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Revision as of 16:48, 1 August 2021
The Shooting Range is a series of video produced by the War Thunder YouTube Community for the purpose of aiding the playerbase on certain aspects of the game such as game mechanics, pages of history, Q&As, tactics, strategies, and more.
Contents
Summary
Before the series aired on June 9th, 2016, Gaijin releases various of informative videos online separately. "The Shooting Range" is meant to be a compilation of various of tips and tricks for the players to use. However, the information presented in the series require experience in gameplay mechanics to understand, so the target audience is definitely for War Thunder veterans.
The Shooting Range airs every Sunday at 04:00 PM GMT (noon in Eastern time).
Playlist for the whole series can be found here.
Videos
Latest videos
Latest three videos!
Episode 263 2021.08.01 NEW!
Episode 262 2021.07.25
Episode 261 2021.07.18
Video Summaries
2021
Episodes 233-current
- Metal Beasts: Bong's P-38J-15
- Pages of History: the longest tank shot in history, by a Challenger 2
- Round Study: how to penetrate the Centurion Mk.5 AVRE
- Hotline: how to play the Kürassier, why was the M18 GMC changed from tank destroyer to light tank, what is the point of using the BI if it only gets a minute and a half of fuel, why does the Soviet BR-365A shell have an easier time punching through angles than the BR-365K shell, which has on paper more penetration power against angled armour plates, what is the cable connecting the cockpit to the tail.
- Metal Beasts: Marder A1-
- Pages of History: the first Italian attack helicopters
- Round Study: Ikv 91, HE or HEATFS ?
- Hotline: is there a way to control different guns in a plane independently, what is the difference between the British ADEN 30 mm cannon and the French DEFA 30 mm cannon, how do you do reversing with planes.
- Metal Beasts: Bf 109 G-6 (Sweden)
- Pages of History: medium to main: M48 & M60
- Triathlon: heavy tanks
- Hotline: can the rockets on the U-SH 405 be fired individually, can you destroy a tank or a ship by ramming it with a plane, why does the Corsair have W-shaped wings, why does the German M41 get a HEAT shell while the American M41 doesn't.
- Metal Beasts: Concept 3
- Pages of History: P-51
- Challenge: large-calibre air guns
- Hotline: how to use the Black Prince in battle, if a plane that fired a radar homing missile gest destroyed before the missile actually hits, will it keep tracking the target, what are the best rank 1 and 2 French fighter aircraft, do bombs have blast overpressure.
- Metal Beasts: Sea Vixen F.A.W. Mk.2
- Pages of History: tanks as electric vehicles
- Tips & Tricks: large-calibre air guns
- Hotline: what are the little propellers on the back of the bombs for, what is the best playstyle for the Leopard 2K, how do you hide the UI when viewing replays, why modern MBTs don't have composite armour on the sides, how damaged can a vehicle get before being destroyed.
- Metal Beasts: Dardo
- Pages of History: the British Octane war
- Round Study: T-80BVM
- Hotline: which tank has the slowest turret traverse speed, what is the difference between the Tiger H1 and the Tiger E, what is the best way to use the A32A, what is the bulge found on some guns of modern tanks.
- Metal Beasts: J-7E
- Pages of History: Variable wing sweep
- Triathlon: Strategic bombers
- Hotline: how do you get bushes to cover your tank with, why is the lower glacis always less armoured than the upper glacis plate, which Axis fighter can dogfight the P-51 Mustang and the Spitfire Mk 24.
- Metal Beasts: T-80BVM
- Pages of History: M4A5
- Tactics and strategy: new commander sights
- Hotline: Ta 154, is there any chance Flaks will be added as airfield defense system, what is the difference between the three American heavies T29, T30 and T34, what are the differences between heat-seeking missiles of different nations and how to use them effectively.
- Metal Beasts: MiG-23M
- Pages of History: Robert Bateson, Mosquito ace
- Special: Red Desert
- Hotline: when will more modern aircraft be added, what are the different existing types of torpedo modes, It's fixed!, why does the Su-17 have those special wings, at what point are guns considered machine guns or cannons in terms of rate of fire and calibre.
- Metal Beasts: U-SH 405
- Pages of History: T-10, the last Soviet Heavy tank
- Challenge: Katyusha vs MBTs
- Hotline: which American tank research next: M6A1, M18 GMC or M4A3E2 Jumbo, is there a way to invert the pitch control when flying, does the sun generate heat to trick IR-guided missiles, how to get the camera to follow the bomb, what happens if an SPAA shoots the nuke while it is in the air.
- Metal Beasts: Fw 190 F-8
- Pages of History: surviving North of the Arctic Circle
- Round Study: 105 mm discarding sabot rounds
- Hotline: what is the best airplane to research between the Bf 109 F-4 and the Fw 190 A-4, why the M1128 doesn't have the scouting feature like the ROMOR and Type 16, what is the best rank 5 attack aircraft for the US to use in mixed ground battles, what is the tank that can hold the most shells.
- Metal Beasts: Tortoise
- Pages of History: T-72
- Triathlon: Hydrofoil boats
- Hotline: how to play with the M1A2, can you still fly a plane the same when one of the two pilots gets shot, are there any plans for adding or updating top-tier ground forces for Japan, which tank has the longest gun in the game, fastest plane or slowest missile: which would win.
- Metal Beasts: Yak-9B
- Pages of History: Super Corsair
- Map Guide: Berlin
- Hotline: why don't aircraft of the MiG family have even numbers, can you overpenetrate a tank wreck to kill a tank that is taking cover behind it, how to play the IS-6 effectively, what are the MiG series of planes good at.
- Metal Beasts: Char 25t
- Pages of History: Henschel's Tiger
- Special: blast overpressure - updated HE rounds
- Hotline: why does the Breda 88 (P.XI) have a bomber sight window but no bomber sight, what is the IR spotlight and how to use it, how to get aerobatic smoke for your aircraft.
- Metal Beasts: M.B.175T
- Pages of History: Sukhoi's firstborn jets, the Su-9 and Su-11
- Round Study: penetrating the Ferdinand
- Hotline: why can't you drop bombs above Mach 1, how can you see your ammo count in air battles, are the skins from WT Live visible to my teammates or enemies, what are the funny-looking wires on the nose of German attackers such as the Me 410 B-6/R3.
- Metal Beasts: M3A3 Bradley
- Pages of History: birth of the Leopard 2
- Triathlon: sub top-tier MBTs
- Hotline: how big a difference is there between different types of ammo used when playing as a fighter aircraft, climbing the ranks with helicopters, what is a good way to deal with both late propeller and early jet fighters in the A2D-1 Skyshark, are there any plans to make HE shells damage the enemy crew like in real life or at least stun them.
- Metal Beasts: Su-11
- Pages of History: Boris Kovzan, "Air Ramming Champion"
- Tactics & Strategy: playing the hills
- Hotline: is there any advantage having a double propeller similar to the Seafire FR 47, how to kill the Super Pershing from the front, how do I make my own skin, why is there a crew replenishment modification in 2-man tanks like the Shturm-S or the Khrizantema-S, how do you play the British AVRE in the best possible way.
- Metal Beasts: ZA-35
- Pages of History: M13/40, the workhorse of the Italian Army
- Round Study: comparing BR-471 B/D rounds
- Hotline: why is the Italian Vampire faster, what is the best way to play the F-86F-2, which navy do you recommend first, what is the difference between the AIM-9B and the AIM-9B FGW.2 on the German F-104G, what is a float-controlled carburetor.
- Metal Beasts: F-5A Freedom Fighter
- Pages of History: Bruce Carr
- Challenge: Auxiliary weapons
- Hotline: how do you fire a 37 mm cannon separately from a 20 mm cannon on a plane, why are the gunners on bombers so bad, why don't jet fighters have cannons over 30 mm calibre, what's the most effective way playing with the P40.
- Metal Beasts: Ikv 91-105
- Pages of History: Ratel 20, the South African Badger
- Map Guide: Ash River
- Hotline: what's the binocular icon in the lower left corner of the in-battle tank UI, why does the Challenger Mk.2 have a stock APFSDS shell with a better normal penetration than the researchable APFSDS shell, why planes don't like to pull negative Gs and which aircraft can pull the most negative Gs, can you use the nuke in Realistic Battles.
- Metal Beasts: Su-17M2
- Pages of History: SAAB-105
- Triathlon: reserve rank helicopters
- Hotline: what is the best tank to research between M60A2, M551 and T95E1, why some ground arcade battles allow more than one bomber or attacker in the air when it is normally limited to one, how to fire AGM missiles, how to create a custom battle to fight a 1-on-1 duel with a friend, can you destroy bombs using guns or cannons.
- Metal Beasts: Olifant Mk.2
- Pages of History: the desert Crusader
- Tactics and strategy: urban tank duels
- Hotline: how to play the T-55A, why did US pilots dislike the P-39 while Russian pilots loved it, does the Me 262 have underwing rockets, how squadron activity points are received, how to lock the turret in position while driving.
