The New Best CAS Annihilator

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The new War Thunder update added a lot of new top tier main battle tanks which aren't that interesting to me. It did add the F-15A though, which is great for destroying CAS planes.
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The New Best CAS Annihilator

[@Spookston]

I know I suck at planes please do not bully me :(

[@SeaLion-wu4lk]

Nah Ur thé best player 🔥🔥💯

[@robloxmemedudes]

bullies

[@En1i1y]

It’s okay, we won’t but where is the Strv 103C Spookston :)

[@kulmabricks]

Still better than me.

[@KgaogelokhumoMojalefa]

Can you plz the G6 Rhino plz

[@monolith_sim_squad_veteran]

>jet video >look inside >HSTVL gameplay

[@Sten05]

You can't get plane without tonk gameplay

[@whohashamburger855]

@@Sten05 Heli rush into a jet

[@Cinco555WasTaken]

@@whohashamburger855ew

[@LunaLunara2904]

​@@whohashamburger855ur the ultimate evil

[@Janternal]

Gaijin casually recruiting FBI agents to spawn CAS whenever Spookston plays ground vehicles, and to take them down the moment he spawns in a fighter or in a SPAA:

[@SportyMabamba]

T H E Y 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

[@-----Alcatraz------]

FBI: Target has launched War Thunder. Its a 7.0 BR. Ok hes got one kill, get the planes ready.

[@Janternal]

@@-----Alcatraz------ 1-1 TO BROADWAY. HE'S ATTEMPTING TO HAVE FUN. REQUESTING AIR SUPPORT AT THE DESIGNATED COORDINATES

[@Nick-hm9rh]

The Rothschields actually

[@averyziglar4681]

​@@SportyMabamba😂😂 frfr

[@thisguyyyyyyy2723]

5:56 “What’s this? Clouds? I think I will dive straight down!” Lmao

[@jb13611]

The complete disregard for the "pull up" as well.

[@Sten05]

It dont matter pull up or not fog maps should be removed they don't look cool because you literally have Can't see anything and it's not good for the game as you can't see anything

[@a.zrael_]

@@Sten05 I for one think they are pretty cool

[@Ikaros0153]

Its not fog, those are clouds around a mountain ​@Sten05

[@nanni-buyerofcopper]

Iranian heli pilots

[@danielbutka8854]

I love how Spookston treats his missiles like they're pokemon

[@dasji2]

I do it to sometimes in air rb. Its something to cope with my bitterness of playing this game lmao

[@TangiersIntrigue]

NGL, that was both hilarious and endearing lol

[@spliffy98]

As you should

[@sulaimanhameed1699]

Pookie Playing JETS???

[@NheNiceGuy]

🤨

[@Mr_bad_iDEA]

pookie?

[@youknowwhoelseisthehonoredone]

🤨🤨🤨

[@Star_Spangled_Man_With_A_Plan]

Spookie pookie

[@sergeantdiesel8788]

Brother?

[@snipermaninside]

This might be a little bit unrelated to top tier but i once had a Shot Mk8 shell bounce off a M4A1 center hull at a slight hull position truly solid shot and sabot is unpredictable EDIT: the British tech tree being a complete hit or miss is the main reason why I skipped both rank 1 and rank 2 vehicles with the good old TOG II until I could get up to rank 3 one of the very only british vehicles imo that's actually justifiable

[@Star_Spangled_Man_With_A_Plan]

Definitely one of the munitions of all time

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

That's because Gajin is focused on making Russian explosive filled rounds better.

[@quadri31]

I had the Comet's sabot round bounce of a chaffee's front plate once, it was looking straight at me

[@tophatcat6424]

I had a Soviet 85 bounce off my front plate of my M4 Tipo IC one time

[@bigturn1051]

@@aiedenoldstien9751German aphe isnt really good?

[@petrwolansky8088]

5:10 I love how it does nothing to the ammo but kills the crew behind it

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

He was shooting a T-80. You know, because Gajin gives Russian tanks "Spall Liners" before the actual ones that get it.

[@xnopyt13]

@@aiedenoldstien9751I think nato tanks got it as well, even some light tanks

[@vekst]

@@aiedenoldstien9751 You do realize that multiple other tanks that arent Russian got spall liners too right?

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

@vekst TWO other tanks. Plus the way I worded what I was saying was implying all the Spall liner tanks. Including the ones that should have it. *The new American and British tank.*

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

@@xnopyt13 They do, but Gajin doesn't put them in.

[@Juel92]

They've actually kinda nerfed CAS sometime earlier this year. It's waaay more common with maps with haze nowadays. Makes it harder to see ground targets (sometimes much harder).

[@keelled]

and they gave some brit tanks a proper reverse gear

[@user-si5fm8ql3c]

Haze just means the fighters take longer to find my HS129B, meaning i can sneak an additional kill or two in

[@samadams2203]

And it was a great change. The same map can play a bit differently with different weather and there are more clouds now which makes air-to-air more interesting too.

[@iwhu707]

@@samadams2203Especially in Ground RB where planes don’t get indicators for their position

[@Juel92]

@@user-si5fm8ql3c If there is enough haze aircraft look white instead of black. Can be easier to see than usually tbh.

[@GipsyDanger41]

5:56 Betty: PULL UP, PULL UP Spookston: Guess ill dive straight down

[@cabbageashthe1st594]

2:49 I dont wanna sound like I didnt enjoy the video, but this part literally mentally flashbanged me

[@kiktik2413]

yk where i can find the video?

[@_askai6437]

@@kiktik2413did u find it

[@KenMochii]

They fixed it already in a recent hotfix, but I love the bugged out ammo replenishment on 10:30.

[@Ciasiab-san]

I was like No way he reloads that fast

[@vegetablefeces7368]

nah he got the "crew on meth" booster its very rare

[@generalmcshooty397]

Y'know what else is a CAS annihilator? The AS-42/47.

[@_thisnameistaken]

honestly an incredible vehicle. it’s like an object 906 but for low tier italy. ok gun, good reload, good mobility and low profile. I played it last night and got lots of 8-15 kill games

[@KarmelKoloredKilla]

@@_thisnameistakensame lol, that thing is way underrated

[@casematecardinal]

@@_thisnameistaken ok gun? The 906 has almost a good penetration as the crappy apds the m60aos gets

[@thedandy6765]

they meant the as-42/47 has an ok gun the 906 has a great gun @@casematecardinal

[@NorvaVindrise]

I was getting eepy but Spookston uploaded. Now I’m wide awake in a very happy mood, Dankeschön Spookston ❤

[@OrileyOwnage]

das sind doch zwo Wörter

[@crazy_badger400]

Man, i need that video of the mig 23 "thats why yo shoes raggety"

[@_askai6437]

Did u find it

[@biggiecheese7562]

>Want to watch F-15 gameplay >Looks inside >HSTVL video

[@xm8239]

Spookston making an aircraft focused video? the CAS has truly driven him insane

[@TheGoober404]

10:28 comedic timing for him to resupply of of his ammo at light speed

[@Fancy_Frost]

F15 GPWS: PULL UP! PULL UP! PULL UP! Spookston: huh

[@danielc.284]

Spookston saying "Yeah buddy, good one!" to his Sidewinder is not where I expected to get my daily dose of wholesome today. Also finally had a game where I swear half the team was asleep. Snuck around with a T-34 and just...oh hey there's 5 kills. Lost the game but it was really funny!

[@jdreyes3745]

All the time playing the Chaparral has conditioned him to be nice to the missiles...

[@devinhallsworth5531]

"Just a casual 41 year difference in construction time." Aka, what it feels like being a tiger main playing against soviet cold war tech.

[@