Crew skills

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Crew Skills are the added attributes to the crew performance and effectiveness, being for the pilots, gunners of single (and multi) crew aircraft, tanks, ships, and airfield/hangar/harbor mechanics.

Basics

Crew skills are War Thunder's way of simulating the experience and skill gained by air, ground, and naval crews through combat missions, allowing them to perform/endure tasks more efficiently and effectively as they increase in skill over time, such as how quickly aircraft are repaired by ground crew, how fast can the tank's loader fit shells into the gun breech, how accurate bombers' gunners' fire is, or the amount of g-force that can be sustained before a pilot begins blacking out.

The crew experience are gained in the forms of "Crew XP Points," earned by participating in battles. The number of points accrued for a flight crew experience depends on the research points Rp icon.png obtained in a battle, which varies depending on the game mode the battle is in. In Realistic and Simulator battles, for every 100 Rp icon.png the player will receive 1 crew XP point which would be distributed to the crew of the vehicle used. In Arcade battles, every 100 Rp icon.png will grant the player 3 crew XP points, but this higher rate also has the crew experience spread out among multiple crews. Another way to obtain crew XP point is by purchasing them with Golden Eagles Ge icon.png via the "Accelerated Training" tab on the top right corner of the Crew Training window.

During lulls in between matches in the hangar, pay attention to the crew slots bottom left corner, which would have a numerical value representing the crew level. The color of this text can indicate crew XP point accumulation: a regular silver font showing regular crew XP point amount, and a glowing gold font showing a large amount of unused crew XP points.

These Crew XP Points would be used to upgrade a crew's skill level via the "Crew Training" tab in the hangar left side. The more points invested, the more skilled the crew is, and the more points will be needed to upgrade to the next level.

Air vehicles crew skills

General

  • G-Tolerance - Influences the tolerance of the pilot to acceleration in maneuvers (g-forces), increasing the critical amount of "G's" that the pilot can sustain without the player's vision field being darkened/reddened and the player losing control of the plane after a certain period of time, representing the pilot's loss of consciousness (also known as G-LOC).
  • Stamina - influences the time period during which the pilot still has control over the aircraft when the maximum G is exceeded. Also affects how quick he can regain consciousness. In addition, it has an effect on the accuracy of mouse aiming mode.
  • Vitality - Reduces the likelihood of the pilot receiving a mortal wound. For the novice pilot the second .303 bullet hit or comparable shrapnel impact is usually fatal; while a pilot with their Vitality maxed out can, with a measure of luck, survive one hit from a .50 (12.7mm) M2 Browning machine gun.

Pilot

  • Keen Vision - Enhances the detection range when spotting enemies, i.e. the maximum distance at which the target indicator may appear. This ranges between 4km (untrained) to 8km (maxed). Detection is only made within a cone in the direction of view of the player. Maximum detection distance is also dependent on the size of the target, lighting conditions and other factors.
  • Awareness - Enhances the detection range of enemy targets between 150m(untrained) to 300m(maxed). Detection is carried out in all directions around the aircraft, regardless of the direction that the player is observing.

Defensive armament

  • Number of Experienced Gunners - All skills with gunners are reduced proportionally to the difference between the amount of gunners on the selected aircraft and the number of experienced gunners in the crew. For example, an He.111H-6 bomber has 5 gunners positions. If there is a crew of only two experienced gunners all their skills will be reduced by 60%, with four - 20%, with all five positions filled, their skills will be fully effective.
  • Fire Accuracy - This skill only applies when the gunner is controlled by AI. Increases the traverse speed of a turret, increases the maximum burst length by up to 3 times, increases the distance at which gunners can start firing at a target by up to 275% (55% in RB/SB), increases the distance at which the targets direction can be anticipated, increases the chance of simultaneous fire and “leading” the target, removes miscalculation in “leading” the target (decreased by 7 times for RB / SB when researched completely) .
  • Fire Precision - This skill only applies when the gunner is controlled by AI. Reduces scatter of the gun by 2.5 times (2 times in RB/SB), increases the burst length by up to a third when fully researched, increases the distance that gunners open fire in arcade battles by a marginal amount (up to 8%), increases the chance of simultaneous fire and “leading” the target just like fire accuracy.

Logistical services

  • Repair Speed - Reduces repair time both at the airfield in the game and in the hangar by up to 3 times when fully researched. For example, the base repair time of the Bf 109 F-4/trop in AB is 7 hours 50 minutes, while with repair speed it is reduced to 2 hours 36 minutes.
  • Repair Rank - Determines the maximum aircraft Rank to which the repair skill is applied. Has a total of five stages according to the number of vehicle ranks in the game. For instance, the Bf 109 F-4/trop requires repair rank 3. If the repair rank is lower, the repair time will remain at 7 hours 50 minutes no matter how high the repair speed skill is.
  • Reload Speed - Reduces the rearming time in the air three times for cannons & machine guns, two times for bombs, rockets and torpedoes and four times for turrets. Fully leveling La-5FN crew’s reloading skill will cause the rearmament time of cannons to go down from 40 seconds to 13.3; bombs will be reloaded in 20 seconds instead of 40.
  • Weapon Maintenance - Reduces the chance of weapons jamming due to overheating by up to 3 times, reduces the angular velocity of bombs, rockets and torpedoes by up to 3 times, thereby significantly improving their accuracy.

