War Thunder - B-17G-60-VE "Freedom Doesn't Knock... It Rings"

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[@botimegaming]

To Celebrate 7 Years of being on KZbin we will be hosting Custom Battles In War Thunder Today and Tomorrow! We will also be playing Arma 3 with the community on Sunday Evening! The fun starts now at www.twitch.tv/botimegaming Drop by and say hello!

[@nope5183]

And I wish you another 7 good years

[@dancingtiger577]

Happy 4th Bo & Squad

[@BritishPotato]

Why do you try to use every bomber as a dog fighter? What next? Dog fighting in a BV 238?

[@someguyontheinternet8282]

Can you guys play the b 25?

[@Ace-uu4hj]

Bo: Uploads a video on bombers Me: This shits gonna be good

[@axelmilan4292]

Those magnificent men in their flying machi- oh nevermind, their tail fell off

[@NoNameAtAll2]

Aaand it's gone

[@captainprotag0nist]

well they might not go uppity up up but they definitely go down

[@sampanyofella5832]

I love that film XD

[@greydivisiongaming8316]

Every bomber ever

[@brandonclark435]

Better than the front falling off

[@unknownz1238]

2:42 “No one dives at 300 knots There is a beast inside you, it will not die. IT WILL FIGHT BACK.”

[@RackHasAttacked]

*intense music intensifies

[@Kijby]

@@RackHasAttacked 'The battle is on' ....

[@sethjansson5652]

*decapitated panther charges at SPAA while a Dora get's messed by P-51's pulling 14 G's*

[@ClingyCrab]

*P-51’s join in with a B-17 formation and start shooting down 262’s*

[@sethjansson5652]

@@ClingyCrab *262 lights a fire on the number four engine of one B-17, causing an emotional and inevitable event*

[@MrA-ul6yq]

Me: can't even get 2 kills in air RB as a fighter. Bo: becomes ace in a bomber.

[@dse763]

It's easy with broken .50 and stupids Zeros trying to destroy you.

[@StealthySparky]

​@@dse763 It's not that easy but those players were basically free kills: slow targets, limited armaments and ammo and they went straight towards the strategic bombers, those guys are geniuses. The Ki-61 guy was the only one who knew what he was doing (and he probably had the worst aircraft in this match).

[@PorWik]

Mr. A I got 3 kills with a Stuka d5

[@bigfloppa6328]

@@dse763 no way .50 cals are powerful?!??! Omg who would have guessed

[@matheusmattos9104]

@@PorWik please... I got 7 kills with a stuka D5

[@Michael-eo5et]

You survived a strafe without your tail falling off, I'm so proud

[@Haftergohn]

Nice hacks :)

[@BrainDamage0001]

In War Thunder I was playing as a B-29 bomber and I've lost part of my right wing but I still managed to successfully complete the mission I only had three engines though I couldn't turn left because I had a hold left just to stay up but I also had some support with another B-29 who put part of his left wing under my right wing to help keep me up because him and I were the only two left idk how him and I survived 8 bf-109s but we did it

[@Haftergohn]

@Ximvaks i made a joke because my b17 doesnt survive a sneeze on it

[@andrewbacon7042]

@@BrainDamage0001 that's sick And it being b29s probably made it twenty times cooler

[@eluuunaiss15]

Not all in the life explodes

[@ArchaicPaladin]

B-17 gets a little love tap: Tail falls off Gaijin physics at its finest.

[@axelmilan4292]

Is not error, is feature blyat

[@jameskarg3240]

sue em

[@jiaruiyan870]

Lmao you might want to check how much damage minengeschoss can do to an aircraft irl

[@alistairdiren5790]

I just came here after watching a B-17 piggyback riding on another B-17

[@martijn9568]

@@jiaruiyan870 The aft fuselage shouldn't fall of from 20 mm fire, even minengeschoß. The horizontal- and vertical stabilisers and the wings should have the possibility of falling of due to 20mm fire.

