Back in the day, JU-87Gs were everywhere all the time. Saw them easily every other match at minimum, and they actually turned exceptionally well. Now that reminds me how 37mms were all the rage those days.
You're pretty much always at an advantage when it comes to head-on attacks (and firepower in general) when your aircraft is armed with MG151's. Who thought it was a good idea to buff memeshells even more in Project X?
@@Anastunsia Yeah the C variant was for the more "normal" combat altitudes, hence the shorter wing. You don't need as much lifting surface there and it rolls better.
262s are easy to head-on, Mk 108 can't fire much further than 500 meters, so if you start firing 800-1000 meter away and then pull off, you're good to go. It's especially easy with Brownings since they perform well 1000 meters away.
I was expecting a 10 second video of just the entire german air tree. I was disappointed to not see the do335b, d5 stuka, bf110g, bf109s after the f4, do217 j1 at 2.3 now. I play germany and im scared of Germany.
The fw-190 family I don’t want to mess with them they are fast with lots of offensive armament and ok turning nope nope nope not going anywhere near that plane very scary to come across
There is a non written rule in this game: everytime you have a new vehicle or a SL Booster over 100% you know that you are dead before you can hit anything.
Bronz Trooper I sometimes head on them but I make sure to maneuver to where they can’t get all their guns on me and fire at their pilot or engines. Edit: I do this because I don’t want to deal with the B-25s back gunners when trying to set up for an engagement.
Fuckin hilarious, I have that too. A buddy just got the Italian plane with the 105mm gun in it and the second game he flew in it in (he has lots of expertise with other "big gun" aircraft, esp the PBJ) he straight up one shotted a fleeing p38. Deadass he shot once, missed, then clapped the guy clean with the second round. Like much anything hit with a 105mm shell, the poor guy fuckin disintegrated
@@yeetyateyote5570 planes hit by big cannons are amazing. They just fold into themselves then dissapear into their own fireball. Pro tip: when you can see the *front* of the tank's turret, get the hell out of there they are *pissed* and now have all their MGs pointed at you, plus a big gun. I know this by numerous brainlets trying to strafe out my M4A3 (105) in Stuka b and r models. Seriously people the amount of pilots who think they can take a ground target on head on is nuts. Maybe, and this is a very big MAYBE, you can take on a truck or something with pretty exposed crew *and* who has already missed plenty of shots and has shown themselves to be a bad marksman. Honestly if you can't see the back or side of a ground target's turret, you're doing it wrong. You are a fragile, easy to damage flying thing and they are a sturdy(ish), hard(er) to damage ground thing that doesn't have to worry about speed, or pulling up, or having fuel to return to base, cause it's a ground vehicle. Just, attack from somewhere they aren't looking and aren't expecting, or from almost directly above where it's really hard to elevate in time and hit you. Apperently I can really go on a rant about how people don't know how to attack ground targets in planes....
Gaijin. You now really need to get the S.O. 8000 Narval back in the store. Since you are showing it of like this! I missed the opertunity to get it before it was removed😥
Hurricane. It may have 7.7s but it can pack a punch. And the 20mm version is even more dangerous. And lets not forget the P-38 and the mighty Bf-110, all 4 variants are a force to reckon with.
For lower tiers Don't engage the bf 110 head-on! 4 MGS and 2 20mm cannons with (Minengeschoße) Minengesoße rounds is instant death. Edit: correction of my minen sauce
@@maxace1078 tiers don't matter for squadron research, it's based on you and your squadron's activity. And I'm now at 78k RP from it so I should be getting it in...12 days, if my squadron mates are active
The fw-190 family I don’t want to mess with them they are fast with lots of offensive armament and ok turning nope nope nope not going anywhere near that plane very scary to come across
*A21s and J21s* - not just cannons, but also devastating 13.2mm MGs. I don't like how they fly, but man, those guns. *SM.91 and SM.92* - 6 20mm cannons and 3 20mm + 4 .50 cal MGs respecitvely... if you don't know where to shoot to kill the pilot quickly, you'll die. *P-61* - 4 20 mm cannon s and 4 .50 cal in the turret, that'll gladly join the action even in head on fight. Need I say more? *FW190s* - pretty much all of them, but A8 and F8 especially. German canons are the meta of this game, pretty much.
