War Thunder Complete Guide - Radar 101

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Outro Music: A.N.O. - Vanish
0:00 Intro
0:47 Controls
2:29 Options
3:28 FInding your radar set
3:47 RWR
4:14 Search mode
5:55 Velocity / PDV mode
6:26 C scope
6:45 Radar scan area
7:40 Target detection and IFF
7:53 ground clutter
8:10 Locking people in BVR mode
8:53 Improving your chances of a solid lock
9:24 Common lock issues
9:48 ACM mode / Dogfight mode (most convenient way of using radar)
11:04 Alternative ACM scan areas
11:24 HMD (most powerful function)
12:01 TRK or Track mode (After succesful target acquisition)
12:31 Reasons for losing lock (continuation of 9:24)
13:21 Change radar / IRST mode (Non pulse doppler, PD, TWS)
14:24 SRC LD
14:40 Pulse doppler / PD Mode
15:18 PD downsides / SRC advantages
16:07 MTI mode (PD from wish.com but harder to notch)
16:53 HDN modes (better range, easier to notch)
17:26 TWS mode
18:23 Quick summary of the radar modes
18:18 Radar gunsights (not lead indicators)
19:50 Uncaged missiles (slaving explained at at 21:19)
20:10 IRST mode
21:19 Radar slaving IR missiles
21:57 Radar gunsight (lead indicators)
22:47 you made it! Show Jaek some support :)
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[@snottytoe6957]

I am not going to watch this video so that I can continue to complain about how I don't understand how it works on your other videos. I hope you understand.

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[@GeneralLee2000]

The collaboration we needed, absolute massive Ws all around

[@irontaoist2665]

Glad to see guides like this coming up. I had to learn a lot about them by experimentation and learning how they operate on my own.

[@bosmith4560]

Your channel has taken me from scared to play anything but arcade to refusing to play it. Thanks for the great content.

[@jamesdavies7891]

same bro really thank you defyn it took me 1700 hours to get to the f16 c iv just unlocked it lol

[@malithaw]

Same man

[@unoriginalplays120]

Great guide, now its easier for me to continue to mess up radar modes and kill teammates

[@perennialE]

An absolute S tier cook. Thank you Jaek and Defyn

[@SomeOrdinaryJanitor]

as a 10,500+ hour veteran, i am still learning a lot about this game. and i have played well over 5 years.

[@averies23]

insane!

[@Hadgerz]

"Too many missions? This is what you signed up for, pilot!"

[@skilz2kil528]

I've seen a tone of WT radar guides from CC's this is definitely among the best for a thorough breakdown when new to radar sets - great visual aids, straight to the point and easy to understand. Great job Defyn, and big thanks to Jaek too 👍

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[@martijn9568]

​@@edwardking9359That. There are native English accents out there that aren't nearly as comprehensible.

[@thatoneraotguy2590]

One thing about MTI: usually the range in which the MTI can see is a bit over half of the range in which the normal search mode can see, and this applies both for searching and tracking

[@mrno4hh]

Much needed video, just hit higher tier and had not idea how to efficiently use radar. You’re the man Defyn!

[@cookiecraze1310]

Having had to just fight with a Lvl 15 F4S player who didn't know what countermeasures are or how to use radar, I am very glad you and Jaek have made this. At this point Gaijin should just link to these videos and Jaek's video on missiles for the top tier guide.

[@damocles8159]

Although I only fly stuff that has a proper engine (meaning propeller) and thus am not bothered with radar, I very much appreciate your continuous effort to provide helpful guidance to the WT player-base.

[@averytiredman4857]

Now have you seen the F6F-5N? It has a propeller and a radar. Good for finding airfield campers when they try to sneak away.

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[@zuzzolo3959]

Yes! I was waiting for this guide, thanks DEFYN!

[@jakobc.2558]

I also highly recommend setting up controlls for moving around the dish manualy. I use controll as a combo key. So while I use WASD normaly for flying, when I hold Controll I controll the radar with WASD instead. It's especialy handy at top tier since you can stay at tree top level safe from radar missiles and aim the radar with Controll+WASD at enemys instead of having to point my nose up.

