The King Tiger Slayer

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The M-51 is an M4 medium tank armed with a 105mm HEAT slinging cannon. It can go through just about anything, making it a joy to use against German tanks.
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Songs used (in order from first to last):
Command and Conquer: Generals OST
Second channel: / @spookstoon
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The King Tiger Slayer

[@Spookston]

Edited by www.youtube.com/@killerofal719

[@swedenspepe2207]

He did a great job on the editing! Absolute chad

[@GrafXohoo]

Day 31 of asking too play the BT-42 Speed + Big gun = Fun

[@DubloDuck]

please Chi Ha Navy Short Gun (Day 38)

[@cruddymartion1942]

Do a lasso run on halo 2 would love to see you try

[@collinlee5927]

I demand your editor to use an obscene amount of Ed, Edd n Eddy sound effects :3. pretty plz

[@Snake3751]

Imagine surviving 4 enemy bombs dropped on top of you, so you could die later to a friendly bomb.....

[@yspear_]

There's only suffering in WT

[@spork3526]

warthunder moment

[@richsmith7200]

I often think about the guys that train for months to execute a military operation like invasion of Europe in WW2, and never made it out of the plane.

[@RSTBKT]

​@@richsmith7200 gory gory what a hellva way to die!

[@GreekTrumpeter]

Rips in the chat for the R3

[@lago_exe]

I think most people tend to forget that the M-51 shell is the french OCC-105 F1, present on the amx-30, wich is at 7.7 Okay, what the heck is going on down there ? Please, for your own safety, don’t go there to check, it’s full of geeks

[@harrisonvos5069]

On the M4 chassis, which is at 3.7, or the M4A1 at 3.3 :’|

[@pipopoikapelaa5468]

​@@harrisonvos5069I think this is the upgraded version with 60mm of armor, which is pretty good hull down

[@idkk1086]

true, its also one of the lowest br tanks with good heat, only the pt76 is at a lower br (for obvious reasons)

[@INSANESUICIDE]

I think it is also on the cuirassier of France and whatever the name is with Germany, DF105 as well.

[@haatonofthebasementoutofth276]

@@idkk1086 you forgetting the Swedish TDs at a lower br with good Heat. Ikv at 4.3 and the other is 3.0? I think with 200mm heat pen (idk if it got nerfed)

[@britishspy4791]

The swing fire was historically known to blunt entire tiger formations during the Second World War. Do not look it up you can trust me but it means you will do great with it in game……

[@Spookston]

I believe this

[@derrickstorm6976]

Name checks out

[@Rorywizz]

Also, Did you know that the Milan's on the Ratel 20 were responsible for many of Germany's losses of the Panther A?

[@andyfriederichsen]

I'm guessing the joke is that the Swingfire missile came out in the 1960s?

[@albinskold8792]

@@andyfriederichsen no this is acually what happened

[@arlobones3410]

This thing always feels like a free kill honestly

[@Spookston]

I find that M-51 players are a bit more competent, most of the time

[@coreo6688]

As my first 6.0 br with 30 hours i found that aswell but after 30 games or so ive gotten better at hidding

[@rajingcajun488]

Well only if it doesn’t kill you first

[@IlllIlIlIIlll]

​@@Spookstondepends on which country the m51 is from

[@goliver9991]

sherman is just such easy target when you know for sure it isnt a jumbo, thanks to the unique look of this one

[@Oldmandoom95]

Spookston finding an opportunity to bully more German mains: “It’s free real estate”

[@Autechltd]

I was in one of these games. And bumped into you a few times. About getting bombed all the time, ppl actually recognise you and the threat that you are in the game. I know you play with your chat off, but a lot of the time the chat reads either "Hi Spook!" or "Hi tank furry!" or more relevantly, "Kill Spook first or we lose".

[@hoosierfarmkid]

I want Spook to turn chat on (with profanity filter on) now just to see how much that type of stuff shows up.

[@k-osmonaut8807]

How can y'all actually recognize him tho?

[@cyanide7270]

Yeeeah going to need to elaborate just HOW people knew it was Spook, since Spook has privacy mode turned on and randomizes his name in every match.

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

@@cyanide7270I think it’s how he plays and that he usually plays with a single vehicle in a lineup.

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

What server does he play on?

