Aircraft Radar In War Thunder : The Complete Guide (Current 2023) 4K
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- The updated complete guide to aircraft radar in war thunder.
Covers search radar, helmet mounted targeting, dipole radar, radar gunsights/rangefinders, ground targeting radar, tracking radar, pulse doppler radar, track while scan, anti-shipping radar, infrared search and track, moving target indicator, look down, and pulse doppler velocity modes.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
00:46 Basic Keybinds
01:38 Radar Stat Cards
02:19 Radar Band
02:51 Itemized Features
04:21 Radar Scope Types
05:49 Reading The Scope
08:29 Scanning Beam Indicators
09:05 Constant Elevation
09:43 Manually Adjust Scan Azimuth
10:59 Radar Range Finder / Gunsight
12:42 Early Dipole Radar
13:38 Search Radar
14:31 Search&Track Radar and Target Locking
16:42 ACM "Boresight" Targeting
17:23 ACM Frame Aspect Ratios
17:44 Dual Radar Sets
18:01 Target Designation
19:59 Target Lock Information
22:09 IR Missile Radar Slaving
22:47 MTI Moving Target Indication
24:25 LD Look Down (Analog)
25:24 PD Pulse Doppler
26:41 PDV Pulse Doppler Velocity
27:21 TWS Track While Scan
28:38 HDN Head-On
29:35 GTM Ground Targeting
30:53 Anti-Ship
31:43 HMD Helmet Mounted Targeting
32:55 EEGS Enhanced Envelope Gun Sight
33:43 IRST Infrared Search & Track
35:33 RWR Radar Warning Receiver
37:12 Closing Thoughts - Ігри
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I dont have problems with radars, i have problems with key binding
@@rankavik2651keybinding is very simple:
First keybind all the Radar controls wich are on One key to the NUMPAD numbers ranging from 4-9
Then identify what controls you will be using most and add second Keybind to those functions closer to the middle of the Keyboard (preferably near or around G key)
Then just play around with the controls of radar and figure out what works best for you 😉
If you need, i can help you out with the keybinds,
Just ask and i will be happy to help you 👍
@@diprosla592 Not talking about radar only keybiding, we have ton of keys to use in wt
@@rankavik2651turn on weapon switching. That can clear up some keybinds.
Wow, what an excellent 30+ minute overview.
Would be a real shame if the snail decided to make all of it outdated with one update…
Gijian adding 400 more radar features continently every time Tim updates his radar guide.
RWR note: it can also pick up a false "locked on" signal if you fly inside another aircraft's tracking beam cone.
Slight correction. It can pick up a false signal, both lock and ping, from a radar that you're not even in front of. There's just a lot of impossible false rwr signals in WT.
That explains why I keep locking random clouds when doing arcade air assaults when im trying to throw r3s down range at ai bombers.
@@BIGmlems that's not it, I was talking about RWR not radar. IDK what's the issue with the arcade lock either, maybe it's because they all fly closely together, maybe it's some arcade crutch so sarh missiles don't dominate AAB matches
@@slow2serious860 makes sense.
Namely aircraft who have radar gunsights as/with their antenna.
Kfir, Su-22, MiG-23 (not sure why, it just does for this one), Hunter, MiG-21 and subvariants etc.
War thunder players be like: i payed for the whole keyboard, IM GONNA USE THE WHOLE KEYBOARD
I’ve never played War Thunder and I’m still excited to watch this!
No better time to start lol
@@Mr_Snek037wait 4~ months and then they should have finished economy changes and it will be even better but rn is pretty great
COME!! PLAY WAR THUNDER AND SUFFER WITH US!! WE SHALL WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS AND A 75MM CANNON!!
