I Paid $80 to Play the RAREST Me 262 in War Thunder

The rarest me 262 in War Thunder is the Me 262 A-2a Sturmvogel. This super rare German WWII Jet has 2 less 30mm cannons than its tech tree variant but gets access to bombs!
The reason for buying this German Jet Fighter wasn't because I really wanted it (I did) but instead for the sole task of completing one of the more difficult challenges of this Seasons Battle Pass, Field Testing.
I have to take out 3 vehicles with rockets which weigh under 5kg and since the German Sturmvogel has access to 24 3kg rockets, this should be quite a challenge since they don't have much penetrating power at all!
To be honest, this challenge was just an excuse to fly this AWESOME plane in War Thunder! :)
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[@OddBawZ]

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[@hpjams973]

Hello

[@prius_power]

ah a fellow donut viewer I see

[@djraythefurry0420]

I like how you had to import a donut media clip lol 😂 that was great

[@djraythefurry0420]

Also can we all try to get guys in to give PlayStation and Xbox users the marketplace so we can also get stuff like the pack puma lol 😂

[@StephFourie21]

Yo Steve, whats going on with other Steve, he ok ?

[@sircovfefe8858]

As an American, thank you for the weight clarification, we actually only measure things in Raccons, busses, football fields and such.

[@karmaessic550]

Oh don’t forget the tractor measurement

[@abandonedaccount123]

buaea*

[@primobiliran9967]

dont forget bigmacs

[@wungledungle]

Can't forget tax write offs

[@tristandupre6294]

and washing machines

[@antonklein8335]

I love how the 262 is quiet when your flying it but when its flying over you in your tank it sounds like a giant vacuum cleaner is going over the map

[@DecidedlyNinja]

That's because he has his own engine sound set to minimum volume and other players' engine sounds at maximum. A lot of sweaty players do that, and it really does make a big difference.

[@bluedracolich13]

@@DecidedlyNinja It has nothing to do with being sweaty, the sound mixing in the game is just crap. Anything to reduce the number or volume of sounds playing at one time helps.

[@daynecee683]

@@DecidedlyNinja warthunder’s sound is so bad, putting that setting on is literally the only way to hear anything.

[@dovahkiin3526]

@@DecidedlyNinja Sweaty players? More like I'd rather keep my hearing

[@chexlemeneux8790]

@@DecidedlyNinja you're right about the sweaty part. The people replying are guaranteed sweats . Not really surprising since the community is 90% no life's now. Even playing low tier I can't get a game that doesn't have level 100's in it. I just want to play a game or two after work some days. But it's not very fun when you get mixed in with losers that play all day every day.

[@ShepardFR]

The small rocket challenge was actually the easiest part for me... I just yeeted 3 bombers in 2 games with that same 262... I'm glad I did the event to get it now.

[@gabrielhenrique3547]

I just used the Mi-24A.

[@SonofAlbion]

@@gabrielhenrique3547 I also used that. Much suffering getting killed by ocelots

[@frostedbutts4340]

@LEK4A Reach level 40 in the battlepass to unlock the rocket challenge

[@Engie_Boi]

I won it in a crate xD

[@cyanide7270]

For anyone struggling to find the rockets that qualify: S-5K - The Migs: 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27 and the J2, SU-7, 17 and 22s, IL-28Sh, Mi-4AV, Mi-24A and Mi024D, and the IAR 316B. S-5M - Mig 15 Bis', 15 Bis ISH, Mig 17, J2, J4. RN - Buccaneer S1 and S2, Lightning F.53 and Sea Vixen. R4M - 262 A-1A, A-1A Jabo and A-2A. RZ-65 - 109 F2 and 110 F2, but arent Rank III+ so dont count. HF-5/Type 57-I - J-7II and Z-19E. SNEBs are 5.05kg, Pb 2s are 5.31kg, and S-5KPs are 5.01kg, so do not (or shouldnt) count unfortunately.

