The Artillery King Of Low Tier Tanks

Decal link: tinyurl.com/42thwzv3
The British Matilda Hedgehog is a heavy tank with a mortar on the back of it. It's one of the few vehicles in War Thunder that can actually do indirect fire, though it is extremely difficult to aim. It is an amazing tank regardless.
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Songs used (in order from first to last):
Various Command and Conquer: Generals Tracks
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The Artillery King Of Low Tier Tanks

[@Spookston]

New decal has been approved, get the current one while you can!

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

What's it look like?

[@USS_Grey_Ghost]

KV-220

[@Felix32142]

Watching this in school rn

[@SwedishGunTree]

Cool, day 32 of asking for the 75/18m41

[@mtbwithjure7809]

Merkava mk1B video when?

[@michak5vods32]

The allies in ww2: "We need a tank to destroy submarines" The British: "Say less"

[@joshuamueller3206]

Actually the Australians.

[@danb4900]

Aussie modification because the Japanese had shit tanks till the end of the war

[@princesspupcake1269]

Russia would go on to keep this tradition alive with their T-62 Submarine Hunters.

[@Offical_LadaRiva_1982]

xD

[@diooverheaven6561]

You mean British prison island right?

[@Gregorio416]

*low tier surrounds Spookston* “All I am surrounded by is fear and dead men”

[@tfk_001]

And planes

[@piritskenyer]

When the doom music starts

[@kiksiidiriiksii7194]

That quote is just a little too intelligent for Spookston

[@exxusdrugstore300]

The Matilda experience

[@nixanser]

The hedgehog is the only real artillery tank ingame. You can't tell me otherwise.

[@Thurden_mixd]

i can look: nuh uh

[@SaraHeartlin]

The 15cm slg Is Just Better

[@DemonicRange]

Katyusha rocket trucks tho

[@TheBananamonger]

The AuF? The VIDARS? Like what???

[@Ranto294]

RBT-5

[@WTCasual]

Pro-tip, the hedgehog mortars are pre-set to a range of exactly 190m, you can't change it but if you're able to get your ranges down perfectly, they become useful 👍

[@CmoreChap]

About 0.12km from a CAP I find

[@WTCasual]

@@CmoreChap it's 0.19km assuming flat ground, any elevation changes you gotta account for on the fly.

[@Ext3rmin4tor]

So they are useless

[@masonagent4009]

@@Ext3rmin4torif you can’t find a way to use them yes. but for others they are not

[@anttisinivuori5259]

In fact you can slightly adjust the aim upwards, but it is slow, inconvenient and impractical, because you have to look and aim really upwards.

[@connor22abrams4]

Watching a highly skilled player go into low tier and decimate the new players will never stop being funny to me.

[@benmcccool0123]

Indeed Connor lmao

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

"I don't understand why we're not getting newer players" *Watches man go in and get three 17 kill games* "Couldn't tell ya."

[@CatWithAOpinion]

@@aiedenoldstien9751 we're doing them a favor.

[@Ext3rmin4tor]

​@@CatWithAOpinion ^this

[@imperatornoinga3646]

kinda think its a little boring tbh. You know he is just gonna W key and smoke everyone

[@chrip8614]

As an Enlisted player i dread the day the Hedgehog is going to be added (For those who don't know, Enlisted and WT use the same engine and all tanks used in the former are imported straight to the latter). Serouusly, 90% of stuff that is useless in WT is busted in Enlisted simply because you have squishy infantry to shoot at

[@Shinzon23]

Like the German rocket tanks on Normandy, because they can sit at the ammo point have 280 mm rockets that kill everything within 30 feet. And the only thing that can reach them is planes as they are technically out of bound for the allies

[@mattevans4377]

Aren't there infantry that can call in artillery strikes? Wouldn't that work against them?

[@Shinzon23]

@mattevans4377 The artillery isn't generally powerful enough to take out a tank. You have to use a bombing run. But the chance of hit for a bombing run is not great, considering you have like two minutes to move out of the blast zone if you're the tank. And it doesn't let you aim into the enemy spawns for obvious reasons, so you absolutely need to use a plane to kill a panzerwerfer whose sitting on the ammo spot

[@maineiacman]

I wish Spookston and Odd would get together and play Enlisted

[@Mister.A2200]

T 28 E might be OP in enlisted

[@OddBawZ]

12:26 - LOL! They might not be effective but they sure are funni.

