This Ammo Is Insane

[@Spookston]

Gonna try to record the low tier nuke video sometime this week, wish me luck :))) also lemme know if you liked the editing in this one, I wanna do more involved bits like that part where I "animated" the interaction with Gaijin

[@aidleopard7716]

good luck, though whayt you need isn't luck, it is lack of CAS

[@Rohokcom]

Good luck man

[@ThunderrSeal]

Godmode with Chaffee please

[@TheGrace020]

Ok this is mega epic.... 😻

[@pyrenees2695]

Godmode with one of the EBRs ?

[@VailTheAvali]

"Did I just catch you having fun?" *Slap of God*

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

Nato Tank: *Has something good and fun* Gajin:"We cant let that stay because there was only 2 of them." *Removes good thing about vehicle.*

[@at-90ree13]

Gaijin: JUDGEMENT

[@G-manFan1]

8:36 btw

[@raginasiangaming910]

Spookston had fun, Gaijin nerf guaranteed. Besides, everyone know that it's not historically accurate unless Russia has the best of everything...

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

@@raginasiangaming910 Russia did make the best of everything. (If you ignore all the bad things they made. . . . Wait a minute)

[@konokono6760]

I've heard of "cupola-ing" Tigers, "MG port-ing" Jumbos, and "mail slot-ing" KVs", but this is the first time I've heard of "roadwheel-ing", well, anything.

[@fluxthelycanroc9603]

You've never been shot by a t30 and it shows

[@memsysr]

It's just delivering a anti-tank mine at high speeds.

[@connivingkhajiit]

in all my years of playing ive never heard of a "mail slotting" is that the turret ring?

[@normallymute0131]

@@connivingkhajiitKV-1 driver’s port. Looks like a mailbox, and your round is the letter

[@johnkenley4687]

I love rimming 😩🥴

[@celi3437]

The M2A2 is a really fun vehicle. It has a .50 cal at 1.0 and an hp/ton ratio of 30.

[@_Frozen_mamba_]

thought you were talking about the bradley for a moment

[@riythemusicguy7696]

I hate that damn vehicle so much

[@akarikirisari7876]

@@_Frozen_mamba_ same to me

[@matte8681]

@@SocialDamian the .50 on the M2A2 is the main gun

[@brayachdragonbane7529]

@@SocialDamian it has 2 turrets, one is a 30 cal 1 is a 50 cal... and its a bad meme

[@tianhaoju4634]

From a quick search, it seems like the M339 is the result of Israel believing the concept of MPAT is silly(and it is), where this is effectively their multipurpose round, meant to target bunkers and APCs, hence their very high fuse distance. The time round is to meant to shoot into the window of a structure and explode in the middle of it.

[@raspberrynohitter1945]

that is the most idf thing ever and I'm so here for it

[@thrillhouse-five]

yes... all those bunkers and APC's they're always fighting... definitely not apartment buildings that's for sure

[@password6025]

​@@thrillhouse-fiveevery nation surrounding Israel has fought them in the past. It's pretty obvious it's not designed for Hamas or any other Iranian proxy.

[@inwit594]

@@password6025 Well I mean, bunkers and 'apartment building' nowaday is pretty similar in function for infantry nowadays...

[@BKBCrAnK]

Iirc this round (IRL) is capable of punching through ~200mm of reinforced concrete and detonating on the other side. This stuff is insane.

[@guyreurtt3860]

no one ever thought he would do it again... but he made another video about a top tier tank.

[@Optimusprime56241]

Spookston when he sees someone request a top tier/high tier tank (he’s going to explode):

[@Operator588]

"Its quite funny I hope they don't fix it" same

[@Ben-M112]

It’s not Russian so they probably will fix it

[@themilkman8554]

bro LEOs and STRVs OWN top tier rn... RU tanks are easiest to kill.@@Ben-M112

[@StarWarsExpert_]

Been 2 months. Do you know if they "fixed" the round?

[@Д.К-ж8ф]

the wheel hunter. the tank feet sniffer. the kneecapper.

