The Mini M1 Abrams Tank

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The CM11 in the Chinese tank tech tree has been one of the more heavily requested vehicles on this channel, and I do not understand why. It's an M60 that gets the cannon of the M1 Abrams but that's about it. It is a good vehicle for sniping, but that isn't really my playstyle. Had some funny Gaijin moments in this one, hope you guys enjoy.
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The Mini M1 Abrams Tank

[@sharkk127]

I feel like the m60 ambt is closer to being a mini abrams, 120 cannon, 1200hp engine, really good optics and thermals

[@stunningandbased5516]

M60 after tren

[@aidonger42069]

Good thermals? 6 out of 8 abrams have gen 1

[@warthunderenjoyer]

​@@aidonger42069 Gen 1 thermals better than no thermals

[@TheArklyte]

I have a strange compulsion to call every M60+ like M60A3TTS, M60 Super, AMBT, Sabra, Magach 6, M60-2000 or M60 Block 3 as Crusader. Thanks, Command&Conquer: Generals😂

[@antiheldd.3081]

I would go with the OF-40 (MTCA) for the title of mini Abrams. The acceleration and mobility feels similar, the tank has a stepped deck and a .50 cal on the roof. No Armour - best Armour makes it tanky.

[@scrublord522]

I think you'd enjoy playing the 1951 EBR, ARL-44, and AMX-13 DCA 40 - the DCA now has a 90° /s traverse speed, the ARL basically has a laser gun for its armament, and we all know why we have a love-hate relationship with the tech tree EBR

[@KolnBruck]

That's straight up my French 5.3 loadout + the FL10 sherman lol

[@artyg1654]

Same but I also add the French jumbo and the ma50 with the sea fire for air support

[@notfunny3397]

What's wrong with the tech tree ebr?

[@45eugenia52]

I still don't like the AMX-13 DCA 40, but I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't getting more kills with it lately

[@notafrog2040]

@@notfunny3397 they added the worst one too the tech tree when the 1963 should’ve been the only non tech tree one

[@Pelliq_E]

Little tip : you can actually just hold lmb even if it's not automatic (such as a 6s 75mm) and it'll still fire as soon as you can fire, possibly saving a few frames compared to spam clicking, possibly saving your life.

[@lasselykke1177]

Thanks man, this tip is gonna save me a lot

[@heretichazel]

I know that you can do that but spam clicking just comes naturally lmao

[@boilingpot6941]

Something that people don't seem to be aware of is that there's actually a little circle that has to change from green to white ( or whatever color it's been a while since I played) in order for you to have full accuracy on your shots.

[@gunas6133]

​@@boilingpot6941 its white

[@Pelliq_E]

Holly shit this blew up

[@ImmortalSugimoto792]

Hi Mr. Spookston, In honor of it coming out of retirement and soon to face modern NATO MBTs, please play the T-62M-1 at top tier. (Attempt 13)

[@Average_fv_4005_enjoyer]

I believe in U. For da meme!

[@nybow2745]

That's acutally a hilarious idra

[@chickenpurple6704]

Nah he should just bring out the t-54 honestly

[@joshuamueller3206]

To bad it does not have 2nd gen thermals like the Russians gave it.

[@chickenpurple6704]

@@joshuamueller3206 as if they could afford such a thing

[@CheezeSpartan]

7:11 Spook explaining the ammo-enemy supply/demand economy as he casually drives home with something to hang the Christmas ornaments on

[@darthlazer8895]

Got to love the ERA that's nearly at a 90 degree angle next to the gun

[@vamosmessipapa197]

i love your videos spook, keep up

[@Gamingforlife70]

Only trou legends wish to motivate KZbinrs like spookston keep it up vamusmessipapa be a legend like ur already are right now ;)

[@PyroFTB]

2:02 T-55AM with a Z, judging from recent news it's pretty accurate

[@admiral_knox6050]

If you're okay with playing more China can you try the ZLT11? Grinding the tree right now and I want to see what it's like

[@suieisuiei9219]

I second this

[@tianhaoju4634]

The ZLT11 is not a bad tank as it has great firepower and diverse arsenal, but its pretty bad in every other aspect...yeah, would not entirely recommend, get the WMA or the PTL and you should be fine

[@Mradaxer]

It feels like a WMA301 that can't be .5 called and doesn't wobble as much, completely not worth the 0.6 BR increase, especially compared to wheeled light tanks of other nations. (not to mention the end of the line costs)

[@KingdomOfDimensions]

It has abysmal maneuverability and gun handling. Speed/accel more like an M1128 than other wheelie boys, only slightly better reverse than the PTL with significantly worse turn radius, and like most Chinese vehicles it has pretty bad gun depression. This isn't to say it's bad, it has great pen after all, but it has major downsides that limit how and where you can play.

