The Full Auto Leopard Tank

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The German Leopard 2 main battle tank is one of the most popular tanks in the world, but there's a special variant in War Thunder that trades its armor for an autoloader. The PT-16/T14 is a rare event Leo with exceptional mobility and a reload rate on par with the Type 90.
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The Full Auto Leopard Tank

[@Spookston]

Happy Sunday guys Having the dialysis surgery this week but the upload schedule will be the same

[@TrueCanad1an]

Good luck Spooky, hope everything goes well.

[@echotheepikgamr3319]

I wish for a fast recovery!!

[@TheGrace020]

Holding my thumbs for ya Spookston ❤Take care man!

[@WartinderEXE]

@spookston I hope it goes well man

[@daflo4077]

Good luck then

[@CheezeSpartan]

The Unoffical Spookston Bingo hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby, "you cannot be for real", volumetric bs, "im gonna cry/lose my mind", spongebob meme, "dawg", cas death (free space), oblivious teammate/enemy "this tank bad" does amazing, HSTV-L mentioned, animal meme, "uhh"/"ope", "im gonna wait" proceeds to rush, damaged crew, "get absolutely clowned on", Making fun of Germany (also free space)

[@zobius9191]

You forgot saying "Sorry if I sound weird I'm a bit sick today."

[@CheezeSpartan]

"coughing bomb vs hydrogen baby" lmao whoopsie

[@doursen]

this should be a official card and it should be played in the discord lmaoo

[@zockertwins]

You forgot googling the definition of "foreshsadowing"

[@Crazymoniker]

You forgot "Halo sound effects" as an additional free space.

[@Shi1fty-_-]

Day 19 of asking spookston to play the IS-3

[@AXIvan000]

in favour

[@B.a.k.e.d.b.e.a.n.s.]

Day 150 of asking for the m18 gmc or the t34-57

[@skullyeet_0713]

i swear if he plays the is 3 before the is 4@@AXIvan000

[@thedeadlymauraderthedeadly801]

In favor

[@Deadmau195]

Is-3 is kinda overrated, maybe something like the t-10

[@No-kt2nq]

Thought up of a “Fun” challenge the other day. What if you played the KV1-E, but only used the shrapnel shell. Think of it as a reverse glass cannon 🙂

[@schoolschoolschoolschoolsc6562]

A titanium fortified peashooter

[@woeknight852]

So a Churchill?

[@wtdoober]

@@woeknight852Man i have to agree with you, every churchil has shit gun but good armor besides black prince.

[@crossedwingedairguard5539]

As in a Cannon that shoots glass

[@wappa30000]

Love this

[@juusolatva]

5:40 I'm surprised that Spookston doesn't know that all the bricks in Finland are actually made of depleted uranium. it's an old Finnish tradition.

[@CheezeSpartan]

They're held together with pure sisu

[@jagplaysroblox2169]

They what?

[@SilentButDudley]

Yeah the AMBT is literally a Turkish firm slapping a 25mm Grenade launcher on top of the turret and pretending like the SLEP was their project.

[@ogkegster22]

Can you go into more detail, I actually want to know the truth behind the whole thing.

[@SilentButDudley]

@@ogkegster22 The specifications and upgrade package and every detail of the Raytheon M60A3 SLEP was sent to Turkey as they were one of the main customers interested in M60 upgrades, seeing their interest in the Sabra program. Somehow(A Turkish military official sent it…lol), a Turkish military contractor got the specifications and specific upgrades done by the M60A3 SLEP and they tried to copy it as much as possible with existing parts and packages that were on the market. They then tried to advertise it to the Turkish government as their own home grown work to win the contract, but they ultimately failed as it was pretty blatant. They didn’t want to risk pissing off a behemoth like Raytheon either, seeing as they already used them on a couple other important contracts.

[@cyonemitsu]

The 25mm was present on the original SLEP, and StandartBio never claimed the project was theirs, they were an official partner with L3 Harris alongside Textron. One of the powerpoint presentations they made had a subtitle of "the affordable main battle tank" which it appears Gaijin got the name from, but every StandartBio description of the product clearly denotes it as an L3 Harris product, L3 Harris now a part of Raytheon.

[@AmaterasuOjo]

Spreading misinformation again aren't we. It's not as if any major country receives aid from the US or Russia with their tank development.

[@tomppeli.]

Thank you, Turkey. Very cool!

