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==Videos==
 
==Videos==
 
===Latest videos===
 
===Latest videos===
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{{Youtube-gallery|L0RHBstrvEk|'''Episode 400''' <small>2024.03.31</small>|QQmQW_b9Vec|'''Episode 399''' <small>2024.03.24</small>}}
  
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{{Youtube-gallery|nij7hfQK_MU|'''Episode 371''' <small>2023.09.10</small>|DSEfQPcz7pw|'''Episode 370''' <small>2023.09.03</small>}}
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==Video Summaries==
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===2024===
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{{Sp-begin|Episodes 388-current}}
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<div align="left">
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0RHBstrvEk Episode 400]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Fox]]
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:''Pages of History:'' invisible Ace over the Mediterranean
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:''Special:'' sensor view in replays
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:''Hotline:'' what is the difference between the [[T32]] and the [[T32E1]], how not to lose bushes when switching camo, which [[SAAB-105 (Family)|SAAB 105]] is the best, how to express suggestions about the game.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQmQW_b9Vec Episode 399]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Alpha Jet A]]
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:''Pages of History:'' Swedish 1990 tender for a new MBT
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:''Tactics and strategy:'' winning in tank football
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:''Hotline:'' what is the best loadout for the [[Su-25]], why do some [[Vautour (Family)|Vautour]] bombers have a bomb sight while others don't, what are the best places to put bushes on the [[M1A1 Click-Bait]].
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----
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeS9PrzGeBc Episode 398]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[120S]]
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:''Pages of History:'' Westland [[Wessex HU Mk.5]]
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:''Special:'' North Holland
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:''Hotline:'' why doesn't the [[A-4E (Israel)|A-4E]] have an airspawn if it is a strike aircraft, what is the difference between the [[Type 74 (E)]] and [[Type 74 (F)|(F)]], why is the [[M1 Abrams (Family)|Abrams']] turret not symmetrical, what is the best Chinese [[:Category:Medium tanks|MBT]], what is recommended for the [[F-4S Phantom II|F-4S]]: a fuel drop tank or an external gunpod.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGsrLteeZM Episode 397]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Jaguar IS]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[Type 90 (Family)]]
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:''Squadmates:'' [[38th Parallel]]
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:''Hotline:'' how to use the [[AGM-65 (Family)|AGM-65]] missile, how to activate the automatic [[:Countermeasures|countermeasures]] in a jet.
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----
 +
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO32vkQMgP8 Episode 396]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[IL-8 (1944)]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[SU-100P]]
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:''Arsenal:'' [[Mirage 5 (Family)|Kfir (Family)]]
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:''Hotline:'' what does the [[F-15A|American F-15]] have in the left drift at the top, is the [[Strv 103C]] good at its BR, what are the holes that the [[M60 AMBT]] has next to the driver's hatch and back at the corners of the engine, why do some ships like the [[USS Mississippi]], [[USS Nevada]], or [[USS Arkansas]] have extra anchor chains going to the bottom of the bow into the water despite the anchor being raised.
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----
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmyM4QzCZY Episode 395]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[M551(76)]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[SAAB 18 (Family)|SAAB 18]]
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:''Special:'' bell manoeuvre
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:''Hotline:'' what is the device placed vertically on the bottom right side of the fuselage just underneath the cockpit on the [[A-10 (Family)|A-10]], why can't the [[Yak-141]] carry 4 [[R-27ER]] or [[R-27ET|ET]] missiles, what is the little fin at the end of the [[Challenger 2 (Family)|Challenger 2]]'s barrel, what is the difference between standard [[:Countermeasures|countermeasures]] and flares reinforced.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dWETK5VPHI Episode 394]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[AMX]]
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:''Pages of History:'' Australian tanks
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:''Squadmates:'' [[Frozen Pass (Ground Forces)]]
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:''Hotline:'' why can't you see the pilot in the cockpit even when the option is activated, which non-premium [[F-4 Phantom II (Family)|F-4]] is the best out of all nations, helicopter turret controllable by headtracking.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0PG5LJM-iI Episode 393]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Object 292]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[IL-8 (1944)]]
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:''Arsenal:'' [[Su-17/22 (Family)]]
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:''Hotline:'' which is better: the [[MiG-29G (Germany)|MiG-29G]] or the [[MiG-29SMT]], which CAS loadout is recommended for the [[P-51D-20 (China)|Chinese P-51D]], why does the top-tier [[AV-8B Plus (Italy)|Harrier in the Italian tech tree]] appear as an F/A-18 on the RWR, what's the role of the wheel cover attached at the rear of the nose gear on [[MiG-29 (Family)|MiG-29s]] and [[Su-27 (Family)|Su-27s]]?
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUuKlydTMUc Episode 392]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Mirage 4000]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[LOSAT]]
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:''Round Study:'' best IR-guided [[Air-to-air missiles|missiles]]
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:''Hotline:'' how is the thrust-to-weight ratio of the [[F-15 (Family)|F-15]] calculated, what is the best performing [[Leopard 2 (Family)|Leopard]] when compared to its respective BR, what is the best air-to-air loadout for the [[MiG-21 SPS-K (Germany)|MiG-21 SPS-K]], position of the IRST sensor on the [[Su-27 (Family)|Su-27]], can you do a Cobra manoeuvre with the [[SAAB 39 Gripen (Family)|Gripen]] or the [[Mirage 4000|Super Mirage]].
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JynFzP5cOdk Episode 391]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Leopard 2A7V]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[A7M (Family)|super Zero]]
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:''Squadmates:'' [[Middle East (Ground Forces)]]
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:''Hotline:'' what does IAS mean, how good is the [[IS-2 (1944) (China)|Chinese IS-2 (1944)]], what is the difference between [[Vautour (Family)|Vautours]] in the Israeli tech tree, what is the best German [[:Category:Heavy tanks|heavy tank]].
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpAvtM4iUWo Episode 390]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[JAS39A]] / [[JAS39C]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[AMX-30 (Family)|AMX-30]] and the wonder shell
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:''Arsenal:'' top-tier [[Mirage 2000 (Family)|Mirages]]
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:''Hotline:'' how to rewind while watching replays, what does "the lead is calculated automatically" mean, how do you get your jet to drop used rocket pods automatically when they are all used.
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----
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcI5HuQH0A4 Episode 389]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[T-90M]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[Stirling B Mk I]]
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:''Squadmates:'' Arctic
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:''Hotline:'' what is the window behind the pilot on the fuselage on the [[Yak-9 (Family)|Yak-9]] for, what is the little knob on the tail of the [[JA37D]], how does the inertial system on the new [[GB1000 (1,090 kg)|Chinese 1,000 kg guided bomb]] work.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHeVZEC8Szc Episode 388]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[F-15 (Family)|F-15]] Eagle
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:''Pages of History:'' [[Challenger 3 TD]]
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:''Triathlon:'' lightweight 4th Gen [[:Category:Jet fighters|fighter jets]]
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:''Hotline:'' research of [[Helicopters|helicopters]] by playing ground vehicles, how to use air-to-ground missiles on the [[A-10A]], why are 2 [[F-16 (Family)|F-16s]] for Israel, what is the sensor-like device under the [[A-4H (Israel)|Israeli A-4H]] wingtip, is the voice in War Thunder videos an AI or a real person.
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</div>
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{{Sp-end}}
  
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==Video Summaries==
 
 
===2023===
 
===2023===
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{{Sp-begin|Episodes 336-current}}
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{{Sp-begin|Episodes 336-387}}
 