[@ZzVinniezZ]

the loathsome feet sniffer

[@k-osmonaut8807]

I wish I could delete this comment

[@lowercasegamer]

Another ammo that's insane is the Ikv 103s HEAT-FS shell with 400 mm of pen.

[@tqit3173]

It works even at 8.7 :D

[@irirjhrhr4645]

​@tqit3173 that's where it works the best. quite useless at 4.0 and works best at 6.7-9.0

[@turgonyurgon]

there's been a few times that i've commented trying to get him to play that tank and when he finally noticed, it was not my comment. either way having heatfs at 4.0 is insane. you can dev bring an ikv 103 up to a 7.0 game

[@tetronaut88]

It’s useless to have that much pen at such a low BR though, as 200mm is easily enough to go through anything. It’s just a low velocity shell that can’t go through fences, and the HEAT jet often doesn’t one-shot.

[@revolverswitch]

I'm now expecting gaijin to implement s.t.a.f.f rounds for abrams soon.

[@juusolatva]

13:04 the Khrizantema-S doesn't even need thermals to shoot through ESS smoke, since it has radar, which also allows it to shoot through the type of smoke that thermals can't see through.

[@generalmcshooty397]

Y'know what ammo is actually insane? The Granata Perforante mod.35 in the 47mm cannon that the AS-42/47 uses.

[@chrissclater3890]

I think the Italians have the best sounding names for their ammo.

[@timvanveen6894]

@@chrissclater3890it sounds like some fancy kind of fruit or something 😂

[@ChudActual]

As an Italian main stop putting our business out there they like to nerf everything good we have

[@michapiasta1817]

if there were no planes, i would have like 13:1 kd in that thing

[@Ijack2003]

​@@chrissclater3890 As an Italian it means literally Armor Piercing Grenade

[@Boris_The_Turtle]

6:33 I love how the tank literally is warning you of an incoming laser-guided bomb but Spookston said "nah, I'd win", and didn't even try to evade it lmao.

[@joedingo7022]

Gotta get that CAS death counter up for next year.

[@Fishstate8734]

Spookston: uses new vehicle 1 talks about it 2 destroys the enemy team 3 I wouldn’t recommend it

[@BasedGrandmasKitchen]

eagle federation mogs you

[@bonnibelio_]

so basically someone discovered a way for spookston to have fun in top tier

[@Rohokcom]

As someone who spent 8euros on wt like i said, i approve of the fact you get 10 times more targeted by cas and almost every round is an uptier when using the decal

[@4lexIsNotReal51]

I love that tank where it floats on water, has over 1000 crew members and fires 356mm guns.

[@NiteshadeX2]

The super super super super heavy tank Yamato.

[@hypoel1660]

Rose are red, violets are blue and you ammo disappeared

[@Spookston]

I don't think that rhymes

[@mulmigesmorlord]

Where is it? I have no clue

[@ZIONOMANIA]

Roses are red, violets are blue, but your ammo's gone, what will you do?

[@aidleopard7716]

@@Spookston you need to squint at a 45 degree angle than it does

[@Ching_Wally]

​@@Spookston Rose are red, violets are blue and you ammo disappeared

[@valthatiserie]

My WiFi cut out when spookston was talking about protection analysis and all I heard was “I keep forgetting to use protection”

[@desertfalcon1539]

Cursed x)

[@fallrising5443]

The laser warning system: warning Spookston Spookston: Oh.. pfffhmhmmm.. that's really awesome...

[@crobbo6607]

I watched a Documentary from the Bundeswehr on this, but the Leopards do get a programmable HE shell that can be used as a normal He shell, exploding on contact or as a SAP shell. In game it simply has 11mm of pen but it should be more (thats what im guessing, since it says that" it pens fortifications after a certain ammount of time"). Video is called: "Der Kampfpanzer Leopard 2: Technik I Bundeswehr" at minute 4. The Merkava could be joined by a Leopard... correction: im a dumbass and didnt realize that its actually 37mm of pen, doesnt mean you couldnt try it (and i took way to much time making this comment so i wont remove it) Good video btw :D

[@paintzemute6364]

m339 has a listed penetration for 200mm of double reinforced concrete , would not be surprised if the German one had similar performance. (Who wants to do the math for converting concrete to rha? not me)

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

@@paintzemute6364 Its quite weak tbh. Kv-2 SAP can go trough like a meter of this stuff (which is why it was build in the first place, to bust lots of concrete).