Well... Actually really only 6, until the p-47 which takes it up to 8. Then there's the multi-engined things like the pbj, but everybody has a meme plane with all of the guns ever made.
Don't know about what other people have experienced but the I get out of head-ons flying the P-47s quite often with a victory or at least a draw. Use tracer ammo, don't install the upgrade for the guns and start shooting when the enemy is at 1.6km. Works surprisingly reliably.
Yes every one can outmaneuver u without any problems and only6 50cal ?U must be joking me u don't have the quantity or caliber to be on this list(or maybe just under those mentioned)
Yeah, it is kind of a joke. Wing mounted guns mean convergence, so if you face with forward firing plane, like a FW190 or SM.91 for instance, they can kill you while you'll miss them entirely, assuming they know how to aim from 1km or further.
I had to stop the video from laughing too hard when they were talking about the Narval. Literally everything you said was wrong, the only correct thing was that it goes fast lol
Also, this may sound strange, but i think the B-34 deserves to be mentioned, because, even though it's offensive armament is not the most numerous, nor the most damaging at its br, It is center mounted and pretty accurate, and will easily set enemy light fighters on fire, or snipe engines and pilots. The B-34 is also pretty tanky at its br, just avoid engaging cannon armed aircraft, unless its a zero, It will burn to ashes in a single good burst, even at long range
You've forgotten one of the most dangerous in head-ons, the IL-2. Autocannons will tear you up while you will struggle against the sturdiness and stalinium armor of the IL-2.
Forgot about the potez 631, it’s a BR 2.0 with 2 20mms and 6 7.7mms that shred even spitfires and it has 2 engines that take forever to die, also has a turret on the back that kills any low BR biplanes trying to out turn you
Ta 154 is the best head-on fighter in the game imo, not only are its guns center mounted and very good, but the cockpit also has pretty good protection.
I only have low rank planes but P40E-1 has killed me many times in head on and I have done the same with my own P40E-1. It is one of my favorite fighters, certain Spitfires are really good in head on too. The Stukka's with the cannons are good as long as you have the ammo, not a plane I generally have success with though. 40 odd second reload, low ammo, slow turning, slow climb, did I mention slow? etc etc etc.
I’ve had a lot of success with the J-21 in head ons. It has very tightly clustered 20mm and 13.7mm guns on its nose that can shred from pretty far away. The stealth belt is really good at AP too.
I learned not to fight the F-82 head on the hard way. I remember it well, as if it was only yesterday. I was flying along with my TA 154 I bought during a sale because it was 50% off, I saw an F-82 after having downed 2 B-17s and since I thought it was some sort of experimental jet fighter they scrapped in favour of the F-86, I thought "I still have ammo, why not?" When I got closer, I saw it wasn't a jet at all, but a twin engine propellor plane. Since those are usually easy to dive on, I still thought "why not?" Then it turned around, we engaged head on, my computer lagged for a but when he started firing and that's when I thought "oh. That's not good. That is very not good." When my computer unfroze again, I was on fire, missing both my wings, my tail, my pilot and basically everything else and also pretty dead. Now I only engage those from behind when I engage them, but I've been playing the USAAF more to get that plane, I want that power too, y'know what I mean? I also discovered the A-36 apache, which can carry up to 10 M2 Brownings, so I now nickname it the baby F-82
missed the BF110 G2, things a beast at 3.7 with those 4 20mm and 2 30mm cannons, tears the skys of 3.7 apart, and can even do head ons with jets, and live the tell the tale
In the following months of me grinding my time out on War Thunder as Japan, Germany, US, and France, I've found that engaging with the Swedish J21s is basically asking to be destroyed. I played with the Zeroes alot now and I've been smoked so hard by these J21s that I took a couple days of War Thunder. Even random players in my game agreed that they're overly OP. The J21 has everything that a zero has but more, extreme armaments', agility, speed, and probably more armor. Now I've kind of have that fear for the J21s so I try to ignore them or take them out before they become problematic.
J7W1 has 4 30mm cannons in the nose and rear mounted engine, meaning it can take a shot to the front without the engine dying. Still, its somewhat overtiered at 6.0, it should be 5.7 or 5.3
Lonely, scared, vulnerable JU-87D... easy prey... wait, it's turning TOWARDS me... wait, what are those pods suspended underneath it's wings????
