Israels Battle Hardened Bomber is NOT Balanced - F-16D "Barak II" - War Thunder

[@panzerdespenser9030]

If you're worried around 8 GBUs, then try the AV-8B Plus with 10 of them

[@JustinPlaysTV]

Oh yeah, though it's a giant easy target given it's subsonic status :(

[@panzerdespenser9030]

@@JustinPlaysTV Yea... But I've been having a good time with it in air RB. At least it gets thermal mavericks, so maybe some cleanup with SPAA could happen at the start. I have no idea how well that's going to work though

[@MaraAmaraaaa]

@@JustinPlaysTV with mates do SEAD operation

[@idriswt7286]

true Obama gaming

[@Cobra-King3]

Was about to make an Obama meme, but you made mine better CHEERS!

[@tahu033]

Obamna

[@possumteeth1692]

@@tahu033Obamna

[@saika4043]

guy in the back seat is the Weapon System Officer (WSO), also nicknamed Wizzo

[@life3600]

WSO(us navy) CSO(us air force) i think ...

[@chiefkalif9675]

I was going to say “Is it RIO? Like Goose in top gun?” Guess that position must be outdated…

[@williewilson2250]

​@@chiefkalif9675I'm pretty sure he does actually help with a few things besides just weapons

[@ArmandoNos]

Nothing like a wizard aiming your guns

[@saika4043]

@@williewilson2250im sure in most if not all jets, the second guy also has full pilot training and can take over in case of emergency

[@otlad]

The difference is the F-16D (Barak II) has the engine of the F-16A, while the F-16C has the upgraded one.

[@JustinPlaysTV]

Explains why it didn't feel as.. punchy?

[@Valkqryie]

Wrong. Barak-II doesnt have F-16A engine, it does have upgraded GE instead of PW engine you can find on F-16A. Although both F-16C and Barak-II uses GE engines, F-16C got better version.

[@Boringhuman420]

And the barak 2 is like way more heavy so

[@thatcarguydom266]

@@Valkqryiethrust to weight is worst of any F-16

[@alucidrust]

Doesn't change the fact that the engine isn't the same lol@@thatcarguydom266

[@swynty777]

Barak bombing? Barak o bomba

[@croskerk]

Winner of a comment

[@rogerh.5792]

The Mavericks on the f16 got some real damage burst potential, sylph R has some ridiculous clip with getting six kills within a single dive

[@somrajbhowmick0707]

These F-16s now are at the disposal of a sizable number of players since the last update and now top tier is after 1st spawn u get orbital struck by multiple f-16 with gbu s ... All of which can outrun all spaa missiles ... And yes even the pantsir. And there is still the helos. Top tier ground is now again "extremely unpleasant".

[@commandervocal3848]

Yep but get ready for all the “skill issue”, “just play SPAA since they are all OP”, and can’t forget all the “just grind air then” comments

[@boreftgamerhypixelgameplay6135]

Just use a Mig29 or something as counter air to air

[@judah142]

exactly, like when will we get a boots on the ground mode

[@tristianisgaming9302]

@@judah142probably never since it would completely negate about 1/3 of all the tech trees considering spaa exists.

[@MIASpartan408]

@@judah142 we already did, it's called Enlisted.

[@kevinhatcher3765]

The timing on this video is insane❤

[@joethepro7018]

and the A6E tram can carry 9 GBUS with a thermal targeting pod at 10.0, genuinely absurd.

[@gavinlightfoot5521]

I once got hit directly with a gbu from an a6e while in the turms t and it only blew up the barrel, tracks, and era. No other country in the game would have the rng to survive that I swear.

[@meandthebois7565]

​@@gavinlightfoot5521It's called spaghetti code.

[@nguyenkhoa5825]

live footage from Gaza Trip is mad💀

[@JustinPlaysTV]

I ain't even gonna remove this one, and I probably shouldn't respond to this either.. Oh well!

[@palestinianarq]

tf is wrong with you

[@palestinianarq]

yk how much of a bitch you have to be to make fun of a genocide?

[@andrewmacias-brown1818]

This thing is terrifying when someone’s good with it.

[@Moondoggymungmung]

I'd grind for this if they'd only "fix" or balance the Merk turret armor. Feels awful to know anything can pen that turret minus the weird grey zones.

