This Tank Is Beyond Saving

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The French tech tree in War Thunder has some pretty disappointing vehicles, and the AMX-10M tank destroyer might be the worst. It is the definition of an inflexible vehicle, and I have no clue why Gaijin added it.
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This Tank Is Beyond Saving

[@Spookston]

Slight oopsie with the opening text and credits, but I noticed it too late to fix it 😵‍💫

[@pfguy.]

stoopid spookie :3

[@Offical_LadaRiva_1982]

woops

[@Gurtanic_1912]

Well why shouldnt it be alright.

[@whackenough]

Spookstom what music u like

[@birdbrainedboy]

Spokto pls t34 1940

[@Bread_High]

Gaijin: *ruins most atgms* (especially French ones) Also Gaijin: "GUYS LETS ADD ANOTHER ATGM CARRIER TO FRANCE"

[@impguardwarhamer]

nah tbf acra doing much better than other atgms. Still sad how they butchered shillelagh

[@danael0089]

Hey France got alot of good ATGM, but since gaijin hates France we get shit...

[@veritusahriman9720]

Japan only has keyboard guided atgms for ground vehicles, even their 9.0 br Type 89. Bloody abysmal.

[@julianturberfield7101]

@@veritusahriman9720 Type 89 uses mouse-aim, they're just quite terrible to control.

[@PhoenixOfArcadia]

The MP ACRA missile (AMX-10M and AMX-30 ACRA) are actually fine all things considered largely due to the velocity. They will usually hit the target before the ATGM wobble effects it.

[@generalmcshooty397]

Y'know what tank doesn't need to be saved? The AS-42/47.

[@danael0089]

This thing is satan himself

[@justusjarva9348]

The normal 20mm is more fun to play in my opinion

[@ordinaryfish9339]

Or the M47 105/55

[@alexandreaudard4309]

Its strangely effective

[@danael0089]

@@ordinaryfish9339 nah its good

[@attilakovacs5040]

At 5:24 timestamp,the sight of the jet model clipped into the destroyed tank made me freak tf out,but as Spook said that the guy spawned in a plane,i choked on my snacks,like....HOW can Gaijin fuck up with such glitches that show such stuff to the enemy team?

[@Collat3ralD4mage]

I’ve always seen those model flashes too never knew it meant that they spawned in that vehicle lol

[@prinzalbatross9526]

​@@Collat3ralD4mage I don't think it's as common, but sometimes you can kill a tank and the model will change into another destroyed vehicle which is what the other player is currently respawned in.

[@chloeholmes4641]

I've killed someone that was in an land and when they switched to a conquer, the wreck stayed as such 😂😂 There is so much wrong with the game, optimization isn't even thought of as the main focal point! 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@hydroastral2830]

​@@chloeholmes4641Absolutely. I recently started playing the game after like 5 months of break and the game runs WORSE on a BETTER RIG than what i had 5 months ago which ran fine. This company is insane.

[@tudormese]

Honestly that's hilarious. It just solidifies the fact that the players you kill will just rage respawn in a plane to go after you.

[@mikovee2291]

Instead of giving us the AMX 13 105, we got this. Its like that Fifth Element scene where Ray gives Corbin the pool ball instead of the gun. "Thanks Gaijin..."

[@FatherGrigori]

What a great idea, putting an atgm firing casemate tank with no armor in a game where most maps are close quarters

[@Juel92]

Even at range its shitty depression makes it poor as well.

[@ymbrial9123]

That's the point of lineups bro

[@MidnightAme1hyst]

@@ymbrial9123imma line something up in you lil bro 😭 🙏

[@Optimusprime56241]

@@ymbrial9123 lineups don’t excuse bad vehicles

[@ymbrial9123]

@@Optimusprime56241 the characteristics he described don't necessarily equate to a bad vehicle you just have use it in the correct situation not to say that this vehicle isnt shit tho

[@William_Bryant]

"Gaijin can we have Saint Chamond?" "No we have Saint Chamond at home." Saint Chamond at home:

[@WenhopOfficial]

Modernized St. Chamond

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

Gajin literally added an AP missile shooter in a game where AP gets shafted. Which it would be nice to have a video talking about the difference in performance of AP, HE, HEAT, and APHE in wars.

