Plane Ammo Types in War Thunder EXPLAINED | War Thunder Aircraft Ammo Guide
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- Have you ever wondered what all those colorful bullets in your plane ammo mean? Well, wonder no more, because I'm here to explain them all! From the simple AP round, all the way to the HE-SAPI bullet, I'll be giving detailed explanations along with visual guides to help you understand how they work.
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Intro: 0:00
Basics: 0:17
Characteristics: 1:38
Unusual ammo types: 2:29
Which belts you should use: 3:54
Outro: 4:46
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I remember a time when tracer belts were OP at low rank because they all functioned as tracer incendiary rounds, so hurricanes with their 8 friggin' machine guns could just torch enemy planes easily. Those were interesting times.
Lmao good days
this is the most elaborate april fools prank ever
The joke is he posted. Most unusual.
Wait is stealth just the opposite of tracers?
@@Reggie-grand yes and that’s why I struggled hitting the plane
to add: if you fly CAS in ground rb, but realistically arent going to pen any tanks with your ap belt, its better to pack full HE because its more effective against light vehicles and the occasional plane
Open tops too, like german spaa. I used HE 45mm on yak 9k to kill the crew inside with shrapnel, although you need good angles to get inside the tank
pretty much the only way you're going to pen tanks with cas (using guns) is:
- you're playing low tier and have good guns (not fucking 7mm rounds)
- you're using a plane with an anti-tank cannon on it
This. For example the 20mm cannon on the Swedish J/A21s and J/A21RBs isn't going to be able to penetrate medium or heavy tanks of their rating even with AP rounds, but their HEF rounds can wreck havoc on open topped and soft skinned vehicles
@@mcawesome9705 I always take out engines or a few crew members with 50s or 23mms
@@mcawesome9705 embrace gau
Joke aside, tracer round is the only accepted belt for US 50. Cal
You’re either stupid, or love to get sparks, then blame it on the guns, kinda the same.
I use ground targets
Ground belt is where it's at
also the only accepted ammo for the Ju 87 D-5
@@CatsAreAmazing8187 US late war tracer belts have APIT bullets what are you on lmao
This video is so much more helpful then the one made by Gaijin thanks so much.
This from Gaijin is good too.
should have specified that the visual belt is in order with the bullets in the belt. if you only see AP-HE, but you see black, blue, blue, blue, blue, it means there is 1AP followed by 4HE, and then it repeats. it can also be black, blue, black, blue, but you wont see AP-HE-AP-HE. hard to explain, but helps to understand which bullet is which in a belt.
Very helpful thank you real Cookiez from the skDogers Discord server
Am I being stupid, or does 0:33 explain this exactly?
@@Fafr Pretty much, lol
if it is AP HE AP HE then I think its just gling to write AP HE without repetition
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Idk why people are complaining about this, it’s just an April fools event where gajin wanted to have a little fun. And people don’t praise it, they question the most stupidly irrelevant part of it.
@@skDoger what is with japanese ammo?
Hahahaha😂😂
This video helped me a lot, i learned that the AP is superior against planes and the HE is got against tanks, left a like!
same
It's... the other way around. Idk how you got that many likes
@@mickael_guitara r/woosh
Saying something dumb and then trying to bypass it with a r/woosh won't work
@@mickael_guitara The entire comment was about sarcasm, you must be fun at parties.
Ive been dying for an aircraft one thanks its been so long since a good guide
The "universal" bullet was simming always to me as "wtf it's just anty armor bullet". Would be also nice if we could make our own custom belts.
M20 API-T: *my time has come*
i just realized what my j21 does to enemies... holy shit
J21/A21 OPPPP. gosh those 13.2s hit like a truck, and the 20mm Akans are incredible
@@-Sober- it's not op but it certainly a fun plane to fly but it's based on if the enemies deicided to climb or not
@@hooparom7430 my dear sir, I have been looking for a person like you who doesn't call J21 OP because of the guns
I feel blessed, Accept my greetings 🙏
Ok jokes aside yea, if the enemy doesn't head on you and if he plays it correctly, you're dead cus the J21 is so ass in performance
@@-Sober- the A21's are overtiered in Br. Because some people only know how to head-on, and then go crying to gaijin. A21's flight performance is below it's Br.
@@hooparom7430 I haven't played WT in like 6 months but if I remember correctly I had a 7kd in the j21. the flight performance isn't ass. I used to dogfight zeros and won. just get good I guess
Omg, is this the real sk doger from the sk doger discord channel? Omg 3am call gone wrong lmaoo.
Jokes aside keep up the good work Sk
Who else though that the more bullets the image show the more bullets you shoot?
Me xdxd
lol me toooooooo
but the plane shows your ammo count
I mean im dumb... but not to that point, where would the logic be in that lol?
