Protecting the Skies: Best Cold War SPAA

The Cold War era was a breakthrough time for anti-aircraft warfare. AA weapon systems started utilizing radars and other sophisticated gadgets to become even more effective at hunting down aircraft. In War Thunder, SPAA vehicles of the era are mainly found at mid to high ranks of the Ground Forces tech tree; their main responsibility is to keep the sky clean of subsonic and early supersonic aircraft. Today we’re going to talk about the most interesting of the bunch.
Subtitles are available in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Polish, Turkish, Chinese, Portuguese.
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[@inesbergeest2514]

Your guys can't just nerf every SPAA that could do something against CAS and then release a video called protecting the sky's, like wtf.

[@nightskyflyer2638]

pantsir still being multitudes better than any other SPAA ingame

[@o-hogameplay185]

it is the biggest cope they do. CAS enjoyers must have cried rivers due to the VEAK... still no ground mode in the game despite tanks being there for years

[@chaosinsurgency6636]

@@o-hogameplay185love seeing people whine about the veak 40 getting its non existent PF shells taken away

[@o-hogameplay185]

@@chaosinsurgency6636 average coping CAStard. learn to play with tanks. oh and btw, allied 40mm bofors guns should have proxy fuses too :)

[@collander7766]

@@o-hogameplay185 cry. There will never be a ground mode

[@misterragnar2521]

If you are going to remove the VEAK's proxy fuze at least add the ACTUAL finnish ZSU-57, the ZSU-57-2M that used proxy fuze ammo. Add the T-55 Marksman which is the other ItPsV 90, put it at 8.7 and move the ItPsV 90 Leo 2 to 9.0+

[@hartmann75]

+ give finland Bmp2-md

[@theporschetiger]

I rather not fight more BMP-2s, but I agree with the SPAAs

[@1staryelpreview915]

+Make the stormer hvm accurate, 100mm of pen and auto guided missiles not this 30mm of pen and manual guided garbage

[@pipopoikapelaa5468]

​@@theporschetigertbf, the BMP-2MD in game would essentially be a BMP-2 that trades it's ATGM (as in, it doesn't have one, just the cannon) for a little bit of extra armor and (better) thermals.

[@erviplayer]

Give VEAK proxy back and put it to 9.0 to have no lineup

[@PureRushXevus]

RIP VEAK, you will be sorely missed. Kinda wish I could get my GE back for the talisman on it honestly, first it was put to rank 5 making it useless to grind with (swapped places with the leo 2 marksman), then it had its fuze rounds removed.. I was using that thing at 10.3 gaijin, since the other options are awful in comparison. Why would I want a fast turret that can aim up on an AA, right? .-.

[@VelhaHH]

Very bold of them to make a vidoe on this and include the VEAK post nerf

[@saapro9057]

Bring back proxy rounds for veak😢

[@ozelotsoffunT-jz2rt]

This episode appears like mockery to the murder of the veak

[@mjdsaxkid]

What happened?

[@duonglethai8701]

Veak got downtiered and its HE-VT (aka super op bullet) round removed​@@mjdsaxkid

[@Alpha_0ne276]

@@mjdsaxkid they removed its HE-VT, making it borderline useless

[@sushmitriyanbasuli6889]

​@@Alpha_0ne276good. Now people can actually spawn jets to deal with the SAAB-105.

[@keith5032]

Biggest downgrade was the VEAK 40, like come on man not all vehicles in warthunder has history accurate rounds the poor thing got massacred.

[@8492nd]

cope

[@Teh0X]

People also say 2S38 never had APHE APFSD rounds IRL.

[@Centurion_mk1]

if it get the proxi raund back it is the best spaa in the game fore air defence

[@aqua-sama7298]

love the increased accessibility for CAS bs that can't effectively be dealt with at 8.7

[@dooogides9176]

Let me pull my files!

[@VeetiVOVetsson]

We want Veak 40 proxy rounds pack!

