FARMING NUKES WITH A WEAPONIZED CHICKEN COOP - M46 in War Thunder

The M46 in War Thunder is a Rank 4 Medium Tank for USA. It's basically a modernized M26 Pershing that gets a slightly better gun and access to HEAT-FS.
What makes the M46 much better though is its speed. The M46 accelerates extremely well from stationary. Couple this with an excellent reverse gear and you've got a fantastic recipe for a brawler. The thing is, though... it's still absolutely fantastic at mid to long ranges due to its gun.
The M46 is a perfect light tank at a fantastic BR. I'd argue it's even better than the M47 and M48 other than the armor. However, the mobility of the M46 more than makes up for survivability.
I really enjoy this tank and you should definitely give it a shot!
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[@ExcavationNation]

So judging the directions War Thunder is going this tank will be an absolute beast bc soon at 7.0 and above if you get at least 750 SP you'll be able to spawn a medium sized Velociraptor to attack the enemy tanks. So this cage will be very handy to have. 🦕

[@phatbongshaggy2163]

Cant wait till they add the swarm of weaponized bee's for the light tanks

[@MrRobotsk8r]

I’m excited for the Pigeon Bomb update

[@Novous]

just wait till you can press 7 and drop a Concrete Donkey from WORMS on an enemy open top vehicles

[@T0tenkampf]

@@Novous +10 internets for Worms reference

[@dauntless_3496]

Most creative comment I've seen in a while 😂😂

[@lairyhegs9956]

You uploaded right when I got back to my apartment with food like it was meant to be. I would love to see a video on the M47. I think because it's foldered a lot of people have never played it and don't know how good it is. Basically just an M41 turned into a medium tank. Gotta love the fast turret speed and coaxial .50 cal

[@thefirstkingdogo1126]

Enjoy your meal

[@mcfragger2605]

that thing is seriously underrated, it has a beast turret rotation speed and 2 50 cals at would eats up annoying lights like the btr 82

[@angryeliteultragree6329]

The heat cage should actually work against early heat shells, because in the late 40s all the way to the 60s the heat charge detonated on the first layer and was rendered useless by the time it hit the armor. Another example of the early heat shell doing this is the RPG-5 which was used against Filipino armored cars. They literally put cardboard boxes on the damn things and that worked.

[@excalibruh1380]

2 nukes 1 coop

[@Drakey_Fenix]

Since you didn't seem to notice, tickets don't drain anymore if you get the nuke. So that you have a chance to drop it. They changed that a while ago.

[@volteer1332]

That's not true unless they changed it after the summer event. I had multiple nuke alarms and if there's a cap advantage it keeps bleeding. It wouldn't be fair to teams if that was the case.

[@ExcavationNation]

They 100 percent still drain bro

[@Drakey_Fenix]

@@volteer1332Well it has worked that way for me and I have gotten 3 nukes since that was added

[@volteer1332]

@@Drakey_Fenix then you must have had equal caps or none because the game hasn't worked like that. Or people did the smart thing and equalized the caps to let you drop it like good teammates

[@LenfredDueck]

Thanks for covering this thing Baws. It's definitely underrated. It the first US tank I enjoyed grinding out since like 4.7-5.0.

[@Paronak]

the M26 left such a bad taste in my mouth anything looking like the M26 gets the bin

[@eagleeye7166]

I do agree odd, i miss the historical matchmaking. It seemed more balanced while also not being balanced at all.

[@brentonherbert7775]

Its a pretty noticeable fact though that whenever the Dday event happens the battles are indeed balanced despite what you'd think otherwise.

[@F-18Super]

gotta love that Tiger 1 vs M4 (75) shermans

[@munastronaut8147]

​​@@F-18Superi think he meant your opponents and allies are historical, like if ur us ur fighting germany and are fighting with soviets

[@brentonherbert7775]

@@F-18Super Its not that hard lmao. Dude you never played the Jumbo?????

