Sprocket : Evolving a tank with NO ARMOUR to beat the entire game!

This time, things get slightly out of hand. In a quest to build a tank to the specifications of those madmen who wanted to build the type 4 and type 5 heavy tanks in Japan, I ended up creating a nigh-100 tonne monster of a tank.
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[@spiceracksargent0014]

I feel like I was watching the evolutionary design process of something akin to an M18 Hellcat. Fast, may as well be made of tin foil, but enough firepower to threaten anything it comes across. Nice work.

[@AWholeLegionary]

*Zinogre Theme*

[@aracaniusinfinius2880]

Ah yes, Japanese tank design philosophy. Germans went the route of big guns and heavy armour, Japanese went the route of... paper tigers with battleship cannons? *"Am I reading this right? I am? ...holy banzai..."*

[@henriquemontalvao8492]

Italians also have this philosophy of less armour and more speed/firepower

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

What about the americans and the soviets? All-around performance?

[@henriquemontalvao8492]

@@EdyAlbertoMSGT3 Americans went for numbers and ease of maintenance, soviets went for heavy armor and firepower but poor mobility while also balancing on nuber advantage

[@markolysynchuk5264]

​@@henriquemontalvao8492 For it Soviets it was also about being cheap and fast to produce.

[@boperadotto8703]

Clutch steering was improved in the most recent update and, currently, I would recommend it over twin transmission for most everything. On top of the weight/space cost of twin transmission, you need a large number of gears to make it smooth and even then it still struggles with low-speed maneuvers (particularly on hills). Basically, if you have a TD or something that can make use of the turning on the spot trick, go for it, otherwise it's not really worth it.

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

Turning on the spot never worked for the MBT i was making, it'd just try to move forward half the time

[@ZaffaPlaysGames]

Considering your struggles with firepower in this video, how about a turreted tank destroyer? Something roughly like the Challenger or FV215b: sacrifice armor and speed for the biggest gun you can reasonably manage.

[@sporperino]

the challenger was a bit faster tho but i agree

[@neontempest6924]

The new update has made many changes to the gearing. From what i can tell, the transmission now have some sort of failsafe to make sure the tank doesnt over rev as it did back then. So essentially if your gear is too short, it will reach the maximum rpm that is safe in its final gear which means the speed becomes limited to the amount of speed of the maximum rpm. So basically if the gears are too short, you will really struggle getting the speed you want despite seemingly having great acceleration at the start and if its too long, the tank will accelerate very slowly and may not even reach the final gears in the first place. So maybe trying to gear them better to find the perfect balance for the gearing. most often the case with these light vehicles, they really dont need that short of a gear from what made. Love the videos man, good luck on the next tank!

[@neontempest6924]

Oh! and using the G1/n for the gears will really help a lot too

[@boperadotto8703]

Yeah, he's definitely having a gearbox issue

[@SOIBand]

I wish for more scenarios or the implementation of community scenarios to keep things fresh. As much fun as this game is, it gets a little old after you have tried several challenges for the missions. I love watching you though, you are just entertaining.

[@santerilassila2201]

I would be interested to see scenarios that are based on tanks weight. Or scenarios that limit the tanks size to succeed.

[@tommeakin1732]

Imo there are three steps that will give this game near-infinite replayability: Custom battles that allow us *huge* amounts of flexibility (essentially so we can create our own scenarios), an accessible map making tool for players to use, and finally the obvious steam workshop support, so people can share tanks, maps, and custom battle settings. It's very important, imo, for this dev to delegate to the community on these things. One guy can't churn out that much - but the hive-mind of the community can create more content than anyone can feasibly play. I think that could be the difference between this game being good, or legendary

[@santerilassila2201]

@@tommeakin1732 agreed

[@theothertonydutch]

It would be cool to have a mode with a system like the creature system in spore where it basically introduces new tanks for you to try and destroy.

[@santerilassila2201]

@@theothertonydutch if there could be a way to the community to submit their own tanks to some type of list which would keep the variety up.

[@atrashlemon7735]

Basically making a tank that fires super strong shells so fast it never gets hit

[@maxmachac9756]

If i remember correctly, you should have your min rmp set to half of your max rpm

[@PatchBits]

I was basing it off my desired minimum horsepower/tonne ratio, I'll give your way a try

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

"Bit of a suasage party" Is that why you built the world's heaviest roast pot?

