IS THE R3 T20 STILL GOOD AT 5.0?

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Is the Italian R3 T20 FA-HS still good?
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[@OddBawZ]

HELLO, NORMALLY I WOULD PUT MY DECAL LINK HERE BUT I HAVE SOME FOOTAGE FROM THE CAR SHOW I WAS AT! WOULD YOU LIKE THAT FOR A 150K SPECIAL?

[@adamkorcok6985]

Yessir

[@zimmre423]

yes please

[@Josh28574]

That’d be cool

[@theyoinkster8064]

Affirmative!

[@liamwartz]

Yes!(If you play war thunder you understand)

[@araknas3981]

The problem with the R3 T20 currently is that it takes more than 2 brain cells to use, which disqualifies 95% of its former players.

[@OddBawZ]

Arkansas REAL confirmed?!

[@Awng8]

@@OddBawZ CONFIRMED!

[@tylere909]

The problem is that it requires exactly 2 brain cells and most players (especially my teammates) only have 1 cell.

[@1971tallica]

it requires a tiny bit of strategy , hence the issue with most WT players, push W and shoot , shoot machine gun all the time , etc ....

[@oddforoddssake3751]

Problem? I don't see a problem lol

[@marckart66]

14:40 " I can hear an engine noise but I think it's mine" This is my experience in war thunder 100%.

[@isaactaylor1258]

"that's certainly a PE-8" "I need to get into his flight path" There's a first time to hear everything, OddBawz is a crazy man 😂

[@Novous]

I once shot down a PE-8's bomb right before it hit my team with my R3. I was screaming with glee. The guy was PISSED and turned around and flew right at me with his guns firing. So then I had an easy shot and killed his pilot and it crashed right in front of me into a massive fireball.

[@isaactaylor1258]

@@hkg207 If I was a PE-8 I know I would, the r3 is an absolute menace if left intact

[@Mornomgir]

best place to be. its so damn slow just wack it with the main gun. just... dont miss.

[@Gary_The_Metro]

Really says a lot about WT if we judge how good an SPAA is based on how well it kills tanks. Despite how good it is against planes.

[@2_sniper23]

9:14 like I always said, Its not revenge bombing if its a strategic target.

[@Captdialup]

Why do I feel like I'm always a strategic target?

[@nicolasderra3888]

True, I don't hold a grudge against you, it's just that you are a really strong tank in an amazing position.

[@agravemisunderstanding9668]

I play this thing as aa and it is probably the best in it's class, it can drive to cover when getting shot all the while returning fire it can drive out of cover and surprise low flying planes, once i even outran a p51 as he tried to fly behind a building and shot him down

[@themanhimself6696]

the R3 is a SUPER good AA for sure if you know there is an enemy R3 just dont spawn in a plane, as you WILL die

[@pauld6967]

"...but you can still most certainly kill airplanes." It's as if the pizza delivery vehicle was designed to be a SPAA. ;-)

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

i mean it wasn't, it was designed as a recon vehicle IRL. a humvee alternative for export markets.

[@pauld6967]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 Ah, well yes then. I can certainly see the value of a high rate-of-fire weapon being on a scout/reconnaissance vehicle. Lay down suppression fire as you race out of the soon-to-be a kill zone area when your hiding spot has been discovered.

[@jonathanallen3688]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 it was to be a scout with ability to engage light vehicles and low flying aircraft(drones, helis and the like).

[@-Hesco]

i just wanna say it’s mind boggling to me, on how you just make this game look so damn easy and fun. when in reality it’s pain and suffering for me🤣

[@andreoldekotter2982]

MeToo

[@JohnWicksDaddy]

He plays 10+ games, then upload the two good ones.

