Yak-15 In War Thunder : A Basic Review

Taking a look at the Yak-15 in Warthunder. In this vid, we look at the real-world history of the aircraft, its in-game weapon systems, flight performance, and combat tactics to use it effectively out in matches.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Real-World History
02:21 In-Game Systems & Weapons
03:22 In-Game Flight Performance
05:35 In-Game Combat Tactics
08:22 Miscellaneous
09:13 Conclusions

[@mortexic4939]

8:17 Ladies and gentlemen .. we got 'em ..

[@mab2187]

Fun Fact: This thing is technically the first Soviet Jet irl, but Mikoyan had a better relationship with the Gov so they allowed him to fly out their jet "MiG-9" first. Thus, the MiG-9 became the first jet for the Soviet officially. But unofficially the Yak-15 is legit the first jet for the Soviets.

[@TimsVariety]

There are variations on the story ("coin flip at the airport" , etc) , but thats basically correct - the Mig-9 prototype flew first, but the Yak-15 entered service first.

[@Cardinal8427]

Tim: I'm sorry I have to review lower tier vehicles for a while Me: Jokes on you I'm into that sh!t

[@TimsVariety]

Got a few prop aircraft coming up over the next month or so. More than a few, actually.

[@LightningFox512]

@@TimsVariety yesyesyeyseysyesyes, im getting close to jets

[@TimsVariety]

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[@LightningFox512]

@@TimsVariety watched that like yesterday lmao

[@tomsmith7207]

My favorite thing to do is before I buy a new aircraft. I type in the search bar “Aircraft name Review Tim’s variety” I don’t trust the auto complete I suppose, dang bots.

[@mrfoxycracker4836]

and the despair when there isn't a video for it by him

[@tomsmith7207]

@@mrfoxycracker4836 Indeed.

[@user-vb2uq1fy9x]

My favorite WT content maker

[@Kroha_Kevin]

He's the GOAT

[@planetspode]

Nice review. Appreciate not having a click bait title or thumbnail.

[@TimsVariety]

My channel stats suffer, but I sleep well at night knowing that I don't manipulate or bait my audience.

[@C76Caravan]

IIRC the Yak-15P was also my first jet unlocked. Once I realized, or I think another great WT YTber (Long5hot, who unfortunately is no longer making videos) pointed out, that the Yak-15P is a great trainer not just as a jet trainer, but also as a trigger discipline trainer, I have become a fan of it and would recommend the Yak-15P to anyone actually wanting to get better at trigger discipline as well as learning how to fly a jet. Though granted compared to years ago, there are way higher tiered opponents.

[@anginkentut1756]

i actually spent way too much time on that thing lol. Right now the plane i use most is my su27, but I still keep coming back to it once or twice a week. It's extremely fun!

[@vaughanharrop3902]

The strategy of climbing to mid-altitude and engaging ground pounders or low enemy fighters is a good one, I usually either do that or just head straight in at low alt/high speed and try to kill the first few low flyers that show up, then once ammo is gone head back to reload and return at whatever altitude is needed for remaining enemies. Planes like this do teach you trigger discipline though, if enemies realise you've run out of ammo it's pretty hard to disengage and get back to base to reload.

[@wevibbin1764]

Hey Tim, throughout my entire school year I’ve watched every single one of your videos in school entirely for fun.

[@KorianHUN]

I'm mostly a ground player but absolutely love these converted prop airframes. Some of the best looking planes before more modern jet design became common.

[@MiniMe943]

I've had the Yak-15/-17 uncrewed for a while, but this review is pushing me into finally flying them out. Otherwise, good review and I like the history at the start.

[@zanaduz2018]

1:55 While the type wasn’t ever used as a front-line fighter, there is some anecdotal data that suggests that some of these were deployed North of the Yalu River during the Korean War, and that UN pilots did (unofficially) shoot down a few that could not be credited because of strict rules of engagement forbidding combat over China’s side of the river. 2:31 Basically everything about this jet can also be translated to the Yak-17 (which is foldered with the Yak-15s), as it is a later derivative of this airframe. 8:27 This plane is like a mullet: jet business in front, Yak-3 party in the back!

[@PaiSAMSEN]

I like the "just slap a jet engine on an existing airframe and call it a day" approach this one clearly display.

[@MrBlueBurd0451]

My experience with the Yak-15 is that people massively underestimate your agility because 'haha is a jet', and then you rate-match with a superprop no problem.

[@wMars.]

I like watching these videos even tho my computer broke and im too poor to buy another so i cant play anymore. Nice to learn things about planes i never cared about

[@ObusPerduYT]

Thanks Tim

[@nuh7159]

Underrated channel

[@meatballwanger]

This is the best thing I ever saw.