[@wideyxyz2271]

Who would have thought that the sound of a wooden spoon hitting an empty sauce pan could evoke such instant misery!

[@TalosCreations]

KSP music works so well with Sprocket

[@_Peperek]

man, ur channel do be regular, i love it! edit : but i think ill need to do a crusade cos ur pfp

[@enzo_frsh]

Bruh

[@tommeakin1732]

For the latewar missions, you actually really don't need crazy guns. I've made a few different light tanks with tiny guns (like 40mm and even 30mm) and they can still wreck. High numbers of tanks + very high speed + rapid firing guns can be brutal

[@PatchBits]

I might give that a go at somepoint, just the lightest boi possible

[@tommeakin1732]

@@PatchBits The swarm beckons ; - ;

[@sporperino]

@@PatchBits maybe you can try making an auto cannon by giving the loader large amounts of space and evolving it

[@egoalter1276]

Yes, the small caliber guns get insane penetration values in late war scenarios. I imagine it is not intended, seeing as these were not really achieved until the 7ps with the advent of apfsds, and even then, the penetration values were smaller than those in the game.

[@cayden3410]

Wait did I catch this early?

[@somerandomdude9657]

The only way here was really fast light tank with a strong turret (i recomand a 75mm)

[@SlowpokeSpartan]

I made a little tank destroyer based off of the prefab model lV. I didn’t expect to beat every mission except tangia

[@andrewwoodhead3141]

A tank with no armour is , by definition , not a tank.

[@mrdoge9508]

Think the whole doesn't fit in the turret thing is a bug from the newest update, happens to my things to. From my experience it fixes itself if you touch the hull dimensions at all. Can put them back after, just stretch it on spawn so it realizes there's room in the turret.

[@MarksmanDynamics]

best series on youtube

[@NOTRTGAME]

2:05 kinda looks a tiger (p)

[@untouched.meatballpan1091]

Ah, an armored car on treads !

[@youraverageengineer6957]

the first design kinda reminds of a mini Porsche tiger

[@ZaffaPlaysGames]

I knew Crossroads would be a tough one when I suggested this but _ouch._

[@felixsteiner1295]

I always use cannon with 85mm or 152mm or 125mm, and sloped armor of 70+ deg.

[@daemonsmith5525]

bit of a sausage party i prefer the term, a Wurstparty

[@mrdoge9508]

Can't wait for christie suspension now.

[@natelovestotank2363]

Wait, there’s an audio issue? xD I couldn’t even tell, maybe because I only have an iPad and a single earbud that I use sometimes

[@Joe-hh6ds]

Are u gonna mark more build focused vids?

[@PatchBits]

I'm just struggling for ideas that really grip me at the moment, more will come.

[@Adroan98]

question.... why does the game u have in you discription say warthunder?

[@PatchBits]

I didn't enter a game manually, and youtube has automatically determined it to be war thunder (incorrectly).

[@Adroan98]

@@PatchBits ahh okay XD that makes sense anyway nice vids you gonna do some pvp viedeos when they will eventually be pvp in sproket?

[@jidk6565]

I'm the .2%! HAHA

[@Psiberzerker]

Okay, if you can't do it in NTL, you can't say "The entire game." I know, it's even worse now that there's Rolling Resistance, but that's the challenge! If it will beat NTL, it will beat the game.

[@PatchBits]

It's mostly the huge design differentials required between world war 1 and world war 2 tanks. Redesigning the tank to work with later eras would require such significant design changes that it would essentially be a completely different tank. I know it's a bit of a let down, but it's just impractical for the videos duration, and for my sanity lol

[@Psiberzerker]

@@PatchBits Not really. I just use the extra volume to add more gun. Really, just max out your Turret Diameter at Ambush. Especially if you're going with 5mm Armor all around, because that penalty is minimized.

[@egoalter1276]

No tanks land is unplayable until they fix track grip when crpssing trenches. It shoupdnt even be part of the game as it stands.

[@wideyxyz2271]

Just Like the CDC only the guns crap on that too.....

[@MarksmanDynamics]

and that concludes my sperm count.

[@natelovestotank2363]

The other 0.2% of viewers is probably some guy who still uses his mum’s account or something

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

there are no girls on the internet

[@atrashlemon7735]

“Evolving a tank with no armor” Literally 20mm and 15mm armor on hull