Once time this happened to me too kkkkkk. Never underestimate a stuka.
You underestimated my dakka murican.
Now face your 6 20mm doom
Back in the day, JU-87Gs were everywhere all the time. Saw them easily every other match at minimum, and they actually turned exceptionally well. Now that reminds me how 37mms were all the rage those days.
Call an ambulance, but NOT FOR ME!
Stuka ace (in one battle) here: don't ignore a damned stuka d-5!!!
Me: Going back to base after successful bombing
Interceptors: No
Naicr
BV238: *Bombs base*
*P-61 WoLd LiKe To KNoW YoUr LoCAtIoN*
As it should be
Me: spawning as british bomber
The Do: I'm about to end this man's whole career
The Me 264 has no problem though
“They told us the German is scared of frontal attacks. They lied...”
german auto cannon op af
You're pretty much always at an advantage when it comes to head-on attacks (and firepower in general) when your aircraft is armed with MG151's. Who thought it was a good idea to buff memeshells even more in Project X?
That should be the Japanese...
It’s from a movie.
Ula~la~~~~~
War Thunder: The German TA-T152-C Is A HIGH Altitude Aircraft
Also, War Thunder: **Flies It At Like 2 cm Off The Ground
WhackyWhatever hehe lol!
And to add to that, the H variants were the only High altitude versions.
@@Anastunsia Yeah the C variant was for the more "normal" combat altitudes, hence the shorter wing.
You don't need as much lifting surface there and it rolls better.
I thought that to
@@Anastunsia Yeah, it's best altitude is around 3500-4000m
Me: flies at 5000m comfortably near a BV 238
BV 238: so anyways I started blasting
By covering the enemy's vision using thick barrage made by 20mm cannons, the enemy will lose sight on us. (correct)
luckyly i had my pieces
Yes
@@challenger2205 TEST. THE. THESIS!
It’s tactical discombobulation of the enemy via light show.
The ground.....Every time I engage it head on, I lose. Just something about solid mass of earth you can't avoid, that is what scares me.
I know, they fr need to Nerf the earth.
The ground is too op
This has to be one of the best comments I’ve seen in a while😂. And the other replies too😂
A-36 Apache at 3.0 with 10 50. cals: Am i a joke to you?
JU 87 D-5 with six 20mm mg 151s: Am i a joke to you?
SM.91 has 6x 20 mm, too
@@FriedrichHerschel sm91 is also at a much higher br. Theres also the do217 j1 at 2.7 with 4 20s and 4 7.92s.
i like to use that in naval battles, that many guns tears the gun boats to shreds
@@subject204ghost3 yeah, but that thing barely flies, at least the climb rate is just miserable
Almost all german heavy fighters.
BF 110 G-2 with cannon pods is good.
@@yaboikarl1692 no, the Stuka with 12 7.62mms or 6 20mms is Google
@@mr_confuse both are good
Or tier1 Do217 with 4 20mm and 4 7.92 mm
@@mr_confuse Google?
You forgot the PO 2.... One should never headon that thing
yeah it might fall apart just by looking at it
@@buck9200 YOU DARE INSULT THE POWER OF MIGHTY 2-OP.
@@buck9200 Yeah the F-94 literally stalled and crashed just by looking at it
Oath brother
Once you pass it, the rear gunner will pilotsnipe you.
2020 and people still head on 262's
I always win. I’m also shooting 2 km out and running away
262s are easy to head-on, Mk 108 can't fire much further than 500 meters, so if you start firing 800-1000 meter away and then pull off, you're good to go. It's especially easy with Brownings since they perform well 1000 meters away.
Elias yeap been killed like that in the 262 quite a few times
Laughs in f89D
MK 108's are not MG151's. You can reliably evade in something like a Shooting Star.
Never head on the swordfish. That single MG can open the fourth dimension
Wait till you find out about the hampden
64th like
Just imagine a 40KG block of metal hitting your aircraft every second.
Welcome to life
@@Dynamite___Harry Welcome to death*
At Mach 3
@@rubbers3 True
Plus exposions
1:50
"It's a high altitude interceptor"
*Flies at extreme low altitude*
The H variant is the high altiude one anyway, the C was for mid-low
@@xiphosura413 Exactly what i thought...