[@kek621k]

​​@@suieisuiei9219 unrelated but oh hey you also read that noman manga or whatever(maybe)

[@YTIsRanByFeds]

My neighbor worked on this project back when Taiwan couldn't get Abrams. General Dynamics was like let's just stuff everything from the Abrams into the M60 for you guys and call it good.

[@SamaelVR]

“We fired half our ammunition for 2 kills” is every war thunder match i’ve ever played

[@cpt.cookie2271]

Could you play the panzer 2 with the 50mm, the baby tigor, arguably the cutest tank in the game

[@YukarisGearReviews]

thank you for playing this spooks, I was hoping the late M60s would get some love. Please let the world know of the M60A1 RISE's plight

[@Pengothing]

These videos got me to play War Thunder after a multi-year break. Just long enough to remember how much suffering Sweden is at 4-5.

[@JC-oq5ex]

I really appreciate how you don't sit in the garage for 10 minutes showing off stupid crap and pixel hunting. Just straight to the action and good jokes.

[@Xeemix]

I physically gasped when I saw this video was the CM-11! I love countries that improvise and modify their vehicles to try and stay competitive!

[@saltyboi-kn1vf]

Cries in outdated MBT

[@HighLordBaron]

"Do they not have a rangefinder?". Bold of you to assume they know how to use rangefinders....

[@dancing_odie]

2:40 Your round loses pen when it goes through obstacles. You fired through 2 buildings

[@VicariousReality7]

> Bringing smoke shells and smoke launchers Spooks are you okay?

[@MrTman-k1y]

This THING at the beginning got me dead 😂

[@Volvotryggve]

I still think it would be fun to see you test out the bmp-3 considering i rarely see people discuss it or play it in war thunder and on other forums.

[@ss_american_star]

it would be nice to see spookston play the leopard 1, i had my first 12 games in it, and its quite fun, but it seems alot of people dont know how to play it correctly

[@nesyboi9421]

Yeah if all of them knew how to play it right I'd never get any kills at 7.3, cause I'd be dying all the time. The leo 1 is really good and there are always a bunch of them.

[@ss_american_star]

@@nesyboi9421 even stock, the leopard 1 is quite good, but then you get that laser range find and heatfs (i dont rn) it just becuase so op

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

​@@ss_american_star Leo 1 doesn't have that. That's the A1

[@ss_american_star]

@@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS the leo1 at 7.3 dos have heatfs and a lazer rangefinder

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

@@ss_american_star no, it has heatfs and an improved rangefinder

[@bt42_howitzer]

this series should be called suggest the tank that makes video man suffer the most

[@couchpotatoi]

Aft 09 is absolutely underrated in my opinion, so it would be fun to see you try it since its fast, ammo in the barrels dont explode the tank so peaking over ridges is 100% (ish) safe, and the atgms are hilariously overpowered (1200mm pen, tandem, super fast, can be fired rapidly with a fairly short relaod)

[@gsilvy4k570]

I don't think this is an underrated opinion at all. From everything I've ever heard and from personal experience, the aft09 is very well known for being undertiered, just like every Chinese wheeled vehicle.

[@tomino15Lab]

he already played it when it came out... also, AFT is the reason why i switched to maining China, i have purchased it last week and is extremely fun to play

[@Lofi.z34]

PRO TIP - you can Laser Rangefind in the binoculars then switch to your gun and it's distance is already set

[@mosesracal6758]

Spookston performance being hull down I think validates the ROC's armored doctrine

[@CykoruKun]

I so fuckin appreciate the "not your door" note

[@levibird-davies1090]

This is definitely one of the tanks ever

[@hiruko2373]

This is my 29th attempt at asking spookston to play the t32e1 great video bro

[@SkeletorsFerret]

Out of everything in this video seeing kursk again is what surprised me.

