OBLITERATING NEW PLAYERS IN MELEE RANGE - Churchill AVRE Petard in War Thunder

[@OddBawZ]

GUYS I DIDN'T MISS THE GUY AT 20:21... HE'S ITALIAN AND WAS JUST SWITCHING SIDES! :) ...TRUST!

[@Englander284]

Swear on Skibidi

[@e_norrby]

I was going to the comments after seeing that

[@bensundermann6553]

I saw that and had a double take

[@fiatG55centauro]

Turan I: sneaky plus 100

[@bud56190]

That Turan was shitting his pants.

[@Jodtheman1]

That tank hiding at 20:21 gave me a good laugh. 😂😂😂

[@OddBawZ]

OH MY LAWD!!! HAHAHH

[@RadicalKattastrophe]

It's too good. I instantly saw it, and was started rolling. 🤣

[@Dezkoi]

stay still! its vision is based on movement 🦖🧍‍♂

[@BlueLightningHawk]

I was gonna say how did he miss a guy that was taking up 1/3 of his screen for a few seconds? I guess he was really focused on that guy he saw already, lol.

[@VV-nw3lz]

20 seconds later: "I think there is an enemy behind me."

[@IlllIlIlIIlll]

Number 1 decal use is going through the roof with this one

[@icecandace]

I want it too but sadge i cant use number camo cuz gaijin remove it

[@ragersoprano9964]

Literally 11:27

[@TheKing1cobra]

bought the thing half an hour after it opened, immediately did the funny

[@sparttin117john]

I added a 1 to each side before i even played my first match

[@PlayerSlotAvailable]

Hope they punish players for that,

[@Leopolligon]

This thing is like bringing a knife to gunfight, but youre in power armour

[@charlessandel]

hahaha so true😂 got that pain train and blitz perks from fallout 4

[@Kondes500]

A Big knife lmao

[@corebeats3749]

Nah, mutant running at you either mini nuke 💀

[@barendendineke]

Love this tonk 😂🎉

[@TwoStageTrigger]

And your knife is chambered in 45 acp.

[@dmaxdan]

Fun fact - The Velocity of the Petards round is equivalent to the top speed of a Honda S2000.

[@somerandomdude6977]

Not really as the S2K can go 150mph which is around 67 meters per second So a inline 4 sports car from the 90s can outrun this shell which is even funnier

[@dmaxdan]

@@somerandomdude6977 oh i know, im just busting on odd.

[@memsysr]

THATS PETARDED!

[@AlexWithington]

​@dmaxdan i was gonna say isnt that what hes fixing up

[@valkyrie5972]

@@dmaxdan🤨

[@gargolus.]

The AVRE is like the immortal snail. You can drive as far as you want, but the AVRE is always chasing you, at a snails pace.

[@WarhawkTalon]

You know, it's a funny thing that I've noticed in various games. When you've got a big, tough and slow unit, you don't expect it to catch up to you. But if it just doesn't care too much about cover, or stopping to increase accuracy, it's going to cross the field faster then you might expect. Noticed this first in Battletech actually. My force was trying to chase down the enemy, and with all of the direction changes to take cover and try to take out my lighter units, the OpFor was slowed down enough my Assaults were keeping them in good range by booking it across the field.

[@RadicalKattastrophe]

20:21 is too good. How'd he miss that.

[@tortada1]

I am new to GRB. I was in a Panzer IV and saw in the kill feed this crazy Churchill getting kills. I was distracted by shooting another tank at long range when I heard a tank close by, I zoomed out to witness this thing maybe 75 meters away in front of me! It launched what I could only describe as a giant metal beach ball over my head and I shot his lower plate and got him. It was hilarious how slow that bomb really is.

[@cyanide7270]

Reminds me when the Sturmtiger got added, it was very similar although that was just because of people taking ranged shots at the spawns. lol I got 4 guys start of match once. Great times!

[@venom23lou]

The smoke launcher has a longer range than the main gun

[@razorbladeflamingo3635]

It does? That's hilarious!

[@myopickid4180]

Nah, smoke launcher only have 50-60m range, while the mortar is 150m max

[@venom23lou]

@@myopickid4180 Haven't you heard of jokes before?🤣

[@myopickid4180]

@@venom23lou When someone or even a single person thinks the joke is real, then an explanation needs to be given.

[@The-Snail-Ur-God]

@@myopickid4180 we dont talk about that lmao

[@ulfhedtyrsson]

That was by far, the most... Petarded thing I have ever seen in my life.

[@ruinationmkII]

Calling it "Smiting Distance" is so charming, I love it.