<div align="left">
 
<div align="left">
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR8APnl4yMA Episode 387]'''
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:''Metal Beasts 2023:'' the most iconic metal beasts
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:''War Thunder in 2023:'' technologies and new mechanics
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:''Locations 2023:'' a sightseeing tour
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:''Hotline:'' how to see in cockpit mode in replays, what's the best [[Tiger (Disambiguation)|Tiger]] tank from the German tech tree, 4 x [[SC50JA (50 kg)|SC50]] or 1 x [[SC250JA (250 kg)|SC250]] bombs for the [[Bf 109 B-1]] against tanks at BR 4.3 to 6.7, why aren't there more [[PL-8]]s available on the [[JH-7A]].
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4juJrYOVpCQ Episode 386]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Challenger 3 TD]]
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:''Pages of History:'' Black Friday
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:''Tactical Briefing:'' changes introduced in [[Update "Air Superiority"]]
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:''Hotline:'' how to select night battles, which [[R-60]] missiles are better, are the [[R-60MK|MK]] export models worse, what's the difference in these MBTs: [[Ariete]], [[Ariete PSO]], and [[Ariete AMV]], on the [[Q-5L]], if you look from one of the wingtips toward the fuselage, you can see a red hourglass within a circle: does it have any signifance.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlHdl2JAjfU Episode 385]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Su-27]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[M1128]], single-role wheeled tank
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:''Special:'' Pugachev's Cobra on the [[Su-27]]
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:''Hotline:'' what is the best Viggen: the [[AJS37]] or the [[JA37C]], drop tanks for new aircraft, what is the best [[F-16 (Family)|F-16]] out of all variants, tactics for the [[F4U-4]] Corsair in Air RB, which is better: [[Leopard 2 PSO]] or [[Leopard 2A6]].
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5mtjVXLry0 Episode 384]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Strikemaster Mk.88]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[TTD]], South African MBT
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:''Squadmates:'' [[Japan (Ground Forces)|Japan]]
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:''Hotline:'' does a vehicle test drive give SL and RP gain the same as if you buy the vehicle, what does FAB mean in the name of Soviet bombs.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZA722l1aG8 Episode 383]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Vickers Mk.11]]
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:''Pages of History:'' how a [[Swordfish Mk I|Swordfish]] captured an entire island
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:''Arsenal:'' [[F-16 (Family)]]
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:''Hotline:'' how to see the bomb falling when recording, if you break the floats off of [[:Category:Hydroplanes|seaplanes]], will they fly faster, does air density make a difference in missile performance, is it modelled in the game and how much of a difference is it.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jttH2id3KsY Episode 382]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Mi-8AMTSh]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[TOG II]]
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:''Special:'' optical contrast targeting
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:''Hotline:'' what is the small tube sticking out of the later [[IL-2 (Family)|IL-2s]]' right wing (starting with the [[IL-2 (1942)]]), what is the difference between the [[F-16C]] and the Israeli [[Barak II]], what does IRCCM mean on IR missiles.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjkKhVqNmfY Episode 381]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[M109A1]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[JH-7A]], flying Leopard
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:''Squadmates:'' Flanders
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:''Hotline:'' what is the difference between the [[AJ37]] and the [[AJS37]], is there a way to change the speed of your WASD camera movement in replay mode, what is the hardest medal you can get in the German tech tree, what's the best way to angle the [[M26 (Family)|M26 (and T26 variants)]].
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tw-uOo1pMg Episode 380]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[JH-7A]]
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:''Pages of History:'' Hungarian armour
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:''Tactical Briefing:'' changes introduced in [[Update "Kings of Battle"]]
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:''Hotline:'' what is the purpose of the 2 separate vertical controls on the [[Su-25]]: it seems counterproductive to have one turn the right way while the other seems to go the wrong way, why is there landmine protection when there is no landmine in the game.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avl9dE1525Y Episode 379]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Object 775]], pancake tank
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:''Pages of History:'' [[Strikemaster Mk.88]], British flying desk
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:''Arsenal:'' [[A-4 (Family)|A-4 Skyhawk family]]
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:''Hotline:'' could the [[Su-22M3]] squadron vehicle be used as an air-to-air interceptor, what are all the aircraft with a helmet-mounted seeker, why does it look like someone forgot the rudders on the floats of the [[He 115 C-1]], the [[A-4E Early]] has a little triangle above the pilot: does it have any meaning, what is the difference between the [[Leopard 2A5]] and the [[Leopard 2 PSO]].
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m04wG7J7oq8 Episode 378]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[F-111A]] Aardvark
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:''Pages of History:'' [[G6]], South African HE slinger
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:''Special:'' Flanders
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:''Hotline:'' which is better: the [[R-27ER]] or the [[R-27ET]], which tank is better: the [[M1 Abrams (Family)|Abrams]] or the [[Challenger 2 (Family)|Challenger]] and which one has the most armour, what's the best [[Spitfire (Family)|Spitfire]], is it true that tracks are used as add-on armour in real life, or is it just in the game.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaufXbHC0VU Episode 377]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[VIDAR]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[Ki-48-II otsu|Ki-48]], surplus bomber
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:''Squadmates:'' Test Site 2271
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:''Hotline:'' what is the best [[Close Air Support|close air support]] fighter near the 7.0 battle rating, which [[Vautour (Family)|Vautours]] are best at air-to-air combat: the French with their manual and radar-guided missiles or the Israeli with their heat seekers, why are Japanese planes carrying torpedoes slightly on the right or left of the fuselage, should the APFSDS be spinning in the Shooting Range intro, is it possible for an [[Air-to-air missiles|air-to-air missile]] to damage a ground target.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3sRtaPqENE Episode 376]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[F-16C]] Block 50
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:''Pages of History:'' MBT rearmament
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:''Round Study:'' top radar-guided [[Air-to-air missiles|AAMs]]
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:''Hotline:'' tips to play the [[P-47D-22-RE]], what is the difference between the [[Ferdinand]] and the [[Elefant]], if you activate a best squad wager and then go into a solo queue, what will happen if you don't get automatically squaded, tips for playing the [[M18 GMC]].
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEMvtctleC8 Episode 375]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Leopard 2 PSO]]
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:''Pages of History:'' Stanley Vejtasa
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:''Arsenal:'' [[Harrier (Family)|Harrier II]]
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:''Hotline:'' is it possible during an air battle to change the load of secondary weapons once landed at the airfield, what is the weird window thing sticking out of the [[Pvkv m/43 (1963)]], why can the [[F-16 (Family)|F-16s]] and the [[Netz]] carry only 1 external fuel tank and not 2, and will the [[F-14 (Family)|Tomcats]] ever receive external fuel tanks.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jHIZqHq5FM Episode 374]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Mi-8TV]]
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:''Pages of History:'' tank ambushes
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:''Squadmates:'' updated [[Normandy (Ground Forces)|Normandy]]
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:''Hotline:'' purchasing order between [[M19A1]], [[M4A3E2]] Jumbo, and [[M18 GMC]], Bulgarian tanks in-game, what is the earliest fire-and-forget missile [[:Category:Anti-aircraft vehicles|AA vehicle]].
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS_0tpx-u1E Episode 373]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[KF41]] Lynx
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:''Pages of History:'' Beechcraft [[XA-38]], flying cannon
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:''Tactical Briefing:'' changes introduced in [[Update "Sons of Attila"]]
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:''Hotline:'' why does the M62 shell on the [[M18 GMC|M18]] appear to fly faster in the gun sight than on the [[M4A2 (76) W|M4A2]] and the [[M4A3 (76) W]], tips for playing the [[M1A1 AIM]] and the [[A-10A]] in ground RB, is the [[AIM-7E-2 Sparrow|AIM-7E-2]] better than the [[AIM-7F Sparrow|AIM-7F]] or is it the other way around, what jet has the greatest acceleration in-game.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRQujCYvU1k Episode 372]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[MiG-29SMT]]
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:''Pages of History:'' battle of Kursk aftermath
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:''Special:'' Test Site 2271
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:''Hotline:'' what is the best [[Battle ratings|BR]] for the [[:Category:Germany ground vehicles|German ground tech tree]], what is the little black-coloured device under the fuselage of the [[A5M4]], what is the best fighting style for the [[Ju 188 A-2]], what is the difference between the [[A-10A]] and the [[A-10A Late]].
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nij7hfQK_MU Episode 371]'''
 
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nij7hfQK_MU Episode 371]'''
 
:''Metal Beasts:'' Patria [[CT-CV 105HP]]
 
:''Metal Beasts:'' Patria [[CT-CV 105HP]]
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</div>
 
</div>
 
{{Sp-end}}
 
{{Sp-end}}
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===2022===
 
===2022===
 
{{Sp-begin|Episodes 285-335}}
 
{{Sp-begin|Episodes 285-335}}
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:''Pages of History:'' the [[Me 262 A-1a|Schwalbe]] problem: too few, too late
 
:''Pages of History:'' the [[Me 262 A-1a|Schwalbe]] problem: too few, too late
 
:''Tactics and strategy:'' tanks with recoilless weapons
 
:''Tactics and strategy:'' tanks with recoilless weapons
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:''Hotline:'' shooting a cannon round through 2 aircraft, why aircraft wings rip and which manoeuvers to avoid
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:''Hotline:'' shooting a cannon round through 2 aircraft, why aircraft wings rip and which manoeuvres to avoid
 
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKxlwtWIlSI Episode 173]'''
 
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKxlwtWIlSI Episode 173]'''
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;Show anniversary
 
;Show anniversary
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* Ep. 400: Longer intro thanking the player community
 
* Ep. 300: Longer intro thanking the player community
 
* Ep. 300: Longer intro thanking the player community
 
* Ep. 200: Shooting Range 2.1
 
* Ep. 200: Shooting Range 2.1
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;Year recap
 
;Year recap
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* Ep. 387: Rewind 2023
 
* Ep. 335: Rewind 2022
 
* Ep. 335: Rewind 2022
 
* Ep. 284: Rewind 2021
 
* Ep. 284: Rewind 2021

Revision as of 10:23, 1 April 2024

Description

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. The Shooting Range airs every Sunday at 04:00 PM GMT (noon in Eastern time).

Playlist for the whole series can be found here.

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 confirmed War Thunder players.

Videos

Latest videos

Episode 400 2024.03.31
Episode 399 2024.03.24

Video Summaries

2024


Episodes 388-current

Episode 400

Metal Beasts: Fox
Pages of History: invisible Ace over the Mediterranean
Special: sensor view in replays
Hotline: what is the difference between the T32 and the T32E1, how not to lose bushes when switching camo, which SAAB 105 is the best, how to express suggestions about the game.

Episode 399

Metal Beasts: Alpha Jet A
Pages of History: Swedish 1990 tender for a new MBT
Tactics and strategy: winning in tank football
Hotline: what is the best loadout for the Su-25, why do some Vautour bombers have a bomb sight while others don't, what are the best places to put bushes on the M1A1 Click-Bait.

Episode 398

Metal Beasts: 120S
Pages of History: Westland Wessex HU Mk.5
Special: North Holland
Hotline: why doesn't the A-4E have an airspawn if it is a strike aircraft, what is the difference between the Type 74 (E) and (F), why is the Abrams' turret not symmetrical, what is the best Chinese MBT, what is recommended for the F-4S: a fuel drop tank or an external gunpod.

Episode 397

Metal Beasts: Jaguar IS
Pages of History: Type 90 (Family)
Squadmates: 38th Parallel
Hotline: how to use the AGM-65 missile, how to activate the automatic countermeasures in a jet.

Episode 396

Metal Beasts: IL-8 (1944)
Pages of History: SU-100P
Arsenal: Kfir (Family)
Hotline: what does the American F-15 have in the left drift at the top, is the Strv 103C good at its BR, what are the holes that the M60 AMBT has next to the driver's hatch and back at the corners of the engine, why do some ships like the USS Mississippi, USS Nevada, or USS Arkansas have extra anchor chains going to the bottom of the bow into the water despite the anchor being raised.

Episode 395

Metal Beasts: M551(76)
Pages of History: SAAB 18
Special: bell manoeuvre
Hotline: what is the device placed vertically on the bottom right side of the fuselage just underneath the cockpit on the A-10, why can't the Yak-141 carry 4 R-27ER or ET missiles, what is the little fin at the end of the Challenger 2's barrel, what is the difference between standard countermeasures and flares reinforced.

Episode 394

Metal Beasts: AMX
Pages of History: Australian tanks
Squadmates: Frozen Pass (Ground Forces)
Hotline: why can't you see the pilot in the cockpit even when the option is activated, which non-premium F-4 is the best out of all nations, helicopter turret controllable by headtracking.

Episode 393

Metal Beasts: Object 292
Pages of History: IL-8 (1944)
Arsenal: Su-17/22 (Family)
Hotline: which is better: the MiG-29G or the MiG-29SMT, which CAS loadout is recommended for the Chinese P-51D, why does the top-tier Harrier in the Italian tech tree appear as an F/A-18 on the RWR, what's the role of the wheel cover attached at the rear of the nose gear on MiG-29s and Su-27s?

