The Goofiest Artillery Tank In War Thunder

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The Swedish BT-42 is one of the goofiest rat tanks in War Thunder. It's just a BT-7 with a howitzer on it, but it's so much fun.
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The Goofiest Artillery Tank In War Thunder

[@Spookston]

augh

[@flippy1950]

Totally

[@bluscout9776]

augh

[@-Torii-]

RIP

[@FatherGrigori]

auuuuugh

[@toiletpaperdragon]

Balls

[@saletzgy7820]

I love the fact that the Girls und Panzer community did a crowdfunding to pay for a roof to protect the last BT-42

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

Well they actually saved the tank and helped refurbish it to prevent it from being abandoned and rusting to death

[@moelordkaito9891]

Not just the BT-42 but all of the vehicles the museum had that was located outdoors Iirc it's a fairly small museum but the inventory is rather diverse

[@grenadier6483]

Anime community doing something that isn't being deplorable degenerates? Actually insane

[@Manchweld]

Hell yeah. Also the bt42 just doesn’t feel the same without sakkijarven polkka blaring

[@Marcos-ms1ij]

​@@Manchweldand Mikko drifting while Mika is playing sakkijarven polkka

[@kabob0077]

The Soviets were lucky the Finns didn't somehow get their hands on an IS-2 or something... God only knows how they'd Improve it.

[@ravenouself4181]

meanwhile, in yugoslavia: we have sherman, we have 122mm howitzer. yes, we combine them... i am not even joking, it's called the so-122.

[@jgbrasa8505]

@@ravenouself4181 war thunder players try to not leak private military info challenge

[@MerkeligStrormride]

@@jgbrasa8505 I don't think that's classified...

[@Marcos-ms1ij]

​@@jgbrasa8505that's not classified tho. Just like the T-34-100 (tchec t-34 modification)

[@panzerfaust3607]

I know this is a joke, but realistically the Finns had nothing of major value to add to any modern tank, the BT-42 was the only major Finnish tank modification and it wasn't a very good one...

[@davethehusky9409]

The Finnish meme tank makes Spookston laugh Fun fact: Because Girls Und Panzer Der Film had the BT-42 scene, a very dedicated fan decided to visit the last surviving BT-42 and played the Kantele instrument while in cosplay and sitting on the tank, later on, hearing that the Parola armored museum had trouble getting funds to build a roof over the historical tanks to preserve them, she begged her father to donate a substantial amount to the museum for the funds, and because of this they managed to get enough funds to build the roofs over the tanks, and in the museum, the tour guide will actually mention the anime by name, and the story about the loyal fan.

[@dc-101]

I was scrolling down searching this lol haha

[@davethehusky9409]

It was a fun surprise to hear the anime mentioned by name as me and my mechanic group were on a free tour there

[@kallesirvio2695]

Damn i'm leaving to serve in the finnish military in the parola tank brigade tomorrow

[@davethehusky9409]

@@kallesirvio2695 that's good, you'll get a free touŕ of the museum, I was an MT-LBv mechanic there

[@jzbsbsnqj7238]

Seeing spookston having genuine fun brings me immense joy

[@galis4383]

I love Spookston, he's just a silly little guy, like a rat I like to watch running around in my basement, and sometimes feed him some tasty cheese

[@waybachwin1747]

@@galis4383sometimes traps too

[@bobbyworley9751]

​@@galis4383😮

[@JuanGamer3601H]

IKRR

[@strv81]

​@@galis4383oddly specific but true....

