TwoOrMoreHippos's definitions

Schräge Musik

A type of weapons setup used by German and Japanese aircraft in World War 2. In it, aircraft have cannons mounted in an upward firing position, usually diagonally, which are meant to hit and destroy bombers. The Japanese also had a variation with downward firing cannons which proved less successful. The term comes from German, and means Strange Music.

The allies initially struggled to counter German fighters with Schräge Musik guns.

by TwoOrMoreHippos May 11, 2022

ASU

Abbreviation for Aviadesantnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (Airborne Self-Propelled Gun), a series of light tank destroyers meant to be air droppable into warzones. The abbreviation has become colloquially used to refer to the vehicles of this series built, such as the ASU-57 and ASU-85.

Hey bro, have you heard of the ASU tank destroyers?

by TwoOrMoreHippos June 23, 2022

Spahpanzer SP.I C

A West German light tank destroyer prototype armed with a 90mm cannon, developed in the 1950s. It was designed to be small, mobile, and air-droppable, allowing them to easily ambush mass Soviet armoured attacks.

It’s available in World of Tanks and World of Tanks Blitz as a Tier 7 light tank, notable for poor armour but great mobility and stealth.

I know World War 2 prototypes are cool, b it have you heard of the Spahpanzer SP.I C?

by TwoOrMoreHippos May 12, 2022

Ki-45

A Japanese fighter used in World War Two. There were four major production variants. These are:

Ki-45 Kai-Ko (A): Initial escort fighter variant armed with 2x 12.7mm Ho-103 Machine Guns and 1x 20mm Ho-3 cannon.

Ki-45 Kai-Otsu (B): Kai-Kos fitted with a Type 94 37mm cannon instead of the Ho-3.

Ki-45 Kai-Hei (C): Anti-Shipping type armed with 1x Ho-3 and 1x 37mm Ho-201 cannons.

Ki-45 Kai-Tei (D): Night Fighter armed with 1x Ho-201 in nose as well as 2x 20mm Ho-5 cannons in a Schräge Musik mounting behind the pilot’s seat.

Used from 1942 until the war’s end, these aircraft proved somewhat successful, with over 1600 aircraft built. This makes the most produced Japanese twin-engined fighter of the war.

Have you seen the Ki-45 at the Udvar-Hazy Center?

by TwoOrMoreHippos May 11, 2022

Sexual Intercourse

Something which you will never have

You’ll never have sexual intercourse

by TwoOrMoreHippos May 2, 2022

Wind of Change

The (as on the time of writing) most recent major update to War Thunder, famous for adding the A-10 Thunderbolt II.

(In 2025)

Person 1: Hey dude which update did Gaijin add the A-10 in?
Person 2: Wind of Change.
Person 1: Oh yeah.

by TwoOrMoreHippos May 27, 2022

APCR

Short for Armour Piercing Composite Rigid, this is a type of tank shell that uses a soft external casing to enclose a dense kinetic-energy penetrator which can pierce heavy armour. It’s infamous in War Thunder for being unreliable, as the shrapnel damage caused by the round’s core is small and often doesn’t injure crew. The concept of this sort of round was improved upon with the introduction of Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot (APDS) rounds.

Damn, I do hate using APCR rounds in War Thunder.

by TwoOrMoreHippos May 2, 2022