The Coolest Heavy Tank

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The American T26E1-1 or Super Pershing is one of the most interesting tank concepts ever fielded during WWII. It is an M26 that has an upgraded cannon and wears the armor of a German Panther tank. In War Thunder it is pretty amazing, though I wouldn't say it's better than the T26E5.
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The Coolest Heavy Tank

[@Spookston]

I finally did it

[@TheGrace020]

SPOOKIEEEE :DDDDDDDD

[@Klausinator115]

YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!

[@mistercornell4755]

for some reason you saying that reminded me of a song by queen

[@Ezekiel-wk5hz]

I love the e1 great gun can easily one tap Panthers tigers slightly easier cause of the shell but it's one of the best heavys at its br right behind the t34

[@jdawwwgytb]

:D

[@grantforester1864]

Army engineer lore is wild, my fathers friend said he stole a superiors bed frame and welded it onto his tank in Vietnam

[@warthunder_storm]

LMAO

[@penzorphallos3199]

Ah yes the ancestral cope/cage armor

[@MrMediator24]

"Sorry chief, ain't sleeping tonight"

[@panther-nk2hn]

This does not surprise me at all

[@The-lr4zo]

​@penzorphallos3199 SLAT armor is no joke if you'll be getting hit by anything that ISN'T a Javelin.

[@Keryaken133]

Pershing upon seeing a Panther "Your skin is mine"

[@Allen_Blunt]

yorue*

[@grigss3027]

"you're" is improper, your is the grammatically correct word for that sentence.

[@Keryaken133]

thanks@@grigss3027

[@candle_eatist]

*yro'ue

[@cylerherbst9143]

youreu'e*

[@ZGD-yy9oy]

13:55 Lancaster drops 12,000lbs bomb only to kill two of his own teammates who happened to be spawn camping.

[@Th3Bishop3]

He knew what must be done.

[@monkepotato3897]

"Well if you like heavy tanks so much, why don't you play the Churc-" "No"

[@Chase92488]

yeah bro play the t28e trust its fun

[@arlobones3410]

The tank version of stealing your enemies skulls

[@pvt.bushmann5903]

Ironically there are accounts of American tankers decorating their machines with the skulls of Japanese soldiers in the Pacific Theatre.

[@doubledouble4g379]

More like a tribal hunter skinning a great beast and wearing its hide as protection or a trophy.

[@Green-ader]

@@pvt.bushmann5903based Americans

[@candle_eatist]

@@Green-ader dunno about that

[@Turk3YbAstEr]

using the bones of your dead enemies as armor to protect you from your other enemies

American engineers really watched mad max and just rolled with it

[@roys.1889]

American Tank crews but as absolutely blasted as the War Boys, charging headlong into a fortified position yelling "WITNESS ME!" would be really metal.

[@diooverheaven6561]

Engineers? More of soldiers in the field

[@donutgaming88]

The new MAD THUNDER GUYS YELL THAT​@@roys.1889

[@connivingkhajiit]

Fun fact: 6:50 the T26E1-1 is frontally immune to the centurion due to the multiple plates shattering the apds

[@tirushone6446]

1:48 solid 4 meters of steel in a random pixel jump scare

[@monticore1626]

Chad super pershing vs virgin m1a2 sepv3

Wearing the skin of your defeated enemies is so metal

[@daltonfitkin2536]

Although there’s something to be said about if you defeated him how good is his armor anyways

[@Teh0X]

Yes the enemy tank with 38.1mm armor plates...

[@daltonfitkin2536]

@@Teh0X I’m just saying from a metaphorical standpoint they’re dead for a reason

[@thelordofcringe]

The t26e1-1 is actually a t26e4 with the t15e1 gun rather than the standard 15e2 that most t26e4s used. The reason so many people try to claim its a t26e1-1 is because that was the hull number. It was the very first t26e1, and it was converted into the very first t26e4. All later 26e4s used the second version of the cannon.

[@razorbladeflamingo3635]

That sure was numbers.

[@snapcountersteer]

wow, never knew that the army pioneered the naming scheme of PC monitors and washing machines.

[@NapoleanBlown-aparte]

"Pershing" "The cooler pershing"

[@morbuskid1720]

Super Pershing - "I see no gods up here, other than me" .50 Cal to the external Vertical drive- "Oh fuk"

[@raskzak3313]

French 320mm penetration shell : "So I've heard you were strong ?"