[@F-18Super]

@@brentonherbert7775 notice I said M4 75mm obviously not referring to the Jumbo *boink* *tiger 1 crew knocked out*

[@santoast24]

I would LOVE to see you take out the Italian P40 (tank, not plane obviously) for a spin. Super underated, rarely played, and honestly I find it a lot of fun because its so rare that people dont know how to kill it (although any uptierd gun goes straight through it) Plus, the P40 mixed with the AB 43 is just such a killer combo, both fairly unique tanks once you actually hop in them

[@ronaldmcreagann6343]

I’d honestly get him to play it simply for the fact it’s among the few tanks in game that has a custom sight without and modification. It’s really unique in that regard.

[@bentrod3405]

When I was going up through italy the p40 felt like it was made of paper because I got uptiered so much. In a full downtier its pretty good but if you get uptiered at all you just get killed by the first thing that sees you. The ab43 felt better just because you knew you didnt have armor so your main focus is just shoot them before they shoot you and move as fast as you can to hit flanks.

[@bankshaft132]

I see a P40 and instantly go into alert mode haha

[@emeraldeyes9246]

not sure if someone said this yet but the cage was to stop rockets not HE shells

[@bushboi]

This is such a pleasant surprise, I literally rewatched the old M46 video yesterday cuz it's my favourite tank that none talks about ever

[@max0vrdr1ve82]

Could you play the Pz. III M, it is a satisfying vehicle to play but often overshadowed by the Pz. IVs at 3.3. Love the content, always enjoyable to watch 😃

[@I_am_looking_for_GF]

Yeah kinda of a bummer that its now at 3.3

[@crazypotato4151]

Idk why so much peoples hate this pz 3 , he has not so bad armor (especially in turret) , fast reload and penetration like 75 mm sherman. To my setup 3.3 i rather take him than another pz 4

[@Marin3r101]

​@@crazypotato4151 Its a "he" now?

[@crazypotato4151]

@@Marin3r101 dude if u want to say that my english is bad ill say yes , cuz its not my native language, sorry

[@hansiminator69]

I think he already did like 3 years ago, but I think it’s time for a new one as well! It was an absolute beast at 3.0 and it id still very good at 3.3

[@bigboygrease5922]

You gotta quit spying on me Odd😂😂 I just researched this thing yesterday😂😂

[@scott0851]

2.3 Russian t80 is a beast if you play it properly very underrated

[@volteer1332]

I prefer the t60: it's autocannon belt doesn't have tracer rounds so if you can get over the slow turret rotation, you can be a stealthy little rat and they can't see you by your bullets, only your muzzle flashes and rattly Russian engine.

[@PilotTed]

The m46 was used in Korea, so during that time, it's cage armor was actuslly quite effective as the main threat it faced were very early shaped cha4ge munitions that the Koreans and Chinese had with the RPG 2.

[@ilikesnow7074]

The cage might work against early HEAT in real life, but it would definitely work against a panzerfaust, panzerschreck, Bazooka, and probably an RPG-2.

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

It would be good against HESH. I had a match in the T-44-100, and I figured out the guy shooting at my tank was using HESH. I turned my tank sideways so he would hit the side skirts.

[@sturm8115]

Cage actually works against heat rounds but because its designed to stop early rpg rounds it only stops 75mm heat rounds (other than he ofc). So if you somehow encounter a panzer 4 at 7.0 that for some reason is using heat only you are basically immune to them if we just ignore the fact that your armor can bounce literal jagdtiger rounds at range. Just a neat fact about probably the best U.S vehicle after the Greyhound and early Shermans.

[@matthewboychuk1259]

Always a good day when you post a vid Odd. Would love to see the chi nu or a series of you favorite lineups per country.

[@TheUnseenWaffle]

"Now, unless you're blind." LMFAO 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Crusader-tu9gb]

In this video you have demonstrated the power of HEATFS against heavy targets. Considering the Jpz 4-5 has similar capabilities at 6.3, it definitely deserves a look. Try it out!

[@bighobo7745]

The cage was likely meant to defend against hand-held AT rockets of its time so not surprising it doesn't do much at all vs. HEAT in the game

[@IceMarsoc77]

you want to know whats funny..... is that chicken coop is coming in handy against drones lol

[@ExcavationNation]

Great video as always brother.

[@MrPitics]

I like to see the ol m46 getting some love. The premium one was my first premium tank back in the day and I played the shit out of it. Love it very much still.

