• 4 months ago
Today we take our first look at some of the new vehicles of the Patch 1.43 Dev Server, mainly focusing on the new aircraft.

Apologies if the video seems a bit rushed, the Dev Server was only open for a limited time and some of the footage frankly wasn't up to scratch, but will try and bring more footage when I can.

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Transcript
00:00Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of War Thunder.
00:03Um, this is the dev server finally, um, I had a lot of troubles getting into the last one,
00:08basically had to download some files, a lot of people were having trouble,
00:12dev server was announced as cancelled, but then opened anyway, and it closed midway through me
00:17doing the video for it, so um, because I only found out at the last second it hadn't actually
00:21closed. I'd actually, actually did a power, how long video of this, um, just, literally just
00:27finished, but it was just so long-winded, I've just scrapped it all, I'm just redoing it, um,
00:32just gonna, you know, cut all the unnecessary stuff, just focus on, you know, the important
00:36stuff like the planes. Um, we'll start off with the R2Y2, um, KAI, KAI-V1. It's technically a
00:45jet bomber, but um, four 30mm cannons, and only one bomb. An 800kg bomb, but still only one bomb.
00:52Um, I can tell this being used as more of a ground attack aircraft slash
00:56heavy fighter, or fighter, um, speed 538mph, and there are four, um, sorry, three of these,
01:06all doing about 538mph, all with very slight differences. P1 has underwing, um, engines.
01:14V2, um, I can't test fly these, because unfortunately I haven't unlocked them yet,
01:19um, you know, tier 5s, but V2, um, two engines at the back, same weaponry as far as I can tell,
01:28and the V3, um, which looks, oddly enough, like a MiG, um, I don't know if it's just me,
01:35but um, it looks a bit like a MiG-15, if it'll load up. Yeah, looks a bit like a MiG for me.
01:43Uh, very capable aircraft by the looks of it, and it'll definitely be a big boost for Japan in the
01:49higher tiers. Um, we've also got the Kitsuka, unfortunately again, can't test fly it, I
01:55probably won't test fly any of the aircraft really, because um, like I said the last,
01:59I did this video before, and it actually wound up for over an hour long. Now, um,
02:04538mph, so about the same as the KAIs, only one 30mm cannon, but it can upgrade to two,
02:12like the G6 can. So I think that'll be, yeah, I don't know if this'll be much good of an aircraft.
02:18It's based on the Me 262, but it wasn't as good as, if I remember, um, so, and only two 30mm
02:26cannons, so, yeah, it'd be a welcome boost to Japan, but I don't think this is going to be
02:30that great an aircraft. Also got the J7W1, anyone who's played, um, Battle Station specific will
02:38probably know about this. Um, you actually unlocked it really early on in the game, um,
02:43it was weird, because you could, um, after the third mission, if you replayed Pearl Harbor,
02:47you could swap the zeroes out for these, and, yeah, it looked very weird seeing these, um,
02:52flying over Pearl Harbor. Um, 393mph, top speed, four 30mm cannons, so, again, this'll be quite
03:00good for Japan's top tier prop planes, um, they've definitely needed something like that.
03:06The A6M5's been moved down, which is good, because it probably shouldn't have been tier
03:11four anyway. Bad, because now I, I'm not in tier four. I'd, um, one aircraft unlocked in tier
03:19four, a G5N1, and the A6M, I was, yeah, the A6M5 was going to be my tier four, other tier four,
03:28but, um, yeah. But on the bright side, it's been folded in with the A6M5 Otsu, so, um,
03:35won't have to bother researching that. Japan also got, um, premium B-17A, and it got the
03:43Ki-43-1, um, trying to get the modifications. Now, interestingly, you can swap out the machine
03:51guns. You can either have two 7.7mm, one 7.7mm, and a 12.7mm, or just two 12.7mm.
