Pe-8 In War Thunder : A Basic Review

[@TimsVariety]

Dropping this a day early, as this weekend will be devserver content.

[@robertroznicki7689]

Love your content, I was wondering if you could do a video explaining some jets HUD. Most of them are pretty self explanatory or already have videos but planes like the AV8B+ for the US have a quite busy HUD. I haven't been able to find any meanful videos explaining the icons and hot to use them properly. I understand the CCIP and CCRP but it's things like the tagged numbers I don't understand. Not sure if they're radar contacts or if they're heat signatures. Anyway if you could maybe start a series on explaining things like that I would greatly appreciate it. I'm finding myself teaching my friends how to play sim and fly planes in sim and I'm using your videos as reference lol.

[@mey.tomhero4876]

Really looking forward to it Tim. I trust your reviews of stuff more than anyone else. Looking forward to it!

[@BGnome94]

dropping into my recommend at 4am like a 5000kg bomb

[@panicpille]

0:15 no Tim. I am here for the history. Thank you very much.

[@TimsVariety]

:-) I just figured at least some portion of viewers were going to just see Pe-8, and their brain was going to think "CAS NUKES!" as they clicked on it. Just making sure those folks don't click off the vid before getting what they wanted ;-)

[@Wombat343]

The silhouette of this thing alone brings you fear in the mid ranks of GRB 😂

[@TimsVariety]

10000% I've seen more chat shout-outs about "incoming Pe-8" than any other plane in the game.

[@budgieboi8979]

​@@TimsVarietyand then you see the killfeed (it killed 8 people, 7 of which was on its team)

[@TimsVariety]

@@budgieboi8979 That's absolutely an issue.

[@jaaj2533]

I loved the segment in which you showcased how much bombs of what type have an effect on a base. Its incredibly useful, and something that I don't think I saw in many other reviews thanks for that! Great vid as always, keep it up Tim!

[@TimsVariety]

I'll be doing that for all bombers I review from now on. Same thing - in a little segment like that.

[@sooryan_1018]

This is the Oppenheimer of 4.3 GRB

[@breecegriffith5896]

It’s always nice to have a video about a unique prop plane rather than just another American jet owned by another country.

[@SiskoSvK]

Fab5000 saved my team many times in higher BR. Straight up "Rico, ka-boom!" moments.

[@christianshipwreck8077]

Tim, just wanna say. I've watched damn near all your vids. I initially came for the reviews on top tier jets, loved your RDR and RWR guides. I've had the PE-8 for years now and that review did it justice. Keep up the good work and thanks for all your videos.

[@lordrex2522]

Tim blessed us with early vid, going through it right now so this is a nice thing to watch and relax.

[@Malkuth-Gaming]

Its a special kind of dread when you see a fab 5000 slam into the ground next to you on a 2 second fuse.. just long enough to think "fuck"

[@ahta5708]

Just enough time to edit in Gus Fring screaming

[@mortexic4939]

05:54 you REALLY should have sent that mission to thundershow!

[@wanoumars]

Great stuff, Tim, thanks!

[@RayMears82-s7g]

‘Survived the purge’ - love it 😂

[@bensmith6868]

I have gotten 14 enemy kills with one bomb with this monster I love it

[@Fffffffffffffffffrfrf]

I really appreciate the section dedicated to the damage that each loadout makes on bases...really useful! Great job as usually

[@m0nkeyman911]

*Pe-8 spawns* The entire opposing team - "why do I hear boss music?"

[@topkekalicious938]

I really like showing how much damage to each base the bombs do, I hope that remains for future videos! Maybe even for Strike Aircraft as well!

[@magicmissile7533]

Dropping a comment for the algorithm, eager to see your input on the new vehicles!

[@viktorgavorn4635]

My brother, upon seeing this plane, described it on the spot as a "WalMart B-17" and I can't see it any other way.

[@bensmith6868]

This and the KV2 are the reason I play the game

[@joseSanchez-ej2oh]

I use this until the tu14 The tu2s are great excellent when u need more than one pass But sometimes it's just better to do one big thing and then get back on the ground asap

[@Android_ELITE]

5:58 In this moment, Tim decided that your life was a sacrifice he was willing to make. Godspeed, ISU. edit: damn he did it twice, a small price to pay for salvation

[@astonbailey-fong1178]

Has Gaijin ever stated if they'll ever get around to fixing the WW2 bomber cockpits? Literally every WW2 bomber I've seen you review has a crappy placeholder, even the recent battlepass vehicle lol.

