The Helicopter Gaijin REFUSES To Balance - G-LYNX - War Thunder

[@Sceptreshot]

Hey Justin, the difference between the G-Lynx and the Lynx is that the G-Lynx has a better engine which was added so it could break the helicopter speed record. The 'G' is the UK's Civil Aviation Code as the aircraft was civilly registered with Leonardo (Formerly AgustaWestland) but technically it could use the same armament as the Military Lynx.

[@monkesoldier3002]

Doesn't Glynx have a different propeller with an experimental shape? If I remember it does and lynx doesn't

[@Jenso1994]

@@monkesoldier3002 It got the main rotor blades and the tail boom of the Westland 30. Usually the "normal" Lynx got them too in a later refit (they're called BERP rotor if i remember correctly). We just get an early Lynx ingame, something before the Lynx AH.7 according to my interpretation of wikipedia.

[@Tommah666]

On release it also had a fixed loadout that couldn't be customised. The customisation of loadouts was a recent addition in the past year for it.

[@roadhigher]

The Chally Mk.2 has certianly grown on me recently especially with how common premium Leopard's and T-72's are. The Turret armour is decent enough, the forward mobility is ok, but the great firepower, reverse speed and especially the 10.0 BR compared to the 10.3 most of its contemporaries sit at really make it a dream to play. Worth a revisit imho.

[@spaceexplorer5758]

or uptier it to 10.3 along with the mk.3 for the better ammo and you get the very nice Stormer HVM to kill those pesky Su-25 and whatnot.

[@ClumsyProto]

i normally do 10.3, much better cuz u also got vickers mk7, stormer hvm, jaguar gr.1a and my main 10.0 mbt, the TTD, works flawleslly, and if i feel like doing speedy stuff, just put the rooikat 105 in the lineup ( would put mttd if it had dm33/dm63 )

[@Kaiberus]

i love the british tanks even the 9.0 or the 8.0 or w/e is pretty solid in 10.0

[@reinyfrost3753]

Look at the Mangusta (10.0 Italian helicopter). 8x Hellfires (like the G-LYNX), chin-mounted gun, and 4x Mistrals (not ATAS) for slightly worse maneuverability and top speed.

[@andrewfitzsimmons-evans405]

Britain deserves something nice

[@TinyTank77]

Yeah it’s nice having a vehicle that doesn’t get shafted in immediately either by the Russians or by gaijin

[@DumbAssPro717]

Exactly ,they even nerf the sabot for comet for no reason and now britain doesnt event have tank br 5.7

[@julianjones1130]

It really does

[@WeebLord69]

But when it's a Russian vehicle all you Westerner crybabies start crying muh russian bias

[@farmcat9873]

Rooivalk is nice 😁

[@kentohamaoka4063]

I still use the GLYNX in my 11.7 lineup and still get a ton of kills with it. At 10.0 might be a bit abusive, but britain is the underdog in most of the rest of areas so whatever. Also, the correct way to use the locking system is to lock 2 times so it lets you track the vehicle while also change the impact point so you can aim for ammo racks or center mass, specially necessary to 1 hit most of russian tanks. in this way I can get 8 kills out of 8 missiles most of the time.

[@TomislavPuklin-wz1bl]

G Lynx and Swedish mi28a are the biggest sleepers in the balance department. I've seen these 2 wipe out 10.0 teams single handedly.

[@yamatokurusaki5790]

And best thing is ozelot can't do shit about it (Sarcasm, i do use Ozelot)

[@TheRealShangajac]

2s38 would like to know your location

[@TomislavPuklin-wz1bl]

I was refering to helicopters but I think the issue people have with 2s38 is that it's a GE premium. I think Swedish light tanks are far more destructive, faster and more generally mobile. They are however all in the tech tree, none being premium and spammed hard.@@TheRealShangajac

[@TheRealShangajac]

@TomislavPuklin-wz1bl yeah im ussr wallet warrior and i must admit, sweden is pretty annoying. Also their spaa is much better than 2s38

[@cPSly]

roikat + Challenger DS + G-Lynx is soooo nasty as a combo, best way to grind events xD

[@WarWolf__C7]

lmao ! same i was getting 3k+ points with this combo

[@cPSly]

yeah super easy :D if you have a bad game you still do like 2k lmao@@WarWolf__C7

[@WarWolf__C7]

@@cPSly best part is At this Br nothing can touch you from ground 💀 i feel bad for all those spaa players 🫡

[@Blorb137]

@@WarWolf__C7Gaijan be like "but it has no autocannon doe" to 10.0 it goes!

