Making Close Air Support META Again - F-14B - War Thunder

[@KokotoHero-N3]

CAS has been pretty friggin' strong again after they made SAM missiles extremely hard to operate.

[@Collat3ralD4mage]

Yeah my Roland 2s and 3s are useless once the enemy jet turns its so hard to kill them which is totally not historically accurate if that’s what Gaijin was going for

[@chrisp3085]

The primary reason for CAS being on the defensive recently is due to the Pantsir and, arguably, the Tor. Outside of that, CAS has performed reasonably the same, imo.

[@jaxrammus9165]

nah, theyre worthless now

[@patriot6988]

False

[@ThatBROperator]

I used to kill 5-10 aircraft, drones and Helis in one single match with my flarakpz, now... It's useless!

[@CullenDurio]

“I’m a tanker, not a pilot” Proceeds to hit the nastiest shot

[@indyjons321]

“Press T to tank ally” **ignores** Bruh….

[@Gausdave213]

UNFORGIVABLE

[@themalcore_]

7:30 poor guy brought out a back up Pantsir to try and kill you but died twice. Been there.

[@legocubed]

You should try the new Mirage 2000-5F for CAS next, it has a crazy targeting pod with gen 3 thermals and 98.2x zoom (all other jets have 25.4x zoom at most, for reference)

[@JustinPlaysTV]

I swore I did it, but yes it's coming soon!

[@lsq7833]

And none of its actual A2A armament lol

[@evangalinsky2499]

​@@lsq7833the 2000-5F could still carry 530D's and magic 2's. What it could no longer carry was the 530F, and I think the magic 1. MICA's are rediculous compared to what we have now, stop complaining.

[@jbeverley67]

​@@lsq7833it does not need micas until there are other counters. Don't be ridiculous.

[@vizender]

@@evangalinsky2499 The 2000-5F could actually not carry 530Ds, or any 530 fore that matter, because the RDY is unable to guide Fox1 missiles actually. Its A2A armements are 2 magic 2s or MICA IR, and 4 MICA ERs on inner pylons. As for the ground ordonnances, the French mirage 2000-5 were never able to carry the guided weapons Gaijing implemented, it was only for export variants such as the one Egypt bought. All in all, nothing is good with the current load outs the M2K5F carries

[@Collat3ralD4mage]

One F-14B destroyed my entire team even though we had four spaa up because spaa missiles are so damn hard to aim now

[@braedynhoward3644]

I would be upset by tat too, but high tier AA was WAY OP before XD

[@darkhawkgaming3238]

Aa hasn't been op since the first aa missile nerf

[@Collat3ralD4mage]

Yeah AA was never op as long as the jet isn’t dumb enough to fly high and straight

[@FXIIBeaver]

@@Collat3ralD4mage3 months ago you were bitching about how op aa was with the pantsir.

[@AsrielDreemurYT653]

@@FXIIBeaverwdym what happened

[@vaguevtx5090]

That bomb glitch is the main reason i don't use Mavericks and bullpups. I'll direct hit a T72 and then it it'll shrug it off.

[@WoobooRidesAgain]

5:46 If you're still curious Justin, the term you're looking for is "toss bombing", also called the Low Altitude Bombing System (LABS) in U.S. Air Force nomenclature.

[@WigglyWings]

22:22 WTF are those trees doing? Are they dancing? lmao

[@dahuaba9960]

That feeling, when teammates actually help you in any kind of way, is much better than even a 10kill match these days. Average WT player has 0 awareness, just presses W until he explodes.... Quit-->new round---> dead---> quit bc no backup....and so on

[@shadowturk-6517]

11:30 yep! close air support from 8000-6000m

[@blank141]

TOR is now the most usable SPAA at top tier after the missile "realistic change" which makes it harder to control SACLOS missiles

[@unoriginalplays120]

Hey Justin, will you consider revisiting the Chieftain mk10? Its been over 2 years since the last video. Or even visiting the tam 2ip when the sales are here.

[@corybrown2197]

You don’t have to point your jet towards them to use the targeting pod. Just fly horizontally to the field. Target the enemy. Drop the bomb, and then turn away, allowing the pod to still target the enemy. The higher you are the easier it is.

[@splabooshkey3343]

So in essence, this thing is a better CAS plane than the Tornado

[@SilentButDudley]

Yeah tornado isn’t even good to begin with

[@splabooshkey3343]

@@SilentButDudley ik, that's the annoying part If they'd added it like a patch or two earlier it could've at least had a slight moment to shine but nope If they add the GR.4 then that one might actually be competitive with stuff like the Su-25T

[@caesar5380]

Until it doesn t get its F&F weaponry like gbu8 and Agm65 the tornado will still be dead meat

[@alexbaker3071]

Claims he is just a "Tanker" then proceeds to casually gun kill the enemy jet on full speed with keyboard only ,F14 maverick style !

