When Britain Suffers The LEAST in 2024 - War Thunder

[@ADVS.]

Honestly, im starting to get scared of Britain in 10.7+, theyre learning and ive started seeing more prem challies, those players are goooood though.. happy day 20 of asking friend Justin to play the HKP9!

[@pz.vincesiqueiros7185]

You're asking him to suffer lmao

[@ufcplayer2444]

Tea noise intensefing (booo)

[@Mountainlake1]

Kinda makes sense, how many people play UK as their first nation.

[@JeyKalda]

@@Mountainlake1 Lord knows I have started with GB. The pain, the suffering. I still remember my friend who started at the same time but with Germany telling me how am I struggling so much while we were playing 5.3-6.7. He just couldn't understand that some nations dont have high pen APHE that instakills most tanks and that your tank surviving more than one shell is a rarity.

[@ADVS.]

@@pz.vincesiqueiros7185 thats the whooole point my friend

[@TinyTank77]

Yeah as a proud owner of the challenger 3 I can say that it’s probably my favourite top tier tank due to the amazing gun and the rather quick acceleration and reverse. The only thing that bugs me is the lack of blowout panels but I think that’s something they’ll fix as I read an MOD article that stated that chally 3 has them

[@23thenicu]

And all that with basically worse Leopard 2A6(better optics though)

[@h.a8681]

Honestly the Chally 3 acceleration feels better than most leo’s, I guess it’s because it gets 1500hp at a much lower RPM and more torque. 60mph Top speed is a shame tho

[@h.a8681]

@@23thenicuHaving a LWS is definitely nice at top tier, I don’t think the 2a6 gets that

[@ryguythesci-figuy81]

No BOP since this is a tech demo from the LEP by Rheinmetall. It was just the rear ammo shelf of the regular CR2 modified to store the longer one stage shells iirc.

[@aflyingcowboy31]

The in game "Challenger 3" isn't a challenger 3, it is a Challenger 2 made for the LEP program i.e. the Black Night was also made for the LEP program. Hence this "Chally 3" won't receive blowout panels as it is just a Chally 2 with a different gun and and a few other changes, this is also the reason why it went from the Challenger 3s weight of 66 tons down to 62.5 which is the same as Chally 2s.

[@9dissection9]

In general it is down to play style and brain activity. If you adapt to the vechile you usually don’t have any issues. I’ve been playing the CV90120 for a while and it is a beast if you play it right. Same with the Challenger.

[@Optimusprime56241]

The cv90120 is actually good, the older challengers are not (the 2e and 3 are good)

[@ThemoonsFullofgoons-qn9xl]

The entire history of our beloved but shit tech tree has been “we shall fight the meta on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight on the hills; we shall never surrender.”

[@errornamenotfound2513]

3:54 no, its NOT the player's fault. Starstreaks phasing through planes even with a great ping has nothing to do with teapaches using it on ground targets. Infact that shitty change did nothing but make it be completely useless against planes (the thing it was meant to shot down), it's AT Capability is still the same. Infact they even buffed it by making the darts be able to overpressure once it penetrates. This is just gaijin fucking up starstreaks with their spaghetti code like usual.

[@shootkilldiePB]

I only use the AH1 starstreaks for ground targets because of this. They really do hate the british tech tree.

[@CybridOfficial]

I have a bug report out on this and a Gaijin employee has confirmed that this is an issue that they are looking into. Starstreaks phasing through moving targets is a bug, plain and simple. It's a real shame, because I loved the Stormer when it wasn't horribly broken.

[@zerrierslizer1]

@@CybridOfficial "confirmed" my ass lol. they aint fixing shit.

[@kemoibenjamin3612]

I feel like the stoner was fixed in someway cause mu misses don't faze though jets that much any more

[@CybridOfficial]

@@kemoibenjamin3612 My issue hasn't been closed out yet, but I'll have to check it out again and see if anything's changed for me.

[@nooblangpoo]

All Chally 2s now have their proper Spall Liner which makes them EXTREMELY formidable at top tier and Chally DSs are less sought after than others while being just as competitive. Think of that for a while, you can have 3-4 extremely survivable tanks at top tier while having 2 good AAs, a great CAS lineup and decent cannons. Add to it that the UK tree is very filtering due to the solid shot and sabot hardships you need to face while climbing.