[@tibinicle]

Also, the first soviet heli also counts afaik

[@AHappyCub]

I literally had to break my back grinding for Me 262 A-1a just to use the R4M rockets lol,it was pain trying to get the rocket with how slow it is stock

[@foxdieEU]

@@tibinicle Mi-4AV is in his list. Its the vehicle I finished the quest with as I don't have access to top tier jets. Its not the route I'd recommend if you have access to alternatives.

[@Taluien]

Did it with the 262 A-1A, turns out 48 rockets into a headon gets results sooner or later.

[@tibinicle]

@@foxdieEU didnt care enough to read his entire comment tbh

[@evandoerofthings6538]

I've seen this model of 262 in person at a the Evergreen Aviation Air & Space Museum. (The one with the Spruce Goose)

[@OddBawZ]

Yo, that's AWESOME!

[@evandoerofthings6538]

@@OddBawZ they have a super huge collection with a bunch of rare stuff. They have a blackbird, tons of cold war jets, at least 15 helicopters, and several ICBMs. They've even got the original wood mockup for the x-15. And all thats only 2 hours from my house. :)

[@PossiblyIgor]

Nice!

[@heisssenberg]

I sat in the Pilot seat of the H4 (Spruce Goose) It is so crazy seeing it next to a B17 and how miniscule the B17 looks

[@evandoerofthings6538]

@@heisssenberg whats your favorite aircraft at evergreen?

[@Arthur_Neves]

Hey Odd you should try the Morko-Moranne, now you can change the 50cal for a 20mm with minnengeschoss and it absolutely shred 2.0 planes

[@GradedFrog]

I prefer the 50 cal for shredding planes. The 20 is better for taking out the ground/AA tho.

[@Arthur_Neves]

@@GradedFrog for me the 50 cal feels like a potato launcher, you need a lot of bullets, while with the 20mm 4 shots are enough to fuck up any fighter you come up to

[@thatdudnum67potatoe45]

wiat that thing was already really good and they dont even bring it up any?

[@Arthur_Neves]

@@thatdudnum67potatoe45 no, butnby self experience most of your matches are uptiers, no one really plays 2.0 air reallistic. Also this plane gets kinda hard to fly when you are over 400km

[@samuelsnowdon2271]

@@Arthur_Neves you can do that at 1.7

[@Shatterfish]

Oh man, I haven’t flown it in forever but that 262 was the first thing I ever ground out an event for in War Thunder! Terrible, dark times. But hey at least it was actually worth it unlike the majority of event vehicles these days…

[@psycho_chicken_9589]

true, a 262 with bombs and a br that could be used on the amazing 6.7 German line up, usefull and enjoyable...now we get overtiered stuff that brakes the wings if a passing bird sneezes!

[@explosivecommando9100]

@@psycho_chicken_9589 sim players can control that tbh

[@sethmckamey7851]

I actually got this vehicle out of a crate pretty luckily, but I never knew it was worth $80 I feel a lot better about getting it now lol

[@justsomepersonyoudontknow8401]

i got ambt🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@sethmckamey7851]

@@justsomepersonyoudontknow8401 I wish cuz that plane isn’t that good besides cas cuz it’s 6.7 262 with bombs

[@timotius_sdv]

Same lol,idk how to use it because this plane is so slow

[@KoteDarasuum]

@@sethmckamey7851 Isnt that good? Thats really great for CAS at 6.7 in ground rb, and against 5.7-6.7 air rb, its basically 262 but without extra weight of 2 cannons, 2 30mm's are more than enough to kill anything they hit and and its one of my best performing aircraft and ive had it since 2017

[@daytonabtch8976]

@@KoteDarasuum mk108 such a terrible guns u cant hit anything unless its immobilized bomber be honest man

[@TrumpeterOnFire]

I love this idea Odd, doing videos trying to complete tasks as efficiently/quickly as possible, should provide a lot of relevant content if you decide to do more of it.