@@IVAN-zm8pz the logic litteraly is : I see bullets that means I shoot those. I see more bullets I shoot more. If no one explains ppl they're not gonna magically understand the first second they use a plane. Heck some People don't even know there are multiple ammo choices
The only 2 exceptions, grand target .50 belts for planes because they work well and the tracer belt for the f-82 with the gun pod since your burst mass is insane
i honestly recommend for anti plane bullets the M20 tracer round as it lights the enemies on fire super easily, and can penetrate a fair bit of armour as well
nice job u explained rlly well and in detailed mode the different belts gj!
Thank you :)
I have found that using air belts absolute destroys anything in low tier. Additionally the best cas plan at 3.3 for USA is the first p51 variant. One short burst that connects with your target is a kill with those dirty 20mm
I love the fact skD uses the entire cartridge instead of the bullet.
Animation budget ran out
"Here at Aperture Science we fire the whole bullet, that's 60% more bullet per bullet!
You did it! Nice work!
Great video! love incendiary rounds
you forgot to mention that for fifty cals just to use the freedom laser belts if available( aka M20 APIT belt) :)
Always load practice shells for maximum damage
Best explanation animations ever! 10/10
Thanks man, It improve my aim and kill A lot!
That was some good animated explanation if my teachers would teach like that i would have been on another level
holy shit so fucking helpful thank you, better than the official daijin ammo guide. just strait simple explanations and answers thank you.
first time ever i have to slow video by 25% lmao, idc if the video is longer, so long as it is concise and coherent!
Tysm bro now i understand
Interesting, welp time to attempt to remember what you said tomorrow even though I could watch it again
Thanks this helped me alor
Actually,shooting opened top vehicles like AA with explosive rounds can sometimes cause ammunition to explode.
There is so little explosive filler that it doesn't even guarantee killing a crew member on a direct hit. AP is much better at fighting people, the HE rounds really only exist to rupture tanks and destroy the thin outer shell of airplanes.
Rejoice he had uploaded
LESSGO NEW VID
I use AP rounds on planes and I have a lot of success disabling engines knocking out pilots and generally causing problems for their aircraft, I tried AP for boom and zoom and it instantly knocks out their pilot, tears their planes wing off or just shredding their elevators
Tracers do have better ballistics, so tracers generally go higher and further than all the other rounds
Thanks alot
oddly this also helped me with the auto tanks.
thank you
Thanks
I only use Tracers to deal with planes, and so do tanks, but with big gun- prepared planes, maybe use the Amoured one.
Here before 100k subs tickets here
1k to 0, this is impressive and you truly desrve it.
Thank you :)
@@skDoger You are welcome :D
i'd love to see a vid on diffrent ship ammunition
Tune in next year hehe
Merci pour ta vidéo !!!
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De rien o7
Personally, my rule of thumb is
Rifle caliber guns: AP/stealth
HMGs: API. As much api as you can load
20mm and bigger: here is where HE filler becomes enough to really cripple or destroy enemy aircraft quickly, use the belt with as much HE as possible, especially when flying German.
I’ve found with my preferences stealth belts work really well as they tend to have a mix of ammunition I like and also don’t alert enemy aircraft when you miss.
tysm went into a game and instant improvment ty
could you do a video showing scenarios for when to use interceptors, when attack aircraft, when different types of bombers etc
I mean, it's pretty simple. Interceptors are good against bombers, attack aircraft against bombers/ground targets and bombers against bases/ground targets
in the 13mm German Immediate action incendiary rounds seems to do the most damage to at least anything on a plane. I don't know if its a glitch but it does far more damage than even HE or AP rounds against armored parts of the plane whilst causing a massive amount of fire damage. to bad I cant aim for crap and they cap them to max of 1 for every 4 rounds. Would love those at 50/50 with he or apt incendiary rounds.
thanks to you I actually get it but can you do one for rockets and / or bombs? that I dont understand especially for the early rockets please and thank you!
That video is planned for the near future, but I have some other videos to get through. Stay tuned!
@@skDoger SIR YOU JUST GOT YOURSELF ANOTHER SUB!!! HELL YEAH!!!
API-T. is a flamethrower for airplanes whit the ironic side effect of lossing sigth of your target.
Bro, I think I love u
I would recommend to stick to ground target for shvak cannons no matter what
More than a thousand likes and no dislikes, nice one
Theres also a guide on steam that lists good belts to use.
It may be April 1st but this video was no prank.
A shout out to usaf .50 cal tracer belts, with all API-T rounds. Lazer belts win all.
great guide it helped me a lot. but something I still don't understand is next to the belts is 80/80 and above that is how much SL it costs does that mean it takes SL for every 80 rounds fired or does it just mean that much SL is taken for every round you use it in.
I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure you use 1 every time you use the plane. So you buy one after every battle.
For anyone that doesn’t want to remember anything for Air Battles anything below 30mm use AP (except german Minengeschoß) there is no enough explosive filler to do significant damage. For everything above 30mm included use HE rounds. They have enough explosive mass to one shot most aircraft.