- Metal Beasts: Re.2005 serie 0
- Pages of History: Pe-8
- Challenge: unguided air-to-air rockets
- Hotline: what is the best playstyle for the Fw 190 series fighters, how to change team and enemy colours, what are good tactics for beginner tankers, how to get hexagonal camouflage for the Ho 229.
- Metal Beasts: Vickers MBT
- Pages of History: Chi-Ha and Chi-He
- Map Guide: Kuban (Ground Forces)
- Hotline: why was the Archer built with a backwards turret, how can you see your replays, what is the difference between inline and radial engines in piston planes and which one is superior, what is the Challenger 2 & (2F) playstyle.
- Metal Beasts: F8F-1B Bearcat
- Pages of History: Yak-38, the first Soviet production VTOL
- Triathlon: early jet fighters
- Hotline: what are some notable features of German bombers, how to play the F-104S, how to get to the mission editor, making a Cobra manoeuvre in an A-7D.
- Metal Beasts: ZSU-37-2
- Pages of History: StuG III
- Tactics and strategy: Assault in Tank Arcade
- Hotline: what is the best way to play the Super Pershing, why do most jets have spikes on their noses, why did Grunman naval aircraft have "cat" at the end of their name, what are early jets tactics.
- Metal Beasts: Buccanneer S.2
- Pages of History: a new old engine for the Fw 190
- Map Guide: Karelia
- Hotline: what is the maximum daily login reward you can receive, how to set the lock-on SAM missiles, how to know which engine is number 1, 2, 3 or 4 when in a bomber, does my aircraft become faster and lighter over time by consuming fuel and wasting ammo, slowest plane vs. fastest ground vehicle.
- Metal Beasts: ZTZ99
- Pages of History: M6A1, the first American heavy
- Triathlon: top battleships
- Hotline: which Ju 87 have the Stuka siren, what is the playstyle of each nation and which to pick a a new player, what is the gameplay style of the early P-51, what is the best early US jet, what is your favourite weird SPG.
- Metal Beasts: A-7D
- Pages of History: A.109EOA-2
- Tactics and strategy: Boom and Zoom
- Hotline: why most Soviet tanks have bad gun depression, which is the best heavy fighter to dogfight single-engine fighters, tips on how not to lose SL and end up grinding low ranks, what is the most effective way to lose speed when trying to land with VTOL aircraft.
- Metal Beasts: VFM5
- Pages of History: Chieftain, the Centurion's successor
- Map Guide: Sinai
- Hotline: how to change the color of the aerobatics smoke, are there airborne anti-ship missiles in the game, where to find the controls for guided bombs like the Fritz X.
- Metal Beasts: SK60B
- Pages of History: The birth of the Harrier
- Triathlon: Top piston engine fighters
- Hotline: how to set up wheel brakes for an aircraft when landing, what are the differences between the T-80U and the T-90A, which aircraft has the highest climb rate, what are the tactics and strategy for using early helicopters equipped with only unguided weapons and no ATGM.
2020
Episodes 181-232
- Metal Beasts 2020: landmark vehicles added to the game.
- War Thunder in 2020: game features introduced or improved.
- The weapons and ammo of 2020: new weapons introduced.
- Locations 2020: maps added this year.
- Hotline: which manoeuvres you should use whe there's an enemy fighter behind you, how star shells work, what is the best non-premium German fighter at low BR, what is the purpose of the red paint of the submerged bottom part of ships, what is your favourite Swedish jet.
- Metal Beasts: T-90A
- Pages of History: ARL-44
- Challenge: Toss bombing
- Hotline: where do you send questions for the Hotline, which Phantom is the best in the game, how do you play the US T34 heavy tank, how does a VTOL plane land and hover like a helicopter, why did the later models of the Fw 190 stop using radial engines.
- Metal Beasts: Harrier GR.1
- Pages of History: Bf 109 in Swiss service
- Tactics and strategy: dogfights on top jets
- Hotline: how to configure the VTOL controls, why ammo can still explode even when it doesn't have explosive filler, smoke shells vs. smoke grenades, comparison of the T-72AV (TURMS-T) and the XM-1 (GM), why does the nose cone of some aircraft have spirals painted on them.
- Metal Beasts: Leopard 2A6
- Pages of History: Sturer Emil
- Map Guide: Abandoned Factory
- Hotline: why the body of Mil helicopters is constructed at an angle, how to change the height of the sight on the Strv 122B PLSS, how to switch to bomb tracking view, why planes are painted black on the nose, why there is a nuke in the game.
- Metal Beasts: MiG-21bis
- Pages of History: Old 666
- Triathlon: reserve destroyers
- Hotline: how to use the M60 effectively, ricochet table for tank rounds explained, how to turn off the flight instructor without using full real controls, why the bottom half of big ships is coloured red, which modern MBT is most fun to play.
- Metal Beasts: SMS Helgoland
- Pages of History: T-80 (Family)
- Special: capturing points on a VTOL aircraft
- Hotline: is the Su-7B or BKL worth the grind for ground battles or is the MiG-21SMT better, how to join a Dev server, what is the lowest BR jet fighter in-game, what is the best way to play the Kingcobra, what does the little grey circle represent in the bombsight view.
- Metal Beasts: M47 (105/55)
- Pages of History: the crazy battle of USS Lexington
- Tips and tricks: Assault air arcade
- Hotline: why are some jet engines angled downwards like the Jaguar or the Phantom, what is the plane with the biggest number of bombs, why do WW2 tanks have 5 crew members sitting apart while Cold war tanks have 4 crew members sitting close to one another, which MBT has the fastest reload, how do you use the Bullpup ATGM on an aircraft.
- Metal Beasts: Su-6
- Pages of History: Nb.Fz.
- Map Guide: Advance to the Rhine
- Hotline: what is the best way to play the T-35, why did allied planes have stripes on their wings, what is the best German ground attacker.
- Metal Beasts: TAM 2C
- Pages of History: hunting the Friedrich
- Triathlon: comparing early MBTs
- Hotline: what is the best way to use the FV4005, how does battle cruise control work for ATGM vehicles, how to use "schräge Musik", how to change the font size of the User Interface (UI).
- Metal Beasts: Lightning F.6
- Pages of History: USA heavy tanks
- Tactics and strategy: Manual engine controls
- Hotline: how to use the QF 3.7 Ram and the VFW in battle, which tanks have suspension controls, difference between fighters and interceptors, what is the purpose of the new game mechanic "LWR / laser warning receiver".
- Metal Beasts: Strv 104
- Pages of History: boats and fortresses
- Map Guide: Poland (Ground Forces)
- Hotline: how to lock a target, bushes in Arcade battles, which game mode is used by the Shooting Range, gun stabilizer on low-rank vehicles, slowest reload rate in-game.
- Metal Beasts: Jaguar A
- Pages of History: the story of two competing aces
- Triathlon: comparing medium tier SPAAGs
- Hotline: what the device on the back of the T-80U's turret is for, why the movie settings is not recommended for gameplay, why you can't take the Pe-8 as your first aircraft in Sim battles, what is the best strategy to play P-47D-25 or D-28.
- Metal Beasts: Chi-Ha LG
- Pages of History: Panzer III (Family)
- Tactics and strategy: Naval mines
- Hotline: how to play the M46, how to know which bombs will drop first: weapon selector, best rank IV and V German vehicles, most versatile piston fighter in-game, manual engine controls.
- Metal Beasts: ▃Merkava Mk.3D
- Pages of History: how the Swedish engineers changed their engines mid-flight, the J21 (Family)
- Map Guide: Normandy
- Hotline: how to play the Ju 87 G1/G2, how to display info like ammo count and engine temperature in Realistic Air Battles, why AIM-7 Sparrow missiles sometimes fail to track their target and slef-destruct, comparison between P-51H-5-NA and Spitfire F Mk 24, how to play Soviet vehicles with little or no gun depression.
- Metal Beasts: BI
- Pages of History: the Trophy T-34s
- Triathlon: ATGM carriers
- Hotline: how to perform a Cobra manoeuvre, role of barrage balloons, tutorial for ASU-57, best Soviet rank 4 plane, how to use the weapon selector in aircraft.
- Metal Beasts: Somua SM
- Pages of History: the Swedish engineering miracle
- Tactics and strategy: defense maneuvers in air duels
- Hotline: how radar-homing missiles work, does a shell lose penetration when shooting through a wall, best way to play British 6.7 tanks, how to play the P-38 Lightning, best rank IV or V US tank.
- Metal Beasts: T-72B3
- Pages of History: F11F-1 Tiger
- Special: Volumetric rounds
- Hotline: how to play the P-61C-1 in battles, difference between 0 seconds fuze and assaut fuze, how to prevent your plane from going back to horizontal flight path when switching to rear gunner view, what to do if you have very few Silver Lions
, how to tell if your tank can swim or not.