[@rocketcello5354]

Isn't that the point?

[@exato2422]

Can you play the Matilda OddBawZ?

[@Person4772]

Fun Fact! The Matilda hedgehog is one of the only vehicles to get the 2pdr HE round, which is extremely useful against open top vehicles despite only being a 40mm

[@Ext3rmin4tor]

Is it historically accurate? As far as I know the 2pdr didn't have HE rounds.

[@sargesacker2599]

@@Ext3rmin4tor The 2pdr gun did have a HE shell its just it was so ineffective and useless no one bothered to carry it.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

@Ext3rmin4tor yes the 2pdr had HE, but it was introduced in October 1942 in very small numbers. But wasn't on the front lines until December 1942. Most units still using 2pdrs did not received the HE shells untill 1944, some only got them in 1945. Only matildas in the Pacific received HE shells due to the late introduction and low priority in production.

[@FeatherWing162]

The normal Matilda and A.C.1 also get it, which still confuses me as at least the Crusader II should also be able to get it.

[@ethanedwards422]

​@@Ext3rmin4torit did have HE, but they weren't the best. What could be dealt with by 2pdr HE, could also be dealt with the 7.62 machine gun.

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

One Matilda II variant that could to the game is one that was fitted with a 6-pdr gun in the turret of the Cromwell. Most likely it would be a premium.

[@steffent.6477]

You can find that one in WoT^^ It's called Matilda Black Prince.

[@luketfer]

Sadly it never actually saw combat and was, at best, a test piece. Also as for it being called the Matilda Black Prince, apparently we have no idea where Wargaming come up with that name since it was never used on the actual project.

[@exxusdrugstore300]

I feel like the turret would make it pretty useless depending on what BR it's put at. I never understood why they didn't just use the Churchill's 6-pounder turret.

[@Warhawk14145]

Another thrilling video of "Am I going to be CAS'd or not?"

[@lbgstzockt8493]

>gets 17 kills and two caps >loses low tier is very special

[@ATaciturnGamer]

I think I've gotten 17 kills in all my British games combined

[@thegrandestcherokee7161]

I got 19 with 3 myself and still lost. Good times

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

8:11 Is when he finally gets a hedgehog kill

[@djnotnice108]

I love how Spookston just has my entire Spotify playlist in his videos from Halo to Dusk

[@LionMaster_WT]

Day 128 of asking Spookston to play the IS-2 (1944)

[@duckman5891]

I agree!

[@mage_mini1945]

Never!

[@ThyLocalIdiot]

Affirmative!

[@pizza_dwarf]

Air! *Gets bombed*

[@M1A2_AbramsSEPv3]

ATTACK THE D POINT

[@tomasmisek5598]

Every time spookston fires the mine launcher I hear "GO GO GADGET ROCKET!" in my head

[@tribblefluffer]

The smoke isn't there to save his tank, it's there to annoy you after you kill him. XD

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

German mains just think it makes then invincible

[@Lo-tf6qt]

Yunno I've never seen you play the Conqueror yet, would love to see your take on it since it's such a niche vehicle that only works when the matchmaker feels like it

[@devvy_01]

I've found this thing to be very good at creeping barrages when going to a contested cap zone

[@destroyer1destroyer]

You know what else is an artillery? A Katyusha, you should play it

[@fyber5517]

Dear god, just imagine a British Matilda, with an American 57mm gun, and a better reverse gear.. that would be terrifying.. (Yes, I know there's a soviet matilda, but still).

[@exxusdrugstore300]

If it had an electric transmission like the T1 or the Turan that could reverse at full speed, it would be un-defeatable.