04:01So, it's good they're giving us a lot more options with regards to armaments. You saw it
04:05in the Kika as well, or was it Kitsuka? Kitsuka, sorry. Um, they did label it Kika in some of the
04:11development notes. Um, 306 miles an hour is the top speed. Um, we got the Ki, yeah,
04:17you got the Ki-27. I'm just checking the, well, 43 can't take bombs, I don't think.
04:24Ki-27, wow, clicking the wrong place. Two 7.7mm machine guns, and a top speed of 308 miles an
04:33hour. Um, let me just check over the Kitsuka and J-7W-1 again.
04:40Ah, so the Kitsuka can take 800kg bombs as well. So, yeah, sort of double up as a fighter
04:46bomber if you need to. Uh, J-7W-1 can take four 60kg bombs, um, so pretty useless. And the B-17A,
04:57now we were told it would get Japanese bombs, but it seems to have American bombs,
05:00I don't know if that's a placeholder or something, but, yeah, that's rather
05:06annoying. I was hoping it would get the, you know, Japanese bombs like they said. Um,
05:10there was a lot of controversy over the B-17, because all the premiums seemed to be basically
05:14lend, lease, or captured aircraft. But, what can you do? And, moving on to the British,
05:20got the Venom FV4. 534 miles per hour at sea level, can carry 8 rockets and 2 500lb bombs,
05:31or 2 1000lb bombs, or 2 500lb bombs and 8 rockets. Um, it's not loading up in a minute,
05:39but it slows it down by like 140 miles with the rockets and bombs, and, um, 160 with the 2000lb
05:45bombs. Um, can't swap out its cannon, um, gets four 20mm cannons. So, that'd be good for the
05:53British top tiers. The one before it, the Vampire FV5, well they're both about the same speed,
06:00although the stat cards are misleading from what I understand. Also got the Canberra B-Mark II,
06:07the first British jet bomber in the game. 537 miles per hour at 6,000 meters,
06:14can carry up to 6,000lb bombs, either 6 1,000lb bombs, or 1 4,000lb bomb and 2 1,000lb bombs.
06:23It's a very nice looking jet. But, um, quickly moving on to the,
06:30well moving on to the Lancaster B-Mark III, um, this is what we've got in the game at the moment.
06:37But, it's got the .250 caliber weapons in a new turret at the back, rather than the 4 7.7. Um,
06:47I don't know why it was changed, there was a lot of complaints I think. But, main difference,
06:5314 1,000lb bombs, 2 250lb bombs, 6 1,000lb bombs, and a 1 4,000lb bomb. Um, yeah. It's going to
07:08cause a lot of complaints if they don't up the base hit points. Um, oh god, that's going to
07:14cause a lot of problems. Got the Lancaster Mark I, B-Mark I, um, I don't know if it's a bit slower,
07:21must be, I think it was the main production model, but, um, yeah it's a bit slower. But,
07:25this has basically got the same armament as what we have now. Um, same bomb loadout from what I can
07:31tell. Just bring up the preview so we can have a little look at it. Yeah, pretty much looks the
07:39same as the normal one I think, or the Mark III. Um, I'm trying to remember what else Britain got,
07:45um, and, um, Catalina Mark IV, I forgot about that. Um, same as the American one, um,
07:53I think 3 12.7mm machine gun to the, I don't know if it's got extra gun turrets, or,
08:00well I must be imagining things I think actually. Um, I think it's pretty much the same as the
08:04American one, you know, slenderly. Four 1,000lb bombs could cause a few problems in the lower
08:09tiers, although Catalinas in general used to be quite a problem in lower tiers when the game first
08:14came out, but, um, that was all fixed thankfully. Now Russia, um, got their R-28 here, probably the
08:22main, you know, aircraft brought in for them. Two 23mm cannons at the front, and a turret with two
08:2923mm cannons, and 537mph speed. This is probably going to be superior to the Canberra, um, in some
08:37ways, because obviously it can defend itself, and attack, and it has a decent bomb load, um,
08:43but also just a Canberra. A 3,000kg bomb, could be used for taking out bases quickly, diving in,
08:50dropping its bomb load, handing off any fighters, shooting down any that get in the way. There's the
08:56turret, looks kind of similar to the B-17's turret, um, only a bit different scale. Yeah,
09:04it could cause a few problems. Um, what else did Russia get? The AK-9, 359mph, 120mm cannon,
09:13two 12.7mm, sorry, and the AK-1, 359mph, 120mm cannon, two 7.62mm machine guns,
09:25and an I-16 Type 5. Seems about the same as the other ones, just only two machine guns.