[@JustinPlaysTV]

I get lucky at times, ok.. xP

[@braedynhoward3644]

Can't wait to do this. Sadly, while I do have this Tomcat, I don't have past an 8.7 American tank :(. Grinding ground is a freaking pain.

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

dont worry, it doesnt get any better.

[@Ken-no5ip]

Get the aim m1a1

[@dr.pop2562]

8:14 ayooooo justin💀💀💀

[@Colonel_Maple]

I don't think you realized it but you only equipped flares which works against IR missiles. You should equip both flares and chaff for countermeasures.

[@Valery_legasov]

“The terrain will confuse his targeting system”- Top gun graduate-Maverick

[@magnum6763]

yea, ive definitely noticed the bombs not killing despite hitting the target. Hit 2 turms in one battle with Walleyes, didnt kill either

[@kaiberuss]

i've hit an is6 i believe or 7 with like 7000 pounds of bombs ONTOP of the tank and i got his machine gun

[@Bandit0313]

Me who never uses planes in GRB so I don’t even have one in a line up, thanks to the 3 people in a FlakRad that blow me out of the sky as soon as I spawn

[@caesar5380]

Try the OTO in antiair mode,since all the missiles nerf it became the best closr range air coverage vehicle(that implies tho that over 4km if the target is movinf youre useless since it still doesn t have laser guided rocket propelled shots)

[@ismailmohamud6997]

The game-knowledge at 12:35 is quite impressive

[@mikinosese5858]

Yeah i hear it too like everything is now in one sound all mixed in

[@sert_winner3678]

What’s with the German tornado in tech tree has guided bombs too

[@frankokrstic5385]

I try to use it in ground rb. It flies like a bus, it not agile as F14b. Hard to avoid enemy AAM's in it. This is just my experiance

[@RedTail1-1]

Quite a few others already had laser guided ordnance. Maybe not LGB as their known, but still laser guided missiles and such.

[@jayklink851]

My god are these laser guided bombs satisfying to watch. As for the bomb delay, yeah, "assault fuse" is bugged, I go for the "0.00 seconds" option; detonates on impact.

[@joestueckrath5275]

We’re going to talk about the gun run it’s ok I’ve rammed myself into the ground.😂😂😂

[@sweetpotato3590]

I would love a video on the HSTV-L, see how it plays around in the new environment

[@sebastiankillin7940]

6:34 realshatter moment

[@MrPitics]

why is there a waifu pillow in the tanks bascet and why do I want one?

[@SomeWarthunderGuy]

I have the F-16C… no F-14 sadly, it’s such a sexy beast, I’m currently finishing tier 3 for researching that line

[@farmcat9873]

Ya the Sound of the engines is messed up so my engines make me think that an enemy is right next to where I am. But then there is no tank to be found or my engine makes a double-sounding engine noise so it makes me think that either I'm close to an enemy or I'm about to get killed.

[@vekeen0]

4:25 TF2 Soldier laugh

[@terminator.09]

i mostly graind ussr for MIG-29 but do you suggest to go for F-14B or JA37D (end F-14 is call Tomcat)

[@sirhayden5516]

viggens are mid imo. the best plane in the game is def the f14b. 6 aim7ms and 2 9ls and alot of flares

[@braedynhoward3644]

If you are an air player, grind for the Mig 29 first. It's much more fun and simple to operate, plus it has the best SARH missiles. As someone who has the F 14B, the F 16, and the Mig 29, I enjoy the Mig 29 most in air battles. If you are a ground player, definitely go for the new Tomcat. The Mig 29 is very limited in a CAS role.

[@braedynhoward3644]

@@sirhayden5516 I'd say the F 14 is the 2nd or 3rd best plane in game... the Mig 29 is definitely THE best as of right now when it comes to air. I've played the F 14B, the F 16 (both), and the Mig 29. Mig beats them all.

[@redband7411]

Honestly bro try out the Chinese air tree. Those J-8’s are crazy good, especially the new one they have and those new Python 3 missles are CRAZY, plus you can get a good version of the F-16 (taiwanese)

[@braedynhoward3644]

@@redband7411 I also still need to grind those... they look fun!

[@KenMochii]

Holy shit, I thought I was the only one having problems with the sounds, particularly the engine sounds.

[@N1mr]

Try doing this with pantsir

[@sirhayden5516]

F14 is so fast that the pantsir can't lead its missile enough

[@willthomas9635]

I set my bomb fuses to impact when im running any of the gbu's. Tends to take care of the issue of tanks driving away from your bomb.

