American APEX PREDATOR - M1128 Wolfpack in War Thunder

[@OddBawZ]

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[@maxwhitmore9558]

hey bawz

[@E-Recktable]

Hey can you start covering more non premium tanks I like to gring out these tanks and I can't buy premium

[@ImBosmann]

108th try, please play the T-28e or the T-80 in the USSR 2.3 br. They are fun and you haven't made any videos on both of the tanks

[@adamek1xd]

Hey odd, have you tested raising render distance manually in config file?

[@kampar82]

Is it possible to make a toss bombing with the nuke?

[@squirrel_82]

I remember when we field tested those back in 2002-2003. The 105 variant had all sorts of issues. The ATM/ATG variant was really effective in urban combat. I was in a pre-1129 Mortar carrier version. I love and miss the Stryker. It saved my life more than once in Mosul. I can tell you for a fact that it will stop 12.7 rounds. The best part was that ours had 110 outlets so you could plug in the coffee pot when we were in the field...lol.

[@gattonero2915]

"The 105 variant had all sorts of issues." Let me guess, was it mostly on the FTF issue, especially with the earlier model that had those low profile ammo replenisher? Because if that was the issue, it was pretty much an expected issue they never took account of, because that was the same issue that (mostly) got the Expeditionary tank rejected in the Armored Gun System selection back in the late-1980s. Unfortunately because GDLS failed to notice this when they say they followed the DOD's requirement for the Stryker vehicle families to use existing technology, and nobody in Teledyne informed GDLS about the Turret system problem when they took the existing Teledyne light tank turret and mate it on the Stryker chassis, you get that sort of issues plaguing that Wheeled Assault Gun lol

[@kamalmohammed3439]

wait this tank was in the iraq war 2003 ?

[@gattonero2915]

@@kamalmohammed3439 Field-tested: testing it in the type of environment it would be deployed it, and it's usually in training range. 2002-2003 is the time when they were trialed in USA. Stryker MGS were only made available for combat use in mid-2004 where a platoon-sized of 4 MGS was combat-tested by the 82nd Airborne in Iraq.

[@19chevelle72]

@@kamalmohammed3439 I seen them in Iraq as I was leaving country in 2004. I was an M1 crewman and looked at the Stryker and thought how stupid it was as a vehicle.

[@cheeseducky8132]

Wow that is soooo cool I have sooo much respect for u

[@Weenerneenerchickendinner]

“ I tried to steer right, but It didn’t want me to” spoken like a true Stryker driver.

[@foxd_yt]

Another person leaking military details and info directly related to wt smh 🤦‍♂️ 😂

[@PunishedJester]

@@foxd_yt The Stryker being Bipolar should be public knowledge at this point, she's an IFV with a resting bitch face.

[@s3quencial]

@@foxd_yt i doubt the stryker not having very good steering is very classified

[@foxd_yt]

@@s3quencial ik I was making a joke

[@foxd_yt]

@@PunishedJester I was making a joke

[@juju8743]

I like how oddbawz said "It's Wolfing time" and wolfed everywhere

[@twixdragon]

Man why this happen all the time

[@skeletonjam]

Mr Funny over here, he said the line

[@british_history_guy]

why is this the top comment on every video

[@CasperNobel]

I only started noticing after reading this comment and have been in tears since😂

[@awacsrazgriz967]

Why is this shitty trend still going?

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

The MGS was a nightmare to actually serve on. A great weight-loss platform.

[@Mr.Plight]

Always how it is man. The cool stuff is always the stuff that just outright sucks.

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

@@Mr.Plight Indeed, but in this case much more so. I was in a Stryker Brigade and the recce and infantry models are great vehicles. So much more roomy than the Brad. But the MGS just sucked. It had no cooling system at first and it was cramped for the crew. It was so hot. You would just be soaked after being in one for eight hours. And one may ask themselves: During the Iraq War, after 2003, why would a MGS platoon be needed? Good question. Because of running the War on the cheap, instead of the mission set the MGS was developed for, direct fire support and maybe some light TD duty, we were divvied up between the infantry battalions and were running patrols because of the chronic lack of enough troops. Yes, counter-insurgency patrols, which if there was a fight would be all infantry, with a MGS. It was stupid. And simply miserable in the Iraqi heat. Guys would be so dehydrated they would need help getting out after a patrol. Add to that the constant issues with the autoloader and everything else. So, eventually, they started fitting crews out with a literal cooling vest. That helped somewhat but it was never not miserable. I suppose if one was leading a MGS platoon in Germany or some place temperate it would be ok.

