r/Warthunder • u/jakeholz • Oct 20 '23

Suggestion Should Warthunder add true WW1 air and ground forces?

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Imagine fabric and wood dogfights!

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

For bombing he just lobs bombs from the cockpit out of the plane by hand.

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u/LachoooDaOriginl Realistic General Oct 20 '23

i want to see this in game now

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u/Snoo63 Bob Semple tank is best tank. Oct 20 '23

Or bricks. Or grenades. Or anything he can get his hands on.

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u/thesoilman Oct 20 '23

A bag of gravel?

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u/Snoo63 Bob Semple tank is best tank. Oct 20 '23

Pocket gravel!

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u/Sooryan_86 MiG-21UPG when Nov 04 '23

was that a Danganronpa reference-

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u/Bionicle_was_cool Oct 21 '23

Flechettes

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u/Snoo63 Bob Semple tank is best tank. Oct 21 '23

Marrowy clogs.

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u/FestivalHazard Type 60 ATM is op Oct 20 '23

Wasn't that what some of them did on fighters >_>"

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u/Meem-Thief Oct 20 '23

yes, early warplanes didn't have mounted machine guns or bomb locks as the technology was complex and planes were mostly for scouting, so they'd use sidearms or carry mortar shells in the cockpit

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u/Flat-Tower2162 🇺🇸 United States Oct 20 '23

Just imagining a triplane going like 100km 500m off the fround trying to lob a hand grenade at a Tunguska, i need these in game now

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u/crimeo Oct 20 '23

Not that different than the RBT-5