[@Kahoonamints-xf6kb]

After playing like two hundred matches as the super Pershing I only recall my vertical being shot out like three times NOBODY SHOOTS IT

[@dallasjonpaulgrove547]

@@Kahoonamints-xf6kb Because they too afraid of being deleted by it's Mega cannon to attempt it lmao.

[@Kahoonamints-xf6kb]

@@dallasjonpaulgrove547 true true

[@ThatGuyOrby]

I really hate that the turret springs are considered to be the vertical drive. It isn't.

[@FatherGrigori]

The jumbo pershing and the super pershing are really fun. Its a shame that the normal pershing is at the same br as the other two

[@RicardoSanchez-es5wl]

True, the normal Pershing should be 6.3 or so. However, it still does OK at 6.7

[@uqi1412]

Exactly, cant believe gaijin would be stupid enough to put it at 6.7 where the only plus is, it has fewer Spawn point to cost

[@SchlopFlopper]

Uptiers SUCK too. You are fucked if you encounter a Post-War IS-Series or the Maus.

[@christerjackson9589]

@@uqi1412 Pershings that are better than the base M26 (6.7) The M26E1, just an M26 but with the long 90mm (6.7) The T26E5, same gun with a fuck ton of armor (6.7) The T26E1-1 more armor, more gun (6.7)

[@aaronfalcon3152]

@@christerjackson9589 M26 T99 - Same tank but with fucktonnes of rockets. has a 75% winrate at 6.7 :kekw:

[@LightYourDarkness]

If a tribal leader wearing bones as armor was a tank:

[@thisangell5935]

Friendly reminder, you have less pen, 5-6 second longer reload, slower Velocity, worse Armour than a King Tiger but are the exact same BR. But you look infinitely cooler, checkmate.

[@ksawerds]

Classic gajin

[@Natan-yw3xc]

And you will still dominate the average German king tiger player in the super pershing

[@TheGXDivider]

You have troller armor, are faster, and pen is about the same

[@Aidan-fw1xr]

I don’t know, the only thing going for the king tiger is the UFP, the Pershing has super trolly armor that just allows you to angle the slightest bit and wiggle your turret to avoid any damage, I die way easier as a king tiger than the super Pershing as long as no bushes are involved or APDS

[@knightplatinum9676]

While the king tiger is amazing, it's easily killed with a current shot near the optic, if I'm not actively trying to guard it I die in seconds.

[@bloxxmax]

Try to get a kill with every weapon on the BMP-2M. Including the 30mm grenade launcher and proxy missiles.

[@bloxxmax]

The 7.62 might be to hard so I'll leave it up to you. But hey you might see a low tier vehicle.

[@RepublicanGuardMan]

Ive seen the grenade launcher being very useful used as indirect fire in coordination with a drone but the guy who does it is just insane

[@seadragonyt5391]

@@RepublicanGuardManLoner is cool.

[@theoneandonlyartyom]

quick reminder that in tank assault arcade you can get waves composed of 40 super pershings

[@dreadlord50]

Don't forget is3s

[@Eskeletor_210]

It’s disgustingly hard to survive that

[@legion4022]

I miss the time where assault arcade was easier than it is now. When they removed the mouse, the Tiger 105, the Panther 2 and the Coelian I spend around 24 hours in assault arcade with my thrusty Tiger 2 P and researched the Tiger 2 H, the Tiger 105, the Panther 2, the Coelian and the Mouse. After that I took a six montiert break because I coudn't stand to play War Thunder after that session. On the bright side, I still have the four tanks that were removed from the techtree, but I don't know if it was worth it

[@WaukWarrior360]

​​​@@legion4022Tbf, it's because the Maus was never fully completed so has made up stats and the Tiger 105 and Panther 2 never existed.

[@pz.vincesiqueiros7185]

Tank assault isn't hard because of the waves of heavy tanks or MBTs. It's because of braindead teammates. The top advice i can give to everyone that plays that mode in a stock tank is to always aim for the tracks. It usually stops 1/3 of a flank and if you can stop 3 tanks, you can stop an entire flank and you can either: A:Jump into a bomber or helicopter and dunk on the AI B: continue taking out the remaining AI tank tracks if your shell isn't reliable. Sure, you may not get the most kills, but that's not gonna matter when you get RP based on mission scores in PvE. I've seen a lot of players end up in 1st place by having like 30 kills with 98 assists a lot. This would net you almost 4.5k vehicle RP per match and 3.5k RP for individual part research

[@MilkerOfMoms]

The super Pershing to the Panthers armor”I like ya,and I want ya..we can do this the easy way or the hard way. The choice is yours Ms.Panther”

[@darkninjacorporation]

0:53 To be totally fair the first Pershings brought to fight in Korea had been left sitting in open-salt air storage sheds in Japan since 1945. The fact that they got restored to running condition so fast with minimum spare parts is, imo, impressive. Sure the radiators were clogged like a fat guy at McDonalds, but they held up for a day or two!