[@krle7970]

@@JohnWicksDaddyplus lvl 100 has maxed out crew and such helps out

[@crazedfeel5775]

Two tips boss ! First one : There's an option in game where you can set a button to hold that would allow you to steer using your mouse, which is super handy for wheeled vehicles as you can fine tune your turns! Second tip : For the mg151, the APHE (armored target belt) has been buffed and pens now 26mm at 10m 0° instead of 19! Which is HUGE, since it now pens as much as the regular ap shell, but has explosive filler too ! Anyways, love your vids and their new intros

[@OddBawZ]

I find myself forgetting to turn the mouse steer option off before I start fighting, so I have it turned off for that reason! lol Also, the APHE is great but the issue is when fighting other planes. I also find the Universal belts allow me to take out SPAA more reliably. I was using APHE for a bit but it led to more frustration than good results! :)

[@ExcavationNation]

OH SH** ITS A RAT !!

[@ExcavationNation]

Some will get this others will not lol look it up it's the funniest video on KZbin 😂

[@Strv103Moment]

Oh shit its a wiesel

[@ODST_Parker]

They actually finally fixed the APHE belts on the MG151 20mm cannons, so now you can get 75% anti-armor belts that also do explosive post-pen, with the same penetration as the API rounds in the universal belt.

[@giovannicalligher9524]

Dude, I just love this type of intros, they are amazing, I can't stop laughing! Don't stop making them!

[@guutn7973]

I am honestly glad gaijin finally took action and re"balanced" that thing.

[@pampidoo]

You can't to balance unskilled players. They always would cry.

[@Novous]

inb4 75mm Jumbo at 7.3

[@trueKENTUCKY]

C'mon it should be 1.0

[@Gary_The_Metro]

@@Novous listen man it has a stabilizer so obviously it should be 8.0. It's basically better than a leopard 2a6

[@Smokey348]

i personally would put it closer to its cousins like 5.3 or 5.7

[@smeekma]

I just started playing War Thunder a few months ago and Italy was the nation I chose to start with. I love the R3, I've gained the most total RP out of all my tanks with this thing. I never got to use it back in its glory days (it cannot kill 95% of tanks now) but it is still amazing at killing aircraft. I do kind of wish it would get reduced to 4.3 or 4.7 so you would only have to deal with less Tigers and Panthers on uptiers and would allow you to kill an occasional tank. I don't want it to be anywhere near what it used to, be but it even occasionally struggles with killing open top vehicles.

[@ExcavationNation]

For what it is yes it's still great as an aa. Hell I use my M16 all away until 8.0. So the r 3 is fine where it is. It's an aa after all.

[@MultiKbarry]

I use the thing in my 7.7 roster and it still murders air.

[@shadydogo8239]

@@MultiKbarry same

[@dixieduffy7]

Granted it's also the only viable SPAA in the entire tree until 8.0

[@ExcavationNation]

@@dixieduffy7 o really? you don't say

[@dulguunjargal1199]

Im using my AB 34 In 4.0

[@vahanian8696]

Best game I've ever had in this was on single cap conquest Hürtgen Forest, the one with the cap in the water. It was at 6.7 or 7.0, I forget. I was facing Germany and drove like a moron until i was behind them and ended up with 6 kills and 10 assists. Just being a pest. But it was so fun.

[@Smokey348]

the people that say that the R3 sucks now are the ones that only play them to kill tanks + seal club

[@salahdhen1958]

6:16 GOOD GOD, THAT KV-2 GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK

[@ExcavationNation]

Go to the hospital man like now

[@Novous]

