THE SHOOTING RANGE 159: 10 tips for tankers / War Thunder

In this episode:
• Pages of History: Michel Vernisse and his outside the box thinking;
• Tactics & Strategy: top-10 useful advice for tankers;
• Metal Beasts: the pros and cons of the French Sabre.
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[@theozygamer3253]

Tip1: DON'T STAND NEAR THE BOMB best tip in the game

[@zaazzahmmnvm5367]

Lol

[@NPC-1776]

If you increase your pilots vitality

[@uncovidvaxxforthestrongand3582]

drive away from the sound of the bomb is better don't stand echoes "enemy was destroyed by you intelligence" mentality when getting the according to intelligence achievement.

[@nonebright8073]

Yes it is the most helpful tip in the game

[@ZaHandle]

@@NPC-1776 I see you fly the IS-2, very good fighter plane indeed

[@Apollo_Tsakiris]

Gaijin, we, the players, request that the landing lights on aircraft work.

[@delta7743]

and the wheels steer

[@augustusimperator.avi1872]

And all the lights! Theres no point in having night maps but not being able to see where are you going. Im my panzers, bosch kindly intalled a light for the night, wich happens to happen every day

[@RhuBin02]

@@augustusimperator.avi1872 lol yeah it was in ww2 vehicles but now we only have ir flashlight which is only in later vehicles would be useful to early tanks If added

[@kyefoley2330]

Pol Elías i Ramón during WWII they always had their lights off at night...

[@uncovidvaxxforthestrongand3582]

lights on tanks too

[@isni1946]

I just wanted to thanks you guys at gaijin , for everything i learned from war thunder. When I started the game , 1 year+ ago, i knew only a bit about military vehicles in general , but now , i go to museum to see some of them , i know hundreds of them and the history behind it , it's a true passion ! I think you should make more events such as the Maginot Line ( I really loved it ) , maybe 1 a week !

[@distressedbrain]

If you go to World of Tanks you can see Tanks that was at the planning or construcktion.

[@OK-qj9lw]

WWSO hmm yes,E100 tank destroyer.

[@JakeTheTankmaster]

Can we test drive whatever we want even if it's locked? There's no point grinding to get a vehicle only to find out it's not as good as you thought

[@BlowYourMind69]

No you crnt wich is stupid also you need to buy all the tanks in each tier to get the next tank and you also have to buy the crew??? for this reason i find the game very annoying at times so after the long grind for a tank you then need lions for the tank then the crew...

[@R00FTOPK0REAN]

@@BlowYourMind69 * no you can't which

[@BlowYourMind69]

@@R00FTOPK0REAN Im dyslecic so i struggle with my spelling sorry.

[@R00FTOPK0REAN]

@@BlowYourMind69 no no im not trying to be rude or anything. I just wanted to help if that sounded rude to you

[@BlowYourMind69]

@@R00FTOPK0REAN oh :) thank you sorry internet can be a little harsh if sumone has speling problems.

[@Eagles_Eye]

also, scouting is buggy AF, you got the crosshair on target, you click V.... the game thinks you missed.. and tadaa you cant spot for 2minutes or so. very frustrating.

[@sopphol7669]

they need to fix that

[@Eagles_Eye]

@@sopphol7669 it's gaychin they won't

[@clevernamegotban1752]

Spot assists dont count for OPERATION HEAT assists

[@pshybysz]

Spotting depends of your crew vision range i think. Even when you see enemy he is out of range and your crew "cant" see him

[@Eagles_Eye]

Pshybysz we know, but if you have tried it enough times you will know it even fails when it shouldn’t

[@MeronBridgeMR]

The animation of flaps on the Hunter F1 isn't working. Please fix it.

[@krakenburger56]

Put that on the forums not here.

[@thefightingsquid6708]

It's on the forums

[@TheRobi3327]

They broke it with F6 introduction I guess. Ya know, make the plane better to interest players to play F1 to research the F6

[@chatbannednosse]

#FixTheGameIn1.91

[@nigelwigglwattle]

@@chatbannednosseIF I SEE ONE MORE OF THOSE I AM GOING TO REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@allskillnoluck7734]

scouting tanks don't work very well .... and the cooldown time is way to much long

[@windydreams4780]

*sees Thumbnail* My brain: Hey Russians, wanna buy some pills to make your barrel go limp?

[@potatouno]

Bruh

[@topshaggerdavid3587]

Will we see an "Quality of Life"-Update in the near future? e.g including a fix of ghostshells, sparks, Battlerating-Spread, Fixing vehicles not by high repair cost but by BR, etc....