@@maxedout1046 or an all aspect missile and no flares
I've been playing War Thunder air modes on and off since 2016, and if you want to explore War Thunder aircraft, I suggest the following:
-USSR and USA generally have the best aircraft for each battle rating, but their tech trees are a pain to grind
-The battle ratings have these themes:
a) prop fighters
b) WW2 jets
c) Korean War jets with infrared missiles
d) Vietnam jets with added longer-range semi-active radar missiles
e) Top-tier jets (F14, F16, MiG29, Yak141) with BVR missiles
-Buying a Vietnam-era premium jet to get into missile gameplay is very expensive. But if you're planning that route, I recommend that you do some prop fighter Air Arcade, then prop fighter Air Realistic first; until you can survive and get kills in prop Air Realistic. (Most jet matches are in Realistic).
That F-14B paint job is genuinely beautiful
My favorite F-14 skin, to be sure.
True
With that many keys to press and only five fingers of your own on the keyboard it might actually be worthwhile having a friend be the radar operator while focusing dexterity on controling the airframe.
Working together like that would be great to hone the teamwork skills aboard your friendship.
It would be great if War Thunder allowed co-op gameplay. Some of these jets (i.e. F-14) have two seats for a reason. Imagine a B-17 with a whole squad of your friends for each role (i.e. pilot, bomber, gunner(s)).
I mean if you dont know what DCS is, look into it. Two man F-14 is tons of fun
The BVR tag specifically means that the radar is able to use either the target cue or 'Select Radar/IRST target to lock' to selectively lock a target. If a radar does not have the BVR tag but does have a track function, that function works by pointing the radar directly forward (similar to 'ACM mode' aka ACM Boresight)
Yeah I should have been more clear about that and explicitly mentioned the targeting a little better. Thoughts for the next revision :-)
@@TimsVariety Would have liked a little more depth on iff. I know it doesn’t really matter to RB folks but us Sim players live and die by IFF. Just having the tag doesn’t mean much on multi-mode radars as some modes have it and some don’t. For example the F-4S have IFF in standard SRC but not in PDV, and the MiG-23MF has it in SRC and LD, but not in MTI
To me the biggest advantage DCS has over WT is not realism or authenticity (though that’s nice) it’s a lack of documentation. If there’s something you don’t understand about a DCS aircraft, it’s probably in the manual, even minute details. So I really appreciate in-depth guides like this
@@hybrid_grizzly My guess is that the signals the friendly aircraft uses to verify itself as friendly get filtered out if everything but doppler shifted reflections of the pulse is filtered out.
@@jannikheidemann3805 No clue on the MiG, but the F-4 should give bearing on friendly iff pings but not velocity, so a good approximation would be if they appeared as a vertical line on the radar scope. The biggest problem is that all of this information was not meant to be condensed down to a single scope, that's why there's a RIO
9:48 i wish gaijin would add the ability to set a bind to quickly toggle the constant radar elevation, and automatic targeting. it would help alot with those medium range fights.
I usually just use ACM when at short ranges, and manual target picking thing when at longer ones. It does make the game harder, but whatcha gonna do. Imo cyclic target switching is good but I don't like the fact that you have to toggle it a million times to
Pick the right target.
@@Kerbalizerguess he meant that expecially for the earlier Jets like F-8 etc where you dont have an ACM Boresight Mode.
@@Pirate85getready yeah or F-14 which has only 9km acm
@@Kerbalizer i did specify medium range fights. I hate fumbling around with my antenna when theres a jet 15 miles out and closing rapidly where i cant reach my ACM mode out for a sparrow. The F-14 should have a PAL mode which is a 20x20 15-16mi radar ACM mode, but gaijin didnt implement that
@@aviatorlewski9310 tbh this all is way easier if you get a mouse like the razer Naga, and bind everything you can to the mouse. I got missiles, flares, rockets, bombs, switching weapons (both primary and secondary), sight stabilization, flaps and more just on the mouse, and I use buttons 1, 2, 3, 4 on the keyboard for the radar stuff. It might not be comfortable, but you usually can reach those quite quickly. Either way, the F14 does need other radar acm modes, I agree, but the snail won't do it, and there's nothing we can do about it.