[@WarWolf__C7]

@@Blorb137 AH-6 should be 9.3 then

[@zzebiasse4258]

You should legit revisit the A129CBT, cause personally I had a blast using it. I even got a 13 kills using it.

[@universalcactus5834]

I was surprised he looked at the G-Lynx and not the cbt. Cbt is way better and its at the same br.

[@cameron1999cam]

By far the best 10.0 heli. Just a shame it takes ages to grind with Italy 😂

[@zzebiasse4258]

@@cameron1999cam Actually, its kinda less frusrating now because of the new research mechanic for helis

[@Lunareclipse3268]

Nice to see the VFM5 get some use - After the recent BR changes I think it's a lot more usable than before (and Britain actually has a 9.3 lineup for it to go in now). Definitely worth a new video I think.

[@temporarygamer9286]

hey Justin just wanna say your vids have helped my mental health a lot and keep doing these good vids

[@BluevesPL]

The thing that makes G-LYNX not op is 2S38

[@lexmen1089]

Finally, this THING has been haunting me ever since I got the C2A1 MEXAS back in 2020, but from experience it been like decades.

[@Kminek246]

You know what Justing......I dare you to make a video on the starter helicoper for Sweden with 2km range missiles that goes 85m/s.

[@Kaiberus]

justin thinking an ozelot can lock onto a helo from further thn 3 inches away is pretty interesting, when im in my ozelot i need to be inside of a helicopter to actually get a lock

[@Arkhmar]

while i get killed by the ozelot in my mig27m with the engine TURNED OFF and it was raining. The engine was below 40c and it was head-on. that ozelot locked on me and shot me down anyways, ignored flare while doing it too.

[@Kaiberus]

oh yeah planes it does work undeniably well, but then any sam system vs helos is just broken@@Arkhmar

[@OtterMusician]

I’ve been irregularly attempting to use the tech tree one. I grinded extremely hard for it, through both of the boring 8.3 helis. I did that so I could play with a friend who purchased the G-LYNX. As soon as I made it there, he stopped playing it and switched nations lol. I’m currently stock, and the stock loadouts at 10.0 with no rocket computer are extremely underwhelming.

[@thefoxmaid2333]

Yo Justin it was nice seeing u in my game on winter Poland! Long time fan, nice to be in one of your videos!

[@Jenso1994]

I love the G-Lynx. Back in the day without the 2S38 it was even better. Now you have to look out for the occasional proxy fuse grenade flying your way... I like the 10.0/10.3 lineup of the brits anyway and would love to see more of it.

[@Wispeks]

Yeah or pickim em off from far tough its annoying to wait 30s for each

[@knowahnosenothing4862]

Botting 2S38's killing at 5km was getting annoying.

[@h.a8681]

10-10.3 Britain is such an amazing lineup, same with the new 9.3 with the Khalid, Olifant, VFM etc.... The Chally 1's avoid the mobility bug that the Challenger 2s have, my report recently got passed to the devs so hopefully in a few decades it will get fixed

[@yamatokurusaki5790]

I actually want the challenger... But no money TwT

[@crazyadam9281]

It just sucks that the 10-10.3 line up is held back by the lack of a useful SPAA.

[@MoeLester69]

That's the most op heli in game just sittig 8 km from battle while being untouchable

[@maninyellerhat9663]

Have you heard of the a129 mangusta?

[@justonemorewanderingsoul8650]

Yeah the only time I've been able to get a lock past 3.8km with ir is if the aircraft is on fire which I'm with you in cold it should be able to pick up the heat at greater distance

[@bahhumbug9452]

Hey Justin! Speaking of the VFM could you do a revisit video of it? Looks like a nice unique video and I wonder how it holds up in the current state of the game at its br.

[@tianhaoju4634]

I think the A129CBT is the true broken 10.0 heli, i had so much fun in it, but the G-LYNX is also very effective at both grinding and kicking asses

[@colinkennedy1718]

The fact this can sit far enough back to be literally immune to all ground based AA is insane.

