Arado Blitz / War Thunder
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- Jet aircraft are a very special part of the German air forces of the WW2 era. After all, the Luftwaffe were the first to accept a military aircraft with a jet engine into service… and the first to use their jets in actual combat.
The German Me 262 Schwalbe is an iconic fighter aircraft, known far and wide for its effectiveness in air battles… but there was also the Arado 234 Blitz - an excellent jet bomber that is often forgotten in the shadow of the more popular fighter. That’s hardly fair though as the Blitz is often considered one of the most sophisticated aircraft designs of its time.
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Hopefully the rear periscope will work in game one day. Not important but fun :D
Watcha mean buddy
Would be nice
Would be cool or the V1 bomb too.
Hey Haigs
Would be very useful in sim battles 5o see behind you. Especially in the B-2
Please add the break-chute to both Arado 234's ingame, since both historically had it!
I would love that
No more MG brakes
@@lapajgoo4572 xD
@@lapajgoo4572 Cries in Arado 234 B-2
the chute is even modeled, idk why its not in game.
The Arado 234 greatly influenced the jet bombers of the early Cold War; the English Electric Canberra, Ilyushin Il-28, and North American B-45 Tornado.
YO THEY HAVE INTERNET IN PURGATORY
yeah, the Ilyushin IL-28 looks very similar to the arado
not even with 12k repair cost you'll stop me from playing arado
0.0
How does the repair cost work? I never understood the meaning of it
@@leonardosousa297 Repair cost is how many many silver lions it cost whenever a vehicle gets destroyed. Never really an issue at low tiers.
@@txchnical7697 ok thx mate:D
@@leonardosousa297 if you crash or die in a vehicle the set repair cost will take silver lions from you.
For example: I die in my BF109 and my repair cost for it is 900 silver lions, when I return to the hangar 900 silver lions will be gone
Man now that the Arado B model has three seperate bomb drops, and of course it still has the amazing grey camo. The 6.3 Arado is still the best CAS option for that BR imo
Especially in Sim
Last time I was that early , Luftwaffe still had air superiority , and wunderwaffe was considered a viable solution
Lmao
Nice mate
Good one
Just saw this one in person yesterday at the Air and Space museum in Virginia. So cool
It would be nice if it didn’t take us ten years to get this far down the tech tree. It’s almost like watching a nature documentary of all the planes and vehicles I don’t see.
It’s not that hard to get to jets anymore
ive been playing for about a year and just got to jets in the german tree and have had my american tree done, if it takes you 10 years to get to tier 5 you should just stop
If you're grinding the German air tree for jets, then you're grinding for no reason anyway. The German Phantom, the Arado 234's and maybe, according to some, the German MiG 21 are good, but everything other German jet might as well J out at the start of the battle
You can reach tier V very fast in small tech trees like Sweden or France
@@Youllpayforthat if you thought I was being literal you should quit… hold the freaking door
2:40 Can we just enjoy the timing of ma-man extending the gear at the perfect moment
The Arado Blitz is by far my favorite early jet, I also use it as a fighter although it wasn’t designed as one
Fact: You can ram enemy planes with the arado and the arado blitz.
can the Arado survive the ramming?
@@Lewd-Tenant_Isan yes, its quite durable. You can break enemy prop planes without taking damage
@@konradmat8284 really?
@@Lewd-Tenant_Isan yes and some times it can be damaged or direct die
i extend the the landing gear like bird talons and rip enemy tails off
Imagine how the world could have been if this thing rolled of the production lines in 1941....
It would be Based
@@TheGrace020 extremly based comment
@@TheGrace020 shut it fashie
@@Aris-tc9qy commies and liberals crying, nice
@@capelli8275 "commies and liberals crying" are u trying to play the "bad boy" role. You even added a nice??
Arado ain't no bomber, it's a RAMJET
Hey Smigol
Or an anti air bomber
Why have guns when you can have bombs
*Engines go bonk*
I say ur the best Arado player
Overshadowed, but not forgotten. By ww2 aircraft enthusiasts like me at least
seeing an Arado 234 B-3N night fighter would be a great addition to WT, or the 3 seater P-5
An Me262B would also be cool
intro: jet aircraft are a very special part for the german forces during ww2 Era
Also germans ww2 jets in the game: going against other nation cold war jets while germany still in ww2 jets
I "love" how these WW2 Jets fight with Post War OP Jets.
