*War Thunder if you are watching this please for the love of my left nut change this mechanic* Thanks for coming to my ted talk

Flak bus wheels go round and round

All they had to do was make it adjustable with the scroll wheel like range is in Naval. WTF Gaijin?

When fighting other tanks: “HA I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND!” When fighting Russian tanks: “HA I HAVE THE LOW GROUND!”

"BIG SMOKE, IT'S ME!" "CJ??" 0:21

Title: _"ACTUALLY Shooting Down Planes"_ Intro: _shows firing at tanks_ *Seems legit*

This ammo was suppose to intercept allies bombers flying on leveled flight in straight line. Not fighters and ground support aircrafts. But yes it would be nice if you could use some buttons to manually set fuse.

Hey, ply! You are missing an awesome way of using the fuse mechanic to get targets behind cover! First, rangefind the distance to target behind cover by measuring the range to something beside or just in front of the target. Then aim and fire above the target. When the fuse ignites above the target shrapnel will hail down in the very thin upper plates! Test it!!

When it's against Germany it's "balance". When it's for Germany it's "historically accurate"

This mechanic has already been in the game once, and it was so much easier to use. You could set the fuse by using the sight elevation adjustment.

Otomatic: “Finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary” And the thing is, they would actually be in the same team

8:33 proof that the axis side of warthunder is generally nicer than all of the allied players...

5:28 Tom hanks voice mod activated

There are a few ways they could fix/improve it: 1) In Arcade, it automatically adjusts to the plane’s altitude and distance, with no user input. Simply aim and fire. 2) In Realistic, it’s adjusted by increments of 50 meters, either by hand or by the rangefinder. If the latter, the rangefinder will range find within 1 second, if the fuse shell is chosen. 3) In Simulator, it is as painful as it is now, albeit with the shells being user adjustable, rather than relying purely on the rangefinder.

Phly : You saved me, b-but why? Flak bus' : mmm, youtube

1.) make it easier to range find aircraft (the crosshair doesn’t have to be EXACTLY on the target) 2.) allow players to change their fuses manually (e.g. in increments of 100m or 50m)

Aim at a point on the ground, then guestimate when an airplane passes that range... that's about the only way around it.

Make a custom battle where you would use it against strategic bombers as it was supposed to! A lot of Flak buses vs a lot of bombers like B-17 flying in 2km height

0:09 Your Flak wanted to give up, *but it refused*

the "telemeters" would tell the flack batteries what altitude, speed ect.... then the crews bringing the ammunition would set the fuse to the specific time

"You want the variable timed shells? Fine, but we won't actually make sure it can be used in game"

7:23 Nice Shot Phly really brought me down there👍🏼👍🏼😂

Hey phly you gotta remember those where mostly for taking out bomb raids not fast moving fighters, hints the slow moving gun... that’s probably how they tested it, high flying bomber and the 88= easy butter but as always dope video P.S make a custom battle with bombers and some/a Flakk 88 you’ll have a blast... pun intended

Phly: Uses hopes and dreams for the intro Me: INSTANT LIKE

Phly: *gets shot* Also phly: 🤔interesting

By the power of my frying pan, I HAVE THE POWER! H E - M O M ~~

8:40 He sounds like Big Smoke from San Andreas.

0:01 Yes, hopes and dreams, this briefly shows how your hopes and dreams fly by when you get shot in the engine

Well Phly, TIME TO REDO THE B-17 VS PHLAKBUS VIDEO! This time: Properly

That intro filled me with DETERMINATION.

