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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-a9MXzpDEk Episode 134]'''
 
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-a9MXzpDEk Episode 134]'''
 
:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Centauro]]
 
:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Centauro]]
:''Pages of History:'' Alexander Fadin, Soviet ace tanker who shot down a plane with a tank  
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:''Pages of History:'' Alexander Fadin, Soviet ace tanker who shot down a plane with a tank
 
:''Tactics and strategy:'' depth charges
 
:''Tactics and strategy:'' depth charges
 
:''Hotline:'' creating in-game content with CDK, fuel options for tanks, T-72A turret convoy IR light
 
:''Hotline:'' creating in-game content with CDK, fuel options for tanks, T-72A turret convoy IR light
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:''Pages of History:'' Kelly Johnson’s [[P-38E|P-38 Lightning]]
 
:''Pages of History:'' Kelly Johnson’s [[P-38E|P-38 Lightning]]
 
:''Triathlon:'' [[:Category:Twin-engine_fighters|Twin-engine fighters]]
 
:''Triathlon:'' [[:Category:Twin-engine_fighters|Twin-engine fighters]]
:''Hotline:'' explanation of the term SPG (self-propelled gun), killing a tank by shooting the gound beneath him, turning off your stabilizer, are the penetration values increased by the velocity of an aircraft?  
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:''Hotline:'' explanation of the term SPG (self-propelled gun), killing a tank by shooting the gound beneath him, turning off your stabilizer, are the penetration values increased by the velocity of an aircraft?
 
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjanlLrycGo Episode 156]'''
 
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjanlLrycGo Episode 156]'''
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:''Pages of History:'' Shoichi Sugita, Japanese ace pilot
 
:''Pages of History:'' Shoichi Sugita, Japanese ace pilot
 
:''Tank triathlon:'' top MBTs
 
:''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?  
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:''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?
 
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuacwZrhw3M Episode 159]'''
 
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuacwZrhw3M Episode 159]'''
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:''Pages of History:'' the ghost pilots from Biggin Hill
 
:''Pages of History:'' the ghost pilots from Biggin Hill
 
:''Special:'' the scariest tanks
 
:''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?  
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:''Hotline:'' fastest projectile in the game, how penetration values are determined in-game, hullbreak explained, is the blast force modeled in-game?
 
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd9m6rPtN3U Episode 172]'''
 
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd9m6rPtN3U Episode 172]'''
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:''Pages of History:'' Hans Hahn, the fall of a German ace pilot
 
:''Pages of History:'' Hans Hahn, the fall of a German ace pilot
 
:''Tactics and strategy:'' how to sink heavy cruisers
 
:''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  
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:''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
 
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yUrv5UsiXU Episode 183]'''
 
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yUrv5UsiXU Episode 183]'''
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:''Pages of History:'' George Frederick "Screwball" Beurling (Part 1)
 
:''Pages of History:'' George Frederick "Screwball" Beurling (Part 1)
 
:''Tips and tricks:'' Urban battles
 
:''Tips and tricks:'' Urban battles
:''Hotline:'' tanks with fastest reverse speed  
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:''Hotline:'' tanks with fastest reverse speed
 
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSxjrQWwEbE Episode 188]'''
 
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSxjrQWwEbE Episode 188]'''
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:''Pages of History:'' how Germany managed to create [[Tiger I (Family)|2 Tigers]] at the same time
 
:''Pages of History:'' how Germany managed to create [[Tiger I (Family)|2 Tigers]] at the same time
 
:''Tactics and strategy:'' radars
 
:''Tactics and strategy:'' radars
:''Hotline:'' multifunction menu for console players, rangefinders before the indroduction on laser rangefinders, Japanese propeller plane with the best climb rate, full circle Cobra manoeuvre, killing tanks with WW2 rockets, British jet fighter Scimitar.  
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:''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.
 
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Revision as of 19:45, 14 June 2020

The Shooting Range is a series of video produced by the War Thunder YouTube Community for the purpose of aiding the player base on certain aspects of the game such as game mechanics, pages of history, Q&A's, tactics, strategies, and more.

Summary

Before the series aired on June 9th, 2016, Gaijin releases various of informative videos online separately. "The Shooting Range" is meant to be a compilation of various of tips and tricks for the players to use. However, the information presented in the series require experience in gameplay mechanics to understand, so the target audience is definitely for War Thunder veterans.

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

Playlist for the whole series can be found here.

Videos

Latest videos

Latest three videos!

Video Summaries

2016


2017


2018


2019


2020



Trivia

Format

The format of the show consists of 4 sections, 3 of which were from the following categories:

  • War Machines, Metal Beasts, Pages of History, Tactics and strategy, Special, Science of War, Tips and tricks, Challenge, Map Guide or Tank triathlon

while the 4th section always is the segment "Hotline". The current show (Shooting Range 2.0) started at episode 130. The main changes compared to the old format (episodes 1-129) are visual (graphics/audio/video quality).

Voice-over

  • Bruce is the regular voice actor of the show since episode 52.
  • Shawn (Thunder Show) used to voice the show during its first year (episodes 1 to 51).

Special episodes