5 Tips to Instantly Improve at War Thunder!

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[@The_Finguy]

Speed is life and altitude is life insurance

[@StopmotionJ]

Speed is life insurance if you climb high You get hit with the aim54c

[@StopmotionJ]

But I do agree with you

[@user-rn4bh3jw2x]

@@StopmotionJ or if sabre destroys your oragan at 13000 feet

[@user-rn4bh3jw2x]

until sabre destroys your oragan at 13000 feet

[@KmF0X]

I love how you talk about an influx of new players and instantly give a trick that is useful only after years of grind

[@wantdatcadpat44]

the 109 gets them at 3.0 lmao

[@Jeremiahfitnes]

@@perennialE lil bro💀💀💀💀

[@ultimatechad8738]

@@Jeremiahfitnes He do be right tho, the only plane that's actually worth running with gun pods in low BR is the A-36, just because any altitude advantage guarantees it can shred the enemy

[@alexey_chekhovich]

Years of grind, my ass. Tons of ppl flying premium jets with gun pods, su25k, f4s, f5c with bombs, etc. This tip should be physically incorporated into every premium jet buyer brain, like by the means of skull surgery. Not only as a tip in a video on KZbin.

[@ultimatechad8738]

@@alexey_chekhovich I mean, I am thinking of buying a few premiums of each BR for most countries that I play, but only to pair it with premium time and actually be able to grind, cause rn I only got a single premium plane (Bf-109 F-4 from USA tech tree) and without premium it's still pain to grind, recently got the F4U-1A, and half of the modifications cost at least 3-5k, which is simply impossible to do normally unless you gotta constantly grind, and that's just for the lower BRs. I like maxing out the planes I get, but now this is simply getting impossible unless I constantly grind with a premium plane at a BR where for some reason only lvl100s that haven't gone outside in years play.

[@Vince_070]

The a4e needs at least 1 gun pod if you don't want to run out of ammo after 5 seconds

[@thatoneraotguy2590]

just use them sparingly, there's aircrafts with worse situations

[@monarquistabr5646]

Better, chineses mig 21 With 120 rounds only xD

[@mbv3572]

@@monarquistabr5646 J7E with 60 rounds :)

[@pathfinder2610]

J2M5 with 84 rounds💀

[@monarquistabr5646]

@@mbv3572 cant Remember this One xD

[@obama9862]

Bro since when did NileRed start playing warthunder 💀

[@dat1guy70]

on my life thats what i was thinkin g

[@mister_pincerey815]

my way of having fun as a person who is still 2nd tier: *tests out every single top tier premium plane*

[@justarandomsubnauticaplayer]

same exept im still first tier

[@CrusaderLegFoot]

Same but 3rd tier.

[@javionburke-ew3zw]

@@CrusaderLegFoot same but im 2

[@thatoneraotguy2590]

i'm 99% sure they said on some fairly recent shooting range that pilons do influence the aircraft's drag however it is a pretty much insignificant value given their dimension and aerodynamic shape

[@Idkwhattoput151]

Which one?

[@ashleyhubber5734]

Test it out for yourself, i took bombs on a big map and ran out of fuel where i would normaly be able to glide to the runway but i didnt make it. Im pretty certain they cause drag

[@chunkblaster]

I completely agree with these, *However-* -Gun pods are fun and holy shit I love running A7 gunpod -you take bombs to farm points, I take bombs because I genuinely enjoy the fighter bomber experience, we are not the same -the race to the top in prop gameplay is so unfathomably borring and if you die once the action finally starts it feels like you wasted all of that time

[@yono367]

True, I like to play planes that climb well for that reason, definitely sucks climbing for 10 minutes just to die to someone with an air spawn tho

[@2BsWraith]

@@yono367 In props unless you have the best climbing plane, people will just match you and head on you while their friends watch their back.

[@paulregman7400]

It's the first time i've seen your channel and i gotta admit some of these tips are very useful for begginers (in not a beginner) and i like that you are trying to help others be sucessful in this game.

