THE SHOOTING RANGE 260: Big gun challenge / War Thunder

In this episode:
● Pages of History: The American Fighter That Won The War;
● Challenge: Big Flying Guns;
● Metal Beasts: The Rooikat’s Little Brother,
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#WarThunder

[@Helios2-2]

P51: Cheap compared to p47 Gaijin: nah let's torture the poors

[@PedroCosta-po5nu]

i think that if repair costs were 25% less expensive in tiers 3-6 there would be more people playing those tiers

[@Helios2-2]

@@PedroCosta-po5nu Exactly. I stopped playing multiple times during tier 4 because of repair costs on the p51d

[@user-cr7pv5wd3d]

I demand to block access to the War Thunder project from Gaijin Entertainment on the territory of the European Union, Great Britain, USA Gaijin Entertainment collects secret data that may threaten national security. Users of the online game War Thunder regularly post classified drawings of military equipment online, according to Techspot. The documents concerned the British Challenger 2 main battle tank, the French Leclerc main battle tank and the Chinese DTC10-125 tank round. It should also be prohibited for persons undergoing military service to establish and have an account in War Thunder

[@christianlara3597]

Question: Why does China has a researchable M8 Greyhound while the US doesn't have it when they also used it in mass numbers in the war?

[@pyrson1459]

USA has M8 Greyhound in techtree but it's a gift vehicle to buy at marketplace

[@Ahmed_Hasan_]

@@pyrson1459 not a researchable one

[@MM-cj4yl]

Cause it's gaijin.

[@jimenagalvez2836]

I also wish M-8 we're in the us tech tree

[@jokrr9189]

Cause gaijin

[@milkelangelo1]

0:30 - METAL BEASTS: Concept 3 3:55 - PAGES OF HISTORY: American Air Engineering Perfected 8:27 - CHALLENGE: Large Caliber Air Guns 13:28 - HOTLINE: Reading your Comments...

[@zuzzolo3959]

I love you

[@teamwts4375]

Why war thunder don't put the timestamps?

[@milkelangelo1]

@@teamwts4375 it does (now)

[@quintenvdb6600]

I just ate the best orange ever!

[@SpooderOfficial]

congrats

[@hanz2035]

Man, nice !

[@gaderfhy4787]

Congratulations

[@darkatm5237]

Cul

[@JumpyWizardz]

What color was it?

[@ne.1569]

Q: will The legacy soundtrack come back in some form? E.g. an option in settings

[@kocayrklibirinsan3056]

gaijin..... you.wont.lost.any.money.if.you.do.this.... and, maybe you gain money, because many ones WANTS this.

[@NguyenNguyen-fq6ov]

I want that too as a settings option

[@canadian9457]

Maybe you'd get it back if you got rid of that yee yee ass haircut

[@mrburnsthesexmachine2468]

War jock

[@Luis-uz4gh]

In one of the streams they said they got rid of it due them being copyrighted so who knows if hey bring it back

[@mr_panzer_pants]

Q: Will you bring back the Ride Of The Valkyries to the German theme ?

[@ChickenParmaJohn]

We miss it!

[@bran6374]

Ride/Flight of the Valkyries ? What the Classical song by Wilhelm Richard Wagner 😄

[@paullewis770]

Time stamps! 0:30 Metal beasts: Concept 3 3:55 Pages of history: P-51 Mustang 8:28 Challenge: Big Guns on planes 13:37 Hotline: Q&A Thanks for the likes lads!

[@nervous3782]

Got to say this is extremely helpful

[@SRC2387]

Thank you for the Concept 3 mini documentary. I am a veteran of the SANDF and actually trained in the training grounds where it was put through its paces in Potchefstroom. If ever you want to see the best performance of the Concept 3 or even the Ratel's and Rooikat, build a Namib desert map with one central road. The rest? It'd be the history of some t34's and t55's.

