War Thunder Complete Guide - Radar 101

[@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.

[@DEFYN]

I value the support by keeping my engagement up on the other videos

[@vraku9624]

Wierd way to support, butnaight i guess 😂

[@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.

[@unoriginalplays120]

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

[@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

[@perennialE]

An absolute S tier cook. Thank you Jaek and Defyn

[@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 👍

[@poliznia]

@AchillesclipsBecause Defyn isn’t a native English speaker you racist moron. he isn’t even english

[@edwardking9359]

​@AchillesclipsDefyn's English is pretty much perfect, he just happens to have a Dutch accent on account of being Dutch.

[@martijn9568]

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

[@milkelangelo1]

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

[@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!"

[@mrno4hh]

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

[@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.

[@rileymccabe2732]

​@@averytiredman4857automatic blind hunt activator

[@patriktoth6258]

Hungarian premium Bf110 on the italian tree has a radar too

[@Ntgaming26]

The german DO-217-J2 also has an radar and its like br 2.7

[@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.

[@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 😢

[@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

[@j100j]

Radar locking someone wile you chase them can make the think you will shoot a radar missile thus not flaring against your IR missile. Obviously this is ineffective against anyone but the newest players.

[@TheDAWinz]

Shoutout Jek the Jaek of all time!

[@lambsaucy69]

daddy

[@theannihilator9167]

can someone tell me why my RWR ist activivated by friendly plane from IN FRONT of me at start of a match? i dont thing there are any planes with 360 degrees radra, right?!

[@mlgproplayer2915]

I just wanted to play an airplane game... Wasn't the suffering to get the cool planes enough?

[@farmcat9873]

What ? you can't cover every radar individually ah now what am I gonna do 😋

[@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!

[@thesaracen7267]

Blud called him shrek 💔💔💔💔💔

[@AhmedAmr-tw1tk]

so I've been here watching your gameplay, guides, and your tremendous effort into making us better at the game by showing how skilful, funny and charismatic you are when its come to warthunder air RB, I came here when i was about rank 3 because i felt like i need to get better at the game, now im at top tier and i came across this video but felt like its time going to come some day, thank you for your effort, time and amazing gameplay.

[@user-ee1fn4vt8b]

Defyn x Shrek, the collab we never knew we needed.

[@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

[@VERTIGO1327]

Common jaek W

[@zbeen-ah-lah]

someone needs to show this to jester so that he can actually be decent with the radar

[@TriangleV]

The almighty Jaek cook

[@Shinito2]

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

[@DEFYN]

So true bestie, spit your shit indeed

[@roadhigher]

Honestly an amazing video, I've been using radars ever since Fox 1's have been added and thought I had it all figured out but it turns out I had a lot of misconceptions about what the things actually mean, for example I thought the square display was a C scope and not just the same thing as conical and the little dot with the line once you lock someone was the direction the plane was traveling not its direction relative to you. Super helpful guide Defyn thank you so much for taking the time to explain all this, especially with how key radar is to top tier its dumb that Gaijin leaves players to figure everything out on their own. One question I do have, whenever I'm using TWS on my Mirage 2000 or MiG-29, using the switch target button to cycle through the TWS targets will switch my radar to ACM for a few seconds before actually changing the TWS lock. I've fiddled around with my controls and there doesn't seem to be a conflict in buttons between them, do you know what could possibly be causing this?

[@vizender]

Playing all the mirage 2000s, I don’t think I have experienced this. Haven’t played them for a few days, but maybe there’s a bit of delay, and the default state is ACM ? However, I can assure you that during the time you switch to and from TWS, it does NOT lock anything, so it’s not really doing ACM, maybe it’s just visual

[@robertgaudet7407]

You really ought to be using the moving box to select TWS targets over cycling through them all anyway. You gotta go change it in the control settings.

[@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

[@rocketcello5354]

Me watching this with 1 tier 2 vehicle with a search radar unlocked.