[@caralho5237]

You could've bought a new headset, a new game, a dinner with your SO or 20 lottery tickets, but you chose to bless the satanic snail with an offering, and we are all proud of you for that

[@derkaiser9881]

I took the Jabo into Air Arcade and hit planes. Took 1 game and was pretty fun. 262s are trash in Air RB, but they turn SUPER well in Air Arcade which is kinda neat.

[@michaelw6277]

As an American I appreciate the precise weight conversion. Our preferred weight measurement is raccoons.

[@BruceLeeroy94]

So weird. I got this thing in a chest 2 days ago, and now Odd makes a video on it.

[@sheeesssh646]

Lucky! Looking forward to your new PC bring built

[@4funrc11]

Seriously? 😒 You lucy duck! ✌

[@BruceLeeroy94]

@@4funrc11 Not trying to shill for gaijin, but I bought and spent 5000 GE minutes before I opened it. I was shocked cause it looked like it was going to land on a green skin.

[@4funrc11]

@@BruceLeeroy94 Thanks for the backstory! 👍

[@Stuff8522]

The Sturmvogel is a hidden sleeper. If you are a good shot with the 108s, then the BR reduction is well worth it. You will stomp in this thing if you play it right. Honestly though, this thing should be slightly faster than the tech tree 262, as you lose two of those 108s.

[@barongrimthorpe344]

I suffered with the MI-4AV with the S5ks since it was the only vehicle I had with small enough rockets. Took me like 12 games to get 3 kills with them since I'd never flown a heli before and was being extremely pepega.

[@two-eyedRoy]

This is what I'm likely to struggle with as well... or grind the Bucc... and it's modules

[@Joyce-br5en]

I don't know how, but I caught odd"s vid in my recommended 3 seconds after he posted

[@boogbirb495]

Oh wow. I’ve been sitting on this thing for like 4 years and I didn’t know it was so rare :D

[@fate3071]

I'm glad i picked this up a couple months ago when it was only $60. Now I have an arcade lineup consisting of every me-262 in the game

[@kadli01]

You are bringing the warmth of home to my hearth watching this while stuck in a foreign place alone 800km away from home alone whith my broken motorcycle. For a minute i tought i am home wathing Baws on yt😀 Great work

[@Beulena.]

I would love to see the su6-am42 with 23mm cannons, it sits at 4.7 but I enjoy bringing it out at 5.7 to face panthers and tigers

[@MiserableLunacy]

0:30 I'M SO GLAD HE SAID THAT those glazed donuts per bald eagle units are way to weird anyways

[@zunezacove9665]

I like how Odd and I have both changed our colour schemes to nyan cat blue for more teammate visibility. I like the cut o' your jib!

[@sirpluto9]

I was just looking for a video to watch😩😩 love you odd❤️

[@aircranekris]

Im balling rn, when he said about as much as a racoon and 2 big macs i genuinly started nodding my head like "ok thats pretty light weight.. WAIT A MINUTE" 🤣🤣🤣

[@stefanp.413]

Loved the Donut Media reference :))) at first I thought it was some YT glitch as I got many of their videos in my recommended, but then I realized you're a man of culture as well. Mo' powah babee!!!

[@tyranno2988]

i am once again reminding you of ARL 44 ;) this will be painful but at least I can learn how to use the tank better. Great video today btw, I enjoyed the one with Iron Armenian too LOL

[@ope.-817]

thank you for the simplified units, i was quite confused!

[@pretmetfred2472]

the fact that that plane is my favorite plane ever and im still saving up to buy the squad points one cuz i dont have enough silver lions makes me get triggered that u just get it that easily BUT since it is YOU i will forgive you cuz i love ur content XD keep it up!

