Actual Tank Tactics Tested In War Thunder!

Actual Tank Commander tests real tank tactics in War Thunder! The basics of hull down tactics and proper use of smoke are essential in tank combat. But how well do they actually work in War Thunder? Let's find out!

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[brucebanner]

Please remove the Kangaroo from the vehicles as it's easy to tell you are NOT Australian from your accent and even if our cucked government has allowed you, a foreigner, to live here that does not entitle you to our culture. Again, remove all Australian signifiers and flags from your vehicle as you don't represent us and you are a traitor to your homeland and we don't respect that. Cheers.

[hiphip]

Id like to say that the Abrams is built for Hull down combat as well, was showing my father who was an M1 Tanker, War Thunder and he basically acted as my commander and taught me a lot about the Abrams and its tactics.

[YeetTheMeme]

Panzer carefully treading the line between classified information and universal knowledge.

[finnhayes]

PanzerPaw: "like the challenger 2" *shows the challenger 1*

[Vegemite_Warrior]

The Aussie internet is appaling, it sucks when I am trying to grind war thunder and suddenly my panzer 4 turns into a bf 109.

[thecommenter]

The real issue with IRL tactics is that the objectives are very gamey. Leading to the NEED for reckless tactics. You can't just wait around all day.
Nor do you have the vital infantry support most armored vehicles rely on.

[arcamean]

"The best defense is to not be hit in the first place", armor is useful when you can't avoid being shot but sometimes specially in war thunder having no armor means shells will over penetrate and not detonate.

[zuultheburninator]

If you want a true real experience to showcase, try sim battles. It’s my favorite mode and it takes alot of patience to play as your view is locked to the zoomed in 3rd person(think commander looking out of turret hatch), gunner, and commander CITV(I use it a lot thanks to thermals).

Be really good to see you try it sometime!

[sephirothbahamut]

Pro tip: where you attach the towing cable matters, the phyisics while towing take that into account. When you attached to the friendly's turret side you put him at major risk causing him to lift and turn sideways.
In that situation it'd be better to attach the towing line to the rear of his hull, so when towing him he wouldn't rotate that much and you wouldn't cause his hull to rise up.

One of the reasons I rarely activate the tow when I'm in danger is that I literally can't trust teammates to not put me in more danger while towing. Don't be that kind of teammate :)

[dasidiotentv]

I love doing a "Mental pressure tactic" where when one enemy knows where i am and i want his position across hundreds of meters. I first try bait him into shooting and directly after fire start pushing his position and do count seconds for what his reload might be plus 0.5-1 second of reaction to aim and fire. Because he missed the first shot and i start pushing him, most people will start to stress and mostly miss there shots when moving randomly towards because they dont take their time to shoot and want to kill asap. Works great in WW2-Cold war.

[MrSqueasil]

I use the bradley like i used to when i drove and gunned one back in the day, wait... nevermind maps arent near big enough

[Gastell]

3:30 - It's not that manual gear is the problem, but rather the combination of:
1. Change of velocity - It's a tank, it's heavy, it has a lot of mass to stop and then start moving
2. Change of velocity requires engine power - engines get very loud and hot when you need a lot of power to change velocity - loud is bad, hot is bad

[thedog]

Now I'd like to see ya with a squad doing this kind of tactics

[Orodreth]

I always play my tanks the way they were intended to be used. That usually means I get insulted each match.

[dimesadozen]

Those berm drills were beautifully executed 😊. It's fun using real tactics in war thunder because it can definitely get amazing results on certain maps.

[MrSqueasil]

All i hear is, driver up, gunner send it, driver back.

[manxhu]

lovely to see. i was a gunner in the leopard 1A5 back in 96 to 99... :) Your tactics are on point..

[PiPi]

Setting aside the game's questionable physics I always play like this because I find it more fun and it works so well in my type 74
I subbed!

[funwithmagnus]

The realism comes down to if you actually die or not when a dart comes ripping through your tank at Mach Jesus.

[Talishar]

The Abrams and Challenger have the same doctrine as the Leopard series. Their optimal engagement and configuration is for hull down combat. The Challenger fits in this to a T as its slower than all other modern MBTs with a scarily weak hull but a very strong turret. It holds the record for the longest gun kill for a tank (vs ATGMs) which it was in a more defensive position. The Abrams doesn't usually lead the charge, it has IFVs and other scout vehicles performing recon ahead of it. Again, its gun depression is very impressive. The doctrine you describe is actually the old Soviet doctrine. It's the reason why their tanks have terrible gun depression and built to naturally be more squat. While Abrams have been more aggressively deployed in the Gulf War, it was because the enemy armor it faced was so over classed as to be considered nearly worthless from a frontal engagement. Especially since the Abrams in that war were engaging Iraqi tanks from beyond their optic range.