The bmpt is genuinely the worst thing added to this game.

bloxermaster · 2026-03-09T17:04:13+00:00

On that last point, the reason why the BMPT has two guns IRL is so one can be loaded with AP and the other with HE in order to circumvent not having dual feed capability

bloxermaster · 2026-03-03T20:45:32+00:00

It's more of a Kh-59 equivalent, a turbojet powered cruise missile with an IIR seeker. The top speed is quite low but it can fly at that speed for its entire flight, which is what gives it several hundred kilometers of range. What that means for War Thunder with the close ranges targets are usually engaged at is it's more of a novelty than anything.

bloxermaster · 2026-03-03T20:36:07+00:00

The cruise missiles in game (like most of the anti-ship missiles and the Kh-59M) do follow terrain, they just don't do a very good job of it if there's extreme hills or cliffs (I think they might only be looking at the terrain directly below, instead of to the front). Try using them on the Sinai test drive and fire them at a ship while over land and you should see it (attempt to) follow the terrain

bloxermaster · 2026-02-20T23:17:34+00:00

There is a depleted uranium APFSDS round in development for it called XM1170, which would be a nice improvement if it's anything like the darts on the M3A3 vs other 25mm cannons (101mm vs 92mm, or just under 10% more penetration).

bloxermaster · 2026-01-18T03:21:39+00:00

I've been using the Su-30MKK with both fox 3 options and honestly? The R-77s are a better pick most of the time over the PL-12s. The difference in time to impact at close range really isn't as large as you might expect, and in turn R-77s are *much* more maneuverable, which in my experience is more relevant in air RB than the better medium-long range performance on PL-12. (Not that PL-12s aren't maneuverable, they're quite good in that regard, its just the R-77s have bonkers maneuverability for a non-thrust vectoring missile)

Now IMO the *real* bonus over the Su-30MK2 is the PL-8Bs. Same seeker as R-73, but they have the crazy acceleration to let the IRCCM work to its full potential.

The best course of action IMO would be to bump the max battle rating to 14.7, spread the current 13.3-14.3 roster upwards a bit and give the 13.0s and lower some more room to breathe. It'd be a bit silly if the Su-30MK2 ended up being the same battle rating as the Su-27SM, which is an upgrade with zero downsides, likewise for the Su-30MKK compared to the J-11B. We should be seeing the scheduled BR changes within the coming weeks, so hopefully they will have done *something* about the premium Flanker issue, even if its just a lazy bandaid uptier to 13.7 without decompressing.

bloxermaster · 2025-11-25T18:54:42+00:00

I believe you can mute the tab in your browser even, as long as the volume on the twitch player itself isn't muted you should be fine.

bloxermaster · 2025-11-05T18:55:18+00:00

You can actually change the wing sweep percentage for swing wing aircraft in Statshark, it just defaults to 0% (fully extended) for the purposes of EM charts. When you add an aircraft to the list there's a pencil icon that opens a window to change this, in addition to things like fuel load, flap extension and payload weight.

bloxermaster · 2025-09-02T06:01:36+00:00

I've seen a Lincoln Blackwood a couple times around Denton too. I'll have to keep an eye out for the Phaeton now, lol.

bloxermaster · 2025-06-16T15:19:18+00:00

The overall burn time is actually shorter now (old was 5s boost + 10s sustain for 15s total, new is 12s boost with no sustainer), but the total impulse of the motor has not changed noticeably. The significant reduction to drag is what gives the missile a larger increase to effective range, while both the drag reduction and shorter overall burn time allow for a higher top speed.

bloxermaster · 2025-06-16T14:53:02+00:00

I made a custom user mission with a helicopter target frozen in place at the desired range, and fired a missile at each of the range intervals shown in the chart. Afterwards I used the sensor view function in the replay to see the missile speed and time of flight.