[@sys3248]

@@crownprincesebastianjohano7069 sounds like a rip off if it comes without active circulation vents of some sort right from the start.

[@PyroBlonde7777]

@@killdizzle After 120F it all starts to feel the same. I remember the wind in Kuwait burning my skin and the sand storms were pure misery. Iraq felt cool by comparison and it was still 115F lol.

[@michaelhowell2326]

I really want this thing. When I was in the Army I got to qualify on the Abrams, Bradley and Stryker, and it is so cool to operate those vehicle.

[@whosrevxnge5582]

It’s a good vehicle just don’t rush with it. I put a few bushes around it which helped. Thanks for your service too btw

[@chiefturion7134]

I feel that if there's a nuke in play the timer should stop, but only once the aircraft is airborne to prevent base camping. That run on Tunisia was so close and Odd would have had it too

[@alexpivniouk8421]

That was straight Top Gun shit, some of the coolest stuff I've seen in War Thunder

[@unrealbot3027]

Odd is a really skilled WT creator. I've seen him save multiple almost lost matches with his insane tank and CAS skills.

[@steveee_0]

"that SPAA is not shooting at planes for some reason..." pretty much describes any SPAA that can kill tanks

[@Dan-yk6sy]

I prefer light tanks, but the inconsistent scouting drives me insane. Crosshair right on someone in full view? Scouting locked. Only a rough idea where the enemy is at behind cover? Scout in their general direction... success!

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

Scouting has been absolutely broken for a little over a year now. If they aren't going to fix it, the least they could do is severely reduce the cool down punishment for missing a scout.

[@NARKYCZ]

@@fire_drake12.arc.24 yep i think 20s would be enough.

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

@@NARKYCZ pretty sure it already is 20s and it feels like an eternity

[@ravenof1985]

im pretty sure its a server issue. some matches you can scout no matter the distance or line of sight/concealment, same vehicle,same map different match and you cant scout ANYTHING

[@eppygames8976]

This is a Stryker from 3rd squadron 2nd Stryker cavalry regiment. I was in Hawk company 3/2 SCR in Iraq. 3 squadron is known as wolfpack.

[@Cavemandruid942]

That’s pretty sick currently in 3/2 CR we no longer have hawk company anymore plus we call them troops not companies anymore since we are cavalry unit with infantry put in it. But still pretty neat to meet some old cats that were in the same squadron I am in 🤙

[@NeoDorito]

That moment when you were on arctic base and thought you heard music, you did! One of the houses there plays the old warthunder hangar theme, a nice little easter egg.

[@robertbasleader9213]

Your attitude towards this game is really refreshing, you are so calm it's a joy to watch, and the gameplay is amazing as well ofcourse

[@sea_muffin]

If you were wondering, the non-premium counterpart is on the M2A2's line, A.K.A the tank destroyers line (far right) with the death turtle, the T95.

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

they need to add its suspension, correct the gun depression zones, remove the exhaust showing up in the thermals (its not realistic at all), remove the gun shield when slat armor is removed, and buff its reload. Make it 6.5 seconds or something, 7.5 is way to damn long especially since it is the TOP end of its IRL rate. Also a buff to its turning radius would be nice, there is no way it turns that horrendously. The wheels have way more room to turn. On the other hand that poor XM-1 seriously needs M774 and its missing smoke launchers. it would be nice if for once US stuff could not be missing as much shit as possible. Artificial nerfing needs to stop. If either of these were russian you could bet your ass not a single thing would be missing, and they'd have the best possible muntion.

[@Miles26545]

The usa isn’t perfect but it’s not suffering like minor tt’s, it’s definitely the worst treated major nation in terms of tank rb

[@EvilCouncil]

All they seem to care about is Russia tech tree. While their army gets humiliated in real life, I guess Gaijin just wanna let the Russian players believe their army is invincible. They keep adding broken stuff to it, by now Russia can spawn in 17(!) extremely competitive tanks in Ground RB and that's without counting in their broken heli's. Meanwhile, the Leo 2 has around 17 variants, yet they just refuse to add anything. Absolutely disgusting. The moment some western devs make a game similar without the blatant Russian BIAS, I am sinking money in that game and Gaijin devs can go fuck themselves.

[@cerdic6867]

US has some of the most OP bullshit CAS in the game, and universally undertiered planes, and currently dominates all of top tier air with its bullshit. Even ground is very powerful, XM-1 may be missing smoke launchers but its absolutely disgusting at its current BR, if youre doing badly with it then its a skill issue.

