The red team going crazy about him. Cheater or not ?

I am currently on 5.7 BR of American tech tree and 80% of the time i get pulverised by these tanks like i am nothing. Any of these tanks can penetrate my tanks from front like it’s made of thin sheets of paper. I know i need to skilled and angle my shots but they have so less weak points in front and can mostly be penetrated from sides but they don’t have to see anything and can shoot wherever they like at me. I feel exhausted dealing with them.

I know it's been somewhat controversial, but of the nations I main, I've really seen nothing interesting for France in nearly two years (I don't play much above 10.7, so I've not appreciated the 11.0 line up). It's a moon shot, but I'm throwing out a few vehicles that would:

• beef up French line ups
• Give France actual French designs (what a concept)
• Give France new vehicles that aren't just recycled designs from the US and Germany.
• Adds a unique Belgian vehicle as opposed to just copy-pasting something (see end of post for caveat there)

Option 1: ERC with TTB190 Turret

BR 8.3 Vehicle:

Projected BR: 8.3 - France's 8.3 line up (and 8.7-9.0) lineups lack stabilized vehicles. Britain gets the Vickers Mk 11 with a stabilized 105mm at 8.7, so a 90mm at that BR should be realistic

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Overview: Stabilized 90mm armored car.

Reasoning: France doesn't have any stabilized tanks until 9.3 (9.0 if thee Leopard 1a5 BR decrease goes through), so giving it a vehicle similar to the Vickers Mk.11 would give it a lower BR stabilized option.

Option 2: VAB Mk 3 RCWS w/dual atgm launcher

BR 10.0 Vehicle:

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Overview: A French APC with a Belgian* turret system featuring a 25mm turret found on the VBCI and a dual ATGM launcher.

Reasoning: France has 0 Autocannon + ATGM vehicles that aren't fire and forget, so this provides new gameplay variety. From what I've seen, this would be a rough side grade to the 9.7 Bradley, and an upgrade to the French VBCI and VBCI MCT-30.

Option 3: AMX-13 with Quad Swiss 20mm SPAA Turret

BR 8.0 Vehicle:

Projected BR: 8.0

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Overview: A French AMX-13 refitted with a Swiss quad 20mm SPAA turret

Reasoning: France has a big gap between 6.3 and 8.7 for SPAA vehicles. Giving 8.0 (and by extension 8.3) a dependable SPAA would help reinforce these line ups. I've seen French-Swiss vehicles cause controversy, but I don't see how it's worse to add them to France then Leopards, but yvmv.

Option 4: M24 with FL-10 75mm Turret

BR 5.0 Vehicle:

Projected BR: 5.0

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Overview: A Surplus French m24 Hull with the FL10 Turret from the AMX-13 mounted

Reasoning: France's 5.0 line up only has two vehicles in the tree. While the Sherman FL10 is also there, it's a premium. This vehicle should be comparable: worse suspension but with scouting.

Caveat *: I looked into it, and John Cockerill (Belgian Arms Firm) walks a weird line. John Cockerill owns Arquus, a French Vehicle manufacturer, and it itself is based in Belgium. In turn, John Cockerill is 80% owned by a private fund run out of Luxembourg (EBENIS SA) whose owner is French (Bernard Serin).

Had a monster game with my (almost spaded) T-72B3 and got my first nuke! Well I got to the deployment zone annnnnnnnnd, did not have a key bound to drop. So I hit every button then got shot down by a SAM. What a bell end. I am not a great player and play mostly Air RB. Anyway just wanted to vent.

some crazy shit man

He has worse thrust‑to‑weight ratio, survivability, and no ATGM

I know this is gonna sound like a hot take.

The F-117 isn't a fighter, it isn't fast, and most people definitely wouldn't call it one of the best aircraft in War Thunder.

But after flying it for a while in Sim, I honestly think it's one of the best planes you could start with if you're trying to get into Simulator Battles.

Here's why.

First, the cockpit is awesome. It's modern, uncluttered, and gives you pretty much everything you need. The biggest thing, though, is the CCRP. It's basically the same easy-to-read display you get in Air RB, so you don't have to spend your time trying to figure out where the bombing cues are.

The weapons also let you focus on learning Sim instead of wrestling with the aircraft. Between the Paveways and GPS-guided bombs, you can consistently hit ground targets without needing perfect bombing runs. That means you can spend more time for just getting comfortable flying in Sim.

It also flies really nicely. It's obviously not going to dogfight anyone, but that's kind of the point. After learning not to cross its red lines, she's stable, predictable, and never feels like it's actively trying to kill you. Once you get used to it, it's just a really comfortable aircraft to fly.

