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| 4s | The Shooting Range |
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| 8s | Hello, friends! It seems like our last anniversary was only yesterday, |
| 12s | but today we’re celebrating a new one: this is episode 400 of The Shooting Range! |
| 19s | We’re grateful to you for staying with us all these years, |
| 22s | and we extend our welcome to anyone who’s joined recently! |
| 25s | It’s hard to remember everything we’ve gone through |
| 27s | and everything we’ve seen together. |
| 29s | One thing’s for sure: there’s many more adventures to come! |
| 33s | Make yourselves comfortable and enjoy! |
| 36s | In this episode: |
| 37s | Pages of History: Invisible Ace over the Mediterranean |
| 42s | Special: Sensor View in Replays |
| 45s | And Metal Beasts: British Saboteur |
| 56s | We’re happy to continue talking about the new vehicles of this spring. |
| 60s | Today’s highlight is a machine that doesn’t really give away its value all at once. |
| 64s | It’s an armored wheeler that will never pass as a priority target, |
| 68s | but in fact, it’s full of surprises. |
| 70s | The name is the FV721 Fox. |
| 78s | The first thing you should consider here is the size. |
| 81s | It’s only four meters long and half as tall and wide. |
| 84s | For military vehicles, that’s almost baby size. |
| 88s | But in the game, it means this wheeler can hide in the most unexpected places |
| 92s | and squeeze into nooks that regular tanks won’t even look at. |
| 95s | And sometimes this Fox can magically turn invisible right in the middle of a field! |
| 100s | You need to pretend that you’re decor to pull this off, though, |
| 103s | and avoid moving until the enemy passes. |
| 109s | Speaking of moving... |
| 110s | To enjoy the full potential of a small size, you need mobility. |
| 114s | And this Brit delivers! |
| 116s | Its rear houses an engine with almost 200 hp. |
| 119s | It’s enough to propel this six-ton machine to 99 km/h. |
| 124s | By no means a record since the game offers much faster vehicles, |
| 127s | but few can match the Fox’s acceleration! |
| 130s | Another nice surprise is a transmission |
| 132s | that allows it to move equally fast both forward and in reverse. |
| 140s | Now, what do we need for a perfect set? That’s right, some firepower! |
| 145s | But that’s where this wheeler can’t really boast much. |
| 148s | It’s armed with a 30-mm autocannon |
| 150s | that offers a great depression angle reaching 14 degrees. |
| 153s | But don’t focus on the ‘auto’ part of this cannon. |
| 156s | Its rate of fire is only 80 shots per minute. |
| 159s | On the plus side, it compensates for this |
| 162s | meager number with the quality of its shells. |
| 165s | Shell number one is semi-armor-piercing incendiary. |
| 169s | It only offers enough penetration for light vehicles, |
| 172s | but its good damage means you won’t have to spend much time on them. |
| 175s | The second shell is the complete opposite. |
| 178s | A discarding sabot round can even pierce the sides of heavy tanks, |
| 181s | but it has no explosives inside, of course. |
| 184s | Should you encounter a heavy target, you’ll need to circle around it |
| 188s | and keep on poking it full of holes until it runs out of crew |
| 191s | or gives up in frustration. |
| 195s | The Fox offers a perfect set of traits for a saboteur |
| 198s | pushing the most pro-active gameplay strategies. |
| 201s | It can help you discover numerous new positions, |
| 204s | most of them being on the enemy side of the map, |
| 206s | learn the internal layouts of all kinds of enemy vehicles, |
| 209s | and, of course, master the vanishing act! |
| 212s | All you need to do is put out some smoke and push the pedal to the metal, |
| 216s | which you can even do in reverse gear. |
| 218s | And when your enemy decides you quit on them, |
| 220s | come back and resume poking their armor with your ‘autocannon’. |
| 224s | Their patience usually runs out before your ammo does! |
| 237s | Here it is, that Spitfire that downs enemies with no shots fired! |
| 241s | It left the formation out of arrogance |
| 243s | and began a frontal attack on the leading Folgore |
| 246s | piloted by Furio Niclot Doglio. |
| 249s | His wingman, Ennio Tarantola, later remembered |
| 252s | that time froze for him at that moment, |
| 254s | and fragments of intel and reports started to make sense... |
| 258s | In May and June of 1942, |
| 260s | the Italians downed at least a dozen Spitfires over Malta. |