[@lonewolf_driver]

Smoke is realistic, must add a model of your tank in the sights (like the gun in sight from gunner)

[@mimicnutria18]

The Turning radius really is that bad trust me I drove one for 3 years and yea the exhaust blocking rhe thermal is just not true at all idk they modeled it like that but shooting people to the right of you is borderline impossible

[@michaels1528]

Keep up the amazing work Odd! Your videos get me hyped up to play every day!!

[@billyboy3562]

This thing with M900 now is so much fun and grouping this with the XM-1 and a ground pounder like the AV-8 or the A-10 for a full premium lineup, it makes grinding the tech tree so fast.

[@Slugbunny]

Felt so bad for the lone nuke flyer, but didn't get shot down at least. 🥺

[@dantebond8124]

20:09 - Now I know what you mean with the tanks not rendering. He just crawled out of the ground.

[@jeremiahricks9191]

That chase with the MiGs when he had the nuke was the most tense thing I've seen in WT

[@lordhickory3322]

Day 12 of proposing the challenge I came up with to Odd: The challenge is called "Basket Bomb": Your goal is to accurately drop a bomb into any open top tanks' turret basket (e.g. M10 / M18 / the big german td's / the german AA's etc.)! Extra points if you use a very low-tier aircraft like a biplane, for the funnies. I think that would be extremely fun and it would make me so happy if you gave it a try

[@Dudeman9339]

shhhhhhhhhhhh. you're just being cringy.

[@CriticalHitRabbit]

i did take a look at this when it came out and i still wonder why this is 9.7 when WMA301 is at 8.3 xD

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

I always forget and I'm not set up for it anyway, but apparently there is a way to adjust your suspension in game. It occurred to me as you were talking about being too low to shoot over a rock and also not having the gun depression.

[@bentrod3405]

Yeah, you can keybind it. It’s mostly useful on the swedish wedge

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

The Stryker has the ability to raise and lower itself IRL but as usual since it's not a Russian vehicle, it is missing that feature, as well as several others. Unfortunately though it cannot TILT itself, so it can't change the lack of gun depression over the front, however IRL it has between like 8-10° degrees of gun depression over the sides and rear, obviously that is not correctly modeled in game... As usual.

[@insertnamehere2883]

​@FireDrake12 Arc old comment but tbf the stryker raises and lowers so slow it wouldn't even be worth it

[@45atanner]

The funny thing is this was before the M900 round was given to it 😂

[@joshSspicer]

That things mechanics must be from General Dynamics themselves to not break down immediately upon starting up. Farthest I ever saw one go without needing to be towed was 20 miles

[@kevinvandensteen1082]

Love your content I always have your videos on my second monitor running when I'm gaming I hope I can get the progress in the tech tree the grind is tuff keep it up🔥

[@Pat_Playz]

One of the houses at the Arctic base C cap plays a version of the Advance Australia song

[@dmitry4067]

Not just any Advance Australia song, but accordeoned(in both senses) with vodka one!

[@keithrogers6876]

Thank you for doing what you do Mr OddBawZ, always entertaining and appreciated.

[@Waqq23]

Always great to see the odd vids in the recommended feed :)

[@DUDEWithDODGES]

M1128 is the modern M18 Hellcat, i use it to flank around the map and camp their spawn. lol

[@Lesboi]

Same haha

[@AlderaansRanger]

Played about 6 games while watching this. By the last game I finally had a 6 kill game. Everything just lined up perfectly. Your video improved me that fast 😂

[@StalledAgate832]

Fun little easter egg at 17:49 , one of the houses in that area plays Advance Australia on loop

[@Fallen_Arrow]

Ayyyy new oddbawz video! Today is a good day :)

[@Je-s-s-e_J-a-m-e-s]

I just got the map Tunisia and tried this spot and got 7 kills with the wolfpack lmao thank you

[@QuakeMidaro]

Man that Nuke run was awesome regardless of not getting it off in time that was a great chase man

[@LegendEater]

With sales you can actually buy it for almost the same price as the T114 and the french vbci 2

[@luckyjack6197]

I would love to see you play the M-51 and the premium spitfire!

[@yaya123abc4]

im quite sure he was played both of thise tanks, just not in the same vid, the spitfire was a story video im pretty sure

[@andresquintillana2034]

@@yaya123abc4 they played it in a video with spookston

[@connecting..........]

Another great video Odd ❤

[@thatguysky123]

I can't believe you are getting close to 200k subscribers. It seems like a month ago we were watching your 60k subscribers marker.