[@zerrierslizer1]

"it looks like he is just messing with his Ipad" that's because of the fact that, when Gaijin made this tank and it's model, they opted to make the crew resemble German Mains as closely as possible.

[@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537]

Historical accuracy. This zoomer is probably checking the package tracking on his blindfold and earplugs.

[@TheEnricoMicheli]

The autoloader is pretty much half the MBT-70 autoloader. The round at the right-bottom of the chain is aligned with the breech, and can be rammed in, the next round is rotated in that position. The drawing shows that on the left 2 images, while the right two images are for half-autoloading reloading, where the human loader places a round vertical on the autoloader arm that is lowered into the fighting compartment, after which the autoloader moves it into position and rams it. Kinda like the second half of the process of the Abrams Meggitt autoloader. btw OTO migth have designed it, as they designed the one(s) for MBT-70, Kpz80 (those VT tanks), and Leopard II FK

[@diet_dr.demoncore]

0:57 this first guy who invented a flame thrower

[@leTaubsi]

lmao

[@jdslipknot]

Z clown getting smoked 8:05

[@FatherGrigori]

4 second autoloader huh, maybe this means you should also play some Japanese mbts at some point, also i think the m2a2 would be awesome to see

[@phenomX4]

The autoloader document is quite interesting. The Left column shows automatic loading straight from the magazine into the breach. The right column shows assisted loading, where the loader places a round onto the mechanism. It then gets lifted, rotated and rammed into the breach.

[@linostockling485]

best guess would be that the left side is with the "ready rack" full and the right side is how it works if the automatic magazine is empty

[@joelfilho2625]

Yeah, reading it, "Halbautomatisches Laden" sounds a lot like "half-automatic loading", would that be correct?

[@Kiyuja]

yes, we use half to mean semi @@joelfilho2625

[@phenomX4]

@@joelfilho2625Yes

[@thelvadam2884]

@@joelfilho2625 that is correct yes.

[@Kohlelol]

I don't often post comments anywhere really, but maybe I can help here. From what I can tell, as a german, the picture at 12:50 basically says: ~~~~ Automatic loader for KPz Leopard 2 (Testing Example) as built in Turret PT 14mod: Left side - automatic loading from magazine: Rammer (or "piecer" as DeepL suggests) pushes round from the magazine through the transport-container (the blue part) - "the container is only a loading bridge in this case" Right side - semi-auto loading, conveyor-system (red part) as loading help: Rammer pushes round through the transport-container into the weapon. (the blue part in the upper right picture also says: "Placing the shell by hand") ~~~~ Hope it helps you understand the mechanism. Also: Thanks for all your videos, I enjoy watching them. Good health to you.

[@NeverAlone391]

Love the unedited banter, makes your videos feel less 2D

[@FrostTheGlaceon]

8:03 extraordinarily common spookston W

[@philfree286]

You should try the new T-80UD It’s basically a T-80U at 10.0 but with the T-64 engine package

[@BaATep]

Has the reverse speed of the t-64 as well

[@philfree286]

@@BaATep Yeah, that’s what I meant when I said it has the same engine package as the T-64

[@-theislander-5888]

should totally be at 10.0 instead of 11.3 bc of that lmaoo

[@annguyenlehoang7779]

​@@-theislander-5888 no thermal also

[@quocvinhnguyen2063]

​@@-theislander-5888 The T-80UD has no thermal, no 3BM46, worse armour layout compare to T-72B (1989). Worse engine with a -4km/h reverse speed. You are delusional if you think this garbage should somehow be the same br as the T-80U bud.

[@AceTheMM]

7:45 While, yes, the AMBT is not real, the vehicle we have in game is technically not the SLEP, but the L3 Destroyer built by L3 Communications in *cooperation* with Raytheon. After the L3 didn't do too well, Raytheon took it off their hands and marketed it as the SLEP. It should also be noted that only the L3 featured the 25mm. Raytheon would remove it and never marketed it as part of the SLEP package, thus making them technically two different vehicles. If we ever get the SLEP in-game, it should be without the 25mm. It should also be noted that the SLEP existed in the files in this configuration at one point so I'm very certain Gaijin is aware of the differences between the L3 and SLEP.

