The Largest Tank In War Thunder

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The French Char 2C is an absolutely massive heavy tank, though its performance does not match its size. I feel it is a perfect example of BR compression, and I hope Gaijin puts it at a more suitable battle rating.
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The Largest Tank In War Thunder

[@Spookston]

Plush: www.makeship.com/products/spookston-plush

[@Chris-iy6du]

Now you have to play Eland 90. Best car ever.

[@Greger-bg4nz]

Ikv 72 please

[@yazovgang]

Day 45 of asking spookston to play the sturmpanzer

[@DubloDuck]

mr spookyface please play the Chi Ha Navy Short Gun, this is day 46

[@DaaaveOfficial]

Could you bring the IKV 103 to top tier? I don’t understand how it’s at 4.0 with a HEATFS that has 400mm pen.

[@duvagr007]

To be fair to the players who didn't see you, most people playing WT are looking out for other tanks. Not entire French housing blocks.

[@Urssaff]

Best camouflage , no camouflage

[@duvagr007]

@@Urssaff just look so comically out of place it doesn't even register that you're there. Like in Family Guy when Peter dressed as a clown in Nam.

[@lisaridener7514]

@@duvagr007 wtf

[@wtdoober]

Best camouflage is entire neighborhood of french.

[@mortache]

He LITERALLY looked like the train/tram behind him lol

[@nekomakhea9440]

penetrating the Matilda weak point is like hitting the death star's exhaust port

[@nanni-buyerofcopper]

Going up against a Matilda in a long pz4 is just like having a MAC round

[@whiskeithered]

Spookston: "I think the 2C is overtiered." Also Spookston: "16 kills, not bad."

[@bread5049]

That's just B1 bis and 2C experience

[@LmgWarThunder]

Homie really disappointed he didn't kill the entire enemy team on his own

[@mortache]

@@LmgWarThunder to be fair, those are noobs

[@ariamperez6823]

Would be far more balanced at 2.0, it's simply too easy to one shot now, everyone knows where the ammo rack is

[@blademaster2390]

Only 16? Thats cute. I once got 20 kills with the 2C. I *_WAS_* the frontline.

[@Green__Ghost]

*Spookton:* "This gun doesn't pen often" *Also Spookton: Pens almost every single vehicle he comes across*

[@arthurman415]

by hitting weakspots or downtiers and remember the matilda

[@Green__Ghost]

@@arthurman415 Most of them weren't downtier and he mostly shot center mass and sides.

[@jackeyboy6538]

You got to remember he only shows the good games for his videos, as someone who plays this piece of shit, trying to fight anything at 300 meters with an armor is impossible. And even at point blank the tanks at its tier are often straight up impossible to kill from the front

[@Maverick-qj8db]

Imagine spending years designing a tank and then it is immediately irrelevant.

[@Notmyname1593]

At least it isn`t something as massive and expensive as a battleship.

[@ItsDatGuy969]

@@Notmyname1593big ship with big guns could still be somewhat effective. I giant slow target on land not so much

[@Maverick-qj8db]

But those ships could sunk by advanced subs fast movers with jdams or laser guided weapons that can be fired from entire continents away so no go.

[@crimsoncardinal208]

​@yeetmans8334 true considering US activated WW2 Iowa class battleship during Vietnam and Middle Eastern wars and used it to bombard land targets

[@TheCrowBro]

Tog II moment

[@arlobones3410]

Hey spook, you should play the Strv 42/m EH, the cannon is ridiculous, the APHE shell is devastating and it’s decently mobile

[@Spookston]

it has been a while since I played a swedish tank

[@the_burger]

It is absolute garbage. You have better options at lower BRs

[@arlobones3410]

@@the_burgeryou’re clearly playing it wrong, it’s an effective flanker, easily 14 or so kills with it because you never need a second shot

[@jackgamer6307]

it's kinda (m)EH

[@Briangyi05]

​@@the_burger The tank is not the best at its Br but it a good all-rounder just don't rely on the armor

[@luizantoniobotegasalvan8117]

9:34 the b1 bis was me, i was so upset that they killed in my 2c that i just rushed towards the enemy. love your videos man❤❤

[@jsplicer9]

I think the reason the 2C shells surprisingly pen when you think they wouldn't is that they have an absolutely massive amount of filler when compared to other 75s. Even if they barely pen or non pen they end up doing some form of explosive damage.