That's the main reason why I don't play aircraft
try using a Ho-229 at 11.0
Historical matchmaking will only make things worse, unless you're a wehraboo who dreams of taking on Sherman 75's In a King Tiger
@@TR33ZY_CRTM Ye. And what about King Tiger vs Modern Tanks?
30% chance win for Tigers...
@@TR33ZY_CRTM and why not Historical Battles?
Ok There can be only 2 Tigers etc, vs Shermans, hellcats, with air support.
I wasn't even aware of this plane existance before war thunder, and i thought it was just a prototype, not such an important machine like the me 262, good job :)
Welcome to the future..
😂🤣😂
@@martinbrode7131 you are good at spotting time travellers
I honestly only found out about it due to trying arcade and getting it as a bomber, dropped 8 tanks with 3 bombs, bunch of SPAAs and Light tanks
I will never forget the anti-bomber spam campaign waged by the 234 pilots ramming allied bombers in air RB. Back then, they were heroes.
Ya know it erks me that ya put new modules in for a vehicles, YEARS after they've been in the game. Arado got another mod to research, kinda pointless cus I already can mount the old bombs already lol. Me 410 got a mod, Italian F104's got new missiles... after years later the F104S got better missiles...
BTW the Arado 234 had a drag chute I believe, so gib drag chute Snail Lord.
my favorite Arado in game the C3, very fast and have cannons.
Just here to watch something before going for another -8,5 sl match
8.5 is nothing compared to the He177 and the b29/tu4
imagine being a soldier, and this thing passes overhead... like you ask everyone up the chain of command and not even the brigade general knows
Ah yes the Ar 234 B-2, the plane which leaves you utterly defenseless and gets outrun by griffon spits.
It was faster than the griffon spitfires, the only allied fighter that was faster was the P-47m.
@@shawns0762 Unfortunately what you say is cap
@@michaellemasters7173 Cap? the early griffons did 405, the late 456, the ar-234 did 460, post war griffons were faster.
The Ao-234 could of been far more ace and fill the role of Zestörer for the RLM if it had two Mk-108s in the wing or fuselage. It could then be used for Heavier CAS, Effective Interception with association with the 262 and be essentially a jet-powered, heavier weaponry, heavier ordnance and overall more sophisticated version of the Me-410.
3:06 hmmm...looks like a magic academy
Modelled cockpits for them would be nice
I'll be honest with ya, the ar 234 is to overshadowed by the me 262, ho 229 and the me 163
In War Thunder, the Arado overshadows all of these because it's simply better. Adequate fighter at 7.3, but has 2 tons of bombs. The others are either good fighters but lousy at ground attack, or good at ground attack but useless as fighters because overtiered (262)-
I have been flying the Arados for years now and theyre hands down the most accurate bombers in War thunder! capable of destroying entire columns thanks to the pin point drops and the amazing flight characteristics.
Ju287 would be a good addition. People have asked for it over and over. It was tested by the Soviet Union after the war so presumably Russian speakers could dig up all the details
Outstanding video and presentation.
Did you know that the Ar 234, specifically the C-5 variant, was supposed to become the world's first AWACS plane?
The 234 C-5 variant was to be equipped with the under development Berlin-N radar - on a rotating disc. Of course the end of the war stopped all development work on the C-5, but the victorious Allies took the data and blueprints of the rotating radar disc and refined it some more, resulting in the modern AWACS plane, exemplified by the E-3 Sentry and the E-2 Hawkeye.
I live next to the Air and Space Museum and I haven’t seen it in display sadly( haven’t been there recently) but man I really want to see it now lol.
Very under appreciated
Very special and very imposant! I red a lot of books about this plane. I look forward to the Tec Tree :-)
Enjoyed the full-on gutterals - Arrrado, etc., etc..
The AR-234 B-2 is easily, by far my most favourite aircraft in all of war thunder, because I like things that leave room for screwing around a bit while still being efficient and effective, and if anything does that well, it's the 6.3 Blitz
What do you mean by screwing around
@@RAiNfORAiNbOW Having fun.
@@RAiNfORAiNbOW Ramming enemies and being fine, doing aerobatic maeuvres to show off when a ground RB match is pretty much over anyway, trying and failing to bomb enemy planes while they are still in flight, etc. Or as AIM-9x Sidewinder said, having fun
@@n1thecaptain965 you convinced me I've never played planes do you have any tips to grind through the tech tree easier since I dont enjoy early war designs
@@RAiNfORAiNbOW I haven't really touched air RB in quite a while, and grinding through the entire German air tree just for the AR-234 isn't guaranteed to be worth it because it has a high repair cost, and it's complete lack of any guns whatsoever makes it so that if an enemy catches you low or with bombs, there's a high chance of you dieing unless you've used it so much that it's basically the only thing you play.