[@connivingkhajiit]

imo best to worst: APHE, HE (large caliber like 152mm), AP, HEAT, APDS

[@bIGdUMBfACE66]

Been levelling as britain and it has been rage inducing at times with all its AP haha

[@connivingkhajiit]

@@bIGdUMBfACE66 its worth it once you get to the 17 pounder

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

@bIGdUMBfACE66 Feels great doesn't it? Shoot a pz4 with AP and somehow everyone but what you hit dies?

[@night_knightC2]

@@aiedenoldstien9751 Oh god. I hit a pz4 eight times in my crusader 2 and he didnt die.

[@imnomoremaverick]

5:46 casually getting a 75% coupon for the french Yak-3 You know,the usual

[@hpk5415]

Commander sight does help with the poor gun depression. You can hide completely behind cover and shoot the gun upwards and quickly turn off "commander fire mode" to increase the gun depression since it tracks from the commander sight too. It's still gimmicky but I made the gameplay much better. especially at long range since it does sorta have a minimum engagement distance. Another positive is that the commander sight is more stable than the actual gun so shooting on the move is pretty viable.

[@gnkpowerdroid823]

the commander sight also has alot more zoom so it can be easier to see things at longer ranges

[@blackknightz5036]

Spook: ".....poor gun depression." -7 degree of gun depression *cries in russian main* Ps: Spook pls play the T-10M

[@RodolfoGeriatra]

I overpressured a T-10M these days with an HE shell from my gepard. I was shooting the barrel from the side trying to disable it, not sure how that happened.

[@pyrenees2695]

But for an ATGM carrier with a very low gun it's bad, especially since you have to wait like 3 seconds after stopping to fire so your missile doesnt slam into the ground

[@canadianoctopus1479]

Yes play the T-10M

[@MaksimKozakov]

-3 is all you need 🥲

[@gavinthejanitor]

-7 is awful for a casemate, you're missing out if you haven't used one with at least double that

[@miksim494]

14:42 when your teammate really moved after shooting him was epic 😂

[@jonathanarcoren5892]

AMX 10M dovelopment. "Let's put a 142mm cannon in a box"

[@philfree286]

Other French tanks that might be interesting to play are the Lorraine tank (Lorraine 37l, Lorraine 40t, Lorraine CA) Good gun, questionable protection

[@rgames2102]

Pls Play the pz2

[@cheesewokka2930]

Nah h39

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

The one Loraine that looks like a wedge of moldy cheese can just zoom around the battlefield.

[@chloeholmes4641]

The CA Lorraine imo is a space marine in the Warhammer 40k sense! I just love how fat it is yet really maneuverable and fast to the point you can get into some really sneaky and weird positions 😅

[@magni5648]

13:28: Most understandable reaction to having *that* aiming in your direction. 😅

[@MortarGuyX]

5:22 ahahha the face on the plane as it spawn flashes spook ahahahaahaa

[@MyWaifuNow]

Every SACLOS/beam riding missile in the game can get extra depression using binos. It doesn't help from close range but from afar you effectively have infinite depression as long as you keep LOS to your tank. You even get horizontal guidance beyond what your tank can normally turn to.

[@panserofthelake]

best thing

[@Rickardo9828]

Something you can do with ATGM vehicles is just use the distance adjustment for the sight to bring it down far below the normal gun depression angles, it will still go to the center of the crosshair rather than the line of the barrel/launcher. It give you like 10-15 degrees more than default, in the case of the AMX-10M it's pretty much mandatory.

[@Quicksilver-7791]

You can't do that with the AMX- 10M.

[@brucebanner52]

They got rid of this trick with the atgm update. Maybe play the game first?

