Heat-seeking missiles 101 / War Thunder

The time I can reach these supersonic planes, War Thunder will be releasing spaceships!

[@TehShinegami]

or die... who knows...

[@danielr.l.mccullough600]

Real world will be releasing space ships in my case lol...

[@viggenmybeloved646]

*Cries in Germany*

[@Resinless-ov3sr]

Don't worry grind in Air RB is more forgiving than ground RB

Not really playing Air RB. It's way to slugish.

[@haideribrahim7261]

We need 10 hrs video of that locking on target sound

[@Royalwaffles]

@Rulo6000 Cmere buddy we need you.

[@icyknight3476]

It’s the sidewinder Growl, that’s what it’s called

[@unconfusedconfusion2971]

*WAEAEAEEAEAEAEAAEAEAEAEAEAAEAEAEAE intensifies*

[@razgrizdarkheart2330]

Remember: you can use a missile to force a target to maneuvre allowing you to catch them if they are in a faster aircraft that is worse at maneuvres than yours

[@KokoBean]

I was looking for how real heat seekers work. Found this video and started watching it. I literally realized at 3.10 that this is a game with a guy teaching me how to launch the missile from the computer keyboard.

[@dudukagameplayscriticasyma2733]

Welcome to war thunder jajjaja

[@skeletonjam]

took you 3 minutes to realize it was a game?

[@hellothere9167]

@@skeletonjam i Mean before that it was all informative so I don't blame him

[@aslamstudio558]

There is a different video from this channel that explains this, i just watched it before this video

[@Wortlethal]

Are you telling me I can use the sun to fool missiles?

[@donotwatchthisvideo2]

Yep you can

[@polaskatyu9368]

Exactly

[@bigmeme8464]

Wow i didnt know that

[@Royalwaffles]

You can use the sun to fool early missiles and cook eggs on your tank in american desert map.

[@digitalfighterpilot4060]

That's a legit tactic. You can see that modeled in dcs as well.

[@lt.bagelbites6969]

2:49 that shot with the Javelin looks so realistic. Props to Gaijin for such a realistic game. We are thankful for graphics like this.

[@voosten1123]

hey Gaijin, instead of adding stuff to the game, perhaps focus on fixing the stuff that are already in the game? most of the maps are not balanced, certain BRs are unplayable as certain countries and the gamemodes are repetitive. hope you guys see this and actually hear what the community wants

[@NotAgentAJ]

yes that would be nice

[@mohamdmlg9027]

idk they seem fine to me they add a little flavor in the game

[@savegame3308]

There is also the ps4 sound glitch ... again

[@dotEXCEI_]

bugfix update will be 2.xx

[@Filthy-Peasant]

it would be great, i dont want new vehicles right now, new maps and/or modes would be a thing though #warthunder2019 :)

[@eksdee7389]

Still waiting for my free M1 abrams

[@plumpstery5199]

FIX THE JAVELIN

[@danielr.l.mccullough600]

The javelin is the perfect counterplay tk the Tu4 cancer

[@l4rsch]

Why fix? It is easy to kill. I like that.

[@plumpstery5199]

@@Deak-tj4ml hes not making a joke. hes serious

[@Xackory]

@@Deak-tj4ml shut uo

[@Kumyar]

@@Xackory r/wosh indeed

[@Razurik001]

Hey In case you havnt noticed the Javelin could use some help

[@michaelbraun74]

Seb_Mk7R Well you know the javelin was actually ass in real life right.

[@Razurik001]

@@michaelbraun74 yeah because we know all the plane in game are accurate to their real life version

[@jetenthusiast6355]

@@Razurik001 they are.

[@saltybuckets290]

#SAVENIGEL

[@mango_tgo8361]

1:05 you added premium 9.0 jets Your gonna see biplanes now

[@drierwhisper729]

anybody else coming back to watch this for old times sake?

[@mik13ST]

Can the missile lock onto an Abrams? It has turbine engine as well, but with less exposed exhaust flame. Can I redirect incoming missile using a nearby bomb explosion? Can I redirect by firing my own rockets? Thumbs up for proper modeling of weakening heat signature of shut down jet engine.

