How to play anti air in realisitc battles in War Thunder with aiming tips

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  • Опубліковано 17 чер 2022
  • How to play anti air in War Thunder? Here is my new guide for Anti Air vehicles before radar enters the game in realistic battles. In this guide I explain how to play anti air vehicles successfully and share my tips with you. I hope you like this video and finally have an answer against CAS.
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  • @NikoBellic-hg4un
    @NikoBellic-hg4un 2 роки тому +108

    also, If you see plane flying around start shooting in random place. this way plane thinks you're focused on the other direction, and thats when they start strafing towards you, and obviously this is when plane is most vulnerable.

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому +14

      Yes, also a good tactic to get the attention of enemy planes. Will keep that in mind!

    • @jogrin
      @jogrin Рік тому +3

      One of my fave strategies! Shooting at another enemy far away just to bait a closer plane to come head-on my AA

    • @raymondcarter4335
      @raymondcarter4335 Рік тому +2

      Or shoot a partial belt that way they think your are reloading.

    • @keinfern3979
      @keinfern3979 Рік тому +1

      Ohhh, thank you.

    • @keinfern3979
      @keinfern3979 Рік тому

      Update: how to deal with overwhelming cas while I'm the only spaa in my team? I had to deal not 4 but 7 or 8 enemy aircrafts. In an open map like frozen pass map.

  • @i_termx_i3854
    @i_termx_i3854 2 роки тому +73

    Tip 1: It's also important to maintain fire discipline until you're certain the chances are high to actually hit them. Most players tend to go trigger happy and spray at anything they see, and that includes firing at aircraft that are way beyond their effective range. All you're doing at that point is giving away the element of surprise, and alerting anyone paying attention your actual position.
    Tip 2: Stay moving in the rear of battle line while staying hidden. Too many playing SPAA just spawn and only stay in the spawn location. That just makes it very predicable to get countered by CAS.

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому +3

      Yes absolutely, staying in spawn is a death sentence. When you have some armor or good solid cover and the skies aren't full of enemies you can try to lure them to you... but I also like to play it safe and don't give away my position too early.

    • @philipped.r.6385
      @philipped.r.6385 Рік тому +2

      Ha! If I was following your tip, I would never fire a single bullet or shell at a plane because I massively suck at hiting planes that aren't flying directly toward me! :D My main tactics is being such a HUGE pain in the ass that I goad them into try to strafe me and I then down them when they're flying in a straight line toward me to machine gun me. That's about the only way I can down any aircraft. It doesn't work against good players most of the time, but I sometimes succeed at goading even them because my horrible marksmanship convince them that I will be an easy prey. :D Otherwise, it's spray and pray. I can't wait to have radar directed AAA to be able to do anything else!

    • @TheJimyyy
      @TheJimyyy 11 місяців тому +2

      also the angle of the aircraft is importan . it change how easy is to hit and what damage you can do . if you shot a plane in the ass you mosly will not kill it easy . but if the plane is coming in your direction or from the side in a straight line the chance of killing the pilot or engine or any damage that will make it dead is a lot more

    • @keepwalking6041
      @keepwalking6041 10 місяців тому

      how do i get lead indicator when ifring in arcade mode.-. sometimes i see it, sometimes its not there..do u need to somehow lock the target or what?

  • @Ankylodon27
    @Ankylodon27 2 роки тому +52

    There one more, when there’s a cluster of planes always make sure right after you fire at one direction check the rear and top of you because alot will follow in your blind spot

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому +4

      Absolutely right. Many times I got destroyed, because while I was focused on one plane, another one took me out. It also can be really stressfull to fight several planes in an open top vehicle.