[@amosnoto8705]

This comment aged well

[@ineni8767]

@JustinPlays the Tech tree LYNX is super slow and can barely take off with full weaponry you have to wait 5 seconds til it lifts up from the ground the first Centimeter Also the Italian Hellfire 10.0 Augusta helicopter and around hundreds of other Vehicles are misplaced in BR following that logic

[@GeoDracu]

I mean I use it at 10.3. UK has a great 10.3 lineup with 3 Challangers (including the DS), the Vickers MK.7, the TTD, the Stormer, the Jaguar GR1A and the Harrier GR3. It should easily be 10.3 just like the severely undertiered Mi-28A in the Swedish tech tree.

[@Blorb137]

Gaijan be like "but it has no thermals doe"

[@Panservogn]

Got a solid 6 K/D in this thing, had hundreds of battle in it when the Vickers Mk7 and Challenger Mk.3 was 10.0

[@MrPanzerCatYT]

I thought this was gonna be a vfm5 video since I was in the game on carpathians with you. You were going crazy and saved my ass in the 2s38 on the hill by A alot lmao

[@Deathtracker]

13:40 You get 20 backups for current rank 6 event vehicles after completing 10 star and making the coupon tradable

[@abrahamroe5148]

This reminds me of being spawn camped by G-Lynxs in several games when playing German 9.3 with them sitting too far for my best aa to engage

[@rasheedalfaro8556]

this is by far the best helicopter ive bought, so fun to play due its br, can be compared with the swedesh mi28 which is pretty fun to play too, cant say the same to the ka50 and the rooivalk that gets destroyed by an spaa at the time you spawn in

[@bagofsunshine3916]

You're forgetting the fact that the Tiger also has Hellfire 2's compared to the G-Lynx's normal hellfires. The hellfire 2's are quite a bit more reliable from my own experiences and like to overpressure more due to an extra 1.4 KG of TNT.

[@LewisB3217]

America: gets Mighty Mouse rockets for their first heli, meaning you need to grind the next one to get ATGMS. Germany: hehehee ATGM go boom

[@yamatokurusaki5790]

Yea if you actually look on the specs the US is faster , can take more punishment and has lower br . You just have skill issue

[@echo8828]

I actually using the tech three version of the Lynx and even with the stock weapons you can kill a lot of things. You just have to play skilled and have luck with anti airs.

[@viruscookie4440]

The ozelot was watching you, can't lock tho until you're within 3km, or 4km if you shot

[@Collat3ralD4mage]

I love going against a heli with 8km range in my Gepard 1a2 that has a range of less than 4km

[@BadgerGamingTV]

The only thing i started playing Ground RB instead of AB is CAS and for me its part of the game

[@aleksandarmiljesic68]

It wont matter if Gaijin gives backups to event vehicles, most people just rush in, die without doing jack, and bail. Whenever i see the event ground nation in my team i wait a few seconds to spawn to count how many of those are spawning, most of the time i just bail the battle without even spawning, i dont want to deal with the frustration of 1 spawners who dont contribute at all in a team game. On the other subject, i got the FlakRak PZ1 with Roland missiles and somehow managed to unlock the Roland 3 missiles, those Rolands and other similar missiles are practically unusable after the missile guidance "rework" patch a few weeks ago, so i ditched it and went back to the Gepard 1A2 (keep in mind this SPAA is 8 months deep on a bug wich causes it to not be able to equip the K proxi variant of the Stingers, so its stuck with the stock E contact variant). CAS is strongly uncontested because of the latest game mechanic modifications and the 6+ km Guided bombs, specially above 9.7 BR. Not to mention the reduced lock on range on helis (up to 3 km in best case scenario, and in worse case you cant even lock within 2 km range). Its just not worth to respawn with so many uncontested air threats in the session.

[@alexswagg2981]

I had a game last night where I died 4 times to the same g-lynx, 3 times in tanks and it hit me with a stinger in my mig.

[@nicolastziotzios5800]

I love using the glynx in a full downtier no anti air reaches you I've gotten 3 nukes with it

[@thatonelocalauthority2809]

I’m glad this thing sits at 10BR. Britain deserve nice vehicles tbh, and there aren’t that many in the TT anymore.. sadly. Everything has been shafted, even the 7BR lineups.