[@solreaver83]

Am I misunderstanding something? Don't we have lots of guided bombs? For a long time now?

[@JustinPlaysTV]

TV and Keyboard guided (maclos?) Yes. But no laser guided outside of being a premium

[@solreaver83]

@JustinPlaysTV like the ones on the harrier gr.7? Pretty sure there are others for some time now. Like mirage 2000's and tornado's?

[@JustinPlaysTV]

@solreaver83 oh I only meant it for America, not the other nations.

[@solreaver83]

@@JustinPlaysTV oh, I misunderstood then.

[@MrMboy1234]

Play the Aubl HVG the 60 mm has less spall than 20 mm APDS

[@Sovereign272]

3:38 machineguns teammate for repairs, claims to not like to do so, does not thank the teammate who went out of their way to do so to get rewarded 100sl, Bruh

[@raizencore]

At some point you should have a look at ther Object 435, it's a slightly better T-62 and 8.3 Russia is incredible so that's 1 more excuse to take it out.

[@JustinPlaysTV]

Soon!

[@raizencore]

@@JustinPlaysTV 👌

[@GA-eq2lm]

Hi! Can you please tell me how can you move aiming on locked targets (while dropping GBUs)? Where can I find these settings/keybind? I tryed to find it witout luck. It's working on every nation's aircraft, or just some? (I researched cccp techtree :/ ) Thanks for your help in advance! :) (Nice plays btw! ;) )

[@FXIIBeaver]

Wow. BVM died in one shot. Odd everyone says rounds don’t spall on the BVM.

[@thatcarguydom266]

Because they don’t unless the snail blesses you.

[@FXIIBeaver]

@@thatcarguydom266 hmm interesting I must be blessed all the time or you are talking out your ass.

[@The_RussianBias]

why dont you use the plane's built-in tv camera that was meant specifically to identify targets instead of using pods. Also instant fuse takes 7 seconds to arm the bomb from the time its dropped so if you drop from close its not gonna work. 0.0 is better cause it fuses instantly 100% of the time no matter what

[@corybrown2197]

The camera only faces forward. If you use the pod you can literally fly away from the target and keep it lazed.

[@The_RussianBias]

@@corybrown2197 yeah but he flies AT the planes when he wants to engage them

[@corybrown2197]

@@The_RussianBias the video is about bombing not fighting planes wtf are you talking about?

[@The_RussianBias]

@@corybrown2197 he got like 4 air kills in the video wtf are you talking about?

[@corybrown2197]

@@The_RussianBias sure. But you don’t need the camera for air kills. It’s more useful or perhaps ONLY useful for ground targets.

[@PanzerSteinn]

Those are the same with the Tornado, give them a try Justin A video would be so useful to us

[@JustinPlaysTV]

If it didn't turn like a bus, I would. But the thing is pantsir food 9/10 times I use it!

[@PanzerSteinn]

@@JustinPlaysTV Exactly, it should be at 10.7 for a while just to see if it would be too op there and if not, keep it.

[@IK4MS]

"for about a year" I've been playing since ~2017 and even back then bombs dropped directly on tanks would not do any damage...

[@ZachmanMMX]

Do you strictly play toptier? just wondering

[@Prisoner4245]

I feel bad for all of the SPAA

[@braedynhoward3644]

I don't, they were SOOO OP for way too long lol

[@MrQueQue]

1 out of 30 games I do a great job in the fb. I been getting pissed off of how bad I been doing. I been wanting to be a bomber but I'm only good with dog fighting.

[@ryanrautenberg6092]

I've wasted an entire paveway loadout trying to kill a t80 with only hits😂 That clutch is the most annoying thing

[@aureliencostabeber8532]

You should carry at least 1 phoenix for those peski heli/drone

[@sisi4324]

How can you turn your aircraft while looking around?

[@croskerk]

Hold C while turning, and you can also use the wasd key after looking away real quick

[@venom23lou]

Hi dude, I want a little help, when I throw a bomb if I hold the button I will watch the bomb going to the target, how can I cancel this❤️

[@2STEPBROSKI]

unbind the tracking bomb camera thingy differently than ur drop bomb key

[@venom23lou]

@@2STEPBROSKI I will try but thanks

[@jaxrammus9165]

and all it took were overpowered bombs and the complete ruining of missile SPAA

[@tanksrdabomb4205]

The adats missiles got nerfed so they are kinda harder to use now

[@Nokknokkopenup]

I hope the add Laser Guided Ammuntion to the F16s

[@lehgoob]

yes the bombcat is a nickname from real life

[@johnsheldon-ik7rn]

4:00 the most rudest thing in wt you can do, is not thank the ally that helped u repair

[@lucasrocha4193]

did u take off the yesterday stream?

