Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support. Combined with a short tail, this creates instability and causes the Pe-8 to wobble when changing directions. Fully loaded with pilot, fuel and armaments, it topped out at more than 17,500 poundsyet was exceptionally fast as a fighter-bomber, achieving a top speed of 426 miles per hour. #2 Air Targets Ammunition (Best for killing aircraft) This news was published on the old version of the website. The G5N1's downfalls are what makes this aircraft very hard to use. Unlike other heavy bombers, the G5N1 can research all of its bomb options right from the start. The name "Big-Guns" reflects the emergence of War Thunder's largest tank, and largest aircraft: the legendary ' German Pz.Kpfw.VIII Maus ' weighing in at a massive 188 tons (the heaviest metal armoured tank) and the iconic American 'B29 Superfortress' strategic bomber, with a wingspan of 43 meters (more than the average, modern airliner). If you do manage to get a hit with the HE shell, 690 grams of TNT will blow even the largest aircraft out of the sky. One HS-129 ace, Rudolf-Heinz Ruffer, was responsible for 80 Soviet tank kills. airline purchased the sole model of the American Douglas DC-4E airliner that was given in 1939 to the Nakajima Company after arriving in Japan, without making this knowledge public, to create the long-range bomber on its basis. What PREMIUM plane has the biggest cannon? #4 Stealth Ammunition (Best for ambushes/experienced players) The Petlyakov Pe-8 was an early design Soviet heavy bomber which debuted in 1936. The large calibre gun, which was derived from the 90 mm 90/53 mod.41, will do significant damage to enemy tanks if it gets a hit. Use your mobility to do so. The defensive armament also has a limited coverage: the dorsal turret cannot fire directly backwards even with the H-shaped tail (because the tail has a small elevation that blocks the firing arc), forcing you to put your nose up to allow it to fire at a chasing enemy. The Third tier modifications should start off with the Engine, then unlock the Wings repair. However by the time of the Battle of Britain, the gull winged dive-bomber proved to be a sitting duck forRAF Hurricanes and Spitfires. The shells were powerful enough to knock Allied planes from the skies with a single blast. But the older gun suits the AC-130 just fine. This massive weapon was used during World War II in an attempt to destroy the Maginot Line. In the skies high above Germany on November 26, 1943, Major Gabby Gabreski was pushing his Republic P-47 Thunderbolt hard. David Kindy The Piaggio P.108 heavy bomber series were the only strategic bombers to see service with the Italian military during World War II. Looking at the shiny aluminum fuselage of the P-47, its easy to see why World War II pilots relied so much on this aircraft. The Italian four-engined Piaggio P.108A bomber had a 90mm cannon installed in its nose. Try to drop altitude to position the enemy in your dorsal gunner's range. The 152 mm gun required a large turret, which meant that the KV-2 was extremely large and therefore rather heavy. Now, gunships routinely limit flight operations to above the range of shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, about 12,000 feet or higher. However, the initiative fell to naught and was ended in 1957. Kartveli, a Russian immigrant, was one of Americas great aviation designers, Kinney says. Note for new Pe-8 pilots - Since this plane's control surfaces are huge and rotate very slowly, they will have lots of inertia: after you release a keyboard button for rolling, the ailerons will keep deflecting for a second or two before stopping, which is unlike the controls of smaller aircraft where the control surfaces stop deflecting immediately as soon as you release the button. By 1943, the P.108s began to encounter stiff resistance from enemy aircraft and several were lost to British fighters. A 102 mm cannon is installed in its tail cone, one of the largest armaments ever fitted to an aircraft. It was designed to be rugged and became a preeminent fighter of World War II, flying in all major theaters and developing this mythic quality because of its durability.. #12. Air Force gunships typically circle over targets at high altitudes, drawing lazy circles in the sky to keep the side-firing weapons trained on targets below. AC-130W gunship firing its GAU-23/A 30mm cannon at targets on the ground. He flew a total of 266 combat missions and survived both a crash landing and internment in a German POW camp. It fell into German hands and was evaluated by the Luftwaffe at their test center in Rechlin, Germany. with a battle rating of 1.7 (AB), 2.3 (RB), and 3.0 (SB). The 12.7 mm Berezin MGs in the engine nacelle turrets provide extra coverage from behind. AC-130s used to fly lower, but an incident in the 1991 Gulf War saw a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile shoot down Spirit 03, a AC-130H gunship providing fire support to U.S. Marines fighting in the Battle of Khafji. Only 155 were ever built. Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Although the guns could only carry a dozen rounds apiece, with a skilled pilot at the controls the Stuka could pour a lethal volley of tungsten shells onto the the thinly armoured tops of Soviet tanks. Flight article on aircraft gun turrets amongst others; Lone Sentry's Bendix B-17 chin turret manual and . Gabreski was now an ace. Enemy AI attackers can be hunted as they fly very predictably, but will often have potent defensive guns which can snipe your pilot as you pull up behind them. The plane is quite slow and sluggish, even for a heavy bomber, owning to the fact that it was based on a failed Douglas DC-4E experimental airliner. It is recommended to go after vulnerable AI cargo ships and unsuspecting PT boats. Let it be noted that there is a certain terror from seeing a FAB-5000 slam into the ground next to your tank that is not easily replicated elsewhere in War Thunder. Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better, Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher, Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported). It was designed in 1939-41 in the design bureau of Nakajima Aircraft Company, following the Imperial Japanese Navy's 13-Shi specification. This page was last edited on 30 June 2023, at 12:20. The FV4005 holds the distinction of being the single largest cannon available in War Thunder Ground Forces at 183 mm, as well as having a very long single-shell reload with a stock time of 38.9 seconds.Nov 12, 2021, #5 Tracer Ammunition (Best for new players) Be sure to reference text and sources by using , as well as adding them at the end of the article with . 20112023 Gaijin Games Kft. It flies somewhat acceptably compared to other bombers but by strike aircraft standards it is poor. The P.108A serie 2 is your normal P.108, but with a 102 mm anti-shipping gun containing 50 rounds. The machine guns in the nose and the ventral mounts had 7 pan magazines with 97 rounds each for a total of 679 shots, and those in the side mounts had 6 pan magazines with 97 rounds each for a total of 582 shots. The 16-inch gun was first used during World War II and was later replaced by the more powerful 18-inch gun. Has anyone gone into depth with this? Later examples switched to the Piaggio R.XXII engine instead. Featuring a massive airframe and four Mitsubishi MK4B Kasei-12 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled engines, the G5N1 is easily one of the hardest planes to manoeuvre in War Thunder. David Kindy is a former daily correspondent forSmithsonian. The P.108 first flew in late 1939. The aircraft was the brainchild of Alexander Kartveli, lead designer for Seversky Aircraft Corp., predecessor of Republic Aviation. Skins and camouflages for the Pe-8 from live.warthunder.com. The Allies assuming this aircraft to be a bomber, they utilised the name "Liz". The maximum bomb capacity was 4,000 kg. The poor frontal armour will often get the pilot sniped or have its engines and fuel set alight on a low pass. The B-29 "Superfortress" is biggest USA plane in War Thunder One of those known as "Enola Gay", yea is that one who nuked Japan. To drop the bomb accurately, start by setting the bomb fuse to 0s to ensure that the enemy will not get away from the explosion radius, then fly up to an altitude of at least 4,000 m to avoid most of short range AA barrages (around 4,500-5,000 m is a suitable altitude for an accurate and relatively safe drop), select an isolated or a slow target which has few escorts, then approach them. With some luck, you can get knock out multiple targets with a single bomb drop, just like in ground battles. It looked somewhat like an Italian equivalent of the American B-17 Flying Fortress, which itself had been considered for license production in Italy. What is the biggest vehicle in War Thunder? The 40 x 100 kg bombs loadout is suitable for carpet bombing against columns of vehicles and occasionally base bombing while the 4 x 1000 kg bombs loadout is best suited for destroying bases and airfields, and 2 bombs