Fnollo they don’t know their own game....smh
PO-2, Never Engage it, EVER.
We all know why
The 2 OP is a beast
To fast
Snivy Films Yeah its too fast anyway so you can’t even engage it
Snivy Films you beat me to it
F for that poor F-94
"which aircraft you wouldn't engage in head on" *SHOWING F-89D*
Well, the F89D should never be engaged. Better run away from it... If you can outrun it.
Commanderss2 nothing at its br can outrun it lol
I was expecting a 10 second video of just the entire german air tree.
I was disappointed to not see the do335b, d5 stuka, bf110g, bf109s after the f4, do217 j1 at 2.3 now. I play germany and im scared of Germany.
Try tier 3-4 Italian aircraft
Fully modified Ju 87 D-5 chicken race against a fully modified Ju 87 D-5
A true horror moment
The fw-190 family I don’t want to mess with them they are fast with lots of offensive armament and ok turning nope nope nope not going anywhere near that plane very scary to come across
Yeah, Germany is scary.
But the F 89 D is...worse.
Much, much worse.
@@marougarkovic3765 specially fw 190 a-4, thoose guns destroy everything
the po2 is a plane never to be approached at from the front. the sight of it alone insight fear into the enemy, god forbid they chase after it
P-51H:Engages Me 262
Me-262/a1-u1: ÝəŞ
Take an MG151 and install it in any airframe, and suddenly frontal attacks become a good idea!
Except in Pyörremyrsky. No bulletbroof glass.
Want to know the most deadly thing to fly with? Teammates. Every time I get a new plane they kamikaze me the second I spawn...
There is a non written rule in this game: everytime you have a new vehicle or a SL Booster over 100% you know that you are dead before you can hit anything.
Do Russian tanks count as aircraft cause I tried a head on with one.
I'll spare you the details of what happened next
No, do tell.
Bruh
Was it a T34-85?
Not even the Phantom can hide from the OTOMATIC
Yesterday I shot down a Stuka with my IS-2 tank cannon head on.
Never go head on with a PBJ-1H, I've had someone say I was hacking in all chat after I nailed his canopy with the 75mm
The other PBJ isn't a good idea to head-on either due to all of the nose-mounted .50 cals. Same with the B-25s
Bronz Trooper I sometimes head on them but I make sure to maneuver to where they can’t get all their guns on me and fire at their pilot or engines.
Edit: I do this because I don’t want to deal with the B-25s back gunners when trying to set up for an engagement.
Fuckin hilarious, I have that too. A buddy just got the Italian plane with the 105mm gun in it and the second game he flew in it in (he has lots of expertise with other "big gun" aircraft, esp the PBJ) he straight up one shotted a fleeing p38. Deadass he shot once, missed, then clapped the guy clean with the second round. Like much anything hit with a 105mm shell, the poor guy fuckin disintegrated
same experience with me
@@yeetyateyote5570 planes hit by big cannons are amazing. They just fold into themselves then dissapear into their own fireball. Pro tip: when you can see the *front* of the tank's turret, get the hell out of there they are *pissed* and now have all their MGs pointed at you, plus a big gun. I know this by numerous brainlets trying to strafe out my M4A3 (105) in Stuka b and r models. Seriously people the amount of pilots who think they can take a ground target on head on is nuts. Maybe, and this is a very big MAYBE, you can take on a truck or something with pretty exposed crew *and* who has already missed plenty of shots and has shown themselves to be a bad marksman. Honestly if you can't see the back or side of a ground target's turret, you're doing it wrong. You are a fragile, easy to damage flying thing and they are a sturdy(ish), hard(er) to damage ground thing that doesn't have to worry about speed, or pulling up, or having fuel to return to base, cause it's a ground vehicle. Just, attack from somewhere they aren't looking and aren't expecting, or from almost directly above where it's really hard to elevate in time and hit you.
Apperently I can really go on a rant about how people don't know how to attack ground targets in planes....
Fw 190 s in general are underestimated in headons 99% of the time
I started playing one of them and bald Americans are always trying to head-on with me.
