THE SHOOTING RANGE 238: Air support / War Thunder

[@paullewis770]

Time stamps! 0:31 Metal beasts: ZSU-37-2 4:10 Pages of history: German Stug 8:26 Tactics and strategies: CAS in tank assault (AB) 13:18 Hotline: Questions Sorry for the 30min delay. Thanks for the patience

[@cesarst3720]

Hero

[@taxidermypolarbear1724]

Hero

[@stardekk1461]

They need to put timestamps

[@cesarst3720]

@@stardekk1461 Or just pin this kind of comments in all videos of “The Shooting Range”

[@paullewis770]

@Simon Fejta lmao Thanks, I have been doing this for quite some time so there should time-stamps on earlier episodes

[@Blarghsauro]

its all fun and games till america starts speaking air support

[@viet_cong_momiji2324]

Till the air starts speaking American*

[@Eire_Aontaithe]

It's all fun and games untill someone comes with a dead meme format...

@@Eire_Aontaithe its all fun till someone ruins fun for others

[@Eire_Aontaithe]

@ 👍🏻

[@wmax819yt2]

Its all fun till people say american warfare is better than russian

[@aperturegames3984]

Me: kills jumbo Moments later P47: hay yo have some bombs.

[@Dan86130]

G91 revenge kills: pathetic

[@taxidermypolarbear1724]

Noooo my poor panzers

[@stardekk1461]

Me: kills Radkamfwagen 90 (who by the way was at out spawn at the start of the game) Seconds later Premium G91: Hay you have some easy to to guide rocket. You cant just kill me like that, i'm better than you with my superior German engineering.

[@frankzhang1246]

P61: have 4 1000lb bombs!

[@stardekk1461]

@@frankzhang1246 at 4.0 + great 20mms to pen rooftops !

[@PhazerMike]

Idk if it’s just me but he seems less energetic this episode

[@obisvanainobis9950]

The usual narrator mustve been pretty tierd at the time of recording

[@dapperfield595]

My reaction to the recent br changes...

[@billytheshoebill5364]

@@dapperfield595 more like EVERY BR changes

[@gincie2]

BRUCE BLINK TWICE IF GAIJIN HOLDS YOU IN THE BASEMENT

[@davidlow8104]

Probably just a cold

[@errornamenotfound2513]

I think i need to take a break from playing warthunder for now. It maked me realised that im a bit out of shape

[@aperturegames3984]

Pleas consider yourself far more important than this game take care of yourself

[@ben_rez08]

Q: bruce how long have you voice acting for gaijin? Edit: how the heck did this got 120 likes

[@L1amPL4YS]

I mean...he is the Face of WarThunder...so forever lol

[@granmarbg]

Close to 4 years! I started with The Shooting Range 52

[@alangao4693]

@@granmarbg It's him!

[@pren1verd05]

@Certified Brit he said he finished a marathon of voice recording and he's very tired

[@nikolaradovic8067]

@@granmarbg This man is beast

[@Kupferstecher2007]

Q: can we have bruce as avatar ingame ??

[@gaufrid1956]

Because of the pathetically slow Filipino internet I have been unable to play War Thunder for the last 4 months or so. Too many updates, too large, too often. However, every week I tune in to The Shooting Range for Pages of History and of course the amazing voice of Bruce!

[@nogard015]

I’d really like to see a pages of history on the canadian tanker Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters wich was the greatest western tank ace of the war

[@schwebenfischman676]

True

[@ridonkulous.person3607]

video idea: trying to shoot a missile with another missile

[@Yaegashi1121]

Bruce's voice between matches is a blessing

[@he77hawk.71]

Can you make aircraft in arcade tanks battles just like in navel battles where you earn points and get to use your own aircraft please?

[@dc5050]

YES, finally someone shares my interest

[@combustedfungus2263]

Yeah, that would be awesome. I'd love to be able to research my planes in tank battles since I don't play realistic.

[@celtins6648]

I dont want to sound like that guy, but just play ground RB

[@combustedfungus2263]

I don't have to patience to learn the playstyle of ground rb tho

[@jewishlifematters]

@@combustedfungus2263 I also played ab, what I did is researching a tech tree in primarily RB like that you also use the time effectively and learn from low tier to how high you want to invest in that tech tree. hope it works for you too.