[@sharkk127]

Wait, the challys got small liners? Also would hat really save them from having ammo scattered all over the hull

[@Stelyns]

@@sharkk127 I'm 4 weeks late but yeah they do, much less than Leopards though and it's in an arguably less useful area where it does have it, better than nothing though considering how strong spall liner is

[@altacc0604]

@@Stelynsimo its better since the only frontol leo liner is a small spot infront of the ammo rack, when most ppl shoot the driver side or turret ring since those are more effective. the chally has a rather large frontal spall liner which sometimes stops lfp shots since sometimes the dart goes through the bottom tip of the liner. having liners are the side doesn't really saves you from exposing your side IF you opponent actually aims

[@marcohorodnichev9489]

OH yeah, the liner on the cheeks makes it so that if they shoot at the breach most shrapnel will be filtered and only the breach damaged, while we were getting onetapped all the time beforehand

[@29JTAC]

Once the Ajax and Typhoon are added, I will gladly come back to my first main. One thing the snail has nailed is the CR’s engine sound 👌🏻

[@Remainlz]

Britain has been, amazing as of right now - out of my three top tier nations I play right now, I'm primarily playing Britain. Might be a bit down to the fact I'm currently grinding the ADATS but, the Challengers are amazing vehicles in the right hands, and the right map. Good Challenger players, when I see them on my team are terrifying.

[@Noiprox90]

Rigth, for me its like i kinda dislike the challanger 2, But oh man im doing so good in them. Usaly placed in the top 3 with 5-10 kills. I have no idea why im doing so much better in them than the rest, could be to the slower nature. Not getting me in bad situations as often. And when it comes to being tanky. They do some times survive A LOT more than one would think. Then again other times your one shotet by shots you would think you would survie. Now if there would only be an top tiere ligth tank then i would be happy with the brits.

[@PAllen74]

Problem is the 2a7v does everything the challenger does, but much better. Better players is not really an excuse. They need to model the challenger correctly for it to ever be competitive.

[@bencarmine3032]

The chally engine sound is awsome now. The one true best engine sound for a tank irl is the leo 1 hand down, no contest. Owned by the leo1. Inside the tank or when 3rd person zoomed it wt has the sound 100% correct yet 3rd person unzoomed its not the same.

[@tosicdash0242]

Justin playing britain is my favorite! Thank you a lot! Love britain ❤

[@t.maximilianwaechter3208]

I'm an unapologetic britain main and almost have the Black night, and I gotta say, I have never experienced a downtier in any 11.3 Challengers, and regularly curse my choice of nation oh so many years ago, but this gives me a little hope that there's something worth grinding for at the end of the tunnel, even if I think it's an absurd idea for an actual tank

[@thatonelocalauthority2809]

Britain will get some major buffs in the near future. They’ll become one of the top three nations again, like they was oh so many years ago.

[@gwusz7942]

I swear it’s like every time I do something in WT you cover it. I just started grinding Britain and got the chieftain mk.10. Wondering why I’ve never visited this tree, the thing is a beast.

[@DankChallenger]

I will not tolerate L27 slander, you take that back

[@lt.dashkov1079]

The Warrior IFV has been my fav when playing in Squad but when they added the 40 mm variant im just saying WT should too

[@petermikus2363]

I love how in the black knight when your on a desert map it just cakes you in so much dust you get natural camuflague.

[@dentonia8417]

my squad was in this game (22 minutes mark) and didnt realize you were until after it was over xD. it was Tactical_Yeet, Dentonia32 (Me) , ARandomBomb

[@AxlePlaysGames]

3:02 Can’t wait for the Apache to get its radar guided hellfires, sure the target has to keep moving for it to hit but at to tier people move a lot and if Gaijin implement them correctly they should probably reaquire a lock I believe

[@2727daqwid]

Japan next? I picked up the OES last week (I already had Japan and France done, and I was up to Vickers mk.7 (love that tank btw)) and I'm enjoying it a lot. Challys are super fun, I especially enjoy surviving getting shot at, unlike Type 10 and Leclerc (less often). Though don't get me wrong, Type 10/TKX are love, the firepower on those gocarts is pure insanity, and the hydropneumatic suspension helps so much, I can take up spots no other tank can and nobody expects me pop up in most insane spots lol.

