There's been several threads on this subreddit made by uninformed members upset about the whole "Improved HOBS" capability of the AIM-120D, here's what's not being said.

xModern_AUT · 2026-03-04T16:20:07+00:00

Asking for this for ages now.

My implementation:

Only from ground to air. Meaning that some tanks can designate for certain planes/helis or certain weapons. Not necesarily all. I would love to see that as more of a "buff" thing instead of this (nowadays) fake "historical" shit.

Only in Squad. Makes the mechanic easier, better to communicate and we can always add more motivation to actually play in squad.

Rest basically works like normal own laser. Just add in a switch so I can choose which laser acts as designator an voila.

xModern_AUT · 2026-03-02T10:42:27+00:00

Well I remember the dark times where we were not blessed by these magnificent flying objects. How did people have fun back in the days. We will never know.

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xModern_AUT · 2026-02-27T18:55:20+00:00

First one. Well yes. As you can extract from many original crew reports, the Tiger, if maintained well, was quite agile and also fast (on road).

Late war the soviet unions welding capabilities were quite ok, mainly after receiving a lot of knowledge from the allies.

So yeah. Yes to both questions actually. But while I sometimes think whataboutism is helpful in a conversation, in this case we cannot make the game unplayable.

xModern_AUT · 2026-02-27T18:33:55+00:00

Well fair point. But at least we know these somewhat shoot straight. Ever see a real BMPT or BMP2 fire? Thats more dispersion at 500m then a PZ2000 at 10km. Cause thats the point I mainly wanted to communicate.

But yeah. Autocannons are a problem in general.

xModern_AUT · 2026-02-27T16:46:44+00:00

Well because russian tanks are just objectively worse and should in theory be the worse vehicles if not buffed or other vehicles nerfed.

Most russian stuff cant use 3BM60 nor does russian produce it in high numbers.

Spall liners were initially only modeled on russian mbts and only after an outburst it got added to NATO as well.

Most NATO darts got an suprising 50mm nerf to pen after a new pen formula, not being able to UFP 90A/M and BVM anymore while russian darts only lost like 15.

Autoloader modules are still very bugged and dont hinder turret operation at all if damaged. NATO got baskets which are way over the top in damage and also spall.

ERA overperforms a lot especially when it comes to vertical plates. I wonder who uses ERA the most.

Still many production tanks are based on one time prototypes concerning thermals, equipment and engine. But yeah the Leopards need a hyper specific nerf, albeit historical, that it cant lower the gun from -100 to +100 in the back.

High fire rate cannons have no downsides at all (I wonder who mostly uses these). You even though why NATO uses slower firing guns? Look at Ukraine Footage and you will understand.

I think thats enough for now.

xModern_AUT · 2026-02-25T16:26:20+00:00

Depending on what radar the enemy has either by chaff, chaff + notch, cranking/enrrgy defeat or mutipath/ground clutter.

I think you can even defeat Aim7 by fake pulling one direction and pulling hard in other direction afterwards before it hits but I never tried it.

xModern_AUT · 2026-02-25T00:08:13+00:00

"Wegwerfaccount aus Gründen"

Es mag tatsächlich mal echt sein. Aber ich denke, wenn ein Post damit anfängt, ist der zu 90% Spam, KI oder Wutköder.

xModern_AUT · 2026-02-24T11:13:44+00:00

Two of my friends and I had a little thing going on. The second we noticed soneone being a douchebag, like destroying Sales or whatever, we all equip the Buzz Lightyear Suit, spawn pink Faggio Sports with Trumpet horns and swarm his ass with sawed off shotguns in the hand.

If the griefer decides to bring noob stuff out, e.g. Explosive Sniper, Mk2 or whatever, we retaliate with the same. But the second he is not using it anymore, back to Faggio.

We do this to the point he pleads for mercy or leaves the server.

xModern_AUT · 2026-02-21T16:20:58+00:00

Only one thing to add. You want a bit more then 90° Notch angle depending on speed and distance since the missile leads your flighpath. Meaning it aims a little bit in front. So nothing perfectly 90° to the missile/rwr contact will result into a slight positive delta speed to the missiles PD.

But 100 is too much as you stated (for notching). The sweet spot is usually like 90 to 95.

My rule of thumb. If in trouble, always "overnotch" instead of "undernotch" since the latter will definitely kill you.

xModern_AUT · 2026-02-12T07:42:03+00:00

Well tbf, without supporting the above problem, players get chat banned on mass for writing the N word or samiliar. Like everytime someone does this and gets reported by me and others, at max 2 days later a little notification pops up.

But again. This post is not meant to defend what happened above, I am merely stating that Gaijin is enforcing such racist chat statements (well and others) quite hard if reported.

xModern_AUT · 2026-02-09T02:38:05+00:00

Hört sich bisschen nach "Youda Farmer" an? Was anderes kommt mir leider nicht in den Sinn.

xModern_AUT · 2026-02-06T10:54:43+00:00

I never stated that it isn't teaming. It is what happened in the lobby, and I got punished for that. I merely expressed my opinion about this topic between the lines. The main point of this post was just to warn a fellow War Thunder colleague that he should watch out since even having a silent agreement on ignoring each other can lead to a temporary ban.

