Actual Tank Commander Tries HELICOPTERS in War Thunder!

[@SimSimon87]

5:11 "I'm counting it, that's a maneuver kill" 😂

[@Streaky100001]

Yeah, helo tactics wise, I think really there's 3 main options depending on what aircraft and weapons you're using. The whole, hover behind cover, pop up, fire, and duck back down. (Some apaches (The longbow variants) and other helicopters have sensor packages ontop of the rotor head specifically for this, you pop up just high enough to put the sensor package above cover, while keeping the rest of the helo covered. Another tactic, and kinda a variant of the first, is to use weapons which can be guided from external sources, lasers or GPS I'm thinking primarily, with those, you hover behind cover, but a fair way back from cover, set the weapon up, and fire it from behind cover, and never expose the helo to enemy fire (hopefully). If using laser guided weapons, you have to have lock on after launch capability, and someone to buddy lase for you, either ground forces or other aircraft, but basically the missile will initially scramble for height, taking it over the cover in front of you, then look for the laser with the designated code, then kill whatever the laser is on, hopefully a bad guy. The 3rd option is probably the most fun. SPEEEEEEEED. Specifically flying fast and erratically at low level. If you're fast enough and fly erratically enough it's hard for hostile weapons to get a good track on you, particularly when you factor in a not unlimited traverse rate of the weapons. This.... however, is riskier, and probably won't help you at all if they have advanced air defense capability. That said, it's great fun to blast along below the tree tops, playing fortunate son as loud as you can and shooting at anything unlucky enough to be in your path. Have you considered trying a flight simulator? DCS is great for helicopter work if you pick the right Helos. The Huey and apache are pretty good, as is the Russian Apache equivelant, the..... Mi-24 I want to say.... although don't quote me on that, I'm having a mental blank on that. Also fighter jets, cos who wants an Apache when you can have an A-10 with a GAU-8?? (Or to be actually correctly a fighter jet.... who wants an Apache when you can have an F-16??)

[@_generapiese_5700]

i saw your video in my recomendations where you played with the Leopard i never will regret clicking on that video

[@phoenixsui]

If you like Helicopters, try DCS. But you should have a Headtracking like TrackIR5 and HOTAS with pedals to fully enjoy it.

[@amirjontukhtaev3465]

I love these videos. I dont know why I am addicted this

[@danielr5343]

Top quality content. If you stick to making KZbin videos you will go a long way.

[@PanzerPaw]

Thank you! I'm glad you think so :)

[@thatcat1822]

Just found your channel, instant sub

[@PanzerPaw]

Thank you!

[@Picklesthedonutfrog]

Same

[@Alikthefluffylizard]

Love this video!

[@PanzerPaw]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Lanny.C]

@@PanzerPaw Try battle Ships in War Thunder xDDD

[@theteadrinkingowl.2295]

The distance you flew at made me nervous.

[@evernewb2073]

dragonflies are a lot more comparable to a quadcopter drone than a helicopter...or maybe the rarer to see bi-copter setup? I can't remember if they can make a whole lot of variation between one side of a pair of wings and the other or not...I'm thinking "not" since they use a my-shell-is-a-spring setup for at least one of their pairs.

[@x-129]

Just noticed that the lad got mostly killed by Chinese vehicles lol

[@ssh6659]

Hey man, where did you serve if you don't mind me asking?

[@PanzerPaw]

Singapore :)

[@ssh6659]

@@PanzerPaw ohhhh okay, I was gonna say your English is very good.😅

[@ssh6659]

Also great video btw

[@phoenixsui]

What game mode is that at 4:00. The map seems so much bigger the nwhat i play on so far in Tier 1 games with tanks.

[@PanzerPaw]

The maps are a bit different for each rank, especially comparing to rank 1

[@redarmor5830]

I see that you are uptiering your heli a bit too much. Its an early heli it cant really compete with the ones that have air to air missiles and avoiding SPAA fire will be hard. If you bring it at 8.3 it will do better most of the time since it will fight early cold war vehicles.

[@PanzerPaw]

Yeah I've only got my Leo 2 to run it with. I'm almost at the right rank for the heli tho. But running it at 10.0 has been interesting haha. Learned how to fly low and (sort of) fast to avoid AA fire and it's actually pretty fun. But yeah it would be more effective at the correct BR

[@redarmor5830]

@@PanzerPaw it will be even more fun when you will get the eurocopter tiger(its the last german heli) with pars missiles(the pars works just like a javelin you lock a target, fire and then you can forget about it since it will auto track its designated target unless it deploys smokes ofc).

[@PanzerPaw]

@@redarmor5830 Oh that does sound like fun!

[@druanubis7194]

I want to know why on this and other copters in the game the doors keep flying open?

[@PanzerPaw]

I think it's the same reason the canopy opens on planes when you land. But I have seen some people fly around with doors open because it makes vehicles easier to hear when you're using first person views