[@geccoman1]

Who pilots the planes/tanks in these "challenge" videos, you say "us", but does that just mean Oxy and MikeGoesBoom on an alternative account or is it someone from the dev team?

[@Alpha_0ne276]

Or is Bruce really good at multitasking?

[@TheRebelTitan55]

@@Alpha_0ne276 Nah, impossible

[@alex_4cj64]

Hope this gets answered

[@somsubhrakundu4058]

Q: when you'll lower the repair costs

[@Betto_333]

good question!

[@androjovic21]

I hope preaty soon

[@anvaypatel7906]

Never lol

[@mlady_richard]

Never! Attack the D point!

[@MarianoGianni1]

Don't mind me im just here waiting for the Gaijin cucks to defend the repair costs.

[@lazerwarriorgamingg9027]

Will there ever be a polish tech tree or a european tech tree containing minor european nations?

[@CT-9127]

What about combining poland and chezslovakia in one tech tree? I think These two has enough vehicles to fill ww2 and the cold war.

[@SRC2387]

@@CT-9127 even Portugal and Spain could join up in the cold war era. Vehicles like the Nahkampfkannone, Panzer 58, 61 and 68 and the Pandur range would be interesting

[@majo3488]

@Manuel - That would be a problem with the often nationalistic Warthunder community. Neighboring nations often had disputes between them, often for territories. This is the case with poland and CSSR (guess who was taking a piece of the CSSR cake when Germany started the war against the Czechs?) and, but a bit prior in history, happend to the relationship between Portugal and Spain too.

[@daag1851]

@@majo3488 *CSR CzechoSlovakRepublik, CSSR was after 1948.

[@majo3488]

@@daag1851 Thanks and alright. I know but I wanted to make it easy and clearly understandable even for the folks who are history buffs but just for their own culture. Which we all are, but some more then others.

[@oscarrydbergh]

Q: can you kill a plane or helicopter with a smokeshell to get a cloud of smoke mid air?

[@zuzzolo3959]

I think someone tried it and it's possible

[@auxfraudstar]

yes you can, it can also kill the heli or plane

[@Nnotmuch_12]

I killed a Plane with pziv F1 smoke Shell so i guess it is

[@samman987]

Challenge: kill any ground vehicle with the shrage musik cannons in ground Rb!

[@seff1890]

*schräge musik

[@Hirovard]

@@seff1890 Sherk Musk

[@seff1890]

@@Hirovard what?

[@adorable_rookie_69]

They are pointed upwards tho

[@spatha2584]

@@adorable_rookie_69 exactly

[@ColonelFrontline1152]

0:30 - Metal Beast 3:55 - Pages of History 8:28 - Challenge 13:27 - Hotline

[@p_filippouz]

Hotline at 13:27

[@ColonelFrontline1152]

@@p_filippouz Can't forget that.

[@statefarm8385]

2:50 Gaijin:what armor? *round proceeds to ricochet*

[@Babalover69]

Question: can you ammorack the p.108

[@pizzatime172]

Yes you can and it won't kill him

[@deanthebean3199]

yes. It just gets rid of the ammo

[@Feuervix]

Yes

[@SU-75theFEMBOY]

Yes sir!

[@panzerschlongcampftwagen6805]

Yup it can but the p.108 dont die

[@stirlingramsay]

Q: Any future south african jets/helicopters to bolster britain

[@stirlingramsay]

@Manuel - yes/no but it would ve nice

[@mr.astronuts3825]

Italy could get the mb326k which would be the first South African plane in game if added.

[@archangeltheexecutioner6816]

Hahahaha! This was my suggestion from the big gun bomber episode! Very well done

[@Thunderbox247]

Can you do an updated triathlon between the top IFVs

[@maxkiller5621]

And mbt's i guess...

[@NguyenNguyen-fq6ov]

Serious questions: Will any of the legacy themes come back? It could be enabled via a setting option

[@TheWuffball]

Gotta get my weekly dose of Bruce's voice

[@Erm123-b7g]

9:08: *bullet doesnt even touch plane* Also plane: *BOOM*

[@zuzzolo3959]

True

[@julek5570]

i dont know why but when Bruce is telling a story it just sounds better

[@theanphiban7160]

Question: what's the shortest tank barrel in the game.

