I am kind a new in the war thunder community and the game also, still grinding the Russian tech tree and, in some tanks, like the YaG10(29-K) and 2S19M1 or the second version in the squadron vehicles category that have Time Fuse He and Proxy Fuse He respectively and I don’t know how to use those shell. If anyone have some time, please help me. Thank You.
Hey, there should be a control on the controls screen labeled switch fuse or something like that (just searching fuse should do it). There’s 2 modes, and on one of them you have to use the rangefinder. One of them makes the shell just do what all shells do, which is to basically hit the target as is. The second one, is a timed fuse, that one makes the shell “explode” when it reaches the distance you’ve set on the rangefinder. It’s nice to have in case the enemy is hiding behind a hill and you can’t see it but know it’s there.
Proxy fuse is the same but without the need of the rangefinder if I’m not wrong, although you do have to calculate the distance so rangefinder does help and it basically explodes when it gets close to something. Nice to use if you need to counter CAS, as a rangefinder one might not be totally useful due to the plane having moved from the moment you lasered. Hope I explained myself a bit.
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Proxy does not need the rangefinder. Time fuse is hard to use because of the rangefinder delay.
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But like, if you’re shooting a target from far away getting the rangefinder to at least give an approximate would be best right?
go to options → controls/keybinds (idk the name in English since my game is in my language) → ground vehicles → search “fuze” or “switch” and select a key for it (i have it selected for the side-key 5 of my mouse, since i use the 4 for rangefinder).
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Do you need to do that in arcade? Ships don’t do so but have an armament “skill” for accuracy of range setting that affects their RNG
Only if its a really slow target otherwise your range/time will be out of date. Its usually faster to just “fire and adjust” multiple rounds. They are pretty much useless against aircraft and opportunity for “trick shots” using it is rare vs just HEing someone directly.
IMO any vehicle that comes with time fuse rounds should get a rangefinding buff like the Flakbus gets.
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Thanks Bro
No, considering that even with a rangefider it takes like 2 seconds. rely on eyebal MK.1 or MK.2 if you are experienced
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Mainly just being experienced and trying to calculate their flight path, that’s all
Oh yeah, don’t even try to use the tf he on the YaG10, completely useless
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Time fuse works with using your range finder, the range will be the exact distance your HE shell will explode in the air. Irl it worked against huge bomber formations because they stay at the same altitude, but ingame its useless because it takes so much time to finish using the rangefinder and planes are in constant erratic movements.
Proxy fuse in compare, does not suffer this problem, you just shoot it and will explode near the target, without using any rangefinder and such.
In top tier, tanks with IRST lock and time fuse, works better because it automatically corrects the fuze distance with the lock.
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