[@CheezeSpartan]

Honestly, knowing how bad low-cal dart damage is with the AUBL HVG as a prime example, i think we lucked out getting the HEAT version

[@Spookston]

I do still want it, though

[@CheezeSpartan]

I know Chile stuck the 60mm in a Chaffee and I want that more than anything, it'll either be the best vehicle in game or the M41D part 2

[@DanySdowo]

​​@@Spookstonman the aubl 60mm was a demon after the event. Then they nerfed it so bad that now it does absolutley no damage even if you hit ammo. Also, something like 7.5 seconds to reload a 60mm :/ classic gaijin nerf here

[@CheezeSpartan]

@@DanySdowo Sadly the nerf hit most low calibers across the board. My Rooikat Mk.1D literally had a dart bounce off a centauro.

[@El_JFS]

Same problem with the VCC-80/60 😢 (I think both have the same oto melara 60mm) you shoot at a leopard ammo through the side like 3-4 times and all you get is a slightly orange color and you are dead the 2 second reload doesn’t matter…

[@armoredlumberjack1999]

That Sherman also looks cool af imo, i love modified Shermans compared to default ones as much as i love high rank Elites compared to regular Blue ones.

[@CheezeSpartan]

I wanna see a fencing duel between the M-51 and 10.5 Tiger II

[@dfnxINC]

As a German main, you face them before even unlocking a Panther.

[@svenneumann2816]

​@@dfnxINCeasy kills tho

[@levepepega]

Good evening mr. Spookston, great video. I am once again asking you to play the Bri'ish Rooikat 105. No armor = best armor, good gun, and is overall the fastest vehicle of it's BR (on snow maps the 105 in the name is the average speed)

[@cromwell1243]

i would love for him to play that

[@Zaeryth_Redtail]

Yesss. I played that the other day and was very surprised on how good it is

[@bigtimegamer7776]

No armor is only best armor cuz armor means nothing anymore so fast tanks beat hevey tanks every time

[@paulrobbins4879]

It does make me mad that only the premium version of this tank has the .50 cal. Like I literally cannot find a single picture of one of these things without one, classic gaijin move.

[@hoosierfarmkid]

Yeah… 7.62mm is almost useless except for the guys flying in a line at you. I suck with .50 cals but I still can occasionally hit stuff with them.

[@Aditya090ful]

Watching Spookston play is so much more fun than actually playing the game.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Skill issue

[@glosiscze1662]

@@GeraltofRivia22 tihs is slowly becoming the "youre racits" shit of an argument

[@ethantwolfe]

honestly its because we're getting a sessions highlights and it cuts out boring driving time and required decision making the game requires. Just more pleasant to enjoy

[@lermiapolar8680]

​@@glosiscze1662I mean it is, have you played m51? Shits a blast mate

[@Apricot_418]

Spookston: This is the King Tiger Killer! Spookston viewers: Sheen the is the seventh week in a row you've shown the King Tiger Killer on KZbin.

[@ARCCommanderOrar]

This thing has always been a paradox for me. I seem to bounce a lot more shells with both the M-51s than most other shermans

[@dankoz6340]

Sherman has some very nice angles, decent armor but the m-51 has a very thick turret which has been very useful. Again, not great but it’s a pleasant yet reasonable surprise to bounce things at longer distances.

[@jPlanerv2]

It has very tricky turret the more center you go the more armor it gets and most people are used to m4s doing the opposite

[@sosogo4real]

Who do you think helps finance Gaijin?

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

the in tree chassis is cast and is pretty bad, probably people hitting your turret or getting gaijined, the premium one has a flat front RHA hull so you can actually angle it a bit. Still wont save you most of the time, its a sherman after all; but it can be a rare surprise.

[@hoosierfarmkid]

Yeah that cast hull has a habit of bouncing things it has no right doing so with. I’ll take it though lol

[@judgedread9724]

The M51. The woe of being able to pen anything you see without a second thought, but still being forced to actually aim carefully.

[@overlordhun4177]

Currently playing the M-51 with friends, seeing Tiger IIs get obliterated by 3 105mm cannons is honestly pretty funny

[@svenneumann2816]

Considering how my team always evaporates around me, I believe that. M-51s I face are still usually free kills since they're almost never in hull down positions.

[@GoldRaven-oe4by]

I think the t92 is one of if not the only tanks in the game to have a somewhat consistent heat round

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

considering its APDS is now basically unusable, its not exactly like you have a choice anymore.

[@gavinlightfoot5521]

I've noticed that as well. Though br helps it lots because it has just enough pen to pen basically everything it sees.

[@svenneumann2816]

Leo 1 heatfs feels fairly good to me, even at 8.0 when I'm made out of paper mache.

