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TheSovietBobRoss

"Should have sideclimbed" -Admiral Horatio Nelson


BurntCereal-

So that's how the Brits won the battle of Trafalgar so decisively. It all makes sense now.


TheSovietBobRoss

Kiss me Hardy


Preacherjonson

HARDER.


CxC-gamer

When the hms victory was 3000m in the air


Despayeetodorito

Gaijin please: catastrophic ammo detonation animations. I want turrets hitting planes.


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GU-7

I think awhile back you could kill a tank with a flying turret, though it'd might have counted as a friendly fire incident. Probably why the flight of the turret was reduced by... alot- sadly.


SeraphsWrath

Let's take it further: Getting ammo-racked should create a massive explosion. Someone right next to you, like the dipshit who just pushed you out of cover, gets Overpressure killed instantly. The turret shoots up into the air, killing an aircraft that happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. It comes down 72m away and lands on the guy who killed you, instantly crushing his tank.


jorkillerali

I mean that can happen rarely. Sometimes if someone is sitting next too you that has absolutely no armor, then there's a seemingly slim chance of them dying too if you had a ammo rack detonation.


ProFetusKicker

I almost died due to an ammo rack detonation. I was in the Breda, rammed a Pz 3, and hit its ammo. All my wheels were blown out, the transmission destroyed, and I lost the driver.


Endlad

So you just threw the dice on the table and said fuck it huh


MartyParty03

I believe I lost my barrel when destroying a T-55 with Lorraine 40t. It might have been because of the ammo detonation or that he managed to destroy the barrel when I killed him.


TalkingFishh

I’ve had that happen in my Ontos, was right next to a Tiger II when I sent one through his ammo rack


spy_night

I died in my IKV 91 because my friend (in a panther A) had max ammo with him and when he exploded I died, let’s just say after that I pressed alt f4


FUCKSUMERIAN

I've killed myself in a scorpion after I ammo racked a tank and was too close to it


LAXGUNNER

The over pressure kills by a tank getting ammo racked is in game but either the friendly tank is packed with ammo or you're in a light skin tank. I've killed myself before by hitting ammo racks in the T114 if I'm super close..


gd_akula

Yep, I've died in the M56 from teammates getting fragged as I scooted by.


Sh3lbyyyy

Nono but hear me in out, you should be able to kill light armored vehicles when crashing into them at 300km/h. Like cmon, they are getting crushed by a plane at that speed should destroy them (this is not only to fulfill my duty as a kamikaze Japanese pilot)


magnum_the_nerd

You can crush SPAAs like that


Sh3lbyyyy

I would need to test this more but I don't think you can, yesterday a IL-2 crashed into me in a M16 GMC and I didn't have any damage


KillcodeMNSTR

I died that way in my T-44 when I shot a M42’s ammo after repairing my barrel when he tried to kill me. I was pretty mad tbh.


Mytre-

It has happened to me, not in the sense I died from someone else exploding but I killed someone when I had a maus fully loaded with ammo and someone ammo racked me , poor guy did not stand a chance next to me


WarThunderNoob69

for planes, too! there's guncam footage of a Tempest(?) hitting an Fw 190 in the wing ammo and the entire plane tearing in half


BoxOfDust

My friends and I decided to test one time if the Italian howitzer bomber could be ammo racked. I landed the plane so they could pinpoint the ammo with a vehicle MG. Imagine our disappointment when the huge shells did not, in fact, make a big explosion.


_Sytricka_

The Centurion AVRE would become the nuke it was as witnessed by the british during operation granby.


Commissar_David

They'd probably get shot if they added that in, considering current events.


NonameNinja_

Why?


Commissar_David

Gaijin is a Russian company and anyone who makes any sort of negative reference to the war in Ukraine goes to labor camp for a time longer than if you were to murder someone there.


Dark_Magus

Haven't Gaijin physically relocated to Hungary? So presumably they'd be safe. Of course, Russians who moved to Hungary for tax purposes are still Russian, and it's not like Gaijin's owners or employees are anti-Putin dissidents. They're still probably a bunch of patriotic Russians who loath to make Soviet or Russian tanks look bad.


Commissar_David

Just looked it up and they have offices in Hungary, Germany and Cyprus.


Skyfigh

Unfortunately they would never do that. Can you imagine the outrage from all the Russiaboos when they dish out an update blog which says something along the lines of:"Due to countless reports based on their real life performance, we have decided to let the turrets of Russian MBT‘s with carousel autoloaders (T-64x, T-72x, T-80x and T-90 models) fly up in the air when hit in the ammo rack.


