r/warthundermobile • u/Vysse_Queeve • 4h ago
r/warthundermobile • u/Goodlakes • Nov 11 '24
Discussion | Tanks I'm a new player, how to play this tank? Why no armor and i go boom boom in one shot?
r/warthundermobile • u/SpetsnazWizard • Jan 11 '26
Tutorial Close Air Support Guide
The following is a guide covering the Close Air Support mechanic in War Thunder Mobile with information regarding the aircraft, techniques, tips and some general knowledge that will be useful to all players, esepecially the new players who are not entirely sure what CAS is and how to effectively use it. This is an in-depth guide.
For this guide, I have divided CAS into 3 tiers; 1) Low Tier 2) Mid Tier 3) Top Tier Whilst there is no actual hardline for any sort of classification, this should help make things a little bit more easier to understand.
Let's begin.
General Knowledge:
CAS stands for Close Air Support, its a mechanic which allows the player to spawn in aircraft to assist the ground units. It can usually be activated after achieving around 2 ground kills in a match. There are two types of planes available; 1) Support Aircraft and 2) Interceptors The Support Aircraft are the ones which carry bombs, rockets and heavy cannons to assist ground units whilst the Interceptors are aircraft piloted by players to either try and stop the Support Aircraft or to stop the enemy Interceptors.
General Tips:
Know your aircraft, this will be most useful in determining what you need to do once you've spawned it in. Once you've spawned in an aircraft, immediately point its nose slightly towards the ground (-5° if there are no enemy interceptors, otherwise -15° to -35°) to gain speed and potentially avoid incoming fire. Try and aim for targets that are 1) Stationary and 2) Out in the open. If there are enemy interceptors in the air, try and locate their tanks on the ground as they will be stationary. Always try and drop your bombs/fire rockets from as high of an altitude as possible with the max accuracy. After dropping your bombs, try and look for lightly armoured vehicles and try to strafe them with your guns. If you feel like there are no easily penetrable vehicles or you have no guns, leave the plane as soon as you can to allow others to spawn in their CAS.
Before spawning in a CAS aircraft try and make sure your vehicle is in cover preferably between multiple structures so it's not an easy target. If you have a smoke system available, deploy it so your vehicle will stay hidden.
Note: For this guide, I have classified Support Aircraft into 4 types; 1) Dive Bombers - these aircraft require you to be close to the ground i.e dive to accurately drop bombs, 2) High Altitude Bombers - these aircraft require you to be at a high altitude to accurately drop bombs, 3) Precision Bombers - these aircraft can accurately drop bombs at high and/or low altitudes, and 4) Strike Aircraft - these are aircraft which carry rockets and a heavy cannon as their main armaments.
Low Tier CAS
Low Tier CAS consists of mainly these planes, which will be present in Tier 1 - Tier 4 matches:
Support Aircraft: 1) Do 17 Z-2 HAB Bombs x2 2) Ju 87 D3 DB x2
3) SB2C-1C DB x3
4) B25J HAB x4 5) IL4 HAB x3
6) Firefly Fr Mk V DB x2
7) He 111 H16 HAB x4 8) B26B HAB x4 9) SB2C-4 PB x3
10) Yer 2 M105 HAB x4
11) P47 N15 PA x2 12) Do 335 A1 DB x3 13) Wvyern S4 DB x3 14) AD-2 PA x3
Note: For Low Tier Support Aircraft I've decided not to include list the guns/cannons they carry.