[@OddBawZ]

The tank that made me download War Thunder in the first place! :)

[@ChainRG]

Hi odd!

[@M26E4SuperPershing]

Same for me

[@jacksonlarson6099]

​@@M26E4SuperPershing Now if only Gaijin would use the correct designation.

[@danmallery9142]

2:42 I am not sure why all the tank designers didn't put rolled homogeneous steel aside and just make all their tank armor out of the glass that optics are made of. According to the snail, that stuff will stop any round you throw at it.

[@arstotzkanatthedmz4486]

Can confirm will stop the sturmtiger rocket

[@Endermann111]

like literally the periscopes seem to be actual blackholes eating any shells thrown at them xD

[@glennmartin8664]

* sends several young men to a fiery, screaming, hellish death* Spookston: bop

[@alexhuntercdc5151]

Basically a panther’s skin walker

[@roys.1889]

Wears the armor of the tank it destroyed. Tank's engine sounds like its dying. I think it might have gotten infected with the German reliability curse by wearing the extra armor.

[@ironiso411]

You know what, atleast it gets somewhere without transmission breaking down

[@marco8414]

2:58 "is that a Conq?" missed opportunity to use a Philomena Cunk soundbite

[@mrman3099]

"What is a building?"

[@th35ictor]

@@mrman3099 "Why Jesus didn't paint himself?"

[@TedTheHobbyist]

Did Arthur came a lot ?

[@ThatEndGuy]

3:43 this part made me chuckle Also welcome back dude

[@imnomoremaverick]

The reason why i prefer the Super Pershing over the Jumbo is that it trades armor for firepower,you have the T32 cannon at a tiny br below it. And,moreover,the armor tradeoff is still insanely good: if you angle your armor properly,you become a swiss cheese but without getting penned, it's hilarious seeing long 88s and 122mm getting eaten by the proto-composite armor (ik it's spaced and not composite, whatever). You only have 2 enemies, however: uptiers and M-51s. Those last things can kill you anywhere at any distances

[@rockyboi9360]

Out of all my games playing War Thunder within the last week or so, the commander's rangefind has been a 60/40 for me. That commander has some quick ass math skills, I'll tell you that.

[@jintsuubest9331]

Not only that, but insanely good eyesight.

[@okdb4173]

I love how not only he is more accurate but actually faster. Usually tells me the distance with only half of the bar green

[@chez6459]

True but I don't think it was asked for to be added but it was a change I liked cuz I would struggle fighting at range cuz the vanilla rangefinder on ww2 vehicles can be an absolute lie so the fact the commander calls out the range to you and what vehicle is a welcome bonus imo

[@tazionuvolari8142]

We need a tank, that can fight King Tigers! -Take a Medium-Heavy -Take an elongated version of 90mm M3 - Put em together Congratulations! You now have a tank, that can reliable UFP Panther! - Task failed successfully

[@The-lr4zo]

What does UFP mean tho?

[@mesidiasvellal8353]

​@@The-lr4zoupper front armor

[@The-lr4zo]

@@mesidiasvellal8353 understood

[@cylerherbst9143]

@@mesidiasvellal8353 upper front plate*

[@Dukeringo]

IRL the normal M3 90mm could ufp a panther. Gajin just royal messed up modeling the 90mm and it's ammo

[@sunshinecoco12]

I like the replay shots/clips to explain what youre trying to say, i also like the parts where the camera stays still even when you move your crosshair. Id sya this is an improvement over the other videos since i havent noticed these things in other videos. Keep doing what ur doing, great video.

[@n0kla]

"I shall make a cape out of your skin" - U.S. Army engineer, moments before doing a little trolling

[@temporarysam5657]

i heard you hate british vehicles, vehicles that do no damage and vehicles that are basically CAS magnets, so i think you should play the ratel 90; a gigantic british light tank with no armor, that only gets 90mm HEAT with a 7 second aced reload and that somehow always gets strafed by planes before it's even allowed to leave spawn (day 36)

[@s1nenomine]

Panther: *Dies* Pershing: Gonna loot'em

[@pastoer7608]

high level crew+aced is so op. that barrel repair time was insanely low

[@Chase92488]

he was at a cap point so its faster

[@aubreyjphilips9481]

I love your editing, makes the videos that much better!

