Gun Calibers
This caliber is one of the most common in low tier ground battles, namely found on early M4 Shermans, Panzer IVs, and Panthers
What is 75mm?
This large but fragile tank is one of the first that American players will use, being a reserve vehicle that can also go swimming
What is the LVT(A)1?
This 8-wheeled armored car in the German tech tree is notorious for being used well beyond its BR to cap points
What is the Sd.Kfz 234/2 (Puma)?
This 4.3 American premium has a propellor at the front and a jet engine at the back, technically making it the slowest jet in the game
What is the FR-1 Fireball?
This term describes when a player is mostly facing higher BR vehicles in a match
What is an uptier?
One the most frustrating CAS aircraft to fight, the Yak-9K's weapon of choice is a gun of this caliber, shared with most of Russia's low tier tanks such as the BT-5
What is 45mm?
American tanks are some of the first to be equipped with this feature on the gun, allowing tanks to fire more accurately on the move
What is a stabilizer?
Very few ground vehicles in War Thunder are capable of reaching speeds in excess of 100 km/h, but this notorious Italian armored car became the first when it was added in 2019
What is the R3?
This jet fighter technically isn't a jet at all. In the 8.0-8.7 range, this German rocket aircraft is famous for its notoriously low fuel endurance of around 6 minutes
What is the Me-163?
You will find this phrase being spammed in the chat at beginning of many matches. It commands teammates to move towards a nonexistent area on the map
The largest weapon classified as an anti-tank gun in the game belongs to the British FV4005, with a gun of this caliber
What is 183mm?
America is notorious for having a lack of SPAA at mid-tier, though this recently added 4.0 vehicle with .50 cals can hold its own fairly well
What is the T77E1?
This 7.0 attacker is the fastest propellor-driven aircraft in the game, also famous for its ludicrously high BR in arcade battles
What is the A2D-1?
This American premium is one of the lowest BR jets that is equipped with an afterburner. It also famously has a variant that is only equipped with rockets
What is the F-89?
This term describes how War Thunder calculates effective armor thickness between multiple plates. It is often blamed for shots mysteriously not penetrating their targets
What is volumetric?
This caliber can be found on a handful of top-tier European jets, including the Alpha Jet, Tornado IDS, and most famously the EF-2000
What is 27mm?
This rare premium American vehicles uses rockets without explosive filler to do most of its killing
What is the LOSAT?
The fastest aircraft in all of War Thunder is this rare Russian event vehicle, capable of reaching speeds in excess of Mach 3
What is the MiG-25PD?
As far as jet bombers go, this British-designed jet is one of the first and can be found in both the British and American tech trees
What is the B-57?
Tanks with this weakness are susceptible to rounds ricocheting into weaker parts of the tank and damaging them. The early Panthers have some of the most notorious examples of these
What are shot traps?
This caliber can be found on more aircraft than any other in War Thunder
What is 20mm?
This bizarre American tank uses an M1 Abrams turret on the chassis of an M60
What is the 120S?
The gun with the fastest fire rate in War Thunder is the GsH-6-23M rotary cannon at over 9,000 rounds per minute. It can only be found on variants of this Russian attack aircraft
What is the MiG-27?
This 8.3 French interceptor is one of the lowest BR jets in the game to be equipped with radar-guided missles
What is the Vautour IIN?
Many top tier vehicles use this software to deflect or destroy incoming ATGMs. It can fall into both soft-kill and hard-kill categories
What is APS?