- Metal Beasts: AMX-13-M24
- Pages of History: M3 Grant
- Map Guide: Jungle
- Hotline: best way to use the Churchill Mk VII, why there are 2 pilots in the F-82E, best way to use heavy bombers in GF RB, tips and tricks for a player new to rank 5.
- Metal Beasts: Mirage IIIC
- Pages of History: P-61 Black Widow
- Air Triathlon: Biplanes
- Hotline: which gun has the fastest rate of fire in-game, why fires on Japanese planes can't be put out, which British plane has the highest speed, Can the fastest plane catch the slowest missile, Which tanks for Realistic Battles.
- Metal Beasts: M48 Super
- Pages of History: Drone Day
- Tactics and strategy: Air duels: attacker's position
- Hotline: in-game planes flying Mach 2.0 and above, which rank 3 British tanks research first, getting more SL in a squad, how to use the ballistic computer, slowest in-game tank and plane.
- Special: Operation S.U.M.M.E.R.
- Pages of History: Ta 152 H-1
- Triathlon: Top helicopters
- Hotline: what happens to the daily rewards if you don't log in everyday, how to play the Hs.129, what planes can be used in naval RB, how to play the Bf 109, purpose of the red and white stripes on the deck of Italian ships.
- Metal Beasts: Su-7B
- Pages of History: F-104 Starfighter
- Map Guide: Eastern Europe (Ground Forces)
- Hotline: who was Marge, the woman pictured on Richard Bong's P-38J-15, which German CAS planes fly in tank realistic battles, what are the advantages of a propeller fighter compared to a jet engine fighter, which plane car carry most guns, best ground vehicle for drifting.
- Metal Beasts: AMX-32
- Pages of History: Beaufighter
- Challenge: Destroying missiles with tanks cannons
- Tactics and strategy: Destroying missiles normally
- Hotline: how to use orders in-game, why some US planes have glossy camouflage, destroying a plane with a falling bomb, best rank 2 US fighter plane.
- Metal Beasts: T-69 II G
- Pages of History: T-50
- Air Triathlon: Top-tier fighter jets
- Hotline: why the NS-23 cannons on the IL-10 have less penetration than the VYa-23 cannons on IL-2s, which US ground vehicles play to grind the American tech tree, self-sealing tanks work, how to play with the T95, how to grind faster to reach top-tier jets?
- Metal Beasts: F3H-2 Demon
- Pages of History: M4A3E2 Jumbo
- Tactics and strategy: Playing on torpedo boats
- Hotline: best way to make silver lions and earn research points, tips and tricks for air-to-ground missiles, mid-air collision between a tank and a jet aircraft, adding a tank from the future, Worl War season 3.
- Metal Beasts: IL-2 M-82
- Pages of History: Battle of the Chinese Farm
- Tactics and strategy: Surviving on a fighter
- Hotline: tow cables and helicopters, damaging a jet engine by shooting through the air intake, angling armor, best German ground vehicle, destroying an helicopter by ramming it.
- Metal Beasts: M60 AMBT
- Pages of Alternative History: Battle for the Fulda Gap
- World War: Season 3
- Hotline: how vehicle sounds are recorded, Pz.Bef.Wg.VI P, are points curtailed when leaving a game early? playing as kamikaze, best climb rate among Soviet WW2 planes, FPS improvement with next-gen consoles.
- Metal Beasts: Scimitar F Mk.1
- Pages of History: Jagdpanzer 38(t)
- Challenge: Jumping as high as possible with the Type 93
- Hotline: guests on the Shooting Range, new secondary weapon selection menu, books of records for planes, "Nice shot!" voice order, how flares work in-game, new sound design.
- Metal Beasts: Strf 9056
- Pages of History: how Germany managed to create 2 Tigers at the same time
- Tactics and strategy: radars
- Hotline: multifunction menu for console players, rangefinders before the introduction of laser rangefinders, Japanese propeller plane with the best climb rate, full circle Cobra manoeuvre, killing tanks with WW2 rockets, British jet fighter Scimitar.
- Metal Beasts: HSTV-L
- Pages of History: Her Majesty's Red Army Men
- Tactics and strategy: high-precision weapons
- Hotline: why it is not possible to view replays from older versions, presets for keybinds, Italian armour, modeling your own tank with the CDK.
- Metal Beasts: F-104 Starfighter
- Pages of History: Mirage IIIC
- Special: meet the glorious Italian fleet
- Hotline: Shooting Range intro, ammo rack detonation for AP shots, dive bombing at the speed of sound, what determines the color of NVD sights?
- Metal Beasts: Rooikat 105
- Pages of History: KV-1 (L-11)
- Naval Triathlon: Heavy cruisers
- Hotline: why MGs on tanks and airplanes sound different, thrust vector jets, climbing the ranks with French planes, 200th episode.
Episode 200 (Shooting Range 2.1)
- Metal Beasts: Ka-52
- Pages of History: Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
- Challenge: Performing the Cobra
- Hotline: impact of Covid on Gaijin's work, banning maps in a squad of premium users, killing an enemy with smoke grenades or shells, autorotation for helicopters when losing the engine, guns with the best elevation.
- Metal Beasts: Strv 74
- Pages of History: Pearl Harbor 2
- Tactics and strategy: Using the MBT
- Hotline: how to aim with the MiG-15bis, hitting a torpedo with another torpedo, how to control the multiple engines of an aircraft separately.
- Metal Beasts: F-4E Phantom II & F-4EJ Phantom II
- Pages of History: Mysterious kinship
- Tips and tricks: bombing in mixed battles
- Hotline: YT channels to learn how to land on a carrier, new voice orders, turning off the helicopter turbine engine, boom and zoom, blood effects.
- Metal Beasts: CV 90120
- Pages of History: Saburo Sakai, 1 vs 15
- Tank triathlon: mid-tier medium tanks
- Hotline: using the landing flaps to land faster, killing a top tier MBT with a reserve tank, the tank with the slowest turret traverse speed
- Metal Beasts: A-4B
- Pages of History: the last voyage of HMS Edinburgh
- Challenge: Landing the biggest possible plane on an aircraft carrier
- Hotline: most armored light tank in each tier, music of the show, timecodes for specific sections of the episode, multifunction menu
- Metal Beasts: J35D
- Pages of History: Ho 229
- Tank Triathlon: Wheels versus caterpillars
- Hotline: damaged from the backblast of a recoilless rifle, how to activate X-ray mode during battle (damaged modules overview), largest aircraft you can land on a carrier, running WT on minimal specs
- Metal Beasts: AML-90
- Pages of History: Strv m/42
- Challenge: climbing up some hills
- Hotline: customizable HUD, social distancing, multifunction menu, tutorials for newly introduced technology, working remotely during the quarantine
- Metal Beasts: Strv 122
- Pages of History: battle of Sunda Strait
- Tactics and strategy: assault ground arcade
- Hotline: the effect of modern missiles on gameplay, copyrighted music for the show, how to use mortars on ships, Gaijin's priorities, full barrel roll in a tank
- Metal Beasts: T-72B
- Pages of History: the first Swedish tanks
- Special: new multifunction menu
- Hotline: which game modes are best suited for new players, custom loadout vs. preset loadout, fuel options for ground vehicles
- Metal Beasts: Strv m/31
- Pages of History: Lightning F.6
- Map: Sweden
- Hotline: vehicle with the most polygons in the game, find out if your shot will penetrate with the Protection Analysis feature, bomber carrying the biggest explosive mass in WT, infantry not coming to the game
- Metal Beasts: IS-3
- Pages of History: Focused specialists vs universals, a comparison of tank design in Britain and Germany during WW2
- Tips and tricks: High-explosive rounds
- Hotline: BR decompression past 10.3, how tanks are modeled for the game
- Metal Beasts: G-Lynx
- Pages of History: Tokyo Express, how Japan used destroyers as resupply ships
- Tips and tricks: aircraft rockets
- Hotline: choosing target tanks in test drive, why fuel tanks were placed next to the driver in modern tanks, damage model of commander optics, fastest Soviet ground vehicle, how answered YT comments are selected
- Metal Beasts: Albatros
- Pages of History: George Beurling, Canadian ace pilot in Malta (Part 2)
- Challenge: capturing points on a helicopter
- Hotline: the tank that was most difficult to model, cannon barrel collision with the environment, which in-game vehicle is the closest to its present day version, how to control air-to-ground missiles in RB GF
- Metal Beasts: T-44
- Pages of History: George Frederick "Screwball" Beurling (Part 1)
- Tips and tricks: Urban battles
- Hotline: tanks with fastest reverse speed
- Metal Beasts: Jagdpanther
- Pages of History: Re.2001
- Challenge: Planes racing against ATGMs
- Hotline: Swedish ground tree, how to put out a fire on a plane, how to turn off a helicopter engine
- World War: Attack from the sea
- Pages of History: Douglas Skyraider
- Tips and tricks: Fighting tanks on SPAAs
- Hotline: sliding bar for fuel options, upcoming plans for naval battles, how answered comments are selected, ammo racks detonation explained
- Metal Beasts: Admiral Graf Spee
- Pages of History: American tank diet: post-war US tank projects T41, T42 and T43
- Tactics and strategy: Using your SPAA radars efficiently
- Hotline: searchlights for ships, fastest biplane in the game, WW1 tanks
- Metal Beasts: J32B
- Pages of History: Mitsubishi G4M Betty, the "Flying Lighter"
- Tactics and strategy: Climbing in air battles
- Hotline: discount sales of premium vehicles, effect of a full fuel tank on your plane performance, are in-game bots named after War Thunder devs and team?