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

We don't acknowledge the Russian one. But let's skip the 57. Let's just give it a battleship gun

[@TakenWithout]

Isn’t the American 57mm a license built version of the 6pounder just with APHE

[@ethanedwards422]

The closest thing to that I can think of is the Matilda black prince in WoT. No clue how historically accurate it is, or if it was just a prototype. It had a Cromwell turret with a 6pdr (a 57mm)

[@exxusdrugstore300]

@ethanedwards422 If only they could have made it work and still be effective. The Churchill was a much better tank, but the Matilda has a much more graceful look to it.

[@Kasian02]

Respect for Dusk OST. BTW early swedes with APDS rounds are... Interesting.

[@attila2998]

Spookston, the Alecto video is all i ask for, please end my suffering and break the curse of the funny lowtier british doomcannon

[@lordyoda607]

The first round is how I imagine the one competent Italian tank crew felt when they somehow lost the battle after carrying an entire armor regiment.

[@bubbarific099]

can we see a video with Spookston using the KV-2 but with the G-530 round? it has almost as much HE filler as the HE round, and it still overpressures things even if you dont pen.

[@dropkickanator1122]

The Matilda has gotta be my most favourite tank (That i can afford to repair) to use and its great to see you do so well in it :D You might like the Alecto 1 (Its one of the only low tier british things that doesnt use solid shot)

[@exxusdrugstore300]

The Tilder is an absolute monster to anything below 2.7 and a turtle flipped on it's back to anything above it.

[@dingusdean1905]

@@exxusdrugstore300At Arras, Matildas overran German AT positions literally. The gun crews had to scramble in a panic to avoid getting crushed along with their 37mm guns. I bet those Germans thought they were monsters in an almost literal sense

[@exxusdrugstore300]

@@dingusdean1905 Until dragged in the 88s, although I guess that's quite a statement about their strength.

[@benracer]

That victory announcement was brought to you by AWACS Longcaster. Dig in to a tasty burger

[@Cosmetic_Cat.]

It would be pretty cool to see spook play the Strv 103-0/A/C :)

[@zockertwins]

Hey Spook, I'd like to see you play the Stug III A. It's a really overlooked low tier TD that can work as a brawler with decent armor, good mobility and a quick-reloading point-and click HEAT dispenser.

[@juusolatva]

5:00 the Zrinyi II and both of the Italian M43 tank destroyers actually have decent armor

[@sinterso2.036]

One of the Italian TD has the same frontal armor as a Tiger, at a lower br with a decent gun, only weak point is transmission plate.

[@anttisinivuori5259]

Fun seeing this little gem played. One of its upsides is that it is an event vehicle, so it can actually be used to grind most ground based events, and it doesn't cost too many GJC.

[@vitor0050]

The background music brought back memories of ''command conquers and generals'', Nice video.

[@Ilikeitaliantank]

You should try the r3t106, it’s small light has 2 guns and it’s quite quick, right up your alley…. I think

[@Ilikeitaliantank]

Thrank you spoktin for hearting my commnt

[@swarmergaming9546]

Spookston loves the T18 so much, make him play the AEC Mk2 Im playing it in 6.3 alongside the Strikemaster and im getting endless top of the team matches. Top shelf gremlin.

[@liezllyncanlas2936]

2:35 one of the most hilariously parts😂😂

[@jamesburdian56]

Lil bro got killed by the wind lol

[@MaksimNaruta]

Spookston is one of the only youtuber that doesn't beg for subscribers which makes him very enjoyable to watch!!

[@PonkingtonHeights]

I don’t know any specific locations you can sit, but if I remember correctly the Matilda’s mortars hit 210m in front of you, assuming you are on flat ground. I might be wrong, but that’s what I remember it hittting at

[@britishspy4791]

No artillery of any sort can match the British conqueror in power……. Also I got that thing from the event and only used its whole special thing only a few times.

[@purplebatdragon]

I have to praise whoever the editor for this one was, very good.

[@messyjessem.3108]

This tank seems like something OddBawz should be here for.

[@yazovgang]

Day 119 of asking spookston to play the 15cm sIG

[@theboy3128]

Always love to see the lower tier matches definetly the most fun you can have in war thunder, by the way can you at some point in tome make a video on the Panzer IV/70(A) basically a taller Panzer IV/70 but at 4.3 for some reason? And is there a place were we could post cat pictures/memes for potential videos?

