War Thunder's Old Top Tier King

[@Spookston]

Decal link: tinyurl.com/42thwzv3

[@Dython99072]

Cmon spook pls play the AML-90

[@ThePiedPyro]

Video 1 asking you to play the Staghound AA Mk1 the 50s absolutely shred low tier

[@qfv33]

i’ll get the decal play hori 😈

[@enderboi2543]

Spook day 7 of asking for Hungarian btr80

[@alfiebutterworth-cu4ys]

Day 12 of asking for spookston to play the strv 122b+

[@WarThunder-GM]

Daily Reminder for Spookston to play The Strurer Emil

[@Aunzo91]

I second this

[@pyrothedragon1282]

*sturer

[@angryeliteultragree6329]

But at 6.7 where it belongs.

[@TheWingedBarrel]

I 3rd this

[@angryeliteultragree6329]

@@pyrothedragon1282 Strut Er

[@fostermounting]

"[The Ontos] isn't tank-shaped, it's-it's a thing." being technically correct is the best kind of correct

[@Storm-lu2ce]

THING that's incredible

[@the8bitclicker_193]

well yeah, it's a...thing - it isn't shaped like a regular tank or vehicle, it's just a triangle on tracks fitted with 6 recoilless rifles

[@xaviershah3159]

3:15 Famous last words: "That guy has HEAT..... at least i thi...." *DIES*

[@UltimEVB]

Me in my T-34 trying to escape the tiger

[@ahugefan7059]

That little additional explosion sound when it impacts on his turret really did it for me.

[@xevious4142]

Defyn cut

[@Greendyes_E]

9:11 fittingly that was it's nickname given by marines, "the thing"

[@henriquelopes9899]

Didnt it got its name from the same greek word that means 'thing'

[@dr.airsoft]

Wanna know another tank that is not a heavy tank but has a nuke shell? The AB-43

[@simplode7752]

that italian 47mm is crazy theres a whole lineup of italian tanks that have that and its the funnest thing ever, definetly something that spookston should play

[@UltimEVB]

I'm still waiting for the Vextra-105

[@ousou78]

Low tier rat tank

[@KolnBruck]

Not sure I'd consider 30g of TNT to be a nuke

[@dr.airsoft]

@@KolnBruck at its br it is

[@Hulikadito]

3:15 "That guy has heat, at least I thi..." Something tells me he might've 💀

[@picklesbigpp897]

Do a challenge were you wear your headset the wrong way around so your right ear hears whats left of you

[@UltimEVB]

It would just be bad, a normal game but 1 or 2 times he looks the wrong way…

[@toastyboi1627]

Could do a stacked challenge where he also does random other things

[@muhammadabdullahwaseem3040]

might as well turn off the hud too

[@toastyboi1627]

@@muhammadabdullahwaseem3040 only 5 ammo

[@JHCuero5282]

That is awful. When I got a new headset without a mic I accidentally did that and was wondering why my tank sounds made no sense, got me killed many times before I figured it out

[@IM_8685]

The teammate at 5:43 ,some how trying to keep spookston's IS-4 alive from that whole ordeal and not getting thanks is crazy , 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[@yourlocalasleeponioperativ4095]

Speaking of old top tier, you should totally play any of the T-64s

[@obayalharbi82]

or t10m

[@alenassereddine5088]

​@@obayalharbi82 He already did the T-10M

[@Berzerker531]

T-64B ATGM only challenge

[@Randomguy55667]

​@@Berzerker531 😂

[@aurathecat5959]

Definetly the t-64B it's just better, it has more armor, a better round, and the ERA makes it look really cool

[@stephenhauer9055]

5:43 you were still alive and a teammate was helping you repair lol

[@BlanCs-jy3ph]

Oh yeah, i got confused by the (*T* Thank Ally) prompt

[@Enaknaem]

At 9:11 Spookston calls the M-50 a thing and one of the M-50's nicknames was in fact "The Thing"

[@youngeagle3629]

9 11

[@Alpha_Arc]

"ontos" means thing in Greek

[@Snowracer88]

5:36: Thunderhead-"10 seconds to impact" Chopper- "climb kids go go go"

[@BeansInMySocks]

15:06 “he can just keep hammering you until he gets through” bro 💀

[@maxmilianmrkev8371]

🤤

[@derricksturkie1423]

😂

[@jacobc4582]

Pause. Keep going. Pause. Keep going. Pause. Keep going. Pause.

