Recon Plane

30pxA Recon Plane is a feature in Call of Duty: World at War's multiplayer, that gives a player the ability to call in a Reconnaissance Plane after killing three enemy players consecutively without dying. This feature will reveal all enemy players to a player on the radar. This feature will last 30 seconds. The player's radar will update enemy positions every two seconds. However, enemy players with the Camouflage perk will not be revealed. Players using weapons with Suppressors or Flash Hiders but who do not have the Camouflage perk will be revealed. The Recon Plane is the World at War version of the UAV.

In Hardcore Modes, the Recon Plane feature will give players the radar feature, which will show the positions of friendly and enemy players while the Recon Plane feature is active. If you look up toward the sky, you will not see a recon plane flying above you.

In Game
Recon planes sometimes are overlooked because they are the easiest killstreak to obtain but they are vital to any team in any game mode. A recon plane will make it much easier to aim artillery strikes and some players will actually wait until it pops up in order to maximize a strike's accuracy and effectiveness. When used with artillery strikes players should remember that the dots are usually in movement so they should lead targets or aim at possible spawn points. In these instances a player can rack up to 2 kills in one bombardment and earn themselves dogs. It is wise, however, to not completely trust recon planes because as stated above not all enemies appear on radar so still proceed with caution no matter what especially when entering buildings as there may be a hidden camper waiting to kill a foolhardy player that relied too heavily on the recon plane. Players with the Camouflage perk will benefit greatly from recon planes for the reason above because most new players rely almost exclusively on recon planes and will drop their guard down trying to move to another location. Un-silenced weapons will still show up if they are fired so it is wise to have both the camouflage perk and a silenced weapon. It is unknown whether recon planes aid dogs because they can sniff out opponents well without it so it probably has little to no effect.

Strategies/Tactics
A useful tactic to avoid detection on enemy radar is to combine the Camouflage perk and a weapon that has a Flash Hider or Suppressor. Camouflage makes players undetectable to Recon Planes while a Suppressor or Flash Hider keeps them from showing up on enemy radar when shooting.