MK-18 Is Busted - Tarkov's .338 Armor Testing - Ammo Breakdown - Escape From Tarkov

Curious how .338 Lupua stacks up against armour in #EscapeFromTarkov​? Then look no further as we break down how the MK-18 handles some of Tarkov's best armours. Watch me losing these live at: / vox_e​
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Music:
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Spill Your Blood - Geneburn
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Intro 0:00​
Leg Meta: 1:00
Armour Testing: 1:26
Meldonin & Collateral: 7:54
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[@VoXEonYT]

Have you guys tried the MK-18 yet? Got any questions? Ask me live at: twitch.tv/vox_e​ or on Discord: discordapp.com/invite/u37DEd2​

[@alex_lebovski]

If you are working on material guide,you can translate rhe video of "moments of tarkov" ,i can help you with it

[@Turbo495]

I ran it a few times with FMJ and i guess i got lucky and 1 tapped 2 guys wear full gen4s. I got the clip on my yt channel. I love the gun though, I just have a hard time hitting long range shots compared to an m700 for example, not sure why.

[@cjszlauko]

Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t FMJ around 1,900 rubles a round from traders (can only buy 20 a restock) but ive stockpiled around 200 rounds so far of fmj

[@conradek6841]

@@Turbo495 It has almost zero drop as far as I know.

[@richardferguson3965]

I straight up didn’t know this existed lol. If I get my hands on one straight to the flea market with it

[@MaxMears]

Okay noted, the best armor is 4 hatchlings spinning around blocking incoming bullets like green shells in mario kart

[@JordanHh]

hello maxy poo

[@albertcohee7757]

Go back to cheating in Rust, loser.

[@JordanHh]

@@albertcohee7757 that was Modgey not Max

[@hans4379]

@@albertcohee7757 if you think Max cheats you might be missing a little upstairs

[@MaxMears]

@@hans4379 You tell him Hans

[@killerqueen1170]

Mk 18 in one sentence: “It cost 400 000 to fire this weapon for 12 seconds”

[@xSintex]

As well as Chris Rock's gun control skit "I would shoot your ass... if I could afford it!"

[@fairnut6418]

It costs a little closer to 1.5mil

[@fuzzyboi2187]

@@fairnut6418 Went back and did that math on this. At a rate of 30 RPM, as per the tarkov wiki, and at a cost of 35,000 per round, that comes out to 210,000 for 12 seconds of continuous fire. 30*35,000=1,050,000 rubles/min 12/60=0.2 minutes 1,050,00080.2=210,000

[@CssHDmonster]

for 250k stock and lvl 4 jeager with 25 shturman kills, the gun better be a walking anti-tank cannon

[@inportrace]

its 160 k on flee market, no reason to buy it from jaeger :P

[@conradek6841]

Just don't use it with an NCstar if you plan on sniping, you won't be able to use the scope for some reason.

[@Knight_RG]

@@conradek6841 ncstar works with a valday

[@bojones2945]

130k now

[@Pentazemin44]

who tf buys weapons at traders lol

[@EmRTonk]

In conclusion ... i still will find a way not to kill someone with the AP round when i hit them in the chest .... Gottt it.

[@VoXEonYT]

I mean there are some men, one wears 3 stripes.

[@EmRTonk]

@@VoXEonYT That is no meer man .... That is a Machine of scary proportions.

[@leshiy2043]

based and tarkovpilled

[@Twistingmp4]

Overpen with no armor

[@Immortal_BP]

All im saying is i dont wanna run into any scavs with ap rounds loaded, that would be some expensive target practice.

[@crezzyt]

Ha i died in a raid and my friend had to pass by new gas, he spent about 60k on bullets for scavs and you could hear his sould leave his body

[@Focus716]

first encounter with this gun was on an 8 raid streak with my SVD having already finished my punisher and basically just running around with the same kit till i died... Rockin altyn and hex, came around the corner in oli towards furniture in interchange and got just one blasted thru the hex with the AP round, insane

[@bomjus1706]

FMJ is only $17 a bullet from L4 (i think) peacekeeper for anyone wondering. 20 bullets a reset.

[@HotdogSosage]

Do you know how much gun costs

[@cjszlauko]

@@HotdogSosage ~160k with minimal modding it’s very affordable compared to other options like a vector or an m4

[@aliceWT]

I run mk18 every raid, it is a cheap gun to run

[@HotdogSosage]

@@aliceWT what's the total cost with the ammo you bring?

[@aliceWT]

@@HotdogSosage500ish usd is pretty cheap

[@avitus5770]

I will never be able to use this gun. Yay.

