The German Tank Experience

[@Spookston]

Edited by killerofal Don't take the mid-tier German main jokes too seriously, every nation has a gamemode/BR where the players are clueless

[@ninds437]

Okay, but what about Sheridan?

[@blakecook1239]

That is just hightier russia too

[@supertrooper5673]

Day 20 hey spookston you should try the M14/41 premium it's 47mm has 69mm of pen and it gets a 13mm mg personally I think it's a pretty fun low tier Italian tank

[@Gurtanic_1912]

It will be all fine because its gonna be true...

[@ErenikGillgrenov]

russian winrates somehow being consistently bad across all BRs :clueless:

[@JokerJonny]

Spookston: "Don't listen to music while playing." Me: Currently watching this video while playing.

[@thatcarguydom266]

Hey, it’s not music 😅

[@heliogonzalezsanchez8227]

sometimes you have to listen to music or else the game is unsufferable

[@parmesan6133]

@@heliogonzalezsanchez8227 i got annoyed with getting shot by people i can't hear while doing that, so now i just don't even touch tanks if i wanna have fun on the game. i'll roll a j, put on some music and hop into air arcade, not even rb. games so much more enjoyable to me when i can fly around and shoot a few people while chilling out, then just hop right into another plane when i die. the RP gains are terrible compared to what they used to be playing RB, but i'm actually enjoying the game for the first time in a long while, so it's worth it imo

[@snorpus]

@@heliogonzalezsanchez8227why not switch games or take a break if you aren't having fun?

[@greaterglider]

fr

[@Knightlostinthyme]

Dog takes blind pet panther out for a walk

[@EvoSwatch]

14:20 the simulator mode has you looking outside the tank only from the cupola which is cool (no peeking corners, but no nausea either), also reminds me of the early versions of the game.

[@jeijjj]

also aiming through the actual sights instead of barrel

[@Tom--pf8ub]

Which is how I always play the game. I feel like a god sniping weakspots, even with the sight's parallax@@jeijjj

[@gabrielnascimento1021]

On Enlisted you play as the commander but you get exposed if you want to look outside the cupola

[@oniceguard9205]

i dont like that from sim because there is no commander outside :c

[@blackcatthegreat182]

@@oniceguard9205 Play an M18 then :)

[@blumpfreyfranks8863]

Attempt number 20 at getting Spookston to play out any tank with a dozer blade, the catch is, he has to dig in before engaging targets. Movement around the map is allowed, but he has to dig in again before reengaging.

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

Especially the Russian designed dozer blades, in their unique fashion.

[@darkninjacorporation]

This is legitimately cruel Edit: wait so you basically want Spookston to create a video where all his footage is of camping

[@ARockyRock]

​@@darkninjacorporationso just a normal spookston vid?

[@gabbreilblue443]

@@ARockyRock LOL made me laugh, cant stand campers.

[@JustSlightly]

He can only like this comment so much until he eventually does it.

[@JoJo-209-]

"Look, 6 kills. That's not that many." - Spookston

[@6233791]

😭😭😭

[@deadshot_daquiri_remastered]

Spookston after getting 80 kills and 4 nukes in a single match: "meh, it was an ok match"

[@Moniks13807]

German mains are historically accurate late war German tank crew.

[@annguyenlehoang7779]

so they are not just half blind they are also half deaf :"x

[@MrSlyFox]

Pretty much. A marder drove out in front of me yesterday and was just staring in my general direction as i positioned my swingfire. He did nothing. He just stood there.

[@The-Master-Chief]

Makes sense

[@bugarex6623]

Or we are reincarnated crew men from the german panzer divisions

[@Moniks13807]

@@bugarex6623 The one at Cologne?

[@leemil2002]

You could make this challenge worse. You could make it a "One Man Challenge" where you can only drive if you're in the driver view, shoot in the sniper/gunner view and scout(look for enemies) in the commander view. That's the closest to having one guy manning a whole tank alone. The only advantage is that you can choose any vehicle for this challenge. PS: commander gunner controls are allowed.

[@tomthenot9786]

Hstv-l irl was able to be fully and completely operated with only 1 crew member, so if we were to stretch the limits here, driving the hstv-l would be really advantageous bc you would just be playing it like everyone else. :D

[@CircusJeanie2399]

@@tomthenot9786 Strv103 as well

[@tomthenot9786]

@@CircusJeanie2399 i wrote "irl" specifically bc the hstv-l doesnt have the feature in game. and yes im aware the 103 has it aswell, appreciate that u wanted to inform the either way.