[@Blazeyaboi]

If heat was more consistent this thing would be a monster

[@bigtimegamer7776]

It has 100% pen why do you complane that its not 100% kill

[@ColiasPalaeno]

Attempt 26 of trying to get spookston to play one of these: Black Prince, Charioteer Mk VIII or the Pvkv II Attempt 24 of trying to get spookston to play the lvrbv 701 or the Lvkv 9040C, specially if you mention how the former previously costs 12 thousand to repair in arcade. Attempt 21 of trying to get spookston to play the AGS unless he has already then play the g̶e̶r̶m̶a̶n̶ ̶K̶V̶-̶1̶B̶ (yay), Soviet Matilda or the Type 75 MLRS.

[@incubooscuroreal]

I love that you actually listen to your subscribers

[@faatihh1130]

hope to see more thing like the one at 7:42, they are so good

[@warm_egg_salad5953]

The stat card lies about the mantlet, the mantlet is arguably the same as a jumbo mantlet. It consistently blocks shots from the Panther's 75mm and the long 88mm. One time it blocked a 128mm shell from 200m away.

[@berserkerpride]

The comically large barrel just makes me think, Anime Protagonist, the tank.

[@thefrenchcommander5770]

Can you play the arl-44 tank destroyer? It’s pretty strong I’d say and it’s armor confuses Germans

[@derrickstorm6976]

For fairness, a lot of things confuse German players

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

@@derrickstorm6976 and russian players. They both tend to lack any form of skill or ability to aim. (turns out when you dont have to aim and every vehicle you use it handheld and under-br'd you never learn any skills)

[@cherrymolotov]

the ARL-44 “tank destroyer”, i still have no idea why it’s classified as such

[@Sapoman2211]

​@@cherrymolotovme neither. It was specifically designed as a heavy tank intended to compare to the tiger 2.

[@mathieu722]

@@cherrymolotov "Because it destroy tank, Duuuh!" -Gaijin, probably.

[@TacticalOni]

The M-51 is probably my favorite tank, and as someone who for 2 years got to play with historical tanks in a museum, that's saying something.

[@bigtimegamer7776]

It should have never ben added to the game

[@TacticalOni]

@bigtimegamer7776 Oh? Pray tell why, I'm dying to know.

[@daskollektiv4593]

@@TacticalOni cause it pen muh german armour, it bad

[@angryeliteultragree6329]

I have been playing the tiger a lot recently cause I’m getting through 6.3 and 6.7. Thank you Spookston for sending more Sherman’s at me.

[@mokou2526]

That R3 somehow survivng the bombs sums up my experience when i encounter enemies in WT

[@randumbstuff1290]

I like the single frame of him dying then cutting to the next part.

[@TinyTank77]

This was a lot funnier than your usual videos. I felt I enjoyed it more. Keep it up 👍

[@Arsiniuskingfire]

By the way I fact checked it, the W in the M51 is for "Win"

[@user-rb1ck6ox8i]

Spookston: can see through bushes Me: has visual range of 100m

[@scorpionevo880]

Saw one of these at a tank museum here in Wyoming, the cannon was absolutely massive, easily a whole extra sherman in length

[@KodaBriar]

I really liked the style of this video, I found the little gags and the quick cut after that Tiger shot you to be very comical. Good video 👍

[@bigtimegamer7776]

FURRY. . .

[@cheesesniper473]

The one GREAT thing about the m51, if you know where the ammo is, you can always pen to hit it. As loooong as you get the first shot off :D.

[@wolfsburgjetta2010]

Im an Israel main and play the M51 religiously. Here's some main things to focus on with this tank. In regards to what spookston says. The gun is amazing with a good reload, good accuracy, however it doesn't work as a sniper but more a second line support tank. It's armor is a Sherman remember that, you're not going to bounce large caliber guns but you can angle with this and shrug off some rounds. Also I have bounced tiger 88 rounds but I never rely on my armor Speed and maneuver sucks you're not fast The heat is actually really good, at 400mm of pen from any distance. However it's post pen can be rather annoying. You do face up against mostly German tanks and when you do the best way to kill them in a single shot is either from the exact center front facing you or the fully side as most German tanks have the ammo on the side of the hull. It's super fun once you learn how to play it.

[@Notmyname1593]

His words at the end reminded me of a song which fits so perfectly, as he did get quite far and in the end it didn`t even matter.