Medium and Heavy Flak guns aren't really designed for engaging ground attack and fighters strafing. They're built specifically for what you mentioned, taking shots at medium and high altitude bombers. But having something like a page up and down or something similar to quickly increase in increments of 25-100 would be much more efficient. And holding another key to bump it to a high increment change.

i love how u used hopes and dreams in your opening. it gave me the feels. if anyone recognized the music he played in his opening is a legend

Exactly what I needed to make my day better love the vids phly keep going strong

I’m sitting here watching ads thanks KZfaq

December 1943, Unteroffizier (Corporal) Kramer belonged to the crew of panzer ace Otto Carius. Following the Axis retreat from Smolensk, Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502(“Heavy Tank Battalion 502”), a Tiger unit, was stationed in north-east Belarus, on the Vitebsk-Nevel Road. Kramer apparently became irritated at the sight of Soviet aircraft streaming overhead, at low levels and decided to elevate his 8.8 cm (“88”) gun at them. While the 88 had originated as a flak gun, panzer crews were seldom equipped with AA ammunition - this meant that Kramer could down an aircraft only with a direct hit. With Carius assisting his aim, Kramer fired at least two shells. The second apparently hit a fighter-bomber on its wing, causing it to crash.

"That's so nice, thank you Malone" REJECTED

Maybe instead of removing it, they should make it to where, when you range-find, it instantly finds the range for you to shoot at.

Just a tiny thing about the Range-finder: You do not need to keep it on Target it always measures the distance at the point you started to measure. During the Time the green bar is filling up it does not update the distance. Helpful in Tank-to-Tank combat since you can hide behind cover while waiting for your measurements. Its just very useless if the enemy is moving...

1:17 who needs Joe Mama when you Have HE-MOM XDDD btw intro saves my day again xDD

that flaktrack rush to save you was gorgeous, god bless those beauties oh and btw, to anybody coming back to this near 2 years later, the flakken is the most survivable vehicle with amazing clearance if you aim along the sides and rear, instead of over the truck cabin

Roses are red phly's profile pic is too The part ur looking for is 16:52

that intro music sure made me feel d e t e r m i n e d

You asked "why do i get away with that"? Cause "no armor is better than too much armor"

Dude, the beginning was amazing

4:45 Hahahahahaha ElTioCueca This can be translated as "the underwear uncle" 😂😂

Flak: *misses * SU85: *sneezes at flak's ammobox * Flak: so anyways i started blasting

This is the 1st time i see other player non squad help one ally. That makes my day.

Here is how the mechanic should be, when aiming at or near an aircraft, fuse should be automatically adjusted and skill of that adjustment should be a crew feature that you can upgrade. So maybe when you target an aircraft it will just be auto with an estimate based on skill with a randomization percentage depending on crew skill

Aww those guys helping a FlakFriend in need. Legends.

0:40 turn on captions

I love you for saying you're trying to appropriate and not caring about it

from testing on the test drive, it's set in 50 meter increments, so even if you get a perfect rangefind on a stationary target, it's going to be +- 50 meters away... on a shell with 1 kg of tnt equivalent

0:22 Big Smoke is this you?

Gaijin: Tanks need to be authentic- remember to bind your gunner RANGE UP/DOWN KEYS! Also Gaijin: Flak is inaccurate- YEET the shells and call it a day.

I want to cry, that first Clip is so wholesome

Loved it so much.

"Why do I get away with this?!" EX-PHUCKING-ACTLY that´s what I AM ASKING MYSELF every video. :D

Loving the unloved: m4a1-76 it’s really good and you’ve never made a video on it

The fact that I heard the Asriel Dreemur ‘s theme alone made me smile

1:45 variable time fuze =/= proximity fuze. A variable time fuze simply had a dial at the fuze which you can set to a specific time (hence "variable time"). This set timer combined with the velocity of the shell (constant) and the angle of fire (variable and measurable) one can determine at what altitude the shell bursts. However, one also has to somewhat accurately determine the altitude and distance to the target for it to be truly effective, which was notoriously difficult. A proximity fuze "simply" has a small radio transmitter that detects the target and sets off the shell at a predetermined distance

Hopes and dreams at the start is exactly my ringtone so i was so confused i had to replay the intro to make sure phone is not broken lol

needs a keybinding to actually change the fuse instead of having it rely solely on ranging distance

PhlyDaily makes seems easy, it is never that easy when I AM playing. Great playing as allways Phly !

the Germans used a Einstellgerät to pretime the Timed Grenades in a Flak Battery. the Einstellgerät was hooked up to the command posts that got the Altude of the Target planes. they Calculated the Distance between the Flak Battery and the Targed and set the Fuze to match the distance at the interception point.