[@ealep0314]

this thing is like a juvenile Abrams that's still weak from its most recent molt

[@caramelcrunchy9927]

Man says: "is this our top speed?" At 48 km/h. Me, sitting at 5.7 Germany in a Tiger E: *chuckles in snail pace*

[@markdombrovan8849]

Spookston - be happy and satisfied with life. Challenge: impossible

[@Octi-ku4yf]

Spookston brings little ammo then proceeds to run out of ammo and realises he's out of ammo

[@FullcircleZA]

Spookston is like John wick of war thunder, you god hope he's not in your game

[@s1nenomine]

8:27 I'd find it weird if you didn't know that already, but if your gun is reloading, push the left click down already and you will shoot as soon as you finished to reload :)

[@lavameteor]

i dont think the way i clicked the video before the thumbnail loaded is healthy

[@Bruuuce0110]

Fun fact:This tank is still in service as the main force in our country to counter the PLA newest MBT💀

[@popinmo]

Spookston upload ❤

[@griffingamer8624]

Yes! Spook, thank you for doing this vehicle. Now, time for its brother, the TTD, in a video soon, eh?

[@UNSCLEADER]

Spookston: "It also gets DM63 which is pretty potent for this BR" DM63: "Nah bro your going to suffer today"

[@leijannathaniel1939]

M60 with funky bricks and holy gun

[@yungdomino4718]

Now the REAL mini abrams (the new 120S)

[@jakerulesgaming1124]

Man I’m still waiting on a ZIS-30 meme traktor video but as always, love your stuff

[@caydenworley5002]

This Taiwanese tank being in the Chinese tech tree is rather ironic.

[@nazamroth8427]

The videos make me want to play this game again, but at the same time, helpfully remind me why I would never play this game again...

[@lq4322]

I don't play the game, and i'm not really into tanks, but I like these videos, funny abbreviation man.

[@ronanmcn4967]

Please play the SArC 6pdr which is a brilliant scout car that I think you would really enjoy using. It can hold its own way past its BR and is very capable in 5.3/4.7 line ups

[@Arfabros]

Concept 3 is better

[@ronanmcn4967]

@@Arfabros Concept is slightly faster, has a better reverse gear and better gun. However the SARC hits rlly hard with the 6pdr and the gun is stabilised( which the concept doesn’t have) and it’s also got a .50 cal on top. So they’re basically even tbh

[@Marzo..]

I would love to see you play is3, im still grinding it and would want to see how it would play from professionals perspective

[@WirableCrown1]

M60 AMBT: Are you sure about that?

[@salieri_sg9413]

The non pen on Abrams was because you tried to shoot straight through the Centauro

[@lgingerpuebsl]

Keep the content grind going spookston, and don't forget to praise the snail

[@miren463]

this tank looks like it took just slap some era on it to a whole new level

[@danplantgog1305]

You should play the church hill 7, it’s funny watching German mains try to pen you when your angled.

[@SpardaSon21]

Holy crap, its the ERA meme brought to life!

[@hydro2635]

Spookston play your favourite tank in the next video.

[@icy3-1]

Didn't even realize this thing weighs like 50 tons

[@zagstrukk]

The 105 on the m60 series is literally the same gun on the M1. The ONLY difference is the infinity collminator (For the muzzle reference system, MRS) out at the end of the gun tube. The thermal shrouds and the bore evacuator are the same other than possibly the slight difference of the end thermal shroud due to the location of the infinity collminator.

[@AH-64Delta]

2:22 an accurate representation of helicopter flight models in war thunder

[@andrealves2630]

"Mini Abrams" this thing is literally bigger than an Abrams and nearly as heavy as the baseline M1

[@Tommy23r10]

"quiet down okay" 😆

[@_Zekken]

Spookston admitting that he thinks my preferred play style of sniping is boring. Feelsbadman. That said, should play the Type 74s. They're even more sniper oriented.

[@ryuko6793]

Nam the m60 2000 is a mini abrams m60 hull with m1 turret

[@odeupmlik2312]

Love to see the T-55-AMD1 because of the drozd sistem since you already mentioned the black night with aps

[@jurassicjackgamingandstuff]

speaking of the m60 i drove by a m60 memorial with a an m60 kinda weird that its just at a random gas station but its cool

[@josuereyes50]

Spookston take enough ammo to last the match challenge. Difficulty: impossible

[@TalonCzar]

7:17 Extreme premium camo activated.