[@kevinl2482]

probably the gun on the FCM 36, but I'm not sure.

[@dylanthompson6186]

@@kevinl2482 id say your right

[@someasiankid6214]

Q: will you EVER add WW1 tanks like the Mark IV

[@WindHaze10]

Why? Do you enjoy moving 6 km/h for 10 minutes?

[@hansenhenry5438]

In an older shooting range, they said they are not going to add WW1 tanks. It would be neat though

[@adamlato253]

1.Which is the fastest not guided rocket that plane can carry? 2.Which plane at what speed can fly slowest without stalling? 3.Can you shot off biplane lower or upper wings, if yes can it fly only with one pair of wings?

[@adamlato253]

Q: Which plane at what speed can fly slowest without stalling?

[@danielhabba9135]

Po-2 at 0,1 km/h

[@luisdagfinn9436]

Spoiler: its either a biplane or japanese

[@antony2527]

Buble canopy. Perfect way to get 1 shotted in a dogfight

[@adorimable9690]

I do the challenge every day, my main jet is the ME 262 A1/U4

[@P455w0rds]

3:17 In other words meat shield!

[@raspbear7630]

I once killed a corsair with the p 108. God it was satisfying to see the shell go into the engine block

[@ajargo7024]

Gaijin paid nearly 5 million marks in repair costs this day trying to do the 102mm challenge

[@walterhumphreys1300]

Q: is there anyway to get access to the war thunder market as a Xbox player?

[@Fizzyxd]

Question: When will you decompress BR? I don't care about the queue times I just want a proper game in the mid tiers for once.

[@spikey316]

You should add a feature that when you land you can change your ordnance loadout. Lets say I was playing a F-4 Phantom and I was bombing away at tanks and now there are enemy aircraft in the skies, I could fly back to base a rearm with a Air to Air loadout instead. Maybe when you land it brings up the "respawn" interface but you can only change the loadout for your plane, or you to change the loadout it might be a certain amount of Spawn Points. Just a idea that might change how the game is played and add more diversity to the battles.

[@charlezone5110]

The P-51 has a record. It was the only figther that shot down in combat the Me 262 and the Me163

[@msorin74]

Q: what br will the tirpiz be at? (i know its coming, i saw the mostley done 3d model)

[@karlovicinquisition3659]

The model may be done, but we don't know if it will come at all.

[@JohnBrowningsGhost]

P47 broke the luftwaffe, the p51 had the benefit of flying against a depleted enemy air force.

[@dingleberrymcbootycrackIII]

When U.S Army finds p-40 warhawk obselete:We USE the P-47 thinderbolt. U.S Marines:no Mustang better Us army:a horse? Us marines:a figher horse US marines:ur thunderbolt only leaves scar on german aircraft since thunder isn't scary only its sound and name

[@devilishfun]

Q: does opening the bomb bay increase drag and decrease the performance of the plane?

[@King63Kobra]

It should, but as bomb doors would be ripped off at high speeds if they did cause significant drag, it's so small and minimal that I doubt it's modelled in game

[@luisdagfinn9436]

I am pretty sure it does, the Me 264 drops a few kph if you open the bomb bay at 400kph and above (While going in a straight line) Dont know if it is modeled for other bombers though

[@anthonyberger810]

Only on the Me-264 and the Ju-288. I honestly find it funny how Gaijin only has it modeled for two of the most spammed bombers in the entire game, both of which actually use speed as a way to bolster survivability (the main defense being their 20mm turrets which have insanely large hitboxes for trailing fighters). They won’t answer this question personally as it points out a serious problem in flight model design on most aircraft.

