How to aim in War Thunder (as each nation)

Playing USA in War Thunder means “aiming” is really just aggressively pointing your gun in the enemy’s general direction, mashing the trigger, and then immediately screaming when your shell lovingly kisses their armor and does absolutely nothing. You unload half your ammo like a lawn sprinkler on full blast, watch the hit marker pop up with that cursed “non-pen,” and then proceed to yell “RUSSIAN BIAS” so loudly your neighbors think the Cold War just restarted. Meanwhile the T-34 you just tickled turns its turret, blinks at you, and vaporizes your entire family tree.


[MANDATORY] Make sure to wiggle and spray your machine guns and after using the chat to blow some steam off.

Playing Germany in War Thunder is just nonstop pain. You’re lining up this “perfect” long-barrel shot on some guy halfway across the map, fully convinced you’re about to delete him from existence… and then boom, you’re dead. Not from the dude you were aiming at—no, of course not—he was basically a background decoration. You got absolutely obliterated by a T-34 sitting right next to you, like three feet away, that you didn’t see and apparently none of your German teammates saw either because they were all too busy staring into the woods like lost tourists. And as you burn, all you can do is yell “GERMANY SUFFERS,” even though deep down you know you just got flanked by a guy who could’ve waved at you first.

"my team is blind"

Playing USSR in War Thunder is basically waking up every day to people yelling “russian bias!!” while you’re sitting there like, “dude, they buff every other nation every update what are you on about?” You take a hit, your tank makes a weird metal clang, and you just keep rolling like nothing happened. You one-tap someone and immediately the whole lobby starts foaming, and you’re trying to explain, “bro, it’s not bias, you just sat still in the open.” USSR mains don’t suffer at all they just drive forward, shoot once, and listen to everyone else have a meltdown.

"THERE IS NO BIAS"

Everyone who plays other nations are just better. (except italy)