[@kacper8562]

I think the heat signature is to small for the early AIM-9B's and R-3S's. It might be worth giving a shot with an AIM-9L or an R-60

[@Royalwaffles]

@@kacper8562 AIM-9L and R-60s are more modern and can tell what is a target and what isn't. A bomb or a short burst of heat from a rocket isn't going to redirect its attention from a jet engine.

[@Royalwaffles]

No, even the earliest missiles would not be fooled by a tiny rocket motor over a jet engine or a burst of heat happening after the missile hit you, Your bomb would hit the ground after you died and even if that wasn't the case the missile would not be fooled.

[@kacper8562]

@@Royalwaffles you misunderstood my comment. I was saying that the better seaker head might have a better chance than the early missiles to lock onto a heat signature of an Abrams turbine engine. I never meant the bombs and rockets as decoys part of the comment. I must admit, i wasnt very specific, so it was kind of my fault. Plus, from my DCS expierience, i can tell you that it it extremely unlikely to do any of the things listed here, but i know war thunder uses diffrent guidence modelling than DCS, so it might be possible to lock onto an abrams in war thunder

[@skybattler2624]

No. Early missiles are easily fooled by ground heat

[@trymidsalarthun9915]

«If there is a missile rapidly closin in on you, the game will definitely tell you!» me;dead the game; THE MISSILE IS LAUNCHED!

[@Titan-ze4im]

It's doesn't even tell me and I've got a max out crew

[@LuminousVoid199]

Im getting good with these missiles on the MiG-19 they are fun and super satisfying to get frags with

[@charlie19988991]

Instead of Complaint, a thanks Gajin, i rly enjoy the F100, and i am expecting T6 jets to get even better with the addition of a bigger variety of Aircraft to shoot at ;). Thanks and keep up this way, you got one paying player back again^^

[@sarius452]

Thank you for Update 1.85! It's amazing

[@bigmantyrone6301]

Can you make all vehicles have a test option

[@Royalwaffles]

No.

[@PrintScreen.]

yes

[@doodyod1168]

Thats already a thing?

[@Endidixknsej]

doog yog yeah

[@jockeolzzon1222]

@@doodyod1168 no you need to have the previous vehicle unlocked.

[@ada4ka390]

The missile knows where it is at all times, it knows this because it knows where it isn't

[@lukeskalwolker]

0:10 - yes, you broke everything

[@Spacegoat92]

What happens when i use missiles: I lock onto the target, the target is flying straight and level, i fire, the missile completely misses the target. I repeat this procedure until all missiles are gone. I then get shot from behind by an enemy missile that was fired without any warnings whatsoever...

[@SergeantArchDornan2242]

Spacegoat92 you have to actually look now, no warning

[@sirilluminarthevaliant2895]

I thought early ir missiles would break lock when brought down near the long wave radiation of the earth and the heat of the jungle

[@reecetaylor2626]

They could but the exhaust of a jet engine is fairly easy to distinguish against that. They are more likely to simply lose lock easier.

[@xcv151]

next up for Britain: Eurofighter Typhoon

[@lucienaras8009]

good joke

[@shaun1293]

English Electric Lightning would be far better.

[@lucienaras8009]

@Edinburgers Are Tasty : lol, Europeans nations fighting each other in game is stupid

[@xcv151]

@Edinburgers Are Tasty oh yea

[@blueshark7385]

No we need the Supermarine Swift for 9.0 and put the venom at 8.0, maybe have the Blackburn Buccaneer

[@lucienaras8009]

French tier 6 planes for the next update will be a good idea; don't forget France are the pioneers of military aviation, also they are the ones who creates the successful planes of the 6 days war, the first to reach mach 1 and mach 2 in Europe, the first to travel Atlantic in plane (read the entire story of the "Oiseau blanc" and the assassination of the two pilots Nugesser and Coli) Finaly, they are probably the last nation in game who won't receive a full tree of copy paste American and Russian planes, at tier 5 and 6 (Rip Germany, Japan, Italy...)