[@classicmac8986]

leclercs are suprisingly tanky from my own experience. hoping they get some love in the future.. at least a better round

[@2727daqwid]

@@classicmac8986 yeah better round and IMO 6s reload is kinda arbitrary, since I've read couple comments already that IRL it's faster. (Type 10 supposedly can also do emergency 2s reload, but that's not implemented in any way in the game).

[@OperatorJackYT]

Finally! Thanks for the smashing video bruv :D

[@danielfield2570]

DM53 probably feels so much better on the 3TD than the Leos because your so done with L27 on the chally 2s. I like bringing out the BK after my first death to protect me from the Heli spam.

[@marcohorodnichev9489]

I feel like it also might be the optics? Challengers got better optics than most leopards

[@inkozebadigbadig37]

havent they nerfed the spalling on the dm53 looong time ago wasnt it a long rod or something? just asking

[@thatchris1626]

Don’t disrespect the stormer! It’s in one of the best spots it’s even been. I’ve been abusing it at top tier and doing very well.

[@brandonbao7097]

Minor nations probably have higher win rates because they consist mostly of veterans who grinded their way up. US and USSR, you can literally pay your way into top tiers, especially US with so many Abrams.

[@britishbred52]

also if you give a good player good tanks or planes who is used to and plays well in bad tanks or planes they wreck everyone still dont know why britain is a minor nation

[@goodsoup6085]

i love how the challenger known to be slower due to its weight but has great armour hull down but can be penned through its cheeks and its ufp XD

[@War_thunder_man]

Challenger tanks are just underrated ad and I feel there armour is really good and not to mention on how good challenger player’s usually are

[@exseque21]

I do great in top tier Italy, but it still baffles me as to how the win rate is so high. The ariete AMV is without a doubt the worst 11.7 tank.

[@Minimeister317]

I am playing at BR 8.7 as Russia in ground rb, and Britain usually performs a lot better than us.

[@_ithinkmodding._3740]

I think the za35 would work well in too tier alongside the black night. It’s got the speed and damage to at least contribute for both ground offense and air defence. Also the black night would look amazing with some forest/ rural camos 😄

[@olivierbeaudry-ogden938]

the 10.3 is really good with vickers mk7

[@georgevanblaricum8917]

Easily my favorite 10.3 lineup is Britain’s. Two challies, one with a great shell the vickers and the TTD. It’s such a powerful combo, too bad leopards don’t spall though.

[@milnersway569]

L27a1 round 👀 I swear it does better than the mango even though it has 10mm something like that less pen, the reason for the GB winrate the tanks are slower you automatically start playing more tactically/ defensively instead of launching into the danger zone

[@croskerk]

Ah yes Abrams player sparing you and then you instantly die after.

[@JustinPlaysTV]

He knew who I was and was enjoying the moment as all xP

[@croskerk]

@@JustinPlaysTV yep, he died to you, made sure he finds you,.interact a bit and move on. Sounds like a win win to me

[@MrTangent-8]

We need the Ajax IFV and Boxer APC

[@xnopyt13]

11:48 I had a t55 amd intercept my apds round from the strv 103a at point blank range, it was surprising to say the least.

[@nishithasapukotanage2952]

Absolutely amazing video as always!! Please do France next!!

[@n1co2017]

15:20 wait they added it into RB map rotation!??!! that's sick it's my favourite map

[@naufald.s.2368]

still waiting for premium UAE leclerc so new player can play it and see how bad the stats of the tank become and then gaijin will finally buff leclerc

[@bigfazza9470]

British challenger MBTs are support tanks ...made to siege and hold the line so I think they are learning curve as you pick your engagements and knowledge of weak points

[@greystash1750]

They can deal with some enemy armour, keep up with mechanised infantry and have a gun specifically for soft targets. They should be reclassified as infantry tanks by the BAF lol

[@Grebogoborp]

In war thunder that’s every tank in top tier though except maybe the t-90m because spall liners and BS era let it kinda play like a brawler but realistically most tanks at top tier die if they get hit and want to play slow and careful

[@stggcsubcommanderseb4384]

The gun sight you have on the Chally 2E is good for the other Chally 2s like the O, T, and F. I think from the same mod is a sight that is a dot with a larger circle around it. That one I use for the E and 3

[@RadarTechReece]

Where did you find the optic mod?