Episode 392

Metal Beasts: Mirage 4000
Pages of History: LOSAT
Round Study: best IR-guided missiles
Hotline: how is the thrust-to-weight ratio of the F-15 calculated, what is the best performing Leopard when compared to its respective BR, what is the best air-to-air loadout for the MiG-21 SPS-K, position of the IRST sensor on the Su-27, can you do a Cobra manoeuvre with the Gripen or the Super Mirage.

Episode 391

Metal Beasts: Leopard 2A7V
Pages of History: super Zero
Squadmates: Middle East (Ground Forces)
Hotline: what does IAS mean, how good is the Chinese IS-2 (1944), what is the difference between Vautours in the Israeli tech tree, what is the best German heavy tank.

Episode 390

Metal Beasts: JAS39A / JAS39C
Pages of History: AMX-30 and the wonder shell
Arsenal: top-tier Mirages
Hotline: how to rewind while watching replays, what does "the lead is calculated automatically" mean, how do you get your jet to drop used rocket pods automatically when they are all used.

Episode 389

Metal Beasts: T-90M
Pages of History: Stirling B Mk I
Squadmates: Arctic
Hotline: what is the window behind the pilot on the fuselage on the Yak-9 for, what is the little knob on the tail of the JA37D, how does the inertial system on the new Chinese 1,000 kg guided bomb work.

Episode 388

Metal Beasts: F-15 Eagle
Pages of History: Challenger 3 TD
Triathlon: lightweight 4th Gen fighter jets
Hotline: research of helicopters by playing ground vehicles, how to use air-to-ground missiles on the A-10A, why are 2 F-16s for Israel, what is the sensor-like device under the Israeli A-4H wingtip, is the voice in War Thunder videos an AI or a real person.

2023


Episodes 336-387

Episode 387

Metal Beasts 2023: the most iconic metal beasts
War Thunder in 2023: technologies and new mechanics
Locations 2023: a sightseeing tour
Hotline: how to see in cockpit mode in replays, what's the best Tiger tank from the German tech tree, 4 x SC50 or 1 x SC250 bombs for the Bf 109 B-1 against tanks at BR 4.3 to 6.7, why aren't there more PL-8s available on the JH-7A.

Episode 386

Metal Beasts: Challenger 3 TD
Pages of History: Black Friday
Tactical Briefing: changes introduced in Update "Air Superiority"
Hotline: how to select night battles, which R-60 missiles are better, are the MK export models worse, what's the difference in these MBTs: Ariete, Ariete PSO, and Ariete AMV, on the Q-5L, if you look from one of the wingtips toward the fuselage, you can see a red hourglass within a circle: does it have any signifance.

Episode 385

Metal Beasts: Su-27
Pages of History: M1128, single-role wheeled tank
Special: Pugachev's Cobra on the Su-27
Hotline: what is the best Viggen: the AJS37 or the JA37C, drop tanks for new aircraft, what is the best F-16 out of all variants, tactics for the F4U-4 Corsair in Air RB, which is better: Leopard 2 PSO or Leopard 2A6.

Episode 384

Metal Beasts: Strikemaster Mk.88
Pages of History: TTD, South African MBT
Squadmates: Japan
Hotline: does a vehicle test drive give SL and RP gain the same as if you buy the vehicle, what does FAB mean in the name of Soviet bombs.

Episode 383

Metal Beasts: Vickers Mk.11
Pages of History: how a Swordfish captured an entire island
Arsenal: F-16 (Family)
Hotline: how to see the bomb falling when recording, if you break the floats off of seaplanes, will they fly faster, does air density make a difference in missile performance, is it modelled in the game and how much of a difference is it.

Episode 382

Metal Beasts: Mi-8AMTSh
Pages of History: TOG II
Special: optical contrast targeting
Hotline: what is the small tube sticking out of the later IL-2s' right wing (starting with the IL-2 (1942)), what is the difference between the F-16C and the Israeli Barak II, what does IRCCM mean on IR missiles.

Episode 381

Metal Beasts: M109A1
Pages of History: JH-7A, flying Leopard
Squadmates: Flanders
Hotline: what is the difference between the AJ37 and the AJS37, is there a way to change the speed of your WASD camera movement in replay mode, what is the hardest medal you can get in the German tech tree, what's the best way to angle the M26 (and T26 variants).

Episode 380

Metal Beasts: JH-7A
Pages of History: Hungarian armour
Tactical Briefing: changes introduced in Update "Kings of Battle"
Hotline: what is the purpose of the 2 separate vertical controls on the Su-25: it seems counterproductive to have one turn the right way while the other seems to go the wrong way, why is there landmine protection when there is no landmine in the game.

Episode 379

Metal Beasts: Object 775, pancake tank
Pages of History: Strikemaster Mk.88, British flying desk
Arsenal: A-4 Skyhawk family
Hotline: could the Su-22M3 squadron vehicle be used as an air-to-air interceptor, what are all the aircraft with a helmet-mounted seeker, why does it look like someone forgot the rudders on the floats of the He 115 C-1, the A-4E Early has a little triangle above the pilot: does it have any meaning, what is the difference between the Leopard 2A5 and the Leopard 2 PSO.

Episode 378

Metal Beasts: F-111A Aardvark
Pages of History: G6, South African HE slinger
Special: Flanders
Hotline: which is better: the R-27ER or the R-27ET, which tank is better: the Abrams or the Challenger and which one has the most armour, what's the best Spitfire, is it true that tracks are used as add-on armour in real life, or is it just in the game.

Episode 377

Metal Beasts: VIDAR
Pages of History: Ki-48, surplus bomber
Squadmates: Test Site 2271
Hotline: what is the best close air support fighter near the 7.0 battle rating, which Vautours are best at air-to-air combat: the French with their manual and radar-guided missiles or the Israeli with their heat seekers, why are Japanese planes carrying torpedoes slightly on the right or left of the fuselage, should the APFSDS be spinning in the Shooting Range intro, is it possible for an air-to-air missile to damage a ground target.

Episode 376

Metal Beasts: F-16C Block 50
Pages of History: MBT rearmament
Round Study: top radar-guided AAMs
Hotline: tips to play the P-47D-22-RE, what is the difference between the Ferdinand and the Elefant, if you activate a best squad wager and then go into a solo queue, what will happen if you don't get automatically squaded, tips for playing the M18 GMC.

Episode 375

Metal Beasts: Leopard 2 PSO
Pages of History: Stanley Vejtasa
Arsenal: Harrier II
Hotline: is it possible during an air battle to change the load of secondary weapons once landed at the airfield, what is the weird window thing sticking out of the Pvkv m/43 (1963), why can the F-16s and the Netz carry only 1 external fuel tank and not 2, and will the Tomcats ever receive external fuel tanks.

Episode 374

Metal Beasts: Mi-8TV
Pages of History: tank ambushes
Squadmates: updated Normandy
Hotline: purchasing order between M19A1, M4A3E2 Jumbo, and M18 GMC, Bulgarian tanks in-game, what is the earliest fire-and-forget missile AA vehicle.

Episode 373

Metal Beasts: KF41 Lynx
Pages of History: Beechcraft XA-38, flying cannon
Tactical Briefing: changes introduced in Update "Sons of Attila"
Hotline: why does the M62 shell on the M18 appear to fly faster in the gun sight than on the M4A2 and the M4A3 (76) W, tips for playing the M1A1 AIM and the A-10A in ground RB, is the AIM-7E-2 better than the AIM-7F or is it the other way around, what jet has the greatest acceleration in-game.

Episode 372

Metal Beasts: MiG-29SMT
Pages of History: battle of Kursk aftermath
Special: Test Site 2271
Hotline: what is the best BR for the German ground tech tree, what is the little black-coloured device under the fuselage of the A5M4, what is the best fighting style for the Ju 188 A-2, what is the difference between the A-10A and the A-10A Late.

Episode 371

Metal Beasts: Patria CT-CV 105HP
Pages of History: Italian tri-motor planes
Arsenal: MiG-29s
Hotline: what's the better role with an F-5E: being a bomber, a fighter, or both, what is that warning light-looking thing on the tail of the Mi-24 Hind and what does it do, what's the difference between the S-25 rockets (O, OF, OFM), what is better: the M26 or the T26E1-1, Indian vehicles in War Thunder.

Episode 370

Metal Beasts: Su-25BM, the first plane to carry the R-73 missile in-game
Pages of History: ZUT-37
Squadmates: Abandoned Factory
Hotline: what is the most powerful anti-tank missile, what is the strongest jet engine in the game, what are the best tactics for planes like the Tornado IDS, are there any Spanish vehicles in the game, and in what tech tree is each one found, which one is better: M1A1 AIM or M1A1 HC.

Episode 369

Metal Beasts: Pz.Sp.Wg.P204(f) KwK
Pages of History: Wyvern S4, first turboprop strike aircraft
Tactics and strategy: Toss bombing
Hotline: should you get the F-16 first or the F-14B, which plane can hold the most unguided rockets in the game, will AIM-7 Sparrow missiles be added to aircraft such as the F-4F Phantom, what is the difference between the AJ37 and the AJS37, why can't Stingers or similar IR missiles lock onto helicopters from their normal range of 5-6 km instead of the 2-3 km in game.

Episode 368

Metal Beasts: B7A2 (Homare 23)
Pages of History: M4/T26
Triathlon: early HE slingers
Hotline: when will you add a keybind to drop the fuel tank, will we ever see machines back on sale that were once on the Gaijin store/Steam but were taken off sale, what's the purpose of the F-84F's radar, how do you effectively use the SPECAT Jaguars in Air RB, what is the best all-round top-tier jet.

Episode 367

Metal Beasts: SPz 12-3 LGS
Pages of History: White Sea rescue
Squadmates: Poland (Ground Forces)
Hotline: why is one exhaust nozzle on the F-14 dilated in the hangar while the other one isn't, why is the T-44 at BR 6.7, what happened to proximity-fused shells: the 2S3M became unusable against tanks since the shells just explode above rocks or the ground.