[@LunarTokyo19]

I managed to kill a swedish AA with the Ki-109. It wasn't the crew that ate the shell, it was the ammo loaded in the cannon that sent them back to the hangar

[@gamerized]

i know this isn’t exactly war thunder related, but can bruce say “Bruce gaming”

[@rojaunjames747]

i would love to see the p51 with the Malcolm hood that p51 is be beautiful

[@bluespades1257]

Now we need the Rooikat's fattest brother.

[@stevanustanaka]

i have waited 40 weeks to see this challenge, worth it

[@jager2237]

challenge: use a sturmpanzer to get a kill by roleplaying as a backline artillery

[@averagetwwenjoyer1167]

The best part is that I appeared in this video, that stuka that eas shot down, thats me!

[@z3nsiter]

2:49 "proceeds to bounce"

[@DragtanMOBILE]

I live in South Africa.

[@infernalbird2]

Love watching these Shooting Range shows, thank you very much. How do I take such good animated screen shots, in slow motion as i've seen at the end of the some of the challenges?

[@chrisbacon3071]

GPDS: Gaijins plane disassembling service

[@envycreat1on490]

Q: Would Gaijin ever consider adding ground battles to Enduring Confrontation simulator battles? The ground battles spawned on the large map could be smaller maps for the tanks to spawn in.

[@Kenneth_McCormick]

Suggestions: make all I mean all vehicles /boats/aircraft testable so we can learn to play them before we obtain them and not be disappointed when we get them. And instead of 2 ground vehicles make them a whole assembly line and a formation of fighters/bombers/attackers so we don’t fight ground targets with fighters. Change my mind

[@Pain-ww6ne]

9:47 even gajin itself is disappointed...

[@user-ve3rs6wy1g]

Q: what is the most effective way to use the mosquito

[@rafdewerchin8190]

In air RB: go low and fast, try to get a few ground targets, get out before the enemy fighters arrive, land, rearm and do it all again. To engage air targets either go for head-ons if you're confident about your aim, or do some energy fighting. As for secondary weapons, I use rp-3s or those big anti-ship rockets. I wouldn't suggest maining the latter, however: they are harder to use and degrade flight performance quite a bit. Hope this helps.

[@judgedread2173]

Q: When will you guys fix the backwards depression on all the Abrams.

[@Erm123-b7g]

Pretty sure thats how it is irl

[@judgedread2173]

@@Erm123-b7g All Abrams have a -4 depression on the back of the tank

[@BruceLeeroy94]

Q: Will ya'll demonstrate how to properly use and distribute classified documents in order to correct vehicle performance and information?

[@solewindxii]

Challenge idea: dogfight between big gun aircraft

[@adityajadhav3341]

Challenge: Try to hit the fastest jet with the slowest tank round.

[@theScottishKoala]

Hi Gaijin, I am wondering... does the missile know where it is? Because I think it knows where it isn't!

[@erancho10]

Q: how do I play the Pz.IV F2?

[@TwoStageTrigger]

So, the P-51 was the sherman of the skies.

[@fuso8639]

Pages of History: Nightmare of Solomon, IJN Yuudachi

[@andypanda4927]

Surprised there Wasn't a Beaufighter, Mosquito, or B-25. All had variants using cannons.

[@silverwolf5643]

Seeing all this wheeled light tank , i wonder which one could flip themself when firing at there side

[@-zedx]

we all know the duck with the airborn Pak40 is the best

[@blitzzbob5643]

Mustang is a nice fighter it has great flight characteristics and energy retention but I have never done very well with it in game. It is very hard to get guns on target it almost flies like it has no rudder at all.

[@the1kingx782]

bruce, can you include a KI87 video? possibly pages of history or a triathlon of some kind? i think it needs love. Thanks!

[@rokasb9441]

That was a nice challange, indeed.

[@flyingscotsman9657]

Gaijin: some people think it is the best piston engine fighter ever me: [crazed screaming] SPITFIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also what happened to the De Haviland Mosquito Mk. XVIII with a 57mm cannon?