[@satiricalcookie1381]

I'd love to see a Type 89 video, excluding constant uptiers caused by 8.7 premium spam it's really good and I think it's underappreciated

[@woorit2983]

I don't know why but this video pleased me greatly 😂

[@devil5cry]

TLDR CM11 is a tank w/ M48 body with EBR yet fit with a M1 FCS and thermal

[@Tsunami804]

You should play the ItPsV 90, I think u already know how busted it is with a leo2 chassis at 8.3

[@simonsezo2328]

He always sounds defeated 😭

[@DesignatedAirconditioner]

2nd day of me wanting spookston to try to play G6 as an anti air

[@RAGEMONSTER]

Damn guess I'm the only youtuber that has that realistic long range play style lol tf

[@ismetkurto3359]

Would love to see you playing Magach 3 and how you handle it. At 7.7 I am really struggling with competing with tanks that have thermals and stabilized guns.

[@SemoventeDa]

Spookston, you should play the Semovente 75/46 M43. It's a overshadowed vehicle but it's a spicy pizza if you get hands on it. (Day 31)

[@strf90105]

Spookston outing himself as an FFXIV player. Probably plays Hrothgars.

[@emergency_broadcast_system]

I always call them one spawners rather than one death leavers. Sounds better to me

[@wickendiana8310]

What do you think of playing some other funky m60s? Like the megach 7C, 6C or gal batash? Most of them have nice little things like a laser warning, laser range finder, high pen rounds, thermals, and funny looking composite screens, there not super good but i think there ight

[@RavenWolffe77]

It feels to me like a new-age tank destroyer. Slow, fairly fragile, but with an extremely fuckhuge cannon.

[@dragonminigunner4878]

I need to start counting my times asking for T-35. im going to make it as attempt 1.

[@가니메데]

FUn Fact: The Baby Abrams IRL was the K1. It was how US soldiers stationed in Korea nicknamed it.

[@Major_Bomber187]

day 31: little late, but Waffentrager when? loved the video!

[@sasquatchgaming3392]

If you want to play the mini abrams take out the xm8. Love that lil guy!!!!

[@Darkangels934]

Wait was that a spookston video without being bombed? 😆

[@dylanroskosz6300]

7:12 New 500 GE bush

[@animecrow4433]

You should play the 15cm German 1.0 Tank. It's the best tank in the game and can pierce up to modern tanks with it's HE shell (overpressure).

[@foe111]

Please may you do The asu 85, I have asked many times

[@foe111]

HE HAS ACCEPTED, MY FAVOURITE TANK SHALL RISE

[@nitramynadiw935]

Hi Spookston and community! Quick question, as im very new to the game. Ive noticed that once you rangefind your target, you somehow automatically adjust the firing range on your crosshair. How does one do that? Also, thanks for all the nice vids!

[@VhonteTervo]

The automatic adjustment of the sight is a function of the laser rangefinder modification in modern tanks. Otherwise, the normal rangefinder modification or the basic rangefinder(found in all tanks) won't do that. Hope this helps!

[@cheeselemon8712]

Thank you

[@45atanner]

This is literally 90% of high br games just sniping

[@Pennetr]

You should play the AMX 30 (1972). It my favourite tank in the game and i think you would have a great time playing it. Nice video btw

[@lepain01]

10th video of asking spookston to play the Churchill NA75

[@vibingventures8901]

Yeah, Gayjin needs to change, if you destroy a aircraft/ helicopter, it cant just keep shooting.

[@charliebriggs6083]

I would love to see you play the DF-105, keep up the great work

[@finkleberry1514]

You should try the class 3 P, only tank I've played that seems to go faster in snow and on sand and is surprisingly survivable for the biggest armored car ever

[@nonoshoot4736]

Those ERA blocks tho

[@bigcheeseroll284]

8:30 you can hold left click when reloading and it will fire once ready :)

[@willekille092]

My favourite day is when a spookston vid comes up on youtube, can you play the ikv 91? It has good mobility and a laserrangefinder, and it has a small profile.

[@donutdeliveryboy]

8:26 btw you can hold inn the mouse and it will shot right when reloaded 😅