THE SHOOTING RANGE 167: Toss Bombing / War Thunder 

That must be one of the best pages of history we ever got.

Challenge for Bruce: create your own account if you still don't have one and show us a brief gameplay in the next episode of Shooting range

I know you guys don't read every comment anymore but I would like War Thunder/Gaijin to implement these quality of life feature : 1. Per aircraft convergence setting, fuel count, and bomb fuse. 2. I would also like a more specific convergence like 550 meter for example and more specific bomb fuse time like 2.5 sec and maybe a more specific plane fuel count between the lowest and the 2nd one(this one might be for balance reason so... maybe a no) 3. Tank and plane lights for aesthetic reason, can maybe even be used to blind those infrared/night vision user in the new update 4. Per aircraft bullet ammo information, like muzzle velocity and other stuff, for instances specific information for like say I bullet, API, APHE and other stuff 5. Add the ability to reset default Decals on some vehicle that comes with the default historical decal in case someone misplaced it or delete the decal on accident 6. Add the ability to grind out basic crew to expert, I mean you guys already have the system for the ace crew, why not both? 7. Thanks in advance for making such a great game PS: -Wellington Mk X engine are wrong, speed are worse than the Mk 3 and had .3 br higher. mk 3 uses the Bristol Hercules XI 14 cylinder radial engine which is correct according to the wikipedia, but the mk X uses Bristol Hercules VI cylinder radial engine which is worse than the mk 3 one and according to the wikipedia the wellington mk X uses the "Wellington B Mark X The most widely produced variant of which 3,804 were built. It was similar to the Mark III except for the 1,675 hp (1,250 kW) Hercules XVIII powerplant. The Mark X was the basis for a number of Coastal Command versions. A total of 3,803 were built at Chester and Blackpool." -Male voice 3 is actually the Female voice and the Female voice is actually the Male voice after the new update Attempt(7)

1:17 “ 8mm “ literally shows 5mm plate

DECOMPRESS THE BR!! Do it it cant be to hard if you are working on your game everyday!

Who was von Graf? It was me Austin! It was me all along!

So who drove the first yellow submarine?

Loved that pages of history story, superb

this looks like the most innefective way of bombing anything

will you ever add mission editor to tanks on test drive because i really like that feature and would love it on tanks

We need FW-190 A-6 Also FW-190 with torpedo. (When) Will they be added?

In this episode: *YEET*

Will we ever see the A20G-25 get it's HISTORICAL payload of 4,000lbs worth of bombs?

Mandela Effect + WW2 history is sure to make the best stories

Ahh yes... *NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE BOMB YEETS*

One of the best page of history we ever had!

"Toss bombing" as it was called here was actually a tactic practiced by US Air Force B-47 Stratojet pilots during the Cold War to deliver nuclear bombs while allowing the aircraft the best chance to escape the blast zone before detonation.

Boulton Paul defiant added to British tech tree maybe?

Maybe von graf knew his time was up and during he prep he told one of his pilots to fly his plane and during the heat of the combat in an unmarked fulkawolffe. As for the name, it was probably a codename that the British believed to be his real name

Antispawn camping idea - allow a team to call Danger Close Arty within their own spawn exclusion zones. That should cut down on those who linger right on the edge knowing they are safe from artillery.

The son of the Red Baron! The Yellow Baron!

Looks like i have seeing some tossing bombs some days ago, plane in the ocean, my tank burning on the other side of the map

Can you do a metal beast on the m4 tipo ic?

The bomb toss technique was actually considered in the cold war for throwing nukes at the enemy and for the same reasons you listed here; AA and radars alerting the enemy. You didn't need heavy bombers and their escorts, you just needed one fast fighter/light bomber to toss the bomb while still under radar and quickly escaping from the blast. Very cool topic!

When will the F105 come out? The rest of the Century Series?

In the future, can we have a tank enduring confrontation ?