[@kokishorttail3471]

You can guide the missile lower than the guns depression by using binoculars, only problem is it requires line of sight from the gun. So on some maps you can sit behind a hill and fire from relative safety.

[@TenPatrik]

The French Ground tech tree is really really neglected . Just Look at the Leclercs there is soo many things wrong , but gaijin will not do anything about them just because the leclerc are Mostly played by high skilled players , because if you dont have high skill you wouldnt even be bothered by trying to play it.

[@kpack1993]

Same reason the repair costs on French vehicles went up and up and up before.

[@accelerationquanta5816]

@@kpack1993 Repair costs should be removed.

[@accelerationquanta5816]

Gaijin doesn't give a shit about balancing; just ripping off their players.

[@BanditRookie]

2:18 "Granted, that guy was very disabled" Bro same.

[@englishdragon4198]

The Ho-Ri at the start locked onto your rockets Spooks, jeez he wasn’t happy 😂

[@RonaldDump_real]

War Thunder Players when a tank is Bad War Thunder Players when a tank is good but not historically accurate

[@bubby9175]

I don’t really think the missile has bad damage. I just think you see a lot of super heavy’s in it.

[@conscientiam_sui7385]

Something that might make it easier to use, it has commander override on it. You can stick just barely over any ledge, spot targets through it and just fire into the air almost like a Swinger. Sucks at close range and anywhere with foliage, but it might make it easier to use.

[@banger_land]

it will also fix the bouncing gun killing the missile issue, but tank mains never bother to learn their own controls...

[@gummonster1]

I find it strange that barrel fired ATGM does "the drop" when fired from a tube. I will point out somethings I noticed about this vehicle in the hangar. The gap in the breach area means if you get a kill by barrel stuffing the enemy you will more than likely perish simultaneously. The same is true if a team-mate has a significant emotional event such as an ammo rack detonation in close proximity to this tank.

[@nicklake7596]

that was a pretty nice quick shot by the Ho-Ri at the start

[@santiagocastano159]

Hello spookston, the French tank E.B.R (1951) is one of my favorite tanks. I feel quite comfortable playing with the fast one, and the option to identify enemies. Its only problem is the cannon and the little perforation it has, but I think on your part it could be a funny tank for a video

[@binarybee22]

Yeah i love that thing, even on mobile WT it kicks ass, but the cannon is a pea shooter if you dont pen the turret

[@Kannac]

Half the time I just drove the AMX-10 instead. Same cannon and smaller. Identical gun either way.

[@fl05]

12:21 "This has no depression, mostly".... Never wished to be a tank more than right about now...

[@arcanos9706]

Nice vid spook. It was funny to watch you shove missiles between crates. Will have to do that myself. Still think you’d enjoy the French M4A4 SA50

[@maitrecrabe1996]

Now I'm tempted to hear what you'd say about the FCM.36. That pyramid of a tank.

[@pilot2076]

This is in my opinion the funniest looking tank in warthunder. Also video 41 of asking spookston to play the AML-90

[@randominternetguy8735]

It literally looks like what the French were using in WW1.

[@gamesinc1872]

Meanwhile the super Pershing: “…”

[@trathanstargazer6421]

Damn, not even a minute in and we get a "Get down Mr. President!" moment.

[@S051K]

Okay, the coughing bomb vs hydrogen baby got me real good. Top-tier content man

[@Mobrian_]

i feel like you would have a pretty good time with the Charioteer, high penetration, decent speed, and a pretty good turret rotation, but of course the shell doesn’t do that much damage but its pretty good.

[@moroblizniak4457]

2:27 Cyberpunk refference, nice

[@berkayzeybek727]

Just what i was thinking😂

[@VoidExileYT]

This is like when someone tries to make a tank, has all the components to make it work, makes it, don't do enough test runs and just call it there

[@SaltyPickle-mj2me]

Yess a spookston vid out on my 21st🎉 LETSS GOOO Thanks for the unintentional present spooks🥰

[@loadedshellproductions671]

Fun fact, the mg32 on german tanks can also pen the AMX-10M right next to the gun shield

[@Shaun_Jones]

I’m pretty sure that the FN Minmi on the Puma can pen this thing from the front in places.