[@catmansiim]

I really like the bombing from above and the mix of ground and air plays! Would you mind making videos like this more frequently?

[@ImAStupidPigeon]

This video is both entretaining and "perfectly timed"... Jokes aside, good work Justin!

[@mrgarina2977]

I live in israel and every 5 min f16 flying above me on his way to bomb gaza/rearm and go again haha

[@ImAStupidPigeon]

@@mrgarina2977 Take some pictures, no?

[@mrgarina2977]

they fly high its hard to see them with my own eyes @@ImAStupidPigeon

[@TonnyH21]

Great timing bro, keep it up....

[@wildfire4887]

even tho the Super Étendard only has 4 GBU, at 10.0 it is a very good aircraft, i believe you can hit mach as well

[@kaiotie1]

i like how this thing can carry 8 gbu’s and yet the tornado GR.1 can only carry half that.. or even less if you want a larger gbu. that and it turns like a buss, has less flares/chaff and has only 2 AIM-9L’s, not even M’s. the PGM-2000’s are great but they are un-predictable.

[@bukezwt]

Why did his friend sound like a villager 6:52

[@manituu7207]

The worst part of CAS in my opinion are the players that bomb enemys in their spawn while the battle is going on at the cap points.

[@-NATO-31]

But its the point where 99% of SAMs just sit, so its the obvious first check.

[@MIASpartan408]

@@-NATO-31 the real problem is communication. While killing SPAA is important for the planes, ground RB is about capping and holding points across the map, and if all your jets are just tryna farm SPAA then you effectively have 0 CAS. In this video he brings up how maverick's aren't the best vs armor but gbu's are really good. In a perfect match that could work with Maverick CAS playing SEAD role while gbu CAS actually helped out ground troops. Unfortunately though that takes waaaaaay too much coordination to actually happen in a normal solo or duo queue

[@askeleton9873]

omg civil houses !!!! 😮😮😮😮😯😯

[@Evrimomono]

1:40 WSO is the word you're looking for here! Weapon Systems Operator. 😊

[@JaykeBlayde]

I am a fully spaded expert crew ItO enjoyer, and I cannot take out planes like this and the F-16 who go right to outer space after spawning in.

[@sanmiguel4774]

Good so

[@JaykeBlayde]

@@sanmiguel4774 so the 11.7 SPAA need to drop down to 11.0 and SP for CAS needs to go up 2X

[@williewilson2250]

​@@JaykeBlaydealright bet, it'll be great having all the spaa at 11.0 while the best cas is at 12.3. I'm gonna love that update!

[@SuiSideex]

Ah those beatiful "ground" gamemodes.

[@TheEvilD-16]

All jets look cool

[@geeno_ms5233]

i want the Python-4 for this thing man am really excited to see this missile in game and a lot of people too. PS: you should try the GBU-15V2B is the first GBU-15 in the game with an IR seeker.

[@RodanES]

We have the Model and code for the Python 4, so it could come very soon!

[@geeno_ms5233]

@@RodanES yes i know thats why i think that it doesnt make anysense that the devs fully modeled and coded the missile for nothing, it needs to come, Is the main Air to Air missiles in the Barak II, right now the Air to Air Loadout from the Barak II Is ficticious.

[@yaksparrow2493]

​@RodanES The aim9M is bad enough already I don't think we need a missile that is even more advanced than that in the game. Also we don't need more new missiles right now the 73 sorta does its job and the aim9m does its job adding another missile to the mix will just harm the tenuous balance that there is left.

[@nicholasjensen8016]

Should have tried the GBU-15(V)2/B. I believe they got a stealth buff so they can get a track lock from up to 20km in ideal conditions. Haven’t been able to confirm it myself yet.

[@triparadox.c]

You can't track what's not there. The render distance is around 15 km.

[@nicholasjensen8016]

@@triparadox.c still a huge buff over the 6km range before if it’s true.