[@konnorhalsey6981]

My favorite part of the Matilda Hedgehog is once you fire the rockets the launcher is incredible armor. Everyone just fires at it making them an easier kill.

[@mig1739]

Bro British engineers finding inspiration for a forward gear is also the turtle.

[@Canadian_sheep]

Big funny spookston video :) (also can you do a video on the BMP-3 or BMD-4?)

[@fatrobin72]

Spooks: "Oh God, I'm surrounded." Me: "may God rest their souls"

[@thegerb5417]

Your use of sound effects is on point. And fart noises will always be funny.

[@juusolatva]

apparently Spookston didn't get the memo that they gave APHE to vehicles with the 2-pounder

[@redfoxgaming6804]

Hey spookston, funny little fact, i just checked out the stats for this Matilda and it seems that you can fire the mortars up to a range of 190 meters, but there is elevation when you point your canon barrel up, so you can shorten the travel distance by elevating the whole mortar rack

[@juusolatva]

4:33 there's the reason I have a button bound for resetting the sight range back to zero

[@louiswright8282]

1:04 Keepers of the Gate? Nice! Love DUSK

[@babalonkie]

Don't underestimate the 2 pounder. FunFact: Mid war a Czech designer in Britain made a squeeze bore barrel Adaptor for the 2 pounder called the "Littlejohn". It squeezed the round into a smaller shape and increased it's velocity. The 2 pounder with this adaptor had better ballistics in everyway than a 6 pounder sabot. A few other nations also copied the idea but the idea really never took off outside a couple of guns due to the extra mechanics required in maintenance.

[@krelekari]

The hedgehog and the rarely seen Valentine XI are my favorite tanks to roll out when I'm feeling bummed about hightier

[@AstroSlamacow]

Heya spooker Ive recommended this in the past but if you could make a video on the Ikv 103 with 400mm of pen at 4.0 that would be a pretty fire video not going to lie Great content as always ❤

[@OdoGoldenpaw]

I just had the weirdest youtube bug ever. I clicked this video and it pulled up this video, had the description, spookstons channel and everything but it was playing an oddbawz video lol. I was like, wait a min

[@Hebelgran]

“Oh I’m surrounded” Proceeds to destroy the enemy completely

[@davidshapiro5919]

This tank is peak Spookston. Specifically the Hedgehog. Like your personality fits this tank. You would be it's voice actor in a cars-like movie.

[@OrkaTm]

Opens KZbin, sees that spookston has uploaded. Internal joy

[@Chicken-ql1vi]

Spookston: I am not a fan of 2v1 scenarios Also Spookston: Massacring the entire enemy team

[@supermickey6196]

Love when spookston talks abt how brutally he wants to hurt someone (in game)

[@Spaceman404.]

I appreciate the use of the Dusk soundtrack during the first fight of the video.

[@Livewyr7]

"Commander: Objective achieved, Dig in" (Entrench in the position.) Spooks: But I'm not hungry. lol

[@user-bq3yj7ot7n]

spookston, another british, or british tech tree vehicle at least. its been soo long and its soo needed

[@MemesOfProduction69]

Thank you for liking my comment asking you to play the M3 GMC Spookston. I hope you do eventually play it because, if used correctly, it causes absolute havoc up to 4.7 even pushing 5.0 at times and that for someone much less skilled then you such as myself

[@krelekari]

Spookston can you try out the Valentine XI? Its an early capstone that is often bypassed for more XP tree progression but it's absurd for it's tier firing a round that can pen most anything of its teir but not be penned with proper angling or obfuscation of the "pls dont shoot me" areas A 10/10 learning tank for heavy vehicles

[@defender1214]

"I'm not a fan of 2v1 scenarios" Spookston in the first match fighting half of the enemy team at the same time and still winning:

[@Jakezillagfw]

1:02 "All I am surrounded by is fear and dead men"-Spookston and some crippled asthmatic

[@Legobuilder44]

Finaly a new you saved my day

[@critty872]

I definitely didn't expect Dusk music for that little bit at the beginning 10/10

[@jacob5169]

Challenge suggestion for you: You and Oddbawz go into a battle and try to go through the entire match with your towcables attached to each other. I saw another youtuber messing around with this and it was very funny.