    • @iffracem
      @iffracem Рік тому +1

      @@McKonggaming esp when the early tier SPAA have such slow turret traverse (except a few, I do well in the M16)

  • @mikebauer6917
    @mikebauer6917 Рік тому +34

    Great tips! If you don't mind I have some additional tips to share.
    This is applies mostly to low-mid BR SPAA and are in no particular order.
    1) Watch your replays from the POV of the aircraft. Likely you are shooting behind and below.
    2) Stop shooting at everything; the most dangerous AA, and safest SPAA, is the one the pilot’s don’t know about.
    3) Use cover to limit your exposure.
    4) Reposition frequently.
    5) Favor oncoming and outgoing planes that are targeting your allies (or you), which you need to be somewhat near. Don’t waste time on side shots from far away.
    6) Punish pilots that make slow, hanging turns above you.
    7) Shoot in short bursts. This makes it more difficult for pilots to gauge the trajectory of your rounds and thus avoid them.
    8) Add a slight wave or spiraling pattern to get more dispersion. Again, to make it harder to avoid your rounds.
    9) Aim for the wings more than the fuselage (especially on multi-engine planes) as wings are more fragile and important to flight operations.
    10) Be helpful by using short bursts to disrupt bombing and strafing runs. It’s amazing what a little on target ground fire does to dissuade CAS.
    Likewise, a couple of opportune bursts can help your team’s planes. For example, you can distract/complicate the life of a fighter going after your teammate (just don’t shoot your teammate). Signal your presence with a very short burst in their direction and your pilot might swing the fight your way. If the enemy pilot is alert this alone might cause them to break off… possibly to go after you.
    If you see a plane finishing a CAS run, and a teammate is coming down to deal with that plane, send a careful burst in front and above the enemy plane to force it to stay low and/or turn, which often fatally robs them of speed/energy.
    Note both of these actions seem particularly likely to make you a target of CAS and ground vehicles, including ones driven by the pilot you just shot down.
    11) Above all, expect to die often and so sometimes fruitlessly. Planes, especially when several are up, have big advantages. Even after 1600+ shoot downs, I am still killed soon after I start firing. I’ve only had a couple of ace AA games ever. However, with a lot of patience and practice (I SPAA almost every match) I have a 1-3 KD against planes with several SPAA (M16, the BTRs, wirble and ostwinds etc).
    Good hunting!

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому +3

      Amazing insight and thank you very much for the additonal tips! Great work. I catch myself more ofthe shooting on the sides of planes and I really should avoid this. Will keep that tip in mind.

    • @mikebauer6917
      @mikebauer6917 Рік тому +1

      @@McKonggaming Happy to share. Love your channel, which I recently discovered via Tankenstien (as have many others hopefully). I am working my way through your back catalogue.

  • @jopants5160
    @jopants5160 2 роки тому +21

    When facing America in AA there can be upwards of 4 planes, so switch targets often as to not get tunnel vision

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому +4

      Good advice. Also experienced that a lot around 4.7. America just has a good loadout for CAS I guess

    • @iffracem
      @iffracem Рік тому +3

      US and Germany have the best CAS, and in most games I've played seem to be teamed together very frequently.

    • @Galaxy-oy4nj
      @Galaxy-oy4nj Рік тому

      ​@@McKonggamingthat is because the P-47 Thunderbolt is 4.7

  • @redhed9776
    @redhed9776 Рік тому +3

    tip: tracers work both ways. it seems to me that pilots will lure AA into firing just to expose them. most AA are easy kills in reality. when you see the guy trying to hit that high altitude bomber, you know his days are numbered.

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому +1

      Absolutely. One should always seek for solid cover with an AA and only fire if it safe.

  • @garrettknox5266
    @garrettknox5266 2 роки тому +6

    CAS in mid-tier games is ridiculously OP. Its a real shame. It's just a plane game with tanks in it. AD-4's killing Tiger I's. Pulling loops with full bomb loads. PE8's wiping out half a team at the 4 minute mark. We'll see how long the BTR-ZD stays at 4.3. If its effective it will be moved up. The most AA kills I've ever gotten was 6 in two vehicles (german of course), all from the spawn point with 9 dead teammates around me. I realize spawn camping is part of the game but with planes it just makes those matches a joke.

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому +2

      It is horrible. Some players even don't care about the current match situation and just fly straight to the enemy spawn to drop the bombs.

    • @garrettknox5266
      @garrettknox5266 2 роки тому

      @@McKonggaming It is an effective tactic: make a battlefield kill with a plane and then catch them again as they respawn, and respawn again, then go back to a ground vehicle.

