I Really Wanted To Like This Tank

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The CV90 IFV has a plethora of variants in War Thunder. Some are certainly better than others, with the CV9030 being one of the worst. The recent update from Gaijin added the CV9035 which isn't much better.
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I Really Wanted To Like This Tank

[@Spookston]

I don't have great luck with these things

[@anonymous46556]

ok

[@wang_.]

womp womp, play the asu 85

[@Lowtierlocust]

L, bring m22 to top tier

[@Deadmau195]

No one ever has luck with something like this. When will we get a video on the M4A3(105)?

[@PilotPRT]

Can you please play the Sturer Emil? Day 33

[@picklesbigpp897]

Do a challenge where your wear your headset the wrong way around so your right ear hears the left side

[@kajek777]

that's devious

[@Angrynood]

​@@kajek777 Spook is a glutton for pain

[@marcelocraveroregeni6973]

That's pure evilness my man

[@forgotultag1543]

​@@Angrynood I'm surprised all this debauchery hasn't summoned Slaneesh by now

[@joedingo7022]

I did that accidentally once and thought I was losing my marbles, this is just pure evil. Excellent...

[@theonlytnargmatt]

That halo pistol sound, possibly one of the most satisfying video game sounds.

[@YTIsRanByFeds]

When you fired that thing it was like God was talking.

[@connivingkhajiit]

nah, seismic charges

[@theonlytnargmatt]

@@connivingkhajiit based taste but not Strictly a video game sound.

[@connivingkhajiit]

@@theonlytnargmatt reading comprehension has failed me

[@theonlytnargmatt]

@@connivingkhajiit never apologise for having taste of that tier, that sound was godlike and is easily one of the best parts of the prequel trilogy.

[@AaronGarner-i8f]

Day 67 of asking you to play the Challenger 2 Black Knight Spook, the hard kill APS can even intercept aircraft munitions which will help with your CAS issue! You may also want to take some HESH, as they have improved its consistency against single layer homogeneous armour since the last update.

[@shaun1280]

Yes we must get this up there

[@AaronGarner-i8f]

Also, if you’re doing some gardening Spook, may I recommend carnivorous plants? They’re higher maintenance but very rewarding to grow, and absolutely fascinating. I would recommend doing some research first though.

[@stranger299a]

Now we just wait about 8 months before Spook gets to this

[@christianjohnson9190]

Me: Looks up to see aircraft coming towards me with bombs Spookston: 🥺😩🫡🫠😑

[@-varmi-]

that aps is not intercepting my kh29td

[@randommanchild112]

"I wanted to reject you, convince myself that you were wrong, Mahito" "I'm you"

[@Haaton-of-the-Basement]

"Nuh uh"

[@AkumaLP]

next week well see true fire

[@rickfastly2671]

@@AkumaLPexplain?

[@astigmatic8978]

​@@rickfastly2671next chapter comes out next week

[@america6634]

@@rickfastly2671 hes referring to the next JJK manga chapter

[@tyrannicswinen117]

Gaijin developers: So what new vehicle should we add to Sweden? How about the same vehicle but with a slightly longer cannon and make it a premium Genius!

[@Haaton-of-the-Basement]

Certified Gaijin Classic.

[@fuckinantipope5511]

What they should do for Denmark is add the Danish version of the Leopard 1 with the A4 welded turret but A5 systems. That would be such a sexy tank to give to the swedish (let's be real, it should be called Nordic at this point) tech tree

[@justsomehaatonpassingby4488]

Also Gaijin: How about we add another T-80 to the game?

[@sameiimo1734]

The vehicle is also missing multiple features that would actually make it more stand out than the regular tech tree CVs, the 35 is supposed to have AHEAD ammo (they literally have the muzzle timer device ON THE MODEL) and should be up armoured (kind of like what the warrior in the British tree has going on) as it comes with armour package. It's also missing it's proper 2 belt feed system, for some reason, which would provide it with a higher ammo capacity before a reload is needed (currently in game it uses the 2 belt system to hot swap ammo types which is...okay, just a touch annoying if you're used to higher ammo capacities from vehicles like the Bradley)

[@PR-fw4cv]

Been waiting for Finnish BMP-2 for a while, wonder why are they not adding it (though if it is the latest variant it would only get the 30mm cannon)

[@pebzi-]

the 9035 has 2 belt feed system, so you can effectively shoot 70 rounds before needing to reload, but since you swap belt feed it reloads while using the 2nd belt, so i bring 3 belts of apfsds and the rest is apds and he so i can swap to apds with 10mm less of pen while the dart reloads, and alot of people seem to not realize this

[@wj5149]

The apds also had significantly more spall than tge sabot

[@hotsauce9554]

​@wj5149 sorry to be a 🤓☝️but they're both sabot, Thats what the DS means in APFSDS and APDS!

[@Iden_in_the_Rain]

Wait, the 9035 has a two-belt feed modeled in game? Does it actually?

[@Agilaz89]

This should be the case for the Bradleys and the 9030 as well, but Gaijin has claimed before that they are unable to model this.

[@pebzi-]

@@Iden_in_the_Rain yes, you just select 2nd ammo type and it take like 0.3 seconds to swap, minor correction is they no longer reload when you use a 2nd belt, becuase reasons i guess

[@olekzajac5948]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="722">12:02</a> Yes, that tubular muzzle device is a programmer for AHEAD rounds. Btw, it's weird how Gaijin models double feed guns - when you load two ammo types, you can switch between them in like under a second, but when you load just one ammo type, it makes it feel like only one ammo rack is used because after shooting all 35 rounds there's a reaload instead of just a switch to the second rack.

[@DarkButz]

Funny how they won't give this vehicle the ability to track planes because the laser rangefinding method it uses isn't "reliable" in Gaijin's opinion, but the 2S38 has it because its electronics THEORETICALLY could do this and the BMP-2M has it too, even though it isn't capable of it IRL. Also for those interested, the method is the tank lazes the target a couple times and then creates a firing solution.

[@rukinaa]

No Russian bias going on at all here. Simply balance

[@abloccofcheezz513]

Not russian bias, I’m sure plenty of other tanks have this issue as well, but those two are powerful because they are premium, not russian

[@underfirej]

@@abloccofcheezz513 Facts, over feelings guy

[@skip1383]

@@abloccofcheezz513 This CV is Premium as well buddy.

[@Maggi9909]

its like how a NATO tank crews needs to be able to reload and fire in 7 seconds to qualify and most Russian Auto loaders take 10 seconds to reload. yet the Abrams and Leo have like 10.5 second reloads whilst the T series get around 6-8 seconds

[@blackfox7448]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="867">14:27</a> what a perfect cut from the teammate shooting you from ramming them xD

[@tankmanled2874]

Was gonna say the same thing! 😂

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

It would be much funnier if friendly fire existed

[@blackfox7448]

@@EdyAlbertoMSGT3 it did for both arcade and realistic but as you can guess not for nothing they disabled it for both game mods for ground battles xD way to much intentional friendly fire

[@Strop2198]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="842">14:02</a> the gunner is still alive in the back. it is not intuitive, but the guy in the turret is not the one controlling the guns

[@SydneySighs]

As an Italy main, the fact the gunner is in the hull has gotten me called a cheater before

[@swissfreek]

When you have three tech-tree CV9040s, including one with top-down ATGMs and another one with a radar and lead indicator, at the same or 0.3 higher BR, I don’t know why you’d pay the GE for this thing. If all of those didn’t exist, OK sure, but they do exist, and they are better, and you can build a full and potent lineup with them and the CV90105/CT-CV if you have them, or use the T-72 or even the Leo 2A4s for another 0.3 BR penalty. The only thing better on this is that it uses belts instead of a “ready rack” so you get your whole belt back at once instead of waiting for each round to be reloaded, but that’s it.

[@_Juke_]

It's Danish

[@Asmodi16]

That's exactly what I thought when I saw this thing. The 40mm is just better than the 35mm and you get 4 of them for "free".

[@swissfreek]

@@Asmodi16 oh shit you’re right I forgot the 9040B, there’s *four* haha

[@swissfreek]

@@_Juke_ yeah…?

[@eaglemach9992]

Because i touch one.

[@SemoventeDa]

Giorno 209 of asking Spookston to play Semovente 75/46 M43. IT'S TIME TO PLAY IT, SURRENDER NOW!

[@STGMORRISON]

Man it's been a long time

[@izak.barnes]

Is... is that a jojo reference?

[@razorbladeflamingo3635]

Semo, you are a true Italian hero.

[@manslovepizzagaming]

I had Focaccia while posting this comment...mmmm feels good to live in Italy baby ❤🤍💚

[@clobble643]

@@izak.barnes JOJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO REFERENCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@FippeFi]

you were right at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="50">0:50</a> , even old CV90s are Level 4 (14.5mm AP) rated throughout the important parts (front compartment sides, turret) and Level 6 (30mm APDS) from the front, with modern variants offering uparmoring from those levels. It's just gaijin nerfing swedish vehicles as usual, the Ikv91 being the funniest example

[@Sh4quille0atmeal]

i really liked the new sounds, especially artillery and gun sounds. the 40mm's sounded so nice. people complained and now we have the cartoony sounds again

[@Scarokhan]

Gijjan adding a premium that’s that same a as tech tree for another cash grab

[@B-17G_Flying_Fortress]

Classic gaijoobles momento.

[@SchrodingerMil]

I mean tbh depending on the nation and BR I like when they do this, it allows you to round out a lineup easier if you really like the tank.

[@Haaton-of-the-Basement]

The enemy team when i pulls out a KV-2 Zis-6 in a GROUND SB match:

[@deeznutz5825]

@@SchrodingerMil Last I checked there were swedish lineups at 9.3 and 10.0, so this mediocre thing doesn't even get a lineup.

[@stefanogalliano5634]

I have noticed since they added the autoloader module on t-72s that the spall gets eaten even more

[@snek9388]

Gaijin will do anything to buff russia. While completely denying anything true and proper about NATO tanks.

[@Flashieq]

I also find it very rare to rack them now because of it

[@Xinevlin]

Still waiting for that Type-60SPRG full bushes and almost 2 years now waiting for type-61 the lowest rating MBT at 6.7

[@Four_Wcue]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="862">14:22</a>-<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="870">14:30</a> "Im going to be a little devious." *rams into another tank while laughing* "slight devious" *gets shot by the same tank*

[@RyanZimmerman-do9qt]

"i really wanted to like this tank" drops 2 back to back almost double aces

[@weetytoaster1835]

I hope the CV90 MLU gets added

[@bonnibelio_]

this but with ATGMs? Type 89? that's a great idea I agree! it even has a similar garbage horizontal traverse!

[@downie383]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="527">8:47</a> that AMX met the grahams 💀

[@sora818]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="624">10:24</a> that stuart fighting the wrong war

[@CORKYREX]

Another new IFV this update is the Desert Warrior which you should play.

[@wertus1714]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="546">9:06</a> most relatable line in history

[@King_carrot-bd4zk]

DID YOU KNOW? NOW YOU DO

[@bonnibelio_]

I never knew!!

[@rukinaa]

Thank God you told us. Now we all know

[@anhphan152]

"Does he not have any ammo left in the carousel?" Me after dumping 23 shots for a total of 5 kills:

[@rigrug1]

"I hope we exclusively fight light vehicles." *Immediately eviscerates Merkava*

[@evanderdaniel8443]

on the"I killed his commander, why is he still shooting" that's The SIDAM 25 that you were shooting at, the gunner is actually in the back of the M1131 chassis, where the Infantry would be in the APC form.

[@Porkor23]

PLEASE PLAY THE M103 I BEG on my knees PLEASE

[@franksargente1080]

Amx 13 fl11 please! It's a fun little goblin tank in the French tree with surprisingly effective armor and a fantastic gun

[@billythebjergged2403]

Yeah, the CV9035DK should have AHEAD. There are several sources mentioning the AHEAD, as well as literal videos where you can see the ammo airburst. There is a bug report on their forums which they have left unresponded for 10 days, meanwhile if you mention that it's also missing its LWS, they close that bug report almost immediately, without even checking the multiple sources there is for that aswell. They have left the vehicle unfinished, and refuse to do anything about it, which disappoints me. Not to mention that it's also supposed to be able to fire 70 rounds, due to its dual feed system. Right now it "works", but only if you take 2 ammunition types, because you are able to quick switch. It should be, if you only take APFSDS, then its either 70 rounds total, or 35 rounds with the same reload as the quick switch.

[@Juel92]

All cv9040s should have m/01 APFSDS and m/95 Proxy HE as well (this is provable with public official documents). I swear Gaijin has a hateboner against the CV90s in particular.

[@Shadow_Lunatale]

Autoloader carousels on T-series tanks in the game: "hey folks, I'm going to absorb several shots without anything major happening." Autoloader carousels on T-series tanks in real life: "something just touched the ammo quite fast so I'm promoting the turret crew to cosmonauts."

[@2003AudiS3]

I feel that the autoloader should say “I’m going to change the crew from multiple solid masses to millions of pieces of dust”

[@CalebChoi-b1x]

"you know what, let's just full send it. Probably gonna die...but I'm so beyond caring at this point" that's me whenever I play 4 hours of WarThunder straight.

[@tanawatkampansudsin9099]

spook spook, if you want a really op CV90 you should use the 9040BILL

[@flowking6793]

Russian autoloader irl: Grunt Halo odst sound. Russian Autoloader in WT: stronk stalinium

[@Gungho73]

One thing I've learned with watching your videos is that turret traversal speed is tremendously underrated. So many of these vehicles I watch you play get impacted by it.

[@trog2696]

the cut away at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="870">14:30</a> was superb

[@LoxPlaysVidya]

Thanks Spookston, that seal makes for a great discord pvp.

[@liladoodle]

Day Twenty seven of asking Spookston to play the SU-100 (The one based on the T-34).

[@MikMoen]

>Can go on multi kill rampages with it. >"I'm still not feelin it."

[@dr.airsoft]

You know what i would like to like. A video of you playing the AB-43

[@riccardocrivellaro6083]

You should play the Breda 501

[@TornadoADV]

Imagine not being 50 cal proof all around and calling yourself an AFV.

[@alvarolopezcifuentes614]

Hey Spookston, I know you love rat-like tanks so you should play with the ELC Bis, either alone or with Odd & Phly doing the rat squad, nice vid btw ❤

[@helix5441]

We need to find a tank that Spookston doesnt just go “Oh i hate this thing(got 12 kills)” and actually sucks in

[@Sky_EggYT]

Day 20 of asking for the ZA-35 (The Q&A) doesn’t really count as a day)

[@agentmonde1]

And the Rooivalk

[@Sky_EggYT]

@@agentmonde1rooivalk is a heli, he does not touch those. Unless it’s a heli vid, I don’t think there will be rooivalk things

[@agentmonde1]

@@Sky_EggYT we can only hope

[@NBALIVE-ju4xd]

Ask spookstoon to play M103

[@TheEpicNoob]

Please do the LVT-4/40. Never seen it played before

[@Gage-nt]

Spookston is so cool, I wanna be like Spookston

[@DominicTGGC]

"This thing doesn't carry a lot of ammo, does it?" No, it's a Swedish autocannon. They never carry a lot of ammo

[@Coka-Rolla]

I’ve been asking for over a month now, ever since the Flak bus video, for Spookston to play the AMR 35 ZT3, hear me Sire of War Thunder. The almighty Goblin of Gaijin, I only ask this because you mentioned you wanted to give it a try at one point.

[@nobleherring3059]

Dunno what I was thinking, watching Spookston with a sore abdomen. These audio edits are gonna kill me one day. I'll just choke to death on a fart reverb edit. A well placed Covenant noise will topple my chair and break my neck.

[@teux01]

Only Spookson can get 8 kill games and think "I'm not doing good"

[@wardzyngaming8301]

Attempt 52 at getting Spookston to play the 90/53 M41M - an Italian glass cannon that penetrates anything at its BR....but it only has 8 bullets! No, that was not a spelling error, I *really* mean 8.

[@NoiceNoice-f2r]

Please try the BTR-ZD. Melts planes and is great at shredding light vehicles, you would probably enjoy it.

[@judenhauthshemeer9150]

At 14 minutes the SIDAM gunner is actually in the rear right side of the hull, the guy in the turret can be dead and you lose nothing

[@whitebaron13]

The SIDAM 25s gunner is actually in the rear of the hull so killing the guy in the turret does not stop them from shooting.

[@SirGoose_WT]

The he shells also feel amazing damage wise against aircrafts from the test drive

[@TheChiggerBug]

CV90s all also come equiped with IRST according to publicly available BAE documents

[@Gustavj0321]

All CV variants from the 40B (aka all exports) and onwards have all-around protection against 14.5 AP and frontal protection of atleast 30mm APDS. But for whatever reason this isnt modeled ingame

[@markergaming]

I got a challenge for you, pick any tank of your choosing but you can only have five shells and there must be at least two different types(day idk)

[@Vortecus]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="404">6:44</a> probably one of the coolest clips, if you put any content going hard with this Halo song it's bound to come out awesome

[@bossnage]

spookston may you please release your animal meme folder somewhere, i need all of them for discord reaction purposes

[@tykendrick8523]

Attempt 38 Challenge: For high tier support a nations MBT with its respective APC/IFV counterpart (ie Abrams/Bradley, T90/BMP2M, etc.) Challenge is keeping the other player alive and supporting it without stealing kills (breaking barrels, tracking, repairing, etc) it being a random should help make it interesting.

[@sivertkind]

You really edited out your tank going *Kaboom* at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="317">5:17</a>

[@devianttoast5828]

According to Gaijin the .50 is God's Divine Fury that can simply ignore all armor on anything lighter than an MBT.

[@Phwoggy402]

hey, Spook. you should really try the Strf 9040s. they're unbelievably more enjoyable than the other CV90 IFVs. the rounds are sooo much better when it comes to post-pen damage. it's ridiculous. best IFV in the game, in my opinion

[@GhostWolf743]

The Italian Sidam anti air has its gunner in the back of the vehicle. Not sure why the commander is in the turret or if it's historically accurate but that's how Gaijin have it.

[@guyreurtt3860]

it may not have any TOW missiles but there are multiple other swedish ifv's in that br that do so if you had a lineup you wouldnt be in any trouble trying to engage mbt's frontally.

[@griffinmccaffery8895]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="652">10:52</a> A-10 Warthog pilots in the early 2000’s:

[@NikoS-jk4lw]

The SIDAM 25 could still shoot because the guy in the turret isn't actually the gunner it's just the commander, the gunner is sitting in the hull in the back

[@Beaverust]

it would be really cool if you checked out the desert warrior since you love the regular warrior so much

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

Dude behind spook that was scouted: <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="910">15:10</a> Spook later: <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="915">15:15</a>

[@obamagaming6410]

hey, if you're in need of punishing yourself, try the Vickers Mk.E in the Swedish tech tree. It's an utterly sad vehicle insofar as it's a light tank that can get 50cal'ed to death but only gets a 92HP engine, capping its speed at (theoretically) 36km/h, although sub-20km/h speeds are more common in actual combat scenarios. Even the War Thunder Wiki calls it a vehicle that had "very poor performance" and was "severely outclassed" by anything at its BR. Pretty much the only thing it has going for it is its APHE shell and 10 degrees of gun depression.

[@lionfootball5746]

Anyone else confused with his repair times? I feel like an orange barrel sets me back 25 seconds with an aced 150 crew and all 4 crew members, but there he is putting a stabilizer and a red barrel back together in 7 seconds...

[@obama9862]

Dude I don’t know if you take requests, but you should do the Leopard A1A1 l44! It’s the tech and cannon from a Leopard 2 at 9.3!

[@bromine_35]

Autoloaders are eating shots or more specifically they absorb all the spall before it can hit the ammo

[@ranmarsh8271]

Come for the tank, stay for the halo effects. It really puts the cherry on top of the videos

[@RogueBeatsARG]

When arti does the Battlefield theme

[@TastesLikePanda]

Hey spooks, you should try the type 89, which is basically the same thing, but at 9.0 and better in almost every way

[@IronMike5]

"We had a few good games and everything since then, has just been a downward spiral." I don't think this is placebo affect, but it's like, tank you haven't played before or haven't played in a while seems pretty great, then you notice its glaring flaws. I recently revisited the Sheridan since my friend made it to 8.3. The missile seemed great, one-shotted everything. Then the Sheridan started to suck for me

[@RedWave16]

Video 65 of asking Spookston to play the LAV-AD with HEAT

[@Hookens]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="795">13:15</a> the poor infantryman at the back on the left side... [insert simpsons he's already dead meme]

[@bradentucker4854]

Hearing the halo last mission theme made some neurones fire <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="430">7:10</a>

[@mwrightinnit]

I do somewhat okay with the 35mm armed Type 89, maybe it's something with APDS vs APFSDS or the fact that it's at a lower BR with a higher rate of fire and a very similar shell

[@YouInDaWaeMF]

Hater: complains about balanced vehicles Spookston: looks at Hater Hater: spontaneously combusted

[@ranger887]

Gaijin: makes autoloader feature to balance T-series tanks Also gaijin: somehow makes the autoloader tank shots for god knows why

[@geronimoroder9991]

Can you please create an in depth guide on some mechanics like Keen Vision? There seems to be a lot of opinions on what it does and what it doesn't.

[@MarderFokker]

You should play the Ratel 20, it is the size of a bus and it has a mouse-guided ATGM at 6.7, perfect for destroying King Tigers, if you manage to find a good position.

[@Price128]

Spookston I would like to see you play the Begleitpanzer 57

[@TakenWithout]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="680">11:20</a> This might be totally unrelated but Ive noticed the T-62 on the test drive map has a completely empty carousel making it impossible to ammo rack. Im fairly certain it carried ammunition before the update

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

Do the other tanks have ammo racks?

[@TakenWithout]

@@aiedenoldstien9751 the others do yeah but they arent the autoloaded ones

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

@@TakenWithout it's probably some weird bug with the newer update then.

[@PantsofVance]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="355">5:55</a> lmfao yea my drone has spawned at 0% throttle and I have no idea why.

[@notcheems2783]

Spookston, can you do a commentary on the current update if you can like what you did back then?

[@Catinkss]

How about an Auto-Cannon special where you try all auto cannon vehicles and tier list them?

[@Kuro-mg8vc]

You should play the 15 cm sIG 33 at top tier

[@moriij]

Spookston after shooting a quadruple thousand shots complaining about the ammo capacity 😂❤

[@red_bootz2994]

Day 83 You should play a tank with hydropneumatic suspension (recommend the MBT-70) But the catch is you have to drop the suspension as low as it can go for the whole match.

[@jacobh.3546]

Nice cut @ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="490">8:10</a> lol