[@stggcsubcommanderseb4384]

@@RadarTechReece War Thunder Live. The gun sight is made from someone called "Kings_Guard"

[@DeckoModzReviewer]

i think the stormer hmv is good however, i find my missiles going straight through my targets.

[@Thebaconmurderer]

The truth for the matter regarding Italian top tier is that there's only one vehicle the Ariete. Another big issue in regards to it is most people don't pull it out unless they are almost certain that the game can be won. Being an avid Italian main I would rather use the 120 first, Freccia, second, Heli, and AV-8B before even thinking about pulling out the Ariete. Don't get me wrong I have about 50 battles in it which accounts for 1/10th of the total battles that equate in the 77%WR, but I only have around a 60%WR in it. The better option to look at for Italian top tier would be the Centauro 120 it shows a more realistic standpoint in regards to actual WR. Over 360 battles and a 66%WR in it is still around the actual standpoint for Italy. If you really want to get into the nitty gritty portion the M1A2 SEP has nearly 10k battles with a 37%WR the T-80BVM has almost 30k battles with a 47%WR, and before we get onto Sweden, and Germany remember we're basing the Italians off of one vehicle so lets do the 2A7V and 122B+. The current standing for the 2A7V is 89.27%WR with 300 battles, the 122B+ is at 83.72 with 160 battles. If that doesn't scream double standards than I don't know what does.

[@locaog4mesyoutube612]

Im a british main, and i may not be at top tier, but ive had a nice streak of wins at 8.3

[@BluevesPL]

Did they update challenger 2s already?

[@Paul-if1jq]

Still think the Chally's are butter compared to the others. What setting shows the damage in the top right?

[@raf9826]

4:34 "grippyboi" AYO🤣

[@excalibur_maga6188]

Chieftain mk10 is my fav

[@Grebogoborp]

I like the mk10 but I don’t like its BR because I hate being up tiered into 10.0 and facing Russia and US lineups especially Russia with its broken 10.0 nightmare fuel. I prefer to stay at 8.7 most of the time as the lineup there is beyond cracked and is really fun

[@Darek29]

Nice game , thanks, I'm just learning how to play this game

[@darkwarriors...]

see i would love to be in that position, but the grind to get to top tier is honestly torture

[@AxeBearingVoyager]

I think one of the main things which Gaijin misses in balancing is the nations which new players tend to play. Britain suffers precisely because very few new players grind the british tree as their first. The overwhelming majority of people grind one of the big three as their first top tier nations. After they've finished one, they're likely to begin grinding one of the other big three and only THEN do they move to a smaller nation like Japan/Italy/Britain etc. This means that by the time most players play top tier Britain, they'll be exponentially better players with greater map knowledge, sitatuional awareness and vehicle knowledge than they did when they were playing their first top-tier nation. As a result this artificially inflates the winrates of nations such as Britain and Japan. I've got 1000+ hours and mainly play British, Swedish and German vehicles. Playing Britain the last few years as my main nation was some serious difficulty curve.

[@StyxRiverGynoid]

I think that Abrams saw the teddy bear and recognized you.

[@multimemer5317]

That m1a1 aim🗿🍷

[@paulbridge6063]

Enjoy your gameplay, do you do any tutorials on Heli or the up tier jets?

[@chezloc]

would love a HSTV-L revisit

[@shirghazaycowboys]

The less your vehicles hold your hand the less dumb you get to play, forcing you to actually think. Turns out being in a tank(s) that allow you to get away with playing like a moron doesn’t make you good. You’re just abusing the training wheels.

[@ii_dynasty]

You still have to think about positioning.

[@shirghazaycowboys]

@@ii_dynasty Tell that to the Leopards and T80s/90s. It’s hit a point where they just mindlessly charge into kill boxes and ambushes

[@ii_dynasty]

@shirghazaycowboys3049 For the Russians, reversing isn't much of an option.