Episode 366

Metal Beasts: He 162 A-2
Pages of History: tanks vs ATGMs
Arsenal: F-4 Phantom II (Family)
Hotline: any tips to avoid getting shot by AA and escape fighters with the Wyvern S4, where is the A-10's titanium tub, in jet aircraft, does going to a higher altitude make your fuel burn slower, what is the best tactic for the Tiran 4 and Tiran 4S, is there any chance air refueling is going to be added to the game.

Episode 365

Metal Beasts: M4/T26
Pages of History: night sky chaos
Triathlon: top battleships
Hotline: what is the best tactic for using the SMK in arcade battles, if a plane with two pilots has the main one taken out, would the copilot be able to take over, why does the Bf 109 G-14 have a heart on the side, which is the better tank: the Tiger II (H) or the Panther F, is it possible to play on a map with naval and ground forces together.

Episode 364

Metal Beasts: J-8F
Pages of History: Sherman engines
Squadmates: Finland
Hotline: are there any Dutch vehicles in the game, why does the JA37D rank IV modifications cost 57k RP but any other countries' top-tier jet modifications don't come close to that, if a missile is launched and locked on a target and the launching vehicle is destroyed, will the missile reach the target anyways, what is currently the fastest jet in-game.

Episode 363

Metal Beasts: Object 435
Pages of History: joyriding a jet fighter
Arsenal: Su-25T and Su-39
Hotline: what is better; the F-14A Tomcat or the F-4J Phantom II, what's the thing on the Strv 122B PLSS called, what is better on the Ju 87 D-5: the 12 x MG 81 or the 4 x MG151, what is the better tactic to use when it comes to mid range (about 4.0 BR) German tanks, where is the custom loadout for the A2D-1.

Episode 362

Metal Beasts: Mirage 2000-5F
Pages of History: Renault tanks
Triathlon: late HE slingers
Hotline: why does the premium A7M have an asymmetrical back, which is the best (not premium) F-104, which tank has the fastest turret rotation speed in the game.

Episode 361

Metal Beasts: Raketenautomat
Pages of History: Cobra to Viper
Squadmates: Iberian Castle
Hotline: what is the difference between the F-16A and the F-16A ADF, what is the most powerful 20 mm cannon shell, will jets such as the Eurofighter Typhoon, the F/A-18 Hornet, and the F-15 Eagle be eventually added to War Thunder.

Episode 360

Metal Beasts: F-14B Tomcat
Pages of History: Pz.38(t) n.A.
Round Study: 20 mm aircraft autocannons
Hotline: what is the purpose of the F3D-1's tracking radar if it doesn't provide lead, what is the difference between the M18 GMC and the premium M18 "Black Cat" light tanks, what propeller-driven plane in-game has the engine with the most horsepower.

Episode 359

Metal Beasts: Freccia
Pages of History: ramming duel
Tactical Briefing: changes introduced in Update "La Royale"
Hotline: which is better, the Panther D or the Panzer IV/70(V), what skills prioritize when training all crew types, why was the White Rock Fortress map removed, what is the fastest jet in War Thunder and can it outrun any guided missile while flying horizontally.

Episode 358

Metal Beasts: Su-25T
Pages of History: T-70, third wheeler light tank
Tactics and strategy: retarded bombs
Hotline: when will Gaijin release War Thunder for mobile phones, what are the best tactics with the J21 and A21 series, what is the biggest napalm bomb and the biggest torpedo, will the flight performance of an aircraft improve the longer it burns fuel, how effective is the Harrier's thrust vectoring during dogfights.

Episode 357

Metal Beasts: AuF1
Pages of History: Georgy Parshin, enigmatic IL-2 pilot
Special: Iberian castle
Hotline: Heinkel He 111Z, what's the best Soviet torpedo bomber, is the F-16 slow compared to other top-tier fighters, do the Ka-50 Black Shark and the Ka-52 Alligator have ejection seats in-game, what is the best loadout for the F-4S Phantom II.

Episode 356

Metal Beasts: A32A Lansen
Pages of History: battle of Hannut
Triathlon: mid-tier helicopters
Hotline: are there any Swiss vehicles in the game, what's the better ground attack aircraft: the Tu-2S or the IL-10, does the hard kill APS on the T-55AMD-1, Merkava Mk.4M, or Black Night work inside smoke screens.

Episode 355

Metal Beasts: Centurion Mk.2
Pages of History: controversial air victories
Squadmates: Carpathians (Ground Forces)
Hotline: why do the German tech tree G.91s lose half their machine guns or cannons just cause you want to use Nord AAs, which rank VI Soviet tank is best for first rank VI tank, what is the difference between the M1A1 and the IPM1 besides the gun size, which tank within its BR can destroy the T95, should the new F-4S Phantom II be bought.

Episode 354

Metal Beasts: He 112 A-0
Pages of History: Diesel as a German Solution
Arsenal: A-1H
Hotline: what is the plane that holds most air-to-air missiles, which is better: the Pz.II or the Pz.III E, why was the nose section of the He 111 made asymmetrically, German dubbing of the Shooting Range.

Episode 353

Metal Beasts: AFT09
Pages of History: Anatoly Kadomtsev
Tactics and strategy: filling ammo racks
Hotline: what aircraft has the most variety of guided munitions, will ejection seats be added to 1950s jets that had them, why do the Su-25 and the Su-25K have different missiles if they're the same plane.

Episode 352

Metal Beasts: Hunter F.58 (Germany)
Pages of History: AMD.35
Round Study: late large-calibre HE rockets
Hotline: tutorial for helicopters, what is the function of the tube on the rear of the T-64's turret, triathlon for late piston-engined fighters, what are the differences between the Lancaster B Mk I and Mk III, which is better: the Maus or the T95.

Episode 351

Metal Beasts: Sd.Kfz.222 / ␗Sd.Kfz.222
Pages of History: Pe-2
Squadmates: Jungle
Hotline: why is the canopy of the F-16 yellow, what is the best way to play the Strv 81 (RB 52), what's the smallest aircraft cannon in the game, what about the smallest tank cannon, which plane has the most powerful piston engine.

Episode 350

Metal Beasts: Tornado F.3
Pages of History: German tank engines
Triathlon: earliest twin-engined bombers
Hotline: how to use the Helldiver in the most optimal way, what is the fastest jet that could reach Mach 1 (from takeoff), what is the best aircraft for ground attack, the P-47 or the Typhoon, is it possible to hit ground units with an air-to-air missile.

Episode 349

Metal Beasts: T1E1
Pages of History: La-9, the last Soviet prop
Arsenal: Su-25
Hotline: what strategy is best for the Brigand B 1, what are the differences between the AIM-7F and the AIM-7M, is there any point using the rectangular radar over the default one, what is the best British prop aircraft for ground attack.

Episode 348

Metal Beasts: Kurnass 2000
Pages of History: tank crew layouts
Round Study: mid-tier HE rockets
Hotline: what is the difference between the GBU-8 and the GBU-15, which tank is better: the T34, the T30, or the T29, when will the P-47D-25 get its drop tank, how long after a video is posted do the people that pick the comments for the next Shooting Range stop reading them, can the British active protection system on the Challenger be effective against artillery.

Episode 347

Metal Beasts: ItPsV 90
Pages of History: Yak-141
Squadmates: Eastern Europe
Hotline: which is the best tactics for tanks like the Strv 121, what are the differences between the T-72B and the T-72B (1989), if you land a helicopter on a captured zone, can you replenish rockets/ammo, why is there a fixed MG in the tail of the He 111, what's the purpose of it.

Episode 346

Metal Beasts: Challenger 2E
Pages of History: German armoured cars
Tactical Briefing: changes introduced in Update "Sky Guardians"
Hotline: what's the difference between the Su-25 and the Su-25K, why can't the Tornado have more missiles, if you keep one bomb on a wing, is rolling affected, will we see more planes with fuel tanks, out of all the variable geometry wing designed aircraft, which is the best for dogfighting.

Episode 345

Metal Beasts: Yak-141
Pages of History: one a day in Tampa Bay
Triathlon: new top-tier MBTs
Hotline: if you jettison all your bombs and rockets/missiles because you're in a dogfight, are your bombs active and explode, East German vehicles, ejection seats.

Episode 344

Metal Beasts: Me 410 A-1
Pages of History: tank suspensions
Arsenal: A-10A
Hotline: what is the heaviest prop fighter in the game, what is better: the F-105 Thunderchief or the Buccaneer, is it possible to use the Mirage III's rocket booster in the air, can you use CCRP for laser-guided bombs.

Episode 343

Metal Beasts: Khalid
Pages of History: Pilipenko's millstones
Tactics and strategy: rocket CAS in jets
Hotline: which plane has the most turrets, with the F-105D being a bomber, why doesn't it get an airspawn, how to check how many vehicles you unlocked, what is the difference between the PTL02 and the WMA301 and what's the best way to play them, drop tanks for P-51s and P-47s.

Episode 342

Metal Beasts: A-6E TRAM
Pages of History: reactive armour
Squadmates: Karelia (Ground Forces)
Hotline: which is a better Soviet plane for CAS: the MiG-27K, the Su-25 or the Su-17M4, are ground arcade battles ever set at night, did the IS-2 (1944) get a reworked model.

Episode 341

Metal Beasts: AMX-32 (105)
Pages of History: Apache or Cobra?
Triathlon: deeply modernized early MBTs
Hotline: which is better: MiG-23 or MiG-27, how do you properly play the Leopard 2K, how can you drop all the GBU guided bombs at the same time for the same target.

Episode 340

Metal Beasts: Tornado IDS ASSTA1
Pages of History: 2C bis
Tactics and strategy: CAS with propeller planes
Hotline: what makes missiles like Sidewinders or Sparrows increase in range with progressing variants when the shape and therefore fuel capacity doesn't change, why do some jets have a large tube protruding before the tail and rudder section like the Scimitar or the Harrier, what are the differences between versions of the P-51D, how long should you expect to wait to see your moments on the Thunder Show, shoud they win.

Episode 339

Metal Beasts: 2C bis
Pages of History: Louis Curdes, American ace
Round Study: Soviet rockets
Hotline: which planes have thrust reversal in-game, why is the M1128 so slow on sand and snow, what does the designated bomb point do and how to use it, can you find a tank triahtlon IRL and where to watch it.