- Metal Beasts: SAV 20.12.48
- Pages of History: Hans Hahn, the fall of a German ace pilot
- Tactics and strategy: how to sink heavy cruisers
- Hotline: different sparkles for different ammo, how to use rockets on a plane, graphics card used to record the show, fastest piston engine aircraft in the game
- Metal Beasts: MiG-21SMT
- Pages of History: history of the Swedish aviation industry
- Map: New Zealand Cape
- Hotline: crushing vehicles with heavy tanks, formation lights for convoy night travel, damage from kamikaze attacks, tank fighting capability with only 1 remaining crew member
2019
Episodes 129-180
- Metal Beasts: Metal Beasts of 2019
- Tactics and strategy: War Thunder in 2019, game features introduced or improved.
- Map: Maps of 2019
- Hotline: does the graphics update profit every platform? how to climb faster in a plane, backblast of a recoilless rifle
- Metal Beasts: Rooikat Mk.1D
- Pages of History: Strv 103
- Special: the big graphics engine changes in Update 1.95
- Hotline: HDR in-game, operation the Strv 103 with only 1 crew member left, operation F.R.O.S.T.
- Metal Beasts: M56 Scorpion
- Pages of History: Mitsubishi J2M Raiden
- Tank triathlon: deadly tractors, comparison of half-tracks and trucks equipped with guns
- Hotline: easiest way to earn Silver Lions, can 2 shots collide mid-air? learning armor values on tanks
- Metal Beasts: Chi-Nu II
- Pages of History: James H. Howard, US ace pilot
- Tactics and strategy: Cannibal bombers, the bombers who can also intercept enemy bombers
- Hotline: which tank has the fastest hull turn time in the game
- Metal Beasts: Ariete PSO
- Pages of History: The Bristol Blenheim
- Tactics and strategy: Playing on mid-tier SPAA tech
- Hotline: highest reverse speed in the game, how recoilless guns work, first Soviet tank with neutral steering
- Metal Beasts: Vickers Mk.7
- Pages of History: how the French created their famous AMX-30
- Tank triathlon: reserve tanks
- Hotline: Gaijin's priorities between gameplay and historical accuracy, fastest way to grind the game, Swedish ground tech tree, in-game tank flight experiments
- Metal Beasts: Mi-28N
- Pages of History: the Schwalbe problem: too few, too late
- Tactics and strategy: tanks with recoilless weapons
- Hotline: shooting a cannon round through 2 aircraft, why aircraft wings rip and which manoeuvers to avoid
- Metal Beasts: ZTZ96
- Pages of History: Pyörremyrsky
- Tactics and strategy: Hunting on a helicopter
- Hotline: fastest tank in the game on- and off-road, difference between tank burnt down and hullbreak, upcoming Swedish planes
- Metal Beasts: Ka-50
- Pages of History: Saab J29 Tunnan
- Tactics and strategy: HEAT projectiles
- Hotline: naval gun scopes, separating propellers and jets, effect of fuel amount on flight performance, using knots to measure in-game speed
- Metal Beasts: Super Hellcat
- Pages of History: the ghost pilots from Biggin Hill
- Special: the scariest tanks
- Hotline: fastest projectile in the game, how penetration values are determined in-game, hullbreak explained, is the blast force modeled in-game?
- Metal Beasts: Type 75 SPH
- Pages of History: Operation Crusader, the first defeat of the invincible Rommel
- Map: Japanese port
- Hotline: learning how to aim with anti-air guns, how long it takes for a tank engine to cool down, difference between ammo rack detonation and ammo rack destroyed, controls for hydropneumatic suspension explained
- Metal Beasts: Admiral Hipper
- Pages of History: Joseph R. Beyrle, a captured US soldier that became a Soviet tanker
- Challenge: the most powerful bomb in the game
- Hotline: best piston engine aircraft for boom and zoom, materials used in composite armor
- Metal Beasts: SIDAM 25 (Mistral)
- Pages of History: wheeled tanks
- Tank triathlon: Top SPAAs
- Hotline: why night vision is green, where to find zoom controls in the interface, night vision mode for ASU-57, turning the engine off in low tier ground battles
- Metal Beasts: the French and German Eurocopter Tiger
- Pages of History: the yellow Focke-Wulf
- Challenge: toss bombing
- Hotline: difference between IAS and airspeed, engine battery countdown explained, turning your engine off to become invisible to thermal vision, comparison between night vision and thermal vision
- Metal Beasts: F-4C Phantom II
- Pages of History: Wirraway
- Tactics and strategy: night ground battles
- Hotline: is armour fatigue modeled in damage mechanics? factors determining the reload speed of a tank, at which tiers can you find night vision devices and thermal sights?
- Metal Beasts: MiG-21
- Pages of History: Night vision
- Tactics and strategy: Cargo Port map
- Hotline: how critical hits are defined, plane carrying the most bombs, why max plane speed is measured at an altitude and not at sea level, assign a key for the rangefinder
- Metal Beasts: Ta 154 A-1
- Pages of History: SB2C Helldiver
- Tactics and strategy: Helicopter defence systems
- Hotline: going supersonic, effectiveness of AA gunners on ships, BM-13N Katyusha, zoom sensitivity in sniper mode
- Metal Beasts: HMS Southampton
- Pages of History: Fw 200, the airliner that went to war
- Tactics and strategy: Reload types: pros and cons
- Hotline: How tanks were transported to operation theatres, fuze delays on bombs, parameters influencing shell penetration, thickest conventional armor in the game
- Metal Beasts: Jagdpanzer 38(t)
- Pages of History: I-153, or the ShKas carnage!
- Tactics and strategy: Learning the way of the MRL
- Hotline: Maus removal, how IAS was measured during WW2 and Climbing the ranks with British aircraft
- Metal Beasts: A light tank with a very heavy gun BT-7 (F-32).
- Pages of History: The Soviet tank transmissions and their unique construction.
- Challenge: How many enemies can you destroy with a single shot?
- Hotline: Artillery, Aircraft with slats, Armor angle, Will Israel join the game? French tanks and rearview mirrors.
- Metal Beasts: The regular Yak with an unusual engine (Yak-3U).
- Pages of History: The Yom Kippur War and the hell it brought upon Sinai (October 4th, 1973).
- Tactics & Strategy: The right way to use the landscapes around you on tanks of different nations.
- Hotline: Decompress top-tier MBTs?, Climbing the ranks with Soviet tanks, Hydraulics in vehicles?,Shooting tank barrels, Do heat seeking missiles lose target lock if the target turns off its engine?
- Metal Beasts: The pros and cons of the French Sabre (F-86K).
- Pages of History: Michel Vernisse and his outside the box thinking.
- Tactics and Strategy: Top 10 useful advice for tankers.
- Hotline: Tank snorkel, Single-shot kills, Climbing the ranks with British aeroplanes, Tank shell characteristics
- Metal Beasts: A2D-1
- Pages of History: Shoichi Sugita, Japanese ace pilot
- Tank triathlon: top MBTs
- Hotline: how to look around in a tank without having to turn the turret, exhaust of helicopter turboshaft engines, requirements needed for a vehicle to be added to the game, how to determine the optimal climbing angle of an aircraft, is the weight of a vehicle affected by the quantity of ammo onboard?
- Metal Beasts: AH-1S Kisarazu
- Pages of History: Yak-1
- Tactics and strategy: how to deal with heavily-armored opponents
- Hotline: wood-steel equivalency on HEAT projectiles due to Munroe effect, best belts for dogfighting
- Metal Beasts: Type 16
- Pages of History: H-34 (France)
- Tactics and strategy: gameplay effects of different types of terrain
- Hotline: fire extinguishers for bombers, Ho-Ro accessories, Marcel Bloch's flying hospital
- Metal Beasts: Hunter F.6
- Pages of History: Kelly Johnson’s P-38 Lightning
- Triathlon: Twin-engine fighters
- Hotline: explanation of the term SPG (self-propelled gun), killing a tank by shooting the gound beneath him, turning off your stabilizer, are the penetration values increased by the velocity of an aircraft?
- Metal Beasts: Shturm-S
- Pages of History: Marcel Bloch, a humanist with a vision
- Challenge: death defying stunts on a… heavy bomber!