[@Mr-Q2]

Some Boeing rep, probably: "General, this new fangled B-17 model excels at turn fighting and would be more than a match for the Japanese 'Zeke'"

[@smigoltime]

When Bo said "You're anything but professional" I felt that.

[@rogueleader7506]

Sup Smigol

[@aceclub3555]

Yo, good to see you smigol.

[@semso2603]

hey smigol

[@tangolikehydra8208]

when smigol said i felt that, i felt that

[@tentegono579]

Hambone : crashes on aircraft carrier Smigol : pfff amateur

[@AmericanBoyo]

It’s always a bo vid in where the first 5 seconds ham somehow kills his teammates

[@f4_phantom_485]

@ItalianBoyo Or if someone is screaming about incoming bombs

[@CAPTTIGHT230]

@@f4_phantom_485 Yes! Lol

[@maxwellclark6992]

There was a B-17 that did “go fighter mode” look up old 666, you’ll see, also the bombardier named Joe Sarnofsky( sorry if I misspelled that ) won the Medal of Honor posthumously

[@ryanschmitz1897]

Wasn’t that the most armed b-17 in WW2 that got ganged up on by 20 (give or take a few) Japanese zeros?

[@alistairdiren5790]

@@ryanschmitz1897 16 Zeroes and 1 Ki-45 "Toryu" Twin Engined Heavy Fighter depending on the sources

[@evanalden2117]

I seen the doc and wow...then it gets your hopes up jump on warthunder to deal sweet b17 death and the duct tape comes off and there goes your tail

[@craigmilton356]

So as “Ye Old Pub”

[@Everything_Else_Is_Taken]

the 19-gun flying battleship in the sky?

[@mohammedsabbagh3041]

I was the wyvern and when you did the roll i was crying of laughing from what happened 😂😂💔

[@martijn9568]

Thanks to you I'm temporary deaf😂

[@stop_tryharding]

WHAT?? SORRY I CANT HEAR YOU.

[@thanatosstorm]

Why would you tempt Bo so? 🤣🤣🤣🤣😈

[@mohammedsabbagh3041]

@@thanatosstorm i was enjoying the escort with him and doing my moves till he killed himself 😂😂💔

[@mohammedsabbagh3041]

@@martijn9568 you welcome 😂😂💀

[@2xtoo145]

Bo, freedom doesn’t knock or ring. It comes in the form of .50 cal

[@luftwaffles1203]

Or in an M4 Sherman

[@jacksonmeans4927]

It rings when a garand ejects the clip

[@orbiter277]

Of many .50 cals

[@battalionstallion3894]

it brrrrrrts

[@monk5913]

No the definition of freedom is 2 .50 cal

[@luftwaffles1203]

That is how you deliver freedom, with a B-17G-60-VE. Happy Independence Day my fellow Americans.

[@theepicgerman6153]

Air waffles? Is this a new drone service? Sign me up!

[@luftwaffles1203]

@@theepicgerman6153 good one by sadly no.😂

[@Icewallowcome05]

LuftWaffles I need you to drown the Shenanigans with your maple syrup!

[@guyman2674]

I like how you've started just painting all your heavy bombers with safety red/orange now. It's important to always remember to apply safety colors to your bombers before taking off, kids!

[@admiralpavelnakhimov8755]

"The B-17 was well known for being able to take a lot of punishment" Literally anyone: *Press X to doubt.*

[@LucasGamer-sj6ws]

X

[@ClingyCrab]

You’d be surprised by how much they could take, War Thunder doesn’t give them enough credit.

[@jiaruiyan870]

ClingyCrab1951 one 30mm mk108 shell can take the tail of a spitfire clean off in real life. I don’t think the b17 can do that much better lol

[@DAKOTA56777]

@@jiaruiyan870 www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/eeebe3963b7baaec9dd049b4c39e21e2.jpg This B-17 took an 88 flak round to the tail and it did okay. The majority of bomber losses irl were due to engine damage, or pilot hits, not structural failure. The reality of heavy bombers is that they still hold together with entire chunks blown out of tails, fuselage, even the wings. Go watch documentaries where pilots, German or otherwise, talk about how they approach a bomber. They target engines, pilots, and gunners, they don't try to saw through the entire thing. I'm sure you could saw a B-17 tail off with 30mm cannons, but you'll expend a lot more ammo than if you just put a burst into the engines. And that ammo is needed when the B-17 formation is 50 planes not 5.