[@jnievele]

The Mustang only really became a good fighter with the D version, which got a British engine

[@Советский-Гопник]

Timestamps: Metal Beasts: 0:30 Pages Of History: 3:55 Challenge: 8:29 Hotline: 13:29

[@fal.0656]

Thanks

[@pvt.smasher6311]

1:21 that shot was satisfying

[@freleki1280]

Q: can a shell that bounced in your tank destroy another vehicle?

[@matheusdelimarodrigues4410]

Yes, it's possible, i think they showed that in one of the thundershows.

[@mab2187]

Q: Can you consider lowering the RP for modules only? top rank vehicles need proper modules to be competitive and stock isn't making things better when there's 10-30k per module.

[@masonvaillancourt6891]

Q: will we be getting Active/Passive radar lock missiles? Either Fire-and-Forget for SPAA, or Air-to-Ground style for air vehicles?

[@errornamenotfound2513]

What tank in the game has the biggest recoil? I wanna use that recoil to be some sort of booster

[@owennelan1267]

I don't know for sure but I would bet it's the M56 Scorpion

[@willingfw4048]

Q: Bring back the maus/ e100 to research/ buy?

[@eliaztrevino5405]

Q: what American bomber has the hugest SL bombing reward, which one has the best turrets, and witch one has the most armor?

[@owencarey2954]

Q- What are the little propellers on some low level Italian planes powering? Assumedly they are generators for something.

[@Lazyhashell]

Please don't tell me, that Bruce just said the Mustang won the war

[@zacharytaylor2005]

Challenge idea: try to bomb another plane or jet with the Arado jet bomber.

[@lucythevelociraptor]

alternative title; big Japanese dominates small russian

[@apexautomotiverc]

You guys have to use the P108 in naval battles the 102m shreds ships

[@bennetcarden2265]

All those big guns but no duck noooooooo…….

[@joshuathomas8529]

I don't think cost was a factor in selecting the P51 over the P47 for flying escort missions. Far more P47's were built than P51's.

[@cheezy123]

11:26 low BR but takes out 3 planes with ease

[@ArsenyPro]

Main problems of P.108A in WT, besides poor flight performance, are awful dispersion, inadequate gunsight and broken turrets with bugged mgs, whose rounds lose almost all of their energy passing through an invisible wall at 500m. PS Italy's just won Euro 2020, Congratulations!

[@dionizaszizas4573]

It would be cool to have shooting range rock songs in the game. Just a thought

[@iggi_gaming]

petition to make shooting range 262 about the me 262

[@coltonbell1513]

Q: what’s the best strategy for the A-36 With gun pods in Air rb ( Also Bruce keep up the good work :) )

[@paramite67]

Usually i target all non armored ground target, but with the relatively good handling of the plane, when someone tries to attack you you can shoot him in head on pretty easily

[@nicholasleon7819]

Sure, the mustang might be the best plane of the war, but only because of its British engine ;)

[@viperlabs7735]

They do a metal beasts on the concept 3 but still haven’t given it a laser range finder

[@michaelwittmann5754]

Q: will you add the G6 Rhine into the tech tree or a premium vehicle

[@Nnotmuch_12]

Hard to balance

[@wikikomoto]

question: will aircraft ever have the ability to jettison external stores? its always amazing when you get jumped by an enemy aircraft, so you dump your bombs, only to have them land on friendly targets and detonate.........

[@kh2b573]

Q. Tips for using StuG 3G? I think it'a gun is too bad for long ranges as the Panzer 4H can equally do the same but the Panzer 4 H has a turret with only 50mm front plate and its a big weakspot compared to the StuG

[@ArfiniGa]

What's the best Italian Era 1 Lineup for ground battles?

[@notneccessary8008]

9:08 that was a clear miss

[@TheCematrixX]

13:38 You don't. The Batlle will be over until you get there

[@Fgekc]

Can you make the city map for air and helicopters show up more often? That map is so much fun.