[@stephenquinn5392]

Watching Spookston is like reading a Garfield comic.

[@lubomiraposova9749]

Hi, you should try the Polish Sherman Firefly beacuse i think it is a solid premium. Another nice video spookston.

[@TheGrace020]

Spookston stop being so funny 😭youre killing me

[@XanderZ0ne]

I think that turtle in the intro was faster than the reverse speed of british tanks lol

[@josephsnyder7212]

Spookston must be taking lessons from oddbawz with his plane snipes

[@EmptBotl]

gotta be one of the coolest thumbnails yet

[@connortheandroidsentbycybe7740]

5:53 so, Britain did tank doctrine a little differently. We only had 2 types of tanks, the Cruiser tanks (Comet, Cromwell etc) which were lightly armoured & fast to exploit breakthroughs. We also had Infantry tanks (Churchill, Matilda) which were designed to be infantry support, so were slower & more heavily armoured. The thinking was there's no point making them go a million miles an hour, because an infantry force isn't going to be able to keep up with them, so instead, give them a shit tonne of armour to protect from frontal fire. And, with how they were envisioning the next war, it would frontal fire, because they were, essentially, expecting WW1 again

[@louispaluszkiewicz7843]

Spookston : « I m not a fan of 2v1 scenario » Spookston at the beginning :* killing 10 tanks in a matter of seconds*

[@DustyGamma]

The expended rocket rack is like a matador's red cape, a nice distraction.

[@micahmurphy4546]

I think this mught be one of your best videos

[@Octavian_A]

"I am surrounded", starts shooting in every direction killing everything in view.

[@dillond9747]

@2:51 spookston sounds like an old timey buggy cranking over😅

[@Skill_1ssue]

“Enemy column in that direction” “Roger, removing that direction”

[@notazombie...notatall8577]

The funny thing, the hedgehog rocket flies around ~250m, it's very useful to use it on caps, because the cap shows you exactly the distance you're from it.

[@LucasChapman-bn7vk]

Remembering the time I got on thundershow for a double hedgehog rocket kill

[@bobkowalski7655]

12:13 My favourite british end of the game voice line is "Ok chaps, put the kettle on!"

[@Toji-qe1wc]

Great video love that it lasts 15 minutes when you play british thing (pls play the sheridan or the m103)

[@DrRaccoon-ux9gq]

the rockets are ranged to about 180 meters, and since they dont fire in line with the barrel theyre super hard to get consistent hits with but the thing is still a blast to play

[@NapoleonBonaparte05]

Lmao the explosion of the AVRE

[@katfox2004]

the fucking sturmpazer round with the piano made me cackle so loud in the middle of the library lmao

[@hunk8562]

I can INSTANTLY tell this wasnt edited by spookston.

[@princesspupcake1269]

Hitting a plane's bomb doesn't actually seem to do damage lately, I think you just nailed his fuel-tank directly.

[@pauld6967]

It has been a while since I used my hedgehog Matilda but if memory serves, the range on the mortar rounds are pre-set to 200 yards.

[@KarmelKoloredKilla]

2:50 i find it surprisingly easy to use the 40mm gun for anti air, no not smth like a bofors. I’m talking about about the British 2 pdr or smaller caliber guns of tanks

[@sgtdude1110]

This is what makes low tier fun, every single player doesn't give a damn about their own survival. There are enemy tanks having a party and you are inviting yourself to it if they like it or not.

[@td23asus]

Love spook being confounded by a Zrinyi II

[@flamingpotato8906]

You should play the japanese ST-A1, very cool

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Godly Intro Cute Spook Gameplay Where Mick Gordon?

[@christerprestberg3973]

Getting surrounded in the Matlida always reminds me of that Darth Vader meme, " All Iam surrounded by is fear, and dead men". Aatleast when you are top BR in the match ^^ .

[@WoooshProductions]

Attemp morbillion of spookston playing the ho ri production