[@MechaG2]

Awesome episode. Loved it. o7 I have a couple suggestions for Ground AB I'd love to see implemented: - _PLEASE_ bring back cockpit view for aircraft (and for helicopters). I don't understand why this was removed. It's such a basic yet terrific feature, and it frustrates the heck out of me I can't use it in Ground AB anymore. - Add the ability for players to cancel joining a Fly Out Event. A lot of times the situation goes pear shaped while we're waiting to join, and we can't do anything about it because we're already committed to the Fly Out Event, resulting in a needless loss.

[@rojaunjames747]

its always nice to listen to bruce

[@granmarbg]

It's always nice to have comments such as yours! Thank you very much!

[@ebenen36]

Funny how they actually read all the problems that are spoken and they don't even care about it.... Noice

[@alpha-oi3bf]

Everybody gangsta until infantry mode is in the game 5:46

[@p_filippouz]

Q: what is currently the heaviest and the lightest plane in the game?

[@Abi-fo7gh]

i would guess the lightest to be a biplane or the Ki-27 and the heaviest to be the Bv 238 or something. could be wrong

[@kousand9917]

Q: when are you gonna fix your game

[@Ibangedyourmum69]

Never

[@lafosh7234]

When people stop putting money in there pockets every single broken / unbalanced update

[@Chris-iy6du]

Idea for the video, comparing different machine-guns and autocannons.

[@sirbowserfelix9293]

Q: Will we see ships with Helipads in War Thunder someday? Will we be able to spawn and repair/rearm Helicopters and VTOL aircraft in them?

[@volatile5460]

One thing to keep in mind with arcade air events is that aircraft spawned will always be stock. I don’t know if actually own.ng the vehicle affects this but it’s most apparent with Hispano Mk. 2 cannons

[@X_124]

Q : Could we ever see and behind the scenes on the development of a tank/plane to be war thunder?

[@ebenen36]

I don't think they want to show their developers just chilling and eating

[@spurdosparde9487]

They hire people do it

[@ebenen36]

@@spurdosparde9487 They do?

[@spurdosparde9487]

@@ebenen36 yes,they hire a lot of different people to do external models

[@ebenen36]

@@spurdosparde9487 very gud

[@syler26]

Hello. Due to success of StuG III, the Hungarians also designed the 40/43 M Zrínyi I.

[@Miklos-gq3cc]

De cuki vagy.

[@theScottishKoala]

Hi there lads! :D How should a player prioritize targets when first spawning close air support aircraft?

[@AlexNie04]

Why is it that the machine gun on Ostwind can fire and the machine gun on the Wirbelwind can't?

[@Abi-fo7gh]

this is a thing with a lot of tanks, i guess they added a machine gun to the ostwind because the wirbelwind's 20mm cannons are more similar to machine guns than the ostwind's 37mm

[@scroch6512]

Question: What are the tubes for on top of the Super Pershing?

[@lafosh7234]

Those are springs to help hold the gun up it’s more heavy and unbalanced for the Pershing chassis to support.

[@richardraffac628]

Everything is fine until russia starts talking lebensraum

[@elbartosimpson5670]

Ja moin

[@muhammadlatif4523]

Q: do you planning on adding submarines and other ships?

[@drnamenlos8685]

How to get the Nuke? Is it in every B.R. available? Btw. u are the best, and i Love ur games.

[@dryreborn5066]

It's only available in arcade battles in 6.7 if you get 15 kills

[@ebenen36]

How can u even like this game in its current state

[@ebenen36]

@Infinitysome big fixing indeed (shi i just realized i play this game too)

[@sauronthedarklordofmordor2990]

I have an important question, why the SMS Westfalen costs more than triple in repairs than the IJN Hyuga when Taisho's yacht is by far better in every way, mysteries of the ocean.

[@jakub.j1720]

Q: how do I effectively use the aim 7e on my phantom?

[@Abi-fo7gh]

only attack those above or level with you, and use them at long range whenever you can get a radar lock.

[@Abi-fo7gh]

@Infinity you can use it at low altitude when you are attacking someone above you, but yeah generally use it at higher altitudes

[@76456]

Q: will there be more objectives for realistic tank batles like there are on air battles? also will there be Korean, Polish, Ucranian and Serbian veicles?

