ plane kill games. People in their premium CAS planes get salty AF that their Do 335 powertrip was immediately ended when a good AA player is on the map.

[@ijnisus6273]

Shilka and Yenisei

[@sirnott93]

I'm an WoTB player, never have played war thunder, but I keep coming back to your vids. The accent and the gameplays is amazing 😂 keep it up

[@Brandon34098]

this turned into .50 cal only "challenge"

[@Crossingman18]

When you compared the A36 to "a rock with wings" I just about choked on coffee laughing at your analogy of the plane. Youre awsome oddbawz. Love your content.

[@Geniusinventor]

This is what a low-BR Low-end BRRRRRRT look like

[@lilcoolcat]

I love the American 50cals that are insane I love taking the o-51 h out at 6.3 with the 2 500s and the rockets then I just go guns because they do so much damage and the plane is very good for fighting planes by far one of my favorites if not my favorite plane I. Game to play

[@Faalsnor]

the lvkv 42 AA is awesome i love it.. maybe play that? 👌

[@Masonjar94]

French 1.3 p7t AA melts vehicles from the sides. It’s a blast to go out early game in it and pick on light tanks especially at low br

[@vester_2148]

AMAZING VIDEO ODD!!! GREAT TO SEE YOU BROUGHT BACK THE OLD INTROS!!!! ❤️

[@adrienrobilliart9101]

STILL CRAVING FOR THIS ARL44 VIDEO BAWZZZZ PLZZZZZ, keep going like this mate yur da best

[@pierz882]

Do a rifle-calibre only as a follow up, you could play the 'Roger' Vickers light tank AA, with whatever aeroplanes you wish to back it up.

[@JerichoTheBeagle]

Ma Deuce to all cannons at the start of this video: "You don't seem to understand. Earth isn't yours to conquer."

[@AzvalH2]

Odd i love your content any plans on making more "a war thunder story" videos those always seem to be the most suspenseful like im watching an actual movie.thanks for the videos :,)

[@OddBawZ]

Games like those are super rare. I can't script them so they just come as they are!

[@philipgregory8813]

GAZ 72 is a very good AA at like 2.7 or something that once is fun for both AA and anti tank

[@FloppyCDdrive]

Ostwind 2 is very therapeutic. Just ontapping planes and seeing them fold into a massive fireball 🤭

[@jaidenheger20005]

this intro is about as dramatic as the New WT update trailer, and i love it…i have been enjoying your content quite a lot recently.

[@gabrielesiragusa3426]

Please do the M42 Contraereo. The thing is an Italian wirbelwind with higher firerate that doesn't have to reload. Extremely fun and easy to use. You could pair it with the re 2001 or the C 205, bith pretty good props!

[@a.cunningham4974]

Hey BawZ New subscriber here Just wanted to say thanks For all the content and good humour and nature of yourself You Iron Armenian and Spookston have convinced me to play WT

[@Blarpy3]

You should do the gaz AA with the four smol guns at low jet be and try and get 3 plane kills

[@benc5824]

Hey Odd you should play the IKV103, it has 400mm of heatfs pen at 4.7 and I think it has a lot of potential for a good video

[@einar8019]

Still a casemate with no armour

[@TallLeopard]

would love to see you play the flak panzer 341/Coelian

[@Vaniwwa]

Still cant and wont forget that one time i killed a kv 2 with the m 16s 50 cals.

[@alexandrosmavrikos]

I tried a similar loadout today, the A-36 with gun pods is stupid broken now

[@sum1283]

M19 gameplay would be fun , such a good AA and AT

[@smokinggnu6584]

I brought the M16 on plenty of games myself. love the 50 cals.

[@georgekyle7906]

you should do a video on the zsu-57, and use it as an anti air :)

[@Pilipali420]

Hey odd can you make a video about j7e i would love to see how it would handle in ground rb

[@larryking7]

You are so lucky ;) love watching your games.

[@thewarinthunder379]

Shhhh Bawz you’ve just uncovered my secret to getting silver lions! 2.7 with .50 cals is nasty against Germany

[@RRHACKKILLER]

Amx dca. Not the good one but the single gun open top or the Swedish single 40 with the speedy traverse

[@cristiantaylor8869]

oddbawz would love to see a chieftain line up its my favourite platform from the British army and I am grinding the game to get to them lol would be awesome to see you thoughts on them and to see what the chieftain marksman is like as well

[@joemama-zb9co]

i used the 40mm LVT at 7.0 with the ebr to do the battle pass challenge, and 1 single 50. cal hit from the lvt set a plane on fire and ripped his wing off after 5s of burning

[@dbeerewout]

Would love a new video on the AMX DCA 40 mm AA Oddbaws

[@StupifiedTrooper]

You make it look so easy. I’ve definitely learned a lot from watching your videos. As always, fantastic video. Question. Do you control your plane with your WSAD keys and just aim with your mouse and what is your free look bind??

[@skybuprofen9834]

He definitely keyboard flies. The only way to get the most from your planes in RB

[@_OpFor]

that was insane!

[@wackysparrow1768]

I'd like you to revisit the Obj. 120, but with HE only.

