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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Beginner's Guide to Tank Battles}}
This section's purpose is to get the player adequately ready in jumping into a War Thunder
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Each plane's differing characteristics mean the pilot must adapt to the strengths and we
...ld War 2. The American aircraft design philosophy dictated that a designer's first priority was speed, then armament, and, last, handling. The result is
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[[File:WeaponImage S-1of.png|thumb|left|420px|The S-1of rocket (scale is approximate)]]
...type in war thunder with a peak velocity of 440 m/s. However, because the S-1of is only found on the [[MiG-15bis ISH]] in a mount pointed downwards, it
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...pril Fool's Day activities. From the addition of space-age fighters, ninja's attacking Australia, behemoth naval ships and the highly anticipated additi
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[[File:Radar_Marconi_S_400.jpg|thumb|x250px|right|The Marconi S-400 atop the turret of a [[Chieftain Marksman]]]]
The Marconi S-400 is capable of both scanning for targets and locking onto targets. Howev
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[[File:Shturm-S obliterated by IT-1 missing shot from 20 m.jpg|thumb|right|The side armour
Pretty much every enemy tank in the game will be able to destroy the Shturm-S including rank I anti-air.
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#REDIRECT [[Prendergast's Spitfire FR Mk XIVe]]
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 | File:Ray S Wetmore portrait.jpg ...S. Westmore, 22, North American P-51 Mustang fighter (ace) pilot of the U.S. 8th Air Force, from Kerman, Calif., participated in the great air battle 1
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* 8 mm Steel - Pilot's seat back protection plate
* 12.7 mm Steel - Pilot's seat headrest
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...s aflame. Precise aiming is key, specifically targeting the enemy aircraft's engine or pilot. Aiming for the fuselage is less effective as unlike the P-
...gine, and Engine injection. All three combined increase climb rate by 10 m/s (~2,000 feet/min)
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...was designed after the Battle of Midway. It was realized that an aircraft's rate of climb was extremely important, so it was decided to use the same Pr
...climb rate is well over 35 m/s. However, its main weakness is the Bearcat's very power source: the hot-running R-2800 Double Wasp, which will quickly o
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...s, when the plane is fully loaded it is only 27 m/s and increases to ~37 m/s when there is only 20 minutes (30%) of fuel left.
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...power so they began replacing the [[Type 97 (7.7 mm)|Type 97]] as the Zero's machine gun. It would also see service on the [[N1K (Family)|N1K-J]] series
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...t at medium to low altitudes. Its best performance advantage is speed - it's one of the fastest propeller-driven aircraft in the game. Despite this, and
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...ype that eventually was dropped in favour of the XF9F-2 prototype, Grumman's Model G79, that utilized 1 crew member and eventually a single engine. As t
...support fighter role. Distracted opponents are easy prey when the Panther's high-speed driving and manoeuvrability are applied correctly. When engaged
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...support fighter role. Distracted opponents are easy prey when the Panther's high-speed diving and manoeuvrability are applied correctly. When engaged 1
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...ich helped with the stall speed. Around 600 F9F-8s were delivered to the U.S. Navy. F9F-8 crews found the plane to be quite good and reliable: however,
...four AIM-9B missiles. Although AIM-9Bs are relatively weak, at the Cougar's BR they are quite handy in making opponents lose energy or quickly dispatch
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...her conditions (clouds), altitude difference and [[Crew_skills#Pilot|pilot's skill]].
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...ne 1942, when SBD bombers sank four aircraft carriers, namely Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, and Hiryū. By 1944, the SBD was slowly being replaced by the faster
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...inst other aircraft it may encounter. As with most hydroplanes, the OS2U-1's performance is hindered by its floats. Another item that will weigh down th
...ghters do attack, it will likely be a struggle to escape due to the OS2U-1's low acceleration and manoeuvrability. If the wings or engine take damage, t
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* 11.11 mm Steel - Behind pilot's seat
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...s performance varies a lot depending on the external armaments carried. It's very sluggish with the 4 x 12.7 mm M2 Brownings in gunpods, and the more kg
...the pilot, especially in frontal or head-on attacks. From behind the pilot's seat backs up to an 11.11 mm steel plate, however from the front, the canop
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...on to fill the attacker mode it took on, especially under the command of U.S. Marine Corps squadrons. With more than 10,000 B-25 aircraft variants built
* 8 mm Steel - Pilot and Co-pilot's seats
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...n advantage is its strong offensive armament (comparable to that of many U.S fighters), which allows it to engage other aircraft or to strafe soft groun
...is to stay at very low altitude to force the enemy into the dorsal turret's coverage area and hope it can deal with it, as the A-20G is hopeless in any
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...ightest heavy caliber machine guns of the war. It uses the original MG 131's percussion-ignition as it was believed the electronic-ignition system found
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...omewhat lacklustre flight characteristics do not overly hinder the vehicle's utility.
...setup. However, damage to the wings tends to drastically offset the plane's balance and harm controllability. The rear gunner is fairly exposed and is
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