[@scaydsods2844]

Maybe you could kill someone with it :)

[@avitus5770]

Oh I surely would. I just will never get my hands on it in the first place though, and if I somehow do I will feel very guilty about being extorted so much for singular pieces of ammo and probably just end up selling the cursed thing.

[@Alvah37]

@@avitus5770 when wipe comes

[@haakki332]

Get gud

[@avitus5770]

Well, yes, that usually helps. But you're missing the point.

[@hoff4301]

He listened to the comments! This is why you're one of my favorite content creators

[@misaeldelacruz9993]

Still waiting for the ash-12

[@antonhu2993]

Missing a shot with AP would be painful

[@OGshmo]

MK-18 + Vudu on Woods = an awesome FPS sniper experience you can't find anywhere else.

[@powellwyatt45]

I guess I've never noticed the graphical effects on rounds being blocked by armor. This games is fucking nuts man keeps surprising me

[@yungdomino4718]

Yeah I noticed the smoke and sparks too and I thought it looked awesome

[@bm2618]

Go into an offline raid with some green tracers 9x19 mp9 and just shoot stuff. Check out how the rounds deflect off surfaces

[@mintislad3900]

Yung Domino that’s just the 338

[@KFC66]

This is one of the most interesting things to me as far as mechanics go. Definitely would enjoy the hell out of an armour material guide.

[@camau_]

*Let me guess, .338 AP will one shot everything*

[@pumsie6105]

ayy look who it is

[@Driver-qt9jh]

these guides get really gosh darn predictable after a while huh?

[@naantjez]

@@Driver-qt9jh if they are predictable they are not for you. New players join the game every day. This might surprise you but the world does not revolve around you.

[@AVWUVU]

@@naantjez Why are you pressed? Dafuq.

[@rightaxlebroken4835]

@@naantjez What is this shit, What is your fucking problem - Usec 3

[@kaj140]

"see how this stacks up against the best armors in escape from tarkov..." tldw none of them stand a chance

[@denismaksimov3775]

Thank you, been looking for this one!

[@JsGarage]

FMJ has been a lot of fun for me. One taping most people still.

[@coopers1716]

Are you using tape or VHS?

[@arimcrux8847]

Been waiting for someone to make this vid, thanks👍

[@luv2ruck770]

Love ya Vox, your content is fantastic

[@lootjunior]

lol, material guide still coming, almost forgot that i was waiting for that one

[@jgentilucci]

I finally caught this streamed live, good times

[@thedylandoss]

Thanks for this helpful info!

[@king_kiff3969]

appreciate this, thank you.

[@vectornine]

Nice video mate! I'll keep that bit at the end in mind the next time I have 4 hatchlings lined up infront of me

[@101survivalist]

With the blunt passthrough changes this weapon must be even crazier..

[@zadoww]

When you think about it, 30k for a guaranteed kill with one shot to the thorax is a bargain, just don't miss.

[@nightfx3485]

i dont play tarkov anymore but still love watching this kind of vids by the way this is basicly the grenade launcher in bullet form without an exploasion ( the ap round )

[@albertcohee7757]

I got my first mk-18 out of marked yesterday. Boutta take out a 2nd mortgage for some ammo for a raid.

[@Immortal_BP]

sell the gun and then u can buy almost half a mag worth of ammo

[@theh1ena]

Great job testing that, I love your videos, to the point and no gibberish.

[@duongsupahmen]

Nice video. This will drive AP price up even more though lol.

[@bryantoolsee]

Watched this video. Took out a mk-18, 1 tapped another sniper running through his 59 durability killa armor. I dipped.

[@hugoregimbald4208]

Camouflage. Hey Vox love the vids, here's something I've been wondering for a while. Is dressing up in perfect green camo worth it? Does green help in the woods and does black help in the dark (interchange)? Is the lighter the color the better? From afar does camoflage even matter?

[@egor9603]

It does. A lot. I personally too lazy to change clothes every time, bcs I'm usually running a 3 man. I wear black lynx and infil pants

[@Hungaricus]

Hi! would you consider making one for the ASH as well? I only managed to find one on this topic but that was pretty old.

[@holycow4691]

9:27 you might be wrong about that cuz lower pen higher flesh means that the bullet goes way slower if leaving the body (which this one truely will with any type) but probably not making to much damage on the next one anymore...

[@waty0usay1]

I hate that they introduced a DMR before a bolt action .338.