The really forgot the A-5/U12 with gunpods. Or the F-8 with MK103s
The Bf 109 too
I allready killd lots of P-47s and P-61s because they underestimated my guns and my ammo
Well, the bf 110 g-2 with the 4x20 mm and the 2x30 mm with minengeschosse can quickly delete any fighter head on, and they are center mounted.
SM-91 with 1800 rounds with 6x MG 151's at 3.7
Hold my Beer:
facts how did they not include it
Even the G55-G56 with their 3 20mm cannon are beasts
You forgot some of the best, Ta-154, later FW-190 A's with 4x20mm and HE-219 for example
Phantom is best at mowing down everything in sight
Not even in the sights
Well Im sorry to say that, but my MiG-19PT took like 10 shots into fuselage or wings and I was able to shoot that F-4 down
The Phantom guns are actually quite bad
Me : J-21 I'll end you.
J-21: Come to papa.
Lesson: Forget about headon with this things
Jup i despise that thing
never go head on with a hurricane Mk IIB/Trop, if the pilot knows how to play with it, your pilot is no more thanks to the 12 guns.
Shhh, you'll spoil the surprise!
The spit can’t land without tail control
Well... Not when you sit in german plane... :D
the P-47 and IL-2 are the scariest things to go up against in a head on, especially if the attacker knows how to aim rockets
J7W1 that thing loaded with tracers is scary
Better yet, the recent addition of the J6K1 event plane. Flies like a zero, with better armament than a P-47, at only 6.0.
I fear no man, but that thing.
*insert image of PO-2*
It scares me.
There should be Ju 87 D-5 Stuka with 12x 7,92 mm machine guns that thing is really dangerous to head on
Don't forget the Hurricane IIB/Trop at BR 2.0, also armed with 12x 7.7mm Browning MGs.
@@DarkTau yeah only 12 7.62s. The d5 stuka has 12 7.92s with 2 extra 20mms with a ton of ammo.
@@subject204ghost3 And is a full 1.3 BR higher because of it.
@@DarkTau its not any less scary because of that though.
@@subject204ghost3 Neither is the Hurricane. You don't want to go head on with either of them if you're in something at their BRs of 2.0 or 3.3.
Good job Gaijin, you had to advertise the F89D in the end. #RemoveF89D!
I never engage head on unless I'm flying a swordfish, a free kill has to be taken.
I’m surprised you guys didn’t put the Javelin in this list.
J29D is the beast of head-ons. Significantly higher one-second burst mass than the Hunter, but still .3 BR lower
Just a reminder that committing to a headon in the first place is a bad idea... just shoot at 1.2km and pull off at 1 km.
Gaijin. You now really need to get the S.O. 8000 Narval back in the store. Since you are showing it of like this! I missed the opertunity to get it before it was removed😥
Hurricane. It may have 7.7s but it can pack a punch. And the 20mm version is even more dangerous. And lets not forget the P-38 and the mighty Bf-110, all 4 variants are a force to reckon with.
J7w1: *am I a joke to you*
fun fact: at tier 2.3 or 2.7, literally never engage a he 112 B-0. those things are deadly.
First rule of dogfighting: Never let the enemy on you 6 o clock.
If it happens, risk tearing your plane in a dive
@@Sh4d0wAntrax1TTV you're probably gonna be okay if you're in an American or Germa plane
And 1 plane you just never fight: Any spitfire
No need for a list, every Tier 4 German & Italian fighter is a headon master
For lower tiers Don't engage the bf 110 head-on! 4 MGS and 2 20mm cannons with (Minengeschoße) Minengesoße rounds is instant death.
Edit: correction of my minen sauce
@@Ghostmaxi1337 OOF I see it now. XD
Minengeschoße is almost always instant death
Narrator: you can get this 262 from being part of a squadron
Me: hmmmm an understatement so great it should be a grammatical error
Same with the m901. Been researching that thing since it came out... Still not even close to 1/2 done researching it.....
Tank, Combat, Full Tracked, 120mm Gun M1A2 what tier are you at?
@@maxace1078 tiers don't matter for squadron research, it's based on you and your squadron's activity. And I'm now at 78k RP from it so I should be getting it in...12 days, if my squadron mates are active
Never attack a Bf 110 or a ju-87 unless you want to get blown to pieces
literally, every single Swedish aviation is no head on
especially at BR 3.0
The Hurricane Mk IIB/Trop with 12 7.7mm vicker machine guns at 2.0 BR: Amateurs.