[@fila6243]

@@jiaruiyan870 lol you got someone to call you on it. theres lots of incredible damage photos of b17s that came back.

[@jesseparker7877]

Against the Japanese: B-17 stands a chance Against the Germans: Auf Wiedersehens, fickbois

[@SnakierElm62]

Ja

[@XMJ3904]

Cept the time a German plane rammed one, and it landed fine.

[@pozgaming4665]

You know a bomber is good when Bo and friends not only drop their payloads and destroy the target, but then get ace status with a bomber and go out of their way to bully fighters. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

[@sandynathan]

1:26 "great shooting bear, don't get cocky"- Bo Solo 2020

[@BritishPotato]

When no is in fighter: Other team: oh on we are done for When no is in bomber: Other team: save you ammo, let him destroy himself

[@oliverprince7659]

I had to read this atleast 4 times

[@Thatcher-vk4ul]

Yeah i was confused with when no is..... part

[@mmerpremm]

Truly different times... when bo made his sharp turns the wings stayed perfectly intact... bad b17 nerfs are among us nowadays.

[@TakeTheL-iam]

The amount of fighters that died targeting bombers is honestly insane

[@capnlevi6353]

B-17 formations, my dreams come true.

[@jakobc.2558]

Who would win? A massive 4 engine full metal extremely well constructed bomber build to shrug of damage or *a single german 20mm HE shell which is as big as 2 fingers next to each other?* Gaijin be like: *GERMANY ALWAYS HAS TO WIN!* _Inserts Admiral Graf Spee, Tiger H1 at 5.3, Panther D at 5.3, Jagdtiger at 6.7, Panzer IV 70(V) at 5.3, completely removes drag from BF 109, gives FW 190 UFO turn rate, nervs .50 cals, buffs MG 151_

[@dagbakka9995]

50 cals are way too overpowered. And the in game, the b17 meets 20 and 30mm machine cannons which would tear the b17 in half with around three shoots

[@captain0080]

50 cals can shoot planes down and turn panzer 4s into swiss cheese

[@lordwintertown8284]

@@dagbakka9995 Say realism all you want but Mouse Aim exists. Mineshells plus the accuracy of mouse aim shouldn't be a thing, we cannot change mouse aim but we can nerf the mineshells to an acceptable level and it'll be a win win for all as everyone that faces Germany hates there broken mineshells.

[@dagbakka9995]

@@lordwintertown8284 I understand I still hate 50 cals though. Rip my wings off

[@jakobc.2558]

@@dagbakka9995 play U.S. first before saying .50 cals are OP. Please just do it. When you spray down a 109 with constant hitmarkers appearing on your reticle, nothing happens, then his friend comes so you have to break and the 109 outturns you and oneshots you then you will know which of the two is the broken weapon system.

[@Nick-rs5if]

That B-17 ace with the tail gone be like: B-17: "I didn't hear no bell!" 😂

[@rooch81]

Man that gunner that destroyed the plane that killed Mike was EPIC !

[@slip-n-dip2906]

2:58 Damn ok just recreate the release trailer

[@MrMagnat007]

StickBoy restores the art of Plane-fu by Body slamming Bo. Hambone is just Legendary.. and Mike.. well Cannon fodder comes to mind.. Great Video HIGHLY entertaining.

[@baghdaddymike6669]

MrMagnat007 I prefer “Meat Shield”

[@Vesmir789]

The rising phoenix moment was nothing short of pure majesty and grace

[@nou-jn6uz]

Darn you Bo! In the hide and seek you crushed my little L33 with your Centauro.

