the insanity of april fools 2022 in warthunder 

the devs weren't on crack this April fools they were on SPICE

10191 is a reference to Dune, as the date that Dune takes place is 10191AG (rather than AD). I'm going to pretend I knew that and totally didn't look it up on the Dune wiki.

It's not a helicopter. It's an ornithopter. An aircraft that flies via flapping wings, rather than rotors, jets, or rockets. With current technology, practical ornithopters are difficult to construct, but some futurists believe these might be the next innovation of VTOL aircraft design. Ornithopters are featured heavily in Frank Herbert's sci-fi book series, "Dune", which this April Fools event is based on.

This should be a constant mode to forget the disgusting grind

Zoltan, the Q-AD might be testing whether fire-and-forget weapons would be good for ground battles? (SPIKE-LR) Also, 10191 was the yeah (*year) DUNE was set in.

The 10191 Golden Eagles is probably a Reference to the movie Dune

The Big double barreled boy is inspired from the Devastator in Dune, though in dune it used heavy plasma cannon while the sonic is based off the sonic tank which is inspired from the Sonic Weapon technology used by the Fremen in Dune And the "helicopter" is an Ornithoper, closer to a plane than a helicopter This event really brings back Childhood memories of Dune 2000

BTW the type of aircraft the "TOPTER" is called an ornithopter.

The miniscule amount of knowledge about the Dune universe hurts me

I used to play Dune 2000 so much as a kid this is probably the greatest thing ever and I 100% did not expect something like this to happen

I really wish this was on a monthly rotation or something because I legitimately enjoyed this more then regular war thunder

2:57 I shot a missile launcher thing with that tank.. 4 times, all direct hits, that’s 8 rounds and still didn’t kill it. With the sonic tank, you can sit behind the mountain on the c point, and fire into the point and noone can take it, and you can hit people at/going to B

"flying a helicopter like a plane is a strange experience" mi-24: *cries in the corner*

Btw this April fools is heavily inspired Upon the new dune film. The dragonfly is the one from the film and when blades fall off is just like it. The worm is also very similar but lacks the thousands of teeth and lastly the weird particles are GE but in the film is a substance called spice and that big cargo vehicle is a spice or GE harvester.

As a fan of Westwood Studios, this is the best thing that could happpen in War Thunder

Oh my god it's Dune 2 you know the predecessor to *COMMAND AND CONQUER* _BWANANANAANANANAAAAA_

I like the references to the Dune RTS games that.. well, a lot of people seem to gloss over because they're unfamiliar with them. Like the Windtraps and the turrets and such

Bruh these april fools events could be their own whole games.

As an old ass gamer, this event is SOO nostalgic. It's referencing the dune series, but in particular old Westwood studios "Dune 2000". The B point almost looks like a full base with the comm-center, spice silos, the walls and wall-turrets, and the Wind traps! O M G (the RGB buildings you said? those xD) (And the ornithopters of course), not to mention vehicle aesthetics.

Gotta say that I’m rather satisfied with this April fools update since it’s my first one. Joined last summer, so it was nice to have a good first experience. Can’t say if id have enjoyed that Pony one…

I really appreciate the fact that the vehicles and buildings not only take reference from the recent Dune film, but also from the old Westwood Dune RTS games (Dune 2 was literally the very first RTS).

I believe this update is testing self guiding weapons for ground vehicles, considering the Puma can carry them

a few fun things to note about this mode: what's interesting is that france actually has made many real vehicles just like the armoured car in the event, like google "panhard sphinx" they also made the CRAB Last year the type 96 MPM for japan was accepted for consideration. IT's the type 93 but with fire and forget + manual anti ship missiles. if you drive into the worm as it swallows someone else, you'll be shot out flying And that's all I got

The map and vehicles are from the movie "Dune".

I swear this event would have been so much better if the chests weren’t so terrible

10191 is year Dune is set in, and Q-AD is basically a Quad from the Dune games, I would kind of perfer to see the Trikes, as well as implementation of Ordos vehicles :)

How golden eagles are described sounds like a reference to australium

btw if you go to the B point the big castle in the middle can be accessed by using the Q-AD

I believe that the "crystalized rocks" are actually the mummified remains of the giant worms in the event.

4:37 the 10191 is a refrence to the year Dune takes place, 10191 AG

the event is a reference to the dune universe, 10191 is the year dune takes place

i love ur voice, i could listen to you for hours talking about the most random stuff

Ayo this one is hella nostalgic!!! I remember playing the classic RTS Dune made by Westwood Studios back in the days!!! Gaijin did one hell of a cool job this April Fools!

If u ammo rack the red Heavy u get a nuke effect coming out of it !!!!

Not just Dune inspried but the unit and building design is from Westwood Studios Dune 2 from 1992

The 10191 GE could be in reference to one of two major events from 1991. Jan. 10, 1991 is when the US began debating going into the Persian Gulf. October 1, 1991 is when Russia suspended petroleum product exports as fuel shortages worsened.

the CT-T is personally my favorite but then again i have shot down ~10 topters with its main cannon so i am biased. i think they might be testing expanding and contracting danger zones (maybe for a battle royale)

10191 GE refers to the loreworld of "Dune". some important stuff happened in the year 10191 in their fantasy world on the similarly named planet "Arrakis"

All the building designs on the cap are from the Dune2 game. There's a Barracks, Refinery, Windtraps, Silos and the Palace building. Also spotted Command center in the spawns. The turrets are also from that specific dune game being the more advanced models with the rocket launchers. All the vehicles also represent vehicles of the Atreides (Blue team) and Harkonnen (Red team). Atreides had the Sonic tanks as their special unit and Harkonnen had the Devastator twin barreled tank. Q-AD(Quad), CT-T(Combat tank) and R-LAU (Rocket launcher) were the common units shared by both of these teams. TOPTER (Ornithopter) on the other hand used to be not available for Harkonnen but for the sake of this events balance they added it to both. Yes, I'm a 90's dosgaming boomer :D I was pleasantly surprised by this event being so on the nose Dune 2 reference. Such a massive nostalgia trip.