Red: Extra kills +psychological effect Yellow: +++Stealth

Unmanned drones, 16:25, FOOKIN LASER SOIGHTS

German Helies:Can we have turr... Gaijin:NOPE

Is there a possibility for you to make the sound engine account for the speed of sound, so that you will not hear sounds from far away instantly?

Yay, a video about toss bombing! I've done it for a long time. I used to go out in my F-84 in RB and bomb bases that way

Yeh like the paradox On April 20, 1943 a mixed formation of about thirty between Macchi C.205 and MC202 of the 1st Wing, led by Major Di Bernardo and Captain Nioi, faced an Allied hunting group consisting of about sixty Spitfires above the skies of Sicily Channel [31]. After a violent fight, the Macchi claimed the shooting of seventeen Spitfires, in the face of the loss of only two fighters [32]. According to the phonogram preserved among the operational reports of the Sicilian Air Force (message n.1832), "fifteen Spitfires are to be considered surely cut down, fourteen of which seen end up in the sea plus one fallen to the ground between Capo Bon and Capo Mustafà". In the British records there is no mention of such British hunting losses in the events of that day. The Italian losses are confirmed, Andreoli pilots, Fanelli and Borreo, the latter landed out of range in Tunisia while the claims of eleven downed Italian fighters are not reflected. Pleas Bruce cover this !

I will never understand how they think were are able to grind so much to even get to BRs like 10

Oh boy , matches will now be filled with toss bombers.

Toss bombing is actually an effective strategy on some of the single engine speedsters as it allows you to bomb targets without getting within range of enemy AA (E.g : ostwind 2 a point and click adventure)

pls reduce repair costs for tanks and Planes. I lose Lions rather than gain them in battles.

im pretty shure that von graf was an ace bomber ball gunner that flew a bomber solo after everyone else on his plane had been shot and actually shooting down another spitfire and "landed" on a british aircraft carrier repairing in london, and became a prisoner of war.

As always, a great video and information, thank you :)

The Tiger was gorgeous in Goldeneye. It pulled off a somersault, something it did at air shows too!

Can we see a Pages of History about John “Johnnie” Johnson?

Fun story about graf. The reason hes never exsisted was due to a translation error, the actual name was "Werungraf"

*Bomb hits* Gaijin: “Hurrah!” Player: “What the-“

The German EC Tiger also has this Spotting device on the top of it's rotor, which is very similar to the one of the AH-64 Apache.

*FINALLY* you do toss bombing!

best pages of history!

can u make a tutorial on how to effectively use guided air to surface missile like bullpup or nord i alwasy find them difficult to guide them

Evrery time i hear "The Shooting Range" i get goosebumps

it would be cool to see a video about John Boyd and his theory of fighter energy maneuverability during the 60s and 70s

I got an idea for a new mode: parachuting. The parachuting plane: Dakota or Ju 52.A and a new mode for it to get para's on a place. the dakota's don't have weapony. not only the dakota but a much more planes. i really like it if this comes in the game.

Honestly I've never heard of this yellow fw 190 story till I saw this video

I'm playing war thunder since early 2015 and helicopters after all these years in RB and SB are my spot. Love'em. High learning curve but high reward. Tiger HAD...I dont recall tree vehicle which gave me so much fun and SL...with Tiger HAP I don't remember premium which gave me so much SL ...and FUN!

i think gajin should make the pilot of bomber can replace by the crew in the plane but has debuff for that i think is will be cool :3

Can you do a video on Warrior Vs M3 Bradley comparison test

Hey Gaijin, could you decompress the battleratings please?

Ok now hear me out since we are talking about bombs. B1 lancer dropping the MOAB. we have the pe8 with 5000kg bomb but we need something at higher br for bombers

Loving ship enduring confrontation battles . Would love it if you made it permanent. If i may add to this i think it would be a fun idea to use the planes on the back of some ships as scouting . It takes a bit of time to cross the channel so that will give players a chance to look around and also ships to add to the air kill tally . Big maps like this are great and love to see more of this please .

i have two questions : one- will there be any updates to cockpit place holders on some of the aircraft, i noticed bombers usually dont have a cockpit holder and some other planes/jets dont either. Two- will some plane models be changed too feel more realistic

Cargo port is truly amazing

Hey Bruce can you auto-rotate the blades cause I'm having trouble with my engine getting taken out during battles.