[@S4B3R117]

Yay more plane content! Always a treat

[@TomPrickVixen]

You R not alone man. Last year i brought the AMX-13 (SS.11), for a ATGM task; do to despite I'm was already researching rank 7, non of my unlocked tanks had ATGM, (and I wanted to keep the BR as low as possible, to make it easier for me). It worked, and I kept the tank in my 6.7-7.0 preset as well. I was thinking to do this task in naval against PT-boats, but I could not find any rocket under 5kg, the SNEBs are 5kg so those don't count. I don't know if i can use a heli...? But I'm not even gonna try that stupid 40km/h+ kills they torturing us now; no way!

[@LugborG]

Challenge time! The A7M2 has unguided Air-to-Air rockets that can be set to detonate at a specified distance. See if you can knock a plane down with those.

[@robertmatzenauer1456]

this is my most valued possesion on my wt account. got it during the event all those years ago. i still use it in ground rb all the time since it has bombs and its 6.7 perfect for tiger 2 lineups

[@Egraedol]

I remember I opened one of the update battle trophy crates, I think it was my second one ever and I got this plane. Gaijin decided a year later to give me a free talisman on it. Good plane in my opinion

[@MALICEM12]

Love the sleek look of the 262 and the rockets seem really cool for light vehicles and bombers. Can you get it without spending money? Can't the base 262 use rockets too? Such a sexy plane and that first match was great!

[@ExcavationNation]

Dang odd this is so amazing watching you grow your channel into something I knew you could when I first subbed to you! I'm so glad I am a part of this journey of yours. Love you dude. F**#** mean that.

[@zanzibarzamfir276]

always love seeing that 262 camo, Rudolf the red nosed rocked aircraft.

[@alexanderfaust4192]

God what a sexy plane. Just got my second ME 262 model in from Oxford Diecast in this exact same camo pattern. What a beauty!!!

[@Drakey_Fenix]

Can't believe you are doing these tasks just like everyone else. I would've thought you would just buy all the stages with the benefits Gaijin gives you. Well it's nice to know you go through the exact same pain everyone else does.

[@ralffsmith2655]

Thanks for all your work, your videos help me unwind

[@Dudeman9339]

MORE POWER, BABY! Hell yeah glad to see Donut spreading!

[@leafleap]

Btw, the V in Vogel is pronounced as an "F". Its the same for Volkswagen, it is pronounced Folkswagen. Vogel means bird.

[@SarntRexxo]

Is just nobody gonna talk about how many coupons this man has AND THE ABSOLUTE MONEY PILE THEYRE ALL WORTH???

[@ModernGaming_]

That challenge was hard but i liked the challenge. I took a friend with me, played ground RB at 10.0 and I destroyed helis with german MiG-15bis S-5K rockets that weigh 3kg each and you get 16 of them. Also while i was trying to destroy ground targets i managed to destroy a swedish Lvrbv 701, not with the rockets but with overpressure of my plane blowing up when i hit the ground after my controls compressed hard. That was funny because i crashed like 30 meters from him. Also i got a hit camera showing me that my plane blew him up. And the rockets i tried to spam near him, did nothing and it didn’t count the kill towards the battlepass challenge. 😂

[@sindicite3566]

hey so i was looking at that challenge for the bp too but like a week ago and i saw that you supposedly can use american hvars on planes for the small ones cuz less than 5, the fw 190 at 4.3 with only 2 20 mils gets 2 rockets that are 9 something kg so those should work for the 5-10 in theory, and then tiny tims on the f6f5 work for the large rockets. i mean i know bawz is just making content but from looking at masses of things in stat cards those seem to work for the average joe at lower teirs

[@AtomicKepler]

262s are pretty fun! I love this video as always

[@Bacon_B0I.]

I love the American translation lol. In Aus we measure in Crocodiles, so the rockets are about... 1 20th of a croc.

[@mingthemerciless5987]

OddBawz, the R4M rockets were designed for Air to Air Combat (WWII German fighters against Allied Bombers).