- Hotline: in which game modes Shooting Range clips are recorded, why modern tanks have been added recently, how to access the wiki from the game
- Metal Beasts: AMX-30 Super
- Pages of History: the Japanese zero, a miracle of engineering
- Tactics and strategy: SPGs of different nations, and how to play them
- Hotline: why some planes do not have combat flaps, BMP-1's water deflections shield explained, how much explosive is needed to cut off a plane's wing, Pages of History for more recent conflicts
- Metal Beasts: Ariete
- Pages of History: J5N1
- Tactics and strategy: flaps explained
- Hotline: how the section Pages of History of the show is created
- Metal Beasts: Stormer HVM
- Pages of History: the Battle for Caen
- Tactics and strategy: naval triathlon
- Hotline: marks on the horizontal axis of a tank's scope explained, realistic sound of speed for distance explosions, what Gaijin would add to the game if it wasn't for technical limitations
- Metal Beasts: PG 02
- Pages of History: SRAAM
- Tactics and strategy: shooting down bombs, torpedoes and ATGMs
- Hotline: destroying a missile or a bomb in the air, watching the show in 4K
- Metal Beasts: Leclerc
- Pages of History: Me 264
- Tactics and strategy: playing on a heavy cruiser
- Hotline: how subjects for Pages of History are selected, realistic tank barrel collision with environment
- Metal Beasts: AMX-13 (Family)
- Pages of History: Tu-4
- Air triathlon: looking for the best fighter
- Hotline: how to get into custom battles
- World War: what you need to know
- Tactics and strategy: World War game modes
- Pages of History: The Battle of Vitebsk
- Hotline: learning how to shoot on the move, textolite explained, what happens if Gaijin runs out of vehicles to add to the game, best tank in the game, effect of the amount of fuel on the plane's performance
- Metal Beasts: Challenger 2
- Pages of History: Alexander Milyukov, Soviet ace tanker
- Tactics and strategy: strategic bombers
- Hotline: music used in the War Thunder channel, landing a plane on a plane, bore evacuator on modern tanks cannon barrel
- Metal Beasts: Mi-35M
- Pages of History: Partisan of Minsk, how a lone T-28 defended the city
- Tactics and strategy: Gun stabilizers
- Hotline: open positions at Gaijin, how vehicle triathlons are performed
- Metal Beasts: Meteor F Mk.8 Reaper
- Pages of History: Colin Kelly, the “American Samurai”
- Tank Triathlon: the fastest tanks
- Hotline: earn Golden Eagles with wagers, where War Thunder devs find info to model vehicles in 3D, metal plates on the sides of the T-64A explained
- Special Event: Battlefield Engineer, a chance to obtain several unique vehicles!
- Metal Beasts: AH-1Z
- Pages of History: Joe Ekins, British ace tanker
- Hotline: meaning of "no armor is best armor", why speed of sound travel delay is not implemented in the game
- Metal Beasts: Mitsubishi T-2
- Pages of History: SUD Aviation Alouette
- Challenge: High-Altitude Bombing
- Hotline: historical accuracy vs battle rating, sharing your creations via WT Live, options for setting units metric or imperial, purpose of the wood log on Soviet tanks, Never in a Hurri
- Metal Beasts: P.7.T AA
- Pages of History: the peculiar diet of the Luftwaffe pilots
- A Gentleman’s Guide to Winning: Playing on Ground Vehicles
- Hotline: purpose of the wood log on Soviet tanks, April Fool's Day Event, bias against Royal Navy
- Metal Beasts: M1A1 Abrams
- Pages of History: American Shermans in Tunisia
- Tactics and strategy: playing on bigger ships (destroyer/cruiser)
- Hotline: how to escape from missile radar lock, radar detection of the Ho 229
- Metal Beasts: T-80U
- Map: Alaska
- Tactics and strategy: how to play with radar stations
- Hotline: climbing the ranks with a nation
- Metal Beasts: R3 T106 FA
- Pages of History: USS William D. Porter, the destroyer that almost killed a US president
- Challenge: what can you destroy with rockets?
- Hotline: Serbian localization, gun barrel as solid object, why some APCBC shells have a better penetration than some AP shots, why the Maus fights against post-WW2 tanks in-game, how to submit a video for the Thunder Show
- Metal Beasts: MiG-19PT
- Pages of History: Italian bombing of Gibraltar
- Tactics and strategy: a new method of armor penetration calculation for shells
- Hotline: increased penetration of a projectile when the target flies towards it
- Metal Beasts: Köln
- Pages of History: Ray Holmes and the first ever aerial ramming of WW2
- Tactics and strategy: reading the map
- Hotline: from which country Gaijin is, why Swatikas are not displayed in the game, community feedback and suggestions
- Metal Beasts: Panthers
- Pages of History: the Battle of Ushant (1944)
- Tank Triathlon: heavy SPGs
- Hotline: War Thunder cinematic trailers, correct pronunciation of Centauro, adding birds to the game
- Metal Beasts: Centauro
- Pages of History: Alexander Fadin, Soviet ace tanker who shot down a plane with a tank
- Tactics and strategy: depth charges
- Hotline: creating in-game content with CDK, fuel options for tanks, T-72A turret convoy IR light
- Metal Beasts: F-100D
- Pages of History: battles of Khalkhin Gol (1939), the first time fighter planes used rocket-powered projectiles
- Tank Triathlon: wheeled tanks
- Hotline: licensing issues for adding modern military vehicles and technology in the game, horns for tanks and ships, April's Fool plans
- Metal Beasts: T-72A
- Pages of History: Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission
- Tactics and strategy: sideslip shooting
- Hotline: how to defeat Tiger IIs
- Metal Beasts: OTOMATIC
- Pages of History: N.C.223.3
- Test Drive: tank triathlon with IFVs
- Hotline: supersonic fighters for Italy
Episode 130 (Shooting Range 2.0)
- Metal Beasts: Sho't Kal Dalet
- Pages of History: conquering the sound barrier
- Tactics and strategy: hull break
- Hotline: client stability has improved, supersonic fighters for Great Britain
- Metal Beasts: MiG-15bis ISH
- Pages of History: Centauro
- Pages of History: a Taiwanese Sidewinder
- Hotline: wind as a parameter in the game, map voting system, Nigel says goodbye
2018
Episodes 77-128
- Special: War Thunder in 2018
- Metal Beasts: M26 Pershing Ariete
- Special: Holiday Sale
- Hotline: Merkava, Player-controlled Aircraft Carriers, Submarines, World War mode
- Metal Beasts: Semovente 105/25 M43
- Pages of History: Origins of Air to Air guided missiles
- Map Guide: Vietnam Hills
- Hotline: British helicopters, Italian tanks, supersonic planes
- Metal Beasts: AMX-50 Surbaissé
- Pages of History: M3 Bradley
- Tactics and strategy: Shooting over covers
- Hotline: Planes with high calibre guns, subs and missiles in naval battles, Thunder Stories: Never in a Hurri, vehicle lighting
- Metal Beasts: PGH-2
- Pages of History: Semovente 105/25 M43
- Tactics and strategy: Using your suspension while aiming
- Hotline: Bruce voicing tank commander, plans for 2019, Chaffee
- War Machines: Griffons
- Pages of History: Attack on Bari Harbor
- Tactics and strategy: Drum autoloaders
- Hotline: Bomber cockpits, armour customization, world war mode
- War Machines: Project 159
- Pages of History: TAM
- Challenge: Small bombs vs cruisers
- Hotline: 100 years since the Great War, Japanese naval tree
- War Machines: Dark FPB 1101
- Pages of History: F4U Corsair and The Football War
- Special: Getting used to air SB
- Hotline: New nations, when T-72, Vietnam as a map
- War Machines: Type 75 MLRS
- Pages of History: Otto Carius and the battle of Malinovo village
- War Machines: Ya-5M
- Hotline: Short stories, nukes, the black helicopter
- Special: New Vessel Damage Model
- Pages of History: Emden III
- Special: Switching from AB to RB in aviation battles
- Hotline: Customizable ammo belts, more countries (Sweden), P.1000 Ratte
- Pages of Terror: The Black Helicopter (staring M22 and Mi-24 in US markings)
- Dreaded Beasts: M1-IP
- Panic & Strategy: Destroying M1-IP
- Hotline: French/Italian planes, hint for American Desert, Russian Bias
- Metal Beasts: T-80B
- Pages of History: F4F Wildcat
- Map Guide: American Desert
- Hotline: Criteria for including aircraft, German helicopters
- Metal Beasts: Leopard A1A1 (L/44)
- Pages of History: Sukhoi Su-6
- Challenge: Small bombs vs top tanks
- Hotline: Requests to changes to SB
- Metal Beasts: FV510 Warrior
- Tactics and strategy: Dealing with intel in ground battles
- Pages of History: Me.163
- Hotline: Parts & FPE
- War Machines: T54E1
- Pages of History: I-225
- Tactics and strategy: Angling 2.0 (continuation of episode 19)
- Hotline: French medals, Italian Tanks, removed decals and African tech tree
- War Machines: Mi-24D
- War Machines: UH-1C XM-30
- Pages of History: Lafayette G. Pool, US tank ace
- Hotline: 400K YT subscribers, markings on Ju-87 bombs and EC Helicopters.