[@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. (Day 56)

[@kenitoken6869]

This tank definitely made me play more careful, no armor but a good gun required me to be wait in ambush positions. Big boomboom can kill heavy German and Soviet armor. It’s good that you finally reviewed this tank!

[@bigtimegamer7776]

It should have never ben added to the game

[@thatcarguydom266]

@@bigtimegamer7776ok German main

[@thatcarguydom266]

I brawl with it and it’s hilariously effective… when it works

[@fuckinantipope5511]

​@@bigtimegamer7776skill issue lol. This tank is so easy to kill, it just has it's gun. It's a glass cannon

[@miofender2073]

I have been wanting to see you play this for a while nice to see you take it out :) oh plus that little skit with the engine stealing was quite funny and I hope to see more like that in the future keep up the great videos!

[@Plugneedsahug]

spookston uploads back to back for 3 days in a row has to be a blessing

[@privatecanook]

Wow he actually queued into a match. That’s impossible with Israel

[@ampa-3612]

Could you make a video on the ASU-85? I know you saw my other comment about it, and I will not rest until it is done.

[@privatecanook]

Well I think you have it

[@ustyburaposwojsku7360]

Very nice editing on this one, and memes killerofal you did a great job!

[@joshuamueller3206]

Spookston delivering all the karma to Tigers and Panthers for my suffering at Soviet 4.3.

[@talandar5773]

This thing was very good when I played it. I took it out in AB, and the shells have just enough drop to be able to hit enemies that are behind hills but enough velocity to be useful at long ranges. The gun really does make the tank, and sadly it doeesn't have much depression, but I enjoyed playing it

[@hoosierfarmkid]

It’s actually relatively decent at -8 (think Pattons are the same?), but definitely feels lacking for me when trying to be a rat on hillsides.

[@bigtimegamer7776]

It shouldent have ben added to the game

[@MsArchitectschannel]

the M-51 is really fun IMO it's not slow, great gun and the turret is actually pretty difficult to pen but most of all, you don't get german teams very often lol

[@crazyadam9281]

Great gun? Maybe if it wasn't so damn bouncy, it's like the damn thing is on a bouncy castle.

[@grievetan]

​@@crazyadam9281skill issue

[@TheGoober404]

The stealing an engine from a tiger 2 recreation bit activated some primordial monkey emotion that i cannot explain.

[@loganfenton8765]

Nobody gonna talk about how he took out that tigers breech at 12:12 but it fired at 12:18?

[@RockSeller01]

I had a match like a month ago and there were like 10 m51 users on the enemy team. I rarely see more than 2. So imagine 10 of them all eith 3 uses.

[@thatcarguydom266]

Absolute nightmare to fight. Absolutely amazing to watch

[@RockSeller01]

@@thatcarguydom266 I got like 12 kills that match with the t34 and a1h

[@connormoody1852]

You should meme in the Strv-103 Cheese Wedge :)

[@scatterdox412]

I love this tank, I got quite a few good games in it. Great video once again!

[@Darth_Barnaby]

I love all of your videos, but this is the funniest one you have made. Love the memes and eddits!

[@BOKCGrizzlyWarlord]

On the topic of inconsistent volumetric, try playing the M41 Walker Bulldog with APDS or APCR

[@monkerud2108]

if you are good at finding ranges manually then m36b2 is quite deadly from there as well. feels more fair and not like the leo there which feels like spawn camping but easier.

[@farmcat9873]

Sending in a bug report is like talking to a brick wall

[@gafeleon9032]

Nothing worse than shooting the side armor ammo rack on a Tiger and it not blowing up

[@Cronalys]

Hey Spookston, if you want an interesting challenge, play the Merkava 3 (any of them) and use M339, the 120mm HE, it works surprisingly well against russian tanks if you just hit next to the gun.

[@idkk1086]

normally heat post pen damage is really good or just nothing. i think it should go up in br to match some of the other heat slingers

[@MelonDev04]

It needs a reload nerf ain't no way your loader is slamming home a 105mm round every 9 seconds on an ace crew in that turret especially with how the ammo is laid out.

[@jaek__]

​@@MelonDev04war thunder doesn't need to make much sense realistically

[@adalsev8518]

The best thing about this lil feller is its exterior. Everyone assumes you're a regular M4 with 76 so they don't pay attention to you or try to angle/wiggle before you send a HEAT right through the thickest part of their armour.

