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French plane and tank lineups for ground realistic battles in War Thunder
 
 

Preface

Intro
 
 
If you are interested in War Thunder’s French tree, this is the guide for you. In this guide, I’ll go through each rank in the tree and share what lineups I believe are most effective. Though a minor tree, the French tree offers unique features that make playing this tree worth it to those that play it. These unique features being oscillating turrets and auto loaders.
 
 
Auto Loaders
 
 
Auto loaders are a mechanic many French tanks have that gives them an edge in battle. As the name suggests, auto loaders provide the job of reloading shells into a tank to a machine rather than the crew. In many cases this results in tanks that reload quickly, allowing you to out reload your opponents. This can come with a downfall however, as you are unable to upgrade your reload time using crew points as you would be able to with tanks that use conventional methods of reloading. At the very least, playing a French tank with an auto loader gives you a consistent reload, a quick reload that is unaffected by crew members being taken out.
 
 
Oscillating Turrets
 
 
Oscillating turrets are also a helpful feature many French tanks have as they allow for more elevation and depression of the gun. Also, oscillating turrets typically weigh less than and provide a lower profile than your average turret, making them useful on light vehicles such as the AMX-13 and Panhard EBR series that depend on speed and elusiveness to be successful.
 
 

 
 
 

Rank One

BR 1.3
 
 

 
 
Tanks
 
 
When creating line ups, it helps to center it around one vehicle and one battle ratting. In the case of this rank one line up, it is centered around the Char D2, also known as the “Mini Bis”. Someone starting new in War Thunder or is starting out grinding a new tree will likely not have as many crew slots as I do in the picture shown above. Centering a line up around one vehicle with other vehicles to support that one vehicle is the primary way I created my lineups as I progressed through the tree.
 
 

• Char D2 “Mini Bis” – Heavily armored brawling tank good for close quarters fights, great for urban maps
• Lorraine 37L – Quick, lightly armored vehicle with a high penning gun, great for open, sniping maps
• S.35 – Brawling tank, like the D2, but trade protection for better mobility, good all around vehicle
• AMC.35 – Light vehicle with a quick reload and decent mobility
• P.7.T AA – Anti air truck

 
Planes
 
 
Adding planes to your line up should involve adding various planes from the three types of planes in the game, fighters, attackers, and bombers. In this 1.3 line up I use a fighter and a bomber. By doing this you can better budget your spawn points. If you do not have the crew slots to bring multiple planes try to think of what role you are best at when playing air or what you think your team will need the most. Examples include air superiority and close air support.
 
 

• D.501 – Air superiority fighter
• V-156-F – Dive bomber that can bring 2 100kg bombs

 
 
 

Rank Two

BR 2.7
 
 

 
 
Tanks
 
 

• B1 ter – Slow but heavily armored brawling tank, great for urban maps
• B1 bis – Heavily armored, slightly less than the B1 ter, brawling tank, great for urban maps
• M4A3 105 – Heavy armored, more mobile American tank with a 105mm gun
• M3A3 Stuart – quick light tank with access to solid shot
• Crusader Mk.II – Quick light tank with access to an APHE shell

 
Planes
 
 

• Potez 633 – Front-line bomber with two 225kg bombs, has two separate drops
• P-40F-5 – Premium multi-role fighter with access to one 500lbs bomb and two 100lbs bombs
• V.G.33C-1 – Tech tree alternative air supremacy fighter, no payload

 
 
 

Rank Three

BR 3.7
 
 

 
 
Tanks
 
 

• M4A4 – Medium brawling tank, solid mobility, APHE, and a short stop stabilizer
• ARL-44 (ACL-1) – Very large heavy tank with a high velocity gun
• AMX-13-M24 – Premium light tank that brings the best features from the AMX-13 and the M24 Chaffee
• M4A1 – Medium brawling tank, a lesser version of the M4A4
• M10 GMC – Open top tank, has a high velocity gun with APHE
• CCKW 353 AA – Anti Air Truck, can also be used as a tank destroyer

 
Planes
 
 

• F6F-5 – Multi-role fighter with access to, hvars, 1000lbs bombs, and Tiny Tim rockets
• M.B.175T – Bomber with access to twelve hvars used to over pressure light vehicles
• M.B.157 – Air superiority fighter with two 20mm Hispano guns
• SB2C-5 – Dive Bomber with various bombs, hvars, and even gunpods that can strafe tanks

 
BR 5.3
 
 

 
 
Tanks
 
 

• M4A3E2 “Jumbo” – Heavy, mobile, brawling tank with a short stop stabilizer with APHE
• M4A1 (FL10) – Mobile sherman chassis with the quick reloading FL10 turret
• ARL-44 – High velocity, high penning 90mm gun
• M4A4 (SA50) – High velocity, high penning 75mm gun
• E.B.R. (1951) – Incredibly mobile armored car carrying APHE
• AMX-13 DCA 40 – Great anti air platform that carries a 40mm bofors cannon that can fight both planes and tanks

 
Planes
 
 

• P-63C-5 – Amazing multi-role fighter that can bring three 500lbs bombs
• B-26C – Large frontline bomber that can bring 1000lbs and 2000lbs bombs

 
 
 

Rank Four and Five

FYI
 
 
The line ups chosen for rank four and five are only separated by one BR bracket, because of this these vehicles can be swapped around and the line up will still do well. The vehicles at these BRs are some of the best in the tree and are most exemplative of what makes France a great tree in War Thunder.
 