[@afatfrog5533]

2:00 He didnt even get to finish the sentence before the fox was sent to the shadow realm by the btr-80a

[@kurttempongko4587]

Spook, thanks so much for playing this

[@CDLC7]

I’m loving the new editing style! That pz4 convoy was hilarious

[@pz.vincesiqueiros7185]

I've had the sound bug recently too. I forgot what map it is but it's the one with Ice sheets next to the A Point. I remember flanking from there and hearing cannon sounds coming from the island in the distance and they would match the timing with either a killfeed or a teammate smacking someone.

[@tomasguimaraestavares7930]

4:05 the amount of panther armour in the super pershing did effect in spookston vision

[@WartinderEXE]

How’s the recovery going man

[@Spookston]

slow

[@_ptr09_]

@@SpookstonHope you get well soon!

[@WartinderEXE]

@@Spookston well that sucks I hope it goes well for you

[@aceshigh234]

Your editing and video quality in general really improved, very nice to see, keep it up!

[@goldenfox8895]

I love the little panzer 4 and tiger meme :)

[@Frost73268]

My life is complete. You have brought unimaginable joy to me this day. I assure you this act of kindness will never be forgotten

[@Basicallybaltic]

You talked about the M26E1 being at the same BR but just straight up worse, but now the M26 itself is at 6.7😭 its outclassed in EVERY aspect😭😭😭

[@Einheit101]

Almost all american T4 tanks are 0,3 too high, T26E5, M26, Jumbo, T25, T92...

[@Basicallybaltic]

@@Einheit101 Yeah, but the I think the T25 and M26 should both be 6.3, just decompress the BR system a bit and give the T25 its stabiliser.

[@Aperson84782]

@@Einheit101t20 as well

[@FinThunder-pd9vf]

I really like this new editing style! Keep it up!

[@neogeo39]

I love the higher quality memes, lot of effort I see, really keep it up

[@einLoffel]

You should play the very epic sarc 6pdr

[@Marko-polo777]

You should play the Pbv 301 in the Swedish tree

[@marblexeno]

Spookston thanks for playing this tank, it's one of my favourites. I remember you getting through a surgery like a week or two ago so I hope you recover fully (if you haven't already)

[@Insane_One]

Rare footage of spookston not losing his mind

[@OperatorJackYT]

The new editing is really good bro! :D

[@thebitgamer2425]

The Super Pershing DID duel a King Tiger in some German city (I think Cologne). The Pershing won when the Tiger drove up an incline of debris and exposed its belly

[@5co756]

😂 Sure buddy .....

[@PendulumJustice]

There was a Pershing that dueled with a Panther in Cologne and it's a pretty famous battle that was caught on film so you might be thinking of that or just the wrong city.

[@thebitgamer2425]

@@PendulumJustice I'm aware of that one, too. I got this from Greatest Tank Battles, that show that used to be on the Military Channel. More I think about it, it was in Dassau, not Cologne

[@night7185]

@@thebitgamer2425duel of dessau was a myth

[@mcourage345]

The report from the crew said king tiger. There was no king tiger in the area. It was a Panther. Infact, a recent project shows that the US didn't really fight tigers nearly as many times as they believed.

[@callumsmith9112]

I gotta say I really enjoy your new editing style.

[@Ppax11]

“ Yep, every game so far has been 7…” *cuts out*. Nice editing

[@blacksky121_]

SUPER HOT- uhh, I mean PERSHING

[@ShonRT]

When is Gaijin going to fix the Super Pershing's designation in game. The historical designation for the model used in War Thunder should be: T26E4 Temporary Pilot No.1, not T26E1-1 which refers to the first T26E1 prototype.

[@EATSxBABIES]

It unironically warms my heart when our boy compliments somebody in the video

[@doodskie999]

US: We are not savages Also US: Wears the Panther's skin like a madman

[@abloccofcheezz513]

Day 12 of asking spookston to play Mbt 70

[@YellowCard_Productions]

T26E1-1 is over powered with long gun and THAT ARMOR

[@liladoodle]

0:20 It also had add-on armor from a boiler placed on it. I believe the "ears" of the Super Pershing are what the boiler was used for.

[@austinbaccus]

Spookston, the reason you die to CAS 80% of the time is because most players aren't good enough to kill you tank to tank. Try bringing an anti-CAS AA friend along. You'll be invincible.

[@thexlonewolf671]

Day 9 of asking Spookston to play the Stuka. 🎺

[@michimatsch5862]

Holy hell, that metaphorical picture was soo smart. I didn't know Spookston was an artistic genius like that.