[@TimsVariety]

They have not - and I'm not the only one who bugs them about it.

[@breecegriffith5896]

It’s not exactly “fixing”, it’s just straight up implementing content that isn’t there at all, even though it should be.

[@frank-7861]

They said they will not add them, this has been the case for a while. “Takes too much effort” Don’t forget, if it doesn’t make them money, they in fact don’t give a shit

[@wapniak666]

​@@frank-7861 I mean realistically how many people care about bomber cocopits? Sim on its own is a niche game mode

[@P8tak]

Well actually I believe that the latest version of he111 has a really great cockpit for some reason

[@BleedingUranium]

I thought you were going to say "fifth engine in the nose" for a moment, and now am mildly disappointed haha Thanks for another extremely thorough and well-presented review! I really appreciate that you cover not just the basic gameplay, but touch on stuff like aesthetics/camos, gear rip speed and that sort of handling, cockpits for (mainly) SB players, and so on. I'm sure most people around are used to all this, but since I'm new here I figured it was worth saying. :)

[@Trilobiteer]

Imagine kicking your team's best player because of your own inability to read the chat xD Thanks for the review Tim!

[@budgieboi8979]

Ah yes, my favourite plane for killing half my team :3

[@dayofbadtimes6733]

“Unavailable” is one way to put it. I believe they all went on a nice and _extensive_ “vacation”

[@solowingborders3239]

An enemy player had the PE-8 FAB-5000 fuse set to like 10 seconds. Still killed like 4 of us since we kept getting in each other's way, but that player must love the terror he causes with that fuse.

[@generalgreninjaandknockout4182]

“Unavailable” Now that I think about it a lot of projects got slowed down because of a baseless purge

[@Nighthawk2401]

I once got a (real) nuke without a single tank-on-tank kill using this. BTR-80 early cap/scouting on a version of Seversk in which the only cap was on the map center (normally the B point); managed 4 Pe-8 drops without dying, each perfectly timed to when the enemy pushed my team off the cap and bunched up. Finished with 22 kills, absolutely filthy

[@TacoDuke]

I am starting to see why bomber airframe nerfed happened

[@logicmaster756]

FAB-5000 go boom and destroys everyone(including teammates) = Pe-8

[@tomahawkftw]

Would love to hear about the Lancasters!

[@TimsVariety]

Already have a review up.

[@No_Feelings]

Any time this thing is sighted flying towards the GRB battlefield, everyone stops what they're doing and fires everything they have at it like their lives depend on it

[@toastoftriumph]

I would love if Gaijin had an easier visualization of the circle of fire that each turret can cover. Something similar to X-ray view but showing each cone / arc would be cool. Haven't tried much CAS in ground battles. Crazy that you have to think about friendly fire just due to the weapon load alone.

[@lordwintertown8284]

G'day Tim, This thing is as always terrifying but if you have any AA cannons armed with AP ammunition you can destroy the bomb while in freefall. I've survived one of these once in a soviet corvette & I should've been sunk but it hit on landmass resulting in being saved (I was definitely in the destruction range), more annoyed the AK-630 I was firing didn't destroy the bomb due to HE ammunition.

[@achilleus918]

thats a big plane!

[@kqiesaw.9385]

Ya gotta do the Lancaster 12000 lbs next. The British nuke plane! The Lincoln is also getting the Brit-Nuke as well next patch!

[@TimsVariety]

Already covered it.

[@fosterparent7477]

She's slow and heavy but floats like a butterfly and will get you home.

[@kiri101]

It's been a long time since I've teamkilled with the Fab-5000, I find with heavy bombers I'm more likely to TK in Air RB when someone just tails a fighter who's right behind me.

[@erikcoelho6610]

Great video!! Was very interested to learn how Tupolev was given the plans first. The supercharger was a very well known "Experimental design" that Dornier pioneered. Given the trade agreements between USSR and the Third Reich its makes sense they would also try this design. The fact that they tried to use a french engine (the Hispano-Suiza V-12Y) for the supercharger is poetic. German Engineering and a french engine yikes!

