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

[@DatMfay]

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.

[@Keep3r1438]

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.

[@absolutezero1247]

It's a win win, he either destroys enemies or spawncampers

[@meanmachine6173]

The hero we needed

[@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.

[@candle_eatist]

@@Green-aider dunno about that

[@Turk3YbAstEr]

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

[@Refrigerator44]

The most khornate tank

[@connivingkhajiit]

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

[@motorsport2342]

What about the machine gun port? I always try to aim for that when I'm in my Tiger 2

[@UNPSC-0]

@@motorsport2342Well as a US main, that’s probably a good move, but I’m unsure if the shell would ‘fit’ because of volumetric in an actual match, but if u were you, in a king tiger shoot the vertical drive or barrel, I think the front plate can be penned with a long 88 too.

[@motorsport2342]

@@UNPSC-0 So I went into an actual match and tried it out and 9 times out of 10 it went straight through and KO'd the tank

[@UNPSC-0]

@@motorsport2342 thought so

[@USSWisconsin]

​@@motorsport2342yeah, that's always my go to in the kingtiger and is-2, plus super and jumbo pershings are always so "arrogant" with their armour, they always push me and never expect to be penned.

[@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*

[@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

[@Ey_SmoKrac]

“the german captured churchill is all you will ever get, shut your trap.” -spookston 2024, probably

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

[@reaper305LG]

More likely the writers of Mad Max learned about this cannibalization of the panther and that’s what inspired them.

[@tirushone6446]

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

[@monticore1626]

Chad super pershing vs virgin m1a2 sepv3

[@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.

[@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!

[@paryudisaditya8845]

I'm trying to wrap my head around on what's a "open-salt air storage shed" is. Is it an open shed that used to store salt and air???

[@stormmorrell7583]

@@paryudisaditya8845he means it was in open storage exposed to salty ocean air salt water and metal don’t mix well

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

[@Operation_C4]

I mean, it is actually just metal...

[@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.

[@karl_franz_prince_and_emperor]

The us army in the 40s and 50s making the experimental t1274e423a3 (it's a Pershing with 2.7 extra mm of armor on the engine deck)

[@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

[@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”

[@VaultDelta]

What’s it goin be Tom?

[@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:

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@Rico-v7r]

​​​@@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

[@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

[@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.

[@USSWisconsin]

​@@RepublicanGuardMan still dont know how he ranges the enemies

[@ThatEndGuy]

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

[@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 ?

[@glennmartin8664]

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

[@Millie_oo0]

B o p

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@GloomyFlash]

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

[@afatfrog5533]

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

[@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.

[@tazionuvolari8142]

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

[@johannfrederichk3473]

4:35 the flinch is about to be visible when you twitch the sniper mode haha

[@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

[@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

[@tomasguimaraestavares7930]

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

[@snowman-man6096]

4:35 I love how much of a scaredy cat spookston is when he is an absolute unit on the battlefield 😂

[@kurttempongko4587]

Spook, thanks so much for playing this

[@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)

[@goldenfox8895]

I love the little panzer 4 and tiger meme :)

[@s1nenomine]

Panther: *Dies* Pershing: Gonna loot'em

[@duncanmcgee13]

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

[@NapoleanBlown-aparte]

"Pershing" "The cooler pershing"

[@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

[@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

[@mashedpotato7219]

6:41 This is litelarly the 6.7 experience, I dont renember the last time i got an even match or a downtier

[@IamWartinder]

How’s the recovery going man

[@Spookston]

slow

[@peterz_z]

@@SpookstonHope you get well soon!

[@IamWartinder]

@@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!

[@OperatorJackYT]

The new editing is really good bro! :D

[@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.

[@alexhuntercdc5151]

Basically a panther’s skin walker

[@miss_bec]

There's few things more terrifying as a new player in ground RB as rounding a corner, having no idea where to shoot this, hitting a heavily armoured spot and praying you reload before they send you back to the hangar

[@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

[@CaudilloJunta]

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

[@blacksky121_]

SUPER HOT- uhh, I mean PERSHING

[@kicks880]

11:37 As if this wasn't bad enough, Gaijin decided to move the standard Pershing up 6.7 as well.

[@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.

[@aubreyjphilips9481]

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

[@einLoffel]

You should play the very epic sarc 6pdr

[@LukeDaNu-ke]

4:33 that flinch 😂

[@Marko-polo777]

You should play the Pbv 301 in the Swedish tree

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@GHOULZ1500]

i absolutely hate that a panther can now pen the jumbos front plate, and i hate that half the german tanks now can lower plate the 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!

[@kabob0077]

0:03 Dear God that dog...

[@vachulak7737]

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

[@YellowCard_Productions]

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

[@schizophrennicautist3858]

Not at all

[@SunsetSlot]

Attempt 5 Challenge: For high tier support a nations MBT with its respective APC/IFV counterpart (ie Abrams/Bradley, T90/BMP2M, etc.) Challenge is keeping the other player alive and supporting it without stealing kills (breaking barrels, tracking, repairing, etc) it being a random should help make it interesting.

[@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

[@SkunkdMonk]

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.

[@Topiaseam]

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

[@abloccofcheezz513]

Day 12 of asking spookston to play Mbt 70

[@michimatsch5862]

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

[@thexlonewolf671]

Day 9 of asking Spookston to play the Stuka. 🎺

[@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.

[@foxxo6963]

12:01 man sounded like an Oblivion guard taking damage lol

[@Insane_One]

Rare footage of spookston not losing his mind

[@Thehackofzwerg]

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

[@doodskie999]

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

[@dragonproductions236]

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

[@callumsmith9112]

I gotta say I really enjoy your new editing style.

[@_Gunnar]

7:59 Honestly when its late, I'm too tired to focus on anything else but then my reaction time is worse.

[@aubreyjphilips9481]

3:40 my favorite part of the vid imo

[@tritho9780]

4:57 "I thought that was an AA gun,but I'm pretty sure that was the Ontos firing." -Spookston. He assumes and knows at the same time.

[@kadenblanch6482]

15:52 “We did it hans! the wunderwaffen actually wor-“

[@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.

[@mep867]

12:22 AUTO BOUNCE ANGLE BEST MECHANIC!!!! RAWWWRR

[@neogeo39]

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

[@Ey_SmoKrac]

Using a destroyed Panthers armor to make your own armor better is some metal as hell stuff. Like wearing the literal flesh of your enemies.

[@EATSxBABIES]

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

[@Ppax11]

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

[@sebastian7501]

3:52 The Super Pershing was reported to have killed a strandard tiger during one engagement. However IIRC when factchecked, the German reports placed the nearest Tiger 1 over 40 miles away bullying the British. While the larger gun on the Super Pershing ciuld certainly have killed one frontally, it doesn't seem to have been more than a case of americian crews calling any piece of moving german steel a Tiger. Side note, my favorite thing about the whacky layout of the Super Pershing has to be that the wings on either side of the mantlet aren't so much there for protection but were there to help balace the larger gun.

[@melloyellowmoon3146]

I love the little cinematics like at 3:45

[@brycenewsome7953]

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

[@francesenpai]

Anytime i hear spooks say absolutely, it can be 2 things "Absolutely smoked them" or "absolutely clowned on" either or its a spookston staple.

[@wangl601]

This thing has strongest APCR. btw, 9:46, super pershing's multi-layer armor is not reliable, but, perfect for defending against tiny apds/heatfs

[@LuciaZlate]

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

[@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.

[@antondavydov8139]

2:01 -hopefully he wont massacre our team fox immediately dies