[@catmkek2360]

1:05 some ol’ timy biplane 😂 that voice got me cracking

[@sodiumftw2450]

Real quick here I just wanted to ask this: So i exceeded Mach 1 in a Me 163 Komet in game and it's been rumored (only rumor) that it broke the sound barrier in WW2 by a test pilot named Heini Dittmar on July 6th 1944. However I did not get the expansion fan effect on the aircraft (but i did get the sound reduction past the wing thing) So....when will the 163 get the expansion fans on it if you go supersonic?

[@chris52000]

Am I the only one who kept hearing him say “more advanced missiles”, and got excited?

[@Donkeymaster9000]

3:30 The game will definitely NOT tell you when it’s launched at 900m or less (assuming there is no closure rate between the 2 aircrafts)

[@lucidsardi5735]

I still have a question will there ever be a Dutch tech tree?

[@Phoenix-ll9se]

Please add the fa 18 hornet and f22 raptor. Thank you for reading

[@mateosoapytlodon7948]

Fantastic !!!! I love WAR THUNDER !!!!!

[@danielr.l.mccullough600]

SAVE NIGEL #savenigel

[@atv123]

KZbin automatic generated titles are the best, because you say TWO but is writes TO

[@ragnit10129]

Для меня это лучшая игра в своем жанре. Спасибо большое!

[@JohnSantosLS]

Why I can't hear this wierd sound when locking.

[@spookwagen-thegreat1350]

We need an updated dodging missiles guide

[@madsb7673]

You might wanna update this video

[@nathanlau9575]

If my jet has the missile indicator. Why do I never get the notification? Im using a G-91 R/4.

[@technicallynothing841]

3:35 , The good ol' days

[@Jaystarzgaming]

The 2 buttons on the side of a mouse is the best but it is a problem when your friends have a Tier 1 to 3 aircraft’s and there should be Air to Air refuelling drogue and probe system and a probe system.

[@henwald7898]

When can we have the A-10?

[@ataarono]

will be at least another year

[@cousinhyrax7122]

Is there a page somewhere talking about the jets already in game getting their heat seeker missiles? Or if this is even a thing or if heat seekers are just a test thing that no other jets will get?

[@papapara2916]

So,if the misisles are nly looking for heat,if I turn off the engine,will the missile go away?

[@nopingengie2102]

The missile knows where it is because it knows where it isn’t

[@robcottingham1837]

How would you implement aircraft in the game that only had missiles for their armament, like early models of the F4 Phantom II? Is that even possible at the moment?

[@Royalwaffles]

Yeah, if your missiles fail (You have alot so it might actually be pretty rare in wt) You can always ram.

[@katze3659]

Hmm this will work perfectly against Aim-9L's now the A-10 is in game...

[@张桓瑜]

How does the missile know where it is?

[@adamsaffell2361]

Fix aircraft carrier spawns as well. I’m tired of crashing into the tower and losing the whole game because of a bad spawn. The only way to prevent crashing in a bad spawn is to fire weapons and rearm to get a better spawn position.

[@HoChiMeme]

Yeah you know what would be cool also balancing the sabre

[@johnnymcnamara4024]

cool, now do "how to evade" in heli rb...

[@Its_Pilot]

how to get the missle out text?

[@chillwarzone9044]

where do i find it in settings

[@KingSpittusFactus]

So when does the D variant of the Hind gets upgrades.. its the ONLY hind except the A which isnt capable of tricking or launching A2A

[@alexdecampi5645]

Sure wish i could get to these planes but thats years from now

[@memiusobscuricus1438]

When are you planing on adding Battleships or heavy cruisers?

[@polaskatyu9368]

Henryk Cassee soon™️

[@viggenmybeloved646]

They said it would be a boring and slow gameplay

[@lucienaras8009]

When France, Italy, Japan and UK will be balance and playable, so very soon I hope!!

