The ULTIMATE Radar Guide In Just 14 Minutes | War Thunder [2024]

I want to emphasize that radars get VERY complicated and inconsistent at times, and without talking about individual radars it's impossible to cover all the little quirks. That means the only way to truly learn the ins and outs of a radar is just by using it and gaining experience; you get a feel for each radar with time. For example, the F-15's radar can switch between TRK PD and TRK PD HDN when locking from pulse-doppler or between TRK and TRK PD when locking from pulse. Or the MiG-21's radar doesn't show an asterisk next to scan area, but can still change it which affects the vertical area. I was trying to keep this video short, under 15 minutes, which was challenging. Or up until just a few days ago the APG-66 listed 19km ACM range when in reality it was 9.2km... There are little things like this that change over time, which is why I tried to focus on the big picture. I'm also not getting into real life stuff. Again, extremely complicated and mostly irrelevant to the average war thunder player. Apparently some of gaijin's naming and display symbology is wrong to real life, but discussing why that's the case would only add length to the video and brings nothing to a player just trying to figure out how to launch some sparrows. I didn't talk about radar band here since that's mostly relevant to RWRs, but the short version is that if you're playing a MiG-21 or MiG-23 or F-111 or Kurnass 2000 (and maybe a few others) your radar can not be detected by certain RWRs. And in sim, not only are there band restrictions but also specific radar restrictions that are done on a per-radar to RWR basis; to name one example, Su-27 can detect Mirage 2000's radar but not Mirage 4000's radar in sim. That's a story for another time. I also want to note that TWS is sort of an oddball; in a way it's kind of an acquisition mode and can possibly be grouped with SRC/ACM/TRK, but I didn't put it there because it's accessed with the "change radar mode" keybind. I think if you have a radar with TWS it's pretty intuitive to find.

This video is the best thing since the BLACK+DECKER 8,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner up to 350 Sq. with Remote Control, White

Being a fan of Jaek is like being a fan of the Mona Lisa before painting was invented This is a masterpiece of a radar video

This video is the equivalent of teaching the basics of music theory on the guitar in 14 mins. Absolutely insane. I cannot thank you enough for making this, you found me just when I started getting into radar!

He took a breath... and did it.

the Ace combat music in the background "chef's kiss"

the ace combat background music. I noticed!

Awesome video man! Thank you for schooling some people on the misconceptions that have gone on in this game about some of the features of radars in game. Great work!!

Another JAEK banger, thanks jaek.

Dude your thumbnail for this looks awesome, I already know about radar in WT but clicked because the picture looked cool - nice job

This is one of the best War thunder videos ever made. Good job

Thank you for the info of the PDV IFF. That is very useful. 👍

Best radar vid for WT on YouTube, thanks mate, really really helped me. Have an awesome day!

What i noticed with hdn modes is that they're also better against targets flying low. I highly recommend to use it whenever possible as it forces the target to fly lower than they're usually used to and can really catch people off guard.

Great overview! Thank you for taking the time to make this

I think I'm going to need to watch that again

beautifully in depth and simple Thank you Jaek

Nice and simple explanation of WT radars. Thanks a lot for all of your videos.

Amazing tutorial. I learned SO MUCH. Thank you so much for providing easy to follow descriptions and showing everything we needed to see.

You're the god of the WT Youtube game, those videos are insanely cool, detailed and well animated !