[@armoredcf3536]

Everybody gangsta until the b17 becomes a fighter

[@Nimori]

The only times I remember seeing footage of a B-17 losing its tail, was because of friendly fire via dropping bombs. It went out of formation. Mind you, I’ve seen tons of footage, and listened to many stories at the VFW years ago in 2004 before the greatest generation began to dwindle. The craziest thing they ever saw was a german plane ramming them, unexploded flak in the wing, a giant hole in the left wing (heh) and two B-17’s colliding. In war thunder, it can be brought down by simple 7.7’s. Like so much for those big steel beams everywhere, huh....

[@ohayoch.]

" Theres a beast deep inside you it will not die it will fight back" to a whole new level

[@beheuy7732]

The b-17 doesn’t have fifty cals it has freedom dispensers

[@shoewithbeans8472]

Plane: Gets shot in half Bo: I see nothing wrong

[@goodbo2181]

3:10 "There is a beast. Deep inside you. It will not die. IT WILL FIGHT BACK"

[@fuldaman1691]

that's from the war thunder trailer thing

[@goodbo2181]

@@fuldaman1691 Yup. I just had to. Couldn't resist the opportunity.

[@fuldaman1691]

@@goodbo2181 good enough you earned my respect for life

[@erwintesla]

I wish my friends were as wholesome as this.

[@sethjansson5652]

I'd love to see documentation on how often it was for a bombers tail to fall off clean from an engagement from the direct rear, or if anything at any angle.

[@phantomaviator1318]

Very rare, I'd say

[@maxwellclark6992]

Actually, the area just behind the wing, and just in front of the waist gunners position, was the weakest and German pilots were instructed to aim there and you could literally break the plane in two

[@sethjansson5652]

@@maxwellclark6992 As I had said, I would love to see documentation. Even then dude, they would have to literally aim top-down at the fuselage. In game, that shit happens when they aim anywhere at the thing.

[@jiaruiyan870]

Lmao you really do need to see what a 30mm mk108 shell can do to an aircraft irl. Spoiler, one hit can take the tail of a spitfire clean off.

[@sethjansson5652]

@@jiaruiyan870 Yeah, a Spitfire, with a tail as thin as your Wehraboo logic. But it's not just 108's that can magically take a bombers tail clean off. Even Japanese .50s can do that shit, as well as at a level flight engagement. You didn't seem to get my point which was that the damage modeling is ass in the game, and especially with bombers.

[@WisePlayz]

Bo " if he can do it I can do it too" proceeds to stall the engines, get stuck inverted, and become a lawn dart with no wings.

[@sans1451]

The B-17E/L is my favourite plane in warthunder

[@josephphillips8019]

B-24 and B-25 are my favorite bombers. P-47 favorite fighter.

[@emilbt7588]

@@josephphillips8019 B-24 is the real sheet

[@josephphillips8019]

@@emilbt7588 hah. B-24s have better cruising speed, bombload, and more mass produced then the B-17.

[@emilbt7588]

@@josephphillips8019 i meant as in a good way...

[@emilbt7588]

@@josephphillips8019 "An instance of true authenticity; An occuring event which leads an individual to believe that it is, in fact, real shit."

[@Bighappykitty]

7 views. Last time I was this early Bo had to buy Coby a new set of headphones.

[@mr3839]

Don’t hit me with the nostalgia like that and act like it’s nothing.

[@mclaren712]

“Go around me to the LEFT” 😂

[@flyawaytodie]

*Insert Alec Guinness voice* Cobey...now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

[@craigwilson9946]

Now that really is an intro clip

[@Waldemarvonanhalt]

I like how the formation flying actually worked.

[@baghdaddymike6669]

Waldemar especially when I figured out how to hold position lol.

[@jxdirsdt1045]

This is just Awesome! Thanks for the laughs Bo and Crew! Happy 7 year channel anniversary and have a 7 more blessed years to come!