If you insist on grinding to it despite this, which I would understand, because when played right it is a really fun machine, then I would recommend you to stick to fighters, mainly the BF-109 since it's the most versatile (though I personally prefer the FW-190 variants) while also researching and purchasing, but not using any bombers, excluding the ME-264, because bombers in war thunder are made of glass. That's actually another reason I like the Arado, it's so much of an exception to this rul that you can ram a plane at 500 kph and while their wing is sliced off and their engine is burning, you'll be unlucky to even have an orange wing.
TL;DR think about it first, if you really want it, use BF-109's, or FW-190's if you like them, don't use bombers unless they're an ME-264 or of course the AR-234.
One more thing: the AR-234 C-3 is a better plane in that it has 2 powerful 20mm autocannons and 4 engines that give it better acceleration, top speed, etc, but it is a full br rank higher and often gets uptiered to 8.3 in air rb, where you'll often fight planes designed way later, throwing away your speed advantage, and because the cockpit is a big ball of glass, fighting back isn't much of an option either. It is a very good plane in ground RB though, simply because there's a lot less enemy planes there
Such a cool plane! I am lucky enough to live 20 min from the Smithsonian Museum and I go over whenever I get the chance
great job gaijin, remove 500kg bomb as stock bomb load option and make a video about it
let me guess next video will be Me 410?
having seen the AR-234 in person, I agree that the Blitz is overshadowed by the 262 unfairly, both are great planes
Ive actually been to the air and space museum near dulles, I saw it! There was tons of stuff there like the only do 335. Its local to me too.
The AR 234 B-2 is my first jet, and my first jet that I aced the crew with the hard way.
One of the best looking planes of ww2. That and the ju87 are my favourites
I read a "Landser" in wich the rear periscope was used to shut backwards on hunters.
Arado E.381 was built in 46 but had problems and was cancelled.
Still one of the best looking jet bombers in my opinion. Waiting to unlock it
For years before I had always seen and heard of the Me 262s, but never the Arado before, until War Thunder. So yes I agree that it get's overshadowed by the more well know Me 262 fighter.
Its nice to listen to you guys! Your German pronouncing is pretty good! Also i did not know about the plane. Keep it up fellas
Why doesnt the Arado have the backward facing 20mm that would be very helpfull
The defensive fixed rear gun system intended for the Ar 234A's prototype series was generally considered useless, hence, were omitted in production examples of the Ar 234B, while still retaining the periscope for rearwards vision . Wiki
@@Ingenkanhadettanamn That i didnt know, from what i knew the planes where send out with guns but most pilots removed them too save weight, so i would have added it ass an optional attachment like a gunpod
Most jet fighters at the same BR, Me 262 especially are actually worse fighters than the 4 engine arado, which out-turns and out-climbs Me 262, while having a perfectly adqueate armament of 2 20mm cannons.
There's only about three fighters with same BR that are better, and one is a premium.
there was a early model with two FIXED backwards facing 30mm. I’ve flown it in IL-2 1946. they are probably not implemented because the two are ass hard to aim using the periscope. You end up flying off directions to line them up and even then the things are very hard to hit with that system.
@@Legoperson75 the system didn't work IRL, so they just kept the periscopes.
We fear the sound of JU87, but with AR234, we hear nothing except a small sound when a bomb comes close to your tank and a big boom...
great as always
One of my personal favourite aircraft.
A very impressive aircraft indeed.
even at 11k repair cost, i still put it as my main CAS at 6.3-7.3
I have seen this plane in person and it is truly Magnificent
I modelled one of these jet bombers, I love it.
That's my beloved bomber.
i mean i remember this aircraft the insane stuff and its cool how they made the first jet bomber in history!
Non ho ancora pilotato l'Ar Blitz, ma è sempre stato il mio aereo preferito, sia nella vita reale che nel tuono di guerra
It was a truly amazing aircraft, it even looks light years ahead of anything the Allies put out at the time, it even looks streets ahead of the de Havilland Mosquito at one end of the spectrum to the B29 at the other, also two other favorite aircraft of mine!......I could rant on about the Lancaster, B-17 but there was only one True Snell Bomber!
Very nice video!
gaijin in 2021: Guys.. Why are you not playing bombers?