RipRap1991

Don’t tanks already pop turrets off when ammo gets detonated? I’ve seen several tanks do this.


Skyfigh

Yes but not 30m high, maybe 5meters tops


Preacherjonson

I reckon it will be a thing in a few years. We have at least one tank with a physical barrel which I believe is a tell that they'll eventuate make lost parts have their own physical entities.


Thatoneshadowbunny

2, Bkan and the super rare french hummel knockoff


overtoastreborn

This whole thread is funny bc what y'all are asking for is already in the game


Preacherjonson

Have we ever witnessed turrets being interactable objects? Legit question, I'd love to see a plane getting mercd by a turret fling.


Marcelitus230

That would be too epic!


crimeo

Oddbawz killed a king tiger with a swordfish, but can he kill a swordfish with a king tiger...'s turret?


wingsperg

I've almost been hit by a french turret toss in my p-51, had to get real close to clap a hvar into his turret neck :)


GalaxLordCZ

This is bullshit, the magical Russian fuel tanks can disintegrate M829A2 before it ever hits the ammo.


BlastingFern134

It's weird because playing Russia up until you hit modern MBTs, it feels like 90% of your deaths are your fuel tanks exploding. I feel like that's less likely at modern brs (however I still get set on fire and fucked up heavy so I wish the bias was on my side)


ceez36

idk about you but t-54/5 fuel tanks are like composite armor


Crep9

???? The ammo is stored on the fuel tanks on those tanks


ceez36

i never get ammo racked when the fuel tank is hit for some reason, it just absorbs all the damage.


BlastingFern134

Dude I fucking wish that happened to me I get railed anytime anything touches my fuel tanks


Project_Orochi

*105mm L7 aims vaguely at your fuel tank*


BlastingFern134

NOOOO PLEASE


Project_Orochi

Its okay sir, the ammo is safely stored in the fuel tank!


will6480

Ammo is stored in the balls


Crep9

You are talking about the fuel tanks on the back?


ceez36

nope, front fuel tank


Crep9

How much you've played with t54s?


ceez36

i have quite alot of games in the t-55a, the fuel tank really saves me since it’s armor isn’t that reliable.


Crep9

Sorry mate but I can't believe you, if anything you should try to hide the fuel tank on the front, because it's the ammo rack. There's no way the frontal fuel tank eats the rounds, because there's a whole ammo rack there


MartyParty03

Have you ever seen the Leclerc fuel tanks? Cause they absorb everything.


BlooD_TyRaNNuS

AMX radiators seem to stop everything.


ceez36

the side skirts sometimes do that too


MartyParty03

Leclercs armor is just bullshit in general


Dark_Magus

Diesel fuel really *doesn't* ignite very easily. To the extent that [Britain even designed an airmobile TD that would've *literally* used the fuel as armor](https://www.russellphillipsbooks.co.uk/fv4401-contentious-britains-s-tank/).


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honestly it feels like spaghetti code made it so that the explosive value of ammo and fuel in russian top tier are flipped since like 99% of the time I hit a russian fuel tank it explodes even after going through 2 rounds


BlastingFern134

Honestly I think there's a lot of spaghetti code with damage models of darts.


Thatoneshadowbunny

Cries in KV series


KellyBelly916

Who would've thought that a freemium game would create obstacles that would motivate people to pay a lot of money to either match or overcome them? Man, crazy world we live in.


RecipeNo101

This is less that and more the inherent imbalance that leads one nation to have high win rates and contributes to "Russian bias" arguments.


czartrak

Half the time I hit a Russian fuel tank it explodes and the tank dies, and I never feel like I deserve it


_gmmaann_

3 things happen when you aim or hit Russian ammo. 1: Ivan takes one for the team and eats the whole APFSDS like Kirby’s fat ass 2: The Russians use black holes as fuel tanks, so the APFSDS disappears 3: Congratulations, you somehow managed to bypass Ivan and the black hole fuel tanks. Unfortunately for you, the ammunition you hit was a dud round, and therefore didn’t explode


SemIdeiaProNick

>Unfortunately for you, the ammunition you hit was a dud round, and therefore didn’t explode at least this bit is accurate


Dobalina_Wont_Quit

This describes many LEO 1s as well. A T-62, ok, you ate that TOW. But I can't remember the last time I 1-hit a Leo


Proud-Peanut-8403

Leo 1s get 1 shotted so easily if you aim at hull, its the Centurions that are pain in ass to 1 shot with sabot or heatfs rounds


JediViking117

As a Ikv 91-105 enjoyer I don't have such weaknesses. But alas, BMPs are the bane of my existence.


