USS TEXAS (BB-35) | KING OF FIRSTS | War Thunder Naval Review

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

I regularly visit Galveston, and every time I go downtown I love looking across the water to see the dry dock with USS Texas in it. Such a beautiful ship

[@CmdrTyrael]

I'm in awe of her just by the footage. I would probably melt in her presence like a schoolgirl at a Beatles concert 🤣

[@captainfordo3978]

The USS Texas is not only one of the Last Dreadnoughts, she's one of the last Super Dreadnoughts (the New York Class ships). The fact this legendary ship survived both WWI and ALL 5 THEATRES of WWII is amazing. Fun Fact. During D-Day, USS Texas would bombard the enemy forces of Normandy for over half an hour, until it ran out of ammunition. Once it came back with more ammunition, enemy forces were pushed far back inland that the guns couldn't reach them. So, the captain had a brilliant idea, and he ordered the crew to move the USS Texas from 12,000 yards to 3,000 yards, the closest the ship could go without beaching. Once it reached 3,000 yards, the captain ordered all of the starboard side blister tanks to be flooded, tilting the ship. Once the ship was tilted, the USS Texas began bombarding the enemy forces once again. Luckily, once the battle was done, the blister tanks would be emptied of water & repaired so that it could continue aiding allies for the rest of WWII.

[@hrunchtayt1587]

Absolutely livid that USN dreadnoughts in their interwar/WWII refits only get WW1 era shells not to mention intentionally horrible reload speeds based on bad sourcing. The shells that Texas, Nevada & Arizona use in-game wouldn’t have fit in the guns by the 1930s! Not to mention the shell they’d all use are Mark 14 AP and a HC shell, Mark 14 AP has been in game since Arizona was added but was removed mysteriously right before it was added to the main game.

[@CmdrTyrael]

Yeah the 14 inch shells "feel" sub-par compared to Japan. Although I wasn't aware which shells the US 14inch was supposed to fire. Thanks for letting me know

[@joshuakolnes9504]

The history behind the vehicle is what literally ever war thunder you-tuber is lacking im a new fan this video is great

[@CmdrTyrael]

Glad you enjoyed it. These beauties are history in physical form 🫡. See you again

[@leeneon854]

Good to see, HMAS, Australia, maybe sometime, should do more on naval stuff, good video

[@CmdrTyrael]

That's a good idea mate. I'll put that on the list.

[@TALISMAN7690]

USS Texas in game actually her 1920's to early 1944 as she still has the catapult on turret 3. It was deleted prior to D-Day.

[@JChris2403]

I really enjoy your intros. Really good work again. Thanks for the review. Gonna try out the Arkansas soon

[@CmdrTyrael]

Glad you like them! Gotta try and stay interesting 🙂 marat and Arkansas are next off the production line 🫡

[@TheAnnoyingF2P]

Doesn't matter if it's the 14"/45 or the 14"/50, as long as it's in those mounts, they are determined to make it suffer in-game. Should realistically be capable of at least 2RPM aced. That's of course without loading protocol violations, as Gaijin doesn't tend to like those (no cueballing on the USN 8" for example).

[@klipsfilmsmelbourne]

For Film History of the ship appeared in Michael Bay film Pearl harbor though the ship was not there at pearl but her parts does represent to some of the Pearl harbor Battleships use to have. Texas appeared as Flags of our Fathers as a set for secondary and AA guns shots and background shots

[@lucafernandes-pefumes729]

I feel like they took of water penetration mechanic,now you can’t shoot 0.1,0.2,0.3 meters under water line.The results of that very hard to get enemy ammoracks

[@CmdrTyrael]

It certainly feels harder to score waterline damage. Especially against ships like the Sevastopol class sitting so low

[@randomuser3555]

I bought this BB in WoW's when they first released her! In that game she is BEAUTIFUL! Although she has been so power creeped that playing her sucks now. Mainly the addition of damnable Subs. Also she is slow and a torpedo magnet. But dear GOD, she is a looker! I need to unlock her in WT Naval and check to see who did it better! Spoiler: It was WT Naval.

[@questionmark05]

I love Fargo, and its fast firing 6" guns more I think. I've just unlocked Texas. it's nice. I've been using the AA to light up destroyers and crusiers especially for the challenge currently on. I'm lucky I have a rank 63 crew.

[@CmdrTyrael]

Fargo is a Great ship, one of my favorite US ships. She still looks WW2 but with a small amount of modern flair. Radars etc.

[@questionmark05]

@CmdrTyrael I like its speed, the amount of AA, its turn speed is decent, it has base fuse which seems rare in the US ships and the rate of fire is awesome! I can take out heavy crusiers with the AP rounds if I manage to hit something important in the first few salvos, especially since there's usually 3 or 4 salvos heading their way before splash down. I thought about getting the Des Moines when it was 50% off last year because 8" fast firing auto-loaders! but $44 AUD was just a bit much. If I ever get a discount coupon for it, I would consider the Helena.

[@MichaelCasarin-s8z]

Me: *sees a battleship with 2 gun in the front and 2 more in the back* That’s a nice battleship *sees a fifth main gun in the middle* Me: UNOPPOSED UNDER THE CRIMSON SKIES IMMORTALIZED OVER TIME THE LEGEND WILL RISE! AND THEIR FOES CANT BELIEVE THEIR EYES! BELIEVE THEIR SIZES AS THEY FALL!! AND THE DREADNOUGHTS DREAD NOTHING AT ALL!!!!!

