War Thunder: April Fools 2015 and ST-1 and SPS-255 gameplay
Continuing the tradition of silliness on April Fools day, two new tanks have been added to the game, the ST-1 heavy walker tank and the SPS-255, part of the new unrealistic battles mode.
(As it is April Fools Day I'm not actually serious when talking about the new vehicles in a matter of fact way).
In the first part of my Japanese tech tree analysis, I will be moving on to the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF), looking at what planes will be introduced from the planes they used, as well as discussing and analysing them.
Planes in this episode:
Ki-21-I (Introduced in Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory")
Ki-21-II
Ki-32 (Introduced in Update 1.79 "Project X")
Ki-43-I (Introduced in Update 1.43)
Ki-43-II (Introduced in Update 1.27)
Ki-44-I (Introduced in Update 1.51 "Cold Steel")
Ki-44-II
Ki-44-II Ko
Ki-44-II Otsu (Introduced in Update 1.55 "Royal Armour")
Ki-44-II Hei (Introduced in Update 1.55 "Royal Armour")
Ki-48-I
Ki-48-II
Ki-51
Ki-61-I Tei (Introduced in Update 1.55 "Royal Armour")
Ki-61 KAI Ko
KI-61 KAI Otsu
Ki-67 (Introduced in Update 1.67 "Assault")
Ki-83 (Introduced in Update 1.57 "Battle March")
Ki-100-I (Introduced in Update 1.61 "Road to Glory")
Ki-102 Ko
Ki-108 (Introduced in Update 1.77 "Advancing Storm")
Ki-109 (Introduced in Update 1.71 "New E.R.A.)
Kitsuka/Kikka (Introduced in Update 1.43)
Japanese future tech tree: http://warthunder.com/en/devblog/current/616
Sources
WWII: The Directory of Weapons
Weapons of World War II
Wiki
Game: War Thunder
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ghRj1C2XA
In the first part of my German future tech tree analysis, I will be looking at the Luftwaffe fighters that are slated for future release, as well as discussing and analysing them.
Planes in this episode:
Introduction: 00:00
BF-109 B (Added in Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory"): 01:30
BF-109 C: 02:32
BF-109 E4 (Added in Update 1.53 "Firestorm"): 04:14
BF-109 G14 (Added in Update 1.47 "Big Guns"): 05:56
BF-109 K14: 07:34
FW-190 A3 and A-4 (A-4 added in Update 1.43): 09:38
TA-152 C1: (TA-152 C-3 added in Update 1.57 "Battle March"): 11:49
Do-17 Z10 (Do-17 Z-7 added in Update 1.53 "Firestorm"): 13:42
Do-215: 10:41
Bf-110 G (BF-110 G-2 and G-4 added in Update 1.79 "Project X" and Update "New Power") respectively : 16:54
Ju-88 C (JU-88 C-6 added in Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai"): 18:44
Ju-88 G: 20:00
He-219 (Added in Update 1.59 "Flaming Arrows"): 20:45
Do-335 (Added in Update 1.57 "Battle March"): 23:03
Ho-229 (Added in Update 1.43): 24:49
Me-262 1A/U1 (Added in Update 1.91 "Night Vision"): 26:39
Me-262 HG II: 27:46
Conclusion: 30:52
Future German tech tree: http://warthunder.com/en/devblog/current/618
German Future Tech Tree Analysis (Attackers and Bombers): https://youtu.be/2vxVtihqVek
Sources:
WWII: The Directory of Weapons (Chris Bishop)
Weapons of World War II (Chris Bishop)
X-planes: German Luftwaffe Prototypes 1930-1945 (Manfred Griehl)
Thanks to rakarashe for additional information
Picture citations in chronological order:
Bf 109 B: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMesserschmitt_Bf_109B-2_in_flight_c1938.jpg
Author unknown.
Source: Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial
Bf 109 C: By B. Huber at de.wikipedia [CC-BY-SA-2.0-de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/deed.en)], from Wikimedia Commons
Bf 109 E4: By B. Huber at de.wikipedia (Original text : Björn Huber) [CC-BY-SA-2.0-de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/deed.en)], from Wikimedia Commons
Bf 109 G14: By B. Huber at de.wikipedia (Original text : Björn Huber) [CC-BY-SA-2.0-de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/deed.en)], from Wikimedia Commons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABf109G_14.jpg
Fw 190 A3: By B. Huber (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFW190_A3_Seite.jpg
Fw 190 A4: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190_operational_history
Do 17: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_17
Do 215: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_215
Bf 110G: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110
Ju 88C/G: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJu88-sherman.jpg
Me 262: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262
Link to ME 262 HG 2 Picture of War Thunder forum: http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/156997-whats-the-real-me-262-hg-ii/
Game: War Thunder.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-fgFbVspyg
Today on the La Royale Dev Server we take a look at the Japanese Type 87 RCV(P), a Japanese recon vehicle that seems to have a similar role to the Italian R3 T20 and the new Russian BTR-80A.