[@Ronnie_McDoggle]

Thanks for the tip

[@discochicken4622]

This was a long awaited video. Thank you so much I’m sure I can speak for everyone when I say thank you for these awesome tutorials

[@melihcigdm]

Whole video is like explaning a dumb. Even with 1.5k hours in game i still love it. Great job greatest pilot.

[@jjfelldownawell]

Simply put this is the war thunder content that we need. I really appreciate the high-quality work that went into helping me understand radars!

[@Blanchboi]

I will definitely be sharing this video! Thank you for this amazing resource, it'll help a ton with new players getting to top tier!!

[@BazzRahulGaming]

Just one word for the Radar Guide : - PERFECT

[@commoncents6831]

Thre absolute BEST how to use radar guide out there period....bravo and thank you

[@ryanyang2669]

I believe the only other radar guide video I've ever seen was by Tim. This was very much needed, thanks defyn!

[@alfredoacuna9794]

An absolutely great video. Will definitely watch it a few times, there's too much info to take in. Thank you Defyn, I assure you we appreciate your efforts!

[@ArmaBulgarian]

This banger of a video drops as I am working on getting the MiG-23M. Definetely a nice explanation to start working on using the radar and IRST

[@Grimmy_Grimes]

The single best piece of media War Thunder has ever seen. Thank you.

[@aceofthunder9868]

Best radar guide yet, nice work defyn.

[@alexnahid1302]

Absolutely 10/10 guide, very well explained. Lovef to see this collab! The only small thing i could nitpick is that some IRST systems, like the mig29´s, can actually show the range and closure rate of the locked target.

[@Chieftian101]

A really helpful guide, been struggling to figure out how to use my radar, this video helped a ton. Cheers!

[@Cam_Wight]

This is the definative WT Radar video! no more needed, well played define

[@NotOlzen]

Love the work you 2 did. Its been great for a player thats still quite new to Air RB

[@cyberdroid2300]

Wow this was incredibly helpful, I've gone from not understanding radar at all to getting the grasp of it in 1 day. I don't have any top tier radar missile vehicles unlocked but I hoped into the premium F-4S for a test drive and I've gotten the jist of how these systems work. Thanks again.

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[@rags417]

Thanks for all that - REALLY helpful (or will be when i finally get in to higher tiers). Other tutorials have focused on the technology whereas your video focused on the usage, both are good to know but yours are much more useful. Your video brought to my mind at least three things things that Gaijin still needs to do. The first is to add radio direction finding or RDF on certain older aircraft. This wasn't a big thing in combat and was designed mainly to help friendly aircraft navigate in bad weather to an airfield or carrier but I could see this being used in game whenever an enemy aircraft used chat to give a quick clue as to which direction they a rein reference to the player, very handy in late game battles where there are only a few enemy left. The second would be to overhaul the gunsight system to show the differences between fixed, gyrostabilised and radar directed gunsights. Gyrostabilised sights should move the pipper in 3rd person mode away from the direction of turn based on g-pull while radar gunsights would do the same but also show a simplified form of the arcade style lead indicator. One of the big advantages of the F-86 over the MiG-15 in Korea was having radar gunsights yet as you point out this is nearly useless in game. The last big change would be to add a DCS-style "Jester" or guy in back function for multi-seat aircraft, including all bombers. This would be a series of audible clues as to enemies spotted, missile launches, incoming gunfire and so on and could like radar be set to more or less detail - having half a dozen gunners on your B-17 call a passing FW-190 might be overload but having just the left and right waist gunners call out as he passed would be very useful. It may be crew skill based so more experienced crews give shorter, more accurate and more relevant shout outs. While I am dreaming there is one last bonus change I would like and that would be a GCI function for certain matches that had it for one or both sides. The function would be initiated by a bound keystroke and would give the bearing range and altitude (BRA) info of the last known location of the nearest enemy to the player. This would replace the current battlefield radar minimap in RB and would IMO be a lot more useful then a field of cluttered red and blue markers.

[@ians1706]

thank you for the effort put into this very detailed tutorial

[@ozz8939]

I was waiting for this for a long time, thanks!