[@clang_the_owl42]

Man, your videos are consistently getting better and better without ever dipping in quality. It is always a pleasure to watch them. Thank you greatly. Hope your health gets much better

[@vachulak7737]

I love the way how Spookston thrashtalks his opponents. He absolutelly grills them but in such a nice way.

[@tawahachee8914]

Oh man, wasn't expecting to see this one. Super Pershing became my favorite tank ever since it was added to WoT in 0.7, and when I saw it here I knew I was gonna love it here too. And so it happened. No other tank feels to me as cool as this one, be it a T-90M, Abrams, or anything else

[@by_Geeky]

Enjoying the content also been noticing bit more quality and edits recently, keep it up 👍

[@brycenewsome7953]

Yessssss I’ve been waiting for this!!! Thank you Spookston for providing glorious content once again

[@Hide.the.Salami]

6:32 I have also noticed that you have a completely godlike ability to hit sticks with fast rocks that come from sticks despite a lot of other shaky sausagery

[@Jonathan-oe5vz]

Probably my favourite heavy tank at 6.7. Great cannon, decent mobility and good armor with a hint of volumetric bias. Despite on paper being weaker than the Tiger II, the tank just performs significantly better.

[@johnclement189]

Love the new edits Spook.

[@AstroSlamacow]

Heya spook! I think an interesting video would be on the TKX(p), the reason I say this, is because the TKX(p) is effectively the same as the TKX, but without some of the additional rolled armor (and just Dm33). What I enjoy to do in the TKX(p) is considering it has pneumatic suspension, with your dozer you can make some pretty fun hull down positions.

[@boredbarian1067]

Loved the little panzer IV moment in the video chief

[@user-ob9nk4tg1t]

You dont know how much ive waited to see you play the super pershing

[@snapicvs]

Hi Spookston! I hope you’re feeling much better. I love the content. I’d request that you allow the memes a little more time on screen. They’re hilarious and i wish they had more time to breathe. What probably feels like long enough in editing is much too short as a viewer. Anyway, keep doing what you do and I’m so glad you’re having so much success. Thank you!

[@bingusgaming8844]

love the small edits throughout the video

[@otisent463]

Man i love your videos, it's pleasure to watch them

[@cousinsean2191]

Loved the spookston thousand yard stare art.

[@halooord]

My favourite 6.7 tank. Thanks Spookie

[@melloyellowmoon3146]

I love the little cinematics like at 3:45

[@Thehackofzwerg]

9:59 that moment as he yelled at the German bull dog, sound very german 😂 natural talent

[@lukesimpson5909]

thank you spooky for Finally playing my fav tank

[@anonymous-cs8zt]

Man I'm really loving these new mini cinamtics

[@Tanks.With.Teeth.Malloy]

FINALLY!!! My goodness when I started watching your channel I was going down the USA line and fell in love with the Super Pershing. I asked for weeks and finally gave up 😂

[@poll-sd5rt]

Tbh I was going to request it as it is one of my most favourite tanks because of the gun + lineup with jumbo Pershing thanks :)

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

Great work!

[@kalebk9595]

YES! I have been hoping for this

[@pennycarvalho1223]

I feel like spookston should do some quick video talking about the updates like he once did, not really as a main video, but sorta of a side video. Like it wouldn’t even need a lot of editing for all that matters, cuz it would just be spook showing problems and trying to give good feedback about changes being good and bad.

[@CaudilloJunta]

What you said: Super Pershing wearing Panther armor. What I heard with this music: "Maurauder tank assembled"

[@duncanmcgee13]

13:32 and Fox players getting into enemy spawn before the enemies can even get out if it

[@dragonproductions236]

3:34 Trying to bounce the barrel instead of lowering the range is a mood.

[@assumedpoger19k]

Love the videos spookston I hope your doing well

[@jaroslaf6905]

Hey Spook. You seemed really happy and full of energy in this vid. If that's really how you feel then I'm glad your post-surgery recovery is going well. Wish you the absolute best man.

[@dimitryvoroshilov2556]

Love that spooks meets multiple heavly armored enemies and doesnt even consider for a second to switch to apcr

[@battle7342]

That animation with the tiger and the panzer 4s was hilarious

[@wardzyngaming8301]

Attempt 19 at getting Spookston to play the 90/53 M41M - an Italian glass cannon that penetrates anything at its BR....but it only has 8 bullets! No, that was not a spelling error, I *really* mean 8.

[@byrombeast3701]

boy have i waited for this video