[@flippy1950]

Day 80 of asking Spookston to play the concept 3, it is a very fast and fun light tank that is pretty good even though it only gets solid shot

[@KevinCockburn]

I just posted my comment then saw yours.✌️

[@connivingkhajiit]

Day 2 of saying that thing is ass

[@wonkagaming8750]

Its british he will never play it

[@flamingrhino9737]

I want to love the concept so badly but I just have the worst luck with it and I swear it’s turning and gun handling are some of the worst I’ve ever played with

[@flippy1950]

@@connivingkhajiit day one of saying Nuh uh

[@bagelmaster2498]

5:50 there’s an annoying feature that doesn’t seem to happen every time, but if you leave a game early if during that round you finish research on a modification any extra research that would normally be able to be put towards other modifications is instead lost to the cosmos

[@eurofalke6804]

It happens if you leave eraly and go into another game, thats why I always wait for the game to end and play a different nation in the meantime or do other stuff

[@masterhacker7065]

He probably had research helicopters using ground vehicles and it will only put the RP you gain into the current module and nothing else

[@eurofalke6804]

@@masterhacker7065 researching helictopters shouldnt mess with modifaction reserach tho

[@ikat_tracer]

feature =/= bug

[@DustZMann]

@@ikat_tracer bad feature that's not a bug =/= shouldn't be fixed

[@kulmabricks]

He has summoned the Finnish population

[@just7drago]

I feel like whenever spookston flinches, that's basically his crew getting shell shocked for a second

[@FatherGrigori]

Didn't the heat shell for this thing have a fuse that wasn't set correctly or something? If I recall correctly it was not effective against tanks at all

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

I don't know if that was the exact issue with the HEAT shell. But it is damn near useless it feels like. Mostly since Gajin nerfed most HEAT shells

[@Manchweld]

Yes, IRL they tried to copy I think it was German HEAT. But because of the differences in launch velocity and spin they didn’t arm

[@yenrab1]

Let’s have a moment to appreciate how good Spookston’s videos are and how hard he works on them👏👏👏

[@TheGrace020]

📠‼so real

[@dylanclark1775]

For real. Gotta love Mr. Ton's content.

[@Lord_Of_Spoon]

No!

[@armoredlumberjack1999]

Cool pfp bro

[@ReganaldVonCluck]

especially with a fucked up kidny

[@KiithnarasAshaa]

12:40 "We've been trying to reach you about your Tank's extended warranty!"

[@sleepdeprived4867]

8:08 spookston was so flabbergasted that this hit didn't kill that his mouth spawned a black hole which started consuming the whole world like a vacuum

[@pilot2076]

Love spookston videos, the BT-42 is so goofy. Video 28 of asking spookston to play the AML-90. Good luck with the surgery btw whenever it is.

[@pilot2076]

Day 65 btw

[@markstanard6306]

Love how the stuart is impervious solely based on the conversion from one inch to mm going to 3 decimals

[@SemoventeDa]

Hey Spook, you should play the Semovente 75/46 M43. It's a deeply overshadowed italian tank destroyer which can deliver an heavy punch but it's deeply ignored the potential it has. I am not gonna surrender in proposing this. I AM NOT GONNA SURRENDER, BE CLEAR! I A M N O T B A C K I N G O F F! Y O U C A N' T K E E P G E T T I N G A W A Y W I T H I T ! (Day 118)

[@me_ya_boi]

Bro day 118, i feel u

[@Vader6640]

I salute your perseverance soldier 🫡

[@corsairsofnarshaddaa]

I said it yesterday and I'll say it again, this thing is one of my higher k/d's and WR's.

[@Hootis]

the amount of 88 shells I've bounced with this thing is unreal.

[@JustAnotherRandomPersonOnline]

Semovente 75/46 M43! Semovente 75/46 M43! Semovente 75/46 M43! Semovente 75/46 M43! WHEN AND WHERE!?

[@juusolatva]

I've seen this monstrosity with my own eyes at the tank museum in Parola and it's beautiful

[@lunnipoii4118]

Best is that every time you kill someone the crew yells ”maali tuhottu”

[@NapoleanBlown-aparte]

"Mali to hot" "Hans stfu we are in the middle of russia and we are Finnish not german"

[@Manchweld]

I far prefer it to what the italian crews always fuckin say. Every fuckin kill or hit is just “Bersaglio colpito”

[@thefancytiefling]

The heat shell on this thing makes it totally worth it. Decently fast reload for derp Canon, at such a low BR that the heat show will go through one side and out the other of most vehicles while tearing up everything inside. It's an amazing vehicle that can even be brought up higher tiers

[@theoneandonlyartyom]

since you're in the mood for silly tanks you should play the ikv72, its as fast as the bt7, it has 20 degrees of gun depression, and neutral traverse, the aphe has a massive 270g of he filler and its ay 1.7, overall very fun td

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

Sweden's early tier HE is one od few HE shells that actually normally work most of the time for its tier. Although with HE, Gajin has this wierd thing to makes front plates invunerable to it. Probably for that imaginary balance they claim is realism.