[@CircusJeanie2399]

@@tomthenot9786 Ah I kinda figured you knew, cause you knew a bunch about the HSTVL and was mostly chiming in for others that might not. And I don't really play Warthunder, I play the mobile version mostly which is all arcade, so my game knowledge is lacking. It'd be cool if they added that feature to the game though.

[@CircusJeanie2399]

Ugh I'm terrible at making myself clear. I was chiming in about the irl Strv103.

[@Consumpter]

3:59 it feels good to witness a german player learn you can front pen the turret of the jumbo

[@UNPSC-0]

If your lucky to be fair-

[@pyro111100]

You've gotta be pretty close and the jumbo can't have its turret angled at all, but yeah, it's possible.

[@ceTarnity]

It’s an incredibly hard shot to make. Not nearly has liable as the mg port.

[@n1ght1ngal3]

You can front pen a jumbo almost anywhere if you're close enough

[@Mister_Clean]

The Panther's gun is probably the best in its entire BR I'm amazed Gaijin hasn't nerfed the hell out of that round in the last 10 years

[@galacticmarshin4510]

imagine third person being set as a commanders view were you're actually looking through the ports and can cycle through them and sniper view is the same

[@sillygoosexv6778]

Play enlisted.

[@galacticmarshin4510]

@@sillygoosexv6778 if the ai in that game weren’t absolute vegetables then I would…. Game is assssss

[@Tom--pf8ub]

Then play Il-2 tank crew@@galacticmarshin4510

[@gabrielnascimento1021]

That's how you play tanks in Red Orchestra 2

[@HypedPup]

People after finding out sim battles are a real thing

[@randomblock1_]

Spookston, can you play simulator battles? No, we have simulator battles at home. The simulator battle:

[@kopperhed4472]

It’s the details that make Spook so good at what he does. When he clarifies the challenge rules and says “main gun only hits,” the “smoke missed” ding plays in reverse as tallies are removed. It’s classy stuff.

[@unterhau1102]

Bros is REFUSING to play the IS-2 smh

[@Spookston]

The IS-2 video is finished and in the stockpile

[@YukarisGearReviews]

@@Spookston so that means the new Sheridan video is coming soon right?

[@JimmySaulGoodmanMcGill1960]

@@Spookston release the epstein files(is-2 video) 🥺

[@unterhau1102]

​@@Spookstonplease papi release it 🥺🥺🥺

[@derrickstorm6976]

​@@Spookstonso you can release it two (2) hours from now, right? 🥺🥺❤

[@Politov]

The smoke counter resetting after main gun rounds were specified was chefs kiss

[@MountainWitch]

CinemaSins moment

[@grievetan]

Too unrealistic you didn't take full ammo load

[@WowCoolHorse]

0:15 - You forgot the 3rd thing German mains are known for: being born in 1988. That's what the 88 at the end of all their names means right??

[@JanHenk-k1b]

thats a cool horse

[@TheHangarHobbit]

I'm sorry Spookston but you missed the MOST IMPORTANT PART of being a German tanker main. I quote from the holy book of Wehraboo Mains, ahem "Thou shalt ONLY drive towards the enemy spawn for that is the promised land, thou shalt ignore all caps and objectives for those are to be left to the scrubs, ignore the wounded around you for they are obviously unworthy, only within sight of the enemy spawn shall thy superior German engineered gun show its true power"

[@sneakycactus8815]

the live reaction cam is actually a really cool idea. you should do it more in future videos, even if it's kind of redundant when you're not restricted to sniper mode.

[@GB-tc4hr]

“You really shouldn’t be listening to music at all when you play this” I hear as I tab over to my 30 song playlist for WT

[@dumitrucasir7922]

I think Spookston made an agreement with the devil where he gets a lot of kills at any br but gets bombed in almost any tank, or its just a coincidence

[@TheUndeadslayer221]

1) I still want to see you play the Nashorn. 2) You doing well, despite the handicap just shows how good you are.

[@griznatle]

​@@robertharris6092and how awful the other team is that is shown in the video.

[@griznatle]

@@robertharris6092 oh for sure. Im just surprised how many people are either looking at him directly and don't even fire, looking the other direction, drive right into him....etc

[@SkyeVolt]

The added replay jokes are awesome it’s a really nice addition to these type of videos

[@thedreamchasers7252]

I have maximum respect to you for both taking up the challenge, despite the sickening handicap, and still managing to be more competent than the average German main.