[@americanracingfan1102]

can someone please halp me ive having an issue to where my missiles will never lock. I go into test flight and ride behind an ai plane .4 miles behind and itll spool up but never lock. Ive never had this issue before and idk what im supposed to do.

[@creationfied]

I like these tutorials.

[@theunknownwarrior632]

-radar guided missiles (AIM-7 Sparrow) -f-4 phantom (Japan, Britain and America) - bloodhound SAM's

[@SergeantArchDornan2242]

the unknown warrior well, you got your sparrow and phantom wish

[@shieldtoad1401]

I hope there willl sometimes be a mode with only WW2 tanks/planes and only tanks/planes after WW2.

[@MaximilianoAedo]

I'd love to see the Macross Missile Massacre in War Thunder. It would be fun to consciously spin around while evading over a hundred missiles fired at you.

[@YgSmLn]

They make the scariest sound ever in the Chinese F-5 when you lock on. I MEAN SCARY.

[@AlexanderSanchez-nz3in]

OK THIS SOME GOOD ADVICE BUT WHAT BUTTON DO I PRESS TO FIRE IT

[@rubricsugar9917]

Alt+space on pc

[@Daniel-de2jh]

Could you guys change sim jets please. Atm the brs are 6.7 to 10.0. i cant fight a f100 or mig 19 in a me262

[@rags417]

Great info but a lot of the info has been superseded. Players no longer get the "Rocket has been launched" warning, instead the missile gets its own icon while in flight. When and for how long is still tied to the crew skill rating, but actually turning your head to check six for incoming missiles is now up to the pilot. Missiles now also come in dozens of flavours, with variations including MCLOS/beam riding/IR/radar/laser guided, caged/uncaged, active and passive and so on. A lot of the newer ones now also include ECCM so they are a lot more resistant to counter measures and environmental effects. Check out the channel Tims Variety for an up to date (and continuously updated) video on all sorts of air to air missiles and how to deal with them.

[@brecibros2469]

You say that having been vision keeps missles at bay but my keen vision is max and I still cant see incoming missles EXPLAIN PLEASE

[@SergeantArchDornan2242]

breci bros look behind you

[@brecibros2469]

I do the missles are invisible

[@SergeantArchDornan2242]

breci bros that happens maybe like 1/10 missiles for me. what r ur graphic settings

[@brecibros2469]

@@SergeantArchDornan2242 I'm on console

[@SergeantArchDornan2242]

breci bros theres your problem

[@calimdonmorgul7206]

You NEED to buff these missiles. Recently they barely work at all. They constantly get confused and pull of in directions were neither a enemy or the sun is shining. Sometimes they just pass enemies who do not even pull the required g-load. I saw them basically dodging the enemy plane they were going for. This is not how air to air missiles are supposed to work. Even if these missiles 'hit' I have seen situations where they explode and wouldn't even cause any damage.

[@world7452]

The question is, *Can the missle find Nigel??*

[@Royalwaffles]

Maybe if he is holding a hot enough cup of tea then yes.

[@world7452]

NotAHind then his hand will probably be roasted

[@Royalwaffles]

@@world7452 But Nigel is immune to heat, He only drinks the hottest tea heated by a boiler.

[@world7452]

@@Royalwaffles lol

[@Royalwaffles]

@@world7452 Explain why the flower class boiler is like that (British fleet tech tree at tier 1) The isles boiler is a litteral tea kettle and the flower class has a huge boiler taking up all decks of the boat.

[@saadshahzad9427]

So which plane has the best missiles. I'm assuming British because they have the latest one?

[@wschnabel1987]

Why am I picturing the scene from a-team where they turn of the Helicopters engine to dodge the missile?

[@andrescarcia4511]

Does the g91 have air to air missiles?

[@dotEXCEI_]

nope

[@digitalfighterpilot4060]

Where are you guys getting the warm up time information from, or is that just a gameplay thing?

[@jknomore]

i miss his voice

[@siomaicat8336]

for some reason this is not working for me. and I am confused as heck.

