![]() Nuclear weapons for applications in ground battles were teased during the build-up of Update "New Power", with the teaser video ending with a large, bright explosion in an overcast setting. Fulfilling this objective ends the match in favor of the capturing team's side. The concept of a player-launched nuclear weapon was teased as far back as the War Thunder 2018 April Fool's event Silent Thunder, where one of the objective is for player-controlled submarines to capture specific points on the map in order to enable them to fire their onboard cruise or ballistic missiles, some of which are implied as being armed with a nuclear warhead. Successful deployment of the bomb will end the game instantly in favour of the team that first dropped their nuclear armament. Historically the FAB-5000 was developed to target infrastructure like bridges and factories.Nuclear weapons in War Thunder allowed skilled players who accumulate enough airstrike points in arcade or spawn points in realistic ground battles to pilot a nuclear weapon-armed aircraft into the battlefield and drop a nuclear bomb. Without proper communication, teammates are at high risk of being killed by the bomb.The FAB-5000 can be shot down by planes and tanks leading to the bomb to explode mid-air. ![]() ![]() Due to being restricted to high altitude bombing enemies have to stay in the same place for a long time.Low altitude bombing is almost impossible due to the explosion being enough to kill the Pe-8 if it is too close.Due to the bomb being so heavy the Pe-8 carrying it is unable to accelerate to high speeds or climb very high.Even the fastest vehicles don't have time to get away from the explosion once the bomb lands.Fragment dispersion radius is large enough to kill un-armoured targets from way beyond the lethal range for armoured targets.Massive explosive mass means precision is not needed.Meanwhile, the Pe-8 can stay at high altitudes where it is safe from enemy fighters. Once there are multiple tanks inside of the capture point, the FAB-5000 is the perfect weapon for taking them all out in a single strike as the explosive mass is enough to kill everything inside of it. The easiest targets to aim for are capture points as these are the most important areas for tanks to be inside, unfortunately for the tanks by being near the capture point they are very visible from above. The Pe-8 is easy to shoot down when at low altitude as it is a heavy strategic bomber, and it's safer to bomb from high altitudes where the Pe-8 is far enough away to not be damaged by the bomb's splash damage, even without a fuse. The FAB-5000 shows its strength best in Ground battles where it is commonly referred to as the "Nuke" due to its large explosive mass. ![]() Since the Pe-8 can only carry a single bomb it would be a waste to just use it on a single base. The FAB-5000 is commonly used for destroying airfields in Air battles, however this requires other bombers in the team to take out bases first. Mk.I "Blockbuster" bomb carries ~1,000 kg TNTe more explosive mass and has a slightly larger explosion radius. It is important to set a fuse of at least a couple of seconds or to bomb from high altitudes as any planes near the bomb are likely to take critical damage. The fragment dispersion is very effective even past 200 m thanks to almost 2 tons of steel surrounding the TGA-16 explosive filler, more than enough to kill lightly armoured vehicles such as SPGs and SPAA or at least damaging crew. Simply aiming the bomb near a capture zone will guarantee destruction of anything inside of it (this also applies to teammates so be careful!). With a huge destruction radius of 105 m, nothing that stands near the FAB-5000 is likely to survive. It was the largest bomb of the Soviet arsenal during WW2. The FAB-5000 is a Soviet high explosive (HE) bomb. ![]()
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