Episode 338

Metal Beasts: Mirage 2000D-R1
Pages of History: racing Panzer
Squadmates: Kuban
Hotline: what is the difference between the Phantom FG.1 and the FGR.2, does losing your landing gear on fixed landing gear aircraft make you have less drag, what does the Bf 109 G-6 have over the G-2 that makes it lose so much performance, how can I precisely aim my CCRP when the target is not a base, custom loadouts on propeller planes.

Episode 337

Metal Beasts: M728 CEV
Pages of History: P-38s vs IAR-81s
Triathlon: F-4 Phantoms
Hotline: can you use drop tanks as more fuel and use them as bombs, why doesn't the bomb series keybind work when you use the weapon selector, can you explain all the abilites of scout drones, how do you decide which comments to pick for the hotline segment.

Episode 336

Metal Beasts: MiG-29
Pages of History: Sturmtiger
Tactical Briefing: changes introduced in Update "Apex Predators"
Hotline: does having your canopy open when flying around do anything, how to change the amount of smoke grenades used in a smoke screen, how to use time-fused shells on a tank like the Flak 88.

2022


Episodes 285-335

Episode 335

Metal Beasts 2022: landmark vehicles added to the game
War Thunder in 2022: technologies and game mechanics introduced
Locations 2022: a tour around new locations added this year
Hotline: is there any tactical use for the Cobra manoeuvre, what is the difference between the IL-28 and the IL-28Sh besides the incendiary bombs, why does the tech tree A-10 get a worse camera than the premium A-10, what top tier jet can Japan expect to get in the future.

Episode 334

Metal Beasts: F-16A
Pages of History: Soviet night fighters
Special: Gold Quarry
Hotline: if my tank commander has the commander fire control feature, can I still shoot when the gunner is knocked out, how to take control of roof-mounted machine guns on tanks, in-game Hungarian vehicles, what do magnetic mines do and how to use them effectively.

Episode 333

Metal Beasts: Rooivalk Mk1F CSH
Pages of History: Sturmpanzer
Triathlon: rank II medium tanks
Hotline: if you buy a camouflage for the Strv m/42, will it apply to all tanks in the Swedish tech tree, tips for flying the Focke-Wulf Ta 152, can 3 nuclear bombs be dropped at a time, what is the best rank IV Swedish aircraft to research: J21A-2, A21A-3 or T18B, can a 10 kg bomb from the He 51 B-2/H kill a Maus.

Episode 332

Metal Beasts: AS 42/47
Pages of History: nighttime interception with a Yak-1
Tactics and strategy: piston fighters
Hotline: what is the thing sticking out the top of the nose of the Mirage, what is the best tactic for early missiles (AIM-9B/-9E) as they are not even nearly as manoeuvrable as something like the AIM-9G, does a dozer blade count as extra frontal armour.

Episode 331

Metal Beasts: ◊MiG-23BN
Pages of History: naval SPGs SU-85 and SU-100
Squadmates: Normandy (Ground Forces)
Hotline: what bomber has the most guns, French P-47 or French Yak-3, can a Maverick missile track a target at night without a TV pod, is the A-4E better as fighter or as a bomber.

Episode 330

Metal Beasts: 38 cm Sturmmörser
Pages of History: Sunderland Mk IIIa vs Junkers 88
Triathlon: rank VI light tanks
Hotline: do magnetic mines work on land, and if they do, do planes activate them, manual engine controls, does the map temperature affect engine cooling or overheating like the desert or snow, Su-7BMK or MiG-21S (R-13-300), which is better to grind with, custom loadouts for the A-4 series.

Episode 329

Metal Beasts: Q-5L
Pages of History: German tank building
Round Study: Pulkzerstörer rounds
Hotline: is it possible to send replays from older game versions for Thunder Show, how to use early/low-tier radar, does the Airstrike modification on light tanks reduce the spawn cost for drones, what does bis mean on vehicles like the MiG-15bis.

Episode 328

Metal Beasts: 2S38
Pages of History: Push! Resuce over Vietnam
Tactical Briefing: changes introduced in Update "Fire and Ice"
Hotline: what is the difference between the J35A and the J35D, why does the German G.91 R/3 lose one of its cannons when you install the Nord missiles, can an ammo rack explosion overpressurize a nearby friendly open-topped tank, how many airplanes can do the Cobra manoeuvre.

Episode 327

Metal Beasts: A-1H Skyraider
Pages of History: M18 Hellcat
Tactics and strategy: New SAM capabilities
Hotline: Australian vehicles, what is the best way to play the SM.91 and the SM.92, after firing, will the pylons for bombs and rockets still affect flight performance.

Episode 326

Metal Beasts: M1A2 SEP
Pages of History: WEP in piston engines
Special: Arctic map
Hotline: what is the difference between the G.91 R/3 and the G.91 R/4, why does the 17-pounder have different penetration values on different tanks even when they have the same ammo, when should you use MG instead of the main cannon when playing, tips on how to play the Harrier family, T-34-85 (D-5T) 3D model rework.

Episode 325

Metal Beasts: VK 3002 (M)
Pages of History: unconventional American SPGs
Triathlon: supersonic CAS with unguided weapons
Hotline: how to get different content creators' decals, why is the WZ305 so powerful at shooting down aircraft other SPAAs can't, custom loadouts for Sweden, "MiG-28" paint scheme for the F-5, how many M22 Locusts do you need to tow a T95 Doom Turtle.

Episode 324

Metal Beasts: Mirage 2000C-S5
Pages of History: Z-10 & Z-19
Squadmates: Berlin (Ground Forces)
Hotline: what does "maximum overload" actually mean for a missile, what is the difference between the stock missile and the researchable one on the LAV-AD, how do you activate the periscope on the Strv 122B PLSS, is the Leopard I more efficient for long-range combat or close-range combat.

Episode 323

Metal Beasts: Type 16 (P)
Pages of History: Panther tanks
Tactics and strategy: air-to-surface guided munitions
Hotline: how can you change the colour of enemy icons if you're colour-blind, does upgrading the loader's reloading skill also increase the replenishment speed of first-stage ammo racks and magazines, which is the best Italian propeller fighter for Boom & Zoom tactics, what are the best tactics for the T-34-57, when can we expect 4th generation jet fighters in the game.

Episode 322

Metal Beasts: Harrier GR.7
Pages of History: D4Y Suisei
Tactical Briefing: changes introduced in Update "Drone Age"
Hotline: which belt should you use with the AM-1: Ground Targets or Universal, which Soviet rank III fighter should you take: Yak-3 or Yak-3P, if you buy a premium helicopter, do you still need to unlock a rank V vehicle.

Episode 321

Metal Beasts: CV 90105
Pages of History: Composite armour
Tactics and strategy: Drones
Hotline: do all Vautours have heat-seeking missiles or just the Israeli ones, what is the fastest single engine propeller-driven plane in the game, what are the best IR air-to-air missiles currently available in the game, is it possible to jettison rocket pods when they are spent, so as to have better flight performance.

Episode 320

Metal Beasts: Su-25
Pages of History: Liberator vs. Condors
Special: Pradesh map
Hotline: what is the best American mid-tier attacker aircraft, why is one of the Whirlwind Mk I's wings black and the other one white underneath, for the Wiesel 1A2, what is the difference between the TOW-2 and the TOW-2A.

Episode 319

Metal Beasts: Do 335 A-1
Pages of History: German heavy tank building
Triathlon: BR 9.0 jet fighters
Hotline: why can't the Mirage III have both rocket boosters and guns at the same time, how to play the C. 202, which is the best SPAA to use against tanks, what is the purpose of the muzzle brake on most of WWII and some post-WWII tanks and why don't most modern MBTs have one, what is the optimal amount of shells to take into battles.

Episode 318

Metal Beasts: M36B2 (Japan)
Pages of History: early WW2 French tanks
Tactics and strategy: playing jet fighters
Hotline: if the Lim-5P is a generation 1+ jet fighter, what kind of aircraft would be considered generation 2 in the game, what is the difference between the GBU-8 and the GBU-15, are the rank II and III Bf 109s suited for Boom and Zoom or not, did the missing IS-5 design become the T-10 tank.

Episode 317

Metal Beasts: BV 155 B-1
Pages of History: multiple-cannons Yaks
Squadmates: Sinai
Hotline: what is the lightest vehicle in the game, what's the best way play to play the M-51, why does the J7W1 have 5 wheels, can you land helicopters on battleships decks.

Episode 316

Metal Beasts: Object 248
Pages of History: evolution of tank armour
Triathlon: early monoplane fighters
Hotline: in some videos players have different aim sights instead of the default one, how can you change it, how to play the MiG-19 in the German tree, what is the biggest calibre in the game, how many Shermans are in the game

Episode 315

Metal Beasts: Lightning F.53
Pages of History: John Hannah
Tactics and strategy: SPAAGs vs armour
Hotline: how to change the colour of the missile lock and radar in air battles, why do some air-to-air missiles take 20 seconds to lock while other missiles take 2 seconds, is there a setting to stop a bomber from autocorrecting its flight path when switching to bomber sight view, when will custom loadouts be introduced for older aircraft.

Episode 314

Metal Beasts: M18 GMC
Pages of History: Evolution of tank guns
Squadmates: Advance to the Rhine
Hotline: what pilot skills affect helicopters and which ones are irrelevant, how to see if an airplane gets an airspawn, will custom loadouts for older planes be introduced, what is the best Su-22 variant in the game.

Episode 313

Metal Beasts: MD500-TOW
Pages of History: AM-1 Mauler
Triathlon: early radar SPAAs
Hotline: which belt is the most powerful: Ground Targets or Air Targets, how to get that view from the gunner's perspective that many youtubers use, with the visible cannon barrel, instead of seeing from the barrel, is it true that the Swedish B17's landing gear can be used as an airbrake, will helicopters get custom loadouts too, what is the best looking plane.

Episode 312

Metal Beasts: G6
Pages of History: IS-7
Tactics and strategy: naval crews
Hotline: how to use the assault fuse correctly and more efficiently, is there a control for dropping different bombs first, for example on the Ju 87 B-2 dropping the SC250 first instead of the SC50, even though the F-4F has Sparrow slots, why does it not come with Sparrows in-game, how to use thrust reverse and brake at the same time on the Viggen, how should one play the F-82E Twin Mustang, low or high altitude.