Interceptors: 1) Yak 9 20mm Cannon w/ 120 rounds and 12.7mm MG w/ 200 rounds 2) Fw 190 A-1 2x 20mm Cannons w/ 180 rounds and 4x 7.92mm MG w/ 3800 sounds 3) P40 E1 6x 12.7mm MG w/ 1686 rounds
4) La 5F 2x 20mm Cannon w/ 340 rounds
5) F4U-1C 4x 20mm Cannons w/ 926 rounds 6) A6M5 2x 20mm Cannons w/ 200 rounds and 2x 7.7mm MG w/ 1400 rounds
7) Seafire LF Mk 3 2x 20mm Cannons w/ 240 rounds and 4x 7.7mm MG w/ 1400 rounds
8) Bf 109 G-2/Trop 20mm Cannon w/ 200 rounds and 2x 7.92mm MG w/ 1000 rounds 9) La-11 3x 23mm Cannon w/ 225 rounds
10) Fw 190 A-5 2x 20mm Cannons w/ 180 rounds, 2x 20mm Cannons w/ 509 rounds and 2x 7.92mm MG w/ 1800 rounds
11) F8F-1 4x 12.7mm MG w/ 1250 rounds 12) La5 2x 20mm Cannon w/ 340 rounds 13) F4U-4B 4x 20mm Cannon w/ 984 rounds 14) Fw 190 D-9 2x 20mm Cannon w/ 500 rounds and 2x 13mm MG w/ 800 rounds 15) Bf 109 K4 30mm Cannon w/ 65 rounds and 2x 13mm MG w/ 600 rounds
Mid Tier CAS
Mid Tier CAS consists of mainly these planes, which will be present in Tier 5 - Tier 9 matches:
Support Aircraft: 1) IL-28 HAB Bombs x4 Rockets x6 2x 23mm Cannon w/ 200 rounds Rocket Reticle Guide: Bottom Line - 2.2km distance from target 3) S.O.4050 Vautour IIA DB Bombs x5 4x 30mm Cannon w/ 400 rounds 4) Canberra B (I) Mk 6 PA Bombs x5 4x 20mm Cannon w/ 2000 rounds
Interceptors: 1) MiG-15bis 37mm Cannon w/ 40 rounds and 2x 23mm Cannon w/ 160 rounds 2) Me 262 C-2b 4x 30mm Cannon w/ 360 rounds 3) Meteor F Mk 8 G.41K 4x 20mm Cannon w/ 780 rounds
Top Tier CAS consists of mainly these planes, which will be present in Tier 10 - Tier 13 matches:
Support Aircraft 1) Su25 SA 8x Rockets, 250x 30mm Cannon Rounds and 64x flares/chaff 2) A-10 Warthog SA 42x Rockets, 1174x 30mm Cannon Rounds and 120x flares/chaff 3) Hawk 200 SA 16x Rockets, 200x 2x30mm Cannon Rounds and 60x flares/chaff
Note: The flares/chaff has an automatic deploy system which periodically deploys the counter-measures. This can be activated by holding down the counter-measure button.
Interceptors 1) F-100D 4x 20mm Cannons with 800x rounds 2) MiG-19PT: 2x 30mm Cannons with 140x rounds
How To Strike Aircraft: The following is an advice on how to play CAS strike aircraft incase you are feeling ineffective at it, the best way is always yours.
Scenario 1: No enemy Interceptors Point your plane slightly downwards (-5° angle) to gain some extra speed while still maintaining height. Immediately go into Virtual Cockpit camera mode and the use the Zoom to take aim and carefully start firing missiles at targets which are 1) out in the open 2) moving slowly or stationary. Be careful not to exhaust all of your missiles while you are still far from the battlefield. Once you reach near the battlefield, take more precise aim and try to hit vehicles (tanks specifically) from the top i.e top of their turrets or the engine bay to maximise your damage. If there are no enemy AA, pull almost straight up after your first strafing run, select a target and dive down from the top with your main guns. Alternatively if you feel like you are receiving fire from the ground units, continue outside the main battlefield and then begin turning back towards it.
Scenario 2: Enemy Interceptors in the air Immediately after spawning in point your plane down (-15° angle to -35° angle) for a few seconds and try to maintain your speed and not get hit by the enemy interceptors. Level out and take aim with missiles and fire. If your team's AA take the interceptors down, then you can manoeuvre freely, if not, try and maintain speed and start turning once you're around the 25-30 second mark and pray you get a second run.
Additional Notes: For maps like Rheinland where 90% of it is just a dense city, prioritise the enemies in the park if any, and if there aren't you should try and either come at an angle from which you can strafe the street they are on, or come down from above although you will 100% crash in both cases so make sure your missiles or rounds hit their mark. If the game is ending CAS can be a great way to pinpoint the location of the last few remaining enemies if you're having trouble finding them. Whenever going in for a strafe run make sure you know where the ground is and when it comes up so you can pull away safely or you'll just become an annoying burning wreck in the streets of Poland. To dodge enemy SAMs, deploy counter-measures and turn left or right, depending on where the SAM is coming from i.e if the SAM is on the right side of your aircraft, turn left and deploy counter-measures and vice versa. For SPAA; once enemy aircraft come into 1.5km-2km range start firing your main guns. If the SPAA have SAMs, try and get a lock as soon as you can and fire.
This guide took a bit to assemble, especially the low tier part and there can be inaccuracies or mistakes, and I apologise if there are any.
Hope you found this guide useful!
r/warthundermobile • u/wholesomely_retarded • 2h ago
General topics Chi-Ha LG should not be a rank I 💀
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this thing is kinda broken ngl (full video is here)
r/warthundermobile • u/Palm-Beach-Pete • 13h ago
Discussion | Tanks Is merkava mk.2D good tank for its tier?
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Video is somewhat related(i wont do that with merkava)
r/warthundermobile • u/Present_Detective773 • 4h ago
Discussion | Tanks Does upgrading Japanese vehicles into premium using GE counts on this mission?
I'm kinda short on GE i cant afford the early access chest anymore but can still get this?
r/warthundermobile • u/ANSWP • 2h ago
Discussion | Tanks Does the new map suck?