[@FishFlys]

I'm a little late sorry but I just had to say that while I am a newer player (lvl50) im still learning the ropes on props and jets, but your channel is by far the most helpful when I am trying to figure out where I went wrong. Sure I have had my good moments and clips, but this channel made me realize early on that the most important part of the game when learning is dying and figuring out how I could have reduced the chance of that happening that way. I'm already writing an essay but the jist is thank you for being here mate!

[@alles213]

this is an awesome video, thank you so much for explaining all this. I recently go really into Air RB and this was super helpful

[@SlicerJen]

Best radar guide out there for getting into the details.

[@neverhook]

This video is what i was looking for and the king uploads!! Thanks for the work

[@occho787]

Thank you for this video man, i immediately got way too better with my newly researched R-27E1

[@luisbarrera2427]

Amazing explanation about RDt systems and how they work on all acft in War Thunder

[@benjamins.7093]

Thank you for this awesome radar guide!

[@miguelnarciso496]

I wish i had this guide when I started to play high tiers. Super well made.

[@jberg351]

Thanks for making such great content. It is the reason I have progressed and am able to actually enjoy war thunder at all lol

[@helltoncek6572]

Awesome video. I knew all of these, but I love your style of making videos. 🚀

[@SolemnGW2]

Thank you, no one has been able to explain it quite like this.

[@farmcat9873]

Nice explanations for radar real good and some details that people need to know.

[@Budkitkat]

This was very helpful Defyn thanks a lot

[@blitzhacker6981]

Thank you so much for this. I wasn't able to find anything about radar that was up to date or relevant.

[@vladyslavivanchenko6071]

Спасибо огромное, искал подобное видео очень давно, но их просто нет на ютубе, а сами гайджин объяснили лишь косвенно. Было познавательно!

[@poliznia]

If you need another one Tim’s Variety has a good one too. Both of these are the videos I would recommend.

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[@newguyiswinning]

Nice, great video. Always love a 101 video since they arent many

[@SGt_RaZeR]

deam bro that is a ton of work on this video thank you sooooo much

[@TheDAWinz]

Shoutout Jek the Jaek of all time!

[@Kamil666O6]

Very good guide! Sadly, i did not learn anything from it, but for a new player i think it is the most in depth guide, that will be much of a help. Keep it up, while i show this to few of my friends, which are approaching their first radar jets.

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[@Shinito2]

real fancy guide on how to press ACM and then mash lock and fire

[@DEFYN]

So true bestie, spit your shit indeed

[@AtomicKepler]

Thanks a lot for the lovely guide!!!

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[@eiteiei4063]

Small note, if you want to hit your Fox 1s much more consistently, if chaffed, DON'T BREAK AND RE-ACQUIRE LOCK! If your missile has CW or Continuous Wave guidance, it will still steer towards the original target you launched on as long as the radar illuminates it even a little, if you break and try to lock the enemy aircraft again, the missile will fly blind for a while and may not find the target again, leading to it self destructing. So, when chaffed, just let the radar be, if the missile is already on short final into your enemy's cockpit, it'll find it's way there even if the box isn't on tha plane!

[@DEFYN]

Will be in the next video :)

[@eiteiei4063]

@@DEFYN Looking forward to it! o7

[@NPC-0013]

Now a lot of it makes some sense!!!! Thanks mate good video 👍

[@tilman80ify]

Just what I needed! thanks!!!!

[@theduck3961]

Love how the swift f7 missiles work best with the radar turned off

[@Rorywizz]

Yup, the missiles work really well but most people do not know how to turn the radar off by the time they get it

[@RalfG999]

I Love this kind of Videos so much

[@dedneyder3586]

Italian Accent: someone has to do it. Monatone: THE MISSILE KNOWS WHERE IT IS, IT KNOWS THIS BECAUSE IT KNOWS WHERE IT ISN'T.

[@dedneyder3586]

I should be shot 😢

[@MrScientifictutor]

Beautiful work as always

[@monkesoldier3002]

Great video, you didn't miss a single thing about radars in war thunder and managed to explain everything in a bit over 20min. Impressive.