[@katgut]

M833 is a perfectly serviceable round even at 11.0, the round on the 105 that fall short of 11.0 is m735 which has trouble penning the lower plate of 2a5 and 6

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

M735 is an 8.7 round that doesn't belong past 9.0. But plenty of US tanks are stuck with it at higher BRs than that simply because everyone seems to just be ok with US having the worst possible rounds out of everyone constantly. The XM-1 in particular suffers severely from that bullshit.

[@SParrow_wt]

‘Oh we got a nuke’ calmest I’ve ever heard it

[@GeneralGayJay]

I love how it rocks when firing. The engine sound needs to be improved though :)

[@Rathless55]

when u serch fo a review on this tank and u see an oddbawz vid on it u KNOW THIS SHIT FIREEE

[@mhop08]

I could listen and watch this man wreck face in warthunder all day. And I have.

[@mechwarrior7278]

Man I love how your title and thumbnail hype this thing up but throughout the video you talk about how it has so many shortcomings XD 😂

[@BlueLightningHawk]

That ending of the first game had me going "NOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

[@DesertXp1]

this is what i needed to cure my boredom thanks bro

[@godziller6755]

i always love the vids odd! you make me wanna keep playing and get better lol

[@hansiminator69]

"I will not go into the spawn" Literally 20 sec later: *Shoots a Leopard inside the Spawn* lol

[@victorbrianmcreynolds2200]

Given Gaijin's atrocious map designs, what else are players supposed to do?

[@hansiminator69]

@@victorbrianmcreynolds2200 yeh i know..often there’s nothing else to do when all the caps are already held and the enemy wasn’t able to push back Don’t think the map design is the only thing that plays into that, it’s just the way how this game works. You can’t really avoid it from happening

[@raizencore]

First game was such a heartbreaking moment, all your teammates had to do was secure 2 points and then it was a guaranteed victory but then again you're playing 9.7 where most players are absolute shit so you can't expect things to go your way in that case.

[@GP30277]

Heartbreaking… it’s a game

[@raizencore]

@@GP30277 yeah, was just trying to be a bit dramatic I guess. lmao

[@Joze1090]

"Good news every one" Somebody's been watching Futurama! 😂

[@User54tr]

Love the vids and love the stryker

[@fairguinevere666]

War thunder is so funny because Germans and Russian mains are like "nooo, the tank is balanced because if you hit a pixel perfect shot that's different for every model you can one hit it, depending on your round and range." But then Americans can just be clicked on while having to very carefully aim their shots and pray the post pen damage exists at all.

[@yourhandlehere1]

That camo net is going to end up all tangled in those wheels the way they have it hanging.

[@Albinisiert]

Seems like at least i am not the only one having problems with scouting not working at the Moment

[@CarloMartinPefianco]

Oddbawz be describing a tank is shit then casually nuking a game. Everytime.

[@cyberdroid2300]

Hey Oddbawz, could you try a full Russian top tier MBT lineup (including a helicopter and Jet). In an aim to show just how strong Russian top tier is.

[@sagand]

don't forget that in next update (or the one after that) Gaijin will reshuffle tanks into rank8 like they did with planes and Wolfpack like all rank6 premiums will suddenly be a lot less useful (look at what happened to japanese T-2 early) ... and we'll get new batch of copypasted rank7 premium vehicles. So, buying Wolfpack for full 60$ probably isn't good idea, talisman on techtree M1128 (that is at least rank7 vehicle) is a much better & cheaper choice.

[@FXIIBeaver]

As someone who likes the stryker it really doesn’t matter. It is a fun tank.

[@KellenClifton]

Always keep the tree in our hearts. 22:43 😢o7

[@Je-s-s-e_J-a-m-e-s]

21:30 those missiles are absolutely broken

[@Tzhz]

My last 2 nukes couldn't be called in for the same reason, game ended. Thanks for not giving nuke an air spawn gaijin.

[@MrTurkeytoe]

When the leopard player gives you the 30 minute fluoride stare

[@Americanstruggle]

Just when I was getting bored.....BOOM!!! New Odd video

[@jarbeefis01]

Another amazing OddBawz video

[@andrewhoftiezer3912]

I got this a few days ago and it's so fun

[@xkard14]

with how things are going in the world i think the whole ruzzain tree needs a hard nerf

[@william6214]

I saw one irl going down the highway about 14 years ago.

[@ishitrealbad3039]

3:55 this is why as a russian player, i always take a couple of rounds of HE

[@twoimage]

15:40 bro had a battlefield moment in warthunder

[@dizz81]

I've noticed that since the patch scouting has been nothing but pointless. I've had numerous matches where I would get maybe one in 10 possible scouts the entire match because it's so broken.