[@melihcigdm]

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

[@viciousslayer]

Was that a death on the mig29???? Defyn died real??? When the when when

[@SkinkUA]

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

[@Korixon.]

The only bad thing is people are going to know how to use radar now and I can’t mess with people any more

[@Monkey_MAn223]

For the algorithm

[@speckiderkarpfen]

can you please fly the c205 serie III? Day 20

[@gwozdziu6105]

5:55 DEFYN dies

[@SGt_RaZeR]

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

[@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

[@RalfG999]

I Love this kind of Videos so much

[@BazzRahulGaming]

Just one word for the Radar Guide : - PERFECT

[@mjw3877]

Thanks

[@Greasyspleen]

Wish they'd give the rangefinding radars some gunsight capability. Really would be a huge help with some of the non-missile jets that get uptiered all the time. Like the Chinese F-86. Absolute nightmare trying to hit MiG-21s and F-104s with just the Mark I eyeball before they accelerate away out of range.

[@skilz2kil528]

I agree, would be nice to implement some type of functionality for them into rb apart from the occasional missile slaving on the higher end rangefinder sets. It wouldn't even be that hard, as its just a simpler version of the existing pipper we have in rb currently - its just an overlaid range adjusted gyro sight, would give you a nice reference point to aim from. Hopefully we get the static crosshair overlaid back into all pipers and any future gyro sights as not having them makes it weird to aim sometimes and they are still present within the hud while using the pipper from within the cockit anyway so is realistic to have both. Would even be nice to add the standard gyro to all aircraft which have normal gyro sights including props too.

[@Cam_Wight]

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

[@Lynxium_]

Something to note is some planes with IFF lose that capability when switching to MTI, notably the MiG-23s

[@jaek_898]

There is no IFF in PDV mode either

[@Lynxium_]

@jaek_898 but with regular PD non-V you do still have IFF

[@dannyeltz9871]

Are the radars on certain planes more vulnerable to chaff and notching than others

[@jaek_898]

Yes, especially the notching part.

[@_YellovvJacket_]

Sensitivity to chaff depends mostly just on the radar mode you're using, PD basically ignores chaff completely except in certain situations, Pulse Search/ LD basically always pick up chaff, and MTI is somewhere in between. The notching sensitivity for PD/ MTI is HEAVILY dependent on the radar however; some radars need as little relative velocities as 30m/s, while others need 100+ m/s realtive velocity to be able to get and keep a lock.

[@dannyeltz9871]

@@_YellovvJacket_ ok thanks

[@andre232323]

Thanks for this guide!

[@commoncents6831]

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

[@DistressR]

i got a 60% keyboard so the keybinds are so fucked lmao

[@UMAD800]

bro same, I can't even find like a control preset online that I can download use because I cant bother with it, too much for me lol

[@hajkomartan]

I'm not sure if you still respond to comments, but I'm desperately seeking help.. As you show at 17:48, you switch between targets by using the Select Radar/IRST target to lock keybind when using TWS, but for some reason it just does not work for me no matter what I bind it to. I'm using the new F-14 IRIAF with Phoenixes, TWS set to 93 km range, and I just can't get a lock even with the Lock Radar/IRST on target bind. Any advice is appreciated

[@snapgerard2462]

Thank You Sir, Im Going to buy a Premium either the Mig-23ML or the F-4S Phantom 2 because of this I have all the Knowledge how the radar and radar missiles work.

[@APerson.43]

I think this is literally the best video on the internet for war thunder radar and I haven’t even started talking about your other videos how do you only have 130k subs you deserve so much more with the quality and efficiency of your videos

[@DEFYN]

Thanks a lot Another one coming in the next few days :) Mostly focused on the missiles

[@APerson.43]

@@DEFYN can’t wait, recently just bought the mig23ml and have been grinding the ussr tree I’m going to get both eventually but do you think I should go for mig29 or su27 first?

