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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.
 
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).
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The Shooting Range airs every Saturday at 04:00 PM GMT (noon in Eastern time), starting August 2020.
  
 
Playlist for the whole series can be found [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSntCogb-PMr8SqUDqhgFl1DNvfk5jJqM here].
 
Playlist for the whole series can be found [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSntCogb-PMr8SqUDqhgFl1DNvfk5jJqM here].
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Latest three videos!
 
Latest three videos!
  
{{Youtube-gallery|j_bJWbpQuMg|'''Episode 199''' <small>2020.05.10</small> '''''NEW!'''''|TWT-ETcU_No|'''Episode 198''' <small>2020.05.03</small>|YIPHzv54GQw|'''Episode 197''' <small>2020.04.26</small>}}
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{{Youtube-gallery|5oVIzdap51E|'''Episode 212''' <small>2020.08.08</small> '''''NEW!'''''|S9qfGHj1YcI|'''Episode 211''' <small>2020.08.01</small>|rgBE-namY8E|'''Episode 210''' <small>2020.07.26</small>}}
  
 
==Video Summaries==
 
==Video Summaries==
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:''Tactics & Strategy:'' Tank duels, taking advantage of enemy weaknesses, mobility, and armor sloping.
 
:''Tactics & Strategy:'' Tank duels, taking advantage of enemy weaknesses, mobility, and armor sloping.
 
:''Science of War:'' Parallax error in third person view.
 
:''Science of War:'' Parallax error in third person view.
:''Pages of History:'' [[F4U-1A|F4U Corsair]] history.
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:''Pages of History:'' [[F4U-1A|F4U Corsair]]
 
:''Hotline:'' Missile accuracy and balancing, huge maps, new German Tier V vehicles, and [[P-40C|P-40B/C]]'s.
 
:''Hotline:'' Missile accuracy and balancing, huge maps, new German Tier V vehicles, and [[P-40C|P-40B/C]]'s.
 
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBGRGu-o9us Episode 3]'''
 
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBGRGu-o9us Episode 3]'''
 
:''Special:'' The First [[:Category:ATGM vehicles|ATGM-Equipped Tanks]]
 
:''Special:'' The First [[:Category:ATGM vehicles|ATGM-Equipped Tanks]]
:''Pages of History:'' [[F2A-1|F2A Buffalo]] history.
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:''Pages of History:'' [[F2A-1|F2A Buffalo]]
:''Map Guide:'' [[Port Novorossiysk|Port of Novorossiysk]]
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:''Map Guide:'' [[Port Novorossiysk]]
 
:''Hotline:'' - Naval implementation, smoke launchers, External fuel tanks, the "Grand Slam Bomb" for the [[Lancaster B Mk I|Lancaster]].
 
:''Hotline:'' - Naval implementation, smoke launchers, External fuel tanks, the "Grand Slam Bomb" for the [[Lancaster B Mk I|Lancaster]].
 
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:''Pages of History:'' [[He 219 A-7|Heinkel He 219 UHU]]
 
:''Pages of History:'' [[He 219 A-7|Heinkel He 219 UHU]]
 
:''Tactics & Strategy:'' How To Deal With Spawn Camping
 
:''Tactics & Strategy:'' How To Deal With Spawn Camping
:''Map Guide:'' [[Battle of Hurtgen Forest (Ground_Forces)|Battle of Hürtgen Forest]]
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:''Map Guide:'' [[Battle of Hurtgen Forest|Battle of Hürtgen Forest]]
 
:''Hotline:'' More British tanks, Focke-Wulf P VII (Flitzer), P59 Airacomet, Russian Bias.
 
:''Hotline:'' More British tanks, Focke-Wulf P VII (Flitzer), P59 Airacomet, Russian Bias.
 
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:''Tactics & Strategy:'' Dive Bombing
 
:''Tactics & Strategy:'' Dive Bombing
 
:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Tiger II (H) Sla.16]]
 
:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Tiger II (H) Sla.16]]
:''Map Guide:'' [[Frozen Pass (Ground_Forces)|Frozen Pass]]
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:''Map Guide:'' [[Frozen Pass]]
 
:''Hotline:'' Dutch airplanes, adding the PTAB bomb, different sights for tanks, ammo weight, American Bias.
 
:''Hotline:'' Dutch airplanes, adding the PTAB bomb, different sights for tanks, ammo weight, American Bias.
 
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuBjkyZT6Yw Episode 6 "Thinking Outside the Box"]'''
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuBjkyZT6Yw Episode 6]'''
 
:''Pages of History:'' [[Wellington Mk Ic|Vickers Wellington]]
 
:''Pages of History:'' [[Wellington Mk Ic|Vickers Wellington]]
 
:''Tactics & Strategy:'' Using Binoculars
 
:''Tactics & Strategy:'' Using Binoculars
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPfgmUwiJMA Episode 10]'''
 
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPfgmUwiJMA Episode 10]'''
:''Pages of History:'' [[Yak-15|Yakovlev Yak-15]]: a turbojet fighter with the wings of a biplane;
 
:''RHA vs CHA vs FHA:'' we explain the way armour works;
 
:''Hotline:'' the developers answer questions that you’ve left in the comments!;
 
 
:''Tactics & Strategy:'' How to land on an aircraft carrier.
 
:''Tactics & Strategy:'' How to land on an aircraft carrier.
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:''Science of war:'' All things armor
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:''Pages of History:'' [[Yak-15]]
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:''Hotline:'' premium jets, Saab 29 Tunnan.
 
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abvolluBFeM Episode 11]'''
 
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abvolluBFeM Episode 11]'''
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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:'' Saburo Sakai, 1 vs 15
 
:''Pages of History:'' Saburo Sakai, 1 vs 15
 
:''Tank triathlon:'' mid-tier medium tanks
 
:''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
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:''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
 
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWT-ETcU_No Episode 198]'''
 
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWT-ETcU_No Episode 198]'''
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:''Tactics and strategy:'' Using the MBT
 
:''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.
 
:''Hotline:'' how to aim with the MiG-15bis, hitting a torpedo with another torpedo, how to control the multiple engines of an aircraft separately.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mhSXtNN9Ko Episode 200 (Shooting Range 2.1)]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Ka-52]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[SB2C-1c|Curtiss SB2C Helldiver]]
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:''Challenge:'' Performing the Cobra
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:''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.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX9xsllAqfY Episode 201]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Rooikat 105]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[KV-1 (L-11)]]
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:''Naval Triathlon:'' [[:Category:Heavy cruisers|Heavy cruisers]]
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:''Hotline:'' why MGs on tanks and airplanes sound different, thrust vector jets, climbing the ranks with French planes, 200th episode.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAA4S31Hbhw Episode 202]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[F-104A|F-104 Starfighter]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[Mirage IIIC]]
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:''Special:'' meet the glorious [[:Category:Italy ships|Italian fleet]]
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:''Hotline:'' Shooting Range intro, ammo rack detonation for AP shots, dive bombing at the speed of sound, what determines the color of NVD sights?
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5cw-_dXhFE Episode 203]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[HSTV-L]]
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:''Pages of History:'' Her Majesty's Red Army Men
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:''Tactics and strategy:'' high-precision weapons
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:''Hotline:'' why it is not possible to view replays from older versions, presets for keybinds, Italian armour, modeling your own tank with the CDK.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcIeR_s6fp8 Episode 204]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Strf 9056]]
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:''Pages of History:'' how Germany managed to create [[Tiger I (Family)|2 Tigers]] at the same time
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:''Tactics and strategy:'' radars
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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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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPdcryL47sk Episode 205]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Scimitar F Mk.1]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[Jagdpanzer 38(t)]]
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:''Challenge:'' Jumping as high as possible with the [[Type 93]]
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:''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.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z09VhocmW04 Episode 206]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[M60 AMBT]]
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:''Pages of Alternative History:'' [[Battle for the Fulda Gap]]
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:''[[World War]]:'' [[Season: Road to the West|Season 3]]
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:''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.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq7zctbs7t8 Episode 207]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[IL-2 M-82]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[Battle of the Chinese Farm]]
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:''Tactics and strategy:'' Surviving on a fighter
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:''Hotline:'' tow cables and helicopters, damaging a jet engine by shooting through the air intake, angling armor, best German ground vehicle, destroying an helicopter by ramming it.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmLZDtH7FpU Episode 208]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[F3H-2]] Demon
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:''Pages of History:'' [[M4A3E2]] Jumbo
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:''Tactics and strategy:'' Playing on torpedo boats
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:''Hotline:'' best way to make silver lions and earn research points, tips and tricks for air-to-ground missiles, mid-air collision between a tank and a jet aircraft, adding a tank from the future, Worl War season 3.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr-1BHTvokk Episode 209]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[T-69 II G]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[T-50]]
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:''Air Triathlon:'' [[:Category:Jet fighters|Top-tier fighter jets]]
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:''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?
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgBE-namY8E Episode 210]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[AMX-32]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[Beaufighter (Family)|Beaufighter]]
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:''Challenge:'' Destroying missiles with tanks cannons
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:''Tactics and strategy:'' Destroying missiles normally
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:''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.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qfGHj1YcI Episode 211]'''
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:''Metal Beasts:'' [[Su-7B]]
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:''Pages of History:'' [[F-104 (Family)|F-104 Starfighter]]
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:''Map Guide:'' [[Eastern Europe (Ground Forces)]]
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:''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.
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oVIzdap51E Episode 212]'''
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:''Special:'' Operation S.U.M.M.E.R.
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:''Pages of History:'' [[Ta 152 H-1]]
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:''Triathlon:'' [[:Category:Seventh rank helicopters|Top helicopters]]
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:''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.
 
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
===Format===
 
===Format===
The format of the show consists of 4 sections, 3 of which were from the following categories:
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* 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".
* War Machines, Metal Beasts, Pages of History, Tactics and strategy, Special, Science of War, Tips and tricks, Challenge, Map Guide or Tank triathlon
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* 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).
while the 4th section always is the segment "Hotline".
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* The Shooting Range moved from Sunday to Saturday in August 2020 (from episode 211). The airing time stayed the same.
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===
 
===Voice-over===
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* Ep. 100: Making-of & plans for the future of the show.
 
* Ep. 100: Making-of & plans for the future of the show.
 
* Ep. 150: Longer intro thanking the player community.
 
* Ep. 150: Longer intro thanking the player community.
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* Ep. 200: Shooting Range 2.1.
  
 
;Bruce
 
;Bruce

Revision as of 11:20, 9 August 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 Saturday at 04:00 PM GMT (noon in Eastern time), starting August 2020.

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).
  • The Shooting Range moved from Sunday to Saturday in August 2020 (from episode 211). The airing time stayed the same.

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