Phly, try it against choppers. I´d love to see that!

That gun was originally made for shotting down heavy planes like big bombers, for that is a Flak, not a Pak cannon

I'm downloading this game again man you were enjoying every moment of this game

Variable timed flak shells were meant to be used against bomber formations, the reason is because the bombers usually stayed at a certain altitude while making a bombing run.

8:30 Don't worry my brother we will protect you

That moment when you were already shooting planes down before this update.

the most wholesome starting

That hopes and dreams intro seriously vibing

love the Undertale music

One of the few instances where an automatic ranging system with a margin of error (yes RNG) would be acceptable. This system is never going to work, it's not even a meme it's just sad.

The beginning had me tear up... so inspirational

I love the undertale at the start when the two howitzers just save your ass, awesome lol.

Hey phly the F89D has proximity fuse rockets now That is all

top 10 anime when the protagonist gets saved by his comrades

The rangefinder does not require you to maintain the position of your cross hair. The moment you press the bind, it "has the position" it just delays giving the information. So perhaps the range is set instantly. Try pressing it centred over it and instantly fire, I can't try it cause it'll take me like 3 days to update. Yay! Australia!

also the animation of the truck rocking when it fires is funny af ' irl they jump they dont rock

Phly if war thunder adds the b52 stratofortess would you use it (I think you make the best war thunder videos on KZfaq)

0:22 big smoke is that you?

None saw service. You're talking about the VT-Fuze. It was one of the allies Most Secret Weapons. Cleared for use only at sea and in the UK so they couldn't capture a dud. Part of the Tizard mission, we built a prototype and have it to the Americans. They developed it at the John Hopkins APL. A small Doppler radar in the fuse, it detonates when close to something metal. Even The axis only had traditional timed fuzes, you picked your target, calculated altitude, range and timing, set the fuze and then lose. Eventually they captured one, but by that point we were decimating then with VT fuzed shrapnel from artillery.

The thing also got ranging from something external, radar station or some binocular ranging station. The bus itself wasn't doing the rangeing.

Title : shooting planes Intro : shooting tanks Me : OH MY GOD MY HOPE AND DREAMS

Speaking of Artillery! CHALLENGE: Take out the japanese Type 75 Howitzer and act as an observer while your friends call in indirect fire on cap zones! Attempt #9

The way I use it is I’d aim it at a building and then use the range finder. Then shoot the timed shell when the plane gets into range if your fuse.

This wasn’t a dynamic weapons platform . Generally they would all be facing one anticipated enemy plane direction to all fire in unison without having to move the barrel too much. It was meant to be relatively stationary. They would be positioned in areas where the enemy would confirmed be traveling through

Phly, could you please take out the PH3PH-2”Flying Barrel”. It’s one of the few vehicles that you have yet to play.

They changed the flag from the Kingdom of Italy (WW2) to the Republic of Italy (post WW2) I am disappointed

I’m so happy you used the undertale hopes and dreams song. Thank you so much.

they just need to have a toggle between aa and ground mode. when in the aa mode, the scroll wheel interacts with the fuse and when in ground mode the scroll wheel adjusts the distance on the gun sight itself.

Hey phly can you bring back the combo series starting off with the M1A1 Abrams and the F-4C phantom I think it would be really cool! Attempt Number #14

you have only played the Type 90 on the deb server can you play it? Attempt #42

Zis puts ze smile on my face

These two other guys are heros!

Phly: “actually shooting down planes” Phlys’ intro: not shooting planes

Phly, how about we honor the emperor once again and we bring out the J7W1 with 4 sake bottle launchers You haven't played it since 2014. Attempt #46

started on german tech tree a few days ago and that thing is honestly god tier

That friendship rescue with UT music was great.