[@WarhawkTalon]

I think the best thing about that was when he said it, his bomb could have actually arced over the dead tank his target was keeping behind. Didn't end up being nessesary, but I checked the shot and it looks like the Petard can just render tank-high cover usesless.

[@Roboticwhale19]

While I’m a bit disappointed they didn’t make a reload animation for its incredibly unique cannon, I’m still very impressed with gaijin on this one. Hoping for more epic tanks to come.

[@EkiToji]

At that point you'd have to have the turret angled just left of ahead and watch that poor co-driver stick his arm up under fire to reload the thing.

[@TheMadSkeletons]

Yo 20:22 that man was all like "Don't make any movent." Then odd a couple minutes later going" I hear an enemy tank behind me." As that little guy was GTFO of there XD

[@Im_AliveWTM]

Protection ✅ Damage ✅ Shell ✅ Shell speed ❌

[@farmcat9873]

shell distance ❌

[@info0]

Please. One of the easiest Churchills to take out. It has 2 very obvious weak spots. 1 of which is it can be ammo racked from hitting the ammo in barrel. 2nd thing, it can be easily outflanked by faster tanks and sides are not that great on that particular tank. That is a meme tank and completely not worth the grind. Especially not for 35.000 points per task.... :/

[@Max-hn5fs]

@@info0 you have to remember, this is a low tier tank. the people playing these br do not have hundrets or thousands of hours in the game yet. Obvious weak spots for the long term player, but not the fresh players. This thing is gonna drive people to uninstall the game. This is just a low tier maus. Balancing this thing will be an impossible task because it is somehow great and insanely aweful at the same time.

[@info0]

@@Max-hn5fs well, I was new player and I know one thing, low tiers are seal clubbing grounds for vets. I was there, now I joined the fray myself. This Churchill is meh. Stuarts can easily take it out. Shoot machine gun port and you have a chance of killing 90% of crew. Shoot ammo in barrel is 100% ammo explosion. It's not as viable as people think it is. It's why I have not grinded it as it was not worth it in my opinion. I might buy it of marketplace at some point as I don't think it will go for much more than 10$

[@RedArgyll]

In a similar vein, an old pal of mine was in the Royal Engineers, and served with the Centurion AVRE (the Churchills replacement). Said they were getting laughed at by some Tank regiment guys when they were at a tank firing range one day not long before the first Gulf War. That is till they fired at an old tank as a target, and you could visually see the large HESH shell flying thru the air towards the target. He said all laughing stopped when the target tank basically exploded into it's constituant parts, and there was basically nothing left of it.

[@Tailssonic1999x]

A Churchill AVRE with petard mortar did manage to get a kill on a Panther. The charge land 3ft away. It didn't blow a hole in the Panther, but it totally disabled it and the crew inside.

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

Now if only Gaijin would fix HESH, then we'd be cooking.

[@amagimofumofu6549]

they fixed/buffed overpressure in the dev build

[@lurtzy_]

​@amagimofumofu6549 they need to nerf overpressure not buff it.

[@Gurkani-xv7kn]

now they need to fix HEAT/HEATFS

[@RipVanWinkle__1]

They really need to buff APCR

[@b.c.2281]

​@@Gurkani-xv7kn HEAT recieved a buff like two months ago didn't it?

[@mr.trampoline]

Tip for the Churchill AVRE: It is a good idea to use the rangefinder while you are reloading.

[@integraBuff]

I think they need new voice lines just for the Petard. Every range-find the commander is like "ENEMY TANK POINT BLANK!!!" the enemy tank is then noted as 160m away and out of range....

[@OddBawZ]

If you're looking to get some GE or a Premium, please use a creators link to support then and get a free decal. Here's mine: store.gaijin.net/catalog.php?category=WarThunder&partner=Oddbawz&partner_val=2bpa5qx4

[@theSCARB]

How did I not expect this video 😅

[@trashpanda003]

I probably will cause I missed 2 medals needed for petard

[@demon_plays4340]

do a video where you hunt AVRES with MARDER3/SU57 or other TD. thats very funny xD

[@0kisshun0]

20:20 you just missed that dude sitting next to the wall XDD

[@skaroyd]

these links never work for me 😭

[@name18745]

18:43 you know he had to cut that out because he told the truth

[@lordhickory3322]

You should play the VEAK 40. It lost it's proxy fuze shells but got moved down in BR tto 7.7, where it now commonly faces prop planes and early jets. It is still very effective being a radar SPAA at such a low BR, and folding planes in half with 40mm is very satisfying.