[@Ser_3007]

I find this tank destroyer really fun, I call it the "anti-everything" because basically with the missile that cut throught armor like butter and the 20m autocannon turret, you can kill anything, from light tanks to heavy tanks, helicoes and planes. plus It have great mobility, and it is amphibious. The only downside for me is it's gun wich bounce as hell, the armor is ok for me because you can clearly say that this tank is focused on weaponry and not armor, another similiar french tank destroyer is the AMX-50 foch (cause it also have a great main armament, and a second turret) but this one has more of everything (great gun, ok mobility, great armor etc...)

[@RichardCasto]

Agree. He is entitled to his opinion, but it's not bad. It's quick, as you see in video it will commonly one shot and has an effective autocannon.

[@shootinputin6332]

He is entitled to this trash opinion. I never watch Spook because of bad takes like this. AMX-10M is fine. @@RichardCasto

[@notsoracistraspberry4168]

You know what, shout out to the ISU blocking your shot. You gave him autocannon boops and he moved. Actual brain function!

[@Snopey1]

3:06 All I can think when I see that meme is "No worries man, just get the paddles out and give him some juice, he'll be on his feet again in no time!" You'd just have to paddle the red mist cloud and he'll reform.

[@potatoemployee9417]

I wish the armor on the super Pershing was correct. It could stop a long 8.8cm shell from the front because of the add on armor. It would be nice if the armor could stop the shell or make it very hard to penetrate.

[@n0k148]

I think the armor is correct, but in wt shells don't deform after hitting an armor plate, so the effectiveness of the spaces between the add-on boiler plates and the pershing's standard armor is reduced

[@MrMaciek640]

Try STB-1 next - nerfed to the ground yet still sits at 8.0

[@VynalDerp]

nerfed? that thing was already garbage

[@kawanaru]

I dont remember it being that bad

[@paranparanovic3923]

There is STB-2 in the tech tree at 8.3

[@usssimshullnumberdd-4095]

It got bumped up to 8.3 with the major BR changes

[@cookiecracker2]

It got a engine hp buff recently, how is it garbage? The stb is one of my best tanks, i love it!

[@edgychico9311]

This is basically an M113 with a French cannon mounted into a hull armor 💀

[@NomnatheWtplayer]

Spookston these videos have made me laugh every time and I would of not been happier without them during the last 2 years

[@saloonplay8510]

Nice video as usual, i love it ! You should play the M26 pershing but not the american one. Maybe the french or the italian ? Its still sitting at 6.7 and i played it a few times recently, it still is really good and the M82 shell (dont know if i got the name right) is almost a guaranteed one shot.

[@Dyicub]

so basically the French brought a WW1 tank into the table, added a better engine, a autocanon and a gun that can shoot atgms and called it a day.

[@sanic7402]

I started my french grind a little bit ago and have been looking at this thing wondering how it could possibly be useful. Turns out its not as I suspected very cool.

[@ComPurp]

Another fun watch Spookston, I honestly thought that more French TDs were better than they actually are. But hey, I think it would be neat if you took your M36BT out for a drive.

[@user-us1it7ft6j]

Hey spookston, you should try the AMX-50 TO90/930. Its got a 90mm with pretty good APHE pen, and it can pen Jumbo pershings frontally if you hit in the right spot

[@bruman182]

I think its more of a playstyle issue than a tank issue with the 10M. Decent reload and a decent velocity all you really need.

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Adorable Image Interludes

[@Ossimsauce]

What a kind isu at the end. Just didn't know he was in the way for a bit

[@CT-ww7yi]

You should play the M42 Contracero, it’s one of my favorite SPAA. The rounds have a tendency to go through places they should not, I’ve killed t34s and M4s from the front.