with the R3, it's best to "paint short lines" of where you expect him to travel. Short bursts of ~10 rounds or so. Paint a line you expect his path to follow, wait. Paint a line, wait. Repeat. Usually if you spray, you miss most (or all!) of those shots so it's just a waste of ammo unless you're in a panic scenario. You don't need 30 rounds of 20mm hitting to kill a plane. You want accurate bursts. Also, it's ideal to shoot planes when they're slowest (banking up and sideways stalling out) or, "committing" to a run and so fast they cannot turn off. You can basically aim where their tracer shots are firing to get their path. Also, general tip for players: hug houses for cover. Pop out and ambush when planes are close and only when they're close or doing something stupid like stalling out sideways in the air. If you limit your shots you make it very hard for other planes to spot you. Also, planes look out for each other. If you shoot at a plane, any other plane that sees it will come for you. So be super careful when engaging when there's multiple planes. A plane that just flew over you will have a much lesser chance of seeing you (in his rear) when you shoot the next plane. And anyone with bombs will head straight for spawn so get out of spawn if you can, the only advantage of spawn is no artillery. I actually enjoy AA the most. It's fun to play cat and mouse. And also the French DCA "daka" can even pen Panthers. And the P7T "death tractor" I thought was 4 rifle guns for the longest time. It's 4 FIFTY CALLS at 1.3 BR. (No special ammo though.) It's a great ambusher if you let them get close--which works well considering it has very small magazines between reloads. I've never had good luck with the slow firing ~40mm bofors style AA guns. They'll one shot when they hit... if... they hit. It never feels reliable enough.

[@agravemisunderstanding9668]

The g55 series might be the best Italian case at the br, i usually kill tigers and jagds with them, clearing caps for my team and then go and kill as many bombers and fighters as i can

[@emaacqua2163]

That's so true, i literally fall in love with the g55 sottoserie 0, it's so amazing even now that sit on 4.3,even if it should be at 4.0, but it works very well and if you use brain you can win a dogfight against spitfire

[@backinthegame1961]

@@emaacqua2163 Reggiane 2005 is the most complete plane

[@agravemisunderstanding9668]

@@emaacqua2163 i use it with my M18 at 5.7 and i still do great in it

[@emaacqua2163]

@@agravemisunderstanding9668 yeah, you can even use it at 6.3/6.7 but it works better at 4.0/4.3

[@agravemisunderstanding9668]

@@emaacqua2163 i think it's cuz it a really good all rounder plane, the only things I have trouble killing are spitfires and zeros

[@thecowboyfromcali]

crazy thing about this tank, is when you bring it UP in BR, say to 7.7, the tanks get a lot thinner and easier to pen, unless you run into a MAUS of course

[@ReflektorOo]

You always say "the r3 was on 3.3" but you forget one thing: there is a r3 at 3.0 br. It's just called Zis12 (94-km). It's so much fun, but pretty much seal clubbing... so idk if you should make a vid on that one, cuz I like my rallye truck adventures alone :D don't need more of them

[@TheDgamesD]

It’s not the BR itself, it’s more they first nerfed the stabilizer but then later on moved it up in BR. I just want the old Stabilizer back at this new higher BR. I feel that’s fair

[@VAD3T]

eh idrk the r3 would be very op with the stab and would have to be moved to an even higher br which would make the r3 worse imo

[@jacky9590]

i agree it needs its stab back

[@jacky9590]

@@VAD3T it wouldliterarly make it better lol. autocannon vs thin cold war armor. how is that worse?

[@rockdragon3]

"people say you're rubbush now" those are the shitters who only use it to try and kill tanks and never shoot at planes. which is also mainly why people complain about CAS so much, all the people playing AAA are either making themselves easy targets by shooting all over the place at the first sign of a plane 2km out, or only shooting at tanks.

[@just_a_username8979]

I want to scream when I see teammates shooting at airplanes 2km out. Save for one or two I've played with that could actually hit enemy planes with an ostwind at a pretty good distance

[@zanna4130]

Most AAAs in the game have the ability to destroy tanks. It doesn't seem fair to me to make it so that only R3 no longer destroys tanks, while all other AAAs do.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

@@zanna4130 especially since the R3 is actualy a recon vehicle prototype not an AA vehicle prototype, shoved into the AA line because it can kill planes easier than tanks.