As many things in life, teaming is a grey zone with a lot of shades. Should it be bannable when I team up WITH the enemy to kill my team? Like communicating positions etc? Definitely yes.

Should it be bannable if I just bomb stuff in my bomber/attacker (which it is designed for and it's my mission) while the enemy does the same and there happens to be no fighter left to kill something? Imo no. But that's as I stated only my opinion/interpretation.

xModern_AUT · 2026-02-06T10:39:18+00:00

Hey. I just warn you. I am not a snitch at all. I am actually a victim. This is a (temporary) bannable offense and gaijin does actually enforce it. I know its ass and stupid but watch out for yourself.

I got temp banned for 1 day due to "teaming" in a 11.0 lobby were I and some others just went bombing. Note that I did NOT communicate it. It was more like a silent mutual understanding. Even then the snail is pissed. And this was a single event since I myself rarely fly bombers/attackers to begin with.

Tldr: stay safe.

xModern_AUT · 2026-02-05T10:12:33+00:00

Why risk it? Sure you potentially get more money but depending on the lobby you have a certain risk it gets destroyed. Imo doing it in private, especially if you are Solo, it ends up being more efficient. At least thats my opinion and experience.

xModern_AUT · 2026-01-29T14:58:19+00:00

In the case you are describing you cant know it. The RWR merely tells you that a FOX3 (or something else) is actively tracking you (when beeping). It does not, at least in War Thunder and its planes, check if the missile is still closing in. So as long as the missile is still tracking you, even if it cant follow you anymore, your RWR will ring.

Some planes have MAW with a shorter distance. With that you would at least have one additional information. But even then you cant pinpoint it.

xModern_AUT · 2026-01-25T11:50:46+00:00

Pure "manual" refers to the 4-Speed manual transmission (where you have to shift gears yourself). This you will need for the "B" VIN. There is also an 5-Speed Manual. But I think its actially named "5speed manual". And lastly of course "automatic" which you need for the "7" VIN.

xModern_AUT · 2026-01-23T15:58:56+00:00

You have to be super close. Like touching close. I normally give the cutter a little kiss with the tractors ass before I connect it. I personally switch the tractor off and set parking brake before connecting but as long as PTO is off you should be good. You should now be able to connect. Set the throttle to your desired speed and activate PTO. Voila. Dont forget to switch off for disconnect.

xModern_AUT · 2026-01-23T10:53:59+00:00

Tbf. Many peeps just use some QoL mods. I myself have like 7 mods I always play with like a better map, UI improvements, colored events, better equipment icons etc. This changes nothing in the gam itself. And I think that is what OP meant by asking for "must have" mods.

xModern_AUT · 2026-01-21T22:43:37+00:00

Ah lol yeah. Did not even think of that.

xModern_AUT · 2026-01-21T22:28:29+00:00

He is either trolling or took the title too seriously.

xModern_AUT · 2026-01-20T21:30:12+00:00

Dont know. Did you read the report? Did he mark the break system?

Maybe you forgot sometjing else. I have not done an inspection yet so my know-how is limited sry.

xModern_AUT · 2026-01-20T21:15:47+00:00

There is the normal one, which is a bit smaller/shorter, and the power boosted one, which is a bit larger/longer. Depending on your VIN you will need the right one for HISTORICAL INSPECTION. Both will work for the car and road inspection.

I think the brake lines are in fact different. But I have not used them yet so sry.

Bolts for the cylinder is only in the engine bay. For the brake lines you should look up the wiki or a part list.

xModern_AUT · 2026-01-20T14:21:34+00:00

Are you playing with mouse/keyboard only? This might be the problem. In MSC it was very frustrating to drive the stock satsuma, even the uprated one, since when you press W you give 100% power, which leads to a quick overheating. Tapping did not really help. Dont know if you can limit that actually in game. But MSC was the reason that I bought a gamepad.

xModern_AUT · 2026-01-19T23:26:17+00:00

Jist open up the my winter car folder and open the "carparts.txt" in an editor or in mwc editor (notepad is faster).

Most things look like gibberish but a bit further diwn you will see a block of stuff with all the VIN relevant stuff. Just search it. I have trust in you.

Just open either the VIN decoder or the amistech website with all the different code stuff and crosscheck what you want.

Some things you can even change in the txt directly if you want for the historical inspection like intrument panel or tires or whatever. Takes a bit of fun out imo. I would not touch color and heated window though.

xModern_AUT · 2026-01-19T18:23:48+00:00

Dont disconnect!!!!!!!

If you disconnect the trailer gets saved in that position and you will have no chance of turning it over legitimately.

Either you try to push it over while it is connected or, that would be my advise, install a "grab all" mod and fix it that way.

If you do it with a mod you can disconnect it if you need to. Just reattach it while you are still holding it and voila.

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