[@The_Gabinator]

This kind of content is pretty good imo, not specifically this challenge in particular, but just interesting challenges like this. It's a good change of pace from just doing different vehicles

[@lordgerog]

Good video, but not the real german tank experience. For that, you need: -Go with 15 more he shells and 20 more apcr. -Rush the capture point. If all the team go to c, you go to c as the spearhead, if they go to a, you go to a as first line. Remember, you have a tiger and you are "invincible". -Dont look at the corners, you go straight. You are "invincible". -Dont shoot to weakspot, you big gun could decimate any tank in the world, the german tanks are the best, you are the best, if you shoot 5 rounds, one will penetrate. -Dont hear the enemies. You are hearing Erika so loud that you can even hear your allies, so down the enemy motor sounds, increase the sound of the allies and then play with music and the game sound low. -

[@toxic_cooper7308]

The amount of teammates like that that I've had is insane...like sure I ain't no pro but I'm certainly not intending to fuel the German Main stereotype :/

[@marclucky5210]

​@@toxic_cooper7308 same

[@tj2728]

As German main, I hate how you are so right lol especially shooting at the exact same spot and believing that one will pen

[@bravo_cj]

Spookston literally using 6 degrees (probably?) of FOV and still outperforming 90% of German main is true WT classic😂😂😂

[@bingustheallmigty5850]

Hi spookston! If you use select machine gun and scope in and out really fast you get into the commander mg scope

[@bingustheallmigty5850]

@samoerai6807 in your controls there is a button for select machine gun. It acts like your primary gun while selected, then you can press it again to go back to regular shooting

[@bingustheallmigty5850]

@samoerai6807 yeah you can only use it whw you have a commander mg

[@virtuouswolf]

I find it funny spookston tells us not to play with music because sound is important, yet I've been playing without sound for alot of my game play

[@50centpb7]

Unpopular take, but I don't think the reason German mains under-perform is because German mains are actually bad; but because German mains are, in fact, _way too good_. That is to say, the sizable chunk of the player base who have been playing War Thunder for years and started off as German mains, grinded through the German tree, until they got bored and eventually branched out into other nations. This puts newer German mains at a disadvantage because significant percentage of the players they're facing off against are former German mains themselves grinding through a fresh tree, with infinitely more experience. Germany has always been the most popular nation for first time players. That makes for a larger portion of highly experienced players who peel off from Germany and move into other tech trees when they get bored and want something new. As a former German main this has certainly been my experience, and I'm sure it is true for a lot of people who've been playing War thunder for years and started off in the German tree.

[@AmelpsXett]

So they are not German mains anymore then and your comment doesn't make sense

[@50centpb7]

@@AmelpsXett If you read it like a third grader then sure.

[@benjammin3381]

I play alot of 6.7 US and USSR and tbh, i don't notice much difference between the teams. Ofc, the only reason ger teams win is because they play overperforming tanks. The idea that stupid players choose germany as if they're a different race is not a cope at all. The jumbo is totally not OP at 4.7, its just a L2aim issue.

[@AmelpsXett]

@@50centpb7 stupid deflection. Your thinking is that of a third grader, since you bring up irrelevant things Most of players at low or middle br are new and it's their first tree. German mains are stupid because they can get away with stuff other nations can't

[@ВикторФирсов-е9ф]

Spookston video in 2030: Playing war thunder with the image in black and white, inverted, at 1 fps and getting a nuke

[@RicardoSanchez-es5wl]

To be fair, Germany’s 6.7 lineup is insanely good, and in general Germany is a very powerful and easy to use faction, but they’ve kind of screwed the panthers by putting them at 6.0. The panther gets up tiered almost every match and is a total joke compared to IS-2s, T34 (American one), T26E5 and other heavies it comes up against in up tiers. I’m a Soviet/American player and I’m not even remotely scared of panthers when I see them, I usually just upper front plate them in 1 shot with tanks like the T26E1. The panthers belong around 5.7 fighting IS-1s, Sherman jumbos, and T34-85s, not late war American and Russian heavies

[@Nuclearsun_]

the amound of times died from laugh from the live reactions. Wondefull vildeo as always spookston!!!!!!

[@bigmonke7661]

As a German main yes my teammates are generally bad and it doesn't help that Germany has to fight Cold War tanks very early on Also, you should have used Binos and driver viewport for that extra bit

[@impulsewarlord7875]

I am also a German main and I feel bad for other German mains that are more decent at the game because we are just a meme at the moment.