[@Jandingo]

As a Finnish mix I find this extremely entertaining thanks spookston hope you show more Finnish vehicles in the future 🎉

[@stonewallsquad3343]

As a BT-42 enjoyer, bring majority HEAT shells. You still one shot most things, bring some HE for opentops.

[@TheEvilFoxy]

The amount of HEAT in Spook's inventory grows in direct proportion to his hatred of Stuarts.

[@itsokiie]

Sweden is one of my favorite tank lines, some absolutely MEME level tank design ( so of which is amazing ) and access to vehicles from major countries to make the grind a bit easier without it being a massive part of the countries roster.

[@Chase92488]

the nice part of the swedish meme vehicles is that unlike italian or french meme vehicles, swedish meme vehicles can hold their own in fight at their own br pretty well

[@TomaattiVarvas]

RAAAH FINLAND MENTIONED🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮 You should play jagpanzer cuz its just too good for 4.3 It has good cannon and armor that cant be penned by most tanks in 4.3

[@KomradeDoge]

7:44 I swear I've played Frozen Pass 7-8 times in a row. There's was a point in time I just assumed it was the only low br map for a while.

[@lithobreak3812]

I'm surprised you didn't know, but yeah, playing any low tier vehicle with low penetration makes you learn to fear the Stuarts, as they have decent armour all around flanking them is often not enough to kill them

[@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537]

It's the awkward armor and the ghost on the MG that makes them annoying. Had many Skyrim battle music run-ins with them, and I would rather see a Stuart than someone who doesn't clean themself running low BR Germany or Svens.

[@jerbob6407]

spookston bestowing exactly what I needed while waiting for my flight. Could not have been more perfectly timed.

[@mrman3099]

I've also noticed something off with the match making. For me, it puts me on the same exact map, with the same capture point arrangement at least three times in a row. After the third game it finally switches to another map.

[@pilotman9819]

Huh. So its not only me going insane in the BVM getting penned in the lower glacis over and over and over again on the same map in 3 roes. It happens to other people too.

[@Vaasref]

Oh so that's where the AT-ST comes from.

[@thomaswilm7576]

Thanks for uploading my boi we appreciate you!

[@Major_Bomber187]

great video as always man, loved it!❤️ I gotta recommend the T-V, as people always recommend tanks here

[@TwT6]

Another sussy tank

[@Hookens]

The SK-105/JaPz.K A2 is a pretty silly light tank too with its 4s reload apfsds (Day 122).

[@Aaron-jj9no]

Wish it was actually good though. It's fun to snipe from an off-angle with, but that's all it's good for. You can't snipe from the backline, since you have no gun depression and you die to one hit, and obviously without stabs you can't frontline.

[@tylerburnell7306]

Good video as always. Good luck on that surgery man, I’ve had 17 done on my back for scoliosis, so I kinda know what you’re going through right now. Hopefully you have a good recovery.

[@ciandoran6592]

Congrats on 300k Spookston. So nice to see a niche/underdog (no pun intended) youtuber grow a substantial audience, I respect the hard work and dedication and look forward to the day its 600k. Best of luck in future endevours my friend you deserve naught but the best for the entertainment you've given many people.