| 264s | But then, a mysterious new pilot appeared, |
| 267s | and the enemies around them started exploding or falling apart mid-air, |
| 271s | seemingly with no external force applied. |
| 273s | Bombers, recons, fighters... None could escape them. |
| 277s | They would always send someone down to the ground, basically every day. |
| 281s | A bounty was put out, but their Spitfire would face them head-on every time, |
| 286s | after which an Italian or a German fighter would blow up because... |
| 290s | “Dodge, Furio!” Tarantola shouted, |
| 292s | his mind suddenly pierced with a terrifying realization, |
| 295s | and attempted to dodge himself. |
| 297s | A hit, a hot flush of pain in the arm, |
| 299s | air whooshing in through the shattered canopy. |
| 302s | It was a single bullet, and an indirect hit. |
| 305s | The leader’s fighter, however, never had the time to realize what was going on |
| 309s | and exploded into a huge cloud of tiny debris. |
| 312s | Wounded, Tarantola could not continue the battle, |
| 316s | so he turned his Folgore towards Sicily and began a high-speed descent. |
| 320s | He was shaken by the death of his commander and friend |
| 323s | and shared a discovery with his comrades. |
| 325s | That Spitfire pilot wasn’t just an excellent flier and a fantastic sniper. |
| 330s | They never used tracers! |
| 332s | That’s why no one could understand why Italian aircraft |
| 334s | were exploding mid-air left and right! |
| 337s | But now that the mystery has been uncovered, |
| 339s | they could be tracked down and taken out. |
| 341s | Besides, intelligence had already identified the pilot: |
| 344s | it was Sergeant George Beurling. |
| 347s | This meant that Tarantola had to head back as soon as his wounds healed. |
| 351s | He simply had to find and defeat that Canadian, and avenge his commander! |
| 356s | On October 11, 1942, Tarantola caught a Spitfire over the Mediterranean. |
| 361s | Unfortunately, it wasn’t the one he wanted. |
| 364s | He even felt a bit awkward shooting at an obviously confused British rookie. |
| 368s | Three days later, an opportunity finally presented itself. |
| 372s | A new massive raid on Malta was planned, |
| 374s | and Tarantola was part of the fighter escort. |
| 377s | More than forty Junkers 88s and SM 79s, almost sixty Messerschmitts and Folgores... |
| 384s | The British would surely scramble an interceptor sortie, |
| 386s | and that would be the best time. |
| 388s | He could recognize Beurling by his reckless flying and sniper fire, |
| 393s | get closer to him, and finish him off! |
| 395s | It almost went according to plan. |
| 397s | The battle was furious: |
| 399s | the British, Italian, and German aircraft formed a giant jumble, |
| 403s | while the radio channels were filled with shouting and curses. |
| 406s | Tarantola shot one Spitfire that lost its guard and flew into the sights, |
| 410s | but generally kept aside trying to spot his main target. |
| 413s | And that became his own undoing. |
| 416s | Another invisible volley came from god knows where, |
| 419s | and four cannons shot through the Folgore’s wings and engine. |
| 423s | Motor oil sprinkled all over his canopy. |
| 425s | The Italian cried out of frustration and again had to flee towards Sicily, |
| 430s | hoping that his engine held long enough. |
| 432s | Who was that unexpected long-range sniper? |
| 435s | A rhetorical question, no doubt... |
| 437s | Tarantola never flew above Malta again: he was transferred to Sardinia. |
| 441s | Still, his opponent was finally hit in that battle, too, probably by a Junkers gunner. |
| 446s | He had to go to hospital with his wounds, never returning to Malta again. |
| 451s | Both pilots had a lot ahead of them, but that’s a story for another time. |
| 471s | Each year, War Thunder introduces new precision weaponry and modern vehicles |
| 475s | armed with all kinds of sensors and targeting systems. |
| 478s | It’s super easy to get lost in all this variety, |
| 481s | so we’d like to help you understand various munitions |
| 483s | and targeting devices on high-ranking vehicles. |
| 486s | We’re also working on making the gameplay more transparent and easier to understand. |
| 491s | One of the latest major additions is a new replay camera mode |
| 494s | that we called Sensor View. |
| 496s | Let’s see how it can help you navigate a past battle. |
| 503s | Turning it on is simple: launch any client or server replay and press ‘Sensor View’. |
| 508s | The entirety of the replay window should now be rendered differently. |