[@connivingkhajiit]

3:48 the crews souls ascending to heaven

[@bruh2731]

Just started the video and I’m already laughing, this channel is golden! 😂

[@dawidpopowicz9213]

the only KZbinr who reads comments big W from Poland

[@fox_evo3267]

Spookstons Intros is one of my favorite things in his videos

[@luckyduck4079]

Thank you spookston. I asked for over 30 videos for my beloved PT-16. Finally ❤❤

[@sonarcha1711]

3:48 are we just going to ignore the ascending creature?

[@Bjorn-rj1bl]

12:53 (Im German) The document discribes two modes for loading one is automatisches laden(Automatic loading) ((left)) and Halbautomatisches laden (half Automatic loading) ((right)) On the left the blue Thing in the middle ist a canister where the Shell will Just Go through If it is in Automatic mode, while on the right Side the human loader will Put the Shell in the blue canister and lets the Autoloader do the Rest (the halfautomatic mode was probably planned to BE used If the Tank Ran Out of shells in its Auto loader so that you can still fire). Video Idea: mabe you could Play the Leopard 1A5.

[@oneaboveall1751]

I purchased this tank by accident and honestly I have NOT regretted it at all. One day I was intrigued at this tank so I decided to test drive it. I wanted to check out the conversion rate of the tank at the checkout area in Paypal but I forgot my details were saved so it automatically purchased upon clicking “next”. 65% winrate currently, been owning it for half a year. Gotten me over 7 nukes. Best performing tank. That 4 seconds reload plus mobility is a game changer.

[@TheOneWayDown]

Sounds like a French oscillating turret tank for top tier Guess I'll add it to the wishlist

[@oneaboveall1751]

@@TheOneWayDown Try it out mate. The 2 main cons of this tank are the very limited loaded rounds (9) and glass armour (occasionally I somehow manage to withstand hits) You’ll learn to play this tank cautiously yet aggressively at the same time.

[@-theislander-5888]

@@TheOneWayDown 200 dollars for that is insane, not worth that at all

[@TheOneWayDown]

@@-theislander-5888 If it's marketplace only then nevermind

[@most_sane_piano_enthusiast]

8:11 ah, an ideologically motivated warrior

[@link8296]

12:51 I am not German I am Dutch but I can understand it. At the top is basically says: Autoloader for KPz Leopard 2, build into the Turm PT 14 model. And than the right two images are for ‘Full auto loading (from the magazine)’ And then the left two ‘Half autoloading (ment for helping load, only with backup power supply). The images appear to be some bridge from the stowage to the breach which Gayjin hasn’t modeled in.

[@HEATSEEKR]

Speaking of autoloaders, ST-A3 has an auto-loaded 90mm gun with M82 and HEATFS at 6.7 (and a range finder)

[@chezloc]

8:06 is some real based shit right there

[@Silver_Prussian]

Not based

[@AverageWarCrimeEnjoyer]

​@@Silver_PrussianNuh uh Extremely based🇺🇦

[@horusmorus5588]

@@Silver_Prussiannamed after a failed state

[@Alicornanon]

​@@Silver_Prussian Zombies get the rope

[@flandarn329]

​@@horusmorus5588POV: I dont have any arguments.

[@swedenspepe2207]

Yay another video from my favorite wt cc 😊

[@gammafox5431]

Spooks with the fantastic edits all-round once again, your efforts don't go unappreciated!

[@chiefwarlander]

I love the sound FX like the explosions and background music.

[@sumiterxeroslargosiuscrosi7819]

Yes please. Love spookston.

[@tiseril]

8:13 Beyond relatable

[@AverageWarCrimeEnjoyer]

I'm quite sure than everyone with an even a hint of a brain does And not just in game

[@dy031101]

It's basically War Thunder equivalent of putting pronouns in social media bios. And the harder someone screams "I am a better person than you!" the more inclined others become to disprove them ASAP lol

[@hanzuwe2921]

Wow that was my request! Thanks for playing it :)

[@lolman345_8]

Love the reference to the entire AMBT vs SLEP pit of doom that the 120S addition caused to be dredged up.

[@zacharycalderon4061]

Spookston every video “We did get 10 kills tho pretty good”

[@jahnair0]

Spookston famous words: "Come on depression"

[@UTcommando]

12:17 i lost it laughing at that look of blame.

[@SadisNic]

4:32 "Do a flip!"