[@Piglady00]

GIVE VEAK 40 FUZE ROUND BACK

[@tagnoch]

Sad VEAK noises. (no HEVT)

[@alex190alex]

looks to me like they used proxy shells with the VEAK 40 here at 0:53

[@erviplayer]

Yup

[@theincognito_2848]

VEAK should get its proxy rounds back even if the br is pushed up because it is arguably the most usable aa for sweden until 10.0

[@oofdotcom]

GIVE BACK VEAK PROXY

[@niczzen]

The veak was the best spaa in his br, but they took away his best ammunition and now he became one of the worst. Taking away his grace was not the way to nerf him. Besides, it is still a spaa that is quite easy to destroy and does not have too much ammunition, so every shot counts.

[@niceburger6479]

Give proxy back to veak justice for veak 40!

[@alex190alex]

Please bring the proxy shell back to the VEAK

[@cyber2526]

they say after murdering the veak >:(

[@paleo1825]

Bring back VEAK 40 proxy. and then put it at a higher br like 9.3 or 9.7, originally it was 8.7

[@erviplayer]

9.0 because otherwise it would fit into a lineup and they wanted to nerf it also i would still use it in my otherwise 8.7 lineup with it being the highest br also im just making excuses to not say it needs to be at a br to see 292

[@paolopiccinelli8120]

OTOMATIC ist not cold war veicle?

[@kentoncompton3009]

To my knowledge the OTOMATIC is/was a prototype. All of the vehicles shown have been and some are still in active service.

[@paolopiccinelli8120]

@@kentoncompton3009 a ok

[@MrCaSauXD]

I double dare Gaijin do this video from the random battles to see how much "fun", "quick" and "balanced" of CAS in realistic ground battle game mode are.

[@Kevin-mk6jo]

VEAK, no longer in my line up. 😢

[@ventischair9158]

BRING BACK THE VEAK-40 PROXY SHELLS

[@type-10]

"Best cold war SPAA" and the thumbnail is an SPAAG from 2015

[@OmegaStarIsGoofy]

Give basement guy a partner

[@Bafbm335]

Yes sir

[@bobkowalski7655]

4:10 Yeah and that is why you gave it only full HE belt and the smallest apds belt in game which is btw a tier 4 mod. Also the HE for some reason auto detonates after 3km of flight so good luck dealing with even the most basic heli ATGMs.

[@rocket_ride]

3:39 he even attempted the accent lmao

[@Flare7639]

It was abad attempt tho. He wasn't even close to how i would say it (i am italian)

[@KUBE2219]

​@Flare7639 nah its pretty good (I'm not italian)

[@Flare7639]

@@KUBE2219 i mean...for a non native italian speaker it is but trust me it wasn't good

[@VeteranManiac]

Bro sounded like Luigi 😂

[@STGN01]

In IRL the range of the Sgt York radar was limited to 10km by design, however it covered the full hemisphere unlike how it's currently modeled in War Thunder. It also featured a laser tracker that could track air and ground targets without radar input. The max range was about 8km instead of only 4km in WT.

[@underwatermoosePs4]

Honestly id consider the Bkan1 as an AA for helicopters 😅 155 proxi is no joke 1 shot = no more hele

[@erviplayer]

Can confirm that thing slaps

[@AjEdw]

Give the Veak the prox rounds back, give Sweden the Zsu 57m with proxy (historically accurate because apparently you guys care) and give sweden the Emil (Sweden native heavy)

[@erviplayer]

Emil 1 2 and 3 please

[@AjEdw]

@@erviplayer Amen to that bro

[@thecatbims8124]

Sweden is half copy paste why even add it like half the TTs in this game are useless

[@uqi1412]

Imagine having only HE at stock as SPAA ☠️

[@mlgrocket]

these are all cool and all, but when's the american ADATS getting fixed so the gunner optic can actually aim the missiles?

[@ThunDoom1116]

Wait how do you guide adats missiles then? I don't have it yet I'm pretty close but if you can't guide them in gunners optics how do you even use them?