[@riuneko]

i will say, i can’t seem to find if he covered entering ACM from a radar shut off position? i know he mentioned pressing Lock in ACM toggles the radar (in video - turns off) but i don’t think he mentions specifically turning off the radar and locking to activate ACM

[@jaek_898]

​​​@@riuneko10:35, thought it was intuitive enough but it probably could have been explained a little better

[@zhon8650]

i love defyn's c-scope

[@andre232323]

Thanks for this guide!

[@josephballin464]

If I knew you personaly i would give you a kiss for this amazing tutorial

[@-myhcroft-8475]

Thanks for this. Excellent guide

[@professorgrouch]

This video should make you the biggest WT KZbinr. Love your content!!

[@56Seeker]

Thanks for that. A lot of info to take in, in one vid.

[@tsu2516]

Best guide out there

[@kisbiflos]

Damn. Thanks for this video. Nice job.

[@JuneJaguar]

Good timing. Im getting near to radar tier. Watched all of ur dogfighting videos thanks for existing pX

[@tgcgaming8614]

Thanks bro. Literally the first match after watching this video I went from getting 0 kills consistently in the f14 to getting 2-3 per game

[@xanderwusky3001]

absolutely awesome video

[@mikestuder5527]

Much appreciated, thanks mate!

[@ajetauto5592]

This is going to help me a lot in sim battles not so much in air RB.

[@warthunderclipsthesecond]

Been dying to use radar on my controller, thank you🙏

[@Mateuszekek]

Great guide! Thanks!

[@tytusel]

Amazing Guide! One thing that I hoped to see was mentioning that PDV (HDN) and MTI do not support/don't work with IFF. I, as a sim player, get a bit annoyed when I get missiled by a tm8 and then hear that I was marked as a enemy. I'm sure a few viewers here play sim battles and might not know about it yet, or they are just starting to play sim battles in F-4S and end up killing tm8s (to be fair, I did so too in the mig-23). Nonetheless, it is a very helpful and high quality guide :D!

[@willlowery84]

Thank you for making this guide.

[@Hagop64]

It's a great summary overall. I still would love to see a radar section when you do a video on each jet. Say you're doing a video on the Mig 29 and how to fly it, while you're talking about the missiles it has include the best way to utilize them (which radar modes you switch between and when/why.)

[@KomodoMeerkat]

Great work, thank you 👍

[@VERTIGO1327]

Common jaek W

[@RorchaksRevenge]

Finaly a useful guide video from you bro. The rest of your guide videos are "heres how to fly a jet! There's a 262 were gunna go up and he stalls and now we click him out of the sky" this is actually a guide is what im sayin so thx for that

[@comet5915]

Nice, This helps out a lot.

[@miticav3709]

Thank you for this great video

[@natosusin3124]

Simple the best and well explained radars guide from KZbin … u just rocks bro 🎉

[@ViperFox_]

Great vid! We need one for just tomcat only like how and when to shoot and good practices because im lost rn lol

[@aescobar32]

love it, but more confused than before haha, will need to re-watch a few more times

[@SkinkUA]

man that jake guy seems real cool! im gonna go subscribe!!!

[@maxros759]

Great video thx man

[@braedynhoward3644]

For the radar modes and controls, I just learned the number of the Y menu controls and then set them to my number pad. 1-8 control all of my radar settings and are easy to reach for the most part.

[@Who-oe7jm]

Thank god for this , i just unlocked the mig 23 mld

[@elijahstinnett2429]

very very helpful and clear. thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@helonidas4011]

I know i'm ruining everyone fun at top tier but for me, as new player i really liked your guide you made me learn how the radar works and now i am learning how to use the radar ^^ finally i can launch 3 of my rockets of the 5 that i carry bec they were sarh and i couldnt use them, thanks for the guide

[@biromate2237]

Great content, keep it up!

[@themightychickadee4231]

Clever editing showing off your deaths

[@exe.wifinowhere3942]

You’re the only thing that I want see in my radar ;)

[@sorbpen]

Thank you man, this was super helpfull....

[@yui.3218]

To the Doof himself. Ily thanks for this tutorial