[@kowelao]

6:46 - 7:06 P-47 or any other bnz plane users, do not try to do what he did here, even if you crit the enemy, just climb and make another pass, do not try to turn fight and even if you are able to win, you lost all your energy in dog fighting so you’ll have to start from scratch which is really dangerous since you are probably gonna be close to the ground or a few hundred meters above ground where fighters can pick you off.

[@laflemme7247]

This. The P-47 is one of the heaviest fighters of this era; the *only* and I mean only thing that it has over most other fighters (and especially German fighters around this time like the Bf 109) is speed. Once that speed is bled off, you're starting from a position with absolutely zero benefits in performance and no speed with a plane nicknamed "Jug". Not what I would call ideal

[@beastdynasty6221]

I’m running America and in rank two and I keep getting shredded. Do you have any strats that would keep me safe while being able to get kills? Thanks!

[@kowelao]

@@beastdynasty6221 boom n zooming will probably be your main play style in america since their planes aren't dog fighters other than the naval line, one you get the corsairs, you can start energy fighting, but your safest option is boom n zooming and bomber hunting. And when you boom n zoom, if you get a bad pass on the opponent, just climb back up, or if they try to chase you after a pass, climb up, since they won't have energy. Oh, and side climb at around 10 - 20 degrees (depending on the aircraft), since you are rank 2, at around 2000-3500 ft is good since most players want to dog fight. Choose your fights and always be aware of players on your altitude. Good luck! TL;DR Boom n zoom and bomber hunting are safe options, but energy fighting is good if you get corsairs.

[@beastdynasty6221]

@@kowelao thanks man!

[@monsterjack2304]

Thank you! this helped me a lot and now I'm having way more fun with this. I'm subscribing!

[@alexey_chekhovich]

Just for the the first tip alone you’ve earned a new sub instantly. Keep up the good work!

[@MitLimer]

Thank you the Video was very informative. I'm in rank 3 and played air arcade battles and am now switching to air realistic battles. Keep up the good work :)

[@s_ziel]

4:30 that's not necessarily true, it's just that props lose thrust massively when above like 500-600 ias, whereas jet engines have equal thrust (without afterburner) across the speed range. Only when you get a jet engine with afterburner their thrust output increases with speed, at the cost of massive fuel consumption.

[@tobi2233]

This☝️☝️☝️

[@edstretton2214]

Props have power, jets have thrust. If you ignore the effects of air resistance, props will accelerate slower the faster you go, as higher speeds require more energy to accelerate. Jets, on the other hand, accelerate (mostly) linearly across all speeds. Zoom climbing wouldn't exist if jets didn't output more power (roughly the same thrust though) at higher speeds!

[@s_ziel]

@@edstretton2214 mostly true, props are most commonly measured by power, jets by thrust because these figures are usually constant at all speeds, but that doesn't mean they can't be measured in the other unit. In fact, jet engines also produce constant power, what changes is the propulsive efficiency which depends on airspeed and the exhaust velocity (a jet engine has 100% propulsive efficiency when airspeed=exhaust velocity). I think you meant power in "require more energy to accelerate"? Zoom climbing is any climb where you trade kinetic energy for potential, I think you refer to the climbing method of 1. pick up a lot of speed 2. trade it for altitude. jets are better at this because their thrust doesn't fall off like in a prop. Even with it being better, climbing at Vy is simply more efficient at gaining energy.

[@pcfree4994]

early jets don't actually gain maximum thrust until around 500kph ias as the early compressors cant feed enough air into the combustion chamber until the air speed gets up

[@s_ziel]

@@pcfree4994 true, but the difference isn't high, it's like 10% max.

[@xgendaddiegamer]

Just starting out my War thunder journey and this helped! Thanks!

[@Person0977]

The best WT experience i had in WT is playing test drive/ usermissions and shooting grass and stuff

[@KingDarkOne1996]

Well done video mate. New player to war thunder. And so far I have been enjoying every minute of it.

[@RARDingo]

The exception to the gunpod rule would have to be the Mig 23. Gives you 700 instead of 200 rounds. The slight drop-off in performance is more than worth it.