[@triparadox.c]

@@nicholasjensen8016 it used to be 6km wtf

[@nicholasjensen8016]

@@triparadox.c yup. You could get point tracks on the ground from further but it would only actually lock onto a vehicle within 6km

[@ghostpcab]

working on Isreal paid for the merkava mk 2d over a year a go and still grining for it can't wait to play it but this game grind is killing me

[@commandervocal3848]

I’m sure others have said this but Israel is pretty painful at higher tiers for ground, the Merkavas are pretty lackluster, pretty terrible armor (considering the size of the turret), slowest human loaded 120 at top tier for the MK4s, and lack of variety (only Merkavas and the SPAAs). I still enjoy them to some extent but it’s a really rough tech tree, kinda like a worse Japan in some sorta way

[@ghostpcab]

@@commandervocal3848 it just to bad it take over a year to learn this with how the grind is you got know what country to main be for you even start to play the game. How are people going to know what country they like the most if it take over 10 years to unlock every think

[@commandervocal3848]

@@ghostpcab yep welcome to Gaijin, at least the grind is easier now than it was a year or 2 ago, but it’s still bad, I have end of tree for everything in ground, I don’t like air and naval is eh

[@DankBench]

1:54 you're looking for the word "Wizzo" or WSO which stands for Weapon System Officer.

[@cutthroat795]

You really don't need the 3rd person sight that close to the target. The bombs will glide many km past that spot. You can also guide multiple at once. Just some advice to maximize effectiveness

[@User-gx3sr]

How do you know the range of the bombs without using the 3rd person sight? I’m new to CAS and trying to learn some new stuff

[@cutthroat795]

@@User-gx3sr you just guess. It depends on how fast and high you are

[@brodykloster2102]

1:38 ur thinking of the WSO or the Weapon System Officer, and it’s pronounced “wizzo”

[@caesar5380]

Tornado with less loadout and bombs options when its literally a bomber for low flying passes and laser guided bombing....

[@Rageaben]

When the M1A2 SEP V3 get’s added into the game. Could you play it Justin?

[@theaveragegamer7221]

Yall accidently role played the flying wiesels

[@Snowi_Nothing_Robin]

ooooh the German curse was Sehr schön und mit schöner betohnung

[@Fudjsmlabffifn]

Barak pilot here, It means lightning in Hebrew, from Judaism it was passed to Islam and that's how Obama got his name.

[@flotterotter1202]

Top tier is now broken as hell and I'm afraid gayjin isn't gonna fix it soon

[@magicmudkip3938]

What is that decal on your tail?

[@texasthib2029]

So when the mig27 was sitting in space raping everything uncontested it wasn’t a problem but suddenly the f16 is now op?

[@Corefailure24]

Because thats 4 bombs that are not the best and no thermals, the F16 is lightyears better of a plane for CAS, the Mig29 is better than the Mig27

[@marco8414]

Bro doubled down on the perfect timing

[@Toxic-dy6fx]

Cas is just too op

[@waschkorb]

me as a proud german love your friend

[@icy3-1]

Totally not broken GBU meta :3 As for the comments that relate these videos to current world events... Calm yourselves: it's just a game, like holy hell. The War Thunder CC's aren't out here to make videos about world events: they're here to make videos about War Thunder itself. Like damn, give them, Justin included, a break. It's just mere coincidence that these uploads went up just as things started to get spicy.

[@jesperkarlbom2400]

what decal is that on the tail?

[@נגבבקר]

You are saying it right

[@KevfromHR]

Amazing video

[@G-BAGSPLAYS]

I looked it up in Google, and apparently the name Barak means "Blessing" in Hebrew

[@shizukadoitsukitsune1919]

this timing has to be on purpose right?? :sob:

[@indyjons321]

I’m so close to getting to test fly this thing

[@adamarz9248]

Was this one planned for weeks too like the last one??? or what

[@tianhaoju4634]

Unfortunatly, Israel ground forces is really limited in terms of vehicle choices - I mean, there are a limited choices of light tanks and the merkavas are *inhales* SUBOPTIMAL.

[@gavinlightfoot5521]

W armor with less effectiveness than rubber. Really hope they add the namer which could really help out Israels selection, though besides that there aren't too many "light" tanks available for israel.