[@Rynnakkosampyla]

I have a huge gripe with this plane and other planes with massive bombs. The problem is, buildings offer no cover. Nothing is as disheartening as dying in a heavy tank from a bomb dropped to a different post code behind buildings, hill or bunkers that just kills you outright. I genuinely wish buildings and terrain elements affected the bomb's blast radius too or atleast the damage profile. It isn't fun to play against.

[@alexmation1634]

Can someone explain to me why this is a br lower than the lancaster?

[@C76Caravan]

Why didn't you try to use the T-key "Apologize to Allies" to give them a chance to forgive for the team kill? Granted, the timer for the message should be extended by at least 1 sec (for both killer and esp. victim). Often you need a second or two to realize what happened (esp. when getting killed), and then need to find the T key. Plus, it is in the far bottom of the screen. This means it is not immediately jumping out, and in my case the UI is overlapping the message (I run the UI at a very low zoom), so that I don't see that I can forgive someone. Not sure if you can forward this small little request directly, but as I don't think it would gain any attention as a suggestion, and it is also not really a bug, this might be the fastest and easiest way to get them to know that at a minimum the time for the message should get extended.

[@TimsVariety]

For the first bomb, I didn't even notice that there was a friendly, it all scrolled by too fast. For the second it kicked me before I had the chance. :-\

[@the3nd3rmast3r3]

7:07 It was def the t1e1's own fault for that one

[@NotCreativeEngh]

1500kg pay load, 132m destruction radius. Shit is nuts

[@meanman6992]

As most of the staff were….unavailable. Yeah, that happens when you put your intelligencia in the gulags to be tortured and likely die even though they’re innocent but the machine demands meat to grind.

[@ak-1271]

Remember you can also get the skin with the picture of Stalin himself behind the rearmost gunner.

[@zachthepizzaguy]

Pe8 is so fun !

[@ulfhedtyrsson]

Now I am become Death. Destroyer of PzIV and M4s.

[@rulebretgne5244]

I heard the Tupolev bureau had a mandatory vacation in the 1930s

[@TheGXDivider]

I killed so many of those in the do335.

[@justfly7730]

I have so much friendly blood on my hands thanks to this plane

[@WorldWarsinShorts]

I think they should add the Avro Lancaster B.Mk I (Special) it was a Lancaster B. Mk I custom fit with no bomb bay but a 22,000lb bomb nicknamed "Grand Slam" that would put the Pe-8 in its place 😂😂😂 (I feel for the GRB players if this was added) 😂

[@TheGuyfromValhalla]

Best bomber >:D

[@bigbison6593]

My brain think this could be an ac130 lol

[@funnydog7133]

Based

[@SourYogurt09]

Attack the d point!

[@volatile5460]

How selfish of the engineers to all take long term vacation leaves right as the project needed proper testing 🙄

[@GenFalcon]

XD Whats funny is your 'talk to your teammates' Buddy I have tried for years! Only 1/3 of your team on a North American Server can speak english. so Pings and call outs still dont work You going to team kill, you going to get kicked. I saw 3 guys get kicked in the same match for it. Its just part of the risk reward of a FAB-5000

[@TimsVariety]

Yeah .. THATs a whole other issue ... (the lack of more regional/language servers) :-\

[@LarryPigeon1]

Try to communicate 💀 bruh i try to mark and pray for them to have 5IQ after beeing perma chatt banned 😂

[@Liberty-Rogue]

dont even bother to use gear to land

[@breecegriffith5896]

True chads always belly land, even at high speeds.

[@TimsVariety]

I used to fly little Cessnas and stuff IRL, I'm allergic to belly landings. ;-)

[@lordwintertown8284]

G'day Tim, This thing is as always terrifying but if you have any AA cannons armed with AP ammunition you can destroy the bomb while in freefall. I've survived one of these once in a soviet corvette & I should've been sunk but it hit on landmass resulting in being saved (I was definitely in the destruction range), more annoyed the AK-630 I was firing didn't destroy the bomb due to HE ammunition.