[@EnterTheFenix]

Cold War era... USA + German tracks...

[@t.sorvig3540]

I'm a huge fan of the T32 and would love to see how it performs with so many tanks moving up in BR. I've always found good arguments for it to be 7.0 rather than 7.3, but maybe it will truly shine with much of its competition being moved up.

[@tigerbread6787]

Been a while since you played the pz iv, think that’s quite underrated

[@DocTaff]

Try the Tempest MkV wit the 47mm Vickers P cannons. A seriously underrated cannon CAS plane down at 3.7 that can pen pretty much everything it sees.

[@hellfighter69420]

there's the hurricane Mk.2 with the 40mm vickers. i think it's 2.0 or something.

[@cheetahda1o763]

​@@hellfighter69420 yeah but those guns are horribly inaccurate, maybe the 47 mm are better?

[@intlon4299]

Man i just played that in a custom in a 2v2 against a 3.7 P47 and P38. As a tempest enjoyer, they got ez‘d because of the vertical power of the Tempest, despite the 47s

[@Static-register09]

Great vid odd! Love your vids so much ❤

[@Static-register09]

What

[@Static-register09]

😀

[@ssrocky4gaming]

I play this tank and I think I have the premium one as well, I get butt whooped when I use them, can never seem to pen anything even at close range even shooting for the week spots. But I still love using them. Great vid as always buddy keep em coming. Ps. Can you play the vickers I think it's 7.0 as I am trying to get used to using it and could do with some pointers on how best to handle it.

[@NJPurling]

I caught the reference to the Trinity test in New Mexico: "Turn the desert into glass".

[@iiimom8411]

The cage isn’t for HEAT from tanks, but for infantry AT weapons like the rpg or bazooka, it also works against ww2 heat and reduce the damage from heat in game

[@searaider3340]

Some times it works against atgms and other heat rounds too.

[@magnum6763]

ive stopped HESH with it before

[@searaider3340]

I have stopped Milan atgm :D@@magnum6763

[@Guy_GuyGuy]

It wasn't for that either. Neither the North Koreans nor the Chinese in the Korean War had any sort of shoulder-fired HEAT weapons. They did have hand-thrown anti-tank grenades like the RPG-43 and RPG-6 though, which the chicken wire would have stopped. There are also anecdotes of US tanks being swarmed and climbed all over by Chinese human waves while other US tanks tried to shoot them off with their machine guns, which the wire might have also been designed to stop.

[@searaider3340]

@@Guy_GuyGuy A random fence can stop heat shells in WT

[@wilso845]

Loved how you said it would be funny to drop the nuke on your team 😂 regardless of where you drop it, your team will be having a bad day ☢️😂

[@lordboreas1425]

Honestly love the Crusader's at low BR, they might not have the best gun ever but reload is quick as it gets and it is highish pen. The amount of kills I get flanking in the tech tree and the saint premium one is quite good. Also the armour seems to absorb some weird amount of damage it really shouldn't at times.

[@Fellow_Scandinavian]

Hey Odd! Please try the ISU-152 at 4.7. Or the JPZ-4-5.. Love the videos! Thank you for making my day better every single day.

[@tonynunya8063]

😆First thing he says is "I'm gonna die." The chain link clip art they used on the chicken coop looks so low rent. Can't they at least make it look like they didn't cut out a picture of a chain link fence? Well at least you always entertain me.

[@The-Slunk]

An underrated vehicle you haven't played in a while: German class 3. It's a chonky wheely boy that's fun to play

[@bryanbrewer4272]

This really makes my turret stiff!!!!! thank you!

[@warthondor]

Buddy I've always loved your videos and your laugh Hope you're doing well! 😉😉😉

[@commanderdon4300]

The Panzer III M and the Italian P40 are 2 tanks that i'd like to see you play a few games in.

[@pennycarvalho1223]

You should try the m47, the original m47 has like one of the fastest turret traverse speed, with the 90mm goodie.

[@svyatoslavchornenkyi1639]

Ratel 90 is highly underrated being at 6.7 with an atgm even after many tanks were moved up on br it’s still 6.7

[@justyouraveragehuman4069]

If we’re talking underrated the first OF-40 has got to be up there. Laser range finder heat-fs mobile and kinda funky armour (sometimes).