[@mlgrocket]

@@ThunDoom1116 it can guide them, as long as you're not trying to aim higher than 59 degrees. IRl the missiles have an 85 degree elevation, which was finally put in game for the american one last year. the gunner optic has a -5/+90 elevation so it can aim the 25mm and the missiles, in game it is locked to the 25mm and has a -5/+59, so anything above 59 degrees and you can't lock onto anything and have to use third person to aim the missiles, which obviously is not very easy cause any slight movements makes it so your missile flies all over the place due to the ATGM changes.

[@shadowninja8082]

VEAK 40 was good until it was killed by removing the HE-VT rounds...

[@Red_Four]

Those airburst 40mm on the M247 are pretty effective at downing aircraft, and those delay fuse 40mm are a real game changer when going up against tanks and armored vehicles. I've gotten some really expected kills on MBTs with those little guys.

[@ethanandresen8794]

the SAPHE is pretty bad ngl, I can't even pen MBTs from the side while all the 35mm guns can front pen the Abrams, its the only SPAA in that range to not have actual AP rounds even though its the second highest BR guns-only SPAA. the only higher gun-only SPAA is the OTOMATIC, which gets APFSDS that pens 300mm.

[@BugattiONE666]

The love the fact the narator has sounded so depressed that few vids. Now he feels the same as the rest of us

[@beachside1]

I have the Zerstorer in research but I dont get any research points? Like I said. Its showing that its in research but not getting any research points. I have the Ostwind 2 and the Kugelblitz researched. Any reason for this?

[@erviplayer]

🤔🤷

[@beachside1]

@@erviplayer Im not sure that answer helps my question lol

[@user-vd5rj9ru7x]

Gajin, when modify the finnish zsu-57-2 to zsu-57-2m? Or just have them sepret in diffrent br's

[@joseaugusto7995]

Gaijin drop this after nerf the best Sweden SPAA,this is like a joke can't be real.(RIP VEAK 40)

[@misteronsepatro7018]

The AMX 30 DCA is so much fun to play because it's an anti everything at it's BR

[@84MrMercedes]

I love the falcon, the. Gepard and marksman are good but the falcon is just simple. Don't need radar I can guess the lead pretty good lol

[@albedo826]

Not one person to mention the Rooikat ZA-35? You know, the 8x8 with 120km off-road in wt, a tall search radar to see over the trees and a TV/IR guided optical tracking system lifted from the ADATS which means so long as you can see the target no need to even have the radar on, meaning no RWR ..... Nup you right why should Britain make the list?

[@Juho-uf8si]

BRING BACK PROXY SHELL FOR VEAK40, its the only decent SPAA for sweden before ito90. i dont care if it has to be going up in battle rating to get proxy back.

[@garethstanden3732]

ahhh, anyone playing back when the Italy R3 1st made an appearance? I like to call that time my 'Swear' period...

[@James_Original]

Hearing him reading the Italian name is so freaking sexy 😭

[@Yan-mr5pp]

Will the Ozelot get the same optical lock on feature the strela has?

[@renderedfrog]

there was no mention of the VADS

[@alexslf3132]

Gepard rocks the Battlefield. 👍😎

[@AmSharky-ky2kj]

Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I do believe that the R3 T20 was developed in the 1960s and is classified as an SPAA in the game; therefore making it a Cold War SPAA. If this is true, why wasn’t it in the video?

[@jomni]

Just realised guns turn red when hot.

[@tarjei99]

Sgt York failed its exam. It could not track aircraft.

[@D.Kanavoutsos]

The ZSU-23-4M4 i believe is one of most insane firepower ok no good mobility but funny sound of his guns

[@dandelion4523]

I place my bet on Gaijin thinking that nerfing all SPAA's except Russian and Chinese is not enough, they will make them useless I guarantee you.

[@andriv3r415]

Ground Realistic Battles its all we want!!!

