Complete guide to gun convergence, and vertical targeting settings in War Thunder.

Explaining what these two settings do, illustrating the impact, and showing side-by-side comparisons for an easy understanding of how gun convergence and vertical targeting impact your shots in War Thunder.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Convergence
01:33 Vertical Targeting

[valhallasrevenge]

the snail has had ten years to explain this to me. Tim does it in under four minutes. i tip my hat to you my good sir.

[CyberBot]

I accidentally clicked on the video thinking "bruh, just 4 minutes, I already know about convergence... whatever I'm gonna let it play" holy shit I never even gave a thought what vertical targeting was, thanks Tim and thanks my personal procrastination

[thnarratr]

Tim’s always got me for information I didn’t even know I needed to know

[Knightlostinthyme]

I think Tim just knows the secret of the universe, he just I a kind wizard who wishes to teach us, for that I am eternally grateful

[KaguyasBeat]

Straight to the point, easy to understand, excellent comparison footage. This is the best I've seen on this subject and I wish I had it over a year ago when I started back to the game. No one explained it and showed actual in game like you did to help with the understanding. This is awesome Tim.

[ctrains_]

This is the most undepth thang for vertical targeting I've seen. lol thanks for the upload tim!

[kiri]

This is the exact video new players need to understand this, great job!

[ODST_Parker]

I've been playing at 600m with vertical targeting off for years now, and I've never felt the need to change it. Even with planes like the MiG-15, I was able to learn the trajectories very easily with that setting.

[tuckerk]

Excellent guide as always, and great job on the in-game visuals!

[lalad]

I REALLY liked this video, i hope to see some more of this style some day, they're really well made

[Rickardo]

I actually had no idea that your crosshair changed position depending on what gun convergence you have, I've used 400 for like the last 8 years and never changed it.

[cestaron]

You forgot to mention one thing. If you turn vertical targeting on when you have the exact same guns (6 .50s or 4 20mms) these guns will then also be aimed up to have their intersection points (vertical intersection) at the range of your convergence.

[pedrostrugala]

Hello Tim! Nice video. I love this channel, it's the best WT channel for me I aprreciate your work and knowledge.

Also I have a cool idea of a review of the La-200, it's a really curious jet.

[byyfrost]

lol I’m a veteran but you make me learn something I had never understand before (vertical targetting)

[camilorodriguez]

couple questions:
-does the vertical targeting also apply to gunpods?? like the belly gunpods on top tiers
-how do you set the vertical distance? is the same slider from the gun convergence??

[ssd]

hope that they can make separate settings for vertical and horizontal convergences, it
Basic changes the gun mounted angle, giving a bit of advantage in sim dogfight

[kimjanek]

Good to know that the crosshair adjust for the ranges.
I usually set them to 250-300m with LMGs to get the most out of those guns.

I guess even with centered guns it an help to adjust the convergence to hit at a specific distance.

Explains why I sometimes have issues landing shots at 400-500m that should be pretty easy, due to using guns with and without convergence.
So you just have to aim directly at the target and don't have to account for drop.
(No wait, it only adjust the reticle but doesn't change the trajectory)


Man would that be neat, if we could actually put planes into some gun adjustment range.

[Lazor]

Do you have a decal in-game? I'd love to rep you. Youve been a huge help for me after not playing the game for a few months.

[kazline]

I usually watch your videos cuz they're entertaining to watch regardless of if i know the info already or not. But one question i got while watching

Does the convergence account for your current air speed?

[Razgriz_Swordsman]

Tysm Tim, excellent info as always!

Is there any recommended distance for different gun caliber? Like for example: 800mts for .50 cals and so?