[@destroyerarmor]

I just love using it in arcade and punish some plane spawners

[@MrRay568]

5:34 Over-Glorified T-Shirt Cannon ready

[@wyvernbravo]

*Kthunk*

[@theritz4862]

This tank is the essence of "drive me closer i want to hit them with my sword"

[@lordhickory3322]

I love that he completely ignored (or, more likely didn't notice) that tank at 20:26 xD

[@alesd_]

Yesterday I started to play War Thunder again after leaving it for 6 months... And this tank was new to me and also a pain in the balls. But it was funny to see something new you have never counter before... Kinda feel like the first days playing WT, when you didn't know anything about the enemy tanks and you had to start studying them in the hangar.

[@f1nnishguy]

20:21 Turan just chilling there 0_o

[@simplsquam]

Spreading awarness for the churchill made to replace the petard that had a 10 inch recoilless rifle and double the explosive filler

[@ChickFilA-official]

Fv3073 awareness day

[@yonaloam]

What an awesomely silly vehicle! Thanks for all the amazing content over the years man.

[@Halberd1216]

The armoured regiment I served in when stationed in Germany ( 32 Armoured Engineer ) had an AVRE Centurion ( Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineer ) fitted with a 165mm main gun up on a plinth as a gate guard. This vehicle had been produced in the 1950s and been brought back out of retirement and refurbished to be used in the first Gulf War as the Royal Engineers no longer had any vehicle in service that was fitted with a demolition gun for taking out bunkers. Dustbin launcher was the nickname for the gun, as when it fired, the round was so big and slow, you could actually watch it arcing through the air.

[@frostedbutts4340]

Yeah the Cent AVRE is in game actually, it's just hidden in the brit tree (comes back for some sales)

[@Add12pack]

"Hey bro watch this" :hits spaa: "gone reduced to atoms"-thanos

[@doubledarkmatter475]

bro didnt see the tank on his left at 20:22

[@warlerker]

I like how it didnt even shoot him in the back, it just left.

[@DevilDaRebel]

@@warlerker hE KNEW it wouldnt be able to pen the church.

[@ExcavationNation]

​@@warlerker he was later tk for his cowardice acts in battle.

[@bernardberben4852]

I used the US 75mm halftrack and the marder 2 and absolutely murdered these things today. It was so much fun.

[@Andrew-qo2jg]

Fun fact, the crew will say "Rocket Loaded" compared to something along the lines of "Shell Loaded"

[@riotztarter]

you proved you can still have a wee barrel but still preform well. You are a inspiration for guys out there!

[@deadlyplumjellyproductions]

I find it hilarious that in Normandy this thing came across a Panther and destroyed it...

[@Takeshi_Dude]

Hey you’re the project stardust KZbinr right? Also yeah that’s funny

[@deadlyplumjellyproductions]

@@Takeshi_Dudemaybe…

[@ridleymain9234]

It did? I must read more about this. Any links?

[@Haaton-of-the-Basement]

The surprising is that the Panther let it get closer and closer.

[@Juzevs]

@@ridleymain9234 "Near Tilly-sur-Seulles in Normandy, on the 17th of June, 1944, an interesting altercation took place between a Churchill A.V.R.E., and one of Germany’s most feared tanks, the Panzer V Panther. Fierce fighting had erupted as Allied tanks and infantry pushed down the village’s main road. One A.V.R.E. was nearing a crossroads. Its gunner, Sapper Sydney Blaskett, was spraying machine gun fire into bushes thought to be occupied by enemy infantry. Suddenly, just in front of the tank, a Panther appeared at the short range of only 50 yards. Under orders from his commander, Spr Blaskett traversed the turret around. The cavernous maw of the 29mm Spigot Mortar was stuffed with the 40Lb “Flying Dustbin”. With a bang, the heavy projectile was hurled towards the Panther. It whirled through the air, arching straight towards the point of aim. Spr Blaskett had aimed his shot at the Panthers turret ring. The round exploded after hitting a telegraph pole three feet away from the Panther. When the explosion had cleared the Panther was still, and never moved again. The blast from the round had put it out of action."

[@drummerdoingstuff5020]

I’m glad I found your videos. They are welcome in times like these

[@AlphaArcturus101]

*Playing Churchill AVRE was like a big fat guy dropkick a toddler. He is surely slow af and has a short attack range, but he damn sure most likely kill the toddler* 🗿

[@u45uify]

the absolute max range you can get out of it is around 200m, but you have to angle your hull up and the bomb will self detonate when it goes over 200m

[@alaskan_bigfoot9090]

this is the kind of vehicle that makes warthunder fun, I almost got back in to grind for this but 35k score per mark on a 2.7 tank is just kinda rough. I wish I could still have fun playing warthunder but atleast its still fun to watch you play it while I save my sanity.