[@littletweeter1327]

@@APerson.43definitely the su27’s. They got the new shiny toys and the new one has the biggest guided bomb in the game, if you ever play tank rb

[@brandoncrooks1681]

5:56 HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

[@newguyiswinning]

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

[@tilman80ify]

Just what I needed! thanks!!!!

[@kiawjrm]

All you really need to know is that the missile knows where it is at all times

[@danielcamacho1913]

...Because it knows where it *isn't* 😄

[@darealsherlock8026]

The Dutch gang :)

[@darealsherlock8026]

At least, I think the name Jaek is dutch.

[@aceofthunder9868]

Best radar guide yet, nice work defyn.

[@neverhook]

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

[@19DESERTFOX91]

I was hoping i missed something but no just few nice tips. I've set and reset all radar controls 3 times and sometimes my radar missile just explodes after launch or just fails to take the radar lock... so I fly around with my dick in my hand all game lol. Idk what it is but only solution I've found is to come back in 1-2 weeks. EJ KAI, F-16AJ, F-14 or worst of all the F-16 for USA. I spaded it and was having fun, then suddenly only 5 out of 50 AIM-7s with solid radar lock would even launch and only 1 hit rest exploded or flew off randomly despite radar lock never breaking. so frustrating I haven't touched USA F-16 since. Maybe just bad luck on my part but that alone is why I don't play Jets much. I cant stand having every control bound, watching every radar guide on YT and still games just says Nope cant fire your missiles this game.

[@RealNotallGaming]

0:47 NO ! im here for keybinds ! give me those precious ! ^^ lol

[@naczosy5510]

i have a 60% keyboard :(

[@CarlosPF94]

IRST claps in SIM, especially in the MiG-23ML, hit the deck and IRST and clap furball targets. Becareful with FF

[@rustybeskar4664]

Probably gonna have to watch this video 5 more times due to me not understanding all the fancy words

[@ATGM_Main]

We let the man cook, he gives us the most basic radar than even monkes can even understand thank you defyn, I can now die in high tier, now that I know what Im doing

[@aluminiumsloep]

Plea to Gajin's matchmaking!!! What really bugs me after a few years coming back to the game is the big difference in matches between planes. In literally every bracket i see HUGE differences in speed, agility, countermesures, measures, etc. I mean can someone explain what the fun is to fly around in a G91 R/4 without flares with medium speed etc and then getting raped by planes with all aspect missiles from planes that have flares and getting raped by planes with such a high speed difference that it is just impossible to even imagine a fighting change. I mean G 91 R/4 versus Mig 19-S, Mig 23 BN, Yak 38, T-2 etc. It is just ludicrous and realistic battles are becoming the shitshow arcade is nowadays. Realistic used to be a haven for ppl that wanted air duels, fair fights, tactics etc. What's left now is 5 min games with missiles shitting on planes without defense by Starfighters swooping in undetected (even by my aced crew). A game that releases more and more gimmicks and planes and struggles to balance those planes needs a real good moment to think about the future and current state of the game and at this moment i'm not a part of that future sad enough.

[@Martin-ot6kw]

I've found that I quite like using ACM only on my F-4E while trying to spade it. Managed to bag too many F-16s/Mig-29s with AIM-7Es.

[@Pradatoru]

For those who want 3 steps simple guide 1. Press "Radar/IRST beyond/within visual range combat" and wait to get a square around your target 2. Press "weapon lock (air to air)" and wait for double red circle to apear 3.Press "Fire air to air missile" and track it 4.????? 5. Profit It took me a while to understand that it's easier than people make it to be . Yes some radar modes are more efficient at higher or lower altitude but in basic you need 3 buttons

[@Mr_Phoskitos]

My first plane with radar was the USA Rank V, F3D-1. However it has no guided misiles. So what advantage do I have respecting other planes?