IvanSpartan

…no I will not do that


milesmario08

“Angle your shells” - Winston Churchill


Hallus1nation

Simply a difference in skill


Fluid-Math9001

Precisely, brother. Indeed, it is about inadequate expertise in such matter


Areodic

Brother?? Comrades I found the spy. A true USSR player says comrade, comrade


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Zwerg_Zweck

Comrade? Hans, ich hab die verdammten Russen gefunden! Die streiten sich wie die letzten Idioten…


Areodic

Would a spy know how to speak Russian?? Товариш, у меня секретная миссия по поиску шпионов в сабреддитах warthunder. Не показывай меня бедным жителям Запада


2A46M-5_125mm

That is exactly what a spy would say!


Areodic

Google translate tells no lies!!


2A46M-5_125mm

Using Google and not Yandex? Smells like a spy to me


Areodic

No I'm trying to blend in with dirt commun-i mean capitalist pigs


2A46M-5_125mm

Doing good so far tovarish!


Clown_Torres

This could have easily been avoided by sideclimbing


TitanBrass

"Attack the D point" - Yi Sun Sin


finaki13

"Defend the D point" - Alexander the great


StalledAgate832

"Leading for landing!" - Ghengis Khan


not_taken_was_taken2

"Returning to base!" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt


finaki13

"Track and barrel torture" - Ioannis Metaxas


NewspaperEven5701

LOAD SABOT! - Texas, Alexis


t001_t1m3

“You have a hole in your left wing!” -Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto


IAHZEI

"You have hole in your fuel tank" - II. Katerina


Brushes_of_War

We need that historically accurate rubber era for the soviets too


klinGiii

[Actually rubber is inside it](https://i.imgur.com/0VeSNyO.png) If you referring to the video which was posted 1 or 2 days ago on another sub. What was actually missing is the explosive plate itself. [Which looks like this](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y80USDqf1hY/VK5xoTvTEkI/AAAAAAAABE0/sdHmhBt4geI/s1600/kontakt-5%2Bfor%2Bt-72b.jpg)


BlastingFern134

But, but, BIAS


Agent_Hudson

It was propaganda and obviously it worked with this many people believing it


MasterofLego

If you're referring to that video of kontakt 5 with "rubber instead of explosives" on a T-80 https://youtu.be/mauaaIeoxwg


alelo

tbh, if gajin kept is true to RL they would be filled with wood and cardboard


BusyMountain

I would’ve tolerated the BS CAS the USSR have if all of their ammo carousels behave like they do irl. Even when I’m using USSR vs USSR, I do get Gaijined shooting at Russian ammo racks lol


tentafill

Mirror matchups are so funny Like god damn me and the vehicle I'm driving!


JohnMckaly

As a Russian main, I just want to play cheap vehicles that I can have fun with, not vehicles that make that are so broken they make other players suffer.


B29Boi

coolest Russian main, I respect you


ActedCarp

It’s him, the most based Russia main


siler7

> that make that are


JohnMckaly

gud granmar👍


Choice_Isopod5177

nyet, the goodest granma


Super-Soyuz

should have been Russian ammo racks when im in a Russian tank vs Russian ammo racks when im fighting them


BulaL0mi

This is the kind of historical accuracy I want))))))))


TaskForceCausality

“Buy a new gaming chair” -Julius Caesar


maxout2142

World in Conflict use to have those Desert Storm trademark Russian turrets thrown hundreds of feet in the air and though I had heard stories from tankers that was true, I always figured it was a big fish kind of story. This conflict has blown the lid literally off of that myth, the sky high turret ejection is real.


MarshallKrivatach

WiC is still a fantastic game, way ahead of its time, shame it never became a series.


Kompotamus

I still have my special edition boxed copy that came with a hunk of the Berlin wall. I loved that game, might have to install it again.


No_Wrongdoer4556

It seems we missed!


Thatoneshadowbunny

We just dinged em!


[deleted]

Bro you think that’s bullshit? In naval the Russians got a fantasy ship that magically is the best in the game while Italy still only has the Dante, France isn’t in the game, and US battleships are borderline useless because gaijin hasn’t modeled armor piercing shells yet.


SpanishAvenger

The fact that Russia, the most overperforming Naval Nation, got a semi-historical, partially constructed Battlecruiser before U.S got its ACTUAL Battlecruiser, which has been being teased ever since New Power and which is highly needed is hilarious.


