THE SHOOTING RANGE 167: Toss Bombing / War Thunder

In this episode:

• Pages of History: who drove the yellow Focke-Wolf?
• Challenge: toss bombing;
• Metal Beasts: a European helicopter with an all-composite fuselage.

#WarThunder

[ZEROTOHERO]

Challenge for Bruce: create your own account if you still don't have one and show us a brief gameplay in the next episode of Shooting range

[maverickshaan]

I know you guys don't read every comment anymore but I would like War Thunder/Gaijin to implement these quality of life feature :
1. Per aircraft convergence setting, fuel count, and bomb fuse.
2. I would also like a more specific convergence like 550 meter for example and more specific bomb fuse time like 2.5 sec and maybe a more specific plane fuel count between the lowest and the 2nd one(this one might be for balance reason so... maybe a no)
3. Tank and plane lights for aesthetic reason, can maybe even be used to blind those infrared/night vision user in the new update
4. Per aircraft bullet ammo information, like muzzle velocity and other stuff, for instances specific information for like say I bullet, API, APHE and other stuff
5. Add the ability to reset default Decals on some vehicle that comes with the default historical decal in case someone misplaced it or delete the decal on accident
6. Add the ability to grind out basic crew to expert, I mean you guys already have the system for the ace crew, why not both?
7. Thanks in advance for making such a great game


PS:
-Wellington Mk X engine are wrong, speed are worse than the Mk 3 and had .3 br higher. mk 3 uses the Bristol Hercules XI 14 cylinder radial engine which is correct according to the wikipedia, but the mk X uses Bristol Hercules VI cylinder radial engine which is worse than the mk 3 one and according to the wikipedia the wellington mk X uses the
"Wellington B Mark X
The most widely produced variant of which 3, 804 were built. It was similar to the Mark III except for the 1, 675 hp (1, 250 kW) Hercules XVIII powerplant. The Mark X was the basis for a number of Coastal Command versions. A total of 3, 803 were built at Chester and Blackpool."


-Male voice 3 is actually the Female voice and the Female voice is actually the Male voice after the new update
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[Loup-mxyt]

That must be one of the best pages of history we ever got.

[DT-dndn]

1:17 “ 8mm “ literally shows 5mm plate

[pol]

Loved that pages of history story, superb

[KekusMagnus]

this looks like the most innefective way of bombing anything

[matthewyoung]

will you ever add mission editor to tanks on test drive because i really like that feature and would love it on tanks

[carlosduty]

One of the best page of history we ever had!

[stefanussmuller]

DECOMPRESS THE BR!! Do it it cant be to hard if you are working on your game everyday!

[Orca]

"Toss bombing" as it was called here was actually a tactic practiced by US Air Force B-47 Stratojet pilots during the Cold War to deliver nuclear bombs while allowing the aircraft the best chance to escape the blast zone before detonation.

[sylv]

So who drove the first yellow submarine?

[Damian-x]

We need FW-190 A-6
Also FW-190 with torpedo.
(When) Will they be added?

[StarGazer]

Will we ever see the A20G-25 get it's HISTORICAL payload of 4, 000lbs worth of bombs?

[mpcrauzer]

Looks like i have seeing some tossing bombs some days ago, plane in the ocean, my tank burning on the other side of the map

[pauld]

Antispawn camping idea - allow a team to call Danger Close Arty within their own spawn exclusion zones. That should cut down on those who linger right on the edge knowing they are safe from artillery.

[wen-dingoe]

Maybe von graf knew his time was up and during he prep he told one of his pilots to fly his plane and during the heat of the combat in an unmarked fulkawolffe. As for the name, it was probably a codename that the British believed to be his real name

[hazardtrooper]

Boulton Paul defiant added to British tech tree maybe?

[bravomike]

The son of the Red Baron! The Yellow Baron!

[CZdigger]

The bomb toss technique was actually considered in the cold war for throwing nukes at the enemy and for the same reasons you listed here; AA and radars alerting the enemy.


You didn't need heavy bombers and their escorts, you just needed one fast fighter/light bomber to toss the bomb while still under radar and quickly escaping from the blast. Very cool topic!

[john_bob_lenone]

In the future, can we have a tank enduring confrontation ?