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M48 Spotlight Edition

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>Fan created skins, missions, locations, fictions etc...
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>Ammunition Types
wiki.warthunder.com/index.php?title=Category:Ammunition

>All the Air RB/SB maneuvers you would want to know + Engine thingamabobs:
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>Every Airplane Instrument Panel translated
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>Joystick Comparisons:
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>DIY Headtracking
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>Chart displaying weapon effectiveness against ground units
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H1_cSnYKSKbU6Giql2bMDdFoXefeq6ENWuvjQbtquMs/
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first for
>his tank doesn't have stabilizers

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I LOVE RUSSIA

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i know its a baity shitpost but
>T25 had a stabilizer
>Shermans had stabilizers
>T41 had a stabilizer
>stabs removed from production tanks, M26/M41
>no tank until the M60A1 had a stabilizer because the army deemed them too heavy and the crew didn't like them or some shit
Why did they do it?

>His tank is crewed by anglos

Sad!

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removal of alternate history tank rb teams when?

>pasta
no thanks

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why do people have such a butthurt for stablizares? i always stop to take the shot i never do it on the move

You don't have to wait for the tank to stop bouncing.

How come we didnt get a swept wing F84...?

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Alright, I won't bother you anymore. I'll leave you to your ration of pickled seagull blatter or whatever you savages eat.

Because Gaijin killed the jet game population.

In a tank without a stab, if you stop the gun goes into the dirt or declares war on the sun. This means that instead of shooting the enemy you have to sit and wait until your gun to point at the enemy, this might mean that you get blown up by a tank you could easily kill, because your gun wants to shoot down some birds.

>dude just use planes in ground battles to get xp XDDDD
>instantly get shot down by a whirlybird every without being able to shoot anything every time


great tip

>Still wrecking TigerH1s and little shitty Comet tanks (and the rest of the "competition") with the IS-2

Too easy.

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Thank you to those who told me the Hetzer would be worth my time. Nothing feels better than seeing a jumbonigger panic when he is now the one faced with a tank he can't just frontally meme on

>you can wreck tanks 1.0-0.7 BR bellow you

>IS-2 mod 1944
Fucking retard, we go through this every time its posted. Its a KV-1S you fucking idiot.

>a tank specifically designed to shit on the tiger is on the same br as the tiger
>slav shitters are proud to do well.

>APDS throught the drivers sit killing entire crew
posted from my cent mk 3

>that file nam
it's a is-3 you fucking retard
>slavaboos are stupid
who knew

Too busy adding more broken russian nene jets

don't mind me, just ending all discussion regarding the current state of the game and balance.

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Terrible fucking tank stock

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So with the .50 cals getting another client stability improvement, what's the best belt?

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>mfw driving the AMX-M4/50 after spading the Lorraine 40t

what the fuck is this pigfat garbage

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It wasn't necessary.British test said the M103 was as good as the Conqueror,

for the late war belts in the p47/p51, just run the full API-T tracer belts. it becomes a huge laser buzz saw that cuts through almost anything, and burns everything else. if you're stuck with the mid war belts like on the f6f, just use universal, or if you've very confident in your shots, stealth.

Still terrible with needle HEAT-FS

Yeah but that's real life. Not slavic cash scam.

what the fuck why does germany never get 1000 bombs? the fuck is this balance?

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Is there something special about the Crusader? I don't think it has a stabilizer, but when coming to a stop, the sight picture is very stable. Very different from the A13.

It feels so weird to see my edit still circling around 3 years after I posted it on r9k.

nobody else gets 1000 bombs either

The A13 and the first Crusader both have shoulder stabilized guns

germany has equivalent of 1000 lb bombs)))))

What's the best way to play the Cent Mk.10 and the Vickers? Sniping?

Alright, thanks user. Heard ground target belts are better though, and the tracers aren't very discrete even though they kill quickly.

Ground Target belt for the late .50's are excellent.
t. person who flies P-51D30 a lot

BUT WHY DON'T THEY GET 1000LG BOMBS?
REEE
got it in the pepe starter pack :^)

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you dont

A thousand laser guided bombs?

What do I do? Just grind everything with the Cent Mk 3 and FV4202?

>score ~3800
>next highest on team is 802
>lose

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>tanks

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500kg = 1000lb
A early Stuka has a 1000kg (2000lb) bomb
I think it was the one with the desert camo (R2)
Idk. Its a year since i played this shit game the last time

>Gunner what is the range to the target?
>No idea sir, but it's definitely greater than 976 meters

I'll try them out next

>kg
>meters

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NOW THE WORLD IS GONE I'M JUST ONE

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No, play moderately aggressively and sneak through the flanks.

>Vickers engine noise
>Sneaking by anything

Cent. 10 is perfect though. Never used vickers because it came out after I reached Chieftains.

I've noticed that at BR8.0 most of the time it's an uptier, NATO get 8.0 tanks and its the Russians who get a mix of 8.0 and 9.0 on their teams

>Unlocked my first spitfire after starting planes yesterday

What am I in for?

Low speed, fragile, shit guns but you turn well and climb well so shitters will scream that your handheld and op

did you ignore all the do217s?

So climb to space and turnfight?

Yeah but if you're against Russians they out climb and somehow out turn you, and Japs will pretty much do the same

only griffons and the LF mk IX can into space

The rest are for mid and low altitude dogfighting.