[@kizuzy8008]

need to make another vid on this vehicle, it now sit at 6.0

[@juliancate7089]

Just discovered your channel and I truly enjoy it. First, it's expert gameplay, then there's the humor, and last but not least, the fun Scottish accent. You're one of the few Scots that has a fairly thick accent that I can actually understand (American). So, the content is fun entertainment.

[@mywaifustrash9855]

I love how i was literally watching your vid about the R3 posted last year. OddBawlzsack is my daily content creator when im chillin

[@Phapchamp]

When i was a new player 2 years ago i remember being bullied by one of those for nearly an entire match. I was in a KV-2 and missed my shot against a pair of these rats. They then just shot my barrel and track for more than 5 mins and no one came for help in my team because they got pushed back and they didnt have any allies close to kill me. I am very much traumatized by that experience even today. I was just spamming "cover me" and pinging the map. Thats why i wouldnt even care if they banned all players that played this vehicle. I have PTSD.

[@r.awilliams9815]

The best therapy is getting your own R3 T20 and bullying the crap out of some other poor sod.

[@unoriginalhazard]

9:00 "right, this SU I need to bum him" can't unhear that now.

[@WatchMysh]

Is it just me or is the WT sound engine behaving weirdly lately? I seem to have a notably harder time spotting things by acoustics only. Sometimes I don't even hear a tank at all until it drives straight into my face.

[@Jeff--vq4zb]

They've been making changes in recent months.

[@Lehmann1978]

The BTR ZD was upgraded to 5.3 within a few months. They probably didn't want the same scenario as with the R3

[@tejoadi4349]

Facing that on low tier tanks is a nightmare, glad i got out from that BR.

[@leafleap]

Literally any tank shooting a Russian T34 or KV tank in the breach and it absorbs it like a ShamWow gulps down liquid - slurp, feed me! Meanwhile an R3 shooting a KV1C in the breach from the front and it slices through it like a glowing red hot Calzone that has been folder over a thousand times - heh, 20 mm go brrrrrrrrrr.

[@OddBawZ]

I legit laughed so hard at this comment!

[@SuperTrb0]

“Doesn’t suck”, proceeds to get one kill and then gets gunned down by three kills.

[@cw4623]

Exactly! And it removes a huge incentive for players to play anything other than Germany or USSR.

[@bentrod3405]

13:37 perfectly sums up my experience playing aa in 3.0 and below.

[@CodeRed7109]

should have done the intro at night so he could answer by shooting letters into the sky

[@supersimon126]

That Tiger at 14:20 just got bullied, had his friend bullied even harder and was left out to dry before he could even do anything

[@XSpamDragonX]

I used to teamkill this thing all the time before they removed friendly fire against ground vehicles with aircraft cannons.

[@Lotock9]

Нехрен было шмалять по своим :D

[@averyspecificname4300]

After the recent update Gaijoob raised the BTR-ZD to 5.0 or 5.3 I think

[@michaelbeale559]

Good, it was way too low. It was extremely good at killing aircraft and tanks at 4.3... and still is at its current BR.

[@oofdotcom]

i got bullied by a r3 at 8.0 killed my tank, them my plane THEN MY CHOPPA

[@obviouslyme3394]

I know this is a little late, but last I remembered the R3 is 5.7 now, anyone have any thoughts on that?

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

I used to use this as an SPAA and I got pretty good with it. Shocking eh?

[@bestwind4618]

as an italian that "hey tu" at the start gave me a little smile

[@123dodo4]

Another well made opening presentation ❤️

[@themilkman8554]

When odd puts the bushes on you know he's going for the W.

[@jacksoncross9265]

hope ur doing well in the heat lol! best wishes from the 49c sonoran desert.

[@lairyhegs9956]

I think the BMP-1 is another ridiculously good vehicle. A video on that would be amazing. German or Soviet versions.