09:32Also got the P-47D-27, the Lend-Lease aircraft again, but, um, pretty much the same as the
09:38American ones, um, I believe. Um, yeah, the D-28, um, I haven't unlocked it myself,
09:44or I haven't got it myself, but, um, seems pretty much the same, as far as I can tell.
09:51D-27, oh, the American one's D-28, so, maybe some slight differences, but, um,
09:56yeah, it shouldn't be anything too major. Um, just click it, see if there's
10:02information on it. No, they haven't added any. See if we get the bomb load.
10:09Oh, it gets an okay bomb load. Not the best in the world, but, okay enough, I suppose.
10:16Let's, um, 2500kg, yeah, that's probably an okay bomb load, I suppose. No, I mean,
10:23it's probably just the pounds, but converted into kilos or something.
10:28And we've got the Germans here. Now the plane everyone's been looking, well, waiting for,
10:32the Halton 229 V3. Two 30mm cannons, and 538mph top speed. And this panel that's open for some
10:42reason. I noticed this when I was actually recording the oven video, I don't know if
10:46they're all in certain states of maintenance, or being repaired, or something. Because there
10:51was a few, like, little openings and stuff that just didn't look right. But, yeah,
11:00I've heard this has quite slow acceleration. I can't actually test it, because I haven't
11:03got tier 5 aircraft, of course, but it could cause a few problems in the higher tiers,
11:08I could say, possibly. Well, you know, not problems, but, you know, give the Germans
11:12a bit of an advantage. Now the only other normal aircraft Germany got was the Bocke-Wulf 190 A4.
11:21405mph max speed, four 20mm cannons, and two machine guns. The 20mm cannons are different
11:29ones. One's 151, one's an FFM, I think. One might have the mine slot. Let me try and...
11:40Yeah, one has the mine slot. Oh, they both have it. I don't know, what's the difference then?
11:45One has more ammo, maybe fires faster, I don't know. Check the Horton 229 again, actually.
11:52Can't carry any bombs, I was wondering if it could. Obviously it can't. Does the Bocke-Wulf
11:58190 A4 carry any? Nope. The only other aircraft Germany got was the Yak-1B. We'll just preview
12:05it for the, you know, so you can see the skin. Which is pretty nice, although I'd have kept
12:10the star for some reason. I'd have tried to rub it out, but not succeeded, hopefully. That's a bit
12:15of a silhouette, or indent, or something. The F-109 G2 with the Romanian livery, or camouflage.
12:26And a little writing on the side. And what else was it? It was a Tempest Mark V, which
12:34also caused a bit of an outlaw on the forums, because a few people were saying,
12:38oh, it wasn't captured. And a lot of people were just in the way that all the premiums
12:42are basically captured aircraft, or Mendeleevs. But most of the hate was for the Japanese B-17.
12:49We've also got the Americans. Now, where's the F7F1, that's what I was looking for.
12:59I did test fly this in my other video, but like I said, I'm going to try and keep this short.
13:03Four 20mm cannons, and four .50 caliber machine guns. And it can carry a 1000lb bomb,
13:12and two 500lb bombs. And it goes 423mph. Faster than the J7W1, if I can find it.
13:24Yeah, there's probably going to be a lot of complaints about that.
13:28Yeah, that's going to be the new Bowfighter of the High Tiers, I can tell. Except it'll be
13:32maneuverable, and, well, probably be maneuverable, and, you know, fast. Very fast.
13:40The other main aircraft America got was the B-57A, which is basically a Canberra. It's
13:46basically got the same bomb load, just with, it can't take the 4000lb bomb, so it's just stuck
13:52the 4000lb bomb, so it's just stuck with the two bomb loads. Which I suppose is okay.