[@michalsimanek6988]

Could you guys make some big updates to be dedicated exclusively to fixing issues in the game? People could vote on the most desired fix(fixes) on pinned reddit posts/youtube polls/twitter polls. #LetsFixWT #fixTheGameIn1.19

[@epicblitzkrieg8761]

What are your general thoughts on the F-4 and MiG-21?

[@moglikowski6988]

EpicBlitzkrieg87 and F-104 starfighter

[@viggenmybeloved646]

Yes

[@renzobeverloo8313]

Don't ad fix game first

[@shimozukachi5887]

po 2 op

[@rn-zu5ld]

@@shimozukachi5887 a cultural person i see

[@fishmansf4573]

Can you add a modification for the bt-5 and bt-7 to be able to drive without the tracks?

[@USA0312]

Lord yes

[@xXTheShermanTankXx]

Gotta get those girls und panzer drifting memes going~ 😏

[@weirdguygtz]

Makes sense

[@sovetskyskaiyastrigon1750]

Sean Ford yes

[@triliner254]

Gaijin needs to see this comment

[@nattly6340]

list of quality of life changes that would make the game better, 1. nerf the sta missile spaa (especially the adats) 2. cut the repair costs for rank 4 french in half (they will STILL be the worst repair costs after this) 3. fix the repair costs for the super bombers (you should be encouraging people to play them) 4. several maps have to short a runway to land jets on (a good example is fields of Normandy) 5. more events like operation HEAT 6. help fix spawn camping and end game waits (when there is one person left just sitting in his airfield holding everyone up) (perhaps a "dominating" event can happen when all 3 points are held by 1 team) 7. most aircraft should spawn on the runway unless it would spawn in the air after landing (such as Ju 288c or other large bombers) feel free to add any more changes in the comments

[@sithrulezz423]

My changes to that: Domination mode in rb would be a bust sorry to say, then if a team gets bombers they will be utterly useless. large bombers like you mentioned need a buff in spawn height. also they should give defensive gunners at 4.0+ a buff in auto fire range.

[@TheRobi3327]

I disagree with 5th point. Events are quite often, especially for free to play game. Just c'mon - these guys need to make money too. There are lots of ways to get premium machines already - trading stuff on gaijin market, Heat, ww2 chronicles, Halloween, discounts every year, obligations... There is no need to put a special event mechanic on the game website to get a prem without spending too much time and money

[@nattly6340]

@@TheRobi3327 ok this is fair

[@snonsig2688]

All planes starting on the runway would make half of them useless

[@LazOyuncu61]

Well that was a hell of an information to use in battle. And what most helped? Making mouse wheel up and down key not zooming the camera. I needed that! Thanks. A lot.

[@VEX_INC]

Played this game almost since it came out, didn't know you can hold "Alt" to mark areas on the minimap or to zoom in/out, i would always just press "M" and then mark areas that way!

[@stevenjodoin4894]

When can we set a spawn altitude on test flight

[@sithrulezz423]

Could we see a reduction in b29 repair cost in rb? Most german planes 1 shot it at that tier!

[@weirdguygtz]

A fellow B-29 conosuer I see

[@USA0312]

Manual turret use greatly improves the survivability of your B-29, but ye I'd love to see it go from 60K to like 30 or 40K.

[@nigelwigglwattle]

but I like making people pay a retarded amount of sl (in a ta152)

[@parkypoo45]

The tip about bit using brakes is actually incredibley helpful because the m18 and ru 251 are my favourite tanks. Thank you

[@moeders7315]

Still waiting for the pz.2 luchs XD

[@michener1622]

TobiTijger go (back) to wot

[@ofwschroedinger527]

@@michener1622 why, it is an existing vehicle with around 100 produced vehicles

[@edi9892]

How about the Bismark, the Tirpitz und Yamoto?

[@moeders7315]

Michener why dont you go back

[@williamschipper6713]

yes add it pls

[@generallojza841]

Bruce, do you personally like millitary vichles?

[@build2270]

Vehicles*

[@LilStoops]

He did a talk on this about a relative and his souvenir hurricane prop piece.

[@TNTExplodesLOL]

@@LilStoops Ya his dad.

[@generallojza841]

@@build2270 Thanks, I'm from other country so my english is not that good...

[@generallojza841]

@@LilStoops Ok, thanks

[@swayingGrass]

Fix scouting. Sometimes I cant scout someone out in the open at fairly close range, other time I can scout someone behind a hill while also I'm behind a hill.

[@ugh2668]

I LOVE what you did on the best 10 rounds in the game! The images of the rounds in the game are lacking information. If I haven't watched your video I would have never knew that the BR-365A is flatheaded

[@Cheezymuffin.]