[@Julio_Tortillia]

"Don't try to squeeze a few more shots for a last second headon" Shows a clip of him doing just that in a P-47

[@ConscriptGaming1991]

Tbf I found I did way better on the su-25 with gun pods, it let me pull way harder shots just because of the larger volume of fire, but this is the only plane I found that was true on, because it’s flight performance is already mid and I only took 2 not 4. (Plus you can jettison them using selective jettison).

[@yono367]

once youre comfortable with aiming the guns take the gun pods off, the cannon on that thing can shred anyone in 1 good hit, and the gun pods lower your climb rate and turn rate more than you think, and thats especially bad on an already fat and slow plane

[@THESLlCK]

@@yono367 emphasis on fat and slow. It amazes me that SU25 and A10 players can grill fighters STILL

[@yono367]

@@THESLlCK i see F-5's go head-on with them all the time, while the SU-25 has incredible head-on weaponry

[@loganbunde]

This helped a ton I was super bad and after a week of playing I was still on the first us plane but a week later I was at the p-400

[@Jakey9351]

I’m a diving ground goblin. 750kph scraping tree tops, Buzzing turrets, I am feared by no man in Thunder War 🫡

[@h4zmatgaming395]

Wait what??? you hit 10k i thought it was like yesterday you were at 5k, congrats man you've earned it.

[@user-su3oo5ew9n]

thanks for the tips and i always have fun in war thunder i will try

[@zerotheboxer]

I agree about climbing in p 47s just remember how easy it is to be a turkey shoot for the enemy when climbing because you lose speed and it takes forever

[@AzaweWT]

congrats on getting 10k!

[@TheGermanDoc1]

Hay Thanks mate it really help me out i'm already improving.

[@jogaku17]

This really helped alot, thanks

[@rgaeaben8043]

Congratulations on 10K subscriber’s.

[@Connorway]

Thank you so much this helps me a ton

[@matthewmyrp]

I have fun playing War Thunder! Congrats on 10k :)

[@harryford8340]

Great tips I subbed

[@aviationhub24]

Good video keep up the good work bro!

[@sjr6395]

thanks! learning boom and zoom got me more kills!

[@StripesTheTigerShark]

Ykw I never knew about the boom and zoom, I will try it out in my next match, thanks

[@Marc-zi4vg]

Tip : if you want to Perma-WEP the earlier P47s, set MEC to this settings mixture at 72% Auto Pitch 100% Radiator (for some fucking reason this thing like to overheat gor something with a WEP tank in it)

[@mohamedjehadchannel3442]

thanks alot bro, i just learnt lots of stuff

[@Nick_o7]

On the last point of having fun if you are thinking of getting a premium i might think twice about getting a top tier 11.3 prem, this is a nightmare matchmaker rn, bc you will constantly be fighting 12.3 uptiers, much more reccomend a rank 6 premium around 10.0 br, will still help you grind through the early tree and early jets, and will give you a reason to mix it up and try some of the other rank 7 aircraft when you are trying to grind rank 8. A lot of iconic aircraft at rank 7 so its fun to change so it doesnt get boring. I just did this with us harrier prem, and its worked out pretty well.

[@c0m1g5cmg8]

Thank you for the tips

[@wonghy1115]

Congrats on 10k man, just found this channel lol

[@Thebootlegengineer]

The pylons on most prop aircraft have a drag ratio when empty of about 1.07 per pylon set witch is 2 the pylon drag on most non after-burning jet aircraft is 0.84 per pylon and after burning jet aircraft it’s about 0.63 per pylon

[@valenalen-nm6np]

This video.....He put a lot of effort in video,plus his voice is very clear so i could undertsood 100% of his speech,good advices,and nice gameplay continiue in this way.When you talked about that gaining altitude is very importing thing,so the problem is that mostly when you are grinding or researching tree of planes,you should meet planes with low speed they have a lot of problems with climb.i

[@Puffsticker]

This is the highest quality video of this type I have ever watched. Really helpful video thanks!