[@tyknight2428]

Also laser warning can proc from team m8s or lazer range finders so hard to tell it is a missle or something look in your direction

[@spray916]

We ran 4 of these in SRB with 4 tanks and won 28 games out of 30 played at 10.0.G-Lynx and HAP are cracked.

[@_yukionfire9189]

If this thing is at 10.0, Mi-35M should be at 10.0 too

[@darknut9696]

The VFM and XM-8 look like modern Stuart tanks

[@owainevans89]

everyone hates on this because britain finally has it's sigma vehicle. while most british vehicles suffer. leave it alone. theres plenty of high powered vehicles in russian tree american and german trees. leave the one british vehicle that can perform consistently alone

[@Rorywizz]

They've already moved it up to 10.3. At least it will stay in my 10.3 lineup and not move up to 10.7

[@EB-Ghost6]

to balance CAS they could do something like battlefield died where they limit CAS spawns but that would kinda suck tbh

[@andrewmacias-brown1818]

I think when it’s top tier it’s pretty OP however I wouldn’t say it’s overwhelmingly OP, but it should probably be 10.3

[@飞周-j9b]

I'm looking forward to doing a video about the German Mi 24P helicopter😊

[@yamatokurusaki5790]

Wish it was better also why price of it is so high? Higher then this

[@Gobble-mike-hawk]

the reason they are 10.0 is becuse of terrible optics and hellfire Bs being situational in certain maps unlike atakas. Also, hellfire Bs aren't tandem unlike 11.0 Ks so damage can be a bit wonky at times.

[@siko9799]

if you’re using a heli with hellfires i suggest firing them one after the other to make flight time between targets shorter

[@JustinPlaysTV]

That used to be somewhat viable, but due to the changes on how ATGMs fly, it's not nearly as good. And with 8 missiles, I find it best to use them one at a time.

[@siko9799]

@@JustinPlaysTV when i fly my z-10 i find it’s usually worth it. usually i try to climb up, get as many kills as possible, then dive and re arm. having missiles up in the air is helpful if someone spawns a sam and you want to try to “missile joust” them so to speak, since you can duck behind cover while the hell fire is still going towards the target, and re lock once the timer gets to like 5-7 seconds. when it comes to tanks with lws i’d also recommend putting the laser right next to their tank and then putting it on target right before the missile hits the ground, so they have no time to react.

[@Stryke_r]

this and the mi-28a for sweden need to go up.

[@xJANdeMANx]

I love my British 10.3 lineup with ds Glynx to add silver lion boost and I ain't completed line up yet. Also Its rare too see people playing British top tier. Getting from 4.7 to 7.3 is so hard

[@xJANdeMANx]

Also no such thing as suffering in the warrior

[@cutthroat795]

Even a cursory look at the difference with the G-lynx will tell you it’s much faster than the original lynx…

[@knowahnosenothing4862]

But it was the fastest chopper on the planet for a time at least.

[@Xinevlin]

Hmm how about next Mbt-70? Kpz but the American one, because that tank is folded with XM-803. it's kinda rare to see them in battlefield...

[@shawhavy]

I lov cas. Especially if I save someone right before they're about to die.

[@Kalween8326]

The G-lynx has 0 to no armor. The Tiger can take a punch.

[@Derp12348]

LOVE YOU LOVE YOUR CONTENT

[@afmo500]

I'm an ex-AH-64D pilot and play far too much war thunder and retreating blade stalls (going too fast in a helicopter causing a dissymmetry of lift on the rotor system) actually results in a pitch up and usually to the left and is therefore self correcting. In war thunder for some reason it results in you pitching down and usually crashing at low alt, it's annoying, particularly in the G-lynx where it happens too early

[@boreftgamerhypixelgameplay6135]

The Swedish missile AA is perfect for a counter

[@notsoracistraspberry4168]

I like the aspect of CAS but hate the balance of it. Especially with light tanks earning more SP and reducing SP cost with scouts even though CAS is already dirt cheap to spawn it is just too easy to obtain for it to be balanced.

[@l258l]

G-LYNX doesn't have a ballistic computer for unguided missiles and gun. That's my only heli and got 200+ matches. It's mid at heli EC, performs good at 10.0 but that doesn't mean it should go up tbh. That BR fits good for it.