"just flank the enemy" oh boi, what a great idea! let me get my german 6,7 flanking tank! OH WAIT... no worries I wanna playa heavy tank anyway, the japanese should have some! OH WAIT ah but if I just hit the enemies it shoudl be fine! it's not like shells sometimes just randomly dissapear!? OH WAIT don't worry, I'll just play a german heavy tank and rely on my armour a bit more... OH WAIT welp, maybe grinding goes faster with a premium vehicle, people say there are no pay to win vehicles, ah this T28 looks good, it looks like the T95 but at 6,3 OH WAIT, THATS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS! but the maus has the most armour! I should play that if I want to play a heavy tank... OH WAIT #fixthegame1.91

[@David-vz4yk]

cheezymuffin geez, bad day huh?

[@maus-chanuwu1244]

@@David-vz4yk no just facts

[@arminarlert6702]

When will War Thunder have heavy cruisers and battleships? This is one of the few games that has WW2 ships without health points which is awesome. I'd love to see more ships!

[@wingmantv7470]

Heavy cruisers already exist.

[@arminarlert6702]

@@wingmantv7470 True, but there are a few and I'm just saying we need more which would then lead to battleships to make a full tech tree

[@beegindianyoshi315]

Hey we have admiral hipper and that Japanese mogami

[@luckyluchs7779]

Another tip, when u see a target in binocular mode, click on your left mouse button and your turret will turn in bino mode. It really helps when there is a lot of brush blocking your vision.

[@Joserbala]

Wow, those tips are really interesting, thank you!

[@cristianino5435]

The curve-berreled gun in the cover is pure magic....

[@energy8539]

13:14 as an American tanker in rank2 I not too worried about over penetrating lightly armored tanks, but I did recently get in an encounter with one and I was able to shoot the engine as it was going around a building to flank a teammate, and so it was easy to put a round through the back of the turret, then through the side to kill the driver

[@tobbetobbeson3905]

i have a tip, some machine guns can take out tracks on some tanks with smaller tracks! so if u have shot the breech or the barell and your enemy is trying to escape, just shot the tracks with your mg, but it only works with 50.cals or higher.

[@RosettaStonedd]

Is there a video on how to accurately drop bombs on tanks, boats, and stationary ground targets? Specifically for combined battles (jets and props with wing mounted bombs or center mounted bombs)

[@hvhhvvggg8663]

Hopes and dreams. On a side note once u do it a few time u get used to it and become more and more accurate the more u play

[@tombtrader234]

Do you play arcade or realistic?

[@bendrenth441]

I love your pages of history segments!

[@jakubdibelka4495]

You could add the T-72M4CZ to the game as an upgraded version of the T-72A which in game needs to be on the seventh tier or to premium vehicles.

[@jskingdom44]

Gaijin please can you put the video main theme music. Like pages of history I like it a loooott... Background music

[@Resinless-ov3sr]

Its from naval battles

[@jskingdom44]

@@Resinless-ov3sr ok thx

[@starwarsfreak61]

Since we have wheeled vehicles in game now, can we have a modification for the bt-5/7 which allows for the removal of the tracks? The christie suspension on these vehicles allowed for relocation on the wheels.

[@mr.waffentrager4400]

Finally some good advice from any KZbin channel

[@zorzerother]

I like that they don't even care enough to bind a default key to basic game functions.

[@elijahmccrary7603]

Some of the machine guns on a few of the Italian vehicles aren't aligned with where the player points. This happens with the M13/40s, M15/42, and the 75/18 M41 to my knowledge.

[@metalcoffin6667]

This video is helping me for tanks I’m a Xbox 1 player and the key Binding is very hard for controller

[@user-hj3wr1kb7h]

Oooh thanks for fun facts about planes in top 10 tank tips

[@Function.displayName]

at 16:50 i actually had taught myself how to do this. Just back up about a few ten or twenty meters and then floor it and then when you are about 5 meters away from the ledge or the bump hit the brakes and then the second your cross hairs land on the target let it rip and ba boom

[@TruckerxMGDx]

Very useful, thank you

[@phantomsloyer]

The tips helped *A LOT*

[@R00FTOPK0REAN]

13:06 "use high explosive round" Do not believe this, HE is useless unless your gun is bigger then 150mm

[@stormjet814]

@Not_Ambrose >bigger than 150mm

[@thecrazybaron5387]

Random Tip: you can turn even if your missing a track, which can make it harder to get shot in the side

[@IxBl4ckH4rtxI]

17:08 be that as it may, mostly my teammates either ignore my spotting or they spam a spot with no one around when i look at spot called out

[@peeweepenut8141]

will you be adding or doing a Pages of History of the CF105?