[@marcogranados541]

He did, since it got monetization stolen.

[@lucasrocha4193]

@@marcogranados541 ah ok

[@ViperFox_]

Wait what skins is he talking about?

[@marksmoljo3717]

why didnt you use chaff

[@Kagarin05]

Have you heard of project CW yet or got invited to their play test? New tank pvp game it’s pretty nice the graphics are pretty solid, more arcade like

[@Muffinman88]

The USA CAS is veey much op at the moment.

[@thatcarguydom266]

Yeah bug off with that, Su-39 is a far bigger threat since some nations physically cannot take it down (stingers are affected by IRCM for some bullshit reason)

[@Bloodsong0830]

Lock your radar to slave the missile to the target 13:14

[@alenkapetras]

What happened to stream no. 7

[@warthunder_man]

Hey Justin as you said yourself you are not an Air player so you wouldn’t understand why we need missiles such as the R-73, Aim-9M…etc in ground RB it’s nearly impossible to see a missile either from the ground or air but in Air RB totally different story

[@Batlafication]

How about less CAS? Ideally no CAS

[@Nokknokkopenup]

I think its called Tossing and not Lofting but iam not sure

[@FranciscoRodriguez-ph2qf]

why use a timed fuse with guided bombs? you're well out of their blast zone

[@JasonZicker06]

Loved the video!

[@yanvitor9123]

How to fly against Pantsir? 😥

[@brrrserkr]

Don't go towards or away from it, just go fast across their field of view.

[@farmcat9873]

@justinPlays 6:55 Who cares what you call it damn you could call it shitting a bomb if you want to, but a kills a kill no matter what you wanna call the action you use to get the munition there 😁... But I'm a Cat person (TomCat)

[@Flyingtaco2002]

Talk about that? Talk about what? 🤔 17:10

[@projectnightingale6595]

I quit with newest update. Simple because of the way grinding top tier. For example : I have grind out ja37 but i can't grind the ja37c befor I go through entire Finnish line. So befor I can do the 420k grind I'm forced to grind another 700k ore something like that. The amount of time or money is far from what a normal person can handle.

[@PvtPartzz]

The F14B is in such a pathetic state right now. TWS is broken, missiles that won’t come off the rails when you have a perfect lock, missiles that wildly miss the target despite the most optimal launch parameters, missiles that self destruct when they shouldn’t, IR missiles that simply fall off the rails and into the ground… It’s so frustrating to have been looking forward to playing for so long only to have everything be broken once I finally have it.

[@Gausdave213]

YOU DIDNT EVEN THANK HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@darkhawkgaming3238]

Adats got nerfed hard.... like fighting ircm all the time in it now

[@warpz7827]

We say EVVVERRRYYYTTTHIIING

[@PeachStateGlory]

A7 has laser guided

[@araknas3981]

None of them have LGBs m8. They have Mavericks, Walleyes and GBUs which are all TV guided. Only the TRAM and the Bombcat have LGBs in the US tree currently.

[@Nope_617]

Idk man i try to play this shit only to get shotdown in less than 5 seconds after spawn

[@Boomshakalaga]

I love how that first pantsir died despite he tried so hard AHAHAHAHA IN YOUR ASS RU MAIN OHHHHHHHHHH

[@PanzerSteinn]

I guess the point is to land it ……..🤣🤣👍

[@turbofanenjoyer6969]

In RL the F-14D was nicknamed "Bombcat" because this version was optimized for precision ammunitions (not the (B) model )

[@thefolder69]

nope. the F-14B was also called the Bombcat.

[@dovahkiin3526]

The B model was indeed called the Bombcat, because the B variant was the first of the series to be equipped with guided munitions

[@Evrimomono]

Wen summer sale :(

[@Piesy001]

CAS Meta lol. Trying flying 15km in and out of a battle in a non jet plane at 7.0 and tell me its meta.

[@Sondemon-ss3ru]

that why we need strela he so low when flying pass man those players

[@Jagi603]

RP rewards in ground rb are a joke

[@karlweaver6923]

I saw that😂

[@addictedtowarthunder4610]

You just creamed me ;-( hope it makes it to KZbin

[@chasemilner8241]

Would you intercept me? I'd Intercept me

[@vortz7578]

Pin me to respect the metal tube meta titanic

[@dakotahondalock5621]

I respect the meta

[@multimemer5317]

The fact that it’s not funny because 5 people probably died 😐

[@SHEEPS_123]

RIP the crew on ocean gate sub. may God bless their souls.

[@dumbysl4w547]

yoooo

[@WarDaddyUSA]

damn the f-14 is so sexy