[@bread5049]

Yeah it has more explosive material in those aphe than even IS-2

[@commandoepsilon4664]

I noticed during the video he was over pressuring his targets, so it's damage is set to 'absolute' if it pens they die, if it non-pens they may just die anyway.

[@Perculsus_]

Day 113 of asking spookston to play the american M60A3 TTS. Please let my suffering end already…Please.

[@thestroyer17]

Boring

[@kjolskistudios]

ERA derp

[@seangunn4772]

Yeah the M60 RISE and TTS are so bad its insane

[@sumugus7456]

Dang. This guy for real

[@briskela2039]

And I thought I was the one in pain

[@gingerbrick2263]

You should play the L-62 ANTI II, the Finnish anti-air with a larger cannon than many of the swedish tanks at its br level

[@Caktusdud.]

Please nerf. I hate that thing. That and the KV-1C are my two biggest nightmares.

[@robertharris6092]

​@@Caktusdud. its got less armor and less pen than the tiger 1 thats .3 BR higher.

[@AHappyCub]

Istg that thing is so OP, literally got 3 15 kills in 1 life, one of them within 4 minutes between 1st and 15th kill

[@Caktusdud.]

@@robertharris6092 that's not saying anything but OK.

[@robertharris6092]

@@Caktusdud. its saying a lot

[@PepC322]

Can we just talk about your teammate at 3:05? Bro decided to skip physical damage and go straight for giving the enemy nightmares.

[@KoopaTroopa4]

Psychological Warfare

[@xaviert.123]

Wrong timestamp it's 3:01

[@musanix1212]

The 2C had a HEAT shell developed for its APX 1897 gun, but for some reasons, gaijin didn't felt like adding it...

[@Matt.71]

HEAT, APCBC, APDS...

[@mrtno4582]

shrapnel shell too.

[@snekthekek8668]

@@xavierroy9034 theyre both the APX gun, i am not 100% if the years are devloped the same, but if all the swedish tanks with the same caliber guns all get the exact same apds even if the tank never even used it. then i think it would be unfair to expect the same for the 2cs canon if its true

[@bulbigood6558]

Ok +HEAT and +1.0 BR 😂

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

​@@bulbigood6558looks at Japanese reserve tanks

[@britishspy4791]

Well, the conqueror may not be the largest it’s easily the best and you can trust me that you will have fun with this heavy tank…….

[@Waltuh_White420]

Actually quite the opposite since f*cking volumetric shell appeared plus APDS post pen nerf tho.

[@RAFEXKX]

@@Waltuh_White420 apds gets too much hate, it isnt that bad. Im 20k xp away from the conqueror, but if its as bad as you guys say.... well then il cry

[@whohashamburger855]

​@@RAFEXKXit's not that bad but at least once every game you'll get a volumetric moment or the shell will just decide that in its heart it's apcr and do no damage whatsoever.

[@Waltuh_White420]

@@RAFEXKX i got the tank along with vickers and cent mk10 and i can say that the 105mm is better than every aspect.