13:59I think it's the same speed and everything, just sort of different camouflage, really.
14:06What was it, the premiums it got? It got the Ki-61B. I believe this is the late version,
14:12because, like I said, there was a bit of, well, probably one complained about it,
14:17because I don't think, it was called Ki-B-late or something.
14:24Sorry, I've just realised I've looked at the completely wrong aircraft, sorry about that.
14:29It was the Ki-43-2B, 2, that was called the 2-late. It's not called that on here for some
14:35reason, but, yeah, that's the captured Japanese aircraft. It's obviously the rising sun circles
14:44in it. Now, what was the other aircraft they captured? I've got to be double sure this time.
14:50The 190A-8. I'll actually check the patch notes this time. So, yeah, another captured premium.
15:02I am a bit disappointed that they're mostly premiums. Premiums are mostly captured aircraft.
15:07Especially when the Germans, well, they have the A-8. Oh yeah, they do have the A-8. It's
15:12a bit disappointing that they have to do all captured aircraft, especially for Japan. I don't
15:18know why they're getting a B-17 when Germany doesn't even have a heavy bomber. Well, they
15:23carry good bombs, but they don't, you know, no four-engine aircraft. Japan has two, and then
15:28they still get a B-17. It just seems a little ridiculous. I'm not really going to go into too
15:36much detail about the tanks. They've had some self-propelled anti-aircraft guns added. I will
15:42talk about the armor module that's been added. So, basically, you put the arrow over a certain
15:54point, and it tells you its thickness, the armor, the angle, and what its effective thickness is.
16:00So, here, 250 millimeters, but effective thickness is 260. And x-ray shows you where all the
16:10different modules are. Radiator, fuel tanks, transmission, ammo rack, or ammo. Now, I'm not
16:17going to go into too much detail about the Germans, like I said. Oh, Marder 3, Stug 3G,
16:24Panzer 4J, Panzer 3J, they're the ones I remember off the top of my head. This premium,
16:30self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, KV-1B, probably a few others. Panzer 2H, which has a 50 millimeter
16:37gun. And Russians. I will look at one Russian aircraft tank. I'll show you in a minute. The
16:46other ones I got, T-54, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. I don't think they really got any other ones
16:52other than that, I could be wrong. But here's the one I'm looking forward to. It's the only one I'll
16:57test drive, actually. The T-35. Top speed, 17 miles an hour. But it has two 45 millimeter cannons,
17:09a 76 millimeter cannon, and two machine guns, when they're added into the game. Let's show x-ray.
17:15And one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, bloody crewmen. Oh, Jesus.
17:24Yeah, this is the only one I'll test drive, just because it just looks so hilarious.
17:30I test drove it in the other video that I was doing. It is, well, slow. It was actually
17:39rather annoying. I hated it. Well, well moving anyway. When I've tried firing,
17:47firing a broadside, yes I will call it a broadside, because frankly, with that many guns,
17:51it probably qualifies more as a battleship than a tank. If you fire them all at the same time,
17:58you're probably not going to hit the bloody target, because obviously,
18:03they're all a bit out from each other, and different calibers, different muzzle velocities.
18:12I'm just trying to zoom in.
18:16I'm reloading my different guns by mistake, sorry about that.
18:21I'm just going to quickly check my controls. Sorry about that, it seems when I actually
18:25paused the controls to get through the controls, I accidentally ended the video.
18:31Yeah, basically, long story short, it's not really working. There's a premium in this tank anyway,
18:38so I won't really need the controls set up, but one last try at doing it.
18:44Right, I think I've finally done it, possibly. Right, now let's see if we can get this working.
18:53Has the gun slowly turned to the target? Commander shouted, fire! Okay.