[@jameshopkins5702]

So I wish I would know what I would do to assign these buttons to a controller. I play from console

[@miguelnarciso496]

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

[@BoleDaPole]

What's the point of radar when all the enemy planes show up on the screen anyways in all but Sim, but nobody plays Sim anyways. Seems pointless for 90% of situations

[@adsadsaddFQ]

Any idea why I cant select target to lock? I have it binded, yet I have to manually move the | | on the radar and lock targets, I can't cycle through them. Plane is su 27 so it has BVR mode.

[@DIGIT4LBUMLORD]

i'm struggling to understand radar on the mig23mla. i could be staring at the enemy 2,5,10km away and my radar wont see a blip. I understand how radar works in the game and all the options and features, but i have no idea what im doing wrong with the mig23mla.

[@occho787]

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

[@hammermigg]

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.

[@v3es473]

I know all of this, but i will still watch intensely because the chad himself made it

[@Evrimomono]

FINALLY LET'S GOO

[@Eclipse-lw4vf]

Close to my mig29 so I need this massively

[@mich421]

With the mig 29 I almost always use hmd + Er it works very well

[@MsBlubb]

can soemone explain me why my R23R explode right after start even when i lock the target and dont miss the lock? even in testflight it explode after like 1km

[@EnsianceI]

I have heard F9F-8's rangefinding radar is useful in simulator battles, how can i make use of it?

[@scripterzofindia]

Someone who is a member of this channel pls tell DEFYN to make a video about he 112 b-0 pls

[@tsu2516]

Best guide out there

[@elgrandjefe4661]

Great video! This summer sale got 2 packs with your code and well deserved.

[@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!

[@syrup8783]

As a lvl 9 F5-C Ace pilot, this video helps me understand that I will continue to use only my cannons as heat sync is useless.

[@Largecow_Moobeast]

This is an excellent video. But this topic, is why more people don't play this game.

[@aescobar32]

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

[@Budkitkat]

This was very helpful Defyn thanks a lot

[@OoZeD]

I'm only starting to dip my toes inside 13.0 but thanks to you i managed to get out some informations that helped me get started at least.

[@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

[@Game01202000Master]

5:55 😂

[@anonimous_user7318]

I personally prefer keeping cyclic switching of targets, but not keeping constant radar elevation. This allows you to "aim" the radar/IRST off-axis without needing to manouvre your nose (for example: useful if you want to keep flying in a certain direction and search for targets; useful in a slow speed fight so that you can slave IR missiles to IRST-locked targets off the boresight). Keeping cyclic switching ensures that you don't need to also know the correct range when selecting a target to lock, thus reducing the dimensions you need to search for targets in from 3 to 2. It also makes the keybinds and workload more manageable.

[@jaek_898]

You can actually move it left and right without disabling constant elevation of radar antenna, the keybinds still work (at least for me), but that got cut from the video because its not super useful and explaining it would just make things more confusing

[@anonimous_user7318]

@@jaek_898 Oh, I didn't know you could aim it without disabling constant elevation. I can understand cutting it because it is quite confusing and only slightly useful. Perhaps that's a topic for the advanced radar guide 😉

[@jaek_898]

@@anonimous_user7318 I'm actually working on a "questionably useful radar facts" video right now for stuff like that, hopefully i can have it out by tomorrow

[@anonimous_user7318]

@@jaek_898 I'll make sure to watch out for that. Well done on this video though, I thought the whole video was well written and presented!

[@Panocek]

Sadly, with constant elevation turned off, radar dish keeps alignment with the horizon, instead plane which caused confusion and reee on more than one occasion. Also radar box could be more visible for managing that (using auxiliary mouse button to enable axis and then WSAD to move dish, as sort-of-HOTAS mode).

[@anrw886]

Can we go on a date?

[@simongurfinkel566]

Best fucking radar guide on the internet, DEFYN ur the WT boss

[@Grimmy_Grimes]

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

[@farmcat9873]

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

[@dominicseng2315]

gj on this vid