    • @gabork5055
      @gabork5055 Рік тому

      The heli spam at high tiers is worse imo..
      It's the main reason i'm spading my event tanks in Assault mode. (even though their repair prices are garbage)
      Cover usage works when it's a map that has them but a lot wont while also managing to be short range CoD style maps at the same time.
      Italy/Campania is probably the worst offender, like it's made for spawncamping-plane spam with almost worthless cover (that's barely enough for a hull down and can be almost immediately shot from the sides if someone flanks from the North or South)+light cover.
      There's others with no cover but at least most of those are big enough so you can't get shot that easily without proper aim.
      Pe8-s are easy kills, my main issue with them is that they almost always have some cover, Yak3-s are really broken at Ground RB and on top of outperforming everything you also have to keep track of all of them which is always a pain in Ground RB. (probably the easiest undertiered planes to fly at this br. range)
      I don't really get why my stats with the Pe8 aren't all bad because pretty much any fighter's main armament outranges its guns.
      With mg armed planes i can almost always take it out with long distance shots and it's a free kill, with heavy fighters most often the same scenario happens because most people can't use its guns which are somewhat difficult to aim for those who haven't got used to it+blind spots at relatively shallow angles.
      The wing rips on that thing are also a joke, the plane is paper in terms of its damage model.
      It also burns like paper and its a huge target for tank main guns so as long as they are flying relatively low they should be easy enough to kill with some practice. (most doesn't ofc.)
      I've baited some Pe8-s into wasting their bomb on my SPAA-s before so as long as they don't know what they are doing, that's also a way to deal with them.

    • @mcsmash4905
      @mcsmash4905 4 місяці тому

      part of the problem is that people spawn aa not to shoot planes but farm tanks , air will easily dominate when the spaa is sleeping or just being retarded

  • @dmkbnin5129
    @dmkbnin5129 2 роки тому +2

    The tip with shooting in a straight line was REALLY helpful, thank u very much

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому

      Happy it helped, thank you for the feedback!

  • @Arjunvandemataram
    @Arjunvandemataram 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you so very much !! I really needed these tips because I'm a noob. I'm gonna practice with your tips in the back of my head !!

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому

      Happy to help. Let me know how it worked for you.

  • @uhlie_sro
    @uhlie_sro 2 місяці тому

    Thank you very much😊 really helped

  • @skittlesbutwithchocolatein2274
    @skittlesbutwithchocolatein2274 2 роки тому +4

    I got really good with kugel
    often got players from semi decent rage even surprised myself

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому +1

      I love the kugelblitz. Maybe the best AA from the big three nations before radar is available.

  • @Wernerrrrr
    @Wernerrrrr Рік тому +1

    Great guide! (Like all your guides)

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому

      Thank you very much. Happy you like the content and I appreciate your feedback.

  • @pimmelschilz9728
    @pimmelschilz9728 2 роки тому +2

    Es ist echt schade, dass du (noch) so wenig Abonnenten hast. Deine Videos sind echt hilfreich. Und Typen wie Steel Guru, die immer die gleichen 3 Videos machen, haben viel mehr. Aber mach weiter, dein Content ist echt gut.

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому

      Vielen lieben Dank. Freut mich, dass ihr meine Videos mögt, sie hilfreich sind und ihr die Arbeit wertschätzt. Ich bleib auf jedenfall dran. Auch wenn es viel Arbeit ist, macht mir das Videoediting echt Spaß 🙂
      Mehr Abonnenten sind immer schön, bin da aber auch genügsam. Es ist aber interessant zu sehen, für was Leute bei anderen CCs abonnieren und wie der UA-cam Algorithmus funktioniert. Danke nochmals für die lieben Worte und das Feedback.

  • @tsukaharabokuden5892
    @tsukaharabokuden5892 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent video - thank you 🙏🏻- I’ve been inconsistent with my AA

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому

      Thank you very much, hope it will help you. Just keep in mind, that war thunder is a game that was heavily developed around planes and imo anti air has some huge disadvantages in comparisson. But patience and practice will bring improvement.

  • @vadimyakus
    @vadimyakus 2 роки тому +1

    this awesome channel is extremely underrated!