Episode 311

Metal Beasts: Su-17M4
Pages of History: HMS Glowworm's last fight
Round Study: British 20-pdr rounds
Hotline: if the tank gunner is knocked out and replaced, will the replacement behave like the original gunner, how to place markers for your squadmates without opening the map, what are the best rockets or bombs, why can't the F-104S.ASA bring 3 or 4 Aspide missiles on its pylons, how to create the UserSkin folder.

Episode 310

Metal Beasts: MEPHISTO
Pages of History: anti-Tiger cannons
Triathlon: last heavy tanks
Hotline: is the keen vision tank crew skill that helps mark enemies on the map only useful in arcade, should you upgrade it when playing realistic, can ATGMs on helicopters knock out a plane, what is booming and zooming, why don't the F-4EJ and F-4EJ Kai have any guided bombs like the American Phantoms.

Episode 309

Metal Beasts: Lim-5P
Pages of History: Hughes MD500
Tactical Briefing: Update "Danger Zone"
Hotline: is the M4A3 (105) a good Sherman, why does the MiG-23/27 have their flares on top of the aircraft when every other nation has them by the exhaust, what is a better boom-n-zoom fighter, the P-38J-15 or the P-47N-15, where do you get more crew XP points, in arcade or in realistic.

Episode 308

Metal Beasts: ZTZ99A
Pages of History: IS-6
Tactics and strategy: playing turretless tanks
Hotline: is the stabilizer a modification or does it come already installed on the tank, what is the best tactic tor top-tier SPAAs, why does the KPz-70 have a faster reload rate than the MBT-70 and the XM-803.

Episode 307

Metal Beasts: F-14A Early
Pages of History: Soviet fighters' ammo pools
Special: Abandoned Town
Hotline: is there an ultra-low quality setting and how to enable it, what is the best way to play the T-55A, which aircraft can carry the heaviest bombload, on the German SF40 barges, could a torpedo go through the middle section between pontoons or would the hitboxes prevent that.

Episode 306

Metal Beasts: J-8B
Pages of History: from the Ferdinand to the Elefant
Special: custom weapon loadouts
Hotline: why can't you launch a TV-guided bomb at night, does the nuke become available at BR 6.7 or 7.0, how to use suspension on Japanese MBTs.

Episode 305

Metal Beasts: IS-2
Pages of History: B-24 Liberator
Tactics and strategy: aircraft crews
Hotline: in aircraft control settings, what are the horizontal and vertical "radar/IRST target cue control axis" options, what are the differences between the two types of Stinger missiles for the German Ozelot, do active protection systems (APS) work bhind smoke.

Episode 304

Metal Beasts: Brigand B 1
Pages of History: Half-tracks
Triathlon: CAS with early guided air-to-ground missiles
Hotline: how to play the AMX-13 (SS.11), how to fire rockets fast without spamming the button for it.

Episode 303

Metal Beasts: Tiran 4S
Pages of History: walrus against cans
Special: battleship armour
Hotline: why does the MiG-23 have a semi-automatic wingsweep mode and the Su-22 a manual mode, is the Ju 88 A-1 good at dive bombing, how to use countermeasures, is there any aircraft with a payload so heavy it can barely lift off.

Episode 302

Metal Beasts: A-35B (France)
Pages of History: Excelsior and T14
Tactics and strategy: tank crews
Hotline: how to used guided bombs, how to avoid blacking out when turning in a dogfight, what is the long pole on the A-4 Skyhawk for, could an air-to-air missile redirect by flares penetrate a tank.

Episode 301

Metal Beasts: LAV-AD
Pages of History: Joe Foss, F4F-4 ace
Triathlon: early SPAAGs
Hotline: what is the best way to play helicopters like the YAH-64 or the AH-1F, is it possible to shift gears manually with ground vehicles, what do the binoculars in the bottom left HUD mean in ground battles.

Episode 300

Metal Beasts: F-104S.ASA
Pages of History: airborne tanks
Tactics and strategy: playing light tanks
Hotline: why do guns on aircraft jam and how do you unjam them, what is the fastest MBT in the game, is there a large-calibre cannon with a fast reload rate in the game, why are other factors like optics not part of a tank's comparison in tank triathlons, if an A-10 is shooting from across the map, is there a sound delay?

Episode 299

Metal Beasts: PUMA
Pages of History: Sagittario 2
Tactical Briefing: Update "Wind of Change"
Hotline: why do the Viggen's RB 75 not work at night, how many times can your repair your tracks in a single battle, why do the Fairey Firefly's flaps look different from any other flap, how is the Strv m/42 DT best played, can a Pe-8's 5,000 kg bomb kill 100 Maus tanks.

Episode 298

Metal Beasts: Merkava Mk.4M
Pages of History: Hungarian tank building
Round Study: 88 mm capped rounds for the Tiger I
Hotline: is there a reason why military vehicle designations do not go in a sequential order, what is IRST radar and how does it work, what is a quick way to train a crew, what are the orange smokes on the battlefield for, how is the effective armour thickness calculated.

Episode 297

Metal Beasts: Mirage F1C
Pages of History: Robin Olds, P-38 ace
Triathlon: top-tier wheeled tanks
Hotline: what makes IR missiles that can be radar-slaved special, why do the high-tier Leopards have the iron sights of the barrel on the side and not on the top, how to enable weapon selection in aircraft.

Episode 296

Metal Beasts: ZTZ88A
Pages of History: Jagdpanzer IV
Tactics and strategy: active protection systems
Hotline: what are the graphic settings of the gameplay background footage, why do most British planes have a French flag on their tails, what is the white strip that the F-4E Phantom II has on the middle of the fuselage, can certain aircraft be more manoeuvrable than others at different altitudes, if half a tank is submerged underwater, will the shell have a reduced penetration if it hits the water.

Episode 295

Metal Beasts: A-10A Late
Pages of History: Midge Bite
Special: Sun City
Hotline: how to avoid joining ongoing battles, why is the A6M called a Zero, how do you play the A21RB, how low can the Type 10's gun go with its suspension.

Episode 294

Metal Beasts: Sagittario 2
Pages of History: autoloaders
Round Study: BR-365A vs. BR-367
Hotline: which gun location is better for planes: nose or wings, what is the best way to use the FJ-4B VMF-232 in a dogfight, what is the piece of metal that raises up when Soviet tanks swim supposed to do, why aren't artillery shells leaving deep craters after impact on the ground like bombs.

Episode 293

Metal Beasts: HSTV-L
Pages of History: B5N and B6N torpedo bombers
Triathlon: top-tier light tanks
Hotline: which settings to display the ammunition left in offensive weapons in air battles, what is the highest penetration in the game, how to use the rangefinder on older tanks, showcase of the different bomb sizes.

Episode 292

Metal Beasts: Ki-83
Pages of History: Shermans in Normandy
Tactics and strategy: HE wielders
Hotline: how to effectively play the SU-100P, what is the first tank that has commander fire control, what is the difference between radar and IRST lock for radar SPAAs, and how do I switch between them, does a torpedo cause damage to land vehicles.

Episode 291

Metal Beasts: Merkava Mk.2D
Pages of History: S-199
Challenge: long-distance bombing record
Hotline: what is the difference between the Bf 109 G-6 and the G-14, does the M1A2 Abrams have a laser warning system, how to use the M163's tracking radar, which Spitfire has the most bombs, after downloading a skin from WT Live, how to add it to your vehicle

Episode 290

Metal Beasts: S.O.4050 Vautour IIN
Pages of History: nuclear war tanks
Triathlon: ship-based hydroplanes
Hotline: what is the landing speed for a floatplane like the F1M2 to avoid breaking the gear off, how do you move the camera around inside an aircraft in a replay, why can't we use TV-guided bombs at night, what is the difference between an aircraft cannon and a machine gun, on Zhukovsky's I-153-M62, how do you activate the fuse after x metres instead of the default activation on impact.

Episode 289

Metal Beasts: Bkan 1C
Pages of History: F-104J, the Starfighter in Japan
Tactics and strategy: playing heavy tanks
Hotline: why after using the Thunderbolt does the game require 1,300 Spawn Points to spawn with the Spitfire Mk Vc/trop but only 600 SP to spawn with the Wyvern S4, would heat-seeking missiles not lock on a plane if the pilot turned the engine off, can a plane bomb incoming torpedoes or shoot them, what are the lines on an APFSDS shell that look like screw thread lines.

Episode 288

Metal Beasts: S-199
Pages of History: PT-76, how Soviet tanks learned to swim
Tactical Briefing: minor changes introduced in Update "Winged Lions"
Hotline: what was the actual problem with the single-spar wing on the Bf 110 and the Me 410, how do you operate the top-mounted machine gun without rotating the turret, what makes the A-7E better than the A-7D, why not PT-57 instead of PT-76-57.

Episode 287

Metal Beasts: 2S3M
Pages of History: F-5 vs MiG-21
Triathlon: top-tier IFVs
Hotline: why are there plane names with numbers on the side inside the cockpit of the Do 335, P-51 tutorial, how exactly do blow out panels work: are they supposed to prevent ammo racks from exploding every time or is there any chance for ammo to explode even with those panels, will you add more yearly everyday login decals.

Episode 286

Metal Beasts: Kfir C.7
Pages of History: Merkava, the desert chariot
Tactics and strategy: smoke systems
Hotline: why did the Lorraine 40t and the M56 use tire rubber tracks instead of conventional steel tracks, how to play with helicopters in custom battles, why are the British Jaguar's AAM on top of the wing, are there slipstreams with armoured vehicles like in car races in order to get faster.

Episode 285

Metal Beasts: Type 10
Pages of History: the Soviet engineers' radial nightmare
Special: holiday fun with custom battles
Hotline: how does the SIDAM 25's radar work, will the F-82E will remain in flight if one pilot gets knocked out, what is the difference between the Jaguar GR.1 and the Jaguar GR.1A, how to select a particular target if several targets are on the radar, why is the MiG-27 ground attack aircraft classified as a jet fighter.

2021


Episodes 233-284

Episode 284

Metal Beasts 2021: landmark vehicles added to the game
War Thunder in 2021: technologies and game mechanics introduced
Locations 2021: a tour around new locations added this year
Hotline: how can you know if an airplane has a ballistic computer and how to turn it on/off, where are the controls for cruise control on tanks, what is the metal rod under the Pz.IV's gun, what are the differences between the A-7 Corsair II and the F-8 Crusader, how to use the thrust reverser and the brakes at the same time on the Viggen.

