War Thunder

[SiCaRiO]

got shot down with my p39 by a stuka g2, felt pretty stipud.

next match, killed 5 with my p39, got 42 K lions, felt pretty badass

[LuckyOne]

P 39 is great for BnZ, but I suck at it so I usually end up in flames (gj on engine placement, designers! I guess this is why it wasn't really liked by the troops).

[siben]

Took me Me410 B-6/R3 for a spin in arcade more. 6 kills before getting shot down by a 190 D13. Noobs trying to go frontal on my dual 20 and 30mm's . Good fun.

[SiCaRiO]

P 39 is great for BnZ, but I suck at it so I usually end up in flames (gj on engine placement, designers! I guess this is why it wasn't really liked by the troops).

is not that is great for BnZ, its that its shitty o everything else. All those kills were russian p-39k's, a bomber thingy, il-2 and a lag-3

[:| Hi]

People say the P-40 is great but honestly I just can't play it. Or any of the american tree for that matter. The planes are so "fat" I'm T5 with an F4F and it practically flies the same as my TBF.

I cant BnZ with the P40 either, basically it seems like american planes can't roll like I am used to with my German ones.

[THeTA0123]

Something all American planes had in common was durability. P39, P40, P47, F6F, F4U..
Together with 6 .50CAL's spraying armour piercing incindiary rounds


Problem is
In WT
US planes are just as killable as other planes
.50CAL's Suck

[Musti]

That's because since the great patch that "fixed" the flight models most US planes are shit for no apparent reason, fling wardrobes full of bricks (oh and they have useless .50 cals). Aircobra/Kingcobra is the only reasonable way to go, 37mm saves the day.

[SiCaRiO]

f4f is very durable, I tanked 3 zeros firing at me, lost most of my control surfaces but got away still flying. The .50 cals I dont know, i dont have problem killing things with it, they are weaker than cannons, but IMHO they should, there is a reason why after the saber, US moved away from the .50s

[Korsakov829]

... american ... "fat" ...

Developers going by a stereotype, perhaps? Haha.

[THeTA0123]

you know nothing, sicario 

http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/ideal.htm
http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/WW2guneffect.htm
http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/CannonMGs.htm
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/weapons-systems-tech/20mm-cannon-best-worst-specs-comparison-lmg-hmg-etc-29624.html

Going trough this, in the long run, it turns out they are infact, equal.
20mm guns fire slower, have lower muzzle velocity and carry less ammo
.50CAL's are better in WW2 against fighters, but worser against bombers.

One of the biggest handicaps being that most of these were mounted in the wings. Beaufighters, Ki45 and DO 217"s demonstrated the deadly effectivness of putting these cannons in the nose

Postwar, mounting weapons in the nose became possible. Thus switching to 4x20mm or 2x30mm was the best and most logical solution.




I have no problem with 20mm in WT. I have a problem with the low damage of the .50CAL's in higher ranked matches.



FOr the moment, i putted the middlefinger towards US aircraft and gone for the Axis and UK craft's

I am not rank 7 with USA, almost rank 7 with Axis and about halfway down rank 6 with UK.




Mein little Flugzeug <3 She shot down 7 planes that match. Credit to team!

[SiCaRiO]

Going trough this, in the long run, it turns out they are infact, equal.
20mm guns fire slower, have lower muzzle velocity and carry less ammo
.50CAL's are better in WW2 against fighters, but worser against bombers.

One of the biggest handicaps being that most of these were mounted in the wings. Beaufighters, Ki45 and DO 217"s demonstrated the deadly effectivness of putting these cannons in the nose

wouldnt the problem be that in arcade you cant edit your gun convergence, so each time you hit something youare actually hitting with at best half your armament, and since .50 rely on number of mgs firing, they would seem weak?.

When I play my americans (in historical), i set the convergence to 300 m, and dont fire until the plane is at that distance, if you lead your fire well, the enemy gets shatered.

[Musti]

You can change gun convergence, even in arcade.

[SiCaRiO]

it doesnt do a damn thing

[Musti]

Yes it does. Its fully functional.

[:| Hi]

I don't always play historical but when I do...


D-5 is my favorite Stuka thus far. Can't wait for that G series. Love playing Stukas as offensive aircraft.