you have a consistent collection of 1940-60-era US planes. I love your collection,

@WaterFlavouredSpitfires giga based

@Mage2IsTriggered I mean he is a former U2 Pilot anyways :P

@ChiChiWerx i rarely write that formally, i just did that to match how you wrote lol. Idk how to explain it, just gave me a very formal vibe. But you do you, that might just be your writing style, just a comment lol

@Mage2IsTriggered I write overly formally? Didn’t think I was any more so than you…how so?

@ChiChiWerx Nah, the Devastator used as anything other than a torpedo bomber irl would've been worse off, it's just that in game it has flight characteristics that probably don't match reality. It's simply a case of game balance slip ups over anything else.
Also, the Devastator cannot be matched with Warhawks, but it can be matched with P-36 Hawks, cause or their differences in Battle Rating.
P.s: why do you speak so formarly?

@Mage2IsTriggered interesting…so it’s not used exclusively as a torpedo bomber in that game and based on your assessment maybe it would have been more survivable if it had been employed as something other than a torpedo bomber. Part of the TBD’s issues was it’s tactics, low and slow to allow the torpedo delivery, which made it even more highly vulnerable. It’s also interesting that it does well against biplanes in WT, which I would expect IRL, as it’s faster than the typical biplane. WT battles are more like scrums with dozens of different types, in which you have as much of a chance to meet up with a biplane as a P-40 in the same battle.

@ChiChiWerx Yeah, i know the Devastator was very outclassed when WW2 began, specially at Midway, but in the game, it is the first bomber in the US bomber line, at BR 1.0, the lowest you can go. It has decent flight performance, decent energy retention, good roll rate, average climb and turn rate, it's just super slow. It packs one .50cal in the front and a .50cal as the turret, guns thats shred biplanes like the He-51 or Nimrod, and can carry up to 12 100lb bombs, a couple 250lb or 500lb bombs (i don't recall right now) and a large 1000lb bomb or a torpedo (which you probably won't get to use), while also getting custom loadouts so you can mix and match. It can take out multiple strategic targets at once, destroy biplanes and RTB almost safe and sound. It's also super cheap, for purchase, crewing and repairing. It works really well as an impromptu fighter and low altitude bomber, or as CAS, if you take the 100lb bomb.
War Thunder may base stuff after documents, but after all, it's still a game and balance over realism is there to some extent, which means some slip ups happen, so don't expect most vehicles in game to reeaaaallly match their IRL counterparts.

@Mage2IsTriggered yes, this build looks very good. But I have to ask about your WT comment…I’ve played a little bit of WT, but never the TBD. IRL, the TBD was completely obsolete by the time the USN faced the Japanese in WWII, being too slow along with a suicidal delivery profile, and was absolutely slaughtered during the Battle of Midway. Making the sacrifice worse was the fact that the U.S. had a completely ineffective aerial torpedo at the time and scored zero hits during the battle. So, in WT, how is the TBD insanely powerful? Are you mixing this one up with the Dauntless SBD dive bomber, which despite being an earlier design, was actually a very good design with a great combat record?

Looks nice but why only 1 photo (pixelated) and no description?

One of the best looking WW2 aircraft imo. Also an insanely powerful plane in War Thunder.
Really nicely made!

Literally the AT-6 Harvard

Great 10/10

Ladies and gentlemen it is confirmed....

Can you help build an SBD-3 Dauntless dive bomber?

@plane9000

Great job

Tbf avenger when?!

Could you add instructions and flaps to your following planes?

Yo this torpedo I swear is historically accurate

@Randomplayer @WinsWings same here

@WinsWings I agree

this is beautiful