[@evilfurryfromnowhere4100]

6.3:M-51 Super sherman 7.3:M-51 Not so super sherman

[@justsomeserpentwithinterne2953]

M-51: The Jewish fight back

[@ThreeSixty___]

I don’t know how Spookston is making it seem bad. Every time I see this is a game, I’m dead in 0.00001 seconds

[@o.m.5269]

KZbin gods have blessed me, saw a spookston video appear in my feed at 41 seconds after it was posted

[@HEATSEEKR]

The super Sherman is WAY better in 7.7+. I do really well in it and sometimes uptier it on purpose because that HEAT round is great for coldwar tanks.

[@thetalkativetank7032]

i gotta try this now!

[@skyhawk8739]

it's always "the king tigers worst nightmer" or "the king tiger slayer" but its never "the king tiger is slaying" 😔 Day 1 of requesting the King (Tiger)

[@griffinfisher5421]

I love hearing the fury tank sounds, just so pleasing to the ears

[@samueljohnson717]

These edits are beautiful “chef’s kiss”

[@koczownik4567]

Love the video, as always.

[@FortuneZer0]

I just had a brilliant "cosmetics" idea. A singular block of Kontakt-1 thats functional for 10 bucks. Applicable to every vehicle.

[@laynebarocela5069]

I’m picking up your CAS anxiety. That musical meme around 7:00 had me convinced you were going to be bombed by CAS. The music there to make the whole ordeal that much more painful. Then, to my relief and subsequent horror, I see that poor teammate revive the boom of a lifetime. Simply gorgeous lol

[@Residentbrit281]

14 minutes spookston video!!! Straight poggers!!

[@andrewrobinson9825]

adding these sound effects to your videos make me wish they were added to my warthunder experience, i think it'd make it fun again.

[@swedenspepe2207]

Yay! Another video from my favorite wt cc 😊

[@DaFun4U]

@Spookston i loved your star wars quote!!!

[@duncanmcgee13]

4:37 definitely trying to save his teammate

[@Average_Yandere]

that little clip for the engine stealing was pretty funny, should keep that up

[@yigitoymak7242]

This thing really shines when it uptiered to 7.3. It can go through anything on that BR also, plus it still somewhat survivable.

[@bigtimegamer7776]

It should not fight ww2 tanks

[@johnmosser6695]

13:13 sound effects had me dying 😆😆

[@banggobang5148]

That bit when a puma goes rabid is just hilarious 😂

[@americanhat3766]

"The M51 is a Sherman that trades the stabilizer for a 105 cannnon, with HEAT" The normal 105 Sherman: **sad forgotten shell noises*

[@alexhohl8530]

Honestly loved using this thing with the centurions and pattons

[@Yaveton]

writing to acknowledge how funny that bit about stealing engine was

[@natesiress1057]

3:48 "We have determined that your hearing loss is not service related."

[@JimberCrime]

I watch Spookston vids while eating cereal like its Saturday morning cartoons (His suffering amuses me)

[@tadoo900z5]

I really hope that you get more subs, you really deserve em. :)

[@ollie___]

spookston geekin off the benys

[@alecyoung22]

Zamn, spookston popping them bennies until he meets the shadow people

[@seangunn4772]

Video 71 of asking for T95. I will not stop until Spookston plays the glorious tutel

[@mtbwithjure7809]

When you said it is not great I was very suprized. I just love it. 3 respawns for 4000 sl is very good, the gun is very good and the mantlet is fairly thick.

[@lvl4sentry606]

Best birthday present I could have asked for

[@Hookens]

7:42 that was excellent. As excellent as the SK-105/JaPz.K A2 even (day 60).

[@williamhopkinson1799]

That pz4 is the definition of a German main

[@NikowoOneshot]

The skit at 7:41 caught me so off guard that it felt like something straight out of a SovietWomble video.

[@SgtBacalhau]

The teammate that bombed the r3 was a canon event.

[@mig.25]

"did we just bounce something? HOW?" sherman crew upon surviving an 88

[@MrMediator24]

Dat Puma skweeking sound, it's just on another level

[@user-om3vf7yf6r]

Bro this is so relatabel like pumas are so quik and anoyong and sniping is so good bro. w

[@vachulak7737]

no more days of asking spookston for a video about m51

[@csabacsaki4169]

I used to love playing this thing back when I was actively playing, I'd hide behind some terrain and abuse the low shell velocity to lob the shells over the terrain while being untouchable (until CAS shows up). Not a very action packed playstyle because you're pretty much camping, but it was enjoyable to me.