[@evanclifford4863]

13:25 A rare TBLF sighting in the wild

[@tinchorb1340]

8:13 Spookston getting more based by every video

[@augustosantos7621]

Yeah, keep playing a Russian owned game and giving them money is not as based I guess

[@azeroygatekeeper]

​@@augustosantos7621doesn't really matter since Gaijin pay their taxes to Cyprus.

[@neoria]

love your video, just wanted to say you are the only reason i still grind this game

[@rolandb2108]

The editing with the Halo CE sniper rifle sounds was really nice, appreciate the zoom in sound too lmao

[@TeurastajaNexus]

8:11 Based Spookston moment😎🇺🇦

[@stormynight1885]

Day 21 of asking spook to play The fv4005

[@synthdriver8817]

Dunno how, but your videos are the highlight of my week. Also, I love how you can see the sabot get discarded when you fire.

[@thegiantpotato3068]

They are also capable of doing damage since recently, I think I have even gotten a kill with them once already.

[@terrorbirds9477]

Just great! I went blind 2 seconds into the video. (I think that’s a record spookston)

[@DeliveryDemon]

Hey Spookston can you play the M3 GMC?

[@hoanghongquan2673]

this man doesn't miss

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

His shells just get eaten by Volumetric.

[@hoanghongquan2673]

@@aiedenoldstien9751 or by Finnish chimney made of depleted uranium bricks

[@landigos]

"I get so much enjoyment out of shooting tanks with Zees on them" Average based Spookston XD

[@michaelwhelchel6017]

I love ur videos, keep up the great work❤

[@billlhooo6485]

I mean if gaijin wants they can add the m1 Abram with a 120mm meggitt autoloader to make it have 5 second reload. So if the engine is on fire it still load the round in.

[@Porkor23]

Hey Spookston! If you can, please try the American M103 in the American tech tree at 7.7

[@BrockvsTV]

Thank you fir the Sunday entertainment. We all hope the surgery stuff goes well. Your time and effort are noticed and deeply appreciated. You have a good Sunday. Request- video trying out ground arcade, Attempt 50ish I think

[@izul4223]

i have this thing from grinding the event and i absolutely love it it also absolutely suits my 'just rush in and kill everyone' playstyle as i can rush in and get 4-8 kills in 2 minutes i do feel like the round isn't the best

[@Dokimoments]

Loved the intro 8:05 is based

[@Nacjotyp]

Zased

[@samwisethe5th112]

Mega based

[@jedimasterjoe5386]

Weeb

[@FLTNUR]

When I'm in a "dull insult" competition and my opponent is ​@@jedimasterjoe5386

[@Silver_Prussian]

Unbased

[@fr0z3ngh0stly9]

Props for smoking the Z dude as soon as you saw him🫡🫡

[@NekarionSeelenweise]

so the sketch says "Autoloader for KPz Leo 2 (experimental) isntalled in turret PT 14mod, the left side shows a full automatic loader and the right a semi automatic (like when the ammo rack is depleted). on the drawings they just are naming the components. with the yellow part on the left being the breach, labled as weapon, the one on the right is the magazin. the red part is the "feeding arm", that blue part it's holding is called "transport cage" and the small blue one behind the magazin is more or less a "shover". And yes as i would understand it it should align and a round is basically just shoved through. the semi automatic part seems like you put a round into the transport cage and then it aligns and will be shoved through.

[@BigUziVert2190]

I love the amount of halo sound effects you add to these videos, it’s so good, keep up the good work man❤️

[@gorgeollion4310]

It's actually better in many ways than type 90 Sight - much better Aiming speed - much better Speed - better Autoloader reload - faster (10s against 18s) Type 90 has -7/10 - PT-16 -9/12 Survivability - better Almost everything is better, the only upside is like meh armor and 60mm of penetration

[@annguyenlehoang7779]

Nah they still complain german tank suffer too weak line up

[@gorgeollion4310]

@@annguyenlehoang7779 Leopard 2AV is also amazing, literally 2A4 but at 10.0. btw it's hull armor is better and turret, while being 30mm weaker, it bugged af.

[@Bloxinyoursox]

4:19 is literally just that opening scene from T-34

[@vrause7956]

I’m in love with your editing spooks And the fact you use halo sounds so much makes it even better

[@thelvadam2884]

ohh yes the halo sounds are the best. ... much nostalgia

[@paogene1288]

6,000 views in just 12 minutes. Good job @Spookston!