2:53
My face seeing a me262 attacking me in the front
Agree
J21A from Sweden is extremly deadly when you attack head ob
FIX REPAIR COST!
“Its really ****in’ simple, I wouldn’t recommend shooting at me, cuz you’re gun goes pew pew, but my ****in’ gun goes” *Brrrrr**
I would have said to never engage a Yak-9T head-on, but then I remembered this isn't real life...
forgot about the Swift f7? those firestreak missiles work wonders in a headon and from very long range.
The legendary, the God of plane, the killer of jets. The po2.
He219-A7, the same armament as the Me262A1U1, two Mk103, two Mk108 and two MG151, totally 15.38 kg/s
The whole FW-190 lineup:
Am I a joke to you
The fw-190 family I don’t want to mess with them they are fast with lots of offensive armament and ok turning nope nope nope not going anywhere near that plane very scary to come across
*A21s and J21s* - not just cannons, but also devastating 13.2mm MGs. I don't like how they fly, but man, those guns.
*SM.91 and SM.92* - 6 20mm cannons and 3 20mm + 4 .50 cal MGs respecitvely... if you don't know where to shoot to kill the pilot quickly, you'll die.
*P-61* - 4 20 mm cannon
s and 4 .50 cal in the turret, that'll gladly join the action even in head on fight. Need I say more?
*FW190s* - pretty much all of them, but A8 and F8 especially. German canons are the meta of this game, pretty much.
Oh, totally forgot about *G55s!* And *C.205!* And *Re.2005!* And *G56!*
can we get a permanent EC RB battle going on ??
i need this!
Everyone: Double Mustang
Me: MusMus TangTang
3:10 There's something wrong looking at this....Me-262 attacking a modern helicopter...
Sekrit Documents. Those helicopters made the push on Berlin.
War thunder: How many machine guns do you want
America: YES
Well... Actually really only 6, until the p-47 which takes it up to 8. Then there's the multi-engined things like the pbj, but everybody has a meme plane with all of the guns ever made.
Can you do a video "how to engage fight in simulator battle" please.
Press c regularly
Sim doesn't exist as far as Gaijin's video marketing is concerned, go look up one of the many sim RUclipsr's that put up tutorials and tips
1:00 *cries in certain something*
Head on a Ki-83, c'mon, do it. It will laugh, and climb back to 10km while doing so.
unfair example: there's no safe angle to approach a Ki-83
@@spindash64 When it's landing :P
Don't know about what other people have experienced but the I get out of head-ons flying the P-47s quite often with a victory or at least a draw. Use tracer ammo, don't install the upgrade for the guns and start shooting when the enemy is at 1.6km. Works surprisingly reliably.
P-47: M'I a joke to you?
Yes every one can outmaneuver u without any problems and only6 50cal ?U must be joking me u don't have the quantity or caliber to be on this list(or maybe just under those mentioned)
P47s are good but hey depend on convergence so :/
Yeah, it is kind of a joke. Wing mounted guns mean convergence, so if you face with forward firing plane, like a FW190 or SM.91 for instance, they can kill you while you'll miss them entirely, assuming they know how to aim from 1km or further.
@@Zero_2558 8 50 cal*
franc costa gamer sorry my mistake
F-86F-2 them T-160 cannons can throw some serious lead real quick.
Casually uses 14 .50cal machine guns and destroys everyone in existence
iL_2
And
A_36×12mm
I had to stop the video from laughing too hard when they were talking about the Narval. Literally everything you said was wrong, the only correct thing was that it goes fast lol
Also, this may sound strange, but i think the B-34 deserves to be mentioned, because, even though it's offensive armament is not the most numerous, nor the most damaging at its br, It is center mounted and pretty accurate, and will easily set enemy light fighters on fire, or snipe engines and pilots. The B-34 is also pretty tanky at its br, just avoid engaging cannon armed aircraft, unless its a zero, It will burn to ashes in a single good burst, even at long range
You've forgotten one of the most dangerous in head-ons, the IL-2. Autocannons will tear you up while you will struggle against the sturdiness and stalinium armor of the IL-2.