[@ThunDoom1116]

Wdym we have grb

[@andriv3r415]

@@ThunDoom1116 we have realistic battles that is mixed with CAS, i mean a mode with only ground vehicles, but gaijin will never do it cause of premiuns aircrafts that they sell, because CAS players dont want fight CAS, They like to bomb defenseless tanks

[@ThunDoom1116]

@andriv3r415 oh yeah I get that. They should also make air rb at least 5v5...

[@phantom2hell]

if you see any video for the Gepard ... you will see that HAS only 40shells for anti tank purpose... and is hard to reach them from the crew cause are stored on the outside of the vehicle ..... but why we dont leave the players play SPAA like antitanks... is historical accurate.. like the soviet armor and shells .. like the nerfed to death US tanks... and all those good sweet sugar thing.

[@WoutjeNLD]

So.. can we get the teaser trailer for the Dutch vehicles now please?

[@VelhaHH]

After some research it apear the VEAK has a proxy sell just not the one you guys removed now, pls give it back becose it was the only thing making it good as an actual AA. CAS is a huge problem and you guys just made it easyer, taking that into consideration that the itpz is not a good AA as anti aircraft and we dont talk about the lvbr

[@mlgrocket]

idk what research you found, but proxy rounds for the L70 bofors were not created until the 70s, the VEAK was built in the 60s and never entered service, and was scrapped before the proxy rounds were made.

[@soldatnr444]

@@mlgrocket doesn't matter, if the gun could fire the proxy round, it should have it. going by this logic the is-2 shouldn't get br-471d because this shell came after ww2, same with the apds on early swedish tanks.

[@mlgrocket]

@@soldatnr444 then put in tickets and show them evidence those vehicles never had those things, cause that's how the veak lost the proxy it never had, nor could ever have. someone put in a ticket, showed evidence, and the rounds got removed.

[@justinsantiago9555]

I wouldnt be surprised if the person who submitted the ticket to have the proxy shells removed was a CAS main

[@erviplayer]

If it was put into service i bet it would have eventually gotten the proxy which is in my opinion enough for it to get it

[@Bruno-G]

Thank you for the vehicles but we will take it from here, some AA were in fact TDs

[@taipu_74]

What's function about IR SPOTLIGHT in tank system?

[@nickthedragon4133]

I'm more surprised he spoke fluent Italian for the SIDAM.

[@Jekuttaja10]

BRING BACK THE PROXY ROUNDS FOR VEAK 40! I know its not accurate but its more fun with them:(

[@ThunderBerb]

Bro, I saw the av-8 was 50% off so I went to buy it (I play x box btw) and I go to the premium packs and it’s still $60, why is the sale only for pc!?

[@British_Tanker.]

Chieftain marksman?

[@echtsilver]

Sergant York is great, i love it

[@paleoph6168]

What about the Type 87 SPAAG and Tunguska?

[@Gonzalodestroyer]

And still, a Pantsir already send a rocket tonme even before i spawn in a plane

[@JeffGaming0815]

When will u add the vapor effect

[@bootlegpete7984]

When the other 1 million more important things that need addressing gets fixed first hopefully.

[@JeffGaming0815]

@@bootlegpete7984 yea but i would like ti see it its not that hard even an mobile game has it

[@ThunDoom1116]

Ong

[@joshgray8377]

Can we please get more AA for Britain , like there’s literally a drought for AA, only one that was good was put up in br, even though the Russian click and delete line up still exists.

[@SewerynPas]

Ye so like when are you adding the rooikat sam?, cos prototypes are profit

[@bobthingama5090]

Does ItPsV stand for Ilmantorjunta Panssari Vaunu?

[@IndraKurniawan-vk2qb]

My poor veak

[@ThunDoom1116]

Why does the M247 only have 38mm of penetration now? Didnt it used to be able to actually kill tanks that are attacking it? I can only get their tracks slightly damaged now and cant pen their side armour even.

[@croskerk]

It was overpressure that made M247 a tank killer before. They fixed that and now it cant do much against tanks

[@Murthag_Thunder]

My favourite SPAA is AMX 30 DCA

[@sultanmcmillan]

Can we have OF-40 SPAA with twin 35mm like in gepards?