[@panc4kes347]

I’m playing as Italy currently and I love both R3’s it’s speed allows you to get into early flanking position

[@dulguunjargal1199]

Any R3 tips? Im about to unlock it

[@hakzource8660]

@@dulguunjargal1199 don’t expect to kill tanks, and mainly use it for AA. Select your targets wisely when fighting tanks since all heavies and some mediums are your worst nightmare with 50 cals or roof mounted MGs

[@dulguunjargal1199]

@@hakzource8660 with now 3 days of experience Even aircraft can kill me Ive seen how 2 nerfs can have an effect on the vehicle I killed light tanks and tank destroyers

[@hakzource8660]

@@dulguunjargal1199 the r3 used to be fully stabilized apparently at 3.3, and it IS a SPAA so its perfectly fine at 5.0

[@Astopanto]

When at the beginning of the video you said "Ehi tu!" I got a little excited

[@oddforoddssake3751]

So. It's finally at 5.0 BR. And about bloody time too. Great video, Odd, as always :)

[@Fiasco3]

The R3 can run at any tier.. it's always handy to scout, grab caps at speed, shoot low flying planes/helicopters and shoot up soft targets.

[@kilo_kilo]

Bawz a few days ago: I don't put bushes on my tanks. Bawz today: bush mustache on the Italian vehicle.

[@OddBawZ]

It was a moustache that I put on in 2019! LOL

[@ToxicVengeanceGaming]

Love the vids keep work up 👏👏👏

[@majorkay24]

One more tank to unlock before I can start researching the R3. Fml

[@bezimienny_andzej6425]

The universal belt is so good because Gaijin doesn't understand incendiary, so they gave it same stats as AP-I.

[@skeeter19892010]

"There's a guy in this...oh it was a child." Oddbawz 2022.

[@alexkaczmarek5541]

"oh there's a guy by us, oh it was a child" 😂😂

[@rovinglycan]

Whhhhhyvern red angel challenge. 5 kills with the rockets, and at least one double kill with one volley. Goodluck!

[@cheese4274]

The gun on the R3 bobbing up and down is so goofy and cute looking :D

[@leemarsh7280]

That vehicle was one of the things that turned WT from some kind of serious war game to a free for all joke.The game became a dodgem ride then.That thing from the 80s vs WW2 tanks.Goodbye adults ,hello children

[@zanzibarzamfir276]

many wishes and gratitude's for you my friend. hocus pocus playing the m103 with diligent focus, may your ap dreams crush your enemy into creams.

[@WatchMysh]

Your AA accuracy is unreal 😳

[@nesyboi9421]

man they rebuffed that pen back to near where it was, for a while it was only around 40mm of pen max

[@cw4623]

Gaijin nerfed it way too hard. Sick of the German + Soviet bias. It removes all incentive for players to play any other nations, like Italy or France.

[@die__birne1743]

"greatest rat war thunder has ever seen" *introducing the fox, a racecar with basically a 110mm pen autocannon at 7.0*

[@2goober4u]

only a full uptier from r3

[@bignickenergy2042]

Lol now its at fucking 6.0

[@-FARKI]

I use it at 7.7 with the other r3 and its pretty op against all the light tanks

[@strider9325]

I have seen so many of these destroying tanks that i forgot that its an aa

[@xias212]

He is 5.7 now :s

[@TheSwedishAmerican]

Question. How to you get so much SL and how do you grind out all The vehicles and how long you play roughly on average

[@OddBawZ]

I have close to 12,000 hours! That’s over 4 years now.

[@JessWLStuart]

This should be a Star Wars droid: R3-Kill-U!

[@lowlife7453]

This is better than BTR-ZD that just got bumped up to 5.3.