[@kirotheavenger60]

You can't directly compare steel and concrete as they're different materials that projectiles will behave differently against. I can imagine a big, heavy, and slow projectile does well at penetrating concrete but it pretty awful for penetrating steel.

[@tankm200]

Some tank dont évent have he, Leclerc for exemple how Many type of hé IRL but not in game

[@pz.vincesiqueiros7185]

Just tried it on PvE with the STRV 122, can confirm, you can one shot anything as long as you can see their roadwheels at a 90° angle. For leopards and challengers, the commander's port seems like a big hindrance.

[@CobraDBlade]

Spookston: I hope they don't nerf this HE Gaijin's 2024 Roadmap: *Variable Fused Shell Rework Plan Looms in Distance*

[@qee4617]

Nerf, as in everytank else gets this?

[@dr.weinerwurst3669]

Not sure if that is video that has been done, but I would love to see the AMX-13 DCA 40, little creature with something crazy like 90mm of pen.

[@Xander889]

0:33 Love the use of the seismic charge sound effect

[@juusolatva]

Gaijin released the 2024 roadmap and for the summer update there is a mention of adding more options on how to use shells with fuzes, so perhaps that would make it easier to use this shell with a rangefinder, if you can disable the time fuze and just use the shell in the point detonation delay mode after rangefinding. there is a mention of reworking how APHE shells work to be more realistic as well, although that change will depend on a community vote.

[@OokamiUwU]

i love having a spookston video to watch while eating

[@MuricaRules]

Same bro but I also do it while in the middle of my mid-term exams XD.

[@OokamiUwU]

​thats a mood lol

[@MuricaRules]

@@OokamiUwU yes

[@aquajay]

as a Merkava player, I did this at toptier, and you CAN hit the ERA and it will work, you just have to hit the first ones nearest to the gun

[@CobarGG]

I like how people, experienced in WT, react to munitions actualy dealing damage in their game. This says alot about gaijin game design. Its literally 4.77 kg TNT hitting you at 3240 km/h or blowing under your tank (wich is close to regular AT mine). There is no reason for it not to kill or heavy damage the tank. Also its only found on Israeli tanks wich are used only by like 1% of player base, so probably noone notice.

[@drrocketman7794]

11:46 Airbursted, is correct, since you can verb anything.

[@red_bootz2994]

Day 18 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.

[@thebiggeststarwarsfan6635]

“I got an email pointing me to this” Wait a second. You read your emails? Oh boy, here I go with the suggestions

[@Spookston]

please do not send suggestions to my business email

[@thebiggeststarwarsfan6635]

@@Spookston ok will do *aggressive suggestion noises*

[@bharathyadav1589]

lol @@thebiggeststarwarsfan6635

[@CLK944]

​@@Spookstonwhat happens if i do huh will you call me like gta 5 protagonists when you fire rockets at their home

[@thebiggeststarwarsfan6635]

@@CLK944 *Spookston calls you* (In mildly annoyed tone): “@CLK944 stop sending me classified HSTV-L documents”

[@blacksky121_]

Skiddadle skiddodle, your tank is now a noodle --this round probably

[@osrr6422]

4:40 Thats the equivelant of everyone saying to shoot the Jumbos MG port (thats covered in bushes, and 500 meters away), then saying its a skill issue when you die.

[@Tomfooleryman57]

Would love to see a video on the M43 75/46 please

[@SemoventeDa]

Glad I am not alone in such effort!

[@kicks880]

Something tells me spookston is going to enjoy the Object 292 with its HE shell.

[@desertfalcon1539]

Boy did you *foreshadow* it

[@nintendomario007]

6:30 the Laser Warning System was pinging because you were being laser targeted by the jet for the guided bomb. Gotta watch out for that.