Ground vehicles crew skills

General

  • Keen Vision - determines at what distance the player can see an enemy ground vehicle that's under cover. The game server only sends information of a vehicle that's concealed to the client when the player is at a minimal distance from the enemy. This distance is around 500-700m with crew that's not leveled up and up to three times as much with the crew fully leveled up.
  • Field repair - Increases the basic rate at which damaged parts are repaired (by up to 50%).
  • Agility - determines the speed with which a crew member can replace another fallen one. The average value of agility in the crew is what counts - spending all of the points on one disposable crew member won't benefit the player any more than distributing the points would.
  • Vitality - reduces the likelihood of receiving a mortal wound.

Driver

  • Tank Driving - affects the rate at which the driver switches gears and applies the brake, thus improving the acceleration and responsiveness when turning.

Gunner

  • Targeting - influences the speed and precision of the gun's traverse and elevation. An experienced gunner aims horizontally and vertically at the same time. An inexperienced gunner does this one at a time. An experienced gunner can also improve turret traverse speed.
  • Rangefinding - affects how precise the gunner's estimate of distance is upon using clicking the key assigned to "Rangefinder"

Tank Commander

  • Leadership - Improves all crew members skills by up to 10%

Loader

  • Weapon Reloading - Decrease the time required for loading the weapon by up to 23%.
Demonstrating the way the "reloading" skill affects the selected crew - with skill level 0
Demonstrating the way the "reloading" skill affects the selected crew - with upgraded skill

Radio Operator Gunner

  • Artillery Strike Calling Time - decreases the time between calling the strike and the shells being fired (from a base level of 13 seconds to a minimum of 10 seconds).
  • Artillery Targeting Accuracy - increases the targeting accuracy of artillery by reducing the shells' scattering (from a base level of 57 m to a minimum of 45 m
  • Radio Communication - increases the range at which the enemy players detected by the allied team are displayed (through red arrows pointing downward), by up to 100%.

Logistical services

  • Repair Speed -
  • Repair Rank -

Naval vehicles crew skills

Ship commander

  • Leadership -
  • Crew interchangeability -
  • Radio Communication -

Observers

  • Air targets detection distance -
  • Surface targets detection distance -
  • Enemy torpedoes detection distance -

Engine room

  • Ship control -
  • Fire prevention -

Gunners

  • Main caliber reload speed -
  • Auxiliary caliber reload speed -
  • AAA caliber reload speed -
  • AAA gunner accuracy -
  • Auxiliary gunner accuracy -
  • Distance fuse set accuracy -

Damage control

  • Unwatering time -
  • Fire extinguishing -
  • Breach repair -
  • Survive leadership -

Logistical services

  • Repair Speed -
  • Repair Rank -

Qualification Levels

Players can level up their crews' skills through two ways - spending the aforementioned crew XP points and investing in crew qualification through Silver Lions Sl icon.png.

Unlike skills, qualification levels (beyond "Current skill training" - the training achieved by spending crew points) are acquired only for a named vehicle. Qualification is an exceptional skill of the crew in controlling this particular vehicle. To learn it, a certain crew level needs to be achieved. Crew level is a total of all skills learned by the crew.

Air vehicles

Spending crew points, in aircraft crews, accounts for 50% of the attainable skill levels. There are three levels of qualification altogether before one can reach the full 100% of the crew, which are "Current skill training", "Expert" and "Ace".

Diagram showing the distribution of skill levels through the levels of qualification.

The first level of qualification, "Expert," increases all skill set by 3 levels, meaning a full 30% increase in efficiency. The second level afterwards, "Ace," increases these skills by another 2 levels, adding up to a total 50% increase with a jump of 5 levels.

In order to use these skills at their maximum level, a pilot needs to research them up to level 5 and obtain two qualifications to reach up to level 10. For instance, a pilot who leveled the "Keen Vision" skill up to 5 will detect targets approximately 6 km away; after getting the “Expert” qualification he will then see enemy targets at 7.2 km; finally, reaching "Ace" grade qualification will increase this detection distance to the maximum of 8 km.

Ground vehicles

In the case of ground crews, "Current skill level" accounts for 40% of the required qualification to reach the maximum skill level, the "Top" level. The remaining 60% are delegated another three qualification levels - "Expert", "Ace" and "Leadership".

Diagram showing the distribution of skill levels through the levels of qualification

Crew points to level

The following charts should be used to gauge the amount of crew XP points are needed to level up a skill. Every skill with the exception of the "Repair Rank" skill are increased by increments of 0.5.