4:29 The movie Dune set in 10191 and that's why need that much Golden eagle.

Love this event, it’s my first April fools in warthunder

I think this is the best April fools for a long time. This "Dune" themed one is just awsome! I prefer this one by large instead of the last year's future theme. (or was it 2 years before?)

"Massive Fuck Off Worm!" Gotta love it

The standard tank rounds also have proximity detonation..... so they make great AA weapons.

1:47 the secondary machined gun on this tank right here as enough stopping power to kill the Q-AD sometimes in like 8 hits

I’m not sure, but I think that with the IR guidance and top attack, the Q-AD’s missiles are like Javelins without tandem charges

When i heard the golden eagle lore thing it reminded me of team fortress Australium which preserves life if the comic series

He who controls the cinnamon, controls the universe

I can't imagine how crazy 2023 will be.

The bit about GE extending life and consciousness is actually a reference to melange in Dune, a drug (naturally occuring in sandworm poo) which has those properties.

Gaijin may disappoint us for a lot of things but if there’s something they never fail to disappoint in it’s the April fools event

I once landed in a object 279 camo in the April chest but since i didn't have the vehicle the arrow went back to a universal backup

The fief of Arrakis, the planet known as Dune, is taken from the Harkonnens and given to House Atreides. The Atreides leave Caladan, which comes under the ...

You are officially the JackFrags of War Thunder

went from vehicle simulator to planet side2, i love it

DEFEND THE D POINT! But distorted.

10191 is the year where Dune takes place. The lore thing is also referencing the lore of this thing called the Spice in Dune

You know the snail, it made me cry many times by playing Sweden and those stupid repairs!

The particle effects on A is the Spice Mélange in the air.

The 10191 is a reference to what year dune takes place

This was actually really cool

I like the hypersonic tank cause it can shoot through walls and stuffs, kinda funny to see the shot replay and see the enemy tank start moving around to look who shot him but cant see cause theres a wall were the shot came from

he who controls the cinnamon, controls our destiny...

Missed this for the 4th year in a row.

The golden eagles extending life and expanding consciousness is not a reference to the crew skill system, but to the *spice melange* from DUNE, which has said effects! The whole text is one DUNE reference after another.

Btw that two barrel heavy tank is nuclear powered and sets off a massive explosion when you destroy it.

0:40 Those particles are supposed to be the “Melange” or "Spice" that is everywhere on Dune

4:35 10191 was the year that Dune (Arrakis) was taken from Harkonnens and given to Atreides

Tis a bad time to be working away from home

The particles is a reference to spice melange I’m the air

10191 in Dune time line, is the year in which the change from House Harkonnen to House Atreides happens and Leto Atreides rules over Arrakis for 69 days

those tanks look like red alert units, the twin barrel guns, missile tanks.

The bones in the A point look like the remains of a other worm

as far as i remember the 10191 is the year dune is set in or like one of the main event years in the dune lore

the 10191 golden eagles is a refrence to the year dune takes place

The visual style of a lot of stuff reminds me of Dark Reign.

In Dune year 10,191 the house Atreides was given the planet Arrakis (Dune) from house Harkonnen.

My squad mate and long time friend has been eaten by the worm 9 times over the span of 5 games. We now compete to see who can be eaten the most in one game.

this was the best april fools event

This made me thinking what happend of war thunder adding thermobaric launcher vehicle like TOS-1

the red heavy tank has a nuke motor, if you destroy it, it may kill you since it has a effect like a 1000 - 2000 kg bomb

The amount of GEs is 10.191 which is when Dune is happening

man did a content speedrun holy

Someone should make a warthunder movie out of this

I think Dune is set in the Imperial year 10191, so that would be why it's that specific amount

the dragonfly thing is actually a ornathopter wich is like a mechanical bird

My favourite was the DOTA. I just never hit with the SONiC on long distances(and the gun breaks to fast) and I didn't knew how the TOPTER missle worked. Unlike most others, I liked the medium tank more than the light tank, because the rocket rarely hits and it's weak. But the DOTA was just great for sniping and even if you missed, you got the kill because the explosions were strong enough to one shot kill light to medium tanks anyway

I swear the DOTR blows up like a mini nuke when ammoracked

This event reminded me of an old ps1 game called Defcon 1

the pack is the same price as the 10K GE pack if you buy it while not playing, (yes its cheaper) and I think loot boxes are to test if people would end up buying golden eagles to buy SL crates

10191 is a refrendce to the time frame that DUNE takes place

you forgot to mention that the red faction heavy twin barrel has proxy fuse, which works WONDERS against all vehicles top-down

Dune novels famously announce the date in which the story begins as 10,191 by their calendar, making it the year 26,391 by our calendar.

nice stuff

concept is sound for flight and exists in small scale RC. all full scale needs is development.

Here we go again oh I live for this time of year now 😆

10191 is the year that the first Dune book takes place IIRC

1st time watching your video. Good content. Well done.

golden eagles (from a lore perspective) seem like the warthunder equivelant to tf2's australium

10191 Is a reference to when dune takes place