[@jameswalker2081]

Love your content dude! could you make a video on the real doom turtle (British Tortoise)? Keep up the good work n hope you're doing well

[@vaguevtx5090]

Last nuke i got was in the M46. Things a beast if you know how to angle and place shots

[@johntc8840]

Not often I give a video a thumbs up for the title before even seeing the video.

[@obsidianjane4413]

I hope they eventually give this tank the dozer blade it is supposed to have.

[@SvensHistoryLab]

I love this tank

[@ogscarl3t375]

YESSSSSSS Bring on the wartoonda content Bawlbag !

[@G.Berk.A]

at 4:20 ish(nice) a vehicle spawned out of thin air yep warthunder is esports ready ...

[@outhouse9451]

My grandpa just passed away. Odd makes the pain go away❤

[@slaaneshgod]

To be fair I am a US main and this is the underrated vehicle I would have suggested. LOL It is the main one I use in my 7.0 lineup I like this and the t29. I wish the turtle was easier to play but I do TERRIBLE in it. Im only up to 7.3 so I dont know what other US vehicles to suggest and dont have a ton of experience with any other nations yet. my best ratio is the m4a5 and you have done a video on that I believe. I will think if I can come up with anything. Im sure others have great suggestions.

[@rhystaylor851]

This thing and the M47 are two of the best sleeper tanks, I prefer the M47 because of armor (still sad about the T25 stabs tho)

[@annadelsiena]

I dunno if the Avenger is very underrated, but I don't see a lot of them getting used so it's my suggestion for game! Relatively quick firing, good mobility if you ignore the reverse gear, and light armor that somehow lets you get away with stuff a lot of times Could even throw in a Firebrand TF Mk IV as an """"interesting""" plane backup

[@pandovian_]

Hard agree on the historical matchmaking. I still miss it.

[@beestbro9883]

I think you should use the Sherman 3/4 in a video, one of the best Sherman’s imo

[@agent304]

This tank reminds me of 13 ghosts the Jackal with that cage

[@235ThanosYT]

Bro the maus is underrated 😂

[@NagoyaRR]

"and what the devil is on Joseph's head?"

[@rasmusjonsson1348]

Thanks for the video! Why does it have training wheels? (Small wheels under the sprockets.)

[@vr00xy]

bros literally farming nukes, GG

[@bastiaanverkerk1295]

Absolute rat: eland/aml90, sneaking up on tigII’s and is’s is simply a lot of fun. Dropped a few nukes in it. Combine with fv4202 (rangefinder, stabilized, good turret armor, apds) for maximum fun

[@leozissermann3028]

his tank says "Squid-Sex" on the side lol

[@Igzilee]

I think the reason most people overlook it is because it just doesn't have a good lineup. It's essentially the only 7.0. You can bring up your 6.7s but your tanks without HEAT will struggle against 8.0s.

[@brandondonaldson983]

So I’m seeing just premium tank that’s up in battle rating of 7.0 while grinding out in lower brs while some KZbinrs are buying premium tanks that they only play for about two days just to be be in lower higher brs don’t get me wrong like how odd pulls of the weirdest shots in these tanks .but I love what you do by giving us Awsome advice with dealing with these tanks so keep doing what you do bro

[@MrRembrandt619]

The ARL 44 with its new pen would be good to do

[@timl9870]

Black Prince, your favourite!

[@Ferne345]

feels weird watching you nuke my home city @ 31:10

[@caedissusurri]

Chad M3 Lee

[@Barefoot-Bob]

I would like to see more British play especially in the 8.3 to 11.3 there underdogs in this range. Also how about more brawling.

[@dawnbreaker981]

Yo bawz, you should play the amx 50 foch, you dont have a video on it and with the recent br changes it think it will do way better. Its a casemate tank destroyer with the same gun as the surbiasse. But has a 180mm upper front plate sloped at 56 degrees.