[@gabrielmonte4545]

I've found this jet to be nigh-unbeatable as a prop plane in Ground RB. The gamemode basically requires you to stay low for either doing CAS or intercepting CAS, which makes this thing's energy and speed issues fairly negligible. Even other jets tend to lose if the Yak-15 doesn't take head-ons. It's very good as an anti-CAS pick.

[@themightyturducken9375]

My beloved Yak-17 didn't even get a side note. I have no reason to love it, I just do.

[@SteelyDylan97]

Super super fun for C.A.P. in GRB though!

[@TimsVariety]

Yeah, I didn't have time to get into that, but its placed fairly well for game modes with an airspawn.

[@danielbutka8854]

The prop yaks are some of my favorite fighters in the game but I just don't have the patience to wait for this to regain energy, and I hate only having 60 rounds per gun. Note: I've only played the Yak 15p, with 1 gun

[@Karter_Blackpaw]

After going through the suffering that is the Japanese tree after WW2, I went through the Russian one next and the Yak15 was one of the worst jets to fly. I was not having any fun using it with the absurd single gun and was rushing to get to something else. The only saving grace for it was its insane turn and loop-rate in arcade. There you'll have slightly more fun with it, but i'd recommend getting the pilot upgrades to make reloading faster.

[@razgriz4978]

5:57 Maneuver kill (pls Gaijin gib kredit)

[@dominozaur98]

8:43 What about the Attacker? British 7.0 jet. It is also a tail dragger. One of my favourite early jets to be honest

[@TimsVariety]

Hence "One of the" only ;-)

[@ogwancannoli]

7:24 with the airbase AA, were you able to escape from those? They seemed to close in quick but you were already fairly far away

[@TimsVariety]

Yes, that was no trouble.

[@tasoth]

Sounds like it still has the broken flight model of the other yaks.

[@TimsVariety]

Yup!

[@rags417]

I used to be great at this game but for the past 3-4 months I just can't seem to win any more, let alone get any kills. This game truly sucks when it hates you.

[@thanhhaitran9422]

I am about to get the Su9. Your opinions on that ?

[@TimsVariety]

I have a review up of the Su-11 , its pretty similar but with slightly reduced engine power. In short, its a fairly good plane.

[@farmcat9873]

Gotta do a 360 no scope shot professional gamer mode with this thing cause its such a let down in the gun section so hopefully whoever you are that plays this plane is a crack shot and hits the target on the first shot every time cause holding down the trigger won't be an answer for you. The next Yak17 hmmm a tiny bit better but expect similar things from it. All though I thought this was the first Yak15 the SP for a minute in the video. That first Yak15SP is a tough one compared to this Yak-15 and that SP is where the real fun begins to get to warm ya up for this Yak15 and then 17 and talk about real LOW ammo count HaHa that's rough on the Yak15SP.

[@gaijinbroken6571]

best plane in the game

[@moxie_ST]

Yeah fun plain but thanks to gajzila damage mechanic it can be extremely frustrating. Ps- massage to Gaijin "fix your šhit"😊

[@emilymallette7921]

In ground ab i just flew it at 5.0 like tf?

[@LightningFox512]

"most agile jet" crys in me163

[@TimsVariety]

I'll cover the 163 eventually. I love the thing, but the matchmaker hates it.

[@LightningFox512]

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[@jussi8111]

only chads fly the P model

[@TimsVariety]

"Back in the day" we had no choice, as it came first in the tech tree.

[@luigipignatale7790]

You always talk about your experience in vr. But you never show any vr footage. Could you please show some vr footage in future videos?

[@TimsVariety]

I showed a little VR in a vid I posted about "How I make my aircraft reviews" and I also have a full VR sortie up somewhere, but the TLDR is that my capture setup doesn't grab the VR footage very well, and it comes out looking REALLY shakey and low-quality. I also included some VR footage in my Mig-29 review (discussing the HMD), and you can see what I mean that it records like shit.

[@luigipignatale7790]

​@@TimsVariety oh yeah i see what you mean. Welp thanks anyways P.s i discovered you Channel a few days ago and im binge watching your videos non stop :)

[@TimsVariety]

@@luigipignatale7790 You'd be surprised how often I hear that exact same thing. "Just found your channel last week, and I've already binged 200 of your videos!" lol :-)

[@GenFalcon]

When you are trying to explain how to use it, buddy Just say the words no selfish child will understand "DEFEND THE GROUND POUNDERS"

[@farmcat9873]

Horrible plane to grind stock Especially a few updates ago. This plane wasn't a real fun thing to spade really low ammo count is a rough one.

[@lactosperson9871]

First

[@garrisonchilds2610]

SURELY this plane is incapable of being outrun by a B-17 spawning a sabbatical from warthunder that will last months.