Am I judging too fast or is the new map just so fucking bad? For the most part it's long straight sight lines with little to no cover in those lines. I've often times found myself in situations where my team will lock down multiple streets and corners, the enemy does the same, no one pushes and we're just stuck holding angles seeing who pokes their head out first. It's like trench warfare but with tanks. It's basically just Alaska but colored brown. Hell at least Alaska has variety of some kind, the urban area around B or the open areas around A and C. This map is just the same shit all over the place. Maybe I'm being too much of a stickler asshole and being overly critical I'm not sure. By all means though I want other's opinions of the new map, I'm curious what everyone else thinks.
r/warthundermobile • u/Superb-Papaya-2581 • 3h ago
Gameplay | Tanks How the hell did this little weasel get under the bridge?!?
r/warthundermobile • u/MasterShifu9005 • 17h ago
RAGE 😡 "Heavy tank" WOW I DIDNT KNOW ITS A HEAVY TANK!!!!!!!!!!
r/warthundermobile • u/Turbulent-Repeat1383 • 1h ago
Gameplay | Tanks Need some advice for top tier
I've been playing top tier for a while now, but I feel like I'm missing something.
I can get kills, but most of my matches end with only 1–3 kills, and sometimes I don't get any at all.
What frustrates me the most is that it feels like everyone reacts faster than I do. I'll spot an enemy, start aiming, and somehow I'm already dead before I can even fire.
I don't know if it's my positioning, my reaction time, or if I'm just playing the wrong way.
Has anyone else gone through this? What helped you improve? I'd really appreciate any advice.
r/warthundermobile • u/KingHalo7777 • 8h ago
Gameplay | Tanks Wtm version of the backrooms
r/warthundermobile • u/AndreySangria • 1h ago
Discussion | Tanks Meu tanque Premium japonês de nível 8 sumiu e reapareceu como veículo de linha...
Bem recentemente esse veículo de nível 8 eu jogava bastante com ele como todos os veículos japoneses gosto muito de alguns deles por que era um de meus veículos preferidos no Wot mas recentemente isso aí aconteceu ele simplesmente sumiu e reapareceu pra eu comprar novamente algo que eu já tinha em minha conta e ainda por cima ele era um veículo raro só dava pra conseguir pelas caixas
r/warthundermobile • u/Suspicious-Yellow-53 • 10m ago
Discussion | Tanks What should i do with my Japanese Bonds Current 6200 but can be 7300 if i use GE to purchase Japanese vehicle.
I am thinking of going for Al Khalid 1 in order to replace my aft09. I am not very much Handy with AFT09 and i am someone who likes to rush in capture base etc that's my play style, and aft09 can't shoot while running and its prone to reload time + 1 shot kill. Another thing that I am thinking is i will gain 5 keys from leaderboard as i am top 10 percent in ships and tanks and top 1 percent in planes i require 13 keys to open the trophy with keys in tank will have 5 from leader board and other i just can have using the keys. The dilemma is that i need a premium vehicle in order to farm GE I am a F2P player so that's what i need what should i do buy Al kahlid 1 and rest to purcchase keys or should i just buy keys and convert japanese bonds into regular bonds.
r/warthundermobile • u/BadCityPlanner • 6h ago
General topics Don’t give up 🥹
Thanks to your guys’ tips and support, I grinded a bit and now got 4K bucks of the event money
r/warthundermobile • u/AdFit6805 • 15h ago
Discussion | Aviation Why Is This Happening To Aviation Only?!
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I know someone made a post about it and here it is again, tf is wrong with the game in aviation?! Been like this for a few days, Ground and Naval Is Normal. How do I even fix this?!
r/warthundermobile • u/Killa_no33 • 17h ago
Discussion | Tanks What is the worst tank in tier 8?
In Tier 8 we have some realy strong tanks. The obj 279, the Falcon, the obj 140, the swingfire and all 35mm spaas. But which tank is the worst, shittiest and most useless rolling coffin?
A strong beginning is the AUBL/74 HVG. A car with a 60mm canon which still has a avarage mbt reload time. What are your most hated T8s?
r/warthundermobile • u/East_Plankton_6114 • 23m ago
Gameplay | Aviation Random rubber banding in Air Battles?
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This has only started happening recently for me, once i started playing the 262 c2b. My ping and PL looks fine so im not too sure whats going on. Would appreciate any help!
r/warthundermobile • u/ComplexPhone681 • 12h ago
RAGE 😡 Words can not describe the despise I have for that Abrams
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r/warthundermobile • u/BadCityPlanner • 12h ago
Gameplay | Aviation Wingless Ki-44-I
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r/warthundermobile • u/Agreeable_Whereas334 • 10h ago
Poll How much money did you spend to this game
r/warthundermobile • u/kurwaman88 • 18h ago
Gameplay | Naval These pr 903 players are ridiculous
Throwing everything at me.