Exactly how I imagine OVERPOWERED planes ▶️ Yak-9B 

Honestly quite incredible

This is certainly one of the planes of all time.

Last week I was volunteering at a school camp for underprivileged kids, and on the last night, nearly all the boys were crowded in one of it bathrooms Naturally, I had to push my way and see what all the commotion was about. To my horror, one of the largest shits I’ve ever seen was in there. The thing was legitimately like the size of an Arizona Ice Tea can in width, and probably 1.5x in length. This was a bunch of under 10 year old kids, too It was remarkable. It was legendary. It also took 12 buckets of water to flush that thing down. But it will go down in camp history I think

Fun fact (and a gut-punch to WT being "realistic") Realistically, positioning the bombs in that bomb bay behind the pilot's back presented two issues: 1) Dive bombing was absolutely impossible because there was a significant risk of malfunctions of bomb release mechanism. And due to Yak's cockpits being already cramped like hell, no bomb sight was ever installed. So yeah, the pilots had to drop their payloads practically blindfolded. Who would've guessed that, paired with relatively small explosive mass of compatible bombs, Yak-9Bs wouldn't have great ground kill counts? 2) Having a ~400kg ballast tossed right behind the CoM of the aircraft made it unstable. Like reeeeally unstable, almost I-16 levels of uncontrollability (and the "Donkey" was a deceptively nimble bastard in good hands - thanks to that "edge") which changed significantly upon releasing the bombs, because the Soviets' partial solution to the problem (iirc, at least) was readjusting the wings to make the plane less susceptible to stalling, which posed huge issues upon disengaging from the bombing run (btw another reason nobody practised dive-bombin with Yak's - chances were you wouldn't be able to pull up in time after the drop), since the quite noticeable instant weight reduction and consequent maneuverability loss due to - once again - CoM being really sensitive in such light airframes, made piloting it a real challenge, not to mention fending off any fighters that were sent after you when you are much more vulnerable. All in all, the plane was a fun experiment and pretty much the first mass-produced Soviet fighter-bomber. Iirc they replaced the bomb bay with a fuel tank sometime after introducing it in the first place, which solved the flaw native to all Yak's - terrible effective range; but that's another story of actually clever solutions to actually important problems (History rant over. Love your vids as always)

The Yak 9B was basically designed to level bomb using PTABs. Which are heat bombs. They are low weight and are dropped in the dozen's over enemy tank formations. Since you have so many small bomblets accuracy isn't really an issue. You cant really wingmount them, you need a bomb bay which is why the yak 9B has one. Gaijin will probably never add ptabs because they would siginificantly fuck up the balance since nobody else has similar weapons.

came for the tutorials, staying for the bad jokes awesome content as always

I have feeling that with each video you are becoming significantly more insane with the game - keep making these videos lmao

I'm glad the Yak9b is finally receiving the attention it deserved, it's been the underdog for too long

I’ve played so much USSR at the BR and just now learning about the 4 individual bomb drops of this plane. Insane! Thank you!

Never knew about such cool feature. thank you 1337, gonna play my yak9b as well.

The dude showed an edit of kills with yak 9 for 9 minutes. Amazing

Honestly one of the planes of all time.

I haven’t thought to try this plane yet, thanks for the review

Getting killed by a plane with no wings barely above tree level as a an AA must be the most humiliating thing ever, the ones I go against seem to snipe me from like 1.5 kilometers away and if I ever get close I get turned into a was

This plane is Really nice when i Play UdSSR from Time to time

I like how that states "NOT Yak-9b", it's almost like TV ad, hilarious stuff

becareful these puns will take you to gulag

Glad you covered this one. Also really enjoying the "jokes" sections throughout the videos

I recently played a lot of GRB 5.0 Germany, using the FW-190s for ground striking to then boom and zoom hostile air. These Yak-9Bs outperform any FW-190 I used in any situation, even out climb me while ascending after a max speed bomb drop all while being at a much lower BR.

OH man. I've been waiting for you to make a video on this plane!

Guess the yak-9b did lay 4 eggs (100kg bomb ofc) so its technically a bird.

I would definitely recommend you doing a review of the swedish A21A-3. Easily my favorite plane in the game

Your comeback isnt without the witty remarks; awesome review on the plane! Truly an incentive for many to play this hidden gem

Yeah this is nice fighter bomber to use. I use it as aa attack aircraft and fighter bomber hunter in RB tank battles and it works well.

You could have also done a different cannon joke: "How do you call a cannon without ammo?" "Cannot"

Those puns 💀💀💀

Ok the cannon and cannoff was a good one , make me smile and laught a bit 😂

"Agricultural methods cannot be used to grow bombs" that got me laughing hard

Dude dropping Fax!

The plane can be strong in Ground RB because it carries bombs and is decently nimble and enemy planes are bombers or attackers? Yes. The plane itself is overpowered? No, not even close, Yak 1b is much better as a fighter and is also 3.0, and IL2 is better in the ground attack role and can defend itself pretty well, while also being 3.0

should try the su6-am42. 6 individually dropped 100kg bombs, amazing cannons, decent flight performance, rear gunner. and all at 4.7.