[@manosrounakis]

Hey can you guys make a marathon with ASU-57 and other tanks like? So we can see which 3 are the best.

[@carlgustavo8470]

can you add drop spikes from WW1 into the game

[@ronniehopper2726]

Ivan The enemy is below us (American observer they’re never gonna get that guy) Ivan and Alexis hopped out of the t 34 and bend the gun barrel with the strength of 100 Stalin’s

[@migueltan1080]

One needs only the strength of 1 Stalin to bend the gun barrel, 100 can bend capitalist scum into submission comrade

[@ronniehopper2726]

Jose Raul Miguens Cruz are you being serious, I can’t tell if you’re joking

[@Tankdestryer1]

Will you ever add minelayers, mine flails, or like sherman dozers? As the dozer and flails could, in theory, add additional armor to the front but also, in the case of the sherman dozer, you could dig out a hull down position for you or your allies, but after an artillery barrage it would fill it back in.

[@matheusschuengue8277]

Do you have any plans to solve the spawn camping on realistic tank battle? Like creating dinamic spawn, spawning behind enemy lines or blocking more areas.

[@lucasrohart3696]

Would it be possible to pick the bomb we want to drop for planes with multiple bomb tipes like the P47 or the BF110?

[@theScottishKoala]

They're looking into this, but only for aircraft that had that ability IRL. AD-4 Skyraider is the main one missing this ability right now.

[@louisl2829]

14:23 this thing is broken too and need to be fix at long range works only 1/3 (and binocular cross was exactly on them)

[@tibo6879]

will we see french boats in the future ?

[@starstreakalex7372]

how many 12.7 SPAA milk trucks can a leclerc shoot through with its top APFSDS shot?

[@pablosarmiento3767]

StarStreak F5 hell yeahhh

[@nigelwigglwattle]

prob the ussr's whole supply

[@bryan-if2ls]

i like the sight distance control tip

[@DavidXD57]

Will you add "peaceful" events ? Like rescuing people from a sinking civilian ship, delivering supplies... Many vehicles in game are in civilian use too (Catalina, some helicopters). It could be interesting. Arma 3 received a lot of support when it released Laws of war DLC, in partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross.

[@julianviefers6703]

Question: So we have the possibility of saving certain control loadouts. Specially on console with limited button amount this is really helpful. But would it be possible to add a system which makes it possible to add a type of scheme to each type of vehicle(light, medium, heavy and soon) so that way you dont need switch the control layouts manually if you die and respawn in a different vehicle.

[@bonusducks2.03]

At the 2:36 mark. More maneuverable vehicles in game. I153 chiaka. Fast turning.

[@samuelpellissier1334]

Awesome game! Awesome channel! This is the best war simulation game out there by far. Thanks Gaijin!

[@snonsig2688]

Wtf are you smoking? 1. Awsome game? This mess is bugged like hell. 2. War thunder isn't a simulator and even if it was it wouldn't be the best one by far

[@andrew9021]

Are we ever going to get big ships added to naval battles (battlecruisers, battleships and aircraft carriers). It seems likely, as when the game mode entered beta, small torpedo boats were planned to be the biggest things, and yet today we have heavy cruisers sailing around.

[@hansm_0161]

How about a video about family evolution of Panther or Sherman series tank? Like the one you made called the Leopard Evolution

[@crazyadam9281]

I don't think it was mentioned but when rangefinding always be wary of these symbols (greater than) and change accordingly.

[@filonin2]

Moving on to our traditional Hotmail 17:48 Lol, I always preferred Yahoo! Mail.

[@jonas9292]

Will u add mw50 for german aircraft or is it in game?? I saw it on war thunder wiki for the fw190 d13 but not for the bf109k4 but i know the k4 had it.

[@cheezybirb7810]

Hi! I wanted to ask if you'll ever add belt animations for belt fed guns on tanks and planes?

[@deathkorpsofkrieg7639]

can we please get a playlist with all the music in these videos?

[@dotEXCEI_]

Question: Will you guys be at Gamescom 2019?

[@redbluegreen7771]

I didnt know the range thing or marking enemies thx a lot

[@wingmantv7470]

Hey Gajin. I‘ve got a question. How can I contact you? This is very important it‘s about self made decals.

[@krakenburger56]

The forums

[@TheTonkGuy]

They really don't care sorry

[@csv4896]

Post It in the Warthunder sub reddit

[@carsonnelson8195]

You know they don’t care 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Nimori]

Keep up good work!! I would love to see new game mechanics rather than new vehicles though, just a suggestion!