[@RAFEXKX]

@@whohashamburger855 this shit ass bro :( It has good pen, but with apds you need multiple shots, and with a 16 second reload its fucking horrible. Time to start the leopard grind

[@MadManchou]

The 2C should have access to the same shells the SAu 40 and B1 use for their respective 75s, since they are all the same gun (B1's barrel is slightly shortened), and all WW1 shells

[@tigerbesteverything]

brandt apds also lol

[@reiska8544]

0:14 the words "70 tons" were so shocking to hear they caused a visible shockwave to emanate from the tank

[@Jannnn_]

underrated comment i literally laughed out loud at 3am

[@TheArklyte]

I love how if you cut off the turrets, superstructures and sponsons on both tanks, Char 2C and Mark VIII Liberty International base are so much alike... and yet there is no suspension on the latter and there were never plans to put Liberty engine(s) onto the former. It also highlight the doctrine difference between french and british approach to heavy tanks of WWI despite having similar trench crossing requirements - brits decided to use sponsons to simplify development and production and to lower the center of mass. French said screw it all and walked their own path, again.

[@TwisterTLT1]

Sounds about right for the french. But you have to hand it to them, if it weren't for them walking their own path and pushing the envelope we would see modern Warfare the way it is. Or at least it would of developed much slower

[@Stefan-xu5nd]

I would ask Spookston to play Yugoslavian Sherman with 122mm,but I just remembered that Gajin doesn't care about Yugoslavian vehicles

[@Dutchman-2002]

Bosnia is the true inheritor of Yugoslavia

[@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537]

Muscovia would have to come to terms with being 2nd rate at smekalka to some yuropoors that realized they could do better with a fist full of Serrano pills and a Tito blender tied to their balls. Do you really think German and Soviet easy mode mains are going to stand for how it feels to get finger banged by their bullshit strapped to a Stuart.

[@emulation2369]

@@Dutchman-2002 by still living 85 years behind everyone else 😁

[@Stefan-xu5nd]

@@Dutchman-2002 I wish that was true...

[@foolishsparky]

The fucking face at 2:51 caught me so off-guard, I was laughing so hard. Had to wind it back and watch it again.

[@vinny.g5778]

Fun fact, the shell the Char 2C used in real life had more penetration than the one it has in game, even more weird is that the shell they gave it in game is completely made up Also I'd love it if they could add the Lorraine variant where they up armored the tank by giving it 90mm frontal armor and 65mm on sides. Makes it a 75 ton monster

[@flamingrubys11]

more proof gajin hates france

[@puebespuebes8589]

This would be too a real treat as a french tree main !

[@Zarastro54]

Submit a bug report on the forum.

[@vinny.g5778]

It's not really a bug, it's just something they decided for "balance purposes" , there's many other tanks that aren't accurate, me complaining about it won't change anything

[@flamingrubys11]

@@Zarastro54 we both know they wont respond

[@magnum6763]

the T-28 that nonpenned you at 9:30 was a T-28 1938. The 2C is resistant to .50 cal, so it makes sense that it can resist a 76 with about the same pen as a .50 (seriously, its 37mm of pen)

[@arowek6066]

You should try wiesel1A4, its little ratty but overall very fun to play and it looks cute

[@tigerbesteverything]

*cough* wiesel tow *cough*

[@crazyphrenic]

I love the wiesel, it's obe of my facorites and I would love to see him try getting a nuke in it

[@arowek6066]

@@crazyphrenic weird ass English but yeah I agree it's just to silly and goofy, I love that little guy

[@crazyphrenic]

@@arowek6066 sorry, my autocorrection cicked in, additionally it's getting late over here in Germany

[@TheByQQ]

9:42 to be fair, teammate names can sometimes overlap with enemy tanks so perfectly, especially in close quarters, that its difficult to recognize an enemy.

[@jacksonlarson6099]

That "not on my watch" was the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

[@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. (Day 64)

[@daskollektiv4593]

mental illness

[@216Suzan]

5:40 Spookston: not on my watch Some random person: oh hey look a bunker I can shoot

[@asuicidalclown]

I never know how people have problems with killing this thing when you have a side shot. It has its ammo rack directly under the main turret and even with a pretty dinky gun you can make all the crew go boom.

[@pvt.bushmann5903]

About the reload, sure it seems like it should be faster considering the size of the turret, but look at how far from the turret the ammunition is located.

