Gaijin's Fake Tiger Tank

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The German Tiger II 10.5cm is a pretty rare tank in War Thunder nowadays. Much like the Panther II, it was removed for being a somewhat fake vehicle. Gaijin essentially made an amalgamation of design proposals. It shouldn't really be able to function as it is modeled since the breech clips into the rangefinder.
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Gaijin's Fake Tiger Tank

[@Spookston]

Uploading this today because I somehow forgot I upload on Fridays now :)

[@dotongrand2509]

HOW DARE YOU FORGOT :)

[@cari1on]

how can you forget that :sob:

[@tigerbesteverything]

P word: Paranoïa, fits pretty well.

[@AjayKumar-ht9pk]

Well we in the USAF don't teamkill only because the Snail doesn't give us big enough bombs.

[@TomaattiVarvas]

Dude play sturer emil

[@josiahstewart539]

Can you imagine driving this thing through city combat in real life and trying not to smack the barrel into every single building

[@restestsest1929]

This just made me laugh out loud. XD

[@genericscottishchannel1603]

solution, lightsabre barrel, also saves you from being barrel tortured

[@user-anon]

@@genericscottishchannel1603 the tank gets ammoracked and the lightsaber falls perfectly vertical

[@Death_Trooper-177]

T-72 crew members can relate

[@phatphlanks5651]

Imagine if they add this feature into sim battles lol

[@OddBawZ]

Can we all just appreciate that Spookston sacrificed his mental to play with German mains at 6.7 yet again. Truly the Pariah of all time.

[@Miragexe]

Mains aren't even a thing.

[@Hatsuzu]

No. He's still a filthy furry

[@trathanstargazer6421]

@@Miragexe I am a German main thank you very much! Having such horrible teammates makes for a wonderful challenge.

[@obsidianjane4413]

@@Miragexe Click thru the player cards sometime...

[@Cheesycat0]

Wait until he plays American 5.3 air lmao. Worse then tigers

[@lerobot6180]

If a tank is fake there won't be military documents to leak about it! Gaijin is adapting to the meta.

[@umita7496]

war thunder community: still somehow finds specified documents

[@zezaoencanador9221]

war thunder player about to leak documents of a 80 years old tank of a country that doesn't even exists anymore

[@gustavlevin9251]

sekrit documints

[@ikat_tracer]

Not really fake but okay I mean what he showed literally were military documents

[@alexboccaccio5431]

Lmao

[@sr.tortillas1530]

The turret agreeing with Spookston at 8:11 is hella funny

[@Ricklet0ons]

I'd agree too if that happened to me

[@kernel_inpage_error]

5:41 unique records of Spookston's true emotions when he got gaijined

[@joedingo7022]

Nah, he was just embracing the Germany main mindset.

[@AkiraMiles]

Nah. He just got skill issued

[@artico_]

Therapist: "Angry Spookston isn't real, he can't hurt you" Angry Spookston: 5:39

[@nmspy]

Not even angry just purely baffled

[@smoldoggy1005]

Miffed spookston

[@Dee-mm1bt]

I swear that's the most emotional I've ever heard spookston

[@MrRaptor1335]

You can test in the hangar, there is a pixel perfect shot with M62 on that exact edge if you shoot slightly downwards 🤔

[@nmspy]

@@MrRaptor1335 yes but that’s still a bug, sometimes the armor mesh have holes in it, like the Type 90 if I recall, you could 7.62 mg the side and kill crew

[@SeanCampbell_iRacing]

The tiger 105 is immensly satisfying to play, one of my favorite unlocks. You see something, and you dont want to see it anymore, most likely wont be seeing it anymore after one shot

[@vgames1543]

I want it too, *F Gaijin🔫🔫🔫*

[@youngrody2386]

one easiest tanks to get 6+ kills on average. Tank is noticibly mobile and the armor is stupid proof against most regular APHE or AP shells.

[@sonnyblc7287]

I love the 900hp engine more than the gun lol

[@vavra222]

Im pretty bad at positioning i guess, because playing it as a heavy doesnt work for me nowadays, especially in higher BR. I have to really "baby" it and play as a TD with no armor to do well. Kinda annoying, but still fun. Modern munitions is a b*tch.

[@peterl3417]

@@vavra222 Just play as a defensive brawler. Set up a good flank and start hammering away.

[@roshanmadhav8876]

Rule for War thunder : 1. Psychology 2.Positioning 3.Paranoia

[@eyo8766]

4. Always Killsteal

[@panther-nk2hn]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@zed_anarchist5208]

7:57 As a wise friend once told me, "In Warthunder, you never play against the enemy team, you play against your own team"

[@obsidianjane4413]

This is truth. The enemy team are just the targets that can shoot back that you compete with your own team to score.

[@internetbodhi1009]

Omfg The amount of times someone just has to break a cap to win, not even claim it... just roll over the gd point to break it so we can get the momentum back. And they sit there. Like a braindead dopamine fiend trying to spawncamp an AAA from 8km out. Literally move 20m to break the cap and we win, but nooo, gotta miss that useless Ostwind 20 times to feel special. My team sure is "special" alright.

[@Pyrociraptor]

I live for Spookston's "OOOUGH" every time he gets a whack kill.

[@ragnarokinfall8565]

8:35 I'm starting to think there is something wrong with maps in WT because that happened to me with Germany like five times in a row, and also happens with USA.

[@andrewmacias-brown1818]

Yes I haven’t seen American desert or Finland in ages. That’s ok though because I’ve gotten Eastern Europe and Poland with snow 8 times!

[@eesmaaura4961]

I don't think it's really something "wrong" per say but just how map rotation working as intend. There's Q&A or something very long time ago in which Gaijin explain the map rotation, for every minute the server will rotate what map it will give to the queue player therefore minute 1 get map 1 minute 2 get map 2 and so on. But the problem is the map rotation are finite so map 1 will rotate back say minute 15 and if you were unlucky to queue at minute 1 and minute 15 you gonna get the same map twice.

[@obsidianjane4413]

@@andrewmacias-brown1818 Or Jungle either...

[@andrewmacias-brown1818]

@@obsidianjane4413 I think jungle is usually a low tier map. Sadly

[@gorganfredman5363]

@@andrewmacias-brown1818 I had American desert 3 times in a row on US, it was very frustrating

[@An0beseGiraffe]

Just as a fun fact to note about the 105 tiger, it also doesn't have the weakspot underneath the back of the turret that can be penned by SPAA as it still has the old armour layout

[@John.McMillan]

You could honestly make a full series on just fake vehicles not only that never existed, but were entirely made up and designed by Gaijin themselves. Often to the point of them making 0 sense.

[@cameroncarley7958]

Most vehicles in game are realistic, with the exception of modern vehicles because we ah e no idea what their actual capabilities are

[@dzban02]

we don't have any more tanks that are just made up and not even on paper

[@drmaulana2600]

you can count imaginary vehicles in current WT with your fingers lmao, like japanese R2 series, Sweden's automatic 120mm thingy, and tiger 2 Sla.

[@Anna_bananatv]

@@cameroncarley7958 "Modern" They can't even get in the right ballpark for vehicles that have thousands of units exported to dozens of countries that are 40 years old. Aka, M1, Leopard2,Merkava

[@cameroncarley7958]

@@Anna_bananatv As far as I understand components of both the base 2a4 and m1 are still classified

[@DrJorusUploads]

You should play the Italian M41M 90/53. Weird chassis but the gun is simply a joy to shoot.

[@robertharris6092]

That italian 90mm is amazing. The stock shell has so much fucking filler its amazing.

[@moriartyholmes8172]

@@robertharris6092 that shell has more filler than an IS-2 round. These Italians are crazy.

[@hunlepto2239]

Spookston, you forgot to mention the higher caliber when talking about the penetration. Higher caliber = far better angled performance and spalling incase of solid shots (though I think APHE also does spalling damage even when not overpenning). The small extra penetration also helps a ton against Soviet and American heavies after 6.7 as that's when they start catching up with armor. Man, I wish I played WT back then.

[@cobaltfoxpaw945]

I like this tank tbh, but it's repair cost is very expensive

[@derrickstorm6976]

Balans

[@Angrynood]

All the more satisfying when ya whack the side of one with a Hellcat

[@theoneandonlyartyom]

France/britain mid tier experience

[@chost-059]

This is really good as a tank destroyer rather than a heavy tank, the rangefinder is really good for making consistant first shot hits at 1.5km or further

[@vgames1543]

Well, guess I am not privileged enough to find out myself. In a game I want the same content as everyone else!

[@commisaryarreck3974]

@@vgames1543 I mean you could be enjoying Italian fighters and Bombers as Germany Yeah they got "removed" from the tech tree but like many other removed vehicles they're still available if you got them back then Thank gaijin for not having to first grind trough those planes anymore

[@vgames1543]

@@commisaryarreck3974 But I did not get those 3 tanks back then, and I find it completely inacceptable that they are now inaccessible. Gaijin should make them temporarely aviable every Anniversary or for some german holiday.

[@user-wi3xc3hi5z]

@@vgames1543 u didn’t pay for it so they don’t have to care

[@youngrody2386]

Armor's pretty good, it's just that people are pretty used to shooting this thing's turret. Try wiggling the gun and the turret and they won't do much to you unless they're launching post war potatoes.

[@i8yourDog]

*I can certainly tell that Spookston was in pain throughout playing the Tiger 105*

[@KobeSande]

How do you know?

[@r3alityrjectna452]

This might’ve been one of your funniest videos yet. Something about always calm and logical Spookston flipping shit at casual Gaijining really made me laugh 😂

[@Britisher11]

It's a pretty fair sidegrade to the Tiger II (H), or maybe the Sla. 16 if you include the extra horsepower - for those that have it anyway yeah lmao. I'd be interested to see you play the Conway though Spookston - the 120mm L1 is a ridiculous cannon at 7.0 and (if the APDS decides to behave and volumetric doesn't decide you deserve nothing) can punch a hole in effectively everything it fights, and the thick mantlet plate can be amusingly trolly in downtiers. It's also got a higher top speed than the normal Centurions by 2mph for some reason? But yeah would be cool to see you try it and hear your thoughts!

[@allorfh2495]

As this was the only tank i REALLY wanted from the german tree, when i joined 4 months after its removal I became a sweeden main instead of a stereotypical german main.

[@vgames1543]

We should unite and shand up against Gaijin for this heresy. Either all tanks for all players, or burn in hėłł corpo fřiçkş.

[@A-Warthog-cc1wm]

I really enjoy these longer videos man! Keep up the good work solider

[@darkovasic4310]

Bro the Generals Command Conquer music in the background........ so much nostalgia, nice video btw keep it up!

[@nanni-buyerofcopper]

For me i think I'd prefer the shorter reload of the 88mm. if it doesn't one shot, it will cripple their tank, and make it much easier for you or someone else to finish it off.

[@Klimotine]

I wanna know how gaijin sat there and thought "yeah definitely, a 105mm breech, range finder, 105mm ammo and extra crew an extra crew member can fit in an already extremely cramped tiger II turret"

[@vgames1543]

In a game everything should be allowed.

[@Klimotine]

@@vgames1543 not in game that promised to only use tanks that were actually made

[@vgames1543]

@@Klimotine A game is no man's land. Those 3 where in, so they should've been permanent. Period.

[@Klimotine]

@@vgames1543 nah, a developer should not go back on their promise, these tanks didnt not belong in the game and had absolutely no place in the game, thus deserved to thrown out of the tech tree period.

[@vgames1543]

@@Klimotine I dissagree with you completely. There is nothing that has no place in a game, and promises are not a signed contract. All three vehicles are still useful and unique. You are not deserving of this game with your hostile anti-vehicle attitudes.

[@Tanks.With.Teeth.Malloy]

Awesome video! I am very new to the game so it's really cool to see stuff that was removed. Like you said your panther 2 video is another favorite of mine. I am again asking for a video on the T26E1-1 Super Perishing hopefully it'll be soon :D

[@MechWarrior894]

11:58 just the massive explosion alone was hilarious let alone it came from a teammate. 🤣

[@22GamingGuy]

Glad I snagged it before they removed it, while I do think they shouldn’t have bothered removing them. If they are sort of in the game then just leave them in. There are still plenty of completely unrealistic tanks and planes that serve no major purpose either but they remain.

[@vgames1543]

Find as many players that agree, like me, as you can. Start a serious movement. Nothing will change because of a mere YT comment.

[@obsidianjane4413]

Their purpose is to generate revenues for Da Snail.

[@vgames1543]

@@obsidianjane4413 They are completely unobtainable, not generating any revenues whatsoever.

[@konradsmith7904]

I once got a game where 3/4 of my team were in planes, and I was playing Germany. After they all got shot down we didn't stand a chance and an enemy got an nuke. This is certainly one of the games of all time.

[@BrockvsTV]

Thanks for the video. We appreciate you and your hot room

[@olda555kroka9]

Great videos man keep it up

[@Kay-51995]

You should do the M48 Super, it's a surprisingly decent MBT for it's BR.

[@Orodreth888]

I love this thing~ I love the speed, the oomph, and the APCR. Tutels always are so suprised...

[@SuperCaelum]

The funny coincidence of Blind Hunt being on that IS-2 when Spookston calls him blind.

[@summer8746]

May I suggest the Breda 501 since you like rushing forward and being behind the enemy line. It also have the 90 mm Cannon and recently got up BR to 4.3

[@82MrKanister]

That Teamkill by the He 111 at the end was kind of funny. He did take out 3 enemies though so one can say it was justified.

[@obsidianjane4413]

Interesting courts-martial defense strategy...

[@stev579]

Loving the content!

[@clang_the_owl42]

Great video as always! Please remember, that a lot of people are not for the "War Thunder content", but are for the "Spookston content". WT can be a bitch to play sometimes, so it's nice to take a break from it once in a while. If you do more variety content (doesn't even have to be tank related) a lot of people will go with it. Seeing you do stuff you wanna do will still be fun and entertaining, that's for sure. Stay safe and stay healthy out there (both physically and mentally)

[@rizenrap4840]

Make a vid on the PT-16/14

[@jackmino729]

5:36 Complains that a shot magically penned down through the roof despite the angle After literally doing the same thing to a Pershing...

[@Spookston]

The difference is the Pershing's roof has a lip that you can hit. The Tiger 2 does not. It's literally not possible.

[@BurntCollypso]

@@Spookston Could be down to crap volumetric like Gaijin seems to love doing, or a very rare case of American bias

[@adrunner7552]

Thanks for putting out videos that make us realize we are not the only ones getting Gaijined!!

[@LoneWolf-kw3ol]

before the sound downgrades this thing was soooo satisfying to use its still one of my all time favorites and i play it all the time

[@ivanovitchivanovsky8255]

I enjoy the Tiger 2 105, a super fun tank. However, the German teams around 6.7 leave much to be desired.

[@thequarantiner7828]

Don't know how many players know about this but just letting ya know that the Zis-43 got moved to 2.7 a few months back and personally I belive it was put there soley because people didn't know how to use it. It would be interesting to see your opinion on it(I also think if I'm not misremembering that it is the lowest br vehicle you can do wagers with since it is still makred as rank 3. Its the main reason I play it)

[@obsidianjane4413]

I'd missed that. In AB its still a 4.0 and... who expects to see a 2.7 in tier III. Is this the vehicle with the widest dispersion between AB and RB?

[@r3alityrjectna452]

It’s the same deal with the L-62 Anti II in the Swedish tree. I adore that thing because it has absolutely monstrous SAP rounds that are one shot central, and it is also rank III for dailies.

[@Roman7-]

Just loving your cats memes into your video just saying, keep the great content and cat memes inside ♥

[@soldiert0144]

6:14 mans been teleported to australia.

[@MsUltrafox]

Nice background music, Command & Conquer: Generals.

[@The_winterFox]

I love the sound of the gun firing so satisfying

[@tribal1752]

1:55 thank you for reminding me about this amazing meme spokeson, I needed that today

[@jonahchristopher6734]

Great video would love to see a video on the M26 T99 Pershing.

[@dogefishy3655]

Hey big papa, you should play the ARL-44. I had to grind through that thing, and I want you to love the french engineers as much as I do. Giving it both vulnerable cheeks and a giant flat plate on the turret were ingenious design choices. Love the content btw.

[@sanuku535]

Yey Another video.

[@fleet_admiral_xman]

5:32 the Tiger 2 has weak spots on all weld lines that are visible on the tank, and it just so happened that there is a weld line on the top of the turret where he shot. Its a 1 in a 1000 shot but the man hit it

[@pokemon202668]

at 6:00 he didnt pen your roof, he penetrated your weld line. gaijin considers the exact point where your armor plates meet to be 0 armor.

[@redfalcon7598]

I did not expect a Chipsa clip but that was a hilarious surprise.

[@vodkanizer6866]

I noticed tons of bugs since update , you cant squish bushes/trees they just stuck in you without disappearing for some reason , engine noise are still messed up and enemies dont render when they are behind fences

[@cmsIGauffahrgestellPanzerkampf]

Kinda wished they bring this, the panther II and coelian back every anniversary like the maus instead of just forgetting about it forever since they are really cool vehicles fake or not (even made a model of the 10.5cm tiger and panther II) and really compliment well with the maus as a WW2 lineup rather than just an odd mix of the maus from WW2 and the leopard and marder from the early cold-war but man do the common uptiers suck when you go over 6.3 in BR.

[@vgames1543]

I agree, start a protest, a petition. Just get attention. Build a functional 1:1 prototype of each, Panther II, Tiger II 10.5, Coelian etc. Don't be a commenting sheep, be a wolf! This is our game!

[@michaela8676]

Would suck to bring those tanks into a 8.7 uptier and they also said those 3 are never coming back when they removed them since it’s entirely fabricated and no models of them exist irl

[@vgames1543]

@@michaela8676 I do not care about any of that. A game should not always take itself so seriously. Those 3 had been in the Tech Tree and should have stayed there eternally.

[@richman6974]

I don't think I've ever seen you so surprised that you change the tone of your voice lol, that jumbo penning your roof really impacted you hahaha

[@obamnaprismus]

seeing that Jagdpanzer kill an IS-3 was honestly really inspiring. You go, lil' guy

[@dingoe8841]

I remember only a few days ago gaygin put out a patch note that literally only said "fixed audio bug where ground vehicles make no engine noise" or something along those lines and that was the only thing on the patch note. Good to see they're keeping to the theme of not actually fixing anything but goddamn did it really take like a week to not even fully fix a simple audio glitch

[@Reichtag]

As information, it existed as the Phanter II and the prototypes were destroyed but basically they adapted the cannon 105mm to a Tiger II H and if the reality is that only plans were found

[@actualdudicc7877]

Love your videos! Are you ever going to make a video on the new gepard?

[@Hamun002]

"This would be a fun vehicle if I wasn't playing War Thunder" - every tank in the game

[@Armageddon_71]

Great video! I love the sh!tpost editing and I still miss the 105 :(

[@jonathans.955]

This and the Panther II are the bride of my garage. This is one of my favourite tanks in the game and without a doubt my favourite version of the Tiger 2

[@EnglishGamer2019]

8:11 are we gonna casually overlook the fact that tiger 2 turret was swingin like no tomorrow?

[@stretch2796]

Thank you Spookston for once again converting your mental health into a youtube video for our enjoyment. May what little scraps of sanity you still possess keep you capable of editing in the future.

[@Lo-tf6qt]

I swear everyday we're getting closer to seeing Spookston having a mental breakdown mid game

[@JamesErath]

Tiger II 10.5 is one of my favorite tanks in the game! I love this thing.

[@binkus2171]

the commander getting turned into a pancake everytime the breech recoils

[@robertharris6092]

Itd be hilarious if every time you hsoot the commander is "knocked out" then replaced till its just the driver loader and gunner

[@Dioxol]

you should do a video on the VT1-2, for the hyper mega fast flanking

[@lilstarship34]

So glad I collected it before removal, thing is a monster.

[@QwerYT4819]

I think all the heat came from the southern hemisphere... it's cold here

[@coaxill4059]

I got you spookston: Psychology Positioning, and Pessimism

[@Laz_Lu]

heyo, would you consider playing the Somua SM? btw love the content!

[@aleksandermate439]

Thx spooks for the effort you pit in every video. Day 2 of asking for the vickers mk 1 or the mk3

[@Ghostmaxi1337]

The gun in game is in the rangefinder, but that is just the standart gun model, irl they would certainly have made it like the Panther Schmallturm where the gun has the recoil cylinders under the gun instead of on top or side by side.

[@SeriousWizard]

Next video: Spookston declares war on all plant life

[@tsardean7438]

I’d love to see you play the M10 It slaps! And it looks like you need your sanity back

[@AlsoCreamy]

“Why is it so hot I’m my room? It’s January!” (Southern State Moment)

[@SuperVertigoCS]

Play the ASU-57 to experience permanent machine gun jumpscare

[@slayo710]

Lol great design have your commander get his torso crushed by the gun recoiling.

[@landonroberson1417]

The trees not respawning brings out a new level of rage

[@balintbelaszabo3086]

Hey Spookston could you play the m60a2 with HE only? I love your videos by the way!

[@benjaminesau9030]

Every new spookston video, review of a tank turned into a good lesson on having trust issues

[@igorortega6494]

spook saying his room is too hot in january... man i feel you, i'm from south so fucking hot now

[@jeoffrey9733]

I don't know if you've been through the italian tree, but i really want to see you play the Breda 501. It's just a fun concept of big gun on wheels battles tanks. But it as also a CAS magnet as you can take it out with regular machinegun rounds, please think about it.

[@incompetencelogistics8924]

I'd like to see you use the Bkan, it's got the upshot of being good against aircraft in a pinch like the bagelpanzer but does have like no ammo for how fast it shoots

[@johnynuke3310]

The best thing about the T2 105 back in the day was the gun sound

[@PMARC14]

The Sherman jumbo pen is just realistic, as he went through the tiger at a weld which was likely brittle and of low quality when a tiger 2 105 could have been made. 🙃

[@dontran391]

For War Thunder to include "Fake Tigers", they should also include the Fake Tiger from Saving Private Ryan, which is a T-34 chassis treads/christie suspension/wheels with a Tiger 1 Turret & frontal body armor.

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

It would be funny if they did put it or the one from Kelly's Heroes in. Basically like the M1 Abrams KVT.

[@apple-nx7jz]

When that M103 came around the corner that must of been the scariest thing ever experirenced on War Tinder

[@program4215]

8:14 Paranoia. I'm surprised you didn't know this. Teammates are distractions at best and additional enemies at worst. You are the only person really on your team.

[@ofaoilleachain]

Watching your videos on the verge of drunkeness is entertaining

[@juliusuy6661]

I HEAR THE GENERALS SOUNDTRACK

[@matthewjohnson9386]

this tiger would be more representative of the planned "standard panzer" e75. the design called for a up armoured tiger with simpler suspension and a proposed 105mm gun with plans to even mount a 12.8cm

[@casematecardinal]

I could only imagine how crazy this thing would be firing in a narrow alley

[@Pioneer_DE]

My biggest regret is not buying RP to quickly research all of them before gaijin removed them, I always already playing the game when they existed but I was still at pz 3s and pz 4's when they announced it would be removed.

[@ryanjerome2283]

Every time I see these tanks, im just like yep germany. Really good video. You make these tanks work respect you make my day better

[@robertharris6092]

Its not hard to make one of the best tanks in the game work.