[@Dragono_]

My PB game in this thing is 9 kills in one life, or 13 kills with a respawn. Super duper fun tank, obsessive Sturmtiger/Cent AVRE/BM-31-12 gameplay has gotten me accustomed to these low velocity (and frankly shit) guns. This is the first 10/10 addition I’ve seen in this game for a good while

[@joelcarreno3997]

That was one of the best entertaining video I have seen in a while I normally only watch one other guy who plays war thunder but now I'm going to have to look out for more of your videos. That tank does look like tons of fun to use but I know I'm no good at judging range in a vehicle like that so I will have to put it off.

[@OversizedPringleToe]

Play the 2C bis in 6.0, that’s the first thing I bought with golden eagles and I do not regret it.

[@Meow_Tse-Tung]

It's so good to see you're back and uploading again. That hearty laugh always gives me a smile! Hope you've been alright.

[@Ws_minion]

25:15 I've seen tyre tracks like that before. They're usually attached to a "remapped" 2006 golf TDI half sticking out of the local tesco express after mc roadman has done his best effort to go "around" the nearby roundabout at 46mph

[@jarpasmannen]

This is so petarded, I love it!

[@spud4839]

Yippie more oddbawz PS; I love the bit where he cares most about his decoration and not himself 9:02

[@ExcavationNation]

This was an extremely fun video to watch man 😂

[@WoooshProductions]

Finally a weapon fit for churchill himself

[@darkhowling6425]

The age old warhammer 40k meme comes to mind... "DRIVE ME CLOSER!!! So i can hit him with my sword..."

[@doodskie999]

The Churchill in this BR is like the Maus, I was laughing too much lol Also, there is a big weak spot on this Churchill, shooting the huge round even with MG can detonate it.

[@yazadkavarana28]

Ppl currently don’t know where to shoot it cuz its a new tank….only the ones who keep the track of it knows its current weakspots but give it like a week ppl will start to know the weakspots then its gonna be a lot harder to play with this thing

[@gh_3_2]

i love the musket gameplay of shooting at range then only finishing reloading once in brawling distance

[@PanzerPickle]

This is actually so fun to watch oddbawz is loving it

[@seanmarshall5463]

“Drive me closer, I want to hit them with my sword” Energy from this tank.

[@edgychico9311]

It's equivalent to shooting that Swedish trumpet recoilless derp gun except they buff the range on it also there's another variant of this with demolition cannon and not shooting a rocket round.

[@duncanmackenzie7795]

You and the lads need to have some lawn dart olympics with this thing to see who can max range lob the most targets.

[@GamingIsForKids]

All I saw in my head was the Willem Defoe looking up scared meme at 20:21

[@tmseh]

I am sooooooo happy you are back. Safe and sound.

[@vennyg7451]

you did the same thing with me! I put the bomb decoration on the star also. Its a meeting of minds. keep up the good work!

[@vennyg7451]

I also added a number one to Petard so now its Retard 💀

[@albasu_]

I love that we put our dust bin in the exact same spot

[@ArsFelenlis]

Great minds think alike!

[@albasu_]

@@ArsFelenlis and fools rarely differ

[@bubbafett522]

Watching this 2 months later and honestly didnt expect to see myself and my editor in that port novo match, this vehicle is hysterical

[@HumphreyHorsehead]

PSA: The '1' decal exists and can be added to the letter "P" on the sides of the tank for comedic effect.

[@AuGTN01]

I keep getting "wait, what do I hear a SturmTiger?" reactions whenever I play a low tier match This thing is comical in the battlefield, sometimes you just can't pen it, other times a 50mm pen aphe at the reloaded turret is more than enough to send the turret flying

[@flowerlove4542]

went back to watch this after i got the Avre.. From my experience (getting 12 - 0 in a match) the things hilariously fun to use.. I just charge people and watch as they panic and struggle to pen the thing anywhere before i shoot them in the face XD

[@chopzsueyeuy]

Still new to the game BR 2.3. Seeing a Churchill defending the point I’m attacking was one of the scariest moments so far. It took me and four other medium tanks ten minutes straight to kill him (M4A3)

[@michaelbarnard8529]

I don’t think anyone can throw a basketball at 50 mps, but that is about the speed of a professional fastball.