[@fyber5517]

Spookston's little giggle at 2:49 was just cute and idk why also, another day, another request for one of the early American Patton's :3

[@MadandMajorGaming0]

Bottom detected

[@Keryaken133]

​@@MadandMajorGaming0ayo, explain yourself

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

If there's one vehicle that I'd love to see in the game is the M1 Armored Car, it'd definitely be the new reserve vehicle for the US light tank line.

[@liladoodle]

Meanwhile, Gaijin: "LOL No comrade, please just buy the 2S38 or SU-39. We're on that Top-Tier drug now, adding new WWII vehicles into the game are a thing of past for us.".

[@theporschetiger]

11:42 I had that happen to me, except it was the FV4005's HESH against a panther's mantlet. First shell ricocheted off the barrel, the second just phased out of existence after landing between his hull roof and matlet. :(

[@Inlandsgeheimdienst]

new spookie upload

[@RedJackOfClubs]

Love the super-imposed example of what you're talking about @0:45 with the HE behavior, very helpful for clarification and looks neat :)

[@fishy_bolo]

would love to see you challenge yourself by bringing a 15cm slg to 6.7+

[@irirjhrhr4645]

that's not a challenge. that thing is busted. I get more kills in it than the main tanks in my lineup like tiger 2s

[@JimmySaulGoodmanMcGill1960]

@@irirjhrhr4645skill issue

[@corrodan2995]

If I understand correctly this shell is designed to penetrate 200mm of concrete bunkers and to use delayed detonation so hopefully they dont change it's performance too much.

[@swappy89]

"Let's hope that's it didn't get nerfed" I know it will on next update

[@itamarreina4234]

The M339 or Hatzav (squill in hebrew) as it's known in the IDF isn't a timed fused projectile in real life, it's essentially a SAPHE that's meant to be used against buildings and light vehicles. Source: I'm a Merkava crew member.

[@ThatRandomEstonian]

wait you're actually a merkava crewman? cool

[@neznambratra1714]

You should try Class 3 (P), one of my favorite vehicles. Really fun. Fast, great gun, big like a barn with surprisingly big survivability.

[@Momomaster25]

This ammo is working as intended, from my research into it. A nerf would be unwarranted. Manufacturer says the delay fuse can penetrate 200mm of reinforced concrete, and that amount of armor in game is equal to 65mm RHA. Knowing this, I'm sure somebody will incorrectly claim this ammo is in need of a "fix"; but the tech mods *should* shut them down for being wrong. Snail should add more NATO 120mm ammo types to the game. It's been past time for ages that Leclerc gets M3M HE, and M1A2 gets M908 HE-OR-T ammo. Maybe even XM1147 for some more fun. Nothing can save US teams from being useless, but maybe some more ammo will be nice for the handful of good players to mess around with.

[@chesseyshoe]

Thank you Spookston, very much You have changed my play style making me a better player.Most importantly you’ve taught me so much about tanks and have really made me find a part of myself that I enjoy.

[@Spookston]

Glad I could help man, thank you for the donation ;)

[@Tooawesome693]

Spookston you should try to convince Oddbawz to try the new m908 he-or round for 120mm abrams with you

[@chrissclater3890]

Have you ever played the M4 Tipo IC?

[@XyDyson]

M4 hybrid but with 17pdr, I like the idea

[@german__military]

8:33 best part of the video. Keep the good work up man ❤️

[@liramsegal916]

Video 69 of asking spookston to play the ikv 103

[@KnobleKnight2002]

I think this is the most fun I've seen Spookston have in War Thunder GB.

[@GoldRaven-oe4by]

2:44 me after playing 1 game of top tier

[@gameover_477]

Not sure how many warbonds you've gotten but thats a good way of getting backups, got a couple hundred universal backups from missions and the BP

[@itacticlesnowman726]

Challenge idea, Get a nuke. In arcade. Any lineup you want.

[@kyezun]

my only nuke to this day is in arcade, it's really easy

[@itacticlesnowman726]

@@kyezun I just want to see him play arcade.