- War Machines: FJ-4B VMF-232
- Pages of History: Mi-4AV
- War Machines: Sd.Kfz.234/3
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Japanese tech tree, Missing bomb/rocket loadouts, Multi-nation tech trees, He 111.
- Special: Multi-Turreted Tanks
- War Machines: IL-28Sh
- Pages of History: MO-4
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Partnering with tank collectors, Otto Carius, Modern Day Tanks (Armata).
- Special: ATGM vehicles
- War Machines: C.205N2
- Pages of History: Alexandra Boiko, Soviet tank commander
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Answer more questions in hotline, British Helicopters, Shell prices.
- Pages of History: UH-1 Huey
- Pages of History: AH-1 Cobra
- Pages of History: Mi-24
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Swastika, Italian Tanks, Bf-109 & Bf-110.
- Metal Beasts: IS-7
- Pages of History: Ar-2
- Tactics & Strategy: Fritz-X
- Hotline: Special video for questions, DMM events, Hotline answers, submarines.
- Metal Beasts: Conqueror Mk.2
- Pages of History: G.56
- Tactics & Strategy: Heavy Caliber Weapons
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Playable infantry, Release date for Italian tanks.
- Metal Beasts: Type 90
- Pages of History: IS-7
- Tactics & Strategy: Glass Cannons
- Hotline: Special video for questions, SMK history, Gaijin financial situation, working anchors for ships.
- Metal Beasts: 89 ft PT-810
- Pages of History: XM-803
- Tactics & Strategy: Playing Aircraft In Naval Battles
- Hotline: Special video for questions, IS-7 Gameplay, Episode about M24 Chaffee, Girls und Panzer decals, chat bug.
- Metal Beasts: Chieftain Marksman
- Pages of History: Z-21 Wilhelm Heidkamp
- Map Guide: Northern Port
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Battleships, Episode about Object 120, Dutch Planes, BT-42.
- Metal Beasts: Jaguar-Klasse (140)
- Pages of History: Arseniy Vorozheykin, Soviet ace pilot
- Metal Beasts: XM-803
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Tier 6 Jets, New Tech Tree, Optimize to run on weaker computers, adding Yugoslavia to the game.
- Special: #100 episodes (contest winners)
- Metal Beasts: T-62M-1
- Pages of History: Ki-32
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Swastikas, Object 279, Ju 87 C-1 (and more naval planes), F-84F-25.
- Metal Beasts: Z20 Karl Galster
- Pages of History: Cowell (DD-547)
- Special: The best Torpedo bombers for naval battles
- Hotline: Special video for questions, P-51 History, World War Mode Beta, Renault FT-17, Spaceships.
- Metal Beasts: Leopard 2A4
- Pages of History: Fritz-X
- Special: Bf 110
- Hotline: Special video for questions, T-72, Job at Gaijin, Michael Wittmann's Tiger 1, change ammo without firing shot.
- Special: The Shooting Range (the making of)
- Special: What lies ahead (plans for the future of the show)
- Special: The creative celebration (skin contest with IS-6 as a prize)
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Dogfighting tips, Free money, cup of tea decal.
- Metal Beasts: AMX-50 Foch
- Pages of History: IAR-80
- Tactics & Strategy: Heavy Fighters
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Helicopters, Xbox Edition, Italy captured planes, How to get on Dev Server.
- Metal Beasts: F4U-1A
- Pages of History: AMX-50
- Pages of History: P-40F
- Hotline: Special video for questions, future plans for German ground forces, armed jeeps, pronunciation of SNECMA.
- Metal Beasts: Gun Trucks
- Pages of History: Dassault Mystère II
- Special: Getting ready for the Type 90
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Australian vehicles, sponsorship, choose tracer colour.
- Metal Beasts: Lorraine 155 Mle.50
- Metal Beasts: T18E2 "Boarhound"
- Pages of History: F3F-2
- Hotline: Special video for questions, BF-109 series, what comes after modern tanks, GDR vehicles for German tree.
- Metal Beasts: Spitfires, pt. 2 - Rank IV
- Pages of History: IS-4M
- Pages of History: Do.217N
- Hotline: Special video for questions, More wheeled ground vehicles, WWI and early WWII vehicles, Fritz X glide bomb.
- Metal Beasts: Leopard 2K
- Pages of History: M1 Abrams
- Pages of History: Tandem MAI
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Problem with Rank 6 aircraft, More Leopards, Two step authentication and Steam for market place.
- Metal Beasts: Martin-Baker MB.5
- Pages of History: PV-2D Harpoon
- Special: WW2 Chronicles
- Hotline: Special video for questions, M60A1 APFSDS, Air to Air Missiles, Special event for world cup.
- Metal Beasts: Spitfires, pt. 1 - Ranks II & III
- Pages of History: S.81
- Tactics & Strategy: How to play the Tiger E
- Hotline: Special video for questions, T-72, stop adding vehicles and fix the game, Shooting Range on Thursday instead of Sunday.
- Metal Beasts: Magach 3
- Pages of History: P-36
- Tactics & Strategy: The Best SPAA Vehicles
- Hotline: Special video for questions, BT-42, not using the market place, Flying Pancake.
- Metal Beasts: T-64B
- Pages of History: La-200
- Special: War Thunder Marketplace
- Hotline: Special video for questions, how long to make a Shooting Range script, Swiss Army, How to make user made model.
- Metal Beasts: KV-6 Behemoth
- Special: Happy Birthday, RAF!
- Special: The legends of War Thunder
- Hotline: Special video for questions, M1 Abrams announcement, Axis subnations, Cadillac Gage Commando V-150, Russians.
- Metal Beasts: M1 Abrams
- Pages of History: The Soviet MBTs (T-64, T-72 & T-80)
- Pages of History: Heinkel He 177 Greif
- Hotline: Special video for questions, New Jets, Custom Ammo Belts, More French Tanks.
- Metal Beasts: Challenger 1
- Pages of History: Re.2000
- Special: New Visual Effects
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Turning tank engines off / on, More stories about Axis forces, Banned account.
- War Machines: ARL-44
- Pages of History: Vasiliy Golubief, Soviet ace pilot
- Pages of History: Women in the Royal Air Force
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Classified Armour Values, World War Mode, BT-42.
- War Machines: A30 Challenger
- Pages of History: FCM.36
- Pages of History: Vampire FB 5
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Shooting down ATGMs, Italian Tanks / Reggiane Planes, Disappearing Decals, New Gamemodes.
- War Machines: T-34
- Pages of History: T20
- Pages of History: Hampden TB Mk.1
- Hotline: Special video for questions, French Ships, F4 Phantom, Ocean Map.
- War Machines: AMX-30B2
- Pages of History: The last King Tigers
- Pages of History: Douglas A-26 Invader
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Single Player tank campaign, Aircaft Carriers in naval battles, British light tank line.
- Tactics & Strategy: MiG-17 vs. ground forces
- Pages of History: Ki-94-II
- Map Guide: Maginot Line
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Tiger II history, Improvements to damage in test flights, World War Mode Release.
- War Machines: F3D-1
- Pages of History: Panzer 1
- Pages of History: Westland Whirlwind
- Hotline: Special video for questions, War Thunder Xbox One X ETA, Me-410 History, More german planes.
- War Machines: AEC Mk.II
- Special: Active scouting
- Pages of History: Hotchkiss H35
- Hotline: Special video for questions, War Thunder Nintendo switch, History of Vampire FB 5, Error in previous episode.
- War Machines: Lorraine 40t
- Pages of History: Somua S35
- Map Guide: Middle East
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Italian Tanks / Reggiane Planes, Modern Tanks, International Tech Tree.
- War Machines: M4A1 (FL10)
- Pages of History: One-Man Turrets
- Pages of History: MC.205N
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Italian Tanks, When ships will be in OBT, FuldaMap Size.
2017
Episodes 26-76
- Special: War Thunder in 2017
- Special: Holiday Etiquette
- Special: Christmas Events
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Button for backflips, What comment was number 402, how many kg of baguettes french bombers carry.
- Metal Beasts: B1 ter
- Pages of History: Char B1 bis and B1 ter
- Pages of History: Nakajima Ki-44
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Soviet Hurricanes, G.91Y, Experimental Soviet Fighters.
- Metal Beasts: Waffenträger
- Pages of History: Char B1
- Pages of History: That mimic Hurriton
- Hotline: Special video for questions, History of the Vampire FB.5, More He-162 versions, Blackburn Buccaneer.
- Metal Beasts: Begleitpanzer 57
- Pages of History: Forward Swept Wings
- Pages of History: Yak-3 and the Nomandie-Niemen Regiment
- Hotline: Special video for questions, cross platform gaming, He-177, Replays.