[@bigmonke7661]

@@robertharris6092 I agree that the US and Japan suffer with Germany although I think Germany especially with the recent BR changes is now unfairly matched

[@mote_vengador2832]

​@@bigmonke7661it is what it is pal at leats you have a decent gun with good he filler and fast reload for a heavy tank

[@bigmonke7661]

@@mote_vengador2832 The Tiger 2 sure but with the move of half the decent German tanks to 6.0 they have been outclassed

[@mote_vengador2832]

@@bigmonke7661 the panter isn't bad either it's a buffed centurion mk 1 without the downsides

[@TheMinman808]

I’m so glad you accepted that challenge just reading it was funny enough but putting it into practice is an experience of its own

[@PineCone227_]

Enlisted gameplay

[@smeagollumartin]

PERFECT COMMENT

[@pennycarvalho1223]

3:59 you don’t know how many times I’ve died to that exact shot, and it’s often also just the enemy panicking and randomly guessing where to shot and just get lucky.

[@AddSomethingCreativeHere]

Petition for spookston to play as a chinese top tier AA with the catch that his vehicle will be the Z-10 with 12 TY-90s and 4 ATGMs

[@kadenblanch6482]

When your tank only has two crew in hell let loose:

[@martinestudio2871]

Two things - I had a really good time watching this type of video from u, so I hope there ill be more of that. Second thing, to the "dont listen to music" advice - I play wt for fun (I know, wierd) and even tho I know I am trash, music makes the hole experience even more satisfying ;)

[@Original-Toast]

Imagine this in Simulator Battles.

[@RobloxmitJAROmehr-ok9ei]

Its true 0:00 the gun good the armour good you need to know weak spots and not be dumb and then germany is good❤

[@tylerr381]

Spookston's next challenge should be to play without sound, that way he can validate or disprove his theory at 5:09

[@nikolaleus]

spookston and your editor, i loved the use of the replays to add onto the content! if it isn’t much extra work i would love if you used those more often during gameplay 😊

[@CRL_One]

12:30 probably the only situation in the whole video where Spookston *should've* deployed smoke, and he still didn't. 😂

[@uhoh4480]

“I’m not getting a ton of kills! 6 is not that many!” Man😞

[@Forkuh]

“I was top of the team, despite being heavily handicapped..” average German main experience.

[@roo99710]

Theres 4 types of german ground mains: Oblivious tiger players Low br beginners grinding Leopard 2a7 sweats And finally, neo nazis

[@RustyDroid]

14:25 "'My immersion, my immersion!' Why don't you immerse yourself in a shower bro?"

[@hellohelloington9442]

"if I get hit by a main gun round, then I deploy smoke" I was just fully hoping an uptiered duck or something would start trying to teamkill you just because that'd be hilarious...

[@fribaamiri7813]

he didn’t know that he could go to driver view to dive and know what’s is in front of him

[@bsimson1875]

You have nailed the German experience on the head no. There are accordions to being blind and slightly blind and I fall into the blind spot. As a German main myself I say we suffer as we never learned to aim and that is what makes us German mains easy to play against if you have good armor

[@leonwarrior4116]

So that explains why my German main teammates Are blind, btw im German Main but not entirely blind (i dont use always the sniper view)

[@Dragono_]

For some reason each additional “Live ___ reaction” was funnier than the previous lmao

[@danmallery9142]

Oh, but wait, 0:35 you need to take full ammo to be faithful to the German experience! lol

[@kjxsu5500]

Play a tank with a low velocity shell, but you can only use 3rd person

[@null3752]

thats the thing they are in 3rd person view but are still unaware

[@acoolgamingplace7287]

In order to complete the german main experience he needs to bring max ammo

[@guvyygvuhh298]

Fun fact, this is how the panther gunner was feeling like in ww2 since he had no periscope and only the main gun sight

[@highonbutter7867]

FLARAKRAD PLEASEEEE SPOOKSTON FLARAKRAD I AM BEGGING IT IS THE BEST AA IN THE ENTIRE GAME PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@xXApostateOfHateXx]

Spookston slowly becoming a top notch historian after playing a game for so long:

[@sadmaz1860]

As a German main, I can say I have plenty of mousepad space and motion sickness pills by my desk, and a picture of Michael Wittmann on my wall

[@fireshorts5789]

I instantly felt how painful it must have been to not press shift. muscle memory is a bitch.

[@SXenova]

USA same challenge but you actually have to deploy smoke this time in top tier

[@CoolLink-Zelda]

As a german main I use the gunner sight much but god this is painful to watch. Like you can not peak arround cornors

[@shadowwolf5549]

This is how tanks play in Enlisted but without driver view or being able to look out of the top hatch.