So join me as we look at its stats and discuss how it will work in War Thunder, including whether its being introduced at too high a battle rating!
La Royale Dev server videos
M4/T26: https://youtu.be/0aexqne87Bk
M1 KVT: https://youtu.be/ND9w0st3NNo
Panzer 38(t) NA: https://youtu.be/clBwzsQL82w
Raketenautomat: https://youtu.be/bx1qpIBUEzg
BTR 80A: https://youtu.be/MDrsWWttSG0
Object 435: https://youtu.be/6-B6h1wyDr4
AuF1: https://youtu.be/TadMbTEFURg
SARC MKIVa: https://youtu.be/kpdLFUvMuDI
Type 87 RCV(P): https://youtu.be/Fz-VpxBK8jM
Magach Hydra: https://youtu.be/SWB1SCJQ5jg
CV 9030 FIN: https://youtu.be/7riXKpjlgDw
Sherman III/IV: https://youtu.be/hyymORxILII
Object 211: https://youtu.be/TVkbkXGYQ1A
ZTZ88B: https://youtu.be/1ur9Nxc5iPs
Freccia: https://youtu.be/WEtOCYDVyXQ
Vijayanta: https://youtu.be/SvrkdtXWt6Y
VBCI-2 (MCT30): https://youtu.be/jPm3YhtKAYk
BTR 80A and Type 87 RCV(P) Revisited: https://youtu.be/fS8p3iFyiws
Social media links
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Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Toreno4
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/toreno5/videos
Game: War Thunder.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz-VpxBK8jM
Today we get our first look at the Colbert Heavy Cruiser of the Suffren Heavy Cruiser Class, which will be coming to War Thunder in the French Navy CBT in the upcoming La Royale update.
So join me today as we look at the armament, armour and mobilty of this French Cruiser and how I think it will perform in War Thunder!
Link to Colbern Heavy Cruiser devblog: https://warthunder.com/en/news/8241-development-colbert-heavy-cruiser-the-contender-en
La Royale Dev server videos
M4/T26: https://youtu.be/0aexqne87Bk
M1 KVT: https://youtu.be/ND9w0st3NNo
Panzer 38(t) NA: https://youtu.be/clBwzsQL82w
Raketenautomat: https://youtu.be/bx1qpIBUEzg
BTR 80A: https://youtu.be/MDrsWWttSG0
Object 435: https://youtu.be/6-B6h1wyDr4
AuF1: https://youtu.be/TadMbTEFURg
SARC MKIVa: https://youtu.be/kpdLFUvMuDI
Type 87 RCV(P): https://youtu.be/Fz-VpxBK8jM
Magach Hydra: https://youtu.be/SWB1SCJQ5jg
CV 9030 FIN: https://youtu.be/7riXKpjlgDw
Sherman III/IV: https://youtu.be/hyymORxILII
Object 211: https://youtu.be/TVkbkXGYQ1A
ZTZ88B: https://youtu.be/1ur9Nxc5iPs
Freccia: https://youtu.be/WEtOCYDVyXQ
Vijayanta: https://youtu.be/SvrkdtXWt6Y
VBCI-2 (MCT30): https://youtu.be/jPm3YhtKAYk
BTR 80A and Type 87 RCV(P) Revisited: https://youtu.be/fS8p3iFyiws
Social media links
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Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Toreno4
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/toreno5/videos
Game: War Thunder.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS-h4-lTY2g
Second episode of the Patch 1.47 round up series! In this episode I quickly talk about my time on the Dev-server, give a run down of the preliminary patch notes and discussing other miscellaneous changes from the Dev Blog.
Devblog
http://warthunder.com/en/devblog/
Improved foilage
http://warthunder.com/en/devblog/current/740
Game: War Thunder
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-a0xnaAzAI
With the news that American tank destroyers soon to be added, I decided to do a quick episode looking at some potential American tank destroyers, such as the M6 GMC, M10 Wolverine, M18 Hellcat, M36 Jackson and many more!
Tank destroyers in this episode:
M3 Gun Motor Carriage (GMC) (Added in Update 1.67 "Assault")
M6 (GMC)
M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage (Added in Update 1.67 "Assault")
M10 Wolverine (Added in Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory")
M18 Hellcat (Added in Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory")
M36 Jackson (Added in Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory")
M50 Ontos (Added in Update 1.71 "New E.R.A.")