[@wkeysgxt4102]

Love your video

[@Austral8889]

"In gonna turnfight a zero, thats what this thing is made for" People that built the B17e and specified it was a bomber: *excuse me what the fuck*

[@veelesvuorio5182]

Finally a new b17 video. I like bomber gameplays alot so it would be nice if they would do more of them

[@redfro4992]

"great shooting Bear, don't get cocky!" you're the Jedi Master Bo

[@c00kedmilk]

Bo, F.222, lord knows the shenanigans that will follow :o

[@Haftergohn]

Now that idea makes me smile

[@VioletSilence]

"it's just like Beggar's canyon back home." [drops a bombload]

[@Jayjet777]

Looks like y'all could use some Red Tail fighter escort

[@RAAFLightning1]

16:30 - "You won't get out, not when it dives at 300 knots"

[@zyggybaranowski6852]

Never reduce your engines unless you are dropping bombs. You need all the speed you can to climb and run from fighters. And always climb. A bomber only has 1 true defense: distance. Always try to make a fighter stall to climb to you, or keep them behind you so you have the max amount of gunners facing them. If needed, turn away and run while climbing. And keep your bomb bay closed. If you leave it open, it creates more drag and slows you down.

[@That.1.Broski]

Imagine thinking your formation will save you from like 5 Bf-109s and then having to watch as two of your friends get shot down and slowly fall towards the ground

[@baghdaddymike6669]

First time playing Bombers in WT, but big fan of the B17 and it’s history. What I learned in game that mimics real life - the formation is your life. Break formation, you die. Formation flying is HARD, especially during turns with different models of aircraft. If you get to the target, the bombing run itself is pretty anticlimactic if there is no flak. Also, 30s are relatively useless against German aircraft, 50s are your friend. And finally, Bo is a total WT aviation wizard, turn fighting Zeros in a B17. Kids, DONT try this at home! Lol. Hope y’all have as much fun watching as we did making it!

[@allisonkocsis3455]

great job Mike

[@khannaraha8817]

did you also learn to never be in the formation in front of Hambone or is that in the TBLF training manual?

[@42grath]

Ham and you every time: "We can fly Blue Angel formations and not hit each other" Ham and you 2 seconds later: *tail snaps off* I love it

[@ericsteffensmeier2166]

Great video as always keep up the good work Bo and tblf

[@ajaydeva3531]

Bo: He is in the carrier that gonna sink Bear: Wait what.. Laughed hard

[@johnpurdy3336]

*sees first 15 seconds of the video* Its good to see everything going exactly as planned 😌 Little did I know that was a preview of all the mass chaos about to come lmao

[@mii3039]

"Five O'clock Rock" " *WHAT* " "I dOnT KnOw"

[@WillBaron]

3:13: “Their is a beast inside you. It will not die... IT WILL FIGHT BACK!”

[@michiyl]

Wow ... that "Ace in a Bomber" part - most impressive! I'm glad you were able to salvage it because all those burning planes and all/most of you surviving the onslaught ... just WOW! Also thanks to Hambone, Bear, Stickboy, Mike et al for giving their best and supporting you in a very difficult plane type! Those things are stressful to say the least ^_^

[@UnitedDucky]

Bo, playing light and medium fighters: We need to be carful! Bo, playing heavy bombers: Lets CRUSH

[@sabregunner1]

TBLF up to its usual shenanigans. Love this vid. Congrats on 7 years

[@kennetht8951]

18:20 granpa how did your frends die Grandpa: our pilot tryed to show some tricks to a wyvern S4 but failed... i was the only one to get out Gran son: that is sad grandpa

[@devondunseth8619]

As a b17 player this is literally every game sometimes it's fun, other times it's watching your tail being ripped off from about a 2km away.

[@igorpachmelniekzakuskov776]

The wyvern pilot must've thought: "wow, that guy is an idiot"

[@hdcakes6952]

I like how other people are gonna try to pretend to be me when i was flying with you😂

[@chrisg9967]

I'll vouch hes my Friend on xbox you all need to stop talking Credit for it.

[@Aiim200]

I've been waiting for this for four years

[@Reptifriends]

I didn’t realize how much prettier the game is until coming back to these older videos! So much has changed I can’t believe I didn’t notice 😂

[@LeverActionBoi]

I feel like the bombers have gotten weaker, but yeah the graphics are top notch.