| 512s | The environment is extremely simplified: |
| 514s | ground, water, and sky lose all their beautiful detail |
| 517s | that our artists spent so much time working on. |
| 520s | Yeah, we’d better not show them this... |
| 522s | Well, at least it helps us focus on the most important parts of a battle, |
| 526s | like positions of vehicles and munitions, trajectories, sensor activities, |
| 530s | and many other types of data, |
| 532s | from speeds and distances to available load factors and attack angles. |
| 539s | To improve vehicle and munition visibility over long distances, |
| 543s | this view uses high-contrast markers and special text boxes with bright frames. |
| 548s | But even in this simplified mode, players in close proximity |
| 551s | can have their markers intersect and cover one another. |
| 554s | That’s why we added three groups of filters to help you narrow down your analysis. |
| 559s | The first group allows you to disable markers for vehicles you don’t want to see. |
| 563s | For instance, you can remove markers for your own vehicle, |
| 566s | your allies, or your enemies, as well as all aircraft or ground vehicles. |
| 571s | The second group does the same to sensors. |
| 574s | You can choose groups of players to show radar systems, |
| 577s | optical or laser target designators. |
| 579s | And finally, group three filters out the content of munition data boxes. |
| 587s | Keep in mind that client replays contain less data than server ones. |
| 591s | It’s a way to optimize network traffic for a smoother battle experience. |
| 595s | A client replay can show you the activity of your aircraft’s radar |
| 599s | and the sensors of all enemies locked onto you. |
| 602s | But it won’t be able to show you the sensor activity of all other players, |
| 605s | including your allies. |
| 607s | If you want to analyze the full data on all vehicles, you’ll need a server replay. |
| 612s | It’s easy to find in the game: |
| 614s | go to Community, click on Streams and Replays, |
| 617s | and it’ll open the Replays section of the official War Thunder website. |
| 624s | We hope our players will find Sensor View useful |
| 626s | and use it for detailed analyses of high-tier battles! |
| 630s | We’re committed to improving this tool |
| 632s | in order to make it more convenient and helpful. |
| 634s | Don’t hesitate to leave your feedback! |
| 636s | Meanwhile, it’s time for us to answer some of your questions from the comments… |
| 654s | The first question was sent by a player called rayoflas007: |
| 658s | “What’s the difference between the T32 and the T32E1?” |
| 663s | Hi there! The only difference is frontal armor: the E1 is more reliable. |
| 669s | HARKA asks: |
| 670s | “Why do we lose all the bushes when we change camos? |
| 673s | It’s so annoying, can you fix that?” |
| 676s | Hello, Harka! You can use an option titled ‘Link camouflage decor layout’. |
| 680s | It’ll help you transfer all the decor to another camo, including bushes. |
| 686s | Another question comes from Leipä: |
| 688s | “Which Saab 105 is the best?” |
| 691s | Hey Leipä! It’s the G version, hands down. |
| 695s | It has a ballistic computer that improves the accuracy of all weaponry. |
| 700s | Haekal writes: |
| 701s | “I have a suggestion about the game, where can I express the suggestion?” |
| 706s | Hello, Haekal! The best way is to leave it on our official forum. |
| 710s | This is where your suggestions have the highest chance of being spotted. |
| 715s | And the last comment for today was written by Tom Wang: |
| 718s | “Can we expect better performing shells for top-tier French tanks? |
| 721s | They’re severely underperforming compared to other nations” |
| 726s | Hi Tom! French shells are a bit inferior to some of their classmates, |
| 730s | but they’re still good enough for damaging targets. |
| 732s | By the way, we’ve recently improved the rate of fire on the Leclerc tanks |
| 736s | to buff their performance. |
| 738s | It should have a major effect considering they have autoloaders. |
| 742s | That’s it for today. You’ve been watching the Shooting Range by Gaijin Entertainment, |
| 746s | and the next episode will premier the following Sunday |
| 749s | at 4 PM GMT or noon Eastern time. |
| 752s | Subscribe and click the bell if you don’t want to miss our next videos. |
| 755s | Don’t forget to tell us what you think of Sensor View, |
| 758s | leave a like, share your thoughts and comments... |
| 760s | and see you next week! |