[@omiotod]

justin you disappoint me, with not having your apache. its the best heli in the game.

[@sydney4814]

ayyy what on earth graphics setting did you change to get those cool af blue flames in the JAS39? they look so much better than the old pink cones!

[@seananderson6245]

That abrams has to be a paid actor 😂 that was great

[@ssuuss539]

6:03 lol!

[@Proskilljg]

prem challies players have been getting better, basically all chally including the prem version gets spall liner now but for ussr i dunno but win rates for me are slowly creeping back up

[@sharksammy]

Heaven for bit that the fucking uk star streaks work and we have a sped veh in the fucking game

[@type-10]

I think one of if not the main reason for Russia's winrate suffering is just that the Russian mains don't know what they're doing. I mean, if I can go to an 11.0 battle against Russia with nothing but an M18 hellcat and get 6 kills within one (1) minute before anyone even sees me, something has gone seriously amiss.

[@AutumnStar097]

Is the chally 3 td better than the sep v2 now? overall, like the gun or the stats

[@bpop2148]

Starstreak have been really good recently idk what you are talking about Justin…

[@JustinPlaysTV]

Ive eaten several in one flight, and ghosted dozens while using them.. Not hard to use, just nerfed to the dirt

[@bpop2148]

@@JustinPlaysTV Just like you said in the video, I have very recently used the starstreaks on the AH.Mk1 and they have worked flawlessly on helis and aircraft. I know from experience that they are really prone to ghosting through aircraft and get eaten by aircraft like the su-25 but have worked quite well for me atleast.

[@xxxbg311]

when u will make top tier video for France and leclercs? And what about their spal liners?

[@pederior6627]

27:20 what is going on in the background 😂😂

[@ergoelain]

What is that afterburner?

[@saika4043]

that M247 damage model is totaly f* up, somehow tanks a lot of damage and the crew and ammo gets unaffected sometimes

[@VonMed]

About Damn time Britain got better

[@britishbred52]

exactly

[@Nope_617]

5:00 where are the ifvs of china, they have a lot of them and the only ifv like thing we got is QN506 which is event

[@observador.555]

I would like help from those of you who play Warthunder The icon indicating the direction of enemy fire no longer appears for me in tank battles for some time now I'm shot by an enemy tank, but the indicator doesn't show me where it came from If anyone knows how to fix this I would appreciate it I have always played fighters and almost never tanks and this indicator is necessary NOTE: When I log into another friend's account, for example on my PC, the indicator works normally.

[@NotTrenchify]

Bro's tank went to hell and back; the side skirts got completely mutilated

[@GabrielBoeri]

As soon as the other nations recieved a proper tank and Russian mains can't just press W and bounce everything their brain explodes and russian win rate goes down. funny

[@IceAxe1940]

Or the more logical answer is players experienced players moved to the new meta tech tree or in this case meta tech tree(s) Pre update Russia was the meta Post update Swede and Germany are the new meta.

[@GeoDracu]

You can't buy the Rooivalk anymore. Glad I got mine before they took it out of the shop.

[@Lane_300]

What sights are those for the Chally 3?

[@KUSHxKiNG]

5:27 well his name is rabbit soooo😂😂😂

[@smexyskelator3209]

aged like fine milk

[@raizencore]

Yeah, Britain has been great lately even with the presence of the 2 OES which is surprising cus US with the Clickbait has been so messed up but I guess it has to do with the fact not many like the OES as much as they do the Clickbait but I like it, though now with the event Britain has been struggling a little bit.

[@thatonelocalauthority2809]

Britain is still hella nerfed around top tier, with all the nerfs the challenger 2s have and the challenger 3 too. Also, still no high tier IFVs like the multiple warrior variants or hell, even the AJAX.