Forgot about the potez 631, it’s a BR 2.0 with 2 20mms and 6 7.7mms that shred even spitfires and it has 2 engines that take forever to die, also has a turret on the back that kills any low BR biplanes trying to out turn you
P-47M-RE:
8x .50 cals
10x HVAR
Steel plates between the pilot and any incoming bullets
Bf 110 G-2 11kg/s burst mass i think, also it's II era
Ta 154 is the best head-on fighter in the game imo, not only are its guns center mounted and very good, but the cockpit also has pretty good protection.
how could you guys forget the J7W1 with 4 30mm cannons, that's deadly up front
Dont forget the twin engine Japanese fighters with YUGE cannons.
I only have low rank planes but P40E-1 has killed me many times in head on and I have done the same with my own P40E-1. It is one of my favorite fighters, certain Spitfires are really good in head on too.
The Stukka's with the cannons are good as long as you have the ammo, not a plane I generally have success with though. 40 odd second reload, low ammo, slow turning, slow climb, did I mention slow? etc etc etc.
I’ve had a lot of success with the J-21 in head ons. It has very tightly clustered 20mm and 13.7mm guns on its nose that can shred from pretty far away. The stealth belt is really good at AP too.
Bf110 G2 with 4 more cannons
Really good armor and accuracy
I learned not to fight the F-82 head on the hard way. I remember it well, as if it was only yesterday. I was flying along with my TA 154 I bought during a sale because it was 50% off, I saw an F-82 after having downed 2 B-17s and since I thought it was some sort of experimental jet fighter they scrapped in favour of the F-86, I thought "I still have ammo, why not?" When I got closer, I saw it wasn't a jet at all, but a twin engine propellor plane. Since those are usually easy to dive on, I still thought "why not?" Then it turned around, we engaged head on, my computer lagged for a but when he started firing and that's when I thought "oh. That's not good. That is very not good." When my computer unfroze again, I was on fire, missing both my wings, my tail, my pilot and basically everything else and also pretty dead. Now I only engage those from behind when I engage them, but I've been playing the USAAF more to get that plane, I want that power too, y'know what I mean? I also discovered the A-36 apache, which can carry up to 10 M2 Brownings, so I now nickname it the baby F-82
Bf 110 is good too
missed the BF110 G2, things a beast at 3.7 with those 4 20mm and 2 30mm cannons, tears the skys of 3.7 apart, and can even do head ons with jets, and live the tell the tale
Add Yugoslavia in the game!
Me: "Oh look, Hs 129 B-2 is flying towards me. Lol, he's slow"
Hs 129 B-2: *blasts me off the sky like nothing*
Never head on a P 40 with AP belts, oh I pity the pilot
In the following months of me grinding my time out on War Thunder as Japan, Germany, US, and France, I've found that engaging with the Swedish J21s is basically asking to be destroyed. I played with the Zeroes alot now and I've been smoked so hard by these J21s that I took a couple days of War Thunder. Even random players in my game agreed that they're overly OP. The J21 has everything that a zero has but more, extreme armaments', agility, speed, and probably more armor. Now I've kind of have that fear for the J21s so I try to ignore them or take them out before they become problematic.
Avoid every Japanese propeller plane head on. They may not have enough firepower or armor, but they could be a kamikaze... which is worse.
Gaijin mentioning the F-82 first in the video.
Meanwhile me: Casually going head on against it in a Fw 190 A-5 and killing it while surviving. :I
I think wing mounted guns are easier to land hits with.
because it covers more area or am i wrong?
i am agreeing with you
@@SebastianBTM yes.
Simple answer to the auction left in the video, none. Head on attacks are indeed risky but usually have a high reward with them if you succeed
*Laughs in SM.91*
I like the Tau skimming the lake but a Phantom with 3 vulcans? What acid trip came up with that 😁
3:48 shoutout to the time the hunter was top tier
6x20mm stuka is a war crime
J7W1 has 4 30mm cannons in the nose and rear mounted engine, meaning it can take a shot to the front without the engine dying. Still, its somewhat overtiered at 6.0, it should be 5.7 or 5.3
I'd like to see the aggressive a10 warthog flying into the game now that is one mean American plane with a lot of firepower for air and land targets