 
BR 7.3
 
 

 
 
Tanks
 
 

• Somua SM – One of the best vehicles in the game, heavy armor, solid mobility, four second reload
• AMX-13-90 – Speedy, 90mm heat slinger, four second reload
• Char 25t – Speedy, low profile, 90mm APHE
• AMX-50 – Quick, low profile, medium tank with a four second reload
• AMX-50 Foch – Slow heavily armored tank destroyer, 120mm main gun and 15mm machine gun that can fight planes and light tanks
• AMX-13 DCA 40 – Great anti air platform that carries a 40mm bofors cannon that can fight both planes and light tanks

 
Planes
 
 

• F4U-7 – Multi-role fighter with access to many bombs and rockets, including 114 SNEB rockets
• AD-4- Attacker that can bring both bombs and rockets at the same time
• F8F-1B – Multi-role fighter that can bring bombs, rockets, or gun pods

 
BR 7.7
 
 

 
 
Tanks
 
 

• AMX-50 Surbaisse – Huge heavy tank with a 120mm gun, six second reload
• Lorraine 40t – Highly mobile, low profile medium tank with a for second reload
• AMX-30 – Quick, premium, heat slinging tank
• AMX-30 (1972) – Quick, tech tree, heat slinger with access to an incredibly useful 20mm autocannon used to fight tanks, planes, helicopters. Use the 20mm to take out other tank’s barrels and tracks
• E.B.R. (1963) – Speedy, low profile, heat slinger with a subpar reload
• AMX-13-90 – Speedy, 90mm heat slinger, four second reload

 
Planes
 
 

• F-84G-26-RE – Jet attacker that can carry a combination of bombs, rockets, and Tiny Tims
• Ouragan – Multi-role jet fighter that can carry bombs or rockets
• Barougan – Same as Ouragan, but with increased RP and SL rewards

 
 
 

Rank Six

BR 8.3
 
 

 
 
Tanks
 
 

• AMX-30B2 BRENUS – Mobile medium tank, equipped with a dart, 20mm auto cannon, night vision, thermal vision, an electric active protection system, and covered in explosive reactive armor
• SK-105A2 – Mobile, low profile light tank with both night and thermal vision, shoots a dart with a four second reload
• AMX-30B2 – Mobile medium tank with a dart and 20mm auto cannon
• AMX -10RC – Armored car with hydropneumatic suspension and a dart
• MEPHISTO – The first missile carrier added to the French tree (ignoring the ACRA), armored car carrying mouse guided HOT-2 missiles
• AMX-30 DCA- Great anti air platform capable of fighting both planes and tanks using 30mm sabot shells

 
Planes
 
 

• F-84F- Attacker capable of bringing bombs, hvar rockets, and might mouse rockets
• M.D.452 IIA – Air supremacy jet fighter
• M.D.452 IIB – Multi-role jet fighter that can bring bombs and SNEB rockets

 
Helis
 
 

• Alouette II – Heli with four AS.11 missiles and four low caliber machine guns
• Alouette III – Heli with four AS.11 missiles, no machine guns

 
 
 

Rank Seven

FYI
 
 
If you are this far in the game you probably don’t need this, but here it is.
 
 
BR 11.0
 
 

 
 
Tanks
 
 

• Leclercs – In every practical sense all leclercs currently in game are the same and have little to no differences game play wise
• ItO 90M – A Finnish adaptation of the French Crotale missile system, fires the VT1 missile, currently the best anti air tank in the game
• Roland 1 – Anti air missile platform, fires Roland 3 missiles, severely up-tierd in this line up, but is still useful for fighting helicopters

 
Planes
 
 

• Mirage IIIE – Multi-role jet fighter that can carry bombs, SNEBS, nords, and magic 1 air to air missiles
• Jaguar A – Attacker that has many payload options with a targeting pod
• Mirage F1C/F1CT – 11.3 multi-role jet fighter, can bring bombs, SNEBS, gun pods, and magic 2 air to air missiles (you will up-tier yourself to 11.3 instead of 11.0 if you bring this vehicle)

 
Heli
 
 

• Tiger HAD – Heli with access to hellfire air to ground missiles and mistral air to air missiles
• Tiger HAP – Heli with access to HOT 3 missiles and mistral air to air missiles

 
 

 
 
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