[@lunnipoii4118]

One more way to gain knowledge from enemy fighters is to test drive the premium fighters because many fighters has premium version of them and they are pretty much the same as the normal ones

[@Blackrabbit-eq2pu]

this was so helpful

[@eckrion8310]

Congratz on reaching 10K subs my friends. Found this channel by accident but I think that I will stay around for a bit longer ^^ Keep up the good work coz your content is really enjoyable to watch

[@julotlebulot1502]

the a10 pods help a lot ( give a lot more ground target kills )

[@gabork5055]

The turn at 3:50, i didn't know until now this was optimal for a P47 before looking it up so even as an older player i've learnt something new from this.

[@The_indigo_monke]

this really helped

[@snip3r686]

thank you man

[@sannastenfors4931]

i dont have war tunder but i want it and i love your videos

[@M4ND4LOR14N]

Hi there, Apparently I was playing wrong games since years, just figured out War thunder and it's a lots of Fun and flight experience and good community, thank U for video king 👑

[@Kosmo2]

Those are some good tips specially for newer players, great video Perennial, keep it up.

[@inflamedzero4994]

new players don't have jets tho

[@user-tc9vi7ov3x]

@@inflamedzero4994 lol have ever heard of the forbidden word "PREMIUM"?

[@Rocket091]

It may be that I got the game yesterday but I find it very entertaining

[@Viktor_Navorski]

My favorite trick with low and mid tier is diving down and shooting just a little going back up and letting them waste their energy and combing back down since I’ve made it to jets already I know how to look be behind me and yes it took me hours to learn how to press c

[@that1swede164]

My tip is play Sweden, to me it is quite easy, and ALWAYS have the spj fm/43-44 in the lineup no matter what, also, try and learn tactics like boom and zoom, and flanking, if you can get an enemy by surprise, take the shot

[@user-rd4hd2vh2i]

It helps me to get better!

[@Element0145]

The bf109 15 or 20 mm gun cannons on the wings is essential , I cannot stand guns mounted solely on the nose , I need some wing mounted guns along side the center mounted guns

[@docsgearheadgaming2503]

I Didnt Know Nile Red played War Thunder lmao. Man you sound just like him. Good video

[@icy3721]

sometimes you DO need that extra firepower. For example when I’m playing SU-25 and when I’m near a enemy base I usually have to engage in dogfights against multiple planes bc of all those reserve A10’s coming in. Since turning capabilities of both of those aircrafts are pretty bad I usually try to force the enemy into head on’s. A10’s pack a massive firepower and I try to make up for it with a couple gun pods. So I can try to engage and take care of a target as fast as possible, also making up for my bad aim with a considerable amount of spread. That being said using gun pods, especially in turn fighters is a pretty bad idea

[@chritophe7577]

It helps very good

[@americansoviet21]

Wow I’m early. Keep up the great content 🎉

[@lorddaemon12]

tbh though gun pods are quite good yes they shifts weight towards the plane but gaijin already had a feature that is called secondary jettison basically dropping the emptied out gun pods to shed some weight it aint all that bad

[@lunnipoii4118]

If you take the one middle gun pod for a4e because it doesn’t disable any aa missiles and the internal gun in a4e is kidna ass

[@falcon9-pj990]

dude your tactics for biplanes work

[@j.k1688]

P-47 d28 in a head on if you filp sideways is a monster, you can yaw through their eng and cockpit and be gone with a 90% chance their engine is burning.

[@MZIH]

I have gotten into tier iii in 5 nations including America which I recently started

[@Born_to_Krill]

You’ll never stop me from taking A-36 gun pods

[@phillenan2494]

I play wt with a passion, and there is nothing more relaxing and fun. And just saying i m a long time lvl 100 and i have nearly most trees of planes to at least 10.7

[@bunajbred4033]

Tysm you managed to get my kill ammt per game from 0 to 3+ thx

[@kiwidiesel]

You need two ingredients for success, Airspeed and Altitude. You can be low on either one but you must have surplus of the other to offset it. The other take away for props is if it goes fast it cant turn tight and if it can turn tight it cant go fast.