[@Appletank8]

Gotta climb a ladder for every shot

[@haatonofthebasementoutofth276]

@@Appletank8 bro gotta climb the fricking mount everest for a shot.

[@LeGrandSarrazin]

There was someone below handing the loader a new round each time, and the loader would hold the ready round for the next shot. There was no reload delay or need to climb anything

[@R0dolphus]

Damn marathon they have to run in there

[@Gamemaster743]

This is more comparable to a navy ship reloading its main battery, than a tank. No wonder it takes a while, the poor sods probably have to bucket-brigade each shell through the interior.

[@tOhB_]

I absolutely love the 2C Bis because the size of the shell feels like the equivalent of throwing a very VERY angry brick at someone

[@Patches-vq8cd]

To be fair regarding the matilda. Thats how everyone feels at 4.3 when german brings there tiger 1 out

[@halooord]

I remember having to fight the H1 for the first time will all of my Sherman tanks, finally decided to bring the M10 only to counter it. 75 jumbo vs Tiger H1 is like blowing punches on each others chest with armor plate inserts on a vest. I was a noon and unintentionally angling my Jumbo. We both non pen and bounced each other. 💀

[@edwardking9359]

Tigers aren't too bad since the lower side armour is only 60mm thick, as well as the cupola being the same thickness and visible from every angle. Don't be afraid to shoot the barrel first given the most dangerous part of the tiger is the firepower.

[@tigerbesteverything]

cupola mate, it's only 82mm thick. Panther is much worse to face from the front.

[@Rumcajs981]

@@tigerbesteverything what about the Tiger E though>?

[@tigerbesteverything]

@@Rumcajs981 5.7, not 5.3, so you don't encounter it at 4.3.

[@LimeInDisguise]

Spookston you should play the russian traktor tank destroyer, the Zis-30, its so hilarious to play with its wacky suspension and to use in an uptier day 14

[@owenkegg5608]

The 2C (okay and the AB-43) have got to be my favorite vehicles in the game. 2.3 is an amazing tier for getting money and every time I take it I get 12+ kills

[@intlon4299]

I once saw a squad of them at top tier. Pretty sure one if them killed an AIM

[@Spookston]

how

[@arlobones3410]

@@Spookstonprobably looking down into the roof and shooting downwards or something

[@TheUltimateBreadLord]

​@@Spookston that AIM was probably like level 5 💀

[@intlon4299]

@@Spookston I have no clue lmao, but i think he got the drop on him and overpressured his roof or smth

[@intlon4299]

wait i just saw that it can one shot the aim frontally lmao

[@SuperLemonHaze21]

Spookston: casually hitting shots over any distance without knowing the range Me in Top Tier when the enemy is 50m away: Laser Range Finder it is !

[@hptmsfalex]

Hey Spook, since you like rat tanks, you should play the Italian R3 T106 FA. It's basicly a T114, but with 2 barrles and no autoloader.

[@BanditRookie]

4:05 hearing him say "certified Brother Moment™" was way funnier than it had any right to be

[@LilithTheAbyssalGoddess]

In my experience, the 2c and 2c bis both excel at locking down and holding a point in an urban map. Especially when you got a bis and 2c working together, I have helped win matches by just holding down a point with a battle buddy in a 2c while I delete hard targets with a 2c bis.

[@extracrispytea]

G'day Spookston thanks for all the epic content. If you ever felt like it you should make a video about the T-80 (The 2.3 BR one)

[@kabob0077]

10:13 He got the Garand Thumb Target Experience right there...

[@abdushmul]

2:52 your ally is so impressed.

[@ikat_tracer]

Spookston The matilda is a heavy tank. If there was any tank that you couldn't pen, it would be the matilda. Saying "I can't EVEN pen the matilda" is like saying I can't even lift a car up. It's literally one of the best armored tanks on the tier.