I’m glad you continued with this even though Defyn pushed out his own guide. His is great, but I’m sure yours is going to be just as good. Thanks man!
maybe even better
Its always been my plan to update my 3 main guides about once per year as the snail makes changes/additions to the in-game systems.
I got the Mig 23 and I'm getting smashed because I don't understand radar in this game. Looking forward to this man thanks.
Just found this video and I will say while I've still to hit play? I've already got my notebook to the side to start taking notes... Skyflash Tracking, RADAR slaving, RADAR Gunsights, Chaff and countless deaths to R24Rs and AIM-7Fs... I need to learn how to not only use these, but also how to counter them... Hard to tell if I find the RWR Hard Lock Warning or the Ace Combat Missile Warning to be more common in my nightmares at this point
Great guide, much better and clearer than defyns imo
Can't wait for this! I really need it :')
Thank you for putting in all the time it took to make this. You've always made the most well balanced guides and reviews, and it's appreciated.
Outstanding! Thank you
Yes! i love these types of videos! keep it up man!
Thank you for making this amazing video. It helps a lot!
Been waiting for this for a loooooong time. Thank you for doing this for us Tim.
Have been playing since Beta and your guides are still INCREDIBLY useful. Great details, thank you!
Amazing guide, very comprehensive.
This is the only place where I have gotten an in-depth explanation on how radars work in WT, I used your last version tutorial and it improved my jet skills ten fold. Fantastic explanations and very concise and to the point, all of the content in this video is worth it. You are my new favorite WT CC, if I need advice on a vehicle, I first search for a video from you. Your voice is soothing and very relaxing to listen to, with important information to boot. I thought I was already subbed because I watch your videos all the time
Thank you very much for the updated guide Tim!
Wowee. Impressive content. Keep it up!
Thanks for the updated guide. I'm still a ways off from the more advanced radars but it is nice to keep up to date on what those above me might have.
Awesome tutorial. Thanks! :)
This video's quality is absolutely incredible. Thank you so much for your effort. ❤
This is what i wanted! i was looking for a radar tutorial but some of them are kinda outdated, great vid!
Very nice, I've been thinking about using some radar missiles for the first time. Can't wait.
Loved it. Thank you Tim o7
When i saw this video about 2 or 3 hours ago, i knew this was going to be a very good and informative video, and earlier a friend asked me about tips for air and radar so i gave them the video, i haven't watched it yet since the time is rather late, but i know it will be a masterpiece
This is an excellent guide Tim - thanks for the effort in producing it
Wow, not gonna lie, I recommended that somebody check out your guide to radar just yesterday and you put out and updated one today! Honestly recommend your channel whenever somebody asks about certain topics in the game, very informative. :)
Crap I'm gonna miss the premiere :(
I'll make sure to watch it whenever I can tho, there's still some stuff I'm not sure about with radars.
Good job getting this thing done Tim! Keep up the good work
This was very helpful, as I have found it hard to get my head around different types of radar and their uses. Great vid, I'll sub for sure on that note 👍
Great guide. Thank you for making this
this has helped quite a lot of people in the wtuds community, thanks for providing such useful tutorials
Gotta love another Tim’s video
Thanks, your Vid helped me A LOT in RB top tier
Your job is amazing, thanks to you I've re-started enjoying and playing WT...I've been playing WT since the 1.37 version and it's is incredible how the game developed during these years!
i dream to make content as detailed and well explained as you do. Keep up the amazing work king
What a great video. Everytime i get a new plane with a new radar i go watch this video and adjust my settings. Realy helpfull.
This helped me thank you 👍
Such a well made video, explains everything in a nice and concise way
Underrated guide, very well made and made me understand F-4J, thanks a lot
Thanks Tim, your guides really help
I’m fairly competent in my radar skills but I’ll give it the view and like since I am a loyal fan. Large W for Tim here
Oddly enough after I watched your video on tank shell types my skills has strangely improved😂😂 but in all seriousness thanks for the in-depth videos, it’s surprising to see how much information and skills there are even though I’m a veteran player of about six years there’s so many new and even old features I was never aware of👍👍
A lot of work. Many thanks
Very. Very good video. Incredible.