[@normalicious9734]

I got a 2.7 game where I decided to take the F4U out for some CAS. I got 5 kills with just .50 cals

[@bonelesschicken4455]

I'm confused fused was the m16 used in ths Vietnam war or was it the gun mounted on a diffrent type of truck

[@Destined619]

Hey odd ,could you do a combo video using any variant of the bf109 or bf 110 that would be awesome

[@feuerkaktus2122]

id like to see a vid with the the flakrakrad

[@exactinmidget92]

At least the apache can finally live to it's "attacker" role.

[@steffent.6477]

I had more fun with the M13 because of the lower BR.But that was befor the buff^^

[@rougleblob8988]

Oddbawz.... can u pls review the Fw 190 A-8. It's very powerful and manoeuvrable.

[@drroseboy]

try using the amx13 dca, the 40mm bofors aa, its really fun to play

[@timbrooks9607]

I didn't realise until about my fith game with the a36 that it had an airbrake

[@thesolstice_8122]

Hey Odd if your planning on using more .50s use the A26 at 5.3 in the US tree it has 14x Nose mounted 12.7mm aka .50 cals 😃🙃

[@duncanmcgee13]

Except when i use them. For some reason ground targets ignore my .50s

[@lockstockc2575]

Bawz, can you please do a vid on the Chinese ZSD63 SPAA? I've read that it's very OP at taking down planes! Thanks mate you Rock!

[@thegregitto]

Oddbawz uploaded, time to enjoy myself :D

[@mcfragger2605]

PLEASE PLAY THE SOVIET MILKTRUCK WITH A SINHLE DSHK 50 CAL MOUNTED ON THE TRUCK BED

[@elikasinger3175]

He bawz, can you play the m3 gmc at around br 5.3+ it has the sherman 75 basically and it is a speedy boy I love Day 15

[@n1co2017]

before the buff to 50 cals i got a 7 kill game in an m13 also could you play the Sweden 2.7 lineup.

[@thepilotman5378]

Awesome intro as always BawZ

[@frosty8613]

Definition of seal clubbing in that intro

[@irishbandit0518]

Bro the m16 is way to overpowered when it is 3.0 below against tanks I got a 7 kill game with the m16. And the dauntless flies like a brick but those 6 50. Cals are fun to play with against planes. And I literally bring the dauntless to 5.7 and I still somehow get kills

[@mattisvuorenmaa6787]

can you do a video using the wiesel 1a4

[@DALONEWOLF108]

See this is why I watch videos of warthunder becuz I just learned I can top kill a panzer with 50’s

[@ilias-mu4vt]

yesterday I had an American opponent that was complaining about the fact that his 50cal could not destroy Gun barrels anymore

[@k.v.7115]

John wick uses a pencil in a gun fight and oddbawz used an MG in a tank battle.

[@michaelbeale559]

I don't think you understand Odd, Apaches fire Hellfire missiles, not .50s. That's why it's so effective against tanks!

[@SkySweeperSyn]

normally I'd say "How dare you try to ruin the fun by bringing attention to the 50 cal's effectiveness" but I know Gaijin won't care since it's not a statistics spreadsheet lol

[@OddBawZ]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

[@hammyhamster01]

Hi odd!! I hope you are having a good day!

[@NagiYeong]

hey odd, whens your new decal coming out

[@tsukaharabokuden5892]

What’s the music you use in the intro? It sounds so familiar

[@liamboyle9199]

What about some mg151 APHE goodness? After my last screw up, I'm confident in saying its APHE this time😂

[@rekineke3692]

Don't tell them they're too strong or they'll turn them into overcooked rice

[@stealthpickle943]

Nice content as always!

[@oxide_actual]

Bro what do u sight ur guns to

[@adamg7984]

"I think my teammates are strafing ground targets at 45 degree angles and ignoring this 109." Yeah that sounds about 1000% like the norm. I had a match just yesterday, in my Mosquito FB the one with the damn 57mm cannon and I was the only person who fought and noticed air planes despite being in an overweight attacker. I got more air kills than anyone at 4 in my Mosquito, half with the 57mm shooting down a bomber and Stuka and half with the .303 MGs, and knocked out 4 ground targets with the 57mm. All the fighters spent most of their small caliber rounds shooting at tanks that would never be hurt by them.

[@reinbeers5322]

That's why I've stopped bringing attackers into the air and just bring dedicated air superiority fighters. Especially in the higher tiers, a few CAS planes can destroy your team. Besides, a plane costs like 3-4x the spawn points of a tank, so this drains their players more if you're successful.

[@adamg7984]

@@reinbeers5322 Oh nothing is more miserable than spawning an attacker or plane with 3/4's of your SP only to get clipped by a fighter before you can get to the battle. It legitimately is one of the best ways to win though.

[@jgdowell]

So many bullets.

[@evanbethel732]

Hey Bawz, can you play the Tortoise? I’m about 1000 rp from getting it and I’d like to see if you think it’s worth putting in a lineup.

[@seanthunell5060]

How's your dog doing Odd? And zis-12 milk truck for another AA video would be good

[@annadelsiena]

Bring out the lowest tier French AA Odd, I wanna hear your best french accent :D

[@SpycoLordOfFire]

Revisit the german aa terror machine Werblewins

[@lighterguy82]

Try the buffed 20mm mustang