[@Spookston]

you're so right, being unable to engage a tank, let alone one the same BR as my own heavy tank is excellent gameplay especially when he can easily pen me

[@whoknows8864]

​@@Spookston*coughs* *glances at US midtier*

[@Kay-51995]

Man the face on that 2C bis is horrifying. Also (day 6 asking) you should try the Japanese STA1/2/3/Type 61 (they're all kinda the same), decent mobility, good gun and great sight magnification makes them pretty fun to play.

[@haatonofthebasementoutofth276]

He should play the ST-A1 and ST-A2 first before hoping on the perfect prototype ST-A3 and the final product Type 61.

[@fishmansf4573]

3:01 one of the best clips from a spookston video so far

[@joshuamueller3206]

A squad of 3 was on my team once and they all had this tank and the premium one with 155mm and they completely owned the enemy team.

[@theoneandonlyartyom]

hey spookston, you should try the silly little ikv 72, it has neutral traverse, 20 degrees of gun depression, 270g of he filler, and is as fast as a bt5, overall very fun low tier TD attempt #3

[@spectralace314]

The 2C has a similar dilemma to the Maus I feel.

[@jakobmorris7609]

Ooh I've been waiting for this video for a long time, thank you!

[@theoneclipguy2974]

your editing is on point!!!

[@poliznia]

Frenchies truly have the tanks of all time. Also day 7(?) of asking you to play the Somua and or TO90. :)

[@carlylebrousseau1683]

Day 3 of requesting the american T-95

[@poliznia]

*absolutely obliterate toddlers and new players in a down tier* “Yeah this is more my speed” 9:10

[@StrikerV3]

I love your use of ed, edd, and eddy sound bits btw❤

[@Guardias]

He didn't miss you, he just mistook you for a food truck.

[@matchc0635]

I like how the cupola of this thing sometimes spin like it's some sort of high-tech radar

[@weegeepootis430]

It does it in real life it’s made to help the commander see through it like it’s not even there

[@burningsinner1132]

When you are playing low speed and/or high weight tanks, it's handy to learn it's cruise control speeds. Because cruise control forces optimal RPM for given speed, quite often you get much better hill climbing speeds on first or second cruise control step. For example, king tiger climbs like 6-8 on crappy hills, but manages about 14 on cruise control on the very same hills.

[@thorveim1174]

note: "char" is the french word for tank... so the 2c is a case of a tank named tank

[@Shieldv13]

That 2c bis player is an absolute chad for protecting his brothers

[@Acid_8501]

"This tank is overtiered" "Get's 16 kills"

[@NotGrimman]

I love the vinny "SPEEEN" sound effect

[@stansearcheslife6363]

3:40 💀 I just love his reaction

[@rossnelson9576]

I once fought an entire squad of these in a Churchill 1. It was amazing for me.

[@funnyman4311]

It was probably also quite terrifying considering the sheer SIZE of the 2C, let alone four of them, it's like a wall of big fucking tank lmao

[@Lofi.z34]

Spook: I'm having such a bad time also Spook: 10+ kills

[@fatrobin72]

I almost died when your shot bounced off the track...

[@GraceRail]

"My tank is full of dead people" -Spookston 2023

[@drrocketman7794]

9:56 how do you miss a tank the size of a house 😂

[@WoRstVoRt3x]

Imagine cruising around in a 70 ton metal casket with 7 corpses that used to be your pals

[@a_furry_owo4437]

Nothing like some good ol spookston to spice up a tornado love your content lol

[@jaredwilliams2357]

Hey Spookston someone just told me about you putting me in the video. I am SamHyde1599 in WT and the 2c bis I drive up to 6.7 but I float around in BR so I’m sure someone recognizes me. Also I guess as a PSA, his name is Mr. Smiles and he can one tap a Tiger 2 from overpressure :) Feed Mr Smiles

[@smugo.]

The funniest thing is putting a decal on the spinning cupola and seeing it rapidly spin around.