Very good info package
I need a specific F-14 video for radar and when to use them with which missiles. Great video
This actually helped A LOT
Really useful info well presented. Thanks!
Thank you so much!
I really appreciate the videos you do, Warthunder is a hobby of mine and is a really good cheap hobby! lol, but your information has really helped me to improve my play. Thank you!
Very excited since I’m close to radar equipped stuff
Keep pushing! :-)
YES BEEN WAITING FOR A UPDATED VERSION 🥳
Yay Tim new vid
most informative video which helped a lot
Amazing, awesome vid
Underrated channel keep going this good work ❤
Very nice ❤
I’ve literally been watching from when you had less than 100 subs I feel actually proud of how far this channel has come
Same bro, he hasn’t changed a bit and it’s great
Yes the best guides ❤
Great video, even for veteran wt players there's always something new to learn
Instant like because I know the effort put into this will make it 11/10
Gonna tell all the boys about this, the old video was a great tool and I used it to help people learn radar and this one has even more detail, very nice.
A little engagement for you, even a couple years after walking off the game I do still enjoy coming to these tutorials.
Always good $h!T from TimsVariety 👍
thx Very much
Tim da goat!
I was thinking yesterday it's been a bit since I last saw Tim upload D:
Today, Tim's updated radar vid :D
Every week, usually on Weds but I dropped this a day early ;-)
Can't wait for this one to get outdated in the next update. I'm sure remaking a 50 minute video every 6 months is great.
Its an on-going joke between me and one of the gaijin staff that anytime the community wants a feature to change, they just need to get me to make a video tutorial for it. :-)
Yes!! I JUST got to my first complicated radar set, the one within Israel’s Shahak, and some of the radar bindings I have set up don’t seem to do anything, or just change numbers on the radar without making a noticeable difference. Cant wait to watch this!
spoiler: Numbers on the radar are significant^^
@@patricktho6546DONT SPOIL THE VIDEO!! Haha just kidding. Of course I figured they were, just a bit confused.
thank you soooo much
I live to serve. o7
YOU ARE THE BEST
Manual target lock is superior to cycling targets and I'll die on this hill :P Once I got used to it it became much easier to manually filter out "trash" targets and lock exactly what I need while pretty much retaining same lock speed, not to mention in close ranges where I need to be even faster I'll be using HMD/ACM anyways.
Something you didn't mention is that on MiG-29 HMD can be used with IRST, meaning you can slave a heatseeker or get gun CCIP without giving radar warning while using much more comfy HMD instead of ACM or search, it also has wider lock box compared to radar HMD, although angles are bit more limited.
Great guide though, stuff like that should be a tutorial ingame!
Much needed from a familiar host :) I’ve never properly played WT apart from testing premiums on my old Xbox, but I’m thinking of picking it up now I’m on PC. If I ever make it to jets this will be super useful
Honestly if you want to play i bet you've searched 'how to get jets fast' and if you havent then to put it simply buy a premium jet or you'll probably give up before you get to ranl 5
@@salvatorecardamone9788 how long does the grind tO jets take then
@@solvdev Its different for everyone, but it should be much less painful once they're done with the roadmap over the next month or three.
@@solvdev with the f5c and f8e it took me way too long grinding the us but that's because i was learning. Honestly, if you got a low skill premium you could finish a tech tree (depending on size in abt 2-3 weeks. I wouldn't recommend that tho becaude you'll get to top tier with no experience.
Great video as always Tim! It’s all too often that a new player asks you in the game chat, “how do I use my radar?”… well it’s kind of impossible to properly answer that question thoroughly enough in a reasonable amount of time. Hell, your video is almost 40 minutes long, could you imagine how much typing that would be in chat. Anyways, this video was so in-depth and thorough that I’ll be directing any radar noobs to your channel and this video specifically! Hopefully this info doesn’t become outdated too soon… great job!
i wish i have seen this video few nonths ago when i first start playing , ut even now im glad i watch it , better later than never huh
i look forward to unlocking this stuff in another 4 years!