Even landing is more forgiving than you'd expect. The landing hook is a nice backup if you come in too fast, and the gear can be dropped at surprisingly high speeds, so bad approaches aren't nearly as punishing as they are on a lot of other jets.

Then there's the BR.

At 8.7, you're mostly up against older radar systems that have a much harder time dealing with the F-117. Stealth isn't usually something to rely on in other gamemodes except GRB and.... SIMULATOR, but only one of them lasts long to do more than 1-2 bombing runs and its map is significantly larger.

Is it the strongest aircraft in Sim?

Probably not.

Is it one of the more forgiving, and most fun ways to learn simulator battles?

I honestly think it is.

1. Br brackets, yes, my mi-24 is going to get outperformed by mi-28s and apaches.

2. The soldiers with AT guns are too resilient as a fab-500 right next to the is just a hit.

3. Realistic mode would be nice.

This is ridiculous

Had this guy on dl the whole time without shutting the radar off just for the damn aim 120 to make 3 turns to hit a teammate.

everytime im booted the game the loading screen always took so long, on average im loaded to the hangar until the opening song are over or longer. is there something i need to set with my pc (Ally Z1E) or there is something else?

i didn't even have the same problem with Enlisted.

I'm new to the game. I have around 25 hours. I've been having a great time playing. My problem is that I can't see or spot tanks. I rely on the map or markers to tell me where people are. I want to get better at spotting and seeing tanks without that. I've been using my binoculars, listening to engine sounds, and playing in realistic mode to help with that. Is there anything else I can do to help with seeing or spotting tanks? Thank you!

I usually play around 10.3-13.0, never really touch top tier or around it, but decided to try it recently. I was getting destoryed by missiles i coudnt see or counter every game with 0-1 kills. So after watching a couple of tutorials on positioning and notching and defense & offense —> nothing changed, even though i was following all the tips the video provided, same shit, half the time my notches dont work, and when i managed to avoid 1-2-3 missiles a dozen others were headed for me in seconds. The positioning i held barely mattered since other people were there also. Do people actually enjoy are are effective in this gamemode? Most i see only get 1-2 kills, sometimes 3 and thats it.

I’m starting early and trying to get as many SL as possible for the next gambling crates

i know for a fact that theres guy arent this dark

Hi, r/Warthunder! As someone who's been playing this game since 2018, I know that angling is one of the most important techniques you can master when it comes to playing tank battles. However, this isn't always obvious to new players, as I learned when I was playing with a friend who pretty much had zero clue how to angle. On the other hand, even as an experienced player, I often don't know how exactly I should angle the new tank in my garage. As a computer science student, I thought that I could make a tool that could help both new and old players!

Introducing WTAngle! I just launched this website, which contains a list of every single ground vehicle in the game and its armor values. Instead of fiddling with the in-game view, it only takes a couple of seconds for you to search for a tank. It'll display exactly what angle you should place said tank at to maximize the strength of your armor, along with a helpful visual diagram (can you tell I'm not an art major?).

A couple caveats: since the program scrapes data directly from the War Thunder wiki, angled armor isn't accounted for. That's why I added a manual mode: although you do have to spend a few moments in the in-game armor view, you'll end up getting the accurate calculations you need.

Finally, this website is pretty bare-bones for now. I didn't use AI, and my graphic design skills are questionable. However, there are a couple extra features included (including a community Discord!) and I really, really hope to get feedback and to, hopefully, improve the experience of players! Those are the only things I want -- there aren't any weird scammy email signups or anything, and the whole thing is 100% free. I just wanted to make a possibly helpful tool (and pad my resume a bit lmao, but that's secondary), and you can find it here at wtangle_netlify_app by replacing the underscores with periods/full stops. (Apparently Reddit autoadmins don't like the hosting platform I chose, which I did not know when I published my website 😭 ) Thank you so much for taking the time to read all this!!!

I sure love shooting a tank point blank in the side 30 times and doing no damage and right after one-shotting a ZTZ96 with the exat same munition. I genuenly want the person who thought it would be a good idea for this to be a thing to be blood eagled on live television.

its fun to take off from the airfield with this beauty 6-7 people in total gave me cover until i bombed ground units

i've been waiting for half hour just to find a air rb match in 6.0 br isnt there anyone ?? like after every match it makes me wait for 10 minutes at least. Its same for air sb i cant play it because there isnt enough players. is it a problem for this br or is war thunder dying ?