[@kimbonzky]

Problem, grind is to long for us players who only have time to play maybe 1-2 hours pr week :’(

[@JACKAL98]

Sounds like you need to manage your time rather then the game developers

[@ghost10four64]

Lars Heimdall I mean, it’s gonna take years of playing casually to get to top rank, unless you have premium. The game is pay 2 grind.

[@Project-gr6zy]

Will we see the British lightning F6

[@yqrch1176]

How Can I use the vr of ps4 in War thunder?

[@deanmckellar619]

Do you think you'd be able to evade a missle by flying through a fireball? Say for example, one from a destroyed ground target?

[@myname5976]

Fix the f2 sabre price please

[@visho8979]

Which aircraft is 0:55?

[@rn-zu5ld]

Javalin

[@FPK___]

good job now this game shall be called "missle thunder"

[@pavlosd303]

You need to add flares

[@Crona231]

5:53 poor jav rip its wings trying to roll

[@zavienyoung7117]

can we talk about rebalancing helicopters, specifically choppers with atgms?

[@regulator5521]

Hey Gaijin do me a favor and listen to the community, fix the Javelinx

[@kierserrano9471]

Please lower the repair cost of the Abrams

[@polaskatyu9368]

Potato. Lower the repair cost of the B29 and TU4

[@rn-zu5ld]

@@polaskatyu9368 lower repair cost of the pe-8 I've only got 10K lions left

[@rn-zu5ld]

@@bigmeme8464 ok

[@rn-zu5ld]

@@polaskatyu9368 I've got 2 jets with lower repair cost

[@Royalwaffles]

The Abrams is already free ;P

[@AComan-ch5wt]

Why am I so hyped about those supersonic jets. Don't have jets yet rip :'(

[@Royalwaffles]

Jets aren't as fun as they seem.

[@vernondouglas3862]

So I updated my crew and I still don’t get a warning

[@cyprezz]

That's because the earlier version give your a warning. The new updates don't.

[@Robin_Olds_Creates]

Yea how are we supposed to evade 30g missiles now?

[@Kammyl]

"If there's a missile rapidly closing in on you, the game will DEFINITIVELY tell you" that statement didnt age very well, did it? *cough* aim 7 *cough*

[@gurnard5703]

Please fix bombs. In air Rb i have multiple times dropped bombs near perfectly to light pillboxes and it’s just a hit, or worse nothing. I love the game! But i hate the bomb mechanics (luckily most tank rb maps are very flat and yes I’ve tried different sizes, from 100lb to 2000lb).

[@keeganfoster1792]

The Flying Gurnard and when you get INSTANTLY KILLED BY ANY FIGHTER!

[@Royalwaffles]

You aim is off.

[@PrintScreen.]

drop your bombs right before your bombing cross is on them, if you are an attacker without one try playing AB for some tmes

[@keeganfoster1792]

Chad Walker no I get killed in a second literally a second not much you can do in a second

[@keeganfoster1792]

NotAHind can’t really aim when your dead

[@oreodelicia9854]

Hello i have a question: how i change me e-mail from my account if the original e-mail is blocked and i can bind a fone number because the e-mail is blocked?

[@Warkip]

why do you only have a brief window, you should just be able to turn the master arm on en immediatly start locking when they are warmed up, that doesnt have a time limit in real life, so it stupid and really really enoying in-game

[@digitalfighterpilot4060]

I asked the same question it may just be a gameplay thing.

[@Warkip]

@@digitalfighterpilot4060 yeah but its not that they are that good

[@TheTfrules]

Please fix the Javelin it really isn't usable at the moment, even the meteors have an easy time dispatching it

[@strajkoo]

How to shoot on PS4?

[@Masked_Uni]

"the game will tell you" Guess they changed their mind ._.

[@yellowdude9425]

This should be YEET seeking missile

[@horrigan9158]

Isn’t it funny how the AA missiles are better at killing friendlies than actual enemies?

[@aliciaromero6803]

_Old Timey Biplane_

[@SirHellNaja]

WE NEED NIGEL BACK NAO