[@shysan2967]

I would like to see an ammo comparison of the ash 12

[@blenheim_0175]

nice video keep it up

[@biem7091]

Omg i found this weapon on my third day and still have it i knew i was lucky but now i realise it is more rare than i thought

[@nathanbanyasz7315]

could you ever try to test the ammo for the mounted machine guns

[@machinishi]

I was using a new GZHL, but at about 100 meters, the FMJ bullet was a single shot.

[@magnus_3316]

Can confirm, I've one tapped people wearing ghzels while running FMJ

[@djasseater2262]

Yeah FMJ is expenisive on flea but it’s dirt cheap from peacekeeper by comparison

[@LarryYaHurd]

What’s that spot on interchange looking over the entire front part of the mall?

[@itskrissbruhtv]

ok now we need that updated 9x39mm guide

[@Ben-ph3gb]

when shooting .338 into an armored vest it would most likely break their bones irl even if it doesn't pen well

[@ThatOneSniper]

not most likely, it will.

[@BusterBuizel]

The dust kicked up by the round hitting their chest is the ceramic in their vests shattering

[@youtubeepicuser4209]

Picked up 40 rounds of AP as a scav on reserve.

[@pig_gaming573]

Question on heavy bleeds and fragmentation chance. As some people say bullets with less then 20 pen cant fragment but on the wiki these bullets still have fragmentation chance. Does that mean if it frags it will instead of doing the 1.5 damage cause a heavy or light bleed? Could you possiably test this?

[@JustSomeDog]

i got this gun on 2nd day of wipe and noticed that there was a suppressor for the the gun but it got removed later on within the week

[@wolve7696]

Would of loved to see if its still one shot in the stomach or not with the AP vs armor

[@avitus5770]

Jesus the dust coming off of these mans when you shot them...

[@Diavolo989]

I was wondering why this thing was called Mjölnir . I realized what was going on when I just HEARD one on shoreline getting off. I pooped my pants and after watching this video I knew that getting out was the right call

[@neymarsleftpinkytoe1252]

.338 AP is just ‘Hey nice armour, mind if I go right through it?’

[@Knight_RG]

I've been running the mk18 and the price actually isn't to bad if you hit peacekeepers resets and grab fmj each time

[@berryhops]

I believe you can use the tarkov emulator to go into offline raids with people, not sure if that version updates anymore though, haven't used it since it was recommended to me

[@housambarakat9279]

If you’re not running ap rounds might as well run an svds with snb it will two shot any armour

[@smith8863]

facts

[@gazzy9136]

I shot someone in the chest 3 times with it and they didn’t die, so not entirely true

[@housambarakat9279]

Ryan Collis you probably missed your shot or didn’t thorax him

[@smith8863]

@@housambarakat9279 ive shot somebody with ap twice and didn't kill them

[@gazzy9136]

@@housambarakat9279 I hit all three shots into the chest, I rewatched the clip and looked at the statistics at the end lol

[@NeekoBe]

Why did you decide to not include helmets this time around? I was really waiting for this video and mostly interested if FML would still onetap through an altyn without penetrating (blunt dmg)

[@r3mxd]

ah yes helmets will totally stop a 338 magnum kekw

[@0nurbis]

I guess one day they will add the 50cal Barret. and you'll one shot everything around from 2 miles aways and FMJ. Well we are very close to it with this gun.

[@ogriff4548]

Can you do another armour testing v 9x39 ammo now it's been changed?

[@AdaPtRyze]

Yeah I hit a guy with a point blank ap on night factory and wondered why I got shredded but his chest stayed intact

[@Threethocks]

Just wanted to say fmj at its current price is 13,111 and ap is over 30k so I would recommend fmj if you don't want to go broke.

[@hafentoffen2]

17$ for fmj from peacekeeper, locked to 20/restock but still.

[@smith8863]

fmj sucks

[@hafentoffen2]

You'll one shot the most common armours in the game, sure the ap will one tap everything but the fmj isn't a bad choice at all.

[@smith8863]

@@hafentoffen2 with the price of the lapua the svd will be better

[@hafentoffen2]

@@smith8863 didn't say that it was the best or most economical option, just that it isn't that bad to run for fun without basically firing a 30rd asval/vss mag every time you pull the trigger.

[@johnnymotorboat8824]

These game devs have put a absolute ton of thought into this game.

[@bm2618]

This game isn’t about balance

[@rdowg]

Too much thought most of the time. Most systems in-game could be made in a MUCH easier fashion that wouldnt put nearly as much strain on the servers. Just look at the guns, they're fully rendered, each round is actually simulated throughout it's life in the magazine, but none of that is needed considering there are what, 2-3 mags in the entire game that are actually see-through? I dont mind the damage model so much, although the ammo spread is needlessly complicated if you're not using outside information.