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому

      Thank you very much for your feedback, appreciate it. It is growing, but slowly 🙂

  • @vehr8494
    @vehr8494 2 роки тому +1

    I have played for years and never straight line bursted. Great tips. Also your english is fantastic

  • @nexuz8735
    @nexuz8735 Рік тому +1

    This helps alot tyvm

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому

      Happy to help and happy hunting CAS 😎

  • @Skeletonizer1200
    @Skeletonizer1200 Рік тому +1

    Great tips!

  • @julianmorrisco
    @julianmorrisco 10 місяців тому

    AA is my favourite play style in War Thunder. Sometimes I’ll bring out my flakpanzer at the start of a game as it’s also fantastic at taking out rushing light tanks trying to cap early. I sometimes overextend - even if I’m with teammates, they’ll die leaving me at the mercy of proper tanks and I don’t even get to live long enough to fight the planes. However, if I’m careful and not greedy, this vehicle is fantastic. Most people assume you have that heavy wirblewind (I’m having a brain fade, I can’t remember the name right now). Anyway, the one on a PzIV chassis with 2x 37mm. The Coelion has the same guns so planes assume you’ll be an easy open-top kill, but this vehicle has mostly Panther armour.
    I get tons of flaming planes with this vehicle and although I’m not one of those people who hates CAS (It helps my immersion to have something as random-ish as CAS, I’m usually a flight-sim player rather than a ‘gamer’ so it feels more real to me) - and it is oh so satisfying to bring down a P-47, or PE-8.
    I also use a custom sight, one that simulates the IRL bofors sight. It really helps me to estimate when taking longer distance shots. Although, as mentioned in the video, I use 3rd person for anything closer then about 1.8km.

  • @garrettstandish2722
    @garrettstandish2722 Рік тому +1

    Getting a video on the M42 or M19a1 would be helpful! Also thanks for the video!!!

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому

      Happy to help. I will put the vehicles on my list. I feared someone will ask for a video about the M42 someday 😅 I have to admit that I struggle to play this vehicle. But I will see what I can do.

  • @iffracem
    @iffracem Рік тому +4

    Great video and tips, esp the crew skills tip. Sadly I find that there is so much CAS these days, even down at rank one and two that as you're firing at one, another lines up on your tracer and takes you out. Well, at least one, plenty of times I get tag teamed by multiple planes at the same time. Had a fair few late spawns where I was taken out by planes as I was exiting the spawn. Only just spawned in for the first time and CAS was already up in droves.
    It only takes one "pilot" with half a brain cell to pretty well decimate any AA trying to clear the skies.
    I used to play years ago, and enjoyed the WW2 to early Cold War era vehicles, but left in frustration over a lot of small things that built up to really kill any enjoyment I had. Ive just returned and am trying to grind up through the ranks with a new account, I really cannot believe the amount of CAS in "ground forces" now, it's bordering on ridiculous.
    Doubt I'll last more than a few weeks before I quit in frustration again.

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому +3

      Thank you for the feedback and insight. CAS really got out of hand. Wonder if Gaijin is going to do something. Recently I played a lot of higher tier matches to get used to it. But honestly speaking, higher tiers are won and played by CAS. There is no point of staying only on the ground in higher tiers and that is really sad. And as you pointed out at lower tiers it becomes the same. Maybe we tankers should switch to Naval 😅

    • @jogrin
      @jogrin Рік тому +1

      Planes need to cost more SP, shouldn’t be able to spawn a plane after one kill or point capture