[@bogtato]

Another option I found was using the MiG-21 SPS-K in Tank RB and shoot down hovering helicopters with the S-5K rockets

[@Jadefox32]

I'm so very glad I got this and pretty much all event vehicles at the time of the events only a few have I spent an obscene amount because of gaijin tournament/event system being what it is (E 100 in my case) but the rest have been nice and relatively speaking in expensive

[@MrPatchesXXX]

iv been noticing more and more donut media references. love those guys

[@darthbader6506]

Great job BawZ, this was a really good one

[@agrithfirsoul]

idk if you did it already but could you revisit the Sherman firefly? it's my favorite tank purely cause it's a big target once it's been spotted. nothing more satisfying than having three guns turn at you and to out do all three

[@scumbaggaming9418]

I've really wanted this plane for years now, considered it the best Me 262 in the game. Performs identically, possible slightly better than the normal 262 due to reduced weight, can carry bombs so it can be used as CAS, is at a BR of *6.7*, all for the low cost of sacrificing half of its already ludicrous firepower. It doesn't really matter if you hit a plane with two or four 30mm rounds, it gets shot down anyway. Hell, I played the Kikka when it was at 6.7 with the two 30mm cannons and it was really good. Now that it's $70 on the marketplace, and I've got some Christmas money, I'm considering getting it.

[@ressult943]

I bought it yesterday and I’m really happy with it. You pretty much obliterate anything in downtiers and thanks to its airspawn it’s still capable in uptiers. It’s even more amazing in ground rb imo

[@night7185]

@@ressult943same i love mine next to the 50mm in the 6.7 lineup

[@50TNCSA]

thank you for the metric to American conversion it made my day LOL

[@asianinvasian9022]

have had that plane since the event. loved it

[@kurfurst4946]

Love this thing, especially with the stealth belts in Ground RB.

[@benbecker3210]

Oh a scammer account? Hope oddbawz finds you

[@samwilliams4176]

To be fair, when an angry raccoon is hurled at anything at a high enough speed, it will destroy the target

[@Boxfighter-110]

Oh hey I have that 262 variant! Got it out of a crate a few months ago and it’s kinda just been hanging out in my garage, I’ll have to take it out for a flight or 2 I suppose

[@elijahtj278]

A great M3 262, if you wanna do a little ground support, my first collector vehicle from WT from a chest

[@last_dutch_hero258]

Question Bawz. i did this mission too in the Me-262 A1 (7.0 plane) and am wondering how you got those rockets so damn accurate? When i fire those suckers they go everwhere except the place i want them to go, and it's verry inconsistent...

[@machucast]

check your crew skill, weapon maintenance has an effect on rocket spread.

[@BravoTango-ef9mz]

@@machucast oooh, i thought my aim just sucked, but i guess it was just my luck instead.

[@last_dutch_hero258]

@@machucast I have max lvl ace crew LOL...

[@machucast]

@@last_dutch_hero258 same here... i dont carry rockets in general anymore due to the inconsistency.

[@petersouthernboy6327]

Love the propeller noises for an Me-262

[@steffent.6477]

The A-1a/Jabo in the techtree has the same rockets^^ and more of them.

[@DaMatth]

"anything weighing less than a racoon" 😂 take this you imperial devils 😂

[@LaughingKrow]

Unironically my favorite plane in the game. I play 6.7 Germany purely to clown on props in this monster. So long as you keep your speed up and just tap the trigger, you're a god and can clear the entire airspace. SO glad I grinded for it back in the day. Thanks for playing it!

[@NotGrimman]

Latewar heavy enjoyer who likes teaching CAS a lesson checking in

[@irstupid4285]

$80, who cares. Don't feel bad lol. This is your occupation, that was basically an equipment purchase and it was a great video, bro.

[@thesmartparrot.aka.parrot1355]

This was one of the first warthunder videos I watched, it was so entertaining but I didn’t understand anything.