[@user-qv6gp4ux1l]

Bro just jump sacared me with the : hallo at 3:29 tough some one is in my room

[@SemoventeDa]

Mamma mia..I slept and woke up now! YOU AIN'T ESCAPIN FROM NEXT ASSIGNMENT! AVANTI SAVOIA!

[@Drauzet]

Da

[@UltimEVB]

peace of mind

[@unaccessibIe]

you aint funny lil bro

[@TheEpicNoob]

@@unaccessibIe¿what?

[@DomWood]

@@unaccessibIe now babe if ur gonna unfunny someone else then ur FIRST strategic choice should be to not post 'lil bro' because it just proves u cant even be original

[@andyfriederichsen]

0:55 That message on the mantlet is absolutely brilliant.

[@Basicallybaltic]

3:16 The cut-off killed me😭😭😭

[@saint_alucardwarthunder759]

It also killed him

[@Arpads_Legacy]

@@saint_alucardwarthunder759 da bum tssss

[@imnomoremaverick]

"The Ontos is a THING" Yeah Spookston, that's the name of the M50, literally

[@BeansInMySocks]

3:47 “I can’t get distracted…. Ok I’m getting distracted” bro 💀

[@chungnun4948]

0:29 why pacman eating A :(

[@X4dh59]

Fr

[@4lexIsNotReal51]

Bro i always thought the same thing

[@nicolayordanov9799]

Day 50 of asking for the Churchill VII. Daily fun fact: In the 1950s the British tried to use some old retired Churchills to make a flail tank. They fitted the tank with a Rolls-Royce Meteor engine (bit too late for that but alright) to power the flail. The tank was called the Churchill Toad.

[@UltimEVB]

the fun fact thing is intelligent, but put it lower so the comment is short, Spook prefers short comments

[@nicolayordanov9799]

​@UltimEVB Yeah I get that, bit I just get bored writing the same thing over and over again. I might try it for a week to see how the comment does. Anyways, thank you for the advice!

[@Spy-.]

7:29 fix your smoke alarm

[@micahisham]

It’s a joke. Like how he uses halo noises for kills.

[@milkbaologist5610]

I remember being a German wehraboo back in 2016 or 15, our team encountered an IS-4M and got it surrounded, we took like a solid 2 minutes to kill it.

[@amx-30_official]

its one of the few tanks i fear an encounter with in then somua sm. theres almost nowhere you can pen it frontally and the side is a struggle too

[@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188]

​@amx-30_official Side is easy pen. Just aim a bit low. Obviously, don't shoot the upper angled part. If you're in a Somua and fight this head on, always shoot the barrel first then take your time and get a perfect shot at the drivers port. It will pen. If he keeps wiggling, use your 4sec reload to break his tracks then get into the perfect angle to shoot the drivers port or go to his side.

[@amx-30_official]

@@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188 yea i honestly just try mot to fight them frontally in the first place. the side i always have to aim lower than think tho

[@harryjones3820]

@@adamg7984 You've obviously never played the tank... It's slow and has a bad gun, it being hard to pen might have been relevant 10 years ago, but now there are light tanks with heat everywhere, which the armour does nothing against.

[@phaeronseherekh1754]

@@harryjones3820 I take it you say it has a bad gun due to the reload rate and particularly the bullshit volumetric will inflict on full size 120mm rounds, I have raged more than once about the latter in the Sturer Emil

[@Isylon]

In Spookston's head canon, the IS-4M has a fully automatic PTRS on its roof, instead of the DShK!