    • @iffracem
      @iffracem Рік тому +2

      @@McKonggaming Gaijin won't do much at all about CAS. It's got little to do with the game starting out as a plane combat game, it's more to do with them getting their income from the grind (or more specifically, encouraging you to buy your way through the grind with premium account, premium vehicles or GE to buy more SL and then buy your way through the tree and crew experience.) Try the grind from the start these days... it's horrific. It's near impossible unless you spend money. It's a "free to play" game in title only.
      Having air in "ground" forces means you need to grind two trees, more chance for them to get $. Sure they need the money to pay devs and hardware, and make a profit. But IMHO they're getting too focused on the profit these days,
      Reduced effectiveness of CAS in "ground" will probably discourage people to grind the air tree, they wont want that.
      There was rumour that Gaijin said they wouldn't introduce a ground only mode because that would dilute the player base too much and cause long waiting in the lobby.
      So why introduce Naval? A whole new mode would dilute the player base surely? Naval has another tree to grind, and includes the air tree, so the possible dilution and lobby wait times isn't as important to them as the extra $ to be earned.
      CAS has a place in ground forces, but needs to be "nerfed". Maybe increase spawn areas for tanks to be 1/2-2/3 of a map border so you can chose where to re-spawn, reducing the chance of the spawn bombers (and spawn campers in general).
      Make all planes take off from the airfield, not half way to the battle, at altitude and full speed. That way you have a chance to fight your way out and relocate and reduce revenge bombing.
      If you crash your plane within seconds of bombing/killing a ground vehicle then that ground vehicle gets a free re-spawn, and the pilot gets no reward for the "kill". This way a genuine accidental crash isn't penalised so much, but the pilot is encouraged to get better, while the professional suicide bombers get no reward.
      Not so much "punitive" measures against pilots, just a balance to make the game better for all.

    • @iffracem
      @iffracem Рік тому +1

      @@jogrin I agree they're too cheap, suicide bombing is so common that it proves planes are too cheap IMHO. People just don't care about the spawn cost if they deliberately spear into the ground.
      But as an old man and parent I'm not into "punitive" measures like making things cost more.
      There are other ways like I mentioned in my reply to McKong that might work... but I doubt Gaijin will change anything.

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому +1

      @@iffracem I fear you are right, it is always about the money. And as you said, there are already to many different game modes and the playerbase is too small. Yet I think a tank only gamemode is what all of the playerbase that play ground forces wants.

  • @axeavier
    @axeavier Рік тому +1

    Excellent tutorial

  • @ryanricketts6674
    @ryanricketts6674 Рік тому +2

    Thank you this video helped so much, I just got to the SD.KFZ.6/2 1.7br and still have not actually killed any planes.

  • @garrettknox5266
    @garrettknox5266 2 роки тому +6

    I wish the target range had more varied air targets. You get one easy kill and if you let it go you have two long range targets you probably wouldn't shoot at anyway.

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому

      You mean the test drive? Yeah, this is absolutely useless. I spend some hours in the testdrive but it didn't help at all. I haven't tried custom battles tough and can't tell if you can set the settings so that the enemy AI is flying in planes.

  • @blitzhacker6981
    @blitzhacker6981 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much

  • @xx_ichbinnichtgut_xxlol7302
    @xx_ichbinnichtgut_xxlol7302 2 роки тому +2

    Sehr hilfreich, danke

  • @stubvids7403
    @stubvids7403 2 роки тому +1

    Another great video from you. To expand on a few of your points... If possible, pick a position where you can only be attacked from the air in one or two directions. it makes it easier to defend yourself from multiple attackers. Also try to pick spots where you can quickly move to a a different hiding place in case they are trying to find you (buildings, trees, etc...). . When you are being attacked, wait for them to be fully committed and then, when you fire at them, fan your fire slightly up and down to create a wall of fire in front of them (they either die or break off their attack). Sometimes, if you fire a few poorly aimed rounds in their direction, you can get them to think you are clueless and fly towards you thinking they will get an easy kill. If there is another AA near you, get away from them (especially if they are shooting) since they will get noticed first. You can then cover them while they are attacked. It is not always practical, but try to get into the habit of moving to a different position each time after you shoot (especially true if you are playing at or above 9.0 BR).

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому

      Thank you very much for your feedback and also for your insight. Great tips! At the moment I play a lot of 10.0 to 11.0. Radar is really bad sometimes and I am happy to have the FlakRakPz 1 where I can controll the Rockets and not the Radar. The Gepard for example is really good, but in uptiers it doesn't perfom that well against planes imo. Or i just haven't figured it out yet.