[@commandervocal3848]

@@gavinlightfoot5521also the Eitan, really mobile and has Iron Fist but yeah Israel is pretty limited for light tanks/IFVs. They could also add Turkey as a subtree which would boost the tech tree a lot but I doubt that happens anytime soon

[@alucidrust]

I would love to see a Turkish subtree @@commandervocal3848

[@CinematicsWarthunderRayden]

hey justin i was raydenbro69 i treid sacrificing myself sinse u were close to a nuke when u had 10kills 2 air kills i kept tryna find u to kill me bec i wanted u to get a nuke

[@ssuuss539]

3:31 somebody translate that!

[@cerealru1069]

maybe not the best timing for this video justin no hate just a concerned viewer

[@JustinPlaysTV]

I appreciate the concern! Real world events have very little bearing on my work, hence why I did not make a mention in the actual video.

[@cerealru1069]

@@JustinPlaysTV I meant more in the sense that it can give off the impression of "hopping on the (insert appropriate prefix)-train" because of the real world events. You don't talk politics in the content, but on the outside it might simply not be a good look! Again, just concerned, I like your channel a lot!

[@JustinPlaysTV]

@cerealru1069 I do appreciate the concern, and you're not wrong. Unfortunately being a KZbinr means jumping on certain trends to gain publicity and traction, as bad as it may sound its the way of the media world :( I try to not do so in my gaming content, but unfortunately I can't control others emotions nor do I even attempt to. I have a set schedule and I stick to it as best as I can.

[@raizencore]

Yedi was really stressed in this one. lmao

[@SukmyL]

What key bind do u use to lock the ground targets Justin?

[@ssuuss539]

Boob

[@MyWaifuNow]

12:26 I mean top tier Britain players do get 5 challys to take out per game

[@ThatNobody855]

Great timing 😂

[@Xidif_Tim]

It is so funny seeing you play with Yedi and being german XD

[@sanmiguel4774]

Ja

[@zeta4687]

why i like agm65 well you have to clean those spaa so you can focus on MBTs right? especially the Pantsir also why all the best American made toy is in other nation instead of USA

[@semsjo2364]

This must be some older footage, the quality of the thermals of the targeting pod are way too good, compared to what we've got now. ;)

[@JustinPlaysTV]

It was done the other night... o.o

[@semsjo2364]

@@JustinPlaysTV hm, strange, on my end, the thermals look like gen1. The nvd upgrade (not the targeting pod upgrade) doesn't increase the quality or does it?

[@alucidrust]

I've got the same issue, grinding out NVD's now, I will tell you in one game.@@semsjo2364

[@alucidrust]

You need the nvd mod, looks way better@@semsjo2364

[@appletree5028]

As a german I feel very at home with the immediate german slurs

[@ryder-y1g]

Can u please play the ZTZ-96AP & A5C combo vid and please make a vid on leopard 1A5NO & A32A Rod Adam combo vid please.

[@Elbereth_TV]

how do you lock targets without going into the litening view?

[@alucidrust]

Sight stabilisation

[@dartawnasailo4449]

I wish gaijin make a pure ground only mode.. No CAS, no helos n shit...

[@White_Martian]

dude your good u say is right its barak like u say

[@Check_Vibe0]

Bro this is not the best timing 💀

[@FknWolf]

wtf was that tank!? I recently got into WarThunder because of your videos and I dont understand how everyone is killing so easily! Im struggling to get kills above BR 1.0, decided to invest in a premium to help the grind and whilst it did help a lot im still averaging 1 kill per game, if that. sometimes I can go 4-5 games in a row with no kill. I have a better time in DCS so im convinced im too old WarThunder

[@michaels9739]

Yeddi is short for Yeddidiah, no?

[@warthog6467]

1:45 They are called the R.I.O or radio intercept officer

[@DoomOfConviction]

The dumb bomb bomb series is bugged and won’t drop even though right selected.

[@talonopsgaming384]

I'm trying to find matches like this, so I can rank up faster

[@farmcat9873]

What No Kfir C2 in that line up 🤔? Its a 11.0 and carries a decent amount of bombs...just kidding. But it only has bombs and no GBUs or anything and is really nothing special and don't know why it's even at 11.0 its probably cuz it gets two pythons which aren't crap for AirRB against jets that carry 6 to 8 AAM

[@thedonovan]

Notice how he deleted your other post in this video? Notice what that post you made could have alluded to? I tried replying to it several times and it kept getting deleted. The short: that wasn't good eyesight.