Best War Thunder video ever made
9 out of 10. Should've included in which modes IFF is working (for sim. matches), i'm just sick and tired of guys in their F4S's shooting down friendlies simply because it lack IFF in PDV mode.
If not for that, 10 out of 10.
Oh yeah baby, it's radar time
probably a good idea to point that, using ACM boresight mode, will no longer care about IFF info, and will lock whatever it wants to, friend, foe, chaff, a missile, whatever if can
Damn this vid is so good now i know everything that i didn't
Its going to get an update after the next patch, as it looks like they'll be making some changes to radar.
Love Tim's Variety videos. Now, if only he can make a complete guide on life...🤔 maybe how to videos on finances, home buying and electrical work?
The last edition of this was a life saver for me, and I need a refresher.
Unrelated: Have you considered doing tutorials on tactics? Things I think beginners really need to have explained are "not to shoot over teammates shoulders" and "not to go head on in every situation." In both cases there could be examples of what to do instead.
I have, but to be blunt about it I don't feel like arguing with some of the elitists about some of it. Much of what I'd advocate for would be focused on teamwork and sportsmanship, which are unfortunately very unpopular concepts with a not-small chunk o players who prefer to focus on cut-throat competitiveness even against their own team, with personal score above all.
@@TimsVariety I think I've seen what you're talking about. I couldn't ask you to stand in the line of fire, now.
Thanks for the answer!
Very educative video, almost feels like leaking classified information
I belive the "relative speed indication" is known as "rate of closure", hence why closing on them is positive.
for the radar gunsight, if you have cannon CCIP enabled it will give you a new gun reticle in third person for air RB
What plane did you use for this? I just tried on two different jets with the cannon CCIP and a radar rangefinder, and it didn't work.
Of note that I believe wasn't mentioned. If you used manual target cueing you cannot select targets in the full vertical range of the IRST system even if they're being detected.
Great radar Tech Video. VERY complicated to understand and remember all the info in this. I think this RADAR Tech/Setup guide is more suited to people who play the game in simulator mode with a very expensive HOTAS aircraft sim setup. Trying to bind the keys and remember their function on a standard keyboard is VERY confusing and near impossible to pull off using just a mouse/keyboard setup. I am not in the market for a high end aircraft simulator rig to play a game. With all the real military tech out there Gaijin has done a magnificent job in applying it to a PC game. I wish a MFG would bring out better keyboards dedicated to games with so many key bindings.
My secret is overlapping keybinds. For example, I know that no plane with ww-2 "Schräge Musik" cannons will ever have an advanced radar, so my keybind for lock radar target is the same as my keybind for switching to "Schräge Musik" guns. Some buttons on my keyboard have 3 or 4 things bound to them. I also use an elgato streamdeck as a makeshift real-life MFD, which helps sometimes in high intensity situations.
I'm just starting to watch this.
The title totally got me I have almost 3000hrs spent in WT. Never understood the radar, i always was fokussed on just playing.
I'm happy to see this tutorial now, because the radar was so far just useless..
hi Tim
I enjoy your videos plus Tankenstein mentioned you in one of his videos. I have a question Can you do a video on your graphic settings for Warthunder? Thank you
These 3 guides make me understand why WSO and RIO positions exist.
I hope someday that maybe we can get a keybind or option to use the manual targeting cue and the cyclic switching at the same time
I like how if u are on console , top tier jets r pretty much unusable unless u r fine with having a severely handicapped button layout
A lot of that stuff they say is needed is overrated. I have more communication binds than anything
Thanks for making this video, though you shouldn’t have to and gaijin should actually tell players what all of the near identical sounding keybinds actually do
This makes me scared of radar lol, this video those helps a lot