    • @stubvids7403
      @stubvids7403 2 роки тому +1

      @@McKonggaming Yes, I am dealing with this right now at 9.3 BR. Most of the time I get fully up-tiered and end up having to deal with helicopters that can loiter at 6000M range and pick people off with impunity. Unfortunately for me, the only effective AA vehicles I have available at 9.3BR are the 1) Ozclot which is good against helicopters that stray into the ~2k range, great against prop aircraft and does OK against jets that aren't careful ....but it has no defensive armament at all. 2) the Gepard which is good at close range but does not have enough range to engage the helicopters 6,000 meters away.....and, unlike most opponents, it does not have thermal imaging. 3) The Begleitpanzer 57 which, with the proximity rounds, is simply fantastic at close range... but can't really effectively engage helicopters at 2000 meters and beyond. If there is nobody on my team with something that can handle the long range helicopters the team pretty much gets wiped out in a matter of minutes.

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому

      Totally feel you. The ozelot is okay but not that reliable. I always wait until jets have passed me and then fire the missle.

  • @Riotlight
    @Riotlight 2 роки тому +10

    I like playing SPAA but its so annoying that most of them get destroyed by Aircraft instantly yet getting a hit on an enemy plane is much harder, and a lot of the time hits nothing important. Even when they are coming straight at me I shoot at them in a spray n pray and get 0 hits. It really does feel like the aircraft hit boxes are off most of the time. But if you mention this and provide evidence people bury their heads in the sand and say nothing is wrong, because they all want to jump into their aircraft and get easy kills.

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому +5

      War thunder is a game that started with planes. Of course planes are way more optimized than some anti aircraft vehicles. Just have a look at the really small POV you have while trying to detect planes or even while aiming. Sometimes you can't even hear the planes and I don't talk about planes that turned off the engine. Why can't the other NPCs on the anti aircraft vehicle detect enemy planes while I am aiming somewhere else? They are just cannon fodder or a replacement. There is a huge potential for better AA mechanics, more vehicles and CAS restrictions in general. But as mentioned, war thunder started as a plane game. I feel you and believe you since I experienced the same issues while playing SPAA

    • @Riotlight
      @Riotlight 2 роки тому +2

      @@McKonggaming CAS in ground battles is why im not playing WT right now, and i am trying to move away from it. I didnt really leave on a bad note, just tired of it. I love the tank battles side, but hate the constant revenge air kills.
      I think if i ever come back SIM mode may be the only option for me.
      Its a shame Gaijin dont inovate and try and balance the game or listen to the huge part of the community that wants a ground only mode.
      Id love that, but understand it isnt what they want, but they could at least limit aircraft per side at anyone time etc. Or remove kill cam so revenge bombings are reduced.
      Ive always thought that a ground mode where AI controlled CAS which spawns when your team gets a certain amount of kills could be added. THat way it is PvP ground, but you can still spawn in AA and have something to shoot at. The aircraft could be worth a chunk of tickets so killing them would make it worthwhile.

    • @stubvids7403
      @stubvids7403 2 роки тому +4

      From my experience, if a plane is attacking you and you don't have any cover, the best thing you can do is drive towards them at a slight angle. By driving towards them, it forces them to constantly increase their dive angle in order to properly lead you. This also increases their speed which also reduces the amount of time they can shoot at you before they have to pull off or risk crashing. If you also do this at a slight angle, it forces them to pull lead on both the vertical and horizontal planes.... so it's two aiming problem for them to deal with at the same time.

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому +1

      Yes, also a good tip. For me most of the time it already is too late 😅

    • @Riotlight
      @Riotlight 2 роки тому +1

      @@stubvids7403 Yep, true, but a lot of AAs have awful maneuverability and because the sky is full of CAS you are defending against one, take it down or survive, then instantly get wrecked by the next.
      Im no noob when it comes to WT. I have a lot of hours invested and a good W/L rate, and can do quite well in SPAAs, but more often then not its just so frustrating that they can spend only a couple of seconds attacking you, when you need to spend minutes attacking them, for them to just fly back to the air field and fully heal!

