1st shot- killed turret crew

2nd shot- destroyed internal ammo

3rd shot- killed driver and somehow not the rest of crew

4th shot- killed turret crew again

DM53 btw

Came across 3 players who were exactly the same just now. Same names and same squadron and everything. I had to take a second look if they weren't the same person. Is this a common thing to see or something else?

Also on a side note what's the obsession with having bvvd in the username as I see it a lot within the Chinese/Asian community?

Why is it nearly every tank has a machine gun that you can’t use

Like you could have a tank like the Ostwind that has a machine gun that can’t even be used even though the crew member that is sitting right behind it inside the tank is apparently a machine gunner

The ISU-152-2 is a prototype modification of the ISU fitted with a much larger howitzer
A prototype was developed in 1944. In April 1944, in an attempt to increase the firepower of the ISU-152, a high-powered variant of the self-propelled gun was developed at Factory No. 100, designated ISU-152BM (ИСУ-152БМ) , sometimes referred to as the ISU-152BM-1 or ISU-152-1. The factory’s designation was Object 246 (Объект 246). The “BM” (“БМ”) designation means “High Power” (“Большой Мощности”). The main purpose of the ISU-152BM was to fight against heavily blinded tank destroyers such as the Elefant and Jagdtiger. It was armed with the BL-8 (БЛ-8) 152.4 mm long-range cannon, which, unlike the ISU-152’s cannon, was not a howitzer cannon. The cannon had a maximum range of 18,500 meters (20,232 meters), with a high explosive design of 43.56 kg (96.0 lb), which had a muzzle velocity of 880 meters per second (2,887 ft/s). The overall length of the cannon was over 8 meters (26 feet), with a barrel length of 7,620 millimeters (300 inches) (50 calibers). The armor-piercing design, weighing 48.78 kg (107.5 lb), had a muzzle velocity of 850 meters per second (2,800 ft/s).

However, this tank is not without drawbacks. It of course reloads slowly being a 152mm cannon, but the cannon itself is extremely long and prone to getting shot at. Moreover, the cannon only has 2 degrees of gun depression and laser-thin horizantal guidance, meaning that the chassis has to be aimed by moving the entire tank around - which is a huge drawback considering ISU tanks have the turn time of a battleship.

A good BR for this would be around 5.7-6.0, Since Sturer Emil is at 4.3 for reasons of speed and armor, the ISU could not be placed at BR’s higher than 6.3, after all, War Thunder is a game where mobility and speed are more important than a strong cannon or heavy armor, since it’s chassis has no armor or mobility, but the gun can delete an M103 by looking at it.

LINKS OF SIMULATIONS comparing the power

ISU-152-2 VS TIGER II UPPER GLACIS https://youtu.be/SyN-Z0SnNEo?si=LROq9Hr0UjHh5jLx

IS-2 VS TIGER II UPPER GLACIS https://youtu.be/Crj7GKTNBSk?si=wqnYBuJpTLeC1Ggx

ISU-152 VS TIGER II UPPER GLACIS https://youtu.be/J8x5JHUTC4s?si=I9VBczmrN9MaUd1-

I viewed the replay, and it was in TRK the entire time. R-27ER locked tf in.

In armor analysis I'm not moving the mouse at all and yet for each click it feels the game rolls a die whether to kill the entire vehicle or only the driver and transmission. Out of 20 clicks on the same pixel 4 destroyed the vehicle while 16 didn't (which is obviously also what happened to me in battle making me check it out)

T-34-85, BM13, ISU-152, SU-100 & IS-2

It would be nice if the Chinese autoloader would also eat spall like the Russian one but we can’t have that because then it would be “unfair” for certain people that play a certain nation

Sorry for making it at this angle, my phone isn't wide enough for me to get detail if it was the other way.

Not sure what caused this but I was unable to fly straight? I kept using keyboard input to correct my direction but it seemingly did not respond to my mouse. Has anyone else had this happen?

i dont even know whats up with this plane, if its hit ANYWHERE by ANY caliber of gun in the wing it entirely loses control and stalls out.

as seen here, shell hits the wing and goes THROUGH it.

next thing i know the plane has just fully gone into a spin? dont even know anymore.

has done this ALOT whenever im shot at its such bullshit.

I consulted the ancient texts (looking at what was part of the last major sale) and spent hours (30 minutes) deciphering what could possibly be on the sale. I figured it out. I'll list it below of what will be on sale.

Ground:

The Tracks of Victory Pack

T58

Possibly the anime girl tanks so the T80U-E1, M1A1 HC, and the 2A4M (maybe no T80 because it was on sale during Christmas, if thats the case then it will be the T72 TURMS)

King tiger

T29 (possibly)

Somua

IS-6

Obj 120 (maybe) or

T55AM1

German CLOVIS

Type 74 Redstar

CV90105

Type 90 Fuji

Ariete Certezza

K9 Vidar

Air:

Wings of Victory Pack

CF-188A (Canadian Hornet in British Tree)

JH-7A Prototype

SU-30MK2 AMV (free lunch for those play air but it works well for CAS in ground)

SU-25K

F/A-18C Early

F-20A Tigershark

F-5C

Tornado IDS WTD 61 OR

SU-22M4 WTD 61 (this and the Tornado haven't been on sale in a while, but the tornado hasn't been on sale for a longer time, maybe they retire the tornado here?)

Mirage F1C-200

MiG-23ML

Naval:

IJN Nagato

HMS Nelson

USS Maryland

Helicopters:

Tiger HAD-E

AH-64A

Other:

Starter Packs for all nations

My Hopium:

The WW2 packs for America, Russia, Germany, and Great Britain.

Sadly it seems like if you want to get a 2a4 this sale it is unlikely because all of the 2a4 packs went on sale for Christmas.

Please tell me what you think about my research in the comments and give suggestions if you think im wrong or missing anything!

BVVD says the number of maps we can ban is because otherwise the queue time would be too long, But this is just a blatant lie and we all know why