Mastering bullet drop and horizontal lead is vital to winning in any firefight This is especially important when you’re in a fast boat like the US Elco PT 314, as you’ll often be the target of speculative torpedo fire, which can be much harder to spot because of the reduced visibility you have in such a small vessel. Thankfully, you can spot torpedos travelling towards you from a great distance provided you’re looking for their iconic, arrow-straight wake. 186 and the aforementioned AF D1 avoiding torpedo fire is practically impossible as it takes too much time to too slow down or turn. Worse still, in slower ships like the Russian MBK Pr.
While it can take a couple of minutes of continuous cannon and machine-gun fire to down even a small PT boat, it only takes a single torpedo to destroy any boat in the beta so far. So get used to the idea of racking up multiple kill assists, but very few actual kills. Your best bet for downing boats efficiently at range is to knock out its engine, start a fire and then pick its crew off – this part gets tedious when facing larger boats like the German AF D1, which has over 50 crew members. It can be frustrating if you’ve managed to take an enemy boat by surprise but are unable to sink it before it can slink away behind cover, but it also means you get a second chance if the same thing happens to you. Torpedos are the only way to quickly down an enemy vessel, and they’re only viable in close-quarters encounters. Their ammo racks are also hidden away in most circumstances, making it hard to isolate and detonate them as you would when firing at an enemy tank. This is because they have huge crew numbers compared to tanks and planes, making it very difficult to wipe out the entire crew. They can only be fragged in very specific circumstances, such as a direct hit from a heavy calibre cannon to a loaded torpedo tube. So it turns out that vessels in War Thunder’s naval battles are nearly impossible to sink quickly. Not tried War Thunder yet? Have a go here So in an effort to help you find your sea legs we’ve created this beginner’s guide for War Thunder’s naval battles. Likewise, you’ll find that while you never stop moving, you’re actually rather immobile compared to your tank and plane counterparts. Unlike Aviation and Ground Forces, in Knights of the Sea you almost never take your finger off the trigger. Naturally, combat on water is a far cry from what you might be used to in a tank or jet fighter.