Episode 283

Metal Beasts: F-105D
Pages of History: Cromwell
Tactics and strategy: naval recon aircraft
Hotline: what is the difference between the STB-1 and the Type 74 (C), do jet hydroplanes exist, how do single engine planes deal with the counter-rotating torque of the aircraft.

Episode 282

Metal Beasts: Strf 9040B
Pages of History: how Japan turned machine guns into cannons
Triathlon: frontline bombers
Hotline: how much time is added to a tank's reload time if the loader is knocked out, what is the best use and the best tactics for the Sherman Firefly, where do bullet casings get out of aircraft wings, is there a way to know exactly how many points both teams have instead of the cursors at the top.

Episode 281

Metal Beasts: Spitfire LF Mk.IX Weizman's (Israel)
Pages of History: John Dundas' last flight
Round Study: missile quads
Hotline: what is the best round for the Soviet T-10A, tips for playing the A-4E Early, where to find the Manual Engine Control keybinds and how to properly use them, why do some German planes have fuel gauges on the engine itself rather than in the cockpit, is it possible to destroy a flying boat with a torpedo or a sea mine.

Episode 280

Metal Beasts: PT-76-57
Pages of History: T-28
Tactics and strategy: precision-guided arsenal
Hotline: which is better between the F-5C and the American Harrier AV-8A, what is the fastest tracked vehicle in the game, why do the F-5A and the F-5A (China) have different loadouts.

Episode 279

Metal Beasts: Jaguar GR.1A
Pages of History: Me 410, Messerschmitt's twin-engined fighter
Triathlon: comparing early SPGs (BR 3.0/3.3)
Hotline: War Thunder tiktok account, what are the differences between the M1A1 HC and the M1A2 Abrams, how to make the camera follow the shells in naval battles.

Episode 278

Metal Beasts: T26E5
Pages of History: Alan Deere, a pilot with nine lives
Tactical Briefing: changes to Aviation introduced in Update "Ground Breaking"
Hotline: how to turn off the jet engine sounds in ground battles, how to use effectively countermeasures on the MiG-27M, what is the best rank V German aircraft.

Episode 277

Metal Beasts: A-7E
Pages of History: interleaved roadwheels
Special: Aral sea map
Hotline: how to open marketplace trophy chests, how do you activate flares on the AV-8A, tips on grinding the Swedish tech tree, which subsonic aircraft can reach Mach 1 in a dive.

Episode 276

Metal Beasts: Wiesel 1A2
Pages of History: convertible tanks
Triathlon: top-tier attack aircraft
Hotline: what are the differences between the 2 Marder 1 IFVs in the German tech tree, does the map's weather affect engine water and oil temperatures, what does WEP and IAS stand for, what are the best rank III Soviet aircraft, how to learn about how to fly a plane and about plane control settings.

Episode 275

Metal Beasts: F-8E Crusader
Pages of History: A6M Zero
Tactics and strategy: Aircraft radar systems
Hotline: how to install the dev version of War Thunder, can you download a saved replay, what are the 3 best Japanese planes for ground attack, does the in-game map follow the cardinal directions (North, South, East and West), what are the clamp-like devices of the Merkava's cannon barrel for.

Episode 274

Metal Beasts: Type 87 RCV
Pages of History: Czechoslovakian tank-building
Triathlon: rank IV medium tanks
Hotline: is there a plane in-game without self-sealing fuel tanks, why did bombers stop having defensive turrets after WW2, how to shoot the main cannon from the binocular/commander sight, how does the Type 93's SAM work, if the Maus is the heaviest heavy tank in-game, what is the lightest heavy tank in the game.

Episode 273

Metal Beasts: Tu-1
Pages of History: the last flight of the Japanese King of the Sky
Tactical Briefing: changes to ground vehicles introduced in Update "Direct Hit"
Hotline: why do statcards say that planes can fly at 2,000 km/h when they fall apart at roughly Mach 1.05, why does the Jaguar have a tailhook even though it's not a naval aircraft, can the slowest plane in the game outrun the slowest missile in the game, how to use the J7W1.

Episode 272

Metal Beasts: 2S25
Pages of History: Sea Fury FB 11
Round Study: AMX-30B2 BRENUS
Hotline: with an aircraft, if you drop your ordnance, does that mean the flight characteristics go back to the values of the bare aircraft or does it still take into account empty rocket pods and pylons, will we see more user-made vehicles in the game like the He 177 A-5 Greif, what is fastest, the slowest tank on the road or the fastest amphibious tank in the water, can we use torpedoes to attack ground vehicles.

Episode 271

Metal Beasts: JA37C
Pages of History: King Tiger
Triathlon: rank IV piston interceptors
Hotline: what are the things under the tails of jets like the MiG-21 or the Jaguar (GR.1/A), how to make your plane more manoeuvrable when taxiing on the ground, the VFW can move its side screens for better protection, where is it in the controls and are there any other vehicles that can do this.

Episode 270

Metal Beasts: M1A1 HC
Pages of History: F-5
Tactics and strategy: naval UI and gun fire-control system
Hotline: how can I reset the laser rangefinder on tanks like the Marder 1 IFV, what's the difference between the T-34-85 (D-5T) and the T-34-85, how can I turn my aiming reticle from red to black.

Episode 269

Metal Beasts: MiG-27M
Pages of History: sub-zero chemistry
Special: Breslau ground map
Hotline: what is the best German rank 3 fighter, how can I use my coupons to get the next Battle Pass for free, why do modern IFVs have engines in the front.

Episode 268

Metal Beasts: P-400
Pages of History: Valentine (Family)
Round Study: Type 75 SPH shells
Hotline: what is the difference between the Leopard 1, the Leopard A1A1 and the Leopard 1A5, what is the purpose of the yellow tip on propellers of single-engine piston planes, how do you use the T92 light tank, are autoloaders better than manual ones.

Episode 267

Metal Beasts: SK-105A2 and JaPz.K A2
Pages of History: M.B.162
Triathlon: mid-tier strike aircraft
Hotline: when armour-piercing ammunition is selected for the F-4EJ's primary weapon, do the 3 gunpods also get the same belt, is there an option to disable voice chat completely, how do the radar warnings systems work on the Yak-38 and the Ka-50, can you incapacitate an exposed crew member with a smoke grenade.

Episode 266

Metal Beasts: Vampire FB 52A
Pages of History: the first air ramming on a jet
Challenge: capturing areas on floatplanes
Hotline: are the skins on WT Live visible to my enemies, how to use the Do 335 A-1, why does the Object 120's APFSDS shell have less penetration than top-tier MBTs when the Object 120 has a longer barrel and a bigger calibre, will there ever be an option to turn unrealistic tank decorations and bushes off.

Episode 265

Metal Beasts: Type 59
Pages of History: Panzer IV
Round Study: T26E1-1 Super Pershing
Hotline: what is the four-engine bomber with the lowest payload, are artillery shells the same for each nation or does each nation have their own calibre and explosive mass, can you torpedo amphibious tanks, can we have a greater variety of sights on tanks, which plane has the slowest speed without stalling.

Episode 264

Metal Beasts: WMA301
Pages of History: Yak-28B
Triathlon: mid-tier piston fighters
Hotline: do radiators and mixture control help put out aircraft engine fires, what is a smoothbore gun and what are the other types of gun, do internal modules have simplified hitboxes or are they identical to the shape of the module, can the Type 93 outrun the slowest missile.

Episode 263

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.

Episode 262

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.

Episode 261

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.

Episode 260

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 gets 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.

Episode 259

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.

Episode 258

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.

Episode 257

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.

Episode 256

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.

Episode 255

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.

Episode 254

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.

Episode 253

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.

Episode 252

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.

Episode 251

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.

Episode 250

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.

Episode 249

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.

Episode 248

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.

Episode 247

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.

Episode 246

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.

Episode 245

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.

Episode 244

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.

Episode 243

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.

Episode 242

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.

Episode 241

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.

Episode 240

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.

Episode 239

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.

Episode 238

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.

Episode 237

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.

Episode 236

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 as 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.

Episode 235

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.

Episode 234

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.

Episode 233

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

Episode 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 when 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.

Episode 231

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.

Episode 230

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.

Episode 229

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.

Episode 228

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.

Episode 227

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.

Episode 226

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.

Episode 225

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.

Episode 224

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).

Episode 223

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".

Episode 222

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.

Episode 221

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.

Episode 220

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.

Episode 219

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 G-1/G-2, 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 self-destruct, comparison between P-51H-5-NA and Spitfire F Mk 24, how to play Soviet vehicles with little or no gun depression.

Episode 218

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.

Episode 217

Metal Beasts: Somua SM
Pages of History: the Swedish engineering miracle
Tactics and strategy: defense manoeuvres 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.

Episode 216

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 Sl icon.png, how to tell if your tank can swim or not.

Episode 215

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.

Episode 214

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.

Episode 213

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.

Episode 212

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.

Episode 211

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.

Episode 210

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.

Episode 209

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?

Episode 208

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, World War season 3.

Episode 207

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 armour, best German ground vehicle, destroying an helicopter by ramming it.

Episode 206

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.

Episode 205

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.

Episode 204

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.

Episode 203

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.

Episode 202

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?

Episode 201

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.

Episode 199

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.

Episode 198

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.

Episode 197

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

Episode 196

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 armoured light tank in each tier, music of the show, timecodes for specific sections of the episode, multifunction menu

Episode 195

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

Episode 194

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

Episode 193

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

Episode 192

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

Episode 191

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

Episode 190

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

Episode 189

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

Episode 188

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

Episode 187

Metal Beasts: T-44
Pages of History: George Frederick "Screwball" Beurling (Part 1)
Tips and tricks: Urban battles
Hotline: tanks with fastest reverse speed

Episode 186

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

Episode 185

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

Episode 184

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

Episode 183

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?

Episode 182

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

Episode 181

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

Episode 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

Episode 179

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.

Episode 178

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 armour values on tanks

Episode 177

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

Episode 176

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

Episode 175

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

Episode 174

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 manoeuvres to avoid

Episode 173

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

Episode 172

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

Episode 171 (Halloween)

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?