The reason I like war thunder better than for example world of tanks is, that you can really feel the time the makers spent with the story and the details, that makes war thunder so extraordinary
nice cockpit place holder
the tubes on the bomb seen at 5:35 might be jericho trumpets.
Please do lower the repair cost for Germany as I can’t play my favourite aircraft with out losing all my liens
Air ab is a solution
True but ab is not always as fun as rb
@@MaverickplaysYT well it really depends on what you prefer i have the f86f2 and i only played ab and like the chaos of it
I remember games where three of these could absolutely decimate enemy ground forces, allowing us to break through and end the game on the spot.
went from: biplanes that will combust with some small arms fire from no mansland, to: jet bomber aircraft in only 30 YEARS
Q: what is the best way to use the Japanese tanks 2.0 - 4.0 ?
You ask that in the shooting range
@@tag4042 yeah just saw it I commented so fast that I didn't see the title lol
I use the Chi Ha LG at 4.7. Its surprisingly good.
Plane fame is all about the stories out there, and I don't think I ever heard much about it story wise, though I did see drawings and pics of it. You just look at it and it speaks volumes, though certainly bombing isn't as sexy as the stories of the P-51s getting jumped while defending bombers. I would guess it was so effective, it didn't leave anyone as a witness to tell the tale!
My first jet and my favorite bomber
Its fun using it,bombing run is my specialty
when you speak german, every word in german sounds like: shwooalbe
Then you must have a very limited ability to hear more than just one sound! Pity! I lived in that country for four years, so I do have a fairly good understanding of pronunciation… But I do not claim to be perfect!
When a bomber and a supersonic jet do a naughty think
Germany even had a swept wing 6 engine jet bomber ready, with its wings swept forward, as the highest windspeed then would be at the inside, giving lift and a free center for bombs.
Air Force museum in Dayton has one
I had no idea how good this plane was.
Arado parachute option when?
Great video!! I hope we get one of this type on the Japanese bombers. They’re underrated!!
1:31
It lsounds like Bruce had a stroke
i think adding more jet bombers in the game be a good idea also add teir 7
Hopefully all bombers get their cockpits modelled. I'm ony aware of one, the he 111, and even then its only one of the variants
I saw it in person, its a beautiful plane.
I got to see that last Arado last month! It's a lot smaller than you think it is and the cockpit looks super cramped and claustrophobic.
did you see the me 163?
I did see that one too. A lot of these planes are smaller than you think but also bigger than you think. It really depends on which ones you see.@@Wiiguy13
When can we see the RAH-66 Comanche? I mean, since we are talking about air vehicles :)
I agree it was definitely over shadowed but by the excitement of the war's end approaching. Arrived too late for the big show, they were almost at the last line of defense, and this beauty seems like an all offensive type. Thank the heavens it isnt more popular for making the war any harder to win. My 2cents?
You should do an air battle with early propeller driven aircraft an early Jet aircraft
Last time I was this early the game was still fun and only had Russian, German and US in the game
I remember a few years back reading in an aviation magazine that while digging a drainage ditch at an east coast american airforce base that they found the crushed remains of probably 6 arado 234 blitz bombers the americans had brought back and destroyed after testing. The remains were too badly crushed and corroded for any salvage. Senseless destruction!
Wow, 👏 another good video
Smigol Time brought these planes to glory again :)
Interceptor-Bomber. The first and only.
I recall that 2 or 3 of the Arado's that were tested were dumped in a land fill. What a waste!
the coolest aeroplane I ever did see. only one left at uhdar Hazy.
Honestly at rank 5 this thing is honestly the only jet actually feared as the bomb loads are crazy good and its speed helps it get out of many bad situations specifically in this game its just honestly op as hell till radar aa find it lmao
Hope Gaijin will add more Arado 234 variants.
Since there are still many variants that can be added.
Those variants that you have in mind aren't viable for the game mostly because they were the recon variants and had no bombs attached (i am speaking about those without landing gear). The only one that is missing is B2 N (night figther) but it would perform worse than the original B2 due to the added radar antena and gun pods that increase the drag coeficient.
I am grateful that the more advanced fighters and bombers such as the Me 262 and the Arado Blitz only came 'on line' towards the end of WW2. The idea of Germany being in control of Europe to the present day would have made life for the majority of people a living nightmare.
Trying to grind for the first arado to use it in ground rn
Hi, gaijin this is my second time asking this but could you please add the hummel, wespe and other such SPG/arti vehicles to the game, I just think these would wreak havoc and be really fun to play. ; )
I have literally stood next to the last ar 234 down at Dulles
Nice!