[@djnotnice108]

Need a video of the Stuart. Love playing in that little guy at low tier with his .50

[@magnusjordan5110]

Hey Spook, I’ve recently gotten the is4-m and so far it’s been pretty fun. Ik heavy tanks aren’t your thing, but in a downtier it’s amazing to watch tiger 2 shells ping off you. Can just imagine them wheraboos seething with rage which just makes my day. Anyways, enjoy your day and best wishes. Your videos are why I keep playing

[@Phantom-xp2co]

You won't make me rage, that's for sure. Since I quit the match right at the start if 7.7 Russia is on the opposing side

[@magnusjordan5110]

Lol that’s very fair, I still find myself getting a little ticked off when a bmp keeps chucking missiles at me when I gotta face them. And ofc, can’t forget that demonic Zsu-57

[@Nathaniel-bh6uf]

"i love doing silly stuff like this" sees puma "oop hi" absolutely oblierates them

[@foe111]

Could you please try the asu-85?

[@ankurar6492]

Spookston clearly does not play top tier because he didn't realise all leopard 2s have 35 or 50mm of side armour

[@temporarysam5657]

day 11 of asking spookston to play the ratel 90

[@trentnicholson9331]

Bro hit a tree with he and was like where the round go

[@jdawwwgytb]

Day 138 of asking spookston to play the Is-4m

[@dwaynegillis114]

I love watching a war thunder video while playing war thunder and getting a war thunder ad. that's what I call coming full circle.

[@SemoventeDa]

It's Day 145 of asking Spook to play the Semovente 75/46 M43. I will never surrender, NEVER!

[@nattly6340]

just sat with a stupid smile through the entire vid, very entertaining gj mr spook

[@swarmergaming9546]

Day 7 of asking for AEC Mk II

[@SonofAeons]

No spook! That was our secret weapon against the Soviet mains!

[@Yeah_Kino]

promise me you'll never stop using that seismic charge sound effect

[@doodskie999]

Ah great spookston, now the snail is definitely gonna nerf this

[@devinhallsworth5531]

Man, nothing dies as cinematically as helicopters do.

[@NerfMe-y7y]

“Did I catch u having fun” killed me

[@anthonyberger810]

“I hope this doesn’t get nerfed” he says when top tier is balanced by the Soviet ministry of Propaganda

[@maxd2005]

I am convinced Spookston and Michael MJD are the same person with their voice

[@spiffywolf2850]

Your funny videos and content helps fight against my depression. Thank you for making me happy

[@Tobe-g3i]

what's ur type? Spookston: HE

[@Agm1995gamer]

M339 is pretty much the only round uses by the idf irl. It's meant to penetrated walls, light armor, airburst over cover and take out helicopters.

[@d3fep148]

I did some experiments sometimes ago, you can actually use the Merk's HE to kill a BVM simply by aiming at the cheek (yes, the entire cheek area), and the T-90M by aiming at the commander sight. Truly broken overpressure.

[@geyrnauch]

I too have been having problems with rounds just vanishing from existence.

[@Shxlbyyy]

Sweden also gets an HE round, not time fused though. And the 90120 gets it, so you can sling HE every 5 seconds :)

[@eriktheos6022]

'I got an email pointing me to this' Imma need some more than just that

[@bahamut256]

Burst is both a noun and a verb. So it uses itself as its doing world. So it would just be "I'm going to airburst this guy. See? I Airburst him"

[@jameshodgson3656]

This is what HESH would be like if it was, you know, performing somewhat correctly

[@dieseljunky883]

Theres something about your sense of humor that really tickles my pickle.

[@panther8707]

I can't believe it, they didn't nerf it but instead made it open to be used by anyone with 65 dollars to spare (The Raam Segol has a 120mm with M339)

[@hellcy7237]

Spookston- You should play the M26 but only in full uptiers. MILAN missiles and jets are fun for a WW2ish Tank :)

[@deliivanov4779]

It been 4 years ago. I was first mission done 2020 "Merkava Mk.3D" in USA tech tree. I was try use Fuse HE shell. I remembered, kill instantly kill and too "Hull break" T-80 and Leopard 2 fully destroyed. Today i remember this. Never nerf lol

[@itzikashemtov6045]

Why would you nerf the most common used shell in the IDF?