[@l258l]

Brit 10.0/10.3 lineup is just powerful. Every nation should have one good lineup at least.

[@farmcat9873]

The hellfrires have been in the near past come unlocked for me if it has to fly for a long period a lil more than 25 seconds it just automatically would come unlocked. Has anyone else had this problem in the recent past? Nothing gets in the way of the enemy and its path it would just have a clear path to the enemy and out of nowhere it unlocks and I just sit and watch and do not press any other key while it is in the path.

[@sinsley1]

I’ve had random unlocks myself. A few even caused a miss because it was so close to impact

[@farmcat9873]

Ya it happens to me all the time in the Ah-64 the tech tree and the premium ones@@sinsley1

[@waldek7772]

@@farmcat9873 my hellfire k on ah64d missed a stationary ozelot 3km away today, feels like they secretly broke the hellfire tracking again....

[@NagoyaRR]

I don't think backups will solve any problem. Because if I die instantly I'm not gonna spawn again. I'm just gonna leave and go next. And backups will not solve that.

[@thechef7438]

The G-Lynx and normal Lynx are absolutely awesome. Maybe they should be .3br higher but none really plays britain so it doesnt matter.

[@Adrian_12397]

On eastern europe yesterday i met u in game

[@godofhate4167]

This thing needs to be a 11.7 easy. The only thing that can counter this is the FlakRad on the german tech tree with the best missile. And having to manually guide a missile to something over 8km away before you're nailed with fire and forget missile is just stupid to even comprehend.

[@raizencore]

The only thing the VFM5 needs is to lost its fixed sight, I love playing it but you have to be in people's faces a lot of the times which isn't a very viable strategy.

[@muleyman68]

Gaijin needs to raise the br of this to 10.3 and put the MI-35 back at 10.3. Need to raise the MI-28 A up one bracket too.

[@Spaz1NOuT]

Really funny to me that this thing is 10.0 still but the Swedish Mi-28A is 10.3

[@harveyhall2350]

Justin, Britain desrves somethig nice. We're shafted so often with overtiered vehicles, underperforming Sabot, Zero High tier light tanks, all of our good vehicles going to other nations or are an event vehicle. We deserve this, no, we need this.

[@BlackThanator]

Honestly I dont even really see how its OP at 10.0 when it gets half the weapons of something like the AH-64's or even the Rooivalk.

[@bruhmomentum2901]

G lynx sits perfectly at 10.0 do NOT

[@LeTonk]

That is one of my favorite hellis :D

[@lunar3034]

How are you able to control the collective while in the gunner seat? Is it a setting?

[@bone8696]

Hey Justin Great Video!! What do you think about the Italian a129 also with 8hellfire?

[@JustinPlaysTV]

I made a reference to it in the end xP

[@WarWolf__C7]

even better

[@matts2208]

I have been waiting for that heli to be available for golden eagles for so long now

[@babalonkie]

Lynx is the equivalent of a UHIY... light armour, light manoeuvrability and cant multitask in actual engagement, So it should not be compared to traditional attack choppers and should be compared to late UH1Y's, Also it's Hellfire's are not the later variants. The Tiger can multitask, is more manoeuvrable, has a bit more armour and it's TOWS are the later variants, also it has gimbled Guns. Also if there is no appeal to Helicopters... no Brit or UK tree user will bother grinding them... let alone using them... just like real life. Hence why you never see tech tree users... the grind is boring and the rewards are meh, 99% of UK tree users have not bothered going past the first heli, hence why gaijin has allowed ground research to be used, because the users would bother with ground, air and sea before heli's. Britain hardly used/uses Attack choppers IRL and used CAS Harriers instead until after 2000... even then UK would use fast CAS over a Heli.

[@mapleman81]

Noooooooo, this is my nasty little sl grinder. I’ve been getting 100k+ sl per game with this.

[@prokadetgaming4745]

God ,i cant count how many times i get destroyed by G-Linx 😂

[@yamatokurusaki5790]

Or Mi28

[@oCaRRiEDx]

Oh hey its at 10.3 now... Thanks bud.