19:03And the smoke cleared, and he gave an order for another round of fire. Oh, no he didn't,
19:10because he stupidly forgot the right button for the secondary weapon was attached to the
19:17zoom in button. So, after pausing the video and redoing it,
19:23let's make sure we're zoomed in. Main gun, ready,
19:31and yeah, I just give up at this. It's obviously broken, well not actually aimed,
19:38that might explain some of the problem. Right, I'm probably going to have to cut out most of this.
19:46Oh, that's a bit better. Still completely pointless, since they're completely off target,
19:50but maybe this will have a use afterwards, the War Thunder version of the TOG-2, except
19:57completely unarmoured and completely useless. Yeah, that's probably going to take up more of
20:02the videos than the actual reviews. A lot of other stuff, there's a race I did in my last video,
20:07I might add that in at the end of this. Other stuff, got the hangar, it's sort of a mix of
20:13the what we had before, because it used to be inside the hangar, which did look a bit different.
20:21Obviously now we're outside the hangar, and they got rid of the old runway, so a mix of the old
20:26and the new. I kind of preferred the runway, I mean this one just looks like it's a road,
20:30it doesn't look like it can take a flight plane barely. Got new interface events,
20:36you know, like the race, Skies for Heroes, all that sort of stuff. Play with friends,
20:42and all that. I should mention this server's profile is a bit behind, like you can see,
20:50it's level 34 here, I'm actually level 35 on the live server. Because when you go on friends,
20:56that one was empty, whereas I've actually added a few since then, since level 34.
21:03Got some new missions, Norwegian Campaign and Spanish Civil War. Might have got some other
21:08missions, but I can't see them when I've looked through. What else is there to add? Oh, very
21:16important addition, go to the Yacht 9T. Golden Eagles are now done proportionally, even if you
21:23had one point to go, you'd have to spend the whole cost of Golden Eagles. Now, half of it's
21:33done, so we only spend half the Golden Eagles on it, so definitely a welcome addition if you ask
21:38me. Oh, I've got stuff to add into this, quickly show the race between now and the end. Alright,
21:47so, quickly get rid of the bombs and rockets, to battle. I don't know if we can shoot other
21:53aircraft. Keep my ammo on stealth, just in case. Race starts in 8, 6, there was only 5 of us.
22:05Oh, we've already stopped. Bloody hell. Why is it going back? Come on. Oh, I've gone the wrong way.
22:21Oh dear. Still, I didn't crash. No, but I just missed the checkpoint for a second time. Oh,
22:28great. 154 checkpoints, please tell me that's a joke.
22:32Tell me that's a very, very, very cruel joke. Or, tell me that's something someone set up anyway.
22:42Oh, maybe I can... Oh, I still technically made it. Yeah, you can tell I'm not very good at this.
22:52What? I have to pay eagles to bloody join the match again?
22:55Oh, bloody. Oh, God. Ah! Come on. We can make it. Oh, God. Come on. Through the gaps. Oh,
23:15Jesus. We're 22 seconds behind everyone. But, we could make it, if we're extremely quick.
23:23Still can't fire. So, we're not going to blow the opposition away that way.
23:30Oh, ah. Oh, that's a lag. I'm not going to do all 154 bloody checkpoints, but yeah, you can see
23:40basically how much, you know, how it works. Sorry it wasn't a particularly good demonstration.
23:46But, yeah, that's how it works basically.
23:53I didn't earn anything, because our mission failed and all that. But, yeah, that's how races work
24:00for the most part, by the looks of it. So, that's the dev server. There are obviously a lot more
24:07changes to the game. I think replays have been changed, flight models and all that.
24:12But, I'll leave a link to the preliminary 1.43 patch notes, the updated versions.
24:17But, obviously, this is just dealing with the dev server really, you know, the noticeable changes.
24:24So, well, thank you for watching. I hope you enjoyed this rather haphazard and rushed video.
24:30Like I said, the dev server is only open for a few hours, so I like to rush this all through.
24:36But, yeah, thank you for watching. I hope you enjoyed it. Like the video if you liked it.
24:40Subscribe if you like these sort of videos. Leave feedback. I could always do with more feedback.
24:44And, well, I'll see you next time. Thank you for watching.

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