[@boomermike71]

5:00 Pro tip #2, if you just range something and then range the sky, it’ll set your fuse to 9999 without changing your gun elevation :)

[@Ghent_Halcyon]

It's a shame that they are likely going to remove this shell.

[@squid1481]

Spookston this is the fifth time you've shown nuke shell to class

[@AH-64E_apache]

Gayjin-uhhh i mean gaijin will definitely nerf it because they kill all the fun in top tier vehicles

[@leopardspheel3638]

Fairly unrelated to the video, but the Merkava series of MBT's are my absolute favorite. Something about their design is just so good looking to me. That, and that their design is intelligent, at least in my mind. Having a front engine as well as a lot of front armor means that while the tank will often live shots that most MBT's struggle with, crew survivability specifically. While I don't remember the turret armor's performance, I recall it being fairly impressive. I watched something and did a little bit of research on the design of the Merkava, and I think it was designed mostly around crew survivability. I might be wrong, but I believe the reason for that is because Israel doesn't have a lot of soldiers, so trying to keep their men alive was a very high priority for their tank design. That same thing also birthed an IFV that is ridiculously chunky and slow. It performed pretty well considering it being unconventional, at least I think. I can't remember the name or anything, but I would love to find the video on it again. I mean, I guess most the the tanks I really like aren't really that good and usually end out on my favorites list due to either looking funny or being fun. Merkava is really there because of the design and that I think it's pretty, and maybe a little bit further up cause I have a soft spot for big fat slow heavies. It's not like the Merkava is infamous for being fast, so it being slower and chunkier compared to most MBT's moves it up on my list.

[@ImWoolly]

Israel has mandatory military service I don't think it's because of a shortage of soldiers.

[@leopardspheel3638]

@@ImWoolly I dont have the energy in my body to explain it to you

[@leopardspheel3638]

@@ImWoolly I woke up today and checked my notifications and have an unreasonable amount of energy for no reason I can discern, so here the explanation: The problem wasn't based around completely unsustainable losses, it was losing experienced tankers. That, and not every soldier is a tanker. Training new tank crew is not easy or cheap, so losing them rapidly creates a disadvantage in experience between any two nations tankers.

[@janquinjanquin]

@@ImWoollyit is to avoid a shortage of soldiers. Look at Russia and Ukraine… Both sides have lost some of their most experienced tankers. The tanks can be replaced but the EXPERIENCE of those men cannot. Both sides have mandatory military service.

[@ImWoolly]

@@janquinjanquin Israel is no analogue to Ukraine or even Russia. Israel is a small nation that is supported by some of the strongest nations in the world. The closest thing to a near peer adversary Israel has is Iran but even they don't come close. Israel has plenty of opportunity to just train more tankers if there were casualties. But I think you both are missing a lot of context as to how Israel functions. Israel tries very hard to continue bloodlines of it's people and even goes as far to do semen collection and storage operations. It seems much more likely that Israel focuses on survivabilty for public support instead of military necessity.

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Great Vibe Good Work Wonderful Comedy Especially when The Spoop Guy Suffer’s

[@justushett152]

this is the first time in a while you seem to actually be having a pretty good time in war thunder and its great to see :D

[@cookiecracker2]

gaijin is more likely to use spookstons videos as a bug report than the actual bug report forum.

[@NaturalGarethFan]

Sadly the Vickers Mk E does not have this kind of ammo, but it is still quite a powerhouse and a wonderful starter for the Finnish sub tech tree. You should try it out!

[@faroukm4148]

ah yes, the civie destroyer 9000

[@skimsakj642]

who cares lol, stop starting wars with countries and then hiding behind your civilian population

[@faroukm4148]

i swear ive heard this exact same response from 6 diff people, think independently @@skimsakj642

[@sir17pounder8]

would love the M4A5 Ram II, it's got surprisingly good armor and the 6-pounder is no slouch at 3.7

[@markergaming]

You should play with the m103 but only using he shells

[@viaticgame9001]

i can't wait for him to use wizard ale in a video as a effect for finding a man in a corner "how did you get here"