[@mab2187]

Give SPAA a full AP, APDS, APFSDS belt pls.

[@Smoothie-Cr1minal]

When closed beta test done for planes in WT mobile?

[@tapio8317]

When are they gonna fix the naming of ItsPV 90 >:(((( its Leopard 2 marksman, ItsPV 90 was on a T-55 chassis goddamnit

[@Teh0X]

Why there still aren’t AHEAD rounds in game?

[@PavewayIII-gbu24]

Make so if you get killed by cas spawning an SPAA with HE belts is free

[@rafaeltoledo2310]

I hate this new overheat visual effect on automatic guns, I wish there was at least an option in the configuration to disable them.

[@johneriksson9356]

VEAK needs its proxy rounds back, also day 2 of asking for a Turkish tech tree or sub tree

[@BotAurelionSol]

Me with a Type 99 SPH/AA and a M109 (PF) shell on the chamber:

[@erviplayer]

BKAN moment

[@inkycat191]

3:09 I don’t think Gaijin realizes that it can have a 360° scan themselves despite them showing it scanning full rotation in like 10 seconds after they said this. Please don’t ask how to activate that i do not remember

[@mmneaapro596]

I think it should be Y 1 7 Or Y 1 8

[@gegeji6442]

Did they forgot to mentione the japanese type87 aka Guntank?

[@toxicwarcat7739]

Rip falcon wasn't included because its a anti tank menace and a mediocre AAG

[@Broken_ora]

when are new ships coming to naval?

[@stick_person857]

T249 plz

[@Bauer_Willi]

My favorite is the Gepard

[@TheFrenchGuy397]

Me trying to reach rank V 💀

[@ThunDoom1116]

You'll get there eventually just enjoy rank 4 it's super fun tbh as long as you are the right country

[@user-cs7ox6ic2u]

I think I like the German ones better because a better radar system and they're better built

[@Rested-dog]

Day 15 of asking gaijin to fix custom battles to where the players br is separate from the ai’s

[@f.b.ilocal5519]

Please release the basement guy

[@death_is_here]

Make the sturmtiger available again(day 210)

[@death_is_here]

Make the sturmtiger available again(day 209)

[@MeThorvald]

I really like Shilkas, but if you count that the cold war ended in '89, then I would put Tunguska on the first place. Although I like SPAAs, rewards for destroying planes are not something one can enjoy (at least until you're a masochist).

[@LewisB3217]

The Cold War ended in 89??? Not 91???

[@MeThorvald]

@@LewisB3217 The fall of The Berlin Wall is a symbolic end to the USSR and the Cold War. It happened in 89.

[@LewisB3217]

@@MeThorvald it was certainly symbolic but I’d say the fall of the Soviet Union itself marked the end of the Cold War, which happened in 91, doesn’t make much sense that it’d end in 89 when the Soviets(the enemy) were still around for 2 years after that

[@MeThorvald]

@@LewisB3217 You really think that they've been around for only 2 more years ? ;) They've had a base in Poland even in 1993, and some say they are still in there...

[@user-wx2el5jy2t]

M 247 is the best

[@adribcn8996]

Ehat about the zsu 23-4

[@Its_Me_Romano]

give gepard more DM23 belts

[@ethanandresen8794]

basement guy, you sound different. have they hurt you?

[@ARK98111]

Is it possible to stop this br+1-1 system... or change it to 0.7+- /0.3+-...? Also, when can we see Iranians tech tree in war thunder? 🤔 they have West and East planes and tanks ,it will be interesting...

[@MRchilZa]

Gpard 👍

[@Just-Lewis47]

Yo Gaijin can you guys please add the SA-6 and the BMPT Terminator to the russian tech tree? Long live the snail

[@thexlonewolf671]

Can you make some videos talking about keybindings? The default binds can be pretty unintuitive.

[@strv81]

Mmmmm rangefinder