  • @mcsmash4905
    @mcsmash4905 4 місяці тому

    with fast firing aa guns like oerlikons i just fire a burst into the flight path and then move on and do the same , while with lets say bofors guns i just keep up a sustained barrage since there is essentialy no reload , and my most distant plane kill was about 1,5 km away with a amx 13 dca while he was dogfighting one of our planes

  • @basedsketch4133
    @basedsketch4133 10 місяців тому +1

    I followed your tips first three matches i got 1st twice and 3rd once

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  10 місяців тому

      That is awesome and thank you for the feedback. I am happy that my guides and tips help and it is always good to read feedback like yours

  • @mrdav1e
    @mrdav1e 6 місяців тому +1

    thank you

  • @peepoo12312
    @peepoo12312 Рік тому +1

    These tips helped as I just switched from Xbox to PC (2 months ago) and I can't aim my AA well anymore- (God my English is bad)

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому

      Happy the video helped you. Keep it up. Practice is really important with AAs.

  • @HONGKELDONGKEL1888
    @HONGKELDONGKEL1888 Рік тому +2

    T-60 with the rapid fire 20mm gun with no tracers is something i like to pack along as AA. it's quite effective even at 5.0, and it's not open topped and actually has some armor, but i havent gotten farther than that with the russians yet. i want to see how it would perform against helis and jets tho.

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому +1

      Nice idea! I just had a look at it in the test drive. The gun elevation is limited though. Thats a bit of a flaw

    • @HONGKELDONGKEL1888
      @HONGKELDONGKEL1888 Рік тому

      @@McKonggaming agreed. not quite enough elevation and turret turning speed to be a proper AA tank, but still it surprised me when i first tried it out.
      come to think of it since i just bought a T-55AM1, i could bring that thing as AA against the things that infest the skies of 8.3 but i have reservations - aforementioned turret turning speed.

    • @philipped.r.6385
      @philipped.r.6385 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, I didn't use the T-60 for long, but one of my few kills with that tank was a plane who underestimated me and tried to strafe directly toward me. I was on the slope of a hill so the limited elevation of the gun was not a problem. I was super proud of myself since I was super new to the game. It was one of my first aircraft kills as well.

  • @thorzcunstellarfighter3724
    @thorzcunstellarfighter3724 2 роки тому +1

    do you think you can make a map guide on Port Novorossiysk? it's a map i find very hard to learn

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому +1

      Yes, that is a good idea. Horrible map Layout in my opinion and I will share my insights with you guys. As always I use the more frequent battle mode domination.

    • @thorzcunstellarfighter3724
      @thorzcunstellarfighter3724 2 роки тому

      @@McKonggaming thanks

  • @ahmeddaboi5732
    @ahmeddaboi5732 2 роки тому +2

    The tips are very helpful, thank you. How ever, I always have difficulty with spastic pilots that change directions very fast, especially since I'm playing on ps4 and they on PC lost of the times, how do I effectively counter that?

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому +1

      It also depends on the vehicle you are using. Some can react faster, some don't. Normally planes that have lost a lot of energy (speed and altitude) should not be able to turn or react that fast. But for example low tier Biplanes can do that. So a tip would be to hide behind solid cover and wait until the enemy lost some energy or shoot on enemy planes that are flying away from you. What BR Range are you playing at?

    • @ahmeddaboi5732
      @ahmeddaboi5732 2 роки тому

      @@McKonggamingThank you for replying, and I'm currently playing AA at br range from 2.0 to 3.3. Mainly Germany and USSR.

  • @mr787takium9
    @mr787takium9 Рік тому +2

    I sucks at SPAA no matter how can anticipate the direction of enemy aircraft i still cant shoot it down so most of the time i only used the SPAA as anti tank carrying with in it AP ammo.
    It only work for light tank but not at medium and heavy tank.

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому

      It needs some practice. And when you switch between nations different SPAAs behave different. Luckily there is enough CAS at the moment to practice 😅

  • @dominikpinand9179
    @dominikpinand9179 Рік тому +1

    I never play AA , not because i wouldnt like to, but in 99% of the matches about 5 others choose a AA 😅

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому +1

      That is a valid point. A team doesn't need to much AA on the ground. The same goes for planes in the Air :-)

  • @skelly835
    @skelly835 13 днів тому

    what do you mean by third person view? You dont hit zoom?