The maximum achievable crew level for aviation crews it is 75, for tank crews is 150, and for naval crews is 100.

Highlighted color skills - the basic skills of a crew member

Air crew

Skill 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Logistical services
Repair Speed 12 35 55 80 110 140 170 205 240 275 1322
Repair Rank 0 120 240 390 590 1340
Reload Speed 16 60 120 190 285 385 505 640 780 930 3911
Weapon Maintenance 22 64 110 160 215 275 330 395 470 530 2571
Pilot
Keen Vision 15 50 90 145 195 270 340 415 500 600 2620
Awareness 15 50 90 145 195 270 340 415 500 600 2620
G-Tolerance 22 64 110 160 215 275 330 395 470 530 2571
Stamina 22 64 110 160 215 275 330 395 470 530 2571
Vitality 27 80 150 225 320 415 520 640 760 890 4027
Defensive armament
Number of Experienced Gunners 0 170 230 300 360 430 490 560 630 690 3860
Fire Accuracy 12 29 55 80 110 135 165 195 235 265 1281
Fire Precision 12 29 55 80 110 135 165 195 235 265 1281
G-Tolerance 17 40 60 100 110 150 160 200 215 250 1302
Stamina 17 40 60 100 110 150 160 200 215 250 1302
Vitality 17 40 60 100 110 150 160 200 215 250 1302
Total 33881

Ground crew

Skill 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Logistical services
Repair Speed 12 35 55 80 110 140 170 205 240 275 1322
Repair Rank 0 120 240 390 590 1340
Driver
Keen Vision 20 47 100 135 175 215 260 310 360 410 2032
Field Repair 15 50 100 155 230 310 395 495 600 710 3060
Agility 15 50 100 155 230 310 395 495 600 710 3060
Vitality 23 70 125 185 255 325 400 480 570 660 3093
Tank Driving 11 24 50 70 85 110 130 155 180 205 1020
Gunner
Keen Vision 20 47 100 135 175 215 260 310 360 410 2032
Field Repair 15 50 100 155 230 310 395 495 600 710 3060
Agility 15 50 100 155 230 310 395 495 600 710 3060
Vitality 23 70 125 185 255 325 400 480 570 660 3093
Targeting 11 24 50 70 85 110 130 155 180 205 1020
Rangefinding 11 24 50 70 85 110 130 155 180 205 1020
Tank commander
Keen Vision 20 47 100 135 175 215 260 310 360 410 2032
Field Repair 15 50 100 155 230 310 395 495 600 710 3060
Agility 15 50 100 155 230 310 395 495 600 710 3060
Vitality 23 70 125 185 255 325 400 480 570 660 3093
Leadership 16 60 120 200 290 400 515 650 800 970 4021
Tank Loader
Keen Vision 20 47 100 135 175 215 260 310 360 410 2032
Field Repair 15 50 100 155 230 310 395 495 600 710 3060
Agility 15 50 100 155 230 310 395 495 600 710 3060
Vitality 23 70 125 185 255 325 400 480 570 660 3093
Weapon Reloading 15 50 100 155 230 310 395 495 600 710 3060
Radio Operator Gunner
Keen Vision 20 47 100 135 175 215 260 310 360 410 2032
Field Repair 15 50 100 155 230 310 395 495 600 710 3060
Agility 15 50 100 155 230 310 395 495 600 710 3060
Vitality 23 70 125 185 255 325 400 480 570 660 3093
Artillery Targeting Accuracy 8 18 25 45 50 55 75 75 90 100 541
Artillery Strike Calling Time 8 18 25 45 50 55 75 75 90 100 541
Radio Communication 11 24 50 70 85 110 130 155 180 205 1020
Total 71130

Naval crew

Skill 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Logistical services
Repair Speed 12 35 55 80 110 140 170 205 240 275 1322
Repair Rank 0 120 240 390 590 1340
Ship commander
Leadership 15 60 120 200 290
Crew interchangeability 15 50 100 155 230 310
Radio Communication 12 29 55 80 110 135 165
Observers
Air targets detection distance 15 50 100 155 230
Surface targets detection distance 16 60 120 200 290
Enemy torpedoes detection distance 15 50 100 155 230
Engine room
Ship control 15 50 100 155 230
Fire prevention 20 47 100 135 175 215
Gunners
Main caliber reload speed 16 60 120 200 290
Auxiliary caliber reload speed 20 47 100 135 175 215
AAA caliber reload speed 20 47 100 135 175 215
AAA gunner accuracy 20 47 100 135 175 215
Auxiliary gunner accuracy 20 47 100 135 175 215
Distance fuse set accuracy 11 24 50 70 85 110 130
Damage control
Unwatering time 20 47 100 135 175 215
Fire extinguishing 15 50 100 155 230
Breach repair 16 60 120 200 290
Survive leadership 20 47 100 135 175 215
Total ___
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