the insanity of april fools 2022 in warthunder

Video info accurate to game version 2.5.1.12

[alecvanlint]

10191 is a reference to Dune, as the date that Dune takes place is 10191AG (rather than AD). I'm going to pretend I knew that and totally didn't look it up on the Dune wiki.

[guyfrompoland]

the devs weren't on crack this April fools
they were on SPICE

[xxfalconarasxx]

It's not a helicopter. It's an ornithopter. An aircraft that flies via flapping wings, rather than rotors, jets, or rockets. With current technology, practical ornithopters are difficult to construct, but some futurists believe these might be the next innovation of VTOL aircraft design. Ornithopters are featured heavily in Frank Herbert's sci-fi book series, "Dune", which this April Fools event is based on.

[RubyFox_YT]

Zoltan, the Q-AD might be testing whether fire-and-forget weapons would be good for ground battles? (SPIKE-LR) Also, 10191 was the yeah (*year) DUNE was set in.

[mk]

This should be a constant mode to forget the disgusting grind

[alexisbierquedebirkadefauv]

The Big double barreled boy is inspired from the Devastator in Dune, though in dune it used heavy plasma cannon
while the sonic is based off the sonic tank which is inspired from the Sonic Weapon technology used by the Fremen in Dune

And the "helicopter" is an Ornithoper, closer to a plane than a helicopter



This event really brings back Childhood memories of Dune 2000

[rahjah]

2:57 I shot a missile launcher thing with that tank.. 4 times, all direct hits, that’s 8 rounds and still didn’t kill it.
With the sonic tank, you can sit behind the mountain on the c point, and fire into the point and noone can take it, and you can hit people at/going to B

[RezibaFox]

I used to play Dune 2000 so much as a kid this is probably the greatest thing ever and I 100% did not expect something like this to happen

[grafgrim]

The 10191 Golden Eagles is probably a Reference to the movie Dune

[blackegret]

BTW the type of aircraft the "TOPTER" is called an ornithopter.

[DeepSpaceIndustriesLOL]

I really wish this was on a monthly rotation or something because I legitimately enjoyed this more then regular war thunder

[freyawion]

"flying a helicopter like a plane is a strange experience"

mi-24: *cries in the corner*

[waterpig-p]

The miniscule amount of knowledge about the Dune universe hurts me

[braindeadjet]

Btw this April fools is heavily inspired Upon the new dune film. The dragonfly is the one from the film and when blades fall off is just like it. The worm is also very similar but lacks the thousands of teeth and lastly the weird particles are GE but in the film is a substance called spice and that big cargo vehicle is a spice or GE harvester.

[PaladinGuy]

I really appreciate the fact that the vehicles and buildings not only take reference from the recent Dune film, but also from the old Westwood Dune RTS games (Dune 2 was literally the very first RTS).

[shoulderpyro]

I like the references to the Dune RTS games that.. well, a lot of people seem to gloss over because they're unfamiliar with them.

Like the Windtraps and the turrets and such

[matiasdelafuente]

As an old ass gamer, this event is SOO nostalgic. It's referencing the dune series, but in particular old Westwood studios "Dune 2000". The B point almost looks like a full base with the comm-center, spice silos, the walls and wall-turrets, and the Wind traps! O M G (the RGB buildings you said? those xD) (And the ornithopters of course), not to mention vehicle aesthetics.

[chipsahoyboy]

Gotta say that I’m rather satisfied with this April fools update since it’s my first one. Joined last summer, so it was nice to have a good first experience. Can’t say if id have enjoyed that Pony one…

[Kuzma_]

As a fan of Westwood Studios, this is the best thing that could happpen in War Thunder

[axeavier]

a few fun things to note about this mode:
what's interesting is that france actually has made many real vehicles just like the armoured car in the event, like google "panhard sphinx" they also made the CRAB
Last year the type 96 MPM for japan was accepted for consideration. IT's the type 93 but with fire and forget + manual anti ship missiles.

if you drive into the worm as it swallows someone else, you'll be shot out flying


And that's all I got