[@Juel92]

If you wanna play a fun casemate try the Strv 103 (I would say A is better for it's BR but C has APFSDS) or an interesting ATGM carrier try the Pbv 302 (BILL). The 302 isn't fantastic but it can be pretty fun to play, especially on the right map.

[@L4v3]

Pbv 302 BILL was one of the most horrible vehicles I have ever spaded and I hated every second of it.

[@Juel92]

@@L4v3 Agree to disagree I guess. I really, really, really hated the 2 previous ones (Pvrbv and UDES) but on a nice antenna hunting map the 302 can be so much fun.

[@L4v3]

@@Juel92 UDES was my personal favourite even before it got the upgraded missile because of it's excellent gun depression, good mobility and fairly low silhouette. Very often with BILL you just disabled enemy's turret crew and they just drive away and there's no way for you to finish them off. CV90 BILL was excellent because you could go after the enemy and you could play more aggressively and actually make good use of those missiles.

[@rassydjukic1918]

Before we had revenge bombing, now spookston is fighting back with revenge anti air-ing

[@greengabe5]

AMX-10M: “Oh you want depression? I’ll give you depression…”

[@gamingwolf6735]

Spook you should play the Merkavas cause their not as good when compared to even the old top tier tanks before the T-90M and whatnot (if you really wanna torture yourself play the Ariete)

[@TenPatrik]

Ariete or Leclerc , both are very terrible , leclerc shouldnt be but just because French players have better stats , they will keep the Leclerc in a very bad state

[@gamingwolf6735]

@@TenPatrik At least the Lecrec has a somewhat good reload unlike the Merkava with it's 7 second ace reload WITH A SEMI AUTOMATIC LOADER

[@MrGenoHydra]

I've honestly had more luck using it as an AA vehicle with the 20mm than an actual TD.

[@LavaFrog12]

I think you can control the missile from the commander's sight and get better zoom, and I think the commander's sight is stabilised, but you still need the gunner's sight to have line of sight to the target and I'm pretty sure the missile still follows the gunners sight

[@flippyz7206]

might be crazy but i absolutely love this thing lol theres so many spots on every map you can just sightline watch and sling the missiles and 1 shot basically anything you hit

[@Gurtanic_1912]

You could try after that the amx 10 p, its almost the same, like dying very easiely, but its just in a lower br. Should be funny when you just start dying like in that thing.😅

[@megakirbo4250]

I could be very wrong, but I'm pretty sure the AMX 10P is an IFV. But if you're trying to use it to run into the battlefield like a chicken with its head cut off and pepper some tanks with actual armor, then you're using it wrong.

[@megakirbo4250]

​@@hakzource8660 I sometimes have trouble shooting planes with that thing. I probably just suck 😅

[@Gurtanic_1912]

@@hakzource8660 i agree with you with that but just like megakirbo said im standing more for that, you are maybe very skilled in that, but in my time having the amx 10p as a enemy or as teammate, they were not really good. As a teammate they got shot like in the first min. and as a Enemy i was killing them to and i saw it pretty easy ngl.

[@wallachia4797]

@@megakirbo4250 The velocity on the 20mm is admittedly pretty low

[@bruhman5385]

uh...I have found the 10P way more resilient than the ACRA version...I...don't know why

[@dickthehead1145]

Wow the suspension is bad

[@americanhat3766]

2:40 Hey spookston, the best way to overcome this is to use your gunsight distance mover and get infinite gun depression and fire over hills

[@thegrayseed2792]

Honestly that one bug where a plane kind of appears for a split second on the tank corpse when they spawn in one looks useful, i hope Gaijin made it into a feature in some way like maybe a radio comm that tells you an aircraft is coming for you.

[@thebigballofdeath6066]

yo spooky, you should totally give the pbv 301 a shot. Its basically a 1960's ifv in 2.3 battles, and its tons of fun.