Can you please add an option to the sound settings to turn on the old hanger music and sounds. Such as the old Legacy themes before 1.77 and the planes taking off instead of hammering sounds

What's up with the NVD image on the helicopters as I can't find one with thermal like you shown in the teaser?

nicw video xd, love the shooting range

I always like the PAGES OF HISTORY part.

You guys should do a Attack Helicopter marithon with the best choppers of each Nation

really love the F4 phantom, nicely done with the modeling. what about the A10 warthog?

I would love to see more jet bombers in the game an example would be the AR e.560 for the German tech tree

We need barges Bismarck, Amagi, King George, Iowa and Yamato.❤️😁

the bomb toss is a thing me and a buddy did 3 years ago with the PE8, we would hardy ever get a kill but we did time to time the best plane to use is a fighter with bombs, but i hope people like this, there is also a pic that as a plane doing it for fighters i will post it on my twitter -thekingsofjays

Will you be adding the ability to see through clothing to thermal sights, like IRL?

The fw 190 story was awesome

during us air campain bombing in north vietnam vietnam people airforce also has a legendary and unconfirmed legend pilot nguyen tomb (colonel nguyen toon) who has 13 arial victory and never confirm pilot legend

question: Can you shoot a bomb inside a plane and make it explode? Or even while it falls.

10:50 he was war thunder player who got time traveling machine from area 51

Question for the hotline- you should make it posible that the commander would get out of the tank and use the heavy machine gun on a tank. Same whit the bynocilares( sorry for the long question)

Please put time stamps in the description for the different segments in the episode

It could be a certain "von Greif" (Griffon translated into English) which is meant. In the town where i life the is a restaurants/hotel kinda named after him. "Der/Zum goldene Greif" (golden Griffon, gold having same ish color as yellow). Of course this is only a theory but it still can be true.

Could we get shell ejections for all tanks that could? Also could we get reload animations for open-top tanks? Even simple ones would be great

Love the videos

14:40 ....... He did the count down but didn't follow the bomb all the way through they cut the scene to the geopard getting blow up, so i take it you guys still failed to bomb it.

he mentioned ground speed and i just couldnt help but think of the sr71 blackbird speed check story.

I mean.... the F-100 had LABS (Low Altitude Bombing System) which calculated impact for loft bombing.... but we probably wont ever get to see that in game.... unless........

i think cargo port is great but should be limited to higher battle ratings, great video

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Question: Will there be more episodes of 'War Thunder Legends'? Btw. I love those Videos... :3

Pages of history for the phantom 2 and the MiG 21

Uhhhh just like the F86 and A4 skyhawkd L.A.B.S system? Aka the low altitude bombing system used to drop small nukes and time for running

I bet, somewhere in the near future, planes like the F-14 Tomcat and many other modern day planes will be in War Thunder. Sooner or later that is.

"There is an 8 milimeter steel plate".... PROCEEDS TO SHOW 5MM INFOGRAPHIC

Pages of history is the best part!

Hello Gaijin, it would be really nice if we can get an ejection seat animation it would be a really nice detail

1:13 8mm or 5mm steel?

Why can’t you put soldiers in the game ?

I got a toss kill last night! It was a great feeling.

"Guided Mighty Mouse missile". It is neither a missile nor are Mighty Mouse rockets guided.

Will you guys make modern jets in future updates? That would be awesome! Like f-15 or f-14 tomcat or even f-18 eagle

The Baron has returned lols

Clear disadvantage between xm-1 and kpz-70 as there is thermal vission on xm-1 and kpz-70 does not at same BR which is unfair in long range combat

Okay this just goes to show that I have become entirely too addicted to war thunder I genuinely said out loud how do you drive a plane

Will we ever see the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin in game? I’ve always wanted to fly a parasite plane.

14:55 phantom has a happy face at it's tali