Yak was the first plane to make planes make sense to my withered tanker brain

A Cannon without ammo should be called a Cannot.

This thing was my best CAS plane until i reached jets, its so easy getting pin-point bombs with it and so satisfying afterward too

I wish this plane had the Yak9K 47mm Cannon, this Is overpower

Ooh, for good CAS aircraft: Try the israeli Spitfire Mk IXc. It gets 16 HEAT rockets that have no spread, meaning you can aim for ammo racks and the like.

Opening the bomb bay drags the plane down though, so try to keep it closed, if you can

It wouldnt be a HowToPlay Video if the vehicle wouldnt be OP :D

When he bombed that spawn i was thinking imagine if he was pe8

I've been really enjoying the F6F for G RB, can't wait to unlock the F8F.

Done researching this fighter, can't wait to bring it to Ground RB.

This is first I've seen him did puns lol 👌

You should definitely play the he112 a-0

Basicly Yak-2 kabb that flies faster, is smaller and has 1 cannon and mg instead of 2.

I love this plane!

U said it can't actually flyin without wings, but with half wings it can.. i recorded a landing in a yak where the wings got ripped just after the landing gear..

Lmao 2 days ago i find out about this plane, and howtoplay1337 makes a video on it. Epic

Can you make a video on the B7A? 2x250 +4x60kg bombs and 20mm with 400 rounds, on top of that you can outturn anything you meet except early spits

These dad jokes are the best!

Turning off the engine when on fire helps take it out

0:19 well if used the yak7b for a little bit and i could fly back to base from mid to the airfield without engine or wings (:

there is more than one, its called the P-51

Ar-2 and yak-9b is a murder combo, I made 10 tank kills with planes alone multiple times

Nice video!!!

BASED bomb liberator

Planes are so annoying for tankers!! I wish there was a game mode where there are no planes!

Nice seeing this plane. Criminally underused, wondered if anyone even remembered it was there. I had tried it and liked it, though I think I quit using it for something like the P-36-A5 due to 50 cals and what is it 3 500s? Hard to just not use a premium plane. I am not a good shot either. Plus I am not sure if it gets focused because I didn't seem to ever live long if I flew it. Nice video and nice memes. Odd you didn't mention russian bias but that doesn't need said anyways. lol

i have been watching ur content for 4-5 years and nothing changed other then the puns did you become a father?

great video

If you're in a dogfight and get shot in the bombs, what happens?

Can we have video about FW-190 F-8 ?

Can you do a review on the il2?

It probably can fly without wings. My most intense bias experience was flying IL-2, not sure which version but i managed to "safely" come back to airfield, damages were: half wing missing, piece of tail missing, orange engine, red (as commie should be) pilot, fuel leak which was less than a minute time when i landed, literally the most badass moment in my wt career. btw: 1:42 Me when your mom begs me to give it to her.

Good to see the dad jokes back! Nice vid

So what you're saying is that one wing is good but two are better.

Did you become a father? The puns where on spot

I love the cheesy jokes

If you think this is overpowered you should try il-2

F6F 5N in next video.. Please...

Smaller bombs seem to be more reliable right now. I've been getting lots of multi kills with those shitty little itailian bombs.

I use it up to 5.3

Ah yes, Russian 100Kg bomb is more effective than American 1000lb (aprox. 500kg bomb)

Crying about how you just hold down the firing button on this thing please It barely has ammo.

You should rename yourself to HowTOFart1337

Finaly its here! lets goooooooooooooooo.

i was looking for this plane long aqgo, is it discontinued?

bf09?

If you think B stands for Bomber youre wrong. It stands for Beast

Empty pylons are not calculated for drag

No AB section? :(

Great vid, keep doing these dad jokes lmao cannOFF

YAK-9 is stronger than zero fighter

I accidentally got a talisman for this plane from Gaijin, must mbe a message

Comment for the alrogithm.

what game mode is that

I love it, and I was extremly lucky once and got a talisman for it. Beautiful plane. Also, did you become a father? Your jokes created a new ground zero, but were still laughable!

well I mean.. it's War Thunder.. i.e. aracade. not real physics.

I just got it yesterday after grinding it with my T3 aluminium sheet bicycle plane and I can't wait to try it out.

Your jokes improve the viewing experience

Did you become a father? (increasing amount of dad jokes in your videos)

Are you by any chance a dad?

Russian BIAS

remove planes pls

is there something wrong with the sound quality? or its just my hearing getting worse?

The cool thing about Yaks is that if you carry minimal fuel and enemy sets your fuel tank on fire, the tank will actually drain all the fuel faster (thus stop the fire) before the fire breaks your wing. You will have only the half of fuel then. Once happened to me that they lit both of the fuel tanks, i survived but then i was left only with 8 seconds of fuel, so not enough to make it back to base.

More low tier vehicles please. Because Low Tier, Fun Tier.

This one is truly a hidden gem

Can you do a video on the ho-ri prototype?

This plane needs the PTABS

just started playing this, those missions where you get 3 or 4 ground kills with bombs and shoot down a couple aircraft are just awesome