[@cheyannei5983]

The 14.5 KPV is one of the most effective HMG's in the world tho, pretty sensible to think it can chug through 30/40mm effective if you have it

[@bushboi]

I once fought a IS-4 in my M60 RISE, targeted his turret cheeks, upper front plate and lower front plate. Took about 6 shots with the HEAT-FS to kill it and they were genuinely solid hits

[@KaminaCicada]

Spooks: "Oh thank god a full downtier." Rooikat 90: "Hello there"

[@catchant]

IS-6 also suffers like this. Spookston should also try the M8 HMC

[@mono9702]

RIP IS-6 after the BR increases

[@I-Akatsuki-I]

IS-6 is not nearly as bad as the IS-4 at 7.7. I do think it’s overtiered a bit but it’s really fast for how much armor it has. Honestly it’s just fast in general and can very easily be played as a big medium tank. The IS-4 and Maus so slow that they have no choice but to rely on their armor which doesn’t work. Meanwhile the IS-6 can rely mainly on its mobility to still do really well at 7.7.

[@connivingkhajiit]

IS-6 is perfectly fine where it is

[@ussindianapolis487]

IS-6 deserves to finally taste what it feels like to fight against a much more powerful enemy, the 7.0 was way too low for that russian bias machine.

[@TheEpicNoob]

Nahh he should play the LVT(A)(4), the one that also has the M8’s turret but is on the lvt

[@novazuss]

I really appreciate you using the song "Beat Shower" at the 4:22 minute mark. A song that perfectly describes the madness of the Soviet heavy tank's reverse speed.

[@AmericanCarrierVesselUSSRanger]

And then Soviet just be like: reverse speed? That's for noob go attack or you will be executed

[@PineCone227_]

8:30 Based The East Wind reference

[@some_guy9347]

No one suspects the CSAT Earthquake machine

[@gayorsomethingidk553]

Corporal Kerry after starting a 3rd world war:

[@robloxserversded]

2:36 The bomb jumpscare (my soul almost left my body)

[@BeansInMySocks]

7:03 *gets hit with a he shell in the turret* “that’s a big headache 🥴” killed me 💀

[@Que_Drum]

5:12 scinfaxi from AC5 is a cool music pick considering the sheer destruction that thing caused

[@aaronholmes-black6621]

Another person of culture! That game is 20 years old this year.

[@seanchen7391]

1:17 I learned that IS-4 driver's hatch is weakspot in WOT. Not a reliable way to learn armor things though.

[@SuperDreadnaut]

me when I try to shoot the LFP of the Tiger 2 and IS3 in WT.

[@Arpads_Legacy]

Depends on for which tank. There are many beast tanks in tier X, which I think can easily pen tha driver's hatch.

[@sushiman3817]

The is4m is easily one of the most overlooked tanks in the game. It gets really consistent downtiers, and in those downtiers there are only like 4 tanks that can reliably do ANYTHING past barrel and track you. I did an experiment with it a while back and didn't fire the main gun once in a downtier and was able to get to 1500 sp by purely bouncing and tracking guys. Absolutely a monster

[@Just_flames]

Spook is such a silly guy

[@KickTwo]

He's pretty cute ngl

[@BeansInMySocks]

@@KickTwo 🤨📸

[@Doubius_Doge]

Spooks, I want to thank you for making your videos. You raised my spirit today after I held my little kitty for the last time. Thank you so much.

[@rainbowappleslice]

Spookston should play one of the tanks that can do exactly this to a soviet heavy, but at 6.3 instead, the JPz 4-5

[@iamd3ad_ang3l10]

The unsung war sound track is 👌 thanks for bringing my childhood back 😭

[@cooldudegavin24]

Btw if you hit the underside of the barrel sometimes it ricochets under and hits the driver hatch killing the driver

[@WillBilly30]

Fun fact for some reason the amx-13 with the 75 can pen the drivers port which should not be possible

[@s.a.f.r.a6403]

I remember it and I remember spawns being much more difficult to earn with only the skilled vs each other while people getting into planes were less because a death meant leaving immediately

[@bananakin2.070]

fun fact: ZSU-57-2 can kill you from the front. There is a small shot trap spot on your frontal turret (the one that is angled down on your right and left side of your turret front armor) where it will bounce the shell right to your upper frontal armor, and apparently it is a one shot once the shell goes through.