[@dergamerluz663]

Wichtig Rockets do KZbin use for the mig 21?I just startet on it an can't get good lock on's for over one mile that aktualisiert hit Otter Planes.btw god vid:)

[@therebelpatriot6419]

Overtime if I don’t have altitude and have bombs I use that to destroy the enemy behind me it’s been useful to know

[@KosKasMos]

thank you i was stuck on the p47 flying low

[@clay9181]

Gunpods are the drum magazine for planes...it doesn't matter how bad or wrong they are, I still like them 😁

[@thepro3k_watches656]

I am a American main and I started playing war thunder about 6 months ago (I dont play all the time) and I have discovered that climbing in American planes is literally the best thing to do

[@herobrine_5761]

Fr man

[@alexnob3149]

I just play war thunder with my friend we are both not amazing players at rank 3 but we still enjoy playing together

[@Warthunderspecialist1]

Even though they say to not bring a gunpod its fun asf to use

[@user-il3tn5oz3p]

I am a sim player since 2014 and every piece of equipment has a purpose... as far as gun pods are concerned if you use it for a dogfight role then yes it is useless however in sim we have enduring confrontation which you can assume different roles for certain sorties... if your main purpose is a bomber hunter then a gunpod comes in handy but if you plan on going head to head with a skilled pilot then you will definitely lose...basically you would have to start with a huge energy advantage and stay disciplined.

[@Aztek11011]

I completely agree

[@rendycoya]

Guys remember ,Tip 1 doesnt really count in props,prop gun pods are actually mostly usefull

[@HalIOfFamer]

I wish they balanced battle rating compression. Some planes are fine jumping even more than 1br up because performance improvements from 3rd era to early 4th era is not that much. And some planes get shat on if they go .7 up, looking at you ta152/late mustang/any 6.0 prop really.

[@michakwasnik690]

After this video I dropped 5 kills thanks mate

[@diomic]

Well i'm main Sim and i do have a lot of fun, tbh i have every prop i want and i just play for fun, dont need to grind anything. People sometimes need to change a bit modes, i changed and now i'm main SB (i have a lot more fun)

[@Dkholm00]

only have 430 hours in WT and can say that just test flying some premium vehicles to know what it excels in and what it lacks. rthats how i leanred that bf109s dont like their rudders being hit while diving

[@captainalex0018]

Some planes do need to rely on head on in majority of the situations, for example the Stock F-4C pilots. Their only only advantage they have is the Gau-4 which has great ballistics. Since they only have a gun and 2 aim-9B which is practically useless in 10.0.

[@theragingcreeper9040]

I started playing back in 2013, played until they added "pilot knocked out" update and just got back into it

[@privateassman8839]

I'll be sure to turnfight when I play bombers, and use gunpods.

[@ilmarilah1195]

Best tip: just have fun that’s the purpose of Video Games

[@Blackrabbit-eq2pu]

thanks!!!

[@4courtneylynn]

For American plane climbing, my p-39 is pretty good at low altitude

[@radmehrfirizbakht6490]

Awsome!

[@ourladyofperpetualmotion79]

Hey now, I can’t lose the pods on my SB2C because they are my lifeline. Everything else yes. Good tips even for a veteran

[@bababklj3638]

i think it became popular because of the pedro pascal or something and nicholas cage driving meme (and dorito plane)

[@braverbird60]

Im literally downloading it at the time i am watching this video

[@user-ml9fp5eq6h]

gun pods are good for planes like the sbd

[@HomelessInternetTroll]

Thank you!

[@thomasgamevids7269]

Haha just realized what I'm about to get a new game I learn EVERYTHING lol

[@Oowelig]

Can you make a video about the av 8, because im not sure if I want to buy it

[@Withered_Freddy]

3:18 bro took that hit like a champ

[@somerandomguy3562]

3:10 I’m confused here when your shoot him why does your plane get damaged too? And why did the name tag go really fast towards you?