- Metal Beasts: S.O.8000 Narval
- Pages of History: IS-2
- Pages of History: Arsenal VG.33
- Hotline: Special video for questions, French Tanks, BA-3 & BA-6, KV-6.
- Metal Beasts: N.C.223.3
- Pages of History: Vultee A-35
- Metal Beasts: Fiat P40 "Leoncello"
- Hotline: Special video for questions, More heavy bombers, B-26, Lowe.
- Metal Beasts: S.O.4050 Vautour IIA
- Special: VB.10-02 vs. P-47N-15
- Pages of History: Dassault MD.450B Ouragan
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Tier 6 Japanese Tanks, Sturmtiger, Object 279.
- War Machines: D.371 H.S.9
- Special: French Planes
- Pages of History: S.O.4050 Vautour II
- Hotline: Special video for questions, IFVs and Scout Vehicles, Attack Helicopters, Is it boring to read the comments, Where is footage from.
- Pages of History: Ferdinand Porsche
- Pages of History: Porsche's projects during WW2
- Pages of History: Maus
- Hotline: Special video for questions, A-10 Warthog, Ju-287, French Decals, War thunder on Xbox One.
- War Machines: He 100 D-1
- Pages of History: Caudron CR.714
- Special: New Battle Ratings
- Hotline: Special video for questions, French Tanks, Sweedish Tech Tree, Rank 6 Aircraft.
- Special: The French are coming!
- Pages of History: D.371
- Pages of History: S.O.8000 Narval
- Hotline: Special video for questions, M-51 Super Sherman, Panzer 2 L "Luchs", Custom Tanks.
- Pages of History: T-64 (and Soviet MBT development)
- War Machines: Do.335B-2
- Pages of History: Mitsubishi A5M
- Hotline: Special video for questions, MiG-19, More WW2 Vehicles, More air bombing targets.
- War Machines: T114
- Pages of History: Heinz Knoke
- Special: Wagers
- Hotline: Special video for questions, Cold War Matchmaking, Calculations per second, Easter eggs.
- Pages of History: Leopard
- War Machines: BMP-1
- Pages of History: Hornet
- Hotline: AP vs HE bombs, Rank VI naval forces, Tank single missions, 5 million GE.
- Metal beasts: Object 120 "Taran"
- Special: The Update 1.71
- Map Guide: Emperor's Garden & Fulda Gap
- Hotline: Number of players per team, B-36 bomber, US M8 Greyhound armoured car, fps limit.
- Special: Preparing for the new tanks
- Pages of History: Richard P. Stevens
- Pages of History: IS-1
- Hotline: Rank VI tanks for nations, free-to-play game, A-36 HVAR rockets, host's name.
- Metal beasts: Ki-94-II
- Special: Rank 6 Armoured Vehicles
- Pages of History: J7W1
- Hotline: Rank VI aircraft, mixed RB maps, 1.71 update release, Quidditch gamemode
- Pages of History: The Soviet Shermans
- Special: User-made Missions
- Pages of History: P-43A-1 Lancer
- Hotline: Horton 18, armoured cars, KV-2 reloads, combined arms game mode.
- Tactics & Strategy: MTB vs Destroyer
- Pages of History: The 3rd of November, 1943
- Metal beasts: Sd.Kfz.234/4
- Hotline: More British planes, submarines, aircraft carriers; events against the dev team, super saian modes
- War Machines: 29-K
- Special: Operation S.U.M.M.E.R.
- Pages of History: The two turrets of the "King Tiger"
- Hotline: Fairey Gannet, AI planes in test flights, More wheeled tanks, Stalinium.
- Tactics & Strategy: Crash Course: Italian Planes
- Pages of History: The low profile of the T-44
- Pages of History: Swordfish
- Hotline: Long-range bombers for Germany, Ilyushin IL-40, Zeppelins, Shenanigans!
- Metal beasts: Spähpanzer Ru 251
- Pages of History: Bell P-39 Airacobra
- Challenge: Racing on a Jet Bomber
- Hotline: B-29 nuclear armament, bigger ships, and Gaijin's name in Japanese.
- Special: Playing the World War mode.
- Metal beasts: IJN Yugumo
- Pages of History: German Half-Tracks
- Hotline: Italian ground forces, dead bomber mates, Esports, and show name origin.
- Tactics & Strategy: Fletcher-class DD.
- Pages of History: Bf 110
- Pages of History: Aichi D3A
- Hotline: Terrain effect on tanks, artillery vehicles, Blenheims, and bargaining.
- Special: A Gentleman's Guide to Winning III
- Metal beasts: 152mm Gun Tank M60A2 <<Starship>>.
- Pages of History: Consolidated PBY Catalina
- Hotline: British vs Royal Army, handling real tanks, Italian jets, the M41 Walker Bulldog, and camouflage on PT boats.
- Special: B-29 & Tu-4
- Pages of History: Churchill Mk.III-VII
- Pages of History: The Tu-2 and Polikarpov
- Hotline: 4 questions, French error, smoke round lethality, Deus Vult.
- Special: War Thunder Veterans Club
- Hotline: Special Q&A with Kirill Yudintsev, Creative Director of Gaijin Entertainment.
- Special: World War Q&A
- Pages of History: KV-1S
- Pages of History: MC.205V
- Hotline: Pilot models, sniper rifles, Italian tanks, 2-OP PO-2, 1 year anniversary.
- Special: A Gentleman's Guide to Winning II
- Metal beasts: P.108A
- Pages of History: Ki-10
- Hotline: Ammo weight, naval forces, office tour, French tree.
- Special: How to Flak
- Metal beasts: BM-13N "Katyusha"
- Pages of History: Hawker Hunter
- Hotline: Rank 5 smoke, multinational tree, Italian white flag, I like trains.
- Special: Update 1.69
- Metal beasts: T-55A
- Pages of History: G.91
- Hotline: All-vehicle events, bomber repairs, spoiling the community, human writer.
- Special: Introducing the Italian Aviation
- Pages of History: CR.32
- Pages of History: G.55S
- Hotline: Model creation, X-ray cam for planes, airfield loadout changes, most played song.
- Metal beasts: P-63A-5 Kingcobra
- Special: [tss.warthunder.com]
- Special: User-made Missions III
- Hotline: Program language, underdog trees, assault mode difficulty, robbery, stupid questions.
- Tactics & Strategy: A Gentleman's Guide to Winning
- Pages of History: Ki-61
- Special: User-made Missions II
- Hotline: VE Day, bomber gunner FPS, cruisers & destroyers, international tree, did you read this?
- Tactics & Strategy: Flying with a Single Flap
- Pages of History: Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill
- Pages of History: Yak-3T
- Hotline: Destroyers & cruisers, Soviet Rank II stabilization, Type 60 ATM issue, and pancakes.
- Special: Stabilized Shermans
- Pages of History: Fw 190 D-13
- Special: User-made Camouflages III
- Hotline: More AF maps, replay system, ground assault, Thunder League.
- Special: Air Assault
- Metal beasts: Sturmpanzer II
- Pages of History: Gloster Gladiator
- Hotline: Tanker profile pictures, Fairey Gannet, ramming ships.
- Pages of History: N1K1-Ja Shiden
- Special: How do Tanks Steer
- Special: The Weirdest British Vehicles
- Hotline: Hull machine gun, armoured trains, and tank smokes.
- Metal beasts: XF5U-1
- Pages of History: Eisen Kaputt
- Metal beasts: Project Bigfoot
- Hotline: Submarines, World War I vehicles, flying tanks, and Lowes.
- Metal beasts: IS-6
- Special: Gun Stabilizers
- Map Guide: Guiana Highlands
- Hotline: Single-player missions, British APHE, 3D modeling references, and the P1000 Ratte.
- Tactics & Strategy: Heavy Fighters
- Pages of History: T29
- Pages of History: Ju.87 Stuka
- Hotline: Professional Esports, mobile release, and test ranges.
- Metal beasts: Super Pershing
- Pages of History: Women Pilots
- Special: User-made Camouflages II
- Hotline: Italian armour, engineer vehicles, radars, and the Kugelpanzer.
- Tactics & Strategy: Fighting More Maneuverable Enemies
- Pages of History: Pz.Kpfw.V Panther
- Challenge: Fighting AA Guns on Their Turf
- Hotline: More RB maps, O-I heavy tank, sandbag armour, and BR change satisfaction.
- Metal Beasts: Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard
- Pages of History: SB-2
- Special: User-made Camouflages
- Hotline: Reporting process, skip bombing, Japanese tanks, and game experience.
- Tactics & Strategy: Working in Tandem II
- Special: The Best Medium Tank at Around BR 5.0
- Special: Soviet Modifications
- Hotline: More tank skins, Free non-Rank I premium vehicle, Ka-Mi amphibious capabilities, and War Thunder mechanics.