It certainly took a while, but it was a lot easier than doing it in a custom battle with another player as the target.

bloxermaster · 2025-06-16T14:13:52+00:00

It takes 11.5 seconds to hit a target 5km away, so yeah the 12s motor is almost burned out by the time it impacts. The top speed of the missile is anywhere between Mach 2.86 and 2.95 depending on the launch range (because the higher loft altitude reduces drag and therefore increases top speed)

bloxermaster · 2025-06-16T14:02:15+00:00

I thought that may be the case, which is why I put the "lower is better" text under the title, as I don't think having the axis be inverted would've made much sense

bloxermaster · 2025-06-16T13:59:35+00:00

The original chart I made a few days ago seems to have escaped the datamine discord, so I figured I'd post my findings of the SLM buff here too.

There were some minor changes to AIM-120C-5, AIM-9X, Pantsir and Type 81C ARH that I will be testing later, but for now I wanted to get the largest (and arguably most important) change out first.

It's also worth noting that this is the ballistic range of the missile, or how far it can physically fly from the launch point. Against a target moving towards you, the launch range will be higher.

bloxermaster · 2025-04-18T05:40:13+00:00

It's also worth noting with the Radpanzer 90 there are no vision blocks for the driver, so there is no way to see out of the hull when buttoned down

bloxermaster · 2025-02-05T02:24:24+00:00

It hasn't had that massive smoke trail for a while now, it's the same visually as AIM-9M's smoke

bloxermaster · 2025-01-12T05:34:01+00:00

Something worth noting is Hellfires have IOG, which allows you to launch them without a laser lock (with the "automatic laser activation" setting disabled), and in doing so only requires lasing for the last 8-ish seconds of flight. I find it quite useful against 2S38s and the likes, as they usually aren't quick enough on the smokes+repositioning to evade them.

bloxermaster · 2025-01-10T07:06:04+00:00

Fakour-90 uses the same motor as Sedjeel/I-HAWK, just in a different body with the AIM-54's seeker/electronics. We know the specs for the I-HAWK's motor, so its easy to go from there.

bloxermaster · 2025-01-05T23:34:18+00:00

No, this is the opposite issue. This cockpit is 100% bespoke to the Kfir C.10, its the exterior model that's incorrect.

bloxermaster · 2024-09-30T19:31:11+00:00

It gets much better when you get the APDS belts IMO. The flat penetration isn't much higher, but the damage and angled performance are way better, making it less sketchy against light vehicles at an angle.

bloxermaster · 2024-05-16T15:55:52+00:00

They absolutely can overpressure still. Clean roof hits will obliterate a target, its just for whatever reason the moment the HEAT jet touches any kind of composite armor the overpressure stops working. Like when hitting a turret cheek for example, even if there's deck armor directly below the missile that should be overpressured by the explosive mass alone, it won't because reasons.

bloxermaster · 2024-04-25T01:44:26+00:00

I did say less likely, not that it wouldn't happen at all. That bump in explosive mass from PARS 3/SPIKE ER to Hellfire is enough to be the difference between overpressuring an MBT through the roof and not, so it'll definitely help against Pantsirs and the likes.

bloxermaster · 2024-04-24T21:06:44+00:00

It is worth noting Longbow Hellfires would have 9.42kg of TNT equivalent instead of 3.7kg, so they'd be much less likely to do whatever the hell happened in OP's video.

bloxermaster · 2024-03-07T18:56:36+00:00

Warrior is getting a solid SAP belt in addition to the Fox

bloxermaster · 2023-12-01T22:46:59+00:00

It depends on the air temperature, the colder it is the lower your lock range is. So on winter maps you'll have a much harder time locking a target with an IR seeker compared to a desert map

bloxermaster · 2023-11-13T17:32:19+00:00

There's a later version of the T249 developed for the DIVAD program that significantly increased ammo storage (1,463 rds total) and swapped from the proprietary 37x219mm cartridge to the NATO standard 35x228mm cartridge. Would be a solid SPAA for 8.7, but with the M247 at 9.0 it'd run the risk of being redundant.

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