[@zoltanvari-vb9vm]

20:21 blud did saw everything but not the Turan I, next to him xD

[@ProperJobYT]

Fun fact: A Churchill AVRE scored a tank v tank takedown vs a Panther near Normandy

[@Rjinruin]

now bring this churchill AVRE Petard to a 12.0br match

[@nigelmilne3503]

Reminds me of the heady KV2 days in WoT before the HE nerf. Divisions of them roaming around boinking people for fun.

[@davidpereira5969]

This reminds me of the sturmtiger but its quite diferent I think its more reliable with the better armor, not being a casemate, and the cannon opening isn't a big weak spot. Love these weird lower tier vehicles

[@RedMetalSuit]

The cannon opening is a weak spot. If you shoot the ammo in the barrel, it explodes

[@7stormy334]

​@@RedMetalSuit Compared to the Sturmtiger it's a smaller and higher up weakspot that is slightly harder to hit.

[@davidpereira5969]

@@RedMetalSuit yeah what stormy said, compared to sturmtiger its much harder to hit it, especialy when its in a turret instead of a casemate

[@mavor101]

AVRE is a great showcase of how shitty many of the maps are, where they *force* all tanks to blast away at 20m or less down a single corridor - winrate on those maps for this thing must be 80%+. Probably the best thing to come out of this tank being released.

[@john88benson]

A shell so slow that on the receiving end not only does your life flash before your eyes but that of your entire crew...

[@teaser6089]

For the weakspots, you can just use a single bush to make it a tad harder for enemies to hit it first shot

[@fanjerry8100]

Hey Oddbawz, can you try some indirect fire with the BMD like on Loner's channel? and maybe even bring it to mainstream?

[@oddersisadog]

My first thought is..."How does it reload?" Do little men crawl out of the turret to put a new Petard in?"

[@socialawkward8555]

Glad to see I’m not the only one who thought the star was perfect to put the bomb on

[@duvagr007]

I need you to play this with the boys immediately.

[@lit.8706]

I like how there's like 5 or so playing the AVRE in each match, and they all eventually end up using pack tactics lol

[@dexero7062]

i love how in those videos he plays preety much vs paid actors and when i finally unlocked that thing it seems every single player in existance has became master of exploiting churchil weak spots

[@krle7970]

It’s Skill/Experience plus editing, we only see his very best

[@nameless-one00]

These videos make it seem like you're having too much fun, got me fiending again for the snail

[@M22_number_3million]

I just played a 2.7 Match trying to flank at advance to the .. and the enemy flanking was all arves I was in the m5a1 😭 but we did get all of them out with a m3 lee and some other stuff at longer range

[@andrewdavisca]

Thanks Man... Shout out from CDN

[@Imagine0435]

Good to see you back mate.

[@ArsFelenlis]

I love the fact that when I got this earlier today, the first thing I did was to put the flying dust bin decor right on the star, not knowing that Odd also did it xD Guess it's just logical placement lol

[@armandorodrigues144]

it is the wikipedia but it says the petard should have a 200 yards range (200 meters) at 2.7 that is probably the range you fight 70% of your battles, it would be enough

[@Solanis]

The Flying Dustbin lives!

[@kenricnarbrough8191]

Makes me think of the tank in Battle-core. I love it

[@farmcat9873]

dang that Sdkfz 6/2 gun sounds pretty nasty lots of bass to it but bummer for it hasn't got enough penetration behind the BIG sound to fight a Churchill

[@Talguy21]

Not bad for an armored snail toting a t-shirt cannon that fires family-sized pea cans packed with high explosive

[@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751]

I got to give gaijin some credit. Its a refreshing bit of hilarious fun. It takes the seriousness im guilty of out of the play. I need more hilarious play lately. Lifes been too serious everywhere

[@MrHydenSeek]

I would like to see a few more matches with this sometime. Looks fun.

[@CrazyDave12]

I played a match today in the 2C, there were 7 Churchill AVREs on my team

[@incorrectbeans]

Watching the bomb fly at what seems like walking pace is pretty hilarious🤣

[@Rabbit_AF]

Wow that round is beautiful when it hits!

[@NJPurling]

You would not expect this monster to be much use against tanks. It was a machine created to deal with fortifications because that petard is as slow as a WW1 British tank.

[@Leetjose1337]

Scared the shit out of me at the end. I was the aa truck on the hill on the first match. GG Wish i knew where to shoot the churchill.

[@JollyDanger]

I also want this thing for years, but Gaijin incorporated it into the event points system thingy, and my busy schedule means I don't have the time to just sit down for 2 weeks to grind.

[@Taluien]

26:37 "Help me, Steptank, I'm StuG!"

[@sawa-aya]

bro cranked out this video in an instant my lord

[@dantebond8124]

I like the placement of the mortar shell, charge, what have you.