[@steveee_0]

Great video and awesome editing!

[@Darknight_84930]

video idea: play the premium Swedish medium tank Strv 103-0 with only using cruise control thing and your mouse

[@pkshox8880]

You should play the German KV1 756R. It’s a really good tank that got me through most of German 5.0-5.7

[@ht144]

Attempt number 3 of geting spookston to play the jagpanzer 4 , or the 4/70

[@Fireclaws10]

man i couldn't watch this on fullscreen without feeling ill

[@connordlthegamer2980]

"how did that not kill that guy" The game believes you are a german main, so now it is treating you like one. Germany suffers.

[@duncanmcgee13]

At least in sim you get zoomed in 3rd person. Basically first person from the cupola.

[@Rex6b2001]

Spookston „ Sound is REALY important“. Me who has played the game for 3000 hours without ANY sound at all……. Cqc is REALLY shit without sound I have to say. I love sniper mapes therefore 😂

[@psymon7034]

This has got to be the first vid where the viewer can share the pain by also wanting to throw up!

[@just_zone]

those live reactions are amazing

[@duels123]

one of the best challenges lmao, good stuff. unironically still more useful than the average German main

[@AlarmingVirus]

This is basically role-playing as the gunner.

[@MrSparta93]

The one bloody time you couldve played Sim Battles :'(

[@elnewbie2611]

I'm addicted to watching Spookston videos, someone help me, I love how he's a CAS magnet and Gaijin's favorite player to get Gaijined as well lol.

[@Teh0X]

I think taking full ammo load should have been part of the challenge.

[@endeyfire]

spookston knows no danger, its why we see he smoke so little.

[@geroni211]

"Americans when there is an alternative to cars" was hilarious

[@TheRockofEasyCo]

I feel so attacked, literally playing one of my best tanks the way I normally play it….

[@bruhmoment3741]

i swear to god bruh, at top tier when im playing my m1 abrams 99% of the time when i loose a fight its because the germans have superior armour. They litterally have some of the best tanks in the game, but the only thing that makes them not OP is the fact that a good chunk of em is either blind, deaf or mentally incompetent. (plus american tanks at tier 6/7 are an absolute garbage fire)

[@cannack]

the added replay clips are just, amazing lol

[@DoPrice]

The "live reaction" edits made it much less disorienting for us viewers, thank you 😂

[@Ash.1774]

i find it amazing that the panther is at the same BR as the M51

[@Jannnn_]

people who dont use custom gun sights worry me, its like half of the fun of the game man :(

[@jirisykora7346]

This video made me nostalgic for War Thunder, so I logged into my German main account after about six months. In my first game, I: - accidentally hit my main gun bind and sent a shell into the ground right as the match started - rear-ended my American teammate because I was texting and driving - died to CAS (twice) Another successful day as a German main.

[@spartafox7845]

5:13 bro I don't even wear any headphones while playing

[@theww2enthusiast]

I deployed smoke when I’m critically damaged and I don’t stay in gunner view

[@gamefreez3r317]

This actually somewhat reminded me of how enlisted works, you will probably only stare down the gunner sight as that is where you want to shoot. And the only real other thing you can do is let the commander poke out and he gets sniped or the commander viewports. Alternatively the driver's viewport, but you really don't see much through those

[@gaz1911ss]

this explains so much! once i flanked a tiger 2 and a jagpanzer, i killed the tiger, but not fast or clean, i totally messed that ambush up, we were basically having a bar brawl, both firing multiple times at each other, smoke deployed, coaxials, cursing, some chairs broken, and this td who WE PUSHED at least once during that ordeal didnt notice. tiger dies, im about to execute this guy and some OTHER teammate kills me. this explain so much, for real. and its not like he let his teammate die, because at the last moment, HE MOVES HIS GUN and starts turning towards me, like bro just noticed

[@alexwelz3277]

To be honest I'm not entirely satisfied but you played the Panther G, soooooo great video as always

[@ATJonzie]

A challenge where it actually makes spookston sick

[@-zero-3148]

Now do this challenge with a casemate

[@rollastudent]

8:12 never forget what they took from us

[@sophiamhartsfield]

I think it would be fun to have someone sitting in spectator mode as a “commander” and you’re locked in gunner view, since that’s basically what you’re doing. Probably not a big enough handicap but it could be fun

[@mixtape9123]

this video gave me the plague from all the motion sickness

[@meferswift]

that basically how i play tho. i would win most of long range engagement, but get flanked. that's why i rarely go alone