[@MegaGearsfan]

I'm back again, ST-A3 next? It's totally not garbage

[@Butters_05]

The Thing movie but its the M50 instead of the monster

[@red_bootz2994]

Day 110 You should play a tank with hydropneumatic suspension (recommend the MBT-70) But the catch is you have to drop the suspension as low as it can go for the whole match.

[@grismor1884]

Yes he must play the kpz70

[@davincause1842]

It's a pleasure to suggest you use the Lvkv9040c starring next anti-cas video

[@ragnarokinfall8565]

0:49 Funny enough this thing has 400mm on sides in some spot so is able to stop some APDS and HEATFS, fighting that tank even with those rounds can be very stupid

[@youlaughyouphill842]

Front can stop low pen HEAT too

[@mernferd6449]

What made me feel old was realizing the British tech tree trailer was 8 years ago and I started playing a little bit before then. It's *that* far back that heavies had a place in WT

[@PorterDeason]

Day one of asking spookston to make a rat lineup and play top tier with it

[@LambvinskisGaming]

I've been playing the IS-4M with my buddy in his Maus a lot lately and it's a VERY strong tank. I really have been enjoying it!

[@averagegamer933]

play the 15cm sig please

[@lord0fmemes266]

Goofy ass mortar carriage. My beloved .

[@Dimi.._._]

really loved the editing in this one :) keep it up, love your vids!

[@PNXspade]

Spookstons loves small, goblins tanks. The T92 sone of them, why don’t you play it?

[@edenfeledrum1540]

T92 my beloved

[@adanakebap2731]

​@@edenfeledrum1540 T92 players going to hell for playing T92

[@1K28MakEvanFone]

Spookston: “and another full down tier, please keep it up or I’ll cry” Me in a super Pershing getting 4 full up tiers in a row

[@wtdoober]

Day 1 cromwell rp-3?

[@FlintTD]

10:03 Someone driving an IS-4M saying "How many Ontos's are there!?" was definitely a possible alt-history Cold War scenario.

[@Stealingpole]

Amx m4 next????

[@theczaran9219]

3:17 That was a perfect cut. I loved that.

[@StanislavSkalski]

Day 4 of asking for Pz.38(t) n.A

[@YourLocalSuzuki]

This video literally arrived at the best timing possible, as i've just started researching it a few days ago

[@4ert1lla__ker1l7]

Still asking for CV90120

[@paperno3865]

I almost got a nuke (57 sp off) with the tam 2ip/gepard/ alpha jet combo and now I need a few hours off war thunder to come down from that high. Thank god you posted.

[@Konoton]

Challenge video idea: Shoot & Scoot: Spookston must move at least one grid-square (on the minimap) over every time he gets a kill. He could play a fast vehicle able to move around quickly, or he could hind a good spot on the border of 2 grids he can move back and forth between. For greater challenge: he has to move every time he FIRES his main gun, instead of every time he gets a kill.

[@zoomzillfer7160]

Spook ain’t wrong about this tank and I can confirm about it, this was the first rank I ever got a nuke in, this thing can pull its weight

[@SgtPineapple1st]

I vividly remember, years ago, turning a corner and seeing a Maus and Is-4 having a slap fight. Both seemed incapable of killing one another.

[@corrodan2995]

I remember the Maus being introduced and phly spent time testing firing the 57mm down the barrel of the 128mm to try and kill it.

[@zac7386]

Such an enjoyable tank to play.. Even more with the old gun sound soundmod for the OG 122 sound

[@HossBlacksilver]

3:32 Spookston: That weak spot will never get old Me: That tank will never get old.

[@Adnar2]

8:32 God damn it, Miller!

[@thatussrmainwt3899]

THANK YOU SPOOKSTON

[@hawkstable8889]

APHE actually occasionally will overpressure the crew through the engine compartment, especially when the round passes through the crew compartment first and explodes in the engine, though occasionally it will happen regardless.