[@gentlegiantcoop5318]

The real problem is that it should be have the stalalizer back and the ammunition belt could or could not be given back but that depends on the br, this would then make it Feasible To bringing up a little bit in br and then italy needs another aa between it use to be the r3 t20 was from 3.3 until the sidam at 8.0 and this was ok becasue the r3 was good enough it could survive but it was a challenge to hit super props and really hard to hit jets if they played the vehicle strengths ( most often speed ) now it is almost impossible. Also if you play a AA vehicle like the r3 t20 until you get the sidam at 8.0 you would also become pretty good at it italy need one or to filler AA vehicle to fill the gaps in their line also movin the r3 t20 up in br made them make the Italian wirbalwind better with the belt feed system so pick carefully what you wish for from warthunder, they will find another way to fuck things up for you

[@davids.6671]

I use this thing as air defense. For some odd reason it does it very well as tank destroyer.

[@justinshaw624]

Spaa is amazing in this game. Taking points, killing tanks, and of course shooting down planes. All for the cheapest sp cost. Radar spaa are especially oppressive because they get to play arcade on top of everything else

[@nekomakhea9440]

Spaghetti Technical cannot be stopped!

[@Moreymoto]

ever since they removed the full stabilization i have had no fun in the thing

[@jondepinet]

i only wish the R3 had scouting ability at its current BR.

[@Igzilee]

It would be too good then. Besides, the 20mm can scout enemies if you just shoot them with one round.

[@erikmann3640]

Gaijin, for the love of everything, please for Gawdsake, ENOUGH with the snow and sand making wheeled vehicles go slower that molasses in winter. :( And while you're at it, stop greasing the hills and let us climb them instead of slide down! lol Great video and playing. Awesome job, as usual. Cheers!

[@TalosCreations]

I use the R3 at 7.3 and its still just as good. With all the lightly armoured AFVs its just so easy.

[@Vengeance4308]

My favorite thing is swooping down on them in a p-47 and getting a free kill

[@MegaRazorback]

Lol, it's the paint job that made Cyanide have a wheezing fit and flip his vehicle!

[@OddBawZ]

HAHAHA! How do you remember that?!

[@MegaRazorback]

@@OddBawZ The first time i saw that video with Cyanide in it was all it took to become stuck in my head, whenever i see that paint job i'm instantly reminded of it!

[@grimmerjxcts2206]

I love these intros man

[@stephenclark7213]

best warthunder videos man 100 %

[@BDBBailey]

They nerfed the 20mm aa tanks, and all the Pz.II tanks. They also nerfed the 30mm Do. aircraft.

[@federikus2928]

after looking at this video I decided to boost reasearch at get the R3, it has been a long time since I enjoy this much WT! basically I ride around like at idiot at full speed, capping zones and taking targets ofgsince I enjoy this much WT! basically I ride around like at idiot at full speed, capping zones and taking targets of opportunity, then I pop the G.55m top fun!

[@Sti3niwini]

Cybertruck 🫢

[@The_Gabinator]

Now we gotta know if the R3 is still good at 5.7 (probably still really good for AA)

[@bkraus4829]

Soooo waiting for the 150K subscriber speciality video where we get more OddBawZ than we should possible want...no not really give me more OddBawZ please. :-)

[@bullitzfromabove5376]

Pov tiger uptiered to 5.3, this pizza box is uptiered to 5.0

[@ScrapDaddySurp]

Obliterates 57* "Oh it was a child"

[@ajlspajl7178]

Please make a video with the t-44-122 :)

[@owenmcclelland3573]

6:15 kv2 around the corner

[@Novous]

You'd be surprised how effective AA can be if you actually practice and "get gud" instead of just use it as a "I'm out of fun stuff" vehicle.

[@doknezdoknez1678]

It's 5.7 now 🥶

[@2goober4u]

6.0

[@Americanstruggle]

That was a fun one to watch

[@frems4494]

OddBawZ are u playing On keyboard and Mouse?

[@Mornomgir]

So how many diffrent names do you have in "astro" or is that just your own playground? Cause i came up against a fairly skilled player with the astro tag the other day that i nicked a few times.

[@jolioding_2253]

Imagine this thing had the pen of old wirbel/gepard

[@evernewb2073]

did...did you give that thing a bushy moustache?