[@varrunningtrains4112]

0:06 And kids, that's how I met your mother.

[@nonyanks2510]

Bo turns into a lawn dart.....perfect!

[@hollycrusader8]

i've been waiting for this plane for 3 years now it has come

[@sauronsrighthandman301]

Holy crap that zero kill was spectacular.

[@Bonane]

I dont know why, but the videos about Bombers are the most fun to watch... xd love your content, I was just in your Stream (Bonane_Gaming) or the Angry Death Tractor, was very fun! Keep it up :) oh and maybe check out Civ 6 if you want a relaxing game to chill...

[@thf773]

prolly cause of the screaming, panic, fire, and .50s. And Waldo needing another beer.

[@rhicks1337]

I am simple man, I see video where Bo plays a bomber, I click the video.

[@tht1drnkrussian]

Whatever happened to Moe and Cobey? I miss the og bo time crew.

[@bagelsecelle9308]

That B-17 part in the start is so realistic lmao

[@silasmcgee3647]

I can imagine how that guy in the zero felt getting shot down by a crippled B-17 with no tail

[@hanro7430]

Happens to all of us

[@HeyItsMeGoku785]

8:21 Wikipedia: AND THE B-17 WAS ONE OF THE MOST DURABLE AIRCRAFT IN THE MILITARY

[@Queenfisher12]

2:55 Bo: "I'M READY! HOW 'BOUT YOU?!"

[@Twerkulies]

My friends and I love playing bombers. We found that the B-17 by itself is very easy prey, but the 3 of us combined were nearly unstoppable. One match we had 9 kills between us. People just couldn't resist 3 bombers flying in formation close to each other, that's like 3 easy kills.

[@coylehetrick1857]

Bo is the only person I know of that can ace in a bomber consistently

[@jodiespang6439]

My plane:gets hit once My pilot:I’m gunna take a nap

[@joehaddow2746]

You should try a to do a formation with one of you guys as a B-29, a B-24, and a B-17. They may be different BR's but it would be kind a cool and different.

[@timmy3822]

Holy crap that intro, that's my dream flying a bomber formation. It just sucks that you lost your tail likely from the first bloody 20mm round to hit it. Tails fall off these large bombers WAY too easily.

[@TWH_Pixy]

Holy shit that collision at the beginning looked straight out of a movie

[@ajmod73]

Bo in the intro after seeing his friends get killed by zeros: _THERE'S A BEAST DEEP INSIDE YOU, IT WILL NOT DIE, IT WILL FIGHT BACK_

[@betaium]

The b17s that couldnt

[@KeepItBrick]

Last time I was this early America was still a British colony.

[@TC-yv3ud]

Imagine being the tail gunners when the tail flies off. Oof

[@hellohellohellohello____]

If war thunder had a community newspaper it would have said: man survives landing on a Cartier safe. Then he is obliterated by bomb.

[@mrbabs1594]

LOL "Hot and Single B17s in the area." lol hahahah War Thunder Dating history

[@jameschristoffersen238]

When you realize it was posted on the Fourth of July "Freedom intensifies"

[@AndrewZentner]

Everyone: How can that B17 dogfight?! Bo: Highway to the Danger Zone.

[@Sean_XT]

18:50 the surviving crewmember can tell the story of their pilot stupidly trying to copy the tricks of an interceptor while flying a bomber

[@jameszumalt3451]

11:09 bo became the b-17 dubbed ye old pub 😂

[@stansearcheslife6363]

I love how in the first clip we finally saw the effectiveness of rear gunners

[@nissanskyliner3424]

I can’t see such nice B-17G get shot down by Japanese fighters

[@ScrollingThroughBrah]

FINALLY A B17 VIDEO I HAVE BEEN WISHING FOR YOU TO MAKE ONE YESSSS HAPPY 4TH

[@tkestrel2100]

"I can do that too. Its fin" . . "Ok its not fine, its not fine"