[@davenicsky9375]

Attempt #2 "Currently the biggest bomb from my point of view is the Pe8's 5000 KG - FAB 5000, but I would like to see in the future. The Grand Slam - a 10,000 KG bomb developed for the Avro Lancaster that was in service around 1944 to 1945."

[@filonin2]

Who are you quoting?

[@reecevellender7808]

Will we ever see the boulton Paul defiant in the future of the British tech tree?

[@Farmuhan]

do you have some recommendation for post fx setting to make play the game more soft to see?

[@moonkicker4081]

is the Gaijin market available for steam users? if not will it be available in the future.

[@Gechi999]

is there any way to display the heading in the HUD (without looking for it in the virtual ockpit)

[@tiagocosta8992]

with what hardware do you record the shooting range?

[@1996axon]

Very helpfull !

[@AxelKuno]

Hey Bruce could you ask the dev team if we could have some better settings for weapon buttons in the future? it would be nice if we could have a number of weapon groups and then we could assign weapons to one or more groups so if I have a ground strike plane I don´t have to fire my small canons I can choose to only fire my big canons and save the small canons and mg for planes. It would also make it easier to use tanks with multiple guns

[@wizzywhizz6575]

What ? im playing war thunder since 2016 but never know about hold alt button...thank you making this video

[@ItsYoBoi717]

How do you make you're minimap bigger in game?

[@MRKnowitallaboutRFOM]

Do you think you could do a guide on historical decal configurations? I'd like to make my vehicles more authentic but I'm not always sure how big decals would be or where they should go.

[@gibby305]

Write the Vehicle Name in Google and look for Pictures. Mostly, they are some historical Pic's

[@JosephJoboLicayan]

Can you guys make a video on how to survive/win a tank joust (tank CQB) in an open field and in an urban terrain?

[@kingcobralivemusic]

Find a bush, angle your armor and use the distance meter before engaging.

[@leisekrieg]

please look into the Japanese purchase of a panther tank, thank youu

[@alexisbierquedebirkadefauv1744]

Does bringing more ammo in your tank increases the explosion size when detonated? And does carrying like lets say 100 75mm HE shell have a bigger explosion then carrying 100 solid AP shot?

[@abdullahakhtar9824]

Some halftracks were fitted with anti tank cannons. Can we see them in the near future? I feel that low tiers are neglected due to the modern vehicles

[@sithrulezz423]

M3 GMC my friend, 1.7 American half track with 75mm cannon.

[@abdullahakhtar9824]

D Jedi the Germans and the British had some

[@sanakhtthefatetwister9116]

Do you guys have plans to add modern MBTs e.g M1A2 SEP, Leopard 2A7+, T14 Armata, etc?

[@mateuszmazurek6080]

Do you plan to add Germany some top tier IFV like Bradley or Warrior?

[@theScottishKoala]

Begleitpanzer? Better IFV than both of them!

[@ac-1957]

Would you ever do WW1 vehicles? I have some great ideas toward that thought.

[@beanosmeanos8650]

No one history, channel at night :thumbnail

[@ivanthetanker9257]

with the new gear system you can actually break on the engine by shifting down at high speeds

[@bubu02]

Can you do a Pages of History about the meeting between Franz Stigler and Charles Brown? A German BF109 Pilot Escorts a American B17 back to England.

[@userjlj]

bruce how do u adjust the mini map on the PS4?

[@capitaocoelho9782]

Will BM-13 be back in the game? I started playing like 2 months after the event ended, and I really like that vehicle...

[@coleman598]

Attempt 3 : lead for the stormer hvm and ERA for challenger 2

[@coolmeep246]

Will we ever be able to rearm at an airfield with our plane with a different payload if we have the spawn points in a tank RB? Also the AP MK I & II do not work very well and I was wondering if maybe they might be broken because they don't do anything when I hit tanks with them

[@snonsig2688]

You already can

[@terafilip999]

Will you ever model whole tank rounds into the game or will they stay pixel rounds forever? Could you even do it?

[@ivanbnv8354]

and the biggest factor about pen is the bias... especially for 20K gun - taking unrealistic pen stats of a post war long barrel test ap rounds and give them to the aphe just to get a start bias... also the test condition reload times that have nothing to do with reality like T-34s'.... also also replacement crewmen that spawn in 6 sec, or repair heavy machine in secs... under fire!...

[@raptor_zero9429]

Please, now that we have combined naval battles, can you add more seaplanes for Germany, USSR and Great Britain?

[@mahonishizumi6276]

learned so much