are required to destroy a base. The largest caliber gun that was ever equipped on a destroyer was the 16-inch gun. It was introduced in Update 1.69 "Regia Aeronautica". In fact, the muzzle protruded from the propeller shaft. For this purpose, the Nippon Koku K.K. Ultimately, it is up to the individual to decide what they believe to be the single largest gun. However, the G5N1 has a very low stall speed of just 160 km/h (90 mph) and won't be too hard to land when your flaps are out, as well as decent energy retention in a shallow dive. The Pe-8 is a rank III Soviet heavy bomber with a battle rating of 4.3 (AB/RB) and 5.3 (SB). It was well-regarded for its exceptional diving abilityconsidered crucial by ace pilotsand how it transformed that energy into climbing power to get back into the fight. It has three side-firing weapons, a 25mm Gatling gun, a 40mm Bofors cannon, and a 105mm howitzer, making it easy to see why it is referred to as the Turtle.. All rights reserved. Make sure to watch the long range flak barrages while flying evasively to ensure that they will not hit you, while getting close. Tank Battles in War Thunder have become even more realistic: now, on different types of surfaces, vehicles behave more realistically, reacting to the environment as they would in real life. Or 1x 75mm cannon and 12x .50s, or 1x 37mm cannon, 1x 75mm cannon, and 10x .50s. The G5N1 can be outfitted with the following ordnance: The G5N1 is equipped with several defensive guns: two powerful 20 mm Type 99 cannons mounted on a dorsal and tail turret and 4 x 7.7 mm Type 97 machine guns. You guys forgot the Douglas A-26 Invader. between 16-20x forward facing .50 caliber machine guns, or 1x 37mm cannon and 14x .50s, or 2x 37mm cannons and 10x .50s. The aircraft is a very large target, its size and slow speed mean that enemy tanks have a chance to shoot you down with their coaxial machine guns and even their main cannon. Make sure to fire in bursts as your guns will jam if fired for too long. Bombers (Just know now in 2022 bomber have been nerfed to oblivion) Bombers play an important role in War Thunder with a good majority of missions involving ground targets, they provide the firepower to effectively and efficiently deal with hardened and soft ground targets alike. The cannon in the upper turret had 12 drum magazines with 45 rounds each for a total of 540 shots, and the rear one had 8 drum magazines with 45 rounds each for a total of 360 shots. It is also possible to use the 60 kg bombs but requires a direct hit to destroy a light pillbox. Despite being a strike aircraft, the 102 mm cannon is relatively inaccurate which means the targets that best suit this plane are large stationary targets that the cannon can penetrate and destroy. Many American vehicles like the M24 Chaffee, M4 Sherman, and the M10 GMC have .50 cal machine guns for AA defense. The 105mm gun is even larger than the A-10 Warthogs infamous GAU-8/A Gatling gun, although the GAU-8/A has seven barrels and can fire up to 4,000 rounds per minute. This monster of a bomber was the only four-engine bomber produced by the Soviet Union during World War II. Each of the weapons could fire 650 high-explosive, armour-piercing or incendiary rounds per minute. The G5N1 bomber had four Mitsubishi MK4B Kasei-12 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled engines, with a maximum takeoff power of 1,530 hp and Sumitomo/Hamilton four-bladed, fixed-pitch metal propellers. However, the FAB-5000's practicality ends there. I have made quite a study of the 75MM armed B-25 and can find no reports of it being used as an anti-tank weapon. Nakajima G5N1 "Shinzan" experimental four-engine, long-range, land-based bomber (Allied reporting name: Liz), Navy 13-Shi specification. It was introduced in Update 1.53 "Firestorm" . The 105mm howitzer is by far the largest gun on any combat aircraft today. The P.108A was a curious modification of the P.108B bomber variant developed in late 1942. The resulting aircraft was fairly advanced by the standards of the Italian industry, featuring all-metal construction, electric welding, and remote-control gun turrets on the outer engine nacelles. A number of Axis subs fell prey to these hard hitting Mosquitoes. Since the reloading of the 102 mm cannon is done manually, it will take a relatively long time to reload. Thats correct. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. However, delivering the FAB-5000 to the targets can be a bit tricky as anti-aircraft fire in Naval battles is much more accurate, hard-hitting, and plentiful.