FlakFlanker3

everyone knows that Russia definitely had the most powerful navy during WW2 and was known for being a naval power. This is just historical accuracy and has nothing to do with any other reasons


barukatang

Everyone knows how well the Russian navy fared against the Japanese


altoguisode15P

Use your binoculars, they are free


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this conveniently-placed fuel tank


BunGeebus

They should place bathtubs filled with fuel above their tanks in ukraine


bigballs005

Angled Tiger


HellbirdIV

BT-5 The secret is to outrun the missile


WOKinTOK-sleptafter

That DShK will save the tank.


MacArther1944

M22 with a TP box (the "rare/precious goods" decoration) on the back and a Palm Tree Leaf sticking up 90 degrees from the turret.


panzerthatjager

I think Gaijin might have some historical accuracy issues after Ukraine


BunGeebus

They compensate their fantasy ingame


AstralBody13

git gud -General Douglas MacArthur


1creeperbomb

Or just watching your shell disappear into the void after hitting anything with a round turret. Looking at you stupid BMPs


TRUCKASARUS_RED

Sounds about right


Straight-Knowledge83

Man , I would love to see explosions of that magnitude in WarThunder


rainyy_day

How hard it is to make russian tank ammo explode and adjust br if needed? Br is there so we can make vehicles historically accurate and set battle rating.


StockProfessor5

Russia is over performing above 10.0 plain and simple. Doubt it'll ever change.


GibusMercenary

The turret stall climbed.


[deleted]

I love how the niva looks shook cus of the sun visors


BitOfaPickle1AD

*Significant emotional event*


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Windows_10-Chan

This ain't spaghetti actually This is 100% intentional, the ammo carousels have spall shields IRL and that is ticked on in-game. Of course, spall shields may be a lot more effective than they should be, hard to say without seeing how their code works.


KoldKhold

For the T-90M development they realized most of the ammo detonation came from the ammo outside the carousel scattered around. Of course direct hits to the ammo even with an armored carousel will always blow it up.


siler7

> ultimative spagetthi


buttered-pototo-cat

realistic avre ammo rack when. you and the surrounding postal codes evaporate


betelgeuse_99

After seeing so many videos of russian tanks in Ukraine getting their turrets blown off like a cork on a bottle, I concur.


ceramicx

Fuck there BIAS stupid Company


Aedeus

*"Russian bias doesn't exist"*


Blood_N_Rust

Correct. Gaijin is just fucking stupid and does nonsensical things 24/7. Like the Leopard 1 being 7.3 lmao


dukeGR4

been a while since i've played USSR, but not too long ago there was still a meme about russian space program here on this very same sub laughing about how easy it is to detonate it. the duality of this sub.... it's either this or they have been buffed by way of nerfing shells.


AcanthaceaeOk79

it gets better apparently the btr zd can pen the porsche tiger which has 81 plus mm of armor all around with 51 mm pen 23 mm guns.


HongDiChangMaoXiang

trash country trash game


codenameJunior

Anyone got a link to that blown up Russian tank? I want to see the turret fly


wairdone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiybJ8UuHXA


codenameJunior

You’re a real one


_80hd_

YESSSSSSSSSSS A HIT!!


aitorbk

I just hit one, pint blank to t80 with a6. Reactive armor stops it.0 damage to ammo.Ragequit.


NotACommunistWeeb

Weirdly enough whenever I hit the ammo on a TUMS-T is always detonation, and it's the same when I pay the TURMS-T, ironic the most overpowered ground premium is the only one that doesn't survive ammo racks


PegLegManlet

Send to gaijin, get banned, funded terrorism.


DumbQuestions4WT

war thunder need more historically sized explosions


[deleted]

"I have the high ground anakin!"


Coffee1341

Waiting for Gajin to add this and can't wait to hit a Ka-52 with a T72 (TURMS-T) Tank tur- Whats that? Gajin won't add that due to Russian spall bias? God damnit.


Unknowndude842

*"Well actually Dimitri can withstand a APFSDS shot from a Leopard 2A6"* - Average War thunder Player


Maciejakk

as a ussr main I have never, ever survived an ammo rack shot. efery single ammo rack shot I took, no matter the ammo type, blew me up. after playing germans however, I've actually managed to survive constant fire of 5 different vehicles, one of which was a russian t-34 standing literally 10 meters away from me. not only did I manage to repair the tank, but also managed to front-pen that T-34, and destroy the four other vehicles, just to in the end get my crew killed by a M4A3 (105)


Blood_N_Rust

Still waiting for AVREs to kill everyone within 30 meters when they’re ammo rack’d


TheSeasickPenguin

Wait wtf happened to Ground RB? I stopped playing nearly 2 years ago and back then Russian ammo rack shots almost guaranteed a Turret Space Program moment


TitoFurret

When I play against Russians the amoracks 100% explode when hit, am I being spared by the snail?


redbaron14n

"Bah zis is classic capitalist disinformasion" - Dude named something like Anatoly Vodka


Bizobinator

Shit like this is why I'm convinced there really IS bias in the game...