[@bm2618]

@@rdowg the fully rendered guns as well as bullet ballistics is what makes this game special tho. The developers motto for this game is “as realistic as playable”. People don’t really realize what type of game the developers are trying to make. There are to many games like COD on the market

[@Paladin_Zero]

Yea but they never think about audio. The audio is garbage

[@rdowg]

@@bm2618 but BSG, in the same breadth as saying "as realistic as playable" have made the MOST arcade-y shooting and movement mechanics while dumping all the "realism" into useless mechanics like the guns. I'm not saying the way the guns are simulated isnt pretty fucking cool, because it is, but whenever BSG says anything about "realism", remember that they dont want to add inertia to movement or get rid of/overhaul the horrendous shooting mechanixa

[@Reqipem]

This gun isn’t that expensive actually. Base is like 200k, and all you need is some ergo. Fmj is like 7 or 17 dollars from a trader and you don’t need to bring 300 of it like m855a1

[@tidje10]

mine was under 140k

[@tidje10]

Average price 24 hours: 159,669₽ on tarkov market

[@alakazoom87]

I deleted a zabralo today with ap lapua on labs.. so satisfying

[@Jayfii07]

yeah, I think it's safe to assume my chest was obliterated when I was hit by an AP round while wearing a paca.

[@xSintex]

Wouldn't fragmentation of a round also count as 2 hits for 1 round, not just it piercing through people?

[@invisibilius1978]

itd be cool if tac x was like a guaranteed 2/3 shot cos of blunt

[@serbianspaceforce6873]

a single mag of AP costs more than my entire loadout

[@SirDinoz]

once you unlock fmj on peacekeeper level 4 its not even that expensive to run

[@RedTheSniper]

The matirial guide? Yes please, YES PLEASE DADDY! 😂😂😂😂

[@elgringofeo9348]

I was really pissed when they said it was gonna be a semi, I was hoping for a bolt action but I guess the word over powered isn't in the Russian language

[@lauri3647]

vox mate I'm fairly new and I just domed some guy with a DVL at close range running an m4 and mk18 and his duo with a remington sniper and another m4 - should I sell the mk18 or is it a flex to have one lol

[@libertusprimus]

I saw in my mind .366 and when you started with "One of the most expensive and most powerful rounds" i had to check the market to make sure my rat rounds weren't going GME. Then you said .338, and i felt silly

[@coltonhoppe]

Thanks for your rat secrets I will use them wisely 😉

[@dapandamau5]

How much is the blunt dmg on tacx? Idk what the algorithm for blunt dmg is on insanely high flesh dmg rounds?

[@Jahmils]

Yesterday on Factory I collateraled 2 PMCs with slick armor I used FMJ lmao

[@Super2EZ]

Nah

[@sewagridmnds627]

You magnificent bastard, you did it! ;)

[@TimmyInTarky]

What about hitting a Ratnik helmet with the TAC-X, doesn't it still one-shot you due to blunt damage?

[@wandill9009]

Did thay buffed fmj? Because my and my friend got 1tap by. 338 fmj and we were using aacpcs

[@DD-qw4fz]

The problem is not the Lapuas (top ammo) power , its the fact all other ammo types are pea shooters by comparison, even 308 or Soveit 7.62 by 54, thats apsurd. Bullet soaking and lack of inertia/arcady movement in the end sucked the out of Tarkov for me, and ive been playing since day one open beta.

[@shame1290]

Great guide, but one small mistake i noticed: you said, that fmj is not that much cheaper on the flea, so you're better off using ap, since the price is comparable. Not false, but not true either. Yes, fmj is really expensive on the flea, but it's like 16$ from peacekeeper, which makes it about 10 times cheaper, then ap, so in my opinion fmj is worth using, since you're not wasting 25k a shot

[@PrivateTouch]

Aight, hope Shturman is ready after event.

[@SallZilla.]

i was hoping for a tac-x 4 collateral nice video though

[@nirlox4802]

hey vox_e can you make ammo breakdown for 12.7X55 ammo

[@tonyblackwoods]

lmao I barely found this gun in dorms thinking "nah it probably isn't that good but who knows" then I see this video

[@OneNationUnderGod.45]

Cant wait till I use this and somehow get a 6 hit count with 2,647 damage absorbed by armor and 13 damage dealt to body, after I get head eyes'ed through a face shield with M855 ammo.

[@edh9746]

Lol Escape From Desync .