[@tripalosky-og5ei]

2:56 the uh killed me

[@CakeAcquired]

the lighting during the game around 7:38 was so pretty, I haven't seen that before

[@Jeevishane]

It's not a spookston video without him being cased

[@Sabrowsky]

Fun fact, 7mm coax can go through the optics and kill the turret crew. It happen to me, it can happen to you too

[@razvicool00]

I'm not a huge ground battles fan but you're genuinely so funny and your videos are so entertaining it's tough not to watch your vids for hours

[@TheArklyte]

The interesting part is that alongside RBT-5, BT-42(and rumored finnish troop transport) is the only BT-2/5/7 variant vehicle. There are no SPGs, no tank destroyers, no ARVs, no SPAA and (what annoys me the most) no rocket artillery platforms based on BT tanks unlike whole "zoo" of things based on T-26. Imagine BM-13N installed on engine deck of BT-7M? Or BM-8-24 installed on RBT-5 turret that would allow it to retain main gun? In other words things that will allow soviets to get their rocket artillery ability to turn for aiming more easily(even if BT doesn't have neutral steering), have better offroad capability, have at least some armor, retain machinegun and 45mm gun for defense and have high speed for shoot and scoot?

[@Chase92488]

man, i love having a panzer four, t-34, sherman, and whatever the hell the swedes are making in one tech tree

[@PasionaGATES]

This video really showcases spooketon’s aiming skills. Shooting those HE shells without a rangefinder

[@irishkiwi477]

Spookston when he forgets the HEAT round has over 100mm of pen

[@Kiyuja]

dude that turret looks like the one from an AT-ST from Star Wars

[@mupetmassyker]

This tank is either like playing dodgeball against toddlers, or just straight up hell.

[@bobbyworley9751]

Spookston is underrated, always a vibe.

[@HobbolinGobbolin]

The stuart has insane armor for some reason, shots bounce, do nothing, or a cosmic entity devours the round before it reaches them.

[@Chase92488]

so thats why i had so much more fun grinding america in tier one

[@notwofie]

Spookston survived 15 mins without getting CAS'd? Impossible.

[@pavel5209]

I like how Spookston summoned the Girls und Panzer community without even saying anything remotely associated with the anime. He just played with a tank that was used by one of the schools and that's it.

[@thevickers7]

fr lmao

[@user-xj4mh7ts5d]

Good work with the vids as always spookston, I look up to you man determined and dedicated to your craft I admire it

[@surmanito3849]

I absolutley love the "bwau" plastic ball sound effect when killing someone with derp tanks, I wish I could add it as a custom sound efect to my actual game

[@chiefpapos]

Thank you for making amazing videos, im rather sick right now and havent been able to do many things, but i can still watch your videos, so thank you. Funny tank man.

[@old-worldghost3451]

13:54 No Spookston, not for The Greater Good, you take that Cap Point For The Emperor!

[@lucasarledge4658]

The BT-42 always reminds me of the KV-2 (1939)

[@ErlandIlyasa]

Hi dude, I just want to let you know that ur vids have become a place of comfort for me especially this semester of law school. Keep on uploading man!

[@danielnider6685]

@Spookston I now know how you feel playing snow maps as I have been flashbanged by a cooking video for a test.

[@jgbrasa8505]

11:14 im pretty sure that went right through that hole in his tank

[@bloxxmax]

Since he goes on about it every British tank he plays near 7.7, petition for him to finally get want he wants and play the conqueror!

[@ditzydoo4378]

The BT-42 is the low tier equivalent to the FV4005. both having cobbled together turrets with oversized guns and a full sized backdoor. when one cannot spam enough HE

[@BoforsYT]

Bro respect from me for stacking up the vids before operation 🤝

[@Tiger-ol7ef]

"ive been trying to get a map that isnt frozen pass for 30 mins" it honestly is comical how many maps we have in game and how most people would never know cuz the MM will just latch onto a set of 3-4 maybe 5-6 and that's all you'll ever see unless you get lucky

[@warthog2138]

14:29 the rotschilds paying the enemy team to die in the alleyway so I can't get through

[@emre-mre]

It was most chaotic video of you man

[@FlapJacks7]

impressive. Most impressive. your ranging skills are legendary

[@pumapandora1310]

Look 25,4 millimeters is exactly an inch. If the US used the metric system they surely would’ve gone for just 25 millimeters. I can’t believe that there’s anything positive about the imperial system but apparently it saves Stuarts from BT-42s

[@fleshdog5931]

I've been playing this thing uptiered for like 4 days now and the best advice I can give for it: play it like you're in Girls Und Panzer. Never stop moving. Also don't use the HE.