[@elcangry855]

Like always great video with jets and plane

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

Fun fact this was the same Me-262 that was being transported to Japan until one of the submarines was sunk :-) by your friendly neighborhood Americans. Which eventually became what we know as the Kikka. (30mm's though were not part of the IRL Kikka design)

[@pain_hd4642]

i think that the bf109 F2 also can equip small rockets.

[@hazzard7164]

You could indeed take the 7.0 262A that has 48 rockets on it too, works really well for ground pound and your 30mm's ofcourse shred the CAS they bring in

[@josephportelli1316]

Hey bro awesome content Oddbawz, keep it up iv improved playing war thunder by a huge amount because of you. Can you do a tutorial video. Pls?

[@koolaidblack7697]

The racoon measurement comparison genuinely was handy.

[@mjp5318]

I got your decal !!! Also 80 dollars is a drop in the bucket compared to 30k golden eagles your rockin

[@kiowa7893]

Whats funny about the raccoon conversion for kilograms is teachers would actually say "think of a kilogram as a small cat" rather than just saying it's ballpark 2.2lbs😂😂

[@zechd2406]

Thank you, someone finally using a unit of measure I know... the big mac.

[@russiancookie6680]

Love the weight measurments

[@ilikewarthunder8598]

This video made my day better

[@ruentherath]

I could only think in the first min of this video of the "what's heavier, a kg of steel or a kg of feathers?" meme lol

[@henryjames3580]

You are one good player of this game I rather watch you play than me play the game you make it so easy

[@reddragonemperor5217]

you can kill the bmp with those rockets. I used the 7.0 262 for the task, i got 2 bmp and a object 906

[@xx_wo1framite_x7]

Finally got something to watch and eat for once

[@zelands]

Well, but Me262 A-1a/Jabo from regular tech tree both have same rockets...

[@seank2793]

*the best! Could you plz make a video how to use that manual aiming with rockets!!!!!!*

[@theepablotm]

Thank you for the American translation, I couldn’t under stand the metric stuff until you translated it

[@CatWithBagOnHead]

"...less than a raccoon." LMFAO RORTFL

[@devrolijkerodelaar2063]

nice man but next time you play whit that plane you cna try if you are bying followed by propelor plane to go up they cant follow you bc you are faster and they will stall

[@MemesOfProduction69]

Was not expecting to see James from Donut Media in your intro but I'm bout it. Love Donut Media. MO POWAH BAYBEH

[@rokinz3270]

To be honest I shelled out for it as well. Its a beast in ground RB but Air RB unless you are playing at 6.7 it struggles

[@me-262gamingluftwaffememin2]

I've got over 700 battles in that 262, I got sick of pointlessly making forum posts about why the 262 a1a should be 6.7 and just bought the Sturmvogel and changed my username to match it, no regrets 🤣 One thing I did notice is (This is entirely anecdotal) but I think the mk108 cannons on the A1a and the A1a Jabo have higher velocity and better accuracy than the A2a, my theory is that they updated the guns on all the 262's and forgot about this one because it is rare-ish

[@alexdivision4320]

I have this plane and its an absolute beauty! Funnily enough its the plane I considered using for the rocket challenge also

[@booqueefius8670]

we need to see oddbawz/Donut collab

[@qxexe1502]

You can also use the MI-4AV and it's rockets for the challenge if you have that

[@davidplashify]

You could've saved the $80 and flown the 262 A-1a. It's in the tech tree and has the same rockets.

[@PsychTheCraze]

I remmeber getting this thign in the original event with the type 62, when events were fun. and not bs.

[@Le_Petit_Lapin]

Would like to see what you use for the "Gotta go fast" challenge.

[@MarkoLabi]

Glad to have this plane, it is great!

[@McOatmeal]

that challenge I got done in 1 match. Mi-24A first spawn with S-5 rockets

[@ValkyrieLightwing]

Alright +1000000 points for the James meme at the start lol

[@Korobirne]

Great humor, the racoon comparison got me.