>How the fuck do you deal with BVs every game?
Don't bother if you don't have big guns
Don't bother if you are not flying fighters with good climbrate or interceptors
General rule is that, only engage if you can approach them quickly. From the front or the side, you can afford to level fly and try your best to go for cockpit or the wing.
Taking them on from behind is ill-advised, unless you have much better altitude advantage and can close your distance from the dive.
Also don't fly too straight when you're on its tail

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>shitters will call the spitnigger handheld
>spitnigger
>not handheld himself

>endless loop of matches
why this game cant have nice gameplay?

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Thanks for proving my point bud

Russian bias is a conspiracy theory! Why do people believe it? Is it because we:
>use the maximum possible values for armor for russian vehicles, while giving non-russian vehicles the least possible values for armor?
>cite sources that were made literally a month before we dropped an update?
>got caught having values in-game that make APDS blatantly underperform against russian sloped armor and swept it under the rug when players chimped out?
>got caught giving the IS-6 extra armor behind the mantlet armor, then going "oops didn't mean to!" and made a hotfix immediately after?
>nerfed HESH because it was too effective against russian tanks, namely the IS-6?
>gave the T-64B a stock APFSDS that pens the M1 Abrams and Challenger I on all sides and angles, costing only 400 silver lions?
>gave the Challenger I APDS and M1 Abrams APFSDS stock which cannot even penetrate the front of the T-64B, and made it cost much more than the T-64B's stock APFSDS?
>gave the M1 Abrams and Challenger I completely wrong armor values?
>put the Object 906 at 7.0, not 8.0, and are not giving hull break in 1.77?
>released the Yak-23 and put it at 7.3 where it is completely overperforming compared to other planes at its BR?
>released the F3D-1, without it's radar, and told US players to "just turn" when it cannot compete at 8.0 with a max speed of 768 km/h?
>are about to release the La-200, which has a top speed higher than the F-86F-2?
>are going to change the armor on the IS-6 to 120mm thick on the side plates, but only decreasing the UFP by 10mm - effectively making it not a nerf at all, but perhaps a buff against people who flank it?
>let the ZSU-57-2 become a better tank destroyer than SPAAG?
No, it's because the players are racist!

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>slav
>outturn spit
Only the chaika

it literally doesn't bud.

>last plane alive is a pe-8
>start the climb to him after killing 2 of his ground pounders
>finally get to 5.5k alti and begin closing the cap with him
>start chipping away at him from .9km with shorts bursts of .50cal tracers from my mustang
>repeated aileron damage, flap damage, rudder damage, and engine damage and two dead gunners
>he dives to get away
>I easily catch him and begin raking his engine and wing roots with API-T
>score probably over 400 hits in long, consist bursts working over the wings and control surfaces
>he begins to roll, completely inverts, and comletes and split-S in a fucking 4 engine bomber that has been shot all to hell
>I put the last of my ammo into his tail as I chase him onto the air field before be killed by AAA
>he lands safely
>match ends 4 seconds after he lands without even saying they ran out of vehicles
the ))))))))))))))))))))))))) is strong with this one

Bullshit

Too often I've had a Yak 9-T manage to keep up in a turn, then whilst I've burnt all my energy and try to retreat he somehow seems to have retained his and catches me from behind

What a janky armor scheme

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I need this as a fading color spectrum on a video of an abrams moving its turret around.

>won 3 games last night
>win another 2 games after waking up as well as getting special task done
>sip coffee
Post trax
youtu.be/8CPlF-IEkXQ

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FREEABOOS BTFO

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>the CA Lorraine sucks

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>abrams
>impenetrable ufp

loving every laugh

>Composite LFP

What does it matter if its massive and easily penetrated by every MBT

Next like, seven are true, though half of them fall under "mobility", kind of double dipping

>ability to survive sideshots

loving every laugh

say it with me - 50MM TURRET RING

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kys yourself

50MM TURRET RING WITH ANOTHER 50MM RING BEHIND IT
At least now most tier 1s and 2s can't kill it.

>cheating nigger can't even take hits, shells passing right through him
>BR in name

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

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Jesus, how did WW2 pilots manage to land on carriers? I can never tell if I'm on level with the deck.

isn't it vulnerable to most mid tier SPAA AP belts? can't wait for angry posts when the burgers get BTFO by milktrucks. I also expect an increase of "coeliannigger" posts. can't wait for 1.77 lmao

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git gud

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I'm about a third of the way through the slav air tree and just unlocked the IL-4. Two questions-- first, what am I in for. Second, what next-- La-5F or Yak-9K?

In SB by the way.

Hundreds of hours of training and assistance from an observer on the carrier

Most SPAAs don't go over 90. I think only the ZSU-57-2 can kill it reliably, if at all.

Don't mind me, just posting a cool decal design that should be added (or premium tank)

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Nevermind, managed to do it and only busted a wing.

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La-5F

Noice

what is the thickness of the hull ring?

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nobody knows ))))) guess we'll just have to estimate )))))) oh our estimate is pretty low hehe ))))))

>fly TBF squad with friends
>3 TBFs on kursk
>we somehow accumulate more kills than the fighters on our team
I don't know if the allied pilots were particularly shit, or if the axis pilots were.

We went over this already, that is not the turret ring. It is the lower mantlet.
There's a document about the 140mm CATTB (abrams with bigger gun) that says the turret ring on the hull is 2 inches.

+so many GE you'll never need to buy it again

got a screenshot or pdf?