[@Gopnik57]

338. Is fine The gun is what I got problems with. Semi auto AR platform. I much rather would've liked to see a bolt action. There are plenty of options and every single one of them is cool as hack, and for me it would've made much more sense with the release of woods. Nkw we got a gun that got the broken status immediately, because it can fire semi auto and with more then 30 rounds per minute because atm the cycling is not animated. In any case I think the gun is boring in its design, a AR platform for tacticool operators that hunt game with their buddy's... I mean look at the website the gun is sold...

[@RedFatDragon]

Wait wait wait... 338? Best weapon? WAAAAAAT?! Need to watch.

[@thatguy9117]

9:30 Nice

[@lorddestructive]

i use the mk-18 for doing the 25 shturman kills, its absolute god with fmj, on woods most ppl run lvl4 or lower. i recommend combinig it with an smg, i love to take the vector 9mm with green tracer, its not that good ammo but looks fun to see the laser beams and makes me happy :,D

[@de_order703]

Don't u only get the gun after the 25 kills?

[@lorddestructive]

@@de_order703 yes but there is magic called flea marked :D

[@de_order703]

@@lorddestructive damn I haven't seen one on the flea market

[@lorddestructive]

@@de_order703 you can find them in marked spots/rooms so they are in flea for 300-350k rub. maybe they changed it, i have mine for 5 days now since then i did not check

[@de_order703]

@@lorddestructive damn I guess I've been unlucky, didn't see it on the flea and thought it was unsellable

[@gambiit]

While yes most of the cheaper bullets taking so many hits is for balancing this is .338. No armor in the game (say for killas helmet and other solid steel stuff) would be able to protect you from a .338

[@DarkSerris]

I love how a mag full of AP is worth P350,000

[@Aydamnify]

It should cost even more. Equipment that's op, like thermals should cost millions too. Like the thermal thing for your helmet costs around 8.000.000. So that it REALLY hurts, if you lose it.

[@Immortal_BP]

@@Aydamnify thats pretty expensive for ammo my guy, and the gun itself is like 150k plus a scope is like 200k. ~550k just to run this gun with 10 shots... all im saying is i hope i dont run into any scavs, that would be some expensive target practice

[@Aydamnify]

@@Immortal_BP of course it is expensive, it SHOULD BE. So that the existence of this gun is justified, because of the risk vs reward. If you want to have the ability to onetap thorax, you have to deal with the risks.

[@DarkSerris]

Seems balanced enough to me, considering the refresh rate and the fact that there currently isn't any suppressor for it, so the whole map comes looking for you. The issue imo is that some player can sit on millions upon millions of roubles, and price isn't a factor anymore. However, the cheaper svd, fal, m1a etc can also make short work of anyone wielding the .338. Maybe 2 thorax shots instead of 1, but suppressor available.

[@Aydamnify]

@@DarkSerris that's what I wanted to point out, it's to easy to make big money, so there's no real risk vs reward if I can afford to play this gun after one good raid.

[@dongeratti]

so uhhh, whos that you're using to cover your game code there VoX_E?

[@dogeplox2208]

i got 1 shot killed with upz from my head i was wearing ulach III

[@bambooozeld]

well Head and Thorax is a big Difference lmao

[@DarkSerris]

Well, according to battle buddy, FMJ has a 95.6 % chance to pen a ULACH , so nothing strange here. Still has a 56% chance against an Altyn

[@helgedergesegnete3395]

Any ammo can pen you if it has any penetration value although that that chance is very slim. So a UPZ can pen an Ulach III its just very unlikely.

[@souldragon9995]

Ap basically looks like a slap round

[@AndreTheSage_]

Jesus what are your settings? I've never seen Tarkov look soo clear before

[@grishabarantsev1551]

Ap is same on market, but fmj is a lot cheaper from traders

[@spoot8835]

The ammo is so ridiculously expensive.....that it's honestly balanced AF.

[@teoooo369]

when it goes against ama

[@carsonj4031]

how much is a mk-18 from jaeger after the quest

[@nobody22222]

Can you do sr1mp ammo test?

[@valterain6907]

It's shit. Video done.

[@MrPizzapoika]

Am I the only one who really feels like FMJ should have 50+ pen? There's tons of disadvantages to running this gun, and it's very expensive at 140k on the flea market, so it kind of feels lame that AP is the only really viable ammo for it (4 shots to level 6 armor is unacceptable at this point in the wipe). Like, the buy limit is 20, so you need to buy out multiple times just to do one run, so the FMJ ammo has really limited accessibility considering it's basically glorified 7N1.

[@user-xe5jf6rt5m]

140k for a gun aint that bad