[@Casual-BeANs]

maybe it would be horribly annoying, but I think there should be some sort of overtime mechanic as long as a nuke is alive.

[@stbandits]

Mfw the moment I try to take off over those snowy mounds I eat about 23 darts

[@thegorlnextdoorhere]

I never fired them or went into the field with the Stryker, but I did help some mechanics with some maintenance on one that was next to my Abrams during services and holy hell, I never want to pull an engine or change tires. I would rather do Chinese water torture lmao

[@Infinity_Squad]

I can see how his computer is suffering, little glitches in the video. Hope you get the computer fixed.

[@SynthwaveStoner420]

The guy you said didn't render was there he was at the top of your screen lol

[@spencermarshall3191]

Bro, that guy was not invisible you just didn’t see him😅😂

[@helenbrown-lee8698]

“It’s wolfing time!” Lmao

[@wifflewaffel]

I love how this thing has awful turn rate awful reload rate a 105mm cannon no m900 no depression and no elevation and a awful reverse rate so the only redeeming qualities of it are the fact that it's fast as fuck and it has good thermals that's it it sucks at everything else

[@andrewgreh9527]

Well played! Thank You!

[@Ironxseven]

Watched one of these bad boys cook because of a battery short, good times 😂😂

[@naum2099]

25:43 Does anyone know what is this red arrow thing ? Never seen it before

[@christianoberlies]

Scouting ping

[@naum2099]

@@christianoberlies is it not supposed to be a flashing red/yellow eye ?

[@christianoberlies]

@@naum2099 it’s the name of the person who spotted it, with an eye icon below it

[@hambonethegreat9547]

Oy, I'd like to see your perspective on the new Swedish premium jet, I understand it's almost copy past but I enjoy your content enough to ask for a performance analysis.

[@SoIset]

Dorito go brrrrrr

[@skyrimn00b98]

20:23 you can see the dirtbag 2s38 from the moment you zoomed in...

[@OddBawZ]

That’s not the dude I was looking for though. Look closer. He appears at the bottom of the screen eventually.

[@skyrimn00b98]

@@OddBawZ Well shit, I retract my statement.

[@sniffer123-z1o]

i mean the xm1 basicly has the same speed as the striker lol crazy how fast the xm1 is in game

[@ExcavationNation]

Thanks odd my video on this received some hate I'm glad you said it's not that good! It will work but I don't enjoy it. Love ya dude!

[@dragon-dojima8912]

Hi odd love the vids 💜👍

[@00Phish]

Does it simulate the transmission literally falling out after your PL tells the driver to gun it? lol

[@shikikanaz4624]

man i wish the ptl02 had this reverse, it would be godly especially when doing what your doing

[@TomPrickVixen]

Try to go out with half ammo, and bait with the rear. The rate the loader fills the autoloader is a bit slow anyway, and the gun can't be loaded manually otherwise (obviously do to the turret design), so u better of rearming at a zone if 9 round not enough. Tough I'd say this should be 9.3 too do to its many flaws (poor agility, gun handling, rate of fire, ineffective stabilser, lack of reverse...)

[@SilentButDudley]

I prefer just getting a talisman on the M1128 for Research grind

[@theaveragejoe___]

That first game is so frustrating you did literally everything you could and your team still threw

[@llNATEDOGGll]

Wolfpack absolutely slaps

[@Je-s-s-e_J-a-m-e-s]

the turret depression on this thing makes me actually depressed

[@sethmassey9626]

What was up with seeing the enemy name on the snow map

[@ohirtum]

This, I want to know this as well. Around minute 26, and a little bit later too, what’s going on here?

[@CheezeSpartan]

You can ping enemy locations with scout drones and it brings up that marker.

[@ohirtum]

@@CheezeSpartan thank you for explaining!

[@squidy4082]

1:55 more shrapnel ???

[@coffeeshangarworkshop8051]

Nice to see that teamates crashing into and spinning you isn't limited to low tier newbies...do you still get the dudes at start who tailgate and ram you into walls? 😂

[@tdjlol0692]

Could you make a video about the Italian P.108 serie 2 that has a 102mm cannon mounted? Keep up your videos are fantastic

[@DwayneHicks323]

Odd could you do a button map video for ground, just like you did for your case plane video would appreciate it if you could

[@captainRcornelius]

Gaijin seriously needs to make it so if you get a nuke the game is extended by at least a couple minutes or so

[@Thereapingghostie]

YESSS I PLAY THIS THIS STRYKER MY FAVORITE NON PERMIUM AND IRL FAV

[@tonkersuwuxd6163]

Odd casually destroying the enemy team