[@MrFlyTie]

"He can just keep hammeren ya until he gets through" Spookston 2024

[@MH15501]

This thing can over-angle like crazy with it's side armour. Very good to bait people to shoot (unless they have heat)

[@misterperson3469]

The DShK elevates any tank you slap it on immediately. I had a game in the 1944 IS2 the other day where I got 4 kills with just the DShK.

[@HunterSteel29]

I loved seeing IS-4Ms in my 105 Cents. The APDS when it doesn't shatter did wonderful things. Day 4: I Implore you to play the Rooikat Mk.1D. Its fast, it can resist 50cals to the front, and its cannon tickles enemies to death.

[@matheustavares4442]

ARMA 3 REFERCE "MOVE 200 METERS NORTH" "TANK RIGHT UP AHEAD" "BLUE ON BLUE"

[@JossyFoxxy]

The Ontos has the shape of that 1970s electric city car with 6 recoilless rifles strapped on it

[@abdulov3201]

when i was researching this thing i thought it will be bad but when i played it i was pleasantly surprised by how survivable it is probably my fafourite IS-tank now (after T-10M)

[@drexsol2312]

I had a game with my friend where all he did was repair an IS4M the whole time, and that IS4M got a Nuke. What was funny about it was how my friend repaired them over 15 times.

[@Luizoktavio]

I really like the edit you did in this vídeo

[@USSWisconsin]

You know what'd be cool?(if feasible) would be a tutorial like series where you go over a specific vehicle and it's strengths/weaknesses and how to play to those strengths/weaknesses, you could also get recommendations in a similar manner to your normal videos(again, if this whole thing would be feasible)

[@no-legjohnny3691]

Man, Meet the Scout is probably one of the best analogs to how it feels to play late WW2 heavies against early cold war medium and light tanks.

[@georgebutler4056]

Spookston vids are like gambling triggers because i always play warthunder after i watch

[@peepsy1528]

Yay!!! IS-4! Thanks Spookston.

[@mrcheesypuff1672]

You should definitely give the Vickers Mk11 a try. They've essentially strapped a cannon onto a massive car. Its also strangely amphibious which a lot of people don't know

[@Dovahscale]

14:28 "I despise these little creatures" my new favorite Spookston quote

[@tea-3412]

dude that intro meme was amazing keept it up

[@Not_darks1de]

Fun fact the IS4 can be penned by the long 88 and the American 90m and the 76 all from the front it can be front penned by basically anything with 155+ pen

[@braapdog]

First time I encountered an M50 Ontos, it killed me, and I was shouting at my BF to kill the "triangle with tubes" because I had no idea wtf I just saw.

[@mrsnoutzgames]

the smoke alarm right when you killed the t26e5 is brutal

[@krahe9376]

love the editing

[@xDawe36]

Spookston enjoying a heavily armored slow tank? Impossible!

[@crackedjabber]

I love that impossible pen right at the beginning... that was the most 'fuck that guy in particular' shot I've ever seen.

[@nuclearcowboy4496]

The 'That guy has HEAT' reminded me of 'That guy's here to kill me' from Barry XD

[@clonerwesker]

Spookston being an absolute goblin is always amusing

[@nooneisback]

Probably the best superheavy you can actually get. Downtiers in this (especially if majority of players are 6.7) are absolute massacres as even Tiger 2's almost can't pen you frontally. Uptiers are bad, but the slow movement, bad reload and bad depression force your inner gremlins to calm down, while your armor is good enough against 1 or 2 8.7 APFSDS/HEAT hits and your coaxial MG is good enough to even pen Leo 1s.

[@Delta4280]

Love the Ace Combat 5 music kicking in for the nuke

[@BubbleBelly]

I still have the best time in this thing. The amount of times I've held an entire approach to a cap by myself while tanking shot after shot after shot is absurd. It's great every time for me.

[@slyllamademon2652]

It never ceases to entertain me when you use the spartan laser SFX or the Smoke Detector Low Battery noise.