- Tactics & Strategy: Working in Tandem
- Pages of History: Heinkel He 100
- Metal Beasts: Vickers A1E1 Independent
- Hotline: Armoured cars, new Chieftain, meaning of "bis", and a face reveal.
- Special: "Convoy"
- Metal Beasts: MZ1 & the Project 122bis
- Pages of History: Lockheed Super Electra/Hudson
- Hotline: Japanese heavy tank, future of Japanese ground forces, PS VR support, and over-powered terrain.
- Special: RAAF Aircraft Set
- Special: Soviet Tank Camouflage
- Challenge: Shooting at a Plane From the Other Side of the Map.
- Hotline: Sonic booms, French armour, Churchill AVRE, and sushi.
- Metal Beasts: Object 906
- Pages of History: Sukhoi Su-2
- Map Guide: Abandoned Factory
- Hotline: Hydropneumatic suspension, ToG II, and 1/2 year anniversary of Shooting Range.
- Metal Beasts: Type 60
- Pages of History: Ki-43 & Itokawa Hideo
- Map Guide: 38th Parallel
- Hotline: Sound rework, plane ramming damage effect, and World War mode.
- Metal Beasts: Chi-Ri II
- Pages of History: 18th of August, 1919
- Pages of History: Focke-Wulf Ta 154
- Hotline: Time cursor in replay, ram kills, Japanese crew names, and first year experience.
2016
Episodes 1-25
- Pages of History: Douglas A-20 Havoc
- Special: Nose Art
- Challenge: Skip Bombing
- Hotline: Performances in old computers, bomber cockpit details, Naval closed beta test, and happy holidays!
- Special: Playing the World War Mode!
- Special: The Japanese are rolling out!
- Pages of History: Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident.
- Hotline: more detailed plane damage model.
- Special: A set for a Japanese ace.
- Metal Beasts: Heavy tank T29.
- Pages of History: Tempest Mk II and its engine.
- Hotline: naval forces release date, parasite fighters, French tanks, tank machine guns.
- Metal Beasts: RAM Mk.II (M4A5).
- Pages of History: TB-3.
- Special: The best top tier tank.
- Hotline: F6F-5N, Project 1124 rockets, depth charges.
- Special: The start of the naval pre-beta test.
- Special: Our fleet... so far!
- Pages of History: Exercise Tiger.
- Hotline: How does the CBT work?, Participating in the CBT after purchasing a pre-order pack, pre-order pack vessel receiving, PS4 support.
- Metal Beasts: Nakajima Ki-87.
- Special: The size of a tank crew.
- Challenge: Bringing a torpedo to a tank fight.
- Hotline: Jet flame visual effect, sights for SPAAs, Boulton Paul Defiant.
- Pages of History: CAC Boomerang.
- Tactics & Strategy: Finding angles for angling.
- Special: Best aircraft for SB.
- Hotline: B-26 Marauder, multi-crewed planes controlled by more than one player.
- Metal Beasts: M163 VADS.
- Pages of History: Focke-Wulf 190A.
- Challenge: Tank bowling.
- Hotline: Italian aircraft tree, lobby system for map choosing, Xbox One support.
- Tactics & Strategy: Spotting the enemy.
- Science of War: G-forces & G-LOC.
- Special: Earning silver.
- Hotline: Pilot models, Golden Eagles transfer, user skins in PS4.
- Metal Beasts: Blohm und Voss BV-238.
- Pages of History: F9F Panther & F-9 Cougar.
- Special: High caliber soviet bias set.
- Hotline: World War mode, flamethrowers, sound effects.
- Metal Beasts: Pz.II H.
- Pages of History: Japanese aircraft markings.
- Map Guide: Sinai.
- Hotline: IAR 80, camouflages for ships, F-100 Super Sabre, Gaijin logo.
- Tactics & Strategy: A few tips for air battles.
- Wooden Beasts: 8.8 cm FlaK 37 (sf.) auf s. Zgkw. 18t.
- Pages of History: Kikka and Schwalbe.
- Hotline: Japanese tanks, reloading animations, PS VR.
- Metal Beasts: Mosquito FB Mk VI & Mosquito FB Mk XVIII
- Pages of History: Elco 80 ft PT-109
- Special: A vehicle set for an SP gun enthusiast
- Hotline: custom test drive missions.
- Tactics & Strategy: Flaps
- Science of War: Damage calculation
- Pages of History: the Douglas SBD Dauntless
- Hotline: aerobatics maps, CDK for Mac users, future armored cars.
- Tactics & Strategy: Spin recovery
- Pages of History: Pr.1124 MLRS
- Challenge: Fighting the Maus with a reserve tank
- Hotline: Fokker G.1 and Westland Whirlwind, plane in test drive map for AA training, Avro Vulcan.
- Tactics & Strategy: How to land on an aircraft carrier.
- Science of war: All things armor
- Pages of History: Yak-15
- Hotline: premium jets, Saab 29 Tunnan.
- Tactics & Strategy: Turning Point
- Special: Losing a crew member
- Metal Beasts: The Bristol Beaufighter
- Hotline: All-vehicle mode, Canadian vehicles, Kamikaze in Naval Battles, Naval-counter aircraft, Wood chucks.
- Special: Naval Battles
- Pages of History: Bulkeley's Devil Boats
- Pages of History: St Nazaire Raid
- Hotline: Punishing Team-Killers, Night battles, Submarines, Update 1.61 speed.
- Metal Beasts: Ki-43-III Otsu
- Map Guide: Tunisia
- Pages of History: Fiat G.50
- Hotline: Italian defection, P-51H or P-51K, Tank lights, Bomb bay button, British Bias.
- Pages of History: Vickers Wellington
- Tactics & Strategy: Using Binoculars
- Challenge: Hunting aircraft with the T34 Calliope
- Hotline: Britain non-premium ATGM, Machine gun utility, WWII only matches, Later model corsairs, P-47 Razorback
- Tactics & Strategy: Dive Bombing
- Metal Beasts: Tiger II (H) Sla.16
- Map Guide: Frozen Pass
- Hotline: Dutch airplanes, adding the PTAB bomb, different sights for tanks, ammo weight, American Bias.
- Pages of History: Heinkel He 219 UHU
- Tactics & Strategy: How To Deal With Spawn Camping
- Map Guide: Battle of Hürtgen Forest
- Hotline: More British tanks, Focke-Wulf P VII (Flitzer), P59 Airacomet, Russian Bias.
- Special: The First ATGM-Equipped Tanks
- Pages of History: F2A Buffalo
- Map Guide: Port Novorossiysk
- Hotline: - Naval implementation, smoke launchers, External fuel tanks, the "Grand Slam Bomb" for the Lancaster.
- Tactics & Strategy: Flying controls with keyboard.
- Metal Beasts: P-61 Black Widow combat overview.
- Science of War: HESH shells in combat.
- Hotline: New sounds, the Canal Defense Light (CDL), and the Bf 109 Z.
- Tactics & Strategy: Tank duels, taking advantage of enemy weaknesses, mobility, and armor sloping.
- Science of War: Parallax error in third person view.
- Pages of History: F4U Corsair
- Hotline: Missile accuracy and balancing, huge maps, new German Tier V vehicles, and P-40B/C's.
Trivia
Format
- The format of the show consists of 4 sections, 3 of which were from the following categories: War Machines, Metal Beasts, Pages of History, Tactics and strategy, Special, Science of War, Tips and tricks, Challenge, Map Guide or Tank triathlon while the 4th section always is the segment "Hotline".
- The current show (Shooting Range 2.0) started at episode 130. The main changes compared to the old format (episodes 1-129) are visual (graphics/audio/video quality).
- Video chapters and timestamp links were added from episode 262.
Voice-over
Thunder Stream: The Voices of War Thunder - War Thunder Official Channel
- Bruce is the regular voice actor of the show since episode 52.
- Shawn (Thunder Show) used to voice the show during its first year (episodes 1 to 51).
Special episodes
Special episodes
- Show anniversary
- Ep. 200: Shooting Range 2.1.
- Ep. 150: Longer intro thanking the player community.
- Ep. 100: Making-of & plans for the future of the show.
- Ep. 50: War Thunder veterans club & Hotline with Kirill.
- Bruce
- Ep. 233: Bruce appears on camera (Wishes for 2021).
- Ep. 232: Bruce appears on camera (Recap 2020).
- Ep. 180: Bruce appears on camera (Recap 2019).
- Ep. 175: Bruce's voice is broken.
- Ep. 130: Bruce appears on camera (Shooting Range 2.0).
- Ep. 52: Bruce's 1st Shooting Range episode.
- April Fool's
- Ep. 141: April Fool's Day 2019.
- Ep. 89: April Fool's Day 2018.
- Ep. 38: April Fool's Day 2017.
- Year recap
- Ep. 232: Rewind 2020.
- Ep. 180: Rewind 2019.
- Ep. 128: Rewind 2018.
- Ep. 76: Rewind 2017.
- Ep. 24: Rewind 2016 (Christmas episode).