[@YoRHaUnit2Babe]

ANGRY BRUCE LEEROY NOISES

[@juhonurminen7538]

Damn i was that mig27m that got blown out of the sky by the Z9 with TY90s. I was just about to perform the Kvochurs bell in front of you but then the Z9 decided to look my way and that was it for my plan🥲

[@godzillagodofdestructionan4024]

Honestly I don't hate fighting the G-lynx I hope it go up in br to fight better spaa that can actually deal with it because I hate being in a ozelot or pgz04a and this thing is out of my range

[@jetnavigator]

Wtf?! The lynx has been double nerfed. Gunner zoom was crippled, as was the targeting square. It's waaaaaaay less effective than before.

[@Kwisss]

Still strong af.

[@GeoDracu]

If you look at the event vehicles after they are modified, by the coupon that lets you sell them, it says you also get backups for them. Might be they do or it might be a bug, I haven't consumed mine since I might sell them.

[@gregc9344]

I'll have you know it's actually the GLINZ X

[@Pelliq_E]

You should look at the ka50

[@yourfavoritelawnguy2722]

Ima be honest, it needs to be 10.7 i think. If your missiles on the heli reach 8-10k, the spaa needs to have the same ranges to fight back.

[@markjackson7650]

Yeah the hellfires have a 8km range but the optics on the lynx are so bad you can't really use them at that range which keeps them balanced

[@yourfavoritelawnguy2722]

@@markjackson7650 he was literally using them at 8km for part of the video mate.

[@yourfavoritelawnguy2722]

@@markjackson7650 also when shooting none auto tracking missiles as an SPAA, anything past 7km the missile starts wiggling and flying randomly off course, making the actual max range shorter. my point still stands

[@FinalBossNunu]

@@markjackson7650 thats why you have thermals lol

[@markjackson7650]

@@FinalBossNunu even with the thermals and playing on max graphics the optics still have shit zoom so it's hard to distinguish between alive tanks and dead ones at ranges over 7km. Also at max range the hellfires have a travel time over 30 seconds and will lose lock at the slightest bit of bush or tree they pass. If you're still getting killed by them with that much time to take cover then that's a major skill issue.

[@MyWaifuNow]

I have been killed, spawned, and killed again so many times by this thing. I really don't understand why people are so mad about drones and then fine with these helis that can sit the same distance away with 4x as many missiles and costs less SP to spawn.

[@shane8511]

Word of advice I had my account hacked by using GE for WT a couple years back. Make sure you have 2 auth on your accounts.

[@SpoonRacing20]

Bruh the brits need SOMETHING let us have this

[@jb7483]

Hello great video im learning how to helo. Is there any chance to do a video on key binding?

[@4rc-en-ciel]

Ah yes bruce leeroy's favourite (I think)

[@shikikanaz4624]

and the chinese get the z9w at 10.0 which has 3km missiles, no guns and no flares

[@hoshyro]

Basically every helicopter is op, this one is just especially broken

[@Risson91]

Ah yes, 10.0, the same br as the Tiger hap but with 2times the range

[@gravity_8303]

Been saying for months that the g lynx and mi28a are blatantly op at their br. The amount of times these things have carried a game single-handedly is insane

[@filipkatila5511]

The mi 28 is not op 😂

[@Kwisss]

@@filipkatila5511 Lmao BS, you have to be trolling I have the Mi-28A at 10.3 and it stomps so easily.

[@filipkatila5511]

@@Kwisss nowhere near as op as the ka-50 its fine at 10.3

[@yamatokurusaki5790]

As an ozelot user i can for sure tell you that it can't lock you 4 km distance... I barely locks even jets at that distance? Also i would love get my hands of the challanger Why everything out reloads the leopard? Even if it has the same fire power?

[@maninyellerhat9663]

Challenger has a 3 shell ready rack and takes almost 2 minutes to refill, after the first 3 shots it has the same reload as Leo 2a4 but is far slower

[@yamatokurusaki5790]

the last bit i need it to be explained@@maninyellerhat9663

[@mike_junmin]

Brit main here. Please please please let us have JUST ONE GOOD THING

[@RUSSIAN13.]

I find it funny the app he tells you about to get golden eagles yes you can earn golden eagles but he forgets to mention in every video that it only works for PC and not console

[@freedeoxide]

1:16 And the yapp itself

[@JustinPlaysTV]

Great, now even I can't unhear it!

[@freedeoxide]

@@JustinPlaysTV good:)