[@mouser7436]

Ukrainian

[@ebenen36]

No it requires work and they clearly aren't a fan of that

[@Abi-fo7gh]

i would like more diverse vehicles, but they would have to be added to existing trees to avoid copy paste or filler trees. RP costs also have to go down, but they have a lot of good vehicles so with some work it could be done.

[@coleman598]

Q: what is the max range you can shoot a helicopter with the APDS shells with the Gepard/Marksman/Type 87?

[@chadw5958]

Can you do a pages of history or metal beast on the AML

[@amanwithaplan4369]

Q:When is warthunder available for the m1 chip form appel?

[@alexterry1168]

Q: Is a premium SPAAG available in the tec trees and if not will there ever be one?

[@LilKingTigerstar]

I think the Russian Zut is one I may be wrong though

[@LilKingTigerstar]

And it has been removed as of now If I’m not mistaken as well

[@MrA-ul6yq]

Question: why do some of the earlier Sherman and M10 have slower turret rotation while later ones have a faster one

[@matheusdelimarodrigues4410]

I think its because of improvements on the turret ring and more advanced technologies

[@doctordemocracy5695]

Q: is there a way to prevent our bombs from bouncing or a strategic way to prevent that?

[@yourdonefor4454]

Do you guys ever plan on foldering the two Arado 234's?

[@ArfiniGa]

Intresting question for you: which is the fastest and slowest reload in the game? (Tanks and Boats) ...But... ...I'm not done with the requests!!! Challenge land on any airport or aircraft career with your plane damged: first: low damage second: medium damage third: severe damage

[@ChrisVesgo]

Q: I always wondered, the points you make in the planes/helis go to the tanks or the 'random vehicle' itself, even though sometimes you don't own it? I would guess the RP and SL would go towards your current tank, righ?

[@Abi-fo7gh]

yep

[@szytek1702]

Q: Will you add back the classical music in the hangar? (As the Bethoven symphony)

[@MilitantOldLady]

Can we get an interview or live cast with the lead map designer? I have many questions.

[@misteronsepatro7018]

It was so much fun blowing up the ennemy team with a bomber after spawning it using the ebr

[@ebenen36]

True fact

[@bluhorizon332]

Any chance you could make a Metal Beasts or Pages of History section on the IS-7?

[@katyushatman5187]

will you add an option what allow us players to sell spare backups and unnecessary orders and wagers?

[@gergo668]

Will the East german t55 or t72 come to the game?Mabey as a squadron vehicle, or slpit the pather tree into west and east.

[@kirbykapow1797]

Q : When will you expand the battle ratings for all tech trees?

[@marcovizzari3008]

Q: could you remove reapiar costs? or at least reduce them. i play late italian piston fighter and if you die without bringing with you half of the enemy team you don't gain enough

[@pablofiasco2]

can we get a guide on using those Red Angel rockets that were added nearly a year ago, that there still seems to be little info on?

[@objektschatten3694]

Q: Is your tank still able to die to "Ammunition burnt down" while holding only non explosive ammunition?

[@Abi-fo7gh]

yes. in that case, it's the propellant that explodes, not the actual ammunition.

[@dimasabiyoso2918]

Being able to deploy a bomber with a nuke is basically COD tactical nuke killstreak

[@randomv3iwer]

Question: Why do some tanks have a small black medieval shield with white cross placed in the back of the vehicle?

[@_b_e_n_]

Q: how do you use the bomb series on a keyboard?

[@chungusbooper]

10:15 - Was this the worst possible example of a bomber to use in a tutorial? Say hello to the SL depression.

[@McOatmeal]

Bruce Feel better! you sound under the weather... Also you should do a wheeled vehicle biathlon

[@granmarbg]

I've got a throat problem that's been getting more prominent over the last three or four weeks. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

[@rodrigotapadas9802]

Q: Is it possible to kill an open tank crew member with a direct hit from a bomb?

[@Abi-fo7gh]

don't think so

[@PhantomTangeant]

@@Abi-fo7gh I actually think it might be possible - if you hit a tank directly with a bomb set to a time fuse, you get the damage camera displaying the point of impact. I've never actually hit an exposed crewman with one, though, so I can't be absolutely sure. Realistically if I see exposed crew, that's a job for my MG/Cannons, and the bomb is retained for harder targets.

[@ThaiFighterYT]

Q: Boulton Paul Defiant: When?

[@GamblingIo]

Will you add the Romanian IAR 80?The fighter variant

[@baruchratz512]

Early jets are not a small topic, and are the most defficult to learn (after top tire jets). Please make an entire section about them, or maybe even an entire video, because it takes 2-4 months to even start playing them properly.

[@markc2964]

Please add the ability to change the fuse time on the arcade bombers. Or give them a higher spawn altitude as enemy fighters spawning in will kill you with in 5 seconds nearly 10 out of 10 times if you don't immediately go into a dive in a bid to evade them.

[@lui1594]

Q: will you add the f 18 or any other new jets?

[@lafosh7234]

F18 all variants will absolutely break any sense of balance left at top tier

[@jacobthomas9058]

Could you guys do a video on the F86 Sabre family?

[@nathanielhauser6948]

Will there be an option to choose what targets to hit when test driving our tanks. It could help to experience how they far where the hits are landed.

[@Abi-fo7gh]

i don't understand you. you can choose targets by aiming at them, and the hit cam shows you what the damage is like.

[@SheridanM551]

Hi gaijin I made a cg vehicle ready to add into the game how do I get it added into wt

[@ebenen36]

Never

[@marcomarcolino95]

Question: Are you considering adding an ifv as every other nation, to the Italian techtree? Thank you

[@benoregan9016]

Q. When be decompression

[@xlthunder4100]

Q: I don't know if you already have been talking of it but i wanted to know if you are planning on adding Mirage III V for france ? VTOL is really interesting Edit : III V 02 could be for "free" and Balzac or IIIV classic could be the premium one

[@bigredbus2589]

Video idea: climbing the ranks with British navy

[@radustefan8945]

Q:what's the best tactic when playing t54 1949?

[@darknut9696]

Attempt: 5 Q. Will the Grand slam and Tallboy Bombs be added to be a rival to the FAB 5000?

[@gamer_jum3198]

Q: What if you put a large caliber cannon (like 85mm) on an SPAA, will it turn at the same speed? Or faster than MBTs?

[@left1brain177]

Q: what is the best way to get a kill or severely damage with rocket close air support

[@Abi-fo7gh]

aim the rockets at roofs of vehicles. you can also aim wing mounted rockets very slightly to one side so that the rocket will hit directly onto the roof instead of on one side.

[@hansenhenry5438]

Thanks for answering my question!!!

[@RuslanKrylev]

Please, turn ON subtitles!

[@pranavchavan9763]

I really love your narration Mr.bruce Q. How to play better with an Sherman tank and why do they have less armor on there sides????

[@Abi-fo7gh]

a lot of taks have less armor on their sides. i haven't played a sherman so have no idea how to play it.

[@shadowraven8768]

Q: When will there be another Legends video?

[@msorin74]

Q: will you add concrete/cement addon armor for later t34, stugs and shermans and give the sturer emil a proper scope so it works at long range like its surposed to so you dont have to keep moving it down.

[@Xballawanaka]

Q: what's the binocular icon below the repair icons in the lower left corner of the tank UI?

[@jewishlifematters]

it's to scout, in tank arcade simply select a tank and press it,and in RB you need to use either binoculars or scope

[@Xballawanaka]

@@jewishlifematters no, the one next to your x ray hull, all vehicles have it

[@jewishlifematters]

@@Xballawanaka then idk

[@manosrounakis]

Q: Why Italy didn't get a battleship in it's tech tree?

[@gumball6445]

Well the first Italian battle ships proper were made after ww1 so it's around 10 years ahead of the current ones so wait 1 or 2 updates and there should be a battle ship

[@manosrounakis]

@@gumball6445 sad for the Italian mains. I personally have every tank,jet and heli in the Italian tech tree. The ships are the thing that I don't have.

[@panzerfaust3203]

Q: can you use rockets as flares because they give out a heat signature

[@Abi-fo7gh]

maybe IRL but i don't think it's implemented in war thunder, besides the speed of the rocket would make it hard to track

[@Nunyabizy123]

What br do dusk and dawn battles start to happen? My panther 2 miss them now more then ever.