Episode 170

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

Episode 169

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 armour

Episode 168

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

Episode 167

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

Episode 166

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?

Episode 165

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

Episode 164

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

Episode 163

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 armour in the game

Episode 162

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

Episode 161

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, Armour angle, Will Israel join the game? French tanks and rearview mirrors.

Episode 160

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?

Episode 159

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

Episode 158

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?

Episode 157

Metal Beasts: AH-1S Kisarazu
Pages of History: Yak-1
Tactics and strategy: how to deal with heavily-armoured opponents
Hotline: wood-steel equivalency on HEAT projectiles due to Munroe effect, best belts for dogfighting

Episode 156

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

Episode 155

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 ground beneath him, turning off your stabilizer, are the penetration values increased by the velocity of an aircraft?

Episode 154

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

Episode 153

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

Episode 152

Metal Beasts: Ariete
Pages of History: J5N1
Tactics and strategy: flaps explained
Hotline: how the section Pages of History of the show is created

Episode 151

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

Episode 150

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

Episode 149

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

Episode 148

Metal Beasts: AMX-13 (Family)
Pages of History: Tu-4
Air triathlon: looking for the best fighter
Hotline: how to get into custom battles

Episode 147

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

Episode 146

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

Episode 145

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

Episode 144

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

Episode 143

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 armour is best armour", why speed of sound travel delay is not implemented in the game

Episode 142

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

Episode 141 (April Fool's)

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

Episode 140

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

Episode 139

Metal Beasts: T-80U
Map: Alaska
Tactics and strategy: how to play with radar stations
Hotline: climbing the ranks with a nation

Episode 138

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

Episode 137

Metal Beasts: MiG-19PT
Pages of History: Italian bombing of Gibraltar
Tactics and strategy: a new method of armour penetration calculation for shells
Hotline: increased penetration of a projectile when the target flies towards it

Episode 136

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 Swastikas are not displayed in the game, community feedback and suggestions

Episode 135

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

Episode 134

Metal Beasts: Centauro
Pages of History: Alexander Fadin, Soviet ace tanker who shot down a plane with a tank
Challenge: depth charges
Hotline: creating in-game content with CDK, fuel options for tanks, T-72A turret convoy IR light

Episode 133

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

Episode 132

Metal Beasts: T-72A
Pages of History: Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission
Tactics and strategy: sideslip shooting
Hotline: how to defeat Tiger IIs

Episode 131

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

Episode 129

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

Episode 128

Special: War Thunder in 2018
Metal Beasts: M26 Pershing Ariete
Special: Holiday Sale
Hotline: Merkava, Player-controlled Aircraft Carriers, Submarines, World War mode

Episode 127

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

Episode 126

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

Episode 125

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

Episode 124

War Machines: Griffons
Pages of History: Attack on Bari Harbor
Tactics and strategy: Drum autoloaders
Hotline: Bomber cockpits, armour customization, world war mode

Episode 123

War Machines: Project 159
Pages of History: TAM
Challenge: Small bombs vs cruisers
Hotline: 100 years since the Great War, Japanese naval tree

Episode 122

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

Episode 121

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

Episode 120

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

Episode 119 (Halloween)

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

Episode 118

Metal Beasts: T-80B
Pages of History: F4F Wildcat
Map Guide: American Desert
Hotline: Criteria for including aircraft, German helicopters

Episode 117

Metal Beasts: Leopard A1A1 (L/44)
Pages of History: Sukhoi Su-6
Challenge: Small bombs vs top tanks
Hotline: Requests to changes to SB

Episode 116

Metal Beasts: FV510 Warrior
Tactics and strategy: Dealing with intel in ground battles
Pages of History: Me.163
Hotline: Parts & FPE

Episode 115

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

Episode 114

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.

Episode 113

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.

Episode 112

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).

Episode 111

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.

Episode 110

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.

Episode 109

Metal Beasts: IS-7
Pages of History: Ar-2
Tactics & Strategy: Fritz-X
Hotline: Special video for questions, DMM events, Hotline answers, submarines.

Episode 108

Metal Beasts: Conqueror Mk.2
Pages of History: G.56
Tactics & Strategy: Heavy Calibre Weapons
Hotline: Special video for questions, Playable infantry, Release date for Italian tanks.

Episode 107

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.

Episode 106

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.

Episode 105

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.

Episode 104

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.

Episode 103

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.

Episode 102

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.

Episode 101

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.

Episode 100 (100th episode)

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.

Episode 99

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.

Episode 98

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.

Episode 97

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.

Episode 96

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.

Episode 95

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.

Episode 94

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.

Episode 93

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.

Episode 92

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.

Episode 91

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.

Episode 90

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.

Episode 89 (April Fool's)

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.

Episode 88

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.

Episode 87

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.

Episode 86

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.

Episode 85

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.

Episode 84

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.

Episode 83

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, Aircraft Carriers in naval battles, British light tank line.

Episode 82

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.

Episode 81

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.

Episode 80

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.

Episode 79

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.

Episode 78

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.

Episode 77

Pages of History: SAu 40
Pages of History: AMX-13
Pages of History: I-29
Hotline: Special video for questions, FPS lock, TV-8, Czech Tanks.

2017


Episodes 26-76

Episode 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.

Episode 75

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.

Episode 74

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.

Episode 73

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.

Episode 72

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.

Episode 71

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.

Episode 70

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.

Episode 69

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.

Episode 68

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.

Episode 67

War Machines: He 100 D-1
Pages of History: Caudron CR.714
Special: New Battle Ratings
Hotline: Special video for questions, French Tanks, Swedish Tech Tree, Rank 6 Aircraft.

Episode 66

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.

Episode 65

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.

Episode 64

War Machines: T114
Pages of History: Heinz Knoke
Special: Wagers
Hotline: Special video for questions, Cold War Matchmaking, Calculations per second, Easter eggs.

Episode 63

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.

Episode 62

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.

Episode 61

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.

Episode 60

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

Episode 59

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.

Episode 58

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.

Episode 57

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.

Episode 56

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!

Episode 55

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.

Episode 54

Special: Playing the World War mode.
Metal beasts: IJN Yugumo
Pages of History: German Half-Tracks
Hotline: Italian ground forces, dead bomber mates, E-Sports, and show name origin.

Episode 53

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.

Episode 52

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.

Episode 51

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.

Episode 50

Special: War Thunder Veterans Club
Hotline: Special Q&A with Kirill Yudintsev, Creative Director of Gaijin Entertainment.

Episode 49

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.

Episode 48

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.

Episode 47

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.

Episode 46

Special: Update 1.69
Metal beasts: T-55A
Pages of History: G.91
Hotline: All-vehicle events, bomber repairs, spoiling the community, human writer.

Episode 45

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.

Episode 44

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.

Episode 43

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?

Episode 42

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.

Episode 41

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.

Episode 40

Special: Air Assault
Metal beasts: Sturmpanzer II
Pages of History: Gloster Gladiator
Hotline: Tanker profile pictures, Fairey Gannet, ramming ships.

Episode 39

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.

Episode 38 (April Fool's)

Metal beasts: XF5U-1
Pages of History: Eisen Kaputt
Metal beasts: Project Bigfoot
Hotline: Submarines, World War I vehicles, flying tanks, and Lowes.

Episode 37

Metal beasts: IS-6
Special: Gun Stabilizers
Map Guide: Guiana Highlands
Hotline: Single-player missions, British APHE, 3D modeling references, and the P1000 Ratte.

Episode 36

Tactics & Strategy: Heavy Fighters
Pages of History: T29
Pages of History: Ju.87 Stuka
Hotline: Professional E-Sports, mobile release, and test ranges.

Episode 35

Metal beasts: Super Pershing
Pages of History: Women Pilots
Special: User-made Camouflages II
Hotline: Italian armour, engineer vehicles, radars, and the Kugelpanzer.

Episode 34

Tactics & Strategy: Fighting more manoeuvrable 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.

Episode 33

Metal Beasts: Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard
Pages of History: SB-2
Special: User-made Camouflages
Hotline: Reporting process, skip bombing, Japanese tanks, and game experience.

Episode 32

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.

Episode 31

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.

Episode 30

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.

Episode 29

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.

Episode 28

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.

Episode 27

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.

Episode 26

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

Episode 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!

Episode 24

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.

Episode 23

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.

Episode 22

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.

Episode 21

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.

Episode 20

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.

Episode 19

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.

Episode 18

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.

Episode 17

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.

Episode 16

Metal Beasts: Blohm und Voss BV-238.
Pages of History: F9F Panther & F-9 Cougar.
Special: High calibre soviet bias set.
Hotline: World War mode, flamethrowers, sound effects.

Episode 15

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.

Episode 14

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.

Episode 13

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.

Episode 12

Tactics & Strategy: Flaps
Science of War: Damage calculation
Pages of History: the Douglas SBD Dauntless
Hotline: aerobatics maps, CDK for Mac users, future armoured cars.

Episode 11

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.

Episode 10

Tactics & Strategy: How to land on an aircraft carrier.
Science of war: All things armour
Pages of History: Yak-15
Hotline: premium jets, Saab 29 Tunnan.

Episode 9

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.

Episode 8

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.

Episode 7

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.

Episode 6

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

Episode 5

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.

Episode 4

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.

Episode 3

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.

Episode 2

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.

Episode 1

Tactics & Strategy: Tank duels, taking advantage of enemy weaknesses, mobility, and armour 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 show aired for the first time on 9 June 2016. Before the series aired, Gaijin released various informative videos online separately.
  • 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

  • Shawn voiced the show during its first year (episodes 1 to 51), as well as the original Thunder Show.
  • Bruce was the main voice actor of the show from episode 52 to 303.
  • Andrew (New Thunder Show) has voiced episodes 284, 285, 286, 304 and following episodes.
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Special episodes


Special episodes
Show anniversary
  • Ep. 400: Longer intro thanking the player community
  • Ep. 300: Longer intro thanking the player community
  • 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. 387: Rewind 2023
  • Ep. 335: Rewind 2022
  • Ep. 284: Rewind 2021
  • Ep. 232: Rewind 2020
  • Ep. 180: Rewind 2019
  • Ep. 128: Rewind 2018
  • Ep. 76: Rewind 2017
  • Ep. 24: Rewind 2016 (Christmas episode)
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