[@NomadCanid]

oh hey I think I ran into you :D, saw a friendly Char 2C on that map just the other day and slowed down to take a look cause I love the thing from Battlefield 1 Just got back into WT recently (used to be a WoT boy) so didn't know the Char 2C was in here

[@matthewm9987]

😅 I remember the first time I came cross the c2 everyone on my team tried to knock it out. Most of us lost two tanks trying to knock it out.

[@sendingit2601]

1:39 that's crazy spookston! Me too! I have dead people in my walls

[@pavel5209]

8:16 Yes, it was designed for WW1: FCM recieved the order during it, the tank recieved many delays because of the FT-17 being in development and parts as well as funding were going towards that light tank instead of the behemoth, came out of the factory after the war, during WW2 the 10 tanks that made up all of the Char 2C production numbers were reactivated and used for propaganda purposes only, during the Invasion of France the tanks were loaded on a train and driven away only to be stopped by a burning train, tanks were destroyed by the franch to prevent capture, only one survived and was transported to Germany where it stood there until it disappeared in 1948.

[@Fiddlers-Green42]

"not on my watch-" EXPLODES... my sides lol

[@KiRiTO72987]

Loved the avatar music as the one plane fell

[@bigmonke7661]

Man I love how Sweden has Cold War tanks while everyone else is interwar and early war tanks very balanced thanks Gayjin

[@DiskRan0]

The way spooks just randomly says eep in his uninterested sounding voice that pretty much everyone loves makes me laugh

[@bardet123]

That moment when the colonel looks inside the tank after you try to explain that "no vehicles lost" does not mean "no casualties"...

[@Maxalhw]

0:55 spookston on his way to complain about the tank's low pen after one shoting everything throughout the whole video

[@LeanGodzilla]

"You are being reinforced by a behemoth"

[@zacherylauzon2477]

1:42 “My tank is full of dead people” Spookston, 2023

[@hossep2695]

The protection analysis killed me

[@xuruiyu]

"Guess who's getting the HE treatment" Sir, did you just... Revenge bomb with a tank?

[@Dannplaysrandomgames]

you could call that tank a morgue

[@andrewrobinson9825]

"What gaijin is thinking" I'm gonna stop you right there. They aren't thinking, period.

[@DFVaun]

"What is Gaijin thinking~?" Bold of you to assume they think

[@wyvernbravo]

Quick tip for if you find something you can pen in the 2c Your so tall you can shoot through most tanks roofs Even a panther

[@tigerbesteverything]

let's just remember that the gun the 2c uses is the same as the modèle 1887 from the m3 gmc (a4 just mean american built, there no other changes between the two otherwise) and also had a better aphe, apds and other fun rounds that could be added to it, but gaijin said no.

[@TotallyNotAFox]

I love surprising people, like the one time on Tunesia were I sneaked around in a Panther, and caught 5 guys unaware of me being there on point blank range

[@Bcd31997]

"We are being reinforced with a behemoth"

[@LetsGoDave]

Sir, you hit the middle the drivers port and it would go through. You hit the outline of it

[@Batman_-pc9cj]

I love when spookston uploads

[@frankdrebin3988]

*"We're being reinforced with a Behemoth."*

[@TabbyEgg312]

3:43 THIS IS SO true on Churchill VII

[@inkycat191]

Spookston, the Ikv72 with best penning AP has like under 100mm of pen, hell i don't even recall if it has 90mm of pen, most likely it was an APHE shell which means like 66mm of pen or smth like that which makes more sense that they bounced off of your 2C

[@tidepod10yearsago97]

3:02 i like how you added the Project Zomboid Jump scare sound

[@flakcannonhans6170]

9:45 bro mistook you for a building

[@steptrooper]

Hey spook, would love to see you play around with the British tetrarcht light tank. Very speedy tank

[@stridfenix]

"oh, 16 kills I'm pretty happy with that" Meanwhile me being happy with 2 assists

[@BrockvsTV]

I know the edits take awhile but they make me laugh. Thank you