[@Numer1Polak]

My experience with Stewarts has always been the same. For some reason they tend to be incredibly hard to kill for no reason.

[@jleicester231]

Genuinly wholesome to see you let the counter CAS live. He is out here doing the lords work.

[@pmitr2699]

that shot at 11:13 goes through a tiny hole on the enemy tank, if you slow it down to 0.25 its easier to see. So if anything pretty impressive shot even if it missed XD

[@secktur8279]

Ive been suffering HARD on this game all day and seeing you experiencing the same off the wall shit as me makes me feel less insane. Glad to know its not just me 💀

[@coolhandab5296]

You want frustration? I was driving my Conqueror yesterday and a SU-57-2 overpressured me through my barrel. From the side. The round detonated inside the barrel, about half-way down. With 20g HE filler. My jaw literally dropped

[@kekersdev]

8:06 Spookston experiencing the average HE gameplay for the first time

[@ultraisup]

Just a standard war tinder experience

[@popinmo]

yay more spookston content

[@Maddog3060]

World's major militaries: invent all kinds of things. Finns: Makes them all weird and better.

[@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537]

Soviets: Make garbage rod Fin: **picks it out of garbage** "I can fix her"

[@danmen5258]

I love how my brain whenver Spookston referest to an enemy tank as "Guy" it auto corrects it to "Bad Guy"

[@happyguy333]

That looked equal arts hilariously fun and utterly despair inducing. Kind of like playing a Churchill! That's right, this is vidoe 80 of requesting the Churchill.

[@erfulspace1177]

Spookston be real, do you smoke the green? I don't know how you could play War Thunder without it

[@tykbald1103]

Yeeees ive been looking foward to this, bt 42 is one of my favorites!

[@tykbald1103]

Also the heat on this thing is pretty damn good

[@Steve055]

Hey Spooks, Great video, as always. Hopefully we could see you play the Ho-Ri prototype. It does kind of bully at 6.7 and can be surprisingly tanky for something that looks like an Amazon box.

[@idkwnimc]

That M3A1 was made of pure capitalium

[@randomd8266]

Stuarts and shermans are HE munchers it's so impressive

[@Gendor64]

The day you have to strategically oppose a Stuart is the day you know you messed up.

[@Ghostmaxi1337]

11:40 The turret is, because of the way gaijin modeled it, you got 3 armor plates. The mantlet, which has a same thickness plate under it, and then again behind the tunion following the general shape of the turret.

[@ryuhanja3415]

Wake up, artillery tank, sleep, repeat

[@Dsaberz]

Mika-chan will be proud. Polka song intensifies.

[@swedenspepe2207]

Yay! Another video from my favorite wt cc 😊

[@bigiron2572]

I always like to imagine that spookston will one day post a vid of him playing top tier battles in a low tier tank, even though I know that’s not gonna happen

[@j-fly3928]

FINALLY I’ve been waiting for this day for so long

[@the_toxic_gamer6349]

U know its a good day when spookston uplauds a vid

[@irex_models]

I remember nuking a tiny Ka-Mi that was floating in a river with a heat shell. That turret flew so high

[@loadslmgwithreligiousintent]

I love the BT-42. Such a goofy little tonk

[@underworldgameshd69]

I just unlocked this tank and was thinking when you would do a video on it.

[@asap-one2961]

about to say 1 video where spookston doesn't get bombed until the very end. Without fail.

[@valorandrews190]

11:13 It went through the gap above the barrel looool

[@celi3437]

I think Spookston would have fun playing the M2A2

[@RailgunCyclops]

even though HE can’t “pen” the stuart’s, it should do INSANE spalling on the inside, but gaijin doesn’t model that

[@TTR427]

The bt tanks were mostly American designed but America didn't need a fast scout tank so the soviets got the patents