Sweden: Let's put more explosives than your average 20mm round in a 13,2mm round making it ridiculously effective.
Don't do AP kids.
That has to be a joke
Idk about y'all but the Japanese 12.7 mm explosive rounds seem to wreck enemy aircraft
Airplane guides? I want to see a SAAB 105 G guide.
@Guilherme Leite already did
I like them stealths. Am still at a low br but, I've managed to surprise kill planes at ~1km. Would like to be able to use them in ground too
You should have explained more specifically which are the best ammo types for some guns in the game, that are not always air targets.
Let me give some examples:
Best belts to destroy planes
US .50cals - Tracer
US modern 20mm (F86-F2 ahead) - Armored targets
German 13mm - IAI
Japanese 20 and 30mm - Tracers
Hispanos Mk V - Stealth
Mk 108 (German short barrel 30mm) - Night tracers
Mk 103 (German long barrel 30mm) - HVAP
Though one thing, the tracer belts can have a lot of he but if you go into armor protection analysis and look at the stats of different rounds you can see that non tracer he does noticably more damage most of the time because it has more explosive mass
@@user-rj1js3lx9l which gun? It depends a lot
Ball is the most standard basic ammunition for Pistols it can still penetrate skin meat bones thin metal thin concrete and wood that's why these bullets get flattened when hitting thick armor steel lead has mohs hardness 1.5
When do you plan on making the final part for the nation guide?
Yes, that video is hopefully coming next month.
@@skDoger next month coming up!
@@skDoger next month coming up!
Can you make a video about types of explosives in shells? Like TNT and those explosive types
Interesting idea, I'll think about it!
he's BACK
Legends say the engineer is still gaming.
@@SEX_TRAINER yea
Should i use Tracer belts for my ShVAK cannons?
I love your content I wonder when will your channel reach 100k it's going to happen just when
Tracer rounds are the best rounds for A-36 & F-82s
Could you do a guide on how to aim gunners on bombers and such
That could be interesting, thanks for the idea
3:08 bf109g vibes
Can anyone clear up - the money next to the ammo type, e.g 80/80 costing 20 lions - does that mean I pay 20 for every 80 bullets shot ?
Every time you spawn in a plane, it takes 1 away from the 80. So you have 80 in stockpile, then you use 1 when you spawn the plane. You pay 20 for each time you spawn in basically
skDoger: tracers lose a lot of velocity and penetration, and don't do much damage
American M20 tracers: *Laughs in AP-I-T*
British 7.7 tracers: *laughs in AP-T and Incindieary*
There is a ammo guide by gajin entertainment already!
I just use stealth belts. tracers make it so i cant aim because im trying to range with them subconsciously instead of just thinking and gauging my shots myself (im good at it)
"Don't let the long name scares you"
yeah but the effect it does scares me.. imagine bullet stuck onto your skin then explode.
Make a nation guide but for aircrafts instead of tanks if you are looking for a suggestion
Thanks for the suggestion!
Armour piercing rounds are good for taking out bombers
Ngl my favorite ammo for planes is anything with the most incendiary. You enemy might kill you but they won’t have fun being covered in flames
Anything yellow: makes other planes go boom boom
May be a dumb question, but what beltsbare good against things like AA or howitzers, to kill them faster
Armor piercing or ground targets belts are best
hi skDoger is the plane ammo type same as anti air craft vehicle ammo type? or do you have a separate video on anti aircraft vehicle ammo type?
p.s please help me im kinda new to these ammo belts for planes and anti aircraft vehicle :'D
Yep! They're exactly the same. Just hover over the belt and it'll tell you exactly which rounds are in it.
@@skDoger thanks SkD. I appreciate it :D
There is also the omni purpose, i suppose it's also just a worse AP?
who needs to think about which boolets are which, i just use the coolest looking ones
Question: How do aim work?
My aim broken, How do fix?
Am I wrong or does the belt penetration values is only for the 1st bullet in the belt? Since all bullets don't penetrate the same, I doubt the pen values are an average.
What about the default belts?
nice prank. u really got me there.
epic
Have you already done Nations guide part 3?
It's in the works, hopefully it'll be out before the month ends.
Noice
We need some rocket guides
Interesting idea, might look into it.
@@skDoger no problems dude
Gaijin needs to hire you
How about a 3 minute short where you compare all the types of bombs?
Could work, thanks for the idea
@@skDoger No problem!
Minengeschosh is damn good. Yeah, i butchered the name
This also is technically smaller-calibre AA gun ammo types explained lol.
what the you removed for p51
You forgot the HESH-IT. Basically hesh but air and incindiary and tracer
What’s the right belt for trying to set fire to planes?
Incendiary and tracer
if the plane has alot of machine guns, then i only use tracer. its blinds the opponent