M56 Scorpion (Added in Update 1.63 "Desert Hunters")
T55E1 (GMC) (Added in Update "Hot Tracks" as part of Battle Pass Season II "Steel Centurion)
T28 Superheavy tank (Added in Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory" as a premium)
T95 Tank destroyer (Added in Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory")
"Black cat" page:
http://warthunder.com/en/news/2922-article-series-weapons-of-victory-m18-black-cat-en
Patch 1.49 rumour thread:
http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/214069-patch-149-rumor-roundup/
T-28-T-95 forum thread:
http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/72056-t-28t-95-super-duper-ultra-galactic-heavy-tank/page-23
Information citations:
Hoggs, I.V. and Weeks, J. (1980) The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Military Vehicles. London, Quarto Publishing Limited, Pages 160-170
http://mr-home.staff.shef.ac.uk/hobbies/ww2pen3.pdf (Document gives information on gun penetration from various books, used to find information for the M8 HEAT shell (M66)
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/390746.pdf (Document on testing for the gun used on the T-95, but not too helpful unfortunately)
Picture citations:
M3 Gun Motor Carriage:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AM3_75mm_gun_motor_carriage.jpg
By United States, Office of War Information. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3_Gun_Motor_Carriage
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A75mm_M3_GMC.jpg
This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
M6 Gun Motor Carriage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M6_Gun_Motor_Carriage
M10 Gun Motor Carriage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M10_tank_destroyer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-inch_Gun_M1918
M18 Gun Motor Carriage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M18_Hellcat
M36 Gun Motor Carriage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M36_tank_destroyer
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/M36%E9%A9%85%E9%80%90%E6%88%B0%E8%BB%8A
T55E1 Gun Motor Carriage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T55E1_Gun_Motor_Carriage
M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AM8GMC-Saumur.0004z89h67.jpg
By User:Fat yankey (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons
M50 Ontos:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ontos.jpg
This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
T-28 Super Heavy tank/T-95 105mm Gun Motor Carriage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T28_Super_Heavy_Tank
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AT28_Super_Heavy_Tank.jpg
By Randen Pederson (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
M56 Scorpion anti-tank gun:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M56_Scorpion
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AM56_Scorpion.jpg
By Greg Goebel (Flickr: Ywm56_1b) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Game: War Thunder.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gYUv8H8pyk
With the Japanese tank tech tree being one of the smallest in War Thunder, it should be no surprise that their are still many Japanese tanks and other vehicles that could be implemented in War Thunder.
In this video I will talk about a few of these tanks, from the Type 97 Chi-Ni medium tank, Type 1 Ho-Ni II SPG and more, and discuss why I think they should be added to War Thunder.
Introduction: 00:00
Type 4 Ke-Nu/Type 3 Ke-Ru: 00:18
Type 97 Chi-Ni: 04:13
Type 1 Ho-Ni II: 07:07
Conclusion: 08:25
More Japanese Tanks That Need Adding To War Thunder - Part 2: https://youtu.be/vmrHkzE4qBU
Japanese Tanks That Need Adding To War Thunder - Part 3: https://youtu.be/O8FXSyk_2JY
Social media links
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Information Sources
Zaloga, Steven J.: Japanese Tanks 1939-1945
Japanese Tanks and Antitank Warfare, found at http://www.easy39th.com/files/Special_Series,_No._34_Japanese_Tank_and_Antitank_Warfare_1945.pdf
Eloranta, Jari.: Military Spending Patterns in History, found at https://eh.net/encyclopedia/military-spending-patterns-in-history/
War Thunder for in game stats.
Type 4 Ke-Nu at Kubinka picture by Saiga20K, found at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ke-Nu_Kubinka_1.jpg
Japanese wiki regarding the Type 4 Ke-Nu name confusion, found at: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%9B%E5%BC%8F%E8%BB%BD%E6%88%A6%E8%BB%8A
Music
Ishikari Lore by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100192
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Lens by Bobby Richards
For We Are Many by Cooper Cannell
The Plan's Working by Cooper Cannell
Game: War Thunder.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1UISQ37TfI
Despite some technical problems with graphics and sound, I managed to get 2 quick test flights with the B-29 and FW-200.
Again my apologies for the video not being as good as previous ones, but due to the technical problems I had to get rid of some footage.
Game: War Thunder.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uak-CCGcsrM
Today we take a look at the "Complesso da 12.7mm su CM-52", or CM-52 for short, a new Italian SPAA truck coming to the Italian Tank Tech Tree at tier 2, providing us with a very effective anti air vehicle at this tier.
Overall this seems to be a very effective SPAA for Italy and helps to fill a gap between the AS-42 in tier 1 and the M42 Contraereo at tier 3.
Link to other dev server videos:
Char 2C Bis Super Heavy Tank: https://youtu.be/GM3w-dU4xic
AMX 32 (105): https://youtu.be/vf6FqHKX0TU
Link to suggestion for CM-52:
https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/472172-fiat-6601-acm-52-quadrinata-us-guns-italian-truck/
Social media links
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Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Toreno4
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Game: War Thunder
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvUGiadvVWY