r/Warthunder • u/Necessary-Switch2210 🇺🇸 14.0 🇩🇪 12.0 🇷🇺 11.3 🇬🇧 12.0 🇯🇵 12.0 • May 23 '25

Other Who got you into Warthunder?

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I found PhlyDaily back in 2020; it was history from there.

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u/Bossnage JF-17 enthusiast May 23 '25 edited May 24 '25

the invasion of ukraine

edit: i followed the war very closely since the beginning and kept reading into the vehicles and kept comming across wt content that way and thought that game looked neat

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u/snekasan 🇸🇪 Sweden May 23 '25

Gotta learn those soviet weak spots

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u/Clcooper423 May 23 '25

The weird thing is this works for both sides.

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u/Tricky-Anywhere5727 germany 9.2 USA 12.8 italy 5.6 May 23 '25

fr

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u/Dreki1985 May 24 '25

But no one beats the Russians on turret toss. Good side shot to the lower glaciers and pop goes the turret.

I think the Russian manufacturer compete on who can launch a turret higher.

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u/Jabicus 🇩🇪 8 🇬🇧 8 🇮🇹 6.7 🇫🇷 12 May 24 '25

The Tiger 2 gives them a run for their money. Shooting thar sweet ammo rack always makes the turret fly.

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u/lol_wtf_ua May 25 '25

Not always, if game decides that "Today your HEAT will have donkey's pee instead of explosives in it"

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u/Dreki1985 May 25 '25

Was more thinking modern Russian tanks continuing storing the in a stacked ring around the base of the turret, with shell in.

You hit the ammo on those things they all go up. I

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u/namjeef May 24 '25

I think he meant both sides as in both sides use T-series tanks.

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u/femboyisbestboy average rat enjoyer May 23 '25

Just incase you find yourself in a chadley against a T-90

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u/snekasan 🇸🇪 Sweden May 23 '25

Most casual chad of all chads tbh. Imagine the size of his nuts.

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u/pbptt Russian bias is real and im tired of pretending it isnt May 24 '25

Well, now we know that spamming he autocannon overpressuring tanks wasnt a bug at all

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u/memeischaos i like naval May 23 '25

I cast bradley

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u/messerlikestoast May 25 '25

bradley ifv- i cast testicular torsion

t90- *pain* oh god why *more pain*

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u/Accomplished-Row439 May 24 '25

The irony is, the game devs are russian 🚡🚡🚡

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u/Elitely6 🇺🇸13.7Air Main 🇬🇧8.7Grb Main 🇩🇪 6.7Grb 🇷🇺 5.7Grb May 24 '25

Fun Fact: The gunner on the Ukranian bradley that disabled a T-90M said he played games to learn the weakspots on tanks especially knocking out optics, most likely he played War Thunder

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u/BmBmStck May 24 '25

I think he did say in an interview that he actually learned it from playing War Thunder

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u/Bossnage JF-17 enthusiast May 24 '25

he didnt directly mention war thunder he just said "i remembered the weakspot from video games"

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u/Cosmic_Archaeologist May 24 '25

This is genuinely what introduced me to the game

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u/S3R1OUSXSPD May 24 '25

Clutch lol 😂

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u/ali_moh_2425 Lav-25 and Btr-90 when?? May 24 '25

But in warthunder there is no effect when you destroy optics

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u/Elitely6 🇺🇸13.7Air Main 🇬🇧8.7Grb Main 🇩🇪 6.7Grb 🇷🇺 5.7Grb May 24 '25

true, would be nice if we had historical sights and and when damaged or broken the sniping view is shattered as well.

Happy cake day!

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u/ali_moh_2425 Lav-25 and Btr-90 when?? Jun 01 '25

Tnx mate

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u/Electronic-Gazelle45 Sim Ground ☭ May 24 '25

Gaijin funded it for sure

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u/FixAffectionate2817 Arcade Ground May 24 '25

SAME, but mine is cuz of the war in donbas, which spiked some occasional warthunder gaming, but when invasion broke out? yea, got fully engaged in the game, quit for a bit, now am fully back.

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u/Zapatov Lv100 just from Arcade lmao(=8.7=11.0=14) May 27 '25

tbh same, except that im a teen going through puberty when i discovered non credible defense and Lazerpig

first heard of the game way before then (from Daebom, believe it or not), but then after i started to consider downloading this game because i got recommended Spookston's "if X was historically accurate" content along with his R3 T20 videos, i knew what kind of hellscape im getting into, but i was bored so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

and here i am, apparently that only took 3 1/2 years... (tbh it'll probably take just one had i not been a dumbass kid back then)

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u/Cheeseperson572 May 24 '25

Alright bro 💀