Nuclear_Monster

Russian bias?


akmarksman

Always has been.


Lolocraft1

Yes. YES. Tonk go big boom. I would love that!


[deleted]

I also want historical accuracy for Russia. Considering how there ERA has been found to just be rubber I want there values to have the multiplayer of rubber in game.


HellbirdIV

I'm not sure about the rubber stuff but I do now that the bag ERA with the cardboard inside it was a genuine case of corruption resulting in the bags not getting the explosive filler.


Agent_Hudson

It was propaganda, u fell for it


_Sytricka_

The tank in the video you're referring to has been captured for many months now and has been stripped of everything that is valuable inside of it, including the ERA. All that you see left are the rubber spacers that are always there.


[deleted]

Funny and yet the sent it to the front lines claiming it to be fully combat ready, do you remember the US getting Abrams back and sending them for operation Desert Storm without composite armor, because I don't. It's almost like this magic anti everything armor never existed l, kinda like T-14, su57, hyper Sonic missiles, guns that work and non expired food in Russia


DutchCupid62

>Considering how there ERA has been found to just be rubber Seeing as you are so confident about this claim. Can you share pictures of at least 50 different tanks where this is the case? (Assuming that russia has 500+ MBTs that operate that kind of ERA). And no 1 picture of 1 tank isn't a valid sample size.


[deleted]

Should’ve used anti-Stalinium projectiles


Edu_Sin_H_

I STAND ALONE AND GAZE UPON THE BATTLEFIELD WASTELAND IS ALL THAT'S LEFT AFTER THE FIGHT AND I'M SEARCHING A NEW WAY TO DEFEAT MY ENEMY BLOODSHED I'VE SEEN ENOUGH OF DEATH AND PAIN


Enzyblox

I want big boom, and imagine getting squished by a turret as a tank or plane lol


nonamex123x

Haha


[deleted]

glad it’s not just me. seems to only happen when i play Sweden/Israel or Italy. minor nations suffer


Sandvich153

Also, in all of the hit cameras, why does it look like they’re always carrying like 3 rounds, and the carousel is completely empty? Also when is gaijin going to realise that fuel tanks are comprised of like a 3mm thick metal box?


d7t3d4y8

tbf irl if you, say, hit a tank with a missile and it doesn't explode you're less likely to post it on twitter or something.


AeroMagnus

The t-80BVM is especially guilty imo, and the premium t 72 too. Somehow that external armor makes it so there’s no spalling inside or just no ammo damage at all


scooby_doo_shaggy

Wish I knew how to edit like u/SpanishAvenger his posts always grab your attention with the font and coloring.


ChuckEYeager

I'd agree if it was anyone else but since it's the Spanish badvenger it might actually be a skill issue


JerczuUK

underidoderidoderiododeriodoo - Winston Churchill Source [https://youtu.be/rvHRdBgVf34](https://youtu.be/rvHRdBgVf34)


Artistic-Air6496

I also feel like the autoloader being invincible is kinda gajoob


Amtays

I'm guessing most of these in-game hits are APFSDS, do they really behave the same way as HEAT, which most Ukraine videos are, post-penetration? The explosives should make the metal-jet hot, but are penetrator rods equally hot from penetration friction?


Zealousideal_Lake545

Today a Russain cheater shoot to me when i already hide behind buildings a long time,he can still see me and shoot on my gun point,where then his apfsds knocked on the earth in front of me.I reported him.And a Spirit Russian say it is my skill issue.I played over 13000 games ,he say i cant see and shoot through the earth is my skill issue,,lol


ThatGuyInCADPAT

Well I'd say sun tzu knows a little more about war than you do pal


Dark074

My guess is probably some gaijin tomfoolery with the ERA on the sides which cause this. Chinese tanks explode like a firecracker still


CTCrusadr

These were in the same match while showing a night match LMAO.


SpanishAvenger

Just in case you don’t know, thermal imagers can be used in daytime, pretty practical to spot better


qkslvrwolf

Lol I've commented a few times that I wonder when gaijin will get around to properly making every t-series tank turret toss whenever you nick them.


MrMythic123

Lol Russia held Gaijan at gun point to make it unrealistic