[@MrRazgriez666]

I gotta call cap on that Russian W/L I rarely see Russia lose on console. Not sure if that changes anything but this feels like someone is mad at Italy lol

[@MrRazgriez666]

Also I know they are not official numbers I'm just imputing on my gameplay on Xbox series S

[@giorgiogalliano05]

Console plays against pc unless you don’t enable cross platform gameplay

[@Optimusprime56241]

Ofc when the Russian win rates go down to normal level gaijin buffs Russian tanks for no reason and adds another op one lol

[@MrRazgriez666]

@@giorgiogalliano05 oh they basically removed that option from us now, even if you could take off cross play it physically won't let you play anything but arcade

[@aflyingcowboy31]

@@MrRazgriez666 The Russian WRs are not for console. Regardless as of right now Russia actually has terrible WR's at every BR.

[@cainmcdermott8121]

When the British get new sights u gotta do a another video

[@sharkk127]

Ive been playing top russia to grind the event, it is extremely painful seeing my entire team get annihilated, i might try sweden again but i usually do better with russia

[@josephthebig2889]

damn i wish my 29SMT was broken to some extent lmao cuz i cant lock nothing and i got no thermals soooo :/ seems very broken to me ey

[@masonicrat]

The Challey 3 is great! It's a terrible 2a6!

[@avidacorounia1696]

not really

[@edwinjoseph322]

You just can't adapt to the challengers play style, it's what it's. It's not a bad tank at all

[@bumbleblee4493]

PGM CAS game play when?

[@ZzVinniezZ]

is it too much to ask for gayjin to add Scorpion / scimitar and sabre for UK

[@yeahwhateverokok]

i hope so

[@elcangry855]

Just what I wanne to sew brutani top tier

[@kopparsulfat]

JAS39 with the britts??

[@Peter-bakker]

what is a JAS39 doing in the British tech tree

[@Sumi_S]

South African

[@britishbred52]

it doesnt make much sense but i dont mind considering i main britain

[@lucifer4ik887]

What graphics do you use?

[@SilentButDudley]

Yeah US teams are SOOOO bad at top tier. I just had a match in the AGS where I went 9-1 against Leo2A7V and T90M and only one person had more than one kill on my team. Match lasted 6 minutes.

[@DasFlank]

I absolutely despise playing the challengers, not because I believe they are bad. But because the massive forehead that eats darts from anything, pumas included. And the breech shots that always get your gun. Its the most frustrating tank for me to play because of that. Also they are insanely slow for mbts. With the obvious exceptions being the 2e and 3td

[@thatonelocalauthority2809]

I actually like the speed of the challenger 2s (except the TES, god that thing is awful) because they force you to play more carefully. You can’t just hold W, yk? But yea that turret armour is ridiculous and inaccurate to reality. Multiple bug reports on it, but still nothing.

[@sOlix1s]

Less aircraft in ground game . Thanks

[@9Achaemenid]

how come USSR has only 50% win rate?

[@IceAxe1940]

Players flocking to Sweden and Germany for the Leopard 2A7 and STRV 122B+

[@thatonelocalauthority2809]

Because all the skilled players aren’t playing Russia right now. All of them are playing NATO nations or Asian ones.

[@multimemer5317]

Lmao rooivalk is somehow 11.3 and not 11.7 while the ah64gr which has like 10 flares and no warnings is at the same br bro, ah64gr needs to go to 11.0

[@JoshEastham]

I want to use the challenger 3 but i dont want to grind for 5 years to get there is there a way people can try out tanks

[@britishbred52]

going through the grind is the way to go

[@arrcadedus2293]

Yea Italy has almost 80% so they decide to nerf them (yes people will say they fix the model but where the wood armor for the T-80 )

[@ufcplayer2444]

I swear to god the uk winrate in top tear is this hige thx to my i got top tear now 😂😂

[@memezboi8109]

Don't fucking blame the players for something not working in game properly, never does that argument make sense. Please be better.

[@JeyKalda]

Russia is in a bad position because a lot of people playing USSR are some of the worst players Ive seen in this game. You either get a team that has 10 leavers 2 minutes into the game or you get gamers and stomp the enemy team. Theres nothing inbetween. Almost same with Germany and USA.

[@NotOlzen]

britain literally just got an IFV tho

[@JustinPlaysTV]

That thing does not count..

[@thatonelocalauthority2809]

It’s an 8 BR IFV that isn’t fit for top tier. What Britain really needs rn is top tier support vehicles, like an AJAX or the multiple warrior variants.

[@uqi1412]

Italian main when they got one of the worst MBTs :