[@CT-0511]

Can you make a video on the mKPz M47 G? Ive been thinking about buying it to fit into my 7.x loadout since there's a gap in it now that the Leopard I is 8.0

[@KiwiFlyer100]

great vid as normal! underrated vehicle would have to be the crusader II

[@TehCheezMan]

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[@rawrthraider6329]

The chicken coup is honestly great at stopping heatfs shells to the turret lol

[@Rosaslav]

Is it? He mentioned in video, that it doesn’t work against that. I didn’t unlock the cage to make me a test target yet:)

[@rawrthraider6329]

@@Rosaslav it eats the Heat shells that my M41 shoots all the time

[@mateuszcirocki6492]

Oddbawz you should get from gaijn an medal for the best youtuber Player in game war thunder your tactics are so inspiring to me

[@maj_pr0blems]

I'm back in. It's fantastic

[@tmseh]

This tank's commander? Colonel Sanders.

[@dawidworldVip]

Ooo i see the cope cage xD

[@guanyin19]

For underrated vehicles, you should bring out the Japanese Type 61. With all the other ATGM and HEATFS vehicles recently moving up to 8.0 in br, armor rules mid br again. Because the Type 61 stayed where it is at 6.7 you can make use of its deadly ammo and quick reload to delete overconfident Soviet and German enemy tanks.

[@searaider3340]

I love this tank, it's much better than the other vehicles in my 7.7 lineup.

[@alpacaofthemountain8760]

Its one of those tanks that just wokrs

[@Komrade_Yanouchka]

the enemy team on the second battle really felt like paid actors of a rambo movie lol. where can i get those too?

[@stephenallen4635]

"not a lot of kills" Has 11 kills

[@Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y]

Challenge: get a nuke in a British tank.

[@volteer1332]

Addendum: tank, not wheeled or IFV.

[@MSgtRazor]

23:18 ricochet, then killed commander, driver, and gunner. just WT things

[@fluidize8532]

Wow! Awesome video! Could you please play the T-72's variant: The Moderna?

[@danb4900]

I reckon the chicken wire would help against early handheld AT launchers and shit

[@saeer5038]

My main problem with m46 and other USAs meds after Sherman's is their lack of stabilizer. You just get so used to it that its painful to play without

[@rayproductionsbackupchanne3862]

could you play some m60/m48's? i noticed their movement really got buffed during the last update. they haul ass offroad now

[@hellfighter69420]

The (new) Chinese pt76/object 211. it's got the t-44 85mm ammo at 5.0.

[@uselessmitten7836]

iirc, historical matchmaking would occasionally add France to axis because of the Vichy government fighting the allies in southern France.

[@TomasSychraCZ]

Hi, good job! How about trying the underrated Waffenträger? I would really like to see that, thanks :)

[@shinycristiano3038]

you should try the PTZ89 its a really good tank

[@ZeroMustang]

Try playing the reserve tanks for different nations because some of those are underrated as hell. More specifically, the two Swedish reserves are (in my opinion) overpowered, seeing as I dropped a 13 kill game in one of them with the APHE

[@volteer1332]

Swedish reserves are OP because of their ammo being inaccurate historically, since they would be on par with the forbidden Japanese and French reserve tanks otherwise.

[@volteer1332]

That said, I adore how good those little guys are, so new-player friendly.

[@ZeroMustang]

@@volteer1332 True, but try the HEAT shell on the Japanese reserves I guarantee you’ll do well at one point

[@volteer1332]

@ZeroMustang oh that heat is nice but the velocity is pretty awful

[@fijianirie3569]

You & Phly could do another how to grind without having to pay real money

[@G-manFan1]

thats one hell of a title

[@Endoloris99]

More ignored than underated but the amx13ss11 I like it

[@dounce5926]

So glad that someone finally addressed its mobility. Seriously on par with leopards imo.

[@naughtyewok]

Polish Firefly please! 4.7 is such a good tier for Britian.

[@bluishgalaxy9533]

Because I've never actually played any vehicles above 6.3, I don't know how many of them perform... but what about making a video on either of the T32's cuz I rarely see them in videos at that BR

[@philipgregory8813]

Za 35 is super under rated not as good as the ITPSV 90 but still a really fun anti tank aa played a big role in the 3 nukes I managed to drop whilst playing Britain

[@DrBungler]

Could you play the ebr 1951? I don’t see many people talk about it or showcase it even though it’s a fun vehicle