[@farmcat9873]

What? i see both of them none are deleted and didn't say anything against YT rules. So I don't know what you mean please explain.@@thedonovan

[@brunoturossi]

if you only play tanks just forget toptier

[@MelonyInprogress]

based

[@Lovadvaredukristus]

You should check out the Swedish top tier experience! It has been a WHILE since you made a video on that.

[@flncrs7012]

Germany have even a good plane for ground rb at toptier ?

[@WoobooRidesAgain]

If you're curious, "Barak" in this case means "lightning". It's not actually a reference to Barack Obama, and the name designation predates his presidency by about three decades. I realize _most_ people know it's not a reference to the president, but the internet is a very stupid place.

[@GucciManecubus]

Not really political, mfer was literally King Drone Strike.

[@diogoviana6499]

isrqel is good for grind ? merkava and air forces ?

[@yuvrajsingh-dh6hv]

interesting timing

[@ladeclue]

Right?😂

[@yoyolast6559]

Yes Justin don't worry you're saying Barak correctly (you're not saying Magach or Merkava correctly though ;) )

[@hongschauble3700]

Day 1 of asking for Justin to play mid tier in wt

[@federicocapo7821]

U can't use Anime body pillow on any tank that's not japanese

[@ItsGigzo]

Any advice how to get alot of money in War Thunder?

[@Eletruun]

Premium naval ship with prem acc

[@o-mauler-o3021]

@@Eletruun Or any premium vehicle since although premium air vehicles will net you less, at least you'll still get heaps.

[@imnotpoorimbroke9560]

make more vids on the strv122

[@JustinPlaysTV]

I was thinking about the 122A.. Hmm

[@Trollf_Ace]

barak obama II

[@mattturn6590]

Omg it's the Barak Obama

[@vympel69420]

wild weasel gameplay

[@RovalisGTO]

Yeah, this seems balanced

[@SuiSideex]

I would rather get Merkavas 4 buff with reload and a little armor, ATLEAST on turret instead of biased CAS which shouldnt be that OP in the game at first, but yeah, tanks are just free frags, like for 1k golden eagles, u get full crew for a jet, which one crew is enough for AIR RB, and ground RB propably too, but for a tank, 1k golden eagles and u got nothing, and u need like 3-4 crews to be usefull in ground RB? and this balance stuff when u buy premium tank, and what u can do with one vehicle in all ground gamemodes? literally nothing, compared to jet, where u dont need more, and u can have just fun in air RB, this game literally says " fu** u ground vehicles" and thats omega lame, thats why i dont play ground shi** anymore, garbage maps, garbage biased CAS which spawn in the air (LMAO) and have airfields/helipads that close XD like literally if i was in those tanks i would say, lets rush this helipad/airfield, or i would blow up it with artillery, but yeah, no realism, no balance, no fun, RIP. Anyone have link for discord/forum for custom battles without CAS on top tier just for fun, or i need to make something like that?

[@CloudyClobain]

Merkava already buff u playin u just suffer from skill issues

[@alucidrust]

Deadass, the Merks are amazing to play and have great armour, can't recall how many times I've just taken shot after shot and survived. @@CloudyClobain

[@ghost0d077]

Day 1 as a paid member requesting the new helicopter for the USA lol as you can see I said PAID the bill is currently paid lol

[@jonathanm-godtier6661]

What game mode is that?

[@jm10srb]

Damn ppl be crying and trying to force politics into a videogame

[@jermasbiggestfan7796]

ALL things are political, whether you like it or not.

[@ItzCPU_]

Um actually Gijin wins form your discount code because you basically advertising the shop 🤓

[@sinn-the-sinner]

Barak o’ bomba lmao

[@popkxw]

Barak did infact bomba many things in the middle east.

[@honoraryjew]

It certainly isn't 💀

[@rowanyuh6326]

It can destroy so many hospitals and apartment buildings 😍

[@popkxw]

That's what happens when you live among the civillian population so you can blame it on Israel and make propaganda videos on TikTok that ignorant people like you fall for 😍

[@zahwa242]

MR OBAMA GET DOWN

[@killerabdenour1409]

But ther is no usa version

[@tomfahey2823]

Cause no birth certificate

[@bobpeter9938]

you should do a video of how to use laser guided weapons