[@thatussrmainwt3899]

Day 76 of asking spookston to play the IS-4M

[@dallas3977]

My issue with tanks that shoot only atgms is that while they normally have good pen they can sometimes be unreliable aswell as if both tanks see each other at the same time chances are there round will hit you befor you hit them

[@bigmonke7661]

German late 45 tanks vs everyone else in Cold War heat slingers Gajin: very balanced

[@jeffreybezong4121]

Do arcade battles! That would be funny I think

[@J-to7vg]

Tru

[@Stale_Mahoney]

i believe you can use the range adjustment to artificially get more range of depression as the etgm goes center of aim reticle, that way you may could get a few degre more

[@WikterRor2807]

HHah i love the guy who realised he was in the middle of a fight at the end

[@TurbotheFurbo]

looks like someone slapped a gun on q storage crate

[@connorwinter9257]

Spookston: This tank sucks Spookston: occupies 4 enemies and makes them work for the kill

[@explosivecommando9100]

13:56 pure ground RB experience. Just an assist or cap and go plane instantly. Hooray, pure skill.

[@KrokLP]

0:28 the answer is "the hangar"

[@DuHalunke]

Yo i love your vids bro keep that up❤❤

[@joeyr8855]

“it’s hard to find the silver lining” yeah it’s hard to find some silver lions with it

[@Billaxle]

"Coughing Bomb Vs Hydrogen Baby" literally sent me! 😂😂

[@exarkun42]

The first thing I thought I saw when the thumbnail came up was the Charmond (A WWI era French tank built on a tractor)

[@eukalyptusbonbon2983]

8:16 Similar thing for all the m4a2 variants, the m36b2 and the m10. They all use the same diesel engine (wich is correctly modeled visually on all these tanks), but only the m10 uses a diesel engine sound. All the other tanks use the engine sound for the gasoline ford V8 that the m4a3 has.

[@tothmatyas2177]

'Well this is not so good' *proceeds to play a 7-kill game*

[@Pedro-kp5fu]

would love to see this man play the conqueror but with mainly hesh, basically a pretty well armoured self propelled howitzer

[@wtdoober]

The strange plane ghost scaring spookston 😭 5:25

[@shootinputin6332]

This is a reminder that even CC's have skill issues. Acra missile at 7.3, quick reload, barrel launched, fantastic 20mm, mobile. This thing is a beast. I happily uptier it to the 7.7 line-up. Git gud, Spook.

[@titouan6858]

and with the low armor it have even for the amx50 and lorraine 40t the addition of the m109 is pure pain especially when your shell kill half of the huge amount of crew inside that thing cross maping you

[@evoluxman9935]

the coughing bomb vs hydrogen baby made me cry from laughing for like ten minutes, and it's rare for me to laugh out loud

[@thatsmolbirb2519]

That "My favorite" hides immense depression

[@Duke_of_Petchington]

FV4005 looking in Spookston's direction: *MENACING*

[@nogi2167]

This looks like what you’d get if you tried to modernize a Saint-Chamond

[@I_want_White_Cheddar_Popcorn]

On one of my first runs with the T28 doom turtle, i absorbed 2 BMP ATGMs in a row... Gotta love tutel mantlets

[@firetruck1255]

"WHY? THE AMX-13 IS RIGHT THERE" i dont think i could summarise what playing this game is like more concisely myself

[@AsiaIsDying76]

1:33 best spot would be up the castle on C point. Yes, just go up the darn stairs.There's no elevator

[@tomcatsarecool]

"you know guys this thing sucks" yet he does 90% better than i do in a grb game

[@danielesanino6433]

Spookston!! This is an amazing video, as always! But I really can t wait to see you play some German tiger H1 or King Tiger sometime… I really would enjoy that; anyway, hope you the best! Take care 💪🏼

[@JDKempton]

"I'm going to get shot if I expose myself" my inner child laughed so hard😜😁👍

[@therecruitdu5505]

Someone used this tank, rat behind a bush and somehow one shot my object 279 in the front before the bar changes(8.7 to 9.0 for 279), I had all 4 crews alive

[@treemen5552]

The funniest part of this tank to me while playing it is that is makes a surprisingly good SPAA.