  • @DatBoi_TheGudBIAS
    @DatBoi_TheGudBIAS 2 роки тому +2

    I suk in AA, dats why I always take a fighter, to gun down enemy planes... I need practise

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому +1

      Imo russia had before the past update not the best AA before 7.0 I always used a plane. Now with the new AA they finally have a decent one.

  • @leopy6534
    @leopy6534 Рік тому +1

    how to disable the aiming thing when i lock air target with radar, dont like my turret roatating and setting my aim off on head ons

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому +1

      I don't know if I can help. When I lock an air target with the radar I can also deselect/ nit lock it with the same key. Maybe someone else experienced the same issue?

  • @tiagodagostini
    @tiagodagostini Рік тому +2

    I play this game sicen the beta.. never ever hit any plane with SPAAG, but for some reason I have killed so many planes with main tank guns :/

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому

      The biggest improvement for me was getting closer to the capture points and focusing fire on one estimated point. But still, the game is not Anti Air friendly

  • @ThelVadam7777
    @ThelVadam7777 2 роки тому +1

    Just use ostwind II or Kugleblitz and spam

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому +1

      Those are two really good Anti Air vehicles. The Kugel is really my favorite one so far.

    • @ThelVadam7777
      @ThelVadam7777 2 роки тому

      @@McKonggaming the ostwind i amazing IMO. One shot kills and has two guns that fire at a decent speed. If I can get in rhe mood I can smack every plane in the sky if they are close to me. SO much fun

  • @watchd0ge820
    @watchd0ge820 Рік тому

    Waiting for the enemy to commit to a target also makes them more predictable.

  • @PhanchaiSiam555
    @PhanchaiSiam555 2 роки тому +1

    00:50 FlaRakRad (der Bus)oder den SIDAM, leider ist der immer so schnell leer geschossen

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому

      Wie läuft es für damit dem Radar? Habe die letzten Tage echt Probleme mit dem Aufschalten und verfolgen Flugzeugen. Germit dem FlakRakPz der Deutschen auf 10.0. F-14 kann ich manchmal gar nicht aufschalten oder der Radar verliert jegliche Flugzeuge mitten drin obwohl keine Deckung im Weg ist.

    • @PhanchaiSiam555
      @PhanchaiSiam555 2 роки тому +1

      @@McKonggaming Bei mir alles gut. Mit dem Hovet kann ich schlecht aufschalten, das ging aber noch nie richtig gut. Ähnlich M163.
      Ich versuche, wenn tendenziell weniger mit Radar zu arbeiten, damit die Flugzeuge/Helis keine Warnung bekommen. Die Raketen fliegen dann auch so schön straight ins Ziel ^^, ohne das Sie von lästigen Flairs abgelenkt werden. LUL
      Ausserdem wiegen sich die Flugzeuge ohne Radarwarnung in Sicherheit und dann: "In your face"

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  2 роки тому +1

      @@PhanchaiSiam555 Danke nochmal für dem Tipp, habe jetzt auch öfters mal ohne Ausschalten geschossen und hat recht gut funktioniert. Werde das mehr üben und auch mal versuchen rauszufinden woran das mit dem Radar Problem bei mir liegt.

  • @levihagin102
    @levihagin102 Рік тому +1

    What’s the best country?

    • @McKonggaming
      @McKonggaming  Рік тому +1

      For AA Germany in my opinion. Good guns and a lot of vehicles. America is the worst in my opinion of AA

    • @levihagin102
      @levihagin102 Рік тому

      @@McKonggaming oh lol that’s what I’m using is USA but I’m not the best on USA so I am researching the tiger tank on Germany right now so I’m gonna start working on aaa

  • @leonardocalderon4510
    @leonardocalderon4510 2 роки тому

    25 seconds ago

  • @Alex-ou7lv
    @Alex-ou7lv 2 роки тому +1

    hey

  • @Matiz-st2sk
    @Matiz-st2sk 2 місяці тому

    i cant aim with it

  • @Lancist.
    @Lancist. Місяць тому

    does not work, i cant play anti air