[@tomatofrog5108]

Thought the title was about the 40/70 for a second

[@FZM2010]

As a lithuanian I took the insult on vilkas personally... PLAY IT

[@spaghettiman9649]

Absolutely amazing choice in good ol Rich Piana for the intro. RIP

[@balazsnagy1575]

You could be a great sfx editor. That effect when the loading circle expanded near the end of the video was pretty cool.

[@seangunn4772]

Day 190 of asking for T95

[@JTJSSG]

You know what auto loaded tank is similar and is Swedish/Finnish? The ct-cv 105hp

[@TrueCanad1an]

Love that your using the Halo 3 ark music as background music.

[@marco8414]

I haven't played War Thunder in about 5 months and I have Spookston's pain in his videos to thank for that

[@dirrey193]

8:12 common Spookston W

[@viperforty8450]

The moment at 8:11 made me wonder why i wasn't subscribed yet. Fixed now.

[@Silver_Prussian]

Wonder if you have the same opinion if in another video he says he likes shooting at tanks with ukrianian flags.

[@bomberharris9322]

I wonder how much the guy above me ^ is getting paid to spam the same comment over and over.

[@bigwezz]

@@Silver_Prussian It's ok to admit that you support Russian aggression 👌

[@thelvadam2884]

@@bomberharris9322 the best part is he is just making stuff up lol

[@raizencore]

You need to have a look at the ZBD-04A, this thing is absolutely amazing, definitely one of the best vehicles to come with Alpha Strike!

[@nickbrege1693]

That commander's sights just ascended

[@johnaci8849]

Do you like strawberries

[@barnyboi479]

I'm eating 1 rn

[@JosephZurawski]

Pretty good ngl

[@CommandoNando05]

Not really

[@woutrentenaar9995]

8:10 based Spookston

[@justaweirdtree9645]

2:42 When he said that for some reason I thought of the Rhode Island plate scene from the Cat in the Hat movie.

[@qweasdoUAttgl5300]

8:10 ahhh… that’s pleasure to hear

[@vojteslavthegreat6321]

8:10 so based and reletable.

[@aDeathbomb]

👇one millennium club

[@AdamJohnson-xs1ps]

Just started the video and I’m already laughing, this channel is golden!

[@Kiyuja]

on the schematic it displays two types of using the mechanism. The left one is fully automatic and the right one is semi auto, it says you can use the "injector/ conveyer as loading assistance" on the right. I assume it allows for manual placement once the "ready rack" is empty but a loader could still feed the canon. I'd need the originals in full resolution to read the rest :D

[@zefyr101]

The halo sniper noise when zooming needs to be a mod thats so dope lol

[@Leopolligon]

Im pretty sure this was your first video in like a year that you didnt die to CAS. Good for you man!

[@meesguyy]

I've recently been playing low tier Japan, specifically the Chi-Nu and Na-To and highly recommend

[@TheGrace020]

Good old Spookston Brightening my day 😻Hope you are doing well today and in good health ♥

[@kareemmohamed2327]

Damn this was a good video like all the others❤

[@Ethan-ce9xb]

Speaking of autoloaders, the Sav.20.12.48's ready rack now has a glitch where once all of the rounds in the rack gets expended, the rack automatically refills with 1 ammo, instead of the usual 5 business days before the rack starts to get refilled again, its very broken, 12 kills, zero death in a single match. :)

[@erisdelta5950]

Gijiggles said you had enough fun for a day and are now cursed with volumetric blunder.

[@grievetan]

12:42 i think the reason why this tank have a human loader is in case if the autoloader will malfunction

[@felipemoya908]

Hey i just discovered your channel, amazing stuff!! Is there a video of the 88 flak? I would like to learn how to use it as anti air it sounds fun

[@_deqi.]

Amazing video and yes that. Or is like type 90 but either way amazing video, can u make video about the ztz59a

[@patchnuggets]

The tank classifications according to Spookston: Gremlin Gargoyle Goblin Goober (yes half of that is my own assumption but sounds cool XD)

[@MichaelTapel]

Spookston plays WT: kills everyone Me: dies in 10 seconds, quit, rage

[@albinoalpaca1059]

This is a nice one. I've been holding on to the tank coupon for a while now $$$

[@asiftalpur3758]

hey spook I hope allat medical stuff goes well man rooting for you

[@mulmigesmorlord]

Love it when you play Leo’s

[@FippeFi]

the halo sounds edited in made my brain activate way more than they should have