[@CmdrTyrael]

Love it 🤣🍾🚢

[@MichaelCasarin-s8z]

That my reaction to a dreadnought

[@Schimml0rd]

on the topic of HE vs AP on cruisers: i've been almost exclusively using AP against everything, sometimes even destroyers, since it can easily detonate the magazines :D especially against the american cruisers which seem to take almost zero HE dmg Edit: maybe thats a Scharnhorst thing tho, i think the germans have relatively weak HE

[@JaxxElectro]

Yes, APs are the most effective shells in current meta

[@CmdrTyrael]

Yeah AP or SAP with decent Penn is all the rage atm. I had some success using HE to kill a scharnhorst and the Marat. It took me 10x HE broadsides with the Arkansas vs a Scharnhorst to sink him. All damage aimed at the Bow

[@JaxxElectro]

@@CmdrTyrael current flooding mech is so broken and poorly designed

[@CmdrTyrael]

It's a move in the right direction I think. But definitely needs to be refined and given some more complexity. Let us have control over our damage control teams

[@DaBluBarron1918]

Ripple Fire 🔥. Best way to play BB’s in my opinion.

[@ousou78]

I rather split my fire for 2 salvo. It's the better compromise between alpha stick and firerate for US BB.

[@TOKOLOSHE100]

Nice review, thanks for t16!

[@CmdrTyrael]

No problem 👍

[@russell33313]

great vid, love when there is some history in the vids

[@CmdrTyrael]

Glad you like them! More to come o7

[@draikemile6327]

Video idea : Extend test & explaination of the new critical hull dammage ? Now that the update is here :D

[@nicholasleon7819]

Why's this Aussie making me feel so patriotic

[@nicholasleon7819]

Do you think SAP will make a return with the new flooding mechanics. I just had a really frustrating game with Hood where my AP rounds were just not finding the mags of an enemy Alaska and I longed for the days when SAP was king.

[@CmdrTyrael]

Haha, my aim is to inspire 🫡 I've been using SAP mainly with AP to destroy armor in the USSRbattleships and have found its a sure fire way to sink some ships. Think scharnhorst

[@Stockholder27]

i play the arizona and nevada and i personally dont understand just sitting there i like to push with the cruisers and take hits for them (i guess i wanna get as close to other ships

[@CmdrTyrael]

I'm the same I usually play aggressively unless My team is seriously outmatched in guns

[@ousou78]

From an historical point of view, USS Texas is a great addition but gameplay wise it's almost useless. Nevada and Arizona were already enough in the 14inch category. The ressource put on Texas could have gone for British Italian or French Navy. Or else the 16 inch BB. That reminds me of the waste of ressource in Japan ship tree with almost 3 time the same BB ( Fuso, Hyuga, Ise).

[@toenailmuncher0772]

Nevada is also a great 14" ship, maybe even better than Texas due to more AA and better gun layout. Historically, a great choice but like you said, the British, Japanese, Italians and French could've got their ships too

[@sneakyfishiix8014]

Wow he did enough damage to sheer of the bottom section of the torpedo bulge

[@CaptainGrief66]

6:26 On the topic of dispersion, are you aware if the game models that accurately? Like, if I fire single shots from a turret that has guns tightly put together like on Zara, does that impact dispersion positively?

[@CmdrTyrael]

I can't tell you definitively but I feel like shot placement and accuracy are greatly increased through the use of single fire. I do feel like triple turrets behave better than they did in real life on a full fire mission.

[@Thelogboss]

I need full backstory on one nut Steve

[@CmdrTyrael]

Lol it was a very quick event. Gone before he realised 🤣🤣 Barbed wire and ball sacks don't mix. 🫡🥜

[@zohaibtariq7351]

Nice gameplay

[@vagabundolino]

How can i fire each gun or turret independently? Just wondering

[@CmdrTyrael]

Answered your other comment 🫡

[@Texas-Dreadnought]

Would you have any suggestions for someone looking to grind up to the Texas? I really want to play her, but naval is such a grind for me at the moment.

[@sultanmcmillan]

Did anyone have problem with guns not traversing and moving for quite some times, look's like a bug and quite annoying when you have to fight 3 destroyer at once

[@CmdrTyrael]

I personally didn't have any issues, besides randomly exploding from time to time 🤣

[@sultanmcmillan]

IDK if that new features, or genuine new kind of bugs. But that is hella annoying

[@CmdrTyrael]

I experienced this last night while being pummeled by multiple cruisers. I think that perhaps there have been changes to the Fire director room. I think when it is destroyed you lose gunnery until it's repaired. I will have to test this though, it's just a theory

[@ArchD.]

@CmdrTyrael What's your opinion on the USS Arkansas? I've been enjoying Enduring Confrontation with the USS Helena but it would be nice to have a heavy hitter in my lineup :)

[@CmdrTyrael]

I haven't had a chance to play Arkansas yet. That and Marat are next. I'm guessing it will be decent as is Wyoming but I'll need to try it first.

[@MenGamer127]

16:37 excuse me? We Canadians are NOT British, read the damn name again. IT IS NOT HMS IT IS HMCS HAIDA P.s. it’s pronounced: hy-duh not: hy-iy-duh

[@CmdrTyrael]

Lol you'll survive. Gameplay is not scripted, and I'm bound to make some mistakes. You're kinda angry for a Canuck are you sure you're not a Brit? 🤣🤣 have a good one o7

[@MenGamer127]

@@CmdrTyraelyea sorry, we Canadians get really mad when someone says something that is ours belongs to a different country, hope I didn’t come out as too aggressive! Also some of my family came from England so that side probably came out XD

[@kennethmasters9329]

AP all the time.