[@jacoproita9010]

Q:what is the best way to use mid tier italian fighters?

[@aperturegames3984]

Boom and zoom tactics

[@jacoproita9010]

@@aperturegames3984 how, given the fact that u cant outclimb most of the enemies

[@aperturegames3984]

@@jacoproita9010 at least i use the like that

[@Abi-fo7gh]

mid tier italian fighters are pretty maneuvrable, use that to your advantage.

[@thekat889]

Q: will you Move the Tiger II H somewhere instead of fighting cold war vehicles (same to Tiger II P)?

[@gamingsaber7333]

Q: what’s the best way to play the Tiger ll H?

[@acidicfire5570]

Will you be introducing elevation angles for SPHs?

[@CaptainLegionary]

10:36 what do you mean by 1.5 to 2km away? Drop the bombs 1.5 to 2km behind or infront of the target or what? Pls help me

[@starwarsniels]

can you tell us about the M103 and why there was 300 of them made? it is an heavy tank lately build

[@kVidStream]

But in the game, the Stug III's effectivity is dictated by an absent element (infantry). What BR will it have then other than 1.0?

[@Htatoohlaing]

Q: why did gaijin change from ground unit destroyed to target destroyed?

[@RoDe_1337]

Hi, my question is: Have you recently though about animating those steel wheels on EBR to allow them moving up and down? It's engine might be good but its much slower at every type of terrain than R3's

[@Abi-fo7gh]

you can't expect everything to be faster than an R3. the R3 is supposed to be fast, and you usually can't go faster than one.

[@RoDe_1337]

@@Abi-fo7gh that's OK, but its also a wheeled armoured vehicle that has only 4 of them... On the other hand EBR has 8 including 4 metal wheels for rough terrain.. They should help EBR to climb steeper hills than R3... but guess which vehicle is better in this? Exactly... Something that has 6.3 AMX 13's gun but 3.3 AMX 13's hull and poor mobility

[@Abi-fo7gh]

@@RoDe_1337 well, it's not just about wheels, the R3 has a higher power/weight ratio (i think), meaning it can go faster, even on some slopes.

[@Amigo-ix9qi]

Why do my boosters sometimes only affect the modification research and not the vehicle research? Does that happen when I loose?

[@PhantomTangeant]

Q: Are the FW 190 F-8's 'Panzerblitz 2' rockets going to be corrected? They lost their HEAT warheads and explosive mass at some point, making them ineffective. I used to quite enjoy using the aircraft as the rockets are unique to it, and are a fun challenge to get results with. I'd like to finish Acing its crew :)

[@down-under986]

G'Day! How do you guys react when someone says " Russian bias" and "Germany suffers"?

[@FSDRyan]

I say Russia suffers and German bias. But really though I dont beleive any faction truly has bias, I just think some factions have "golden ages" while others have "down time". Not to say its not unbalanced I beleive the BRs are quite broken in some places.

[@billytheshoebill5364]

@@FSDRyan Tiger H1 in 5.3 while M4A3E8 is in 5.7 facing KTiger

[@foxerbeta7689]

@@billytheshoebill5364 lol that br was hell for me

[@billytheshoebill5364]

@@foxerbeta7689 75mm Jumbo in 5.3 with an almost pointless APCR

[@philip5887]

You guys should add the Tiger H1 with wings, and also add so you can angle the air tank. - TSR

[@_sEo_02_]

Q: When will Volokolamsk be back?

[@sadmaz1860]

Any German CAS aircraft that can effectively kill targets and knock out a few planes like the P47?

[@Abi-fo7gh]

Fw 190 F-8, it's meh against aircraft but it has good firepower and roll rate and a lot of explosives to drop on people

[@TinyTank77]

Q: In The last video of the Shooting Range you mentioned spawn points for tank AB, could you abbreviate what they are?

[@Cedar77]

It's not much 'support' if the air vehicles take out what feels like dozens of tanks..

[@dariocrucesguaderrama4592]

Why do some planes have a small glass section in one of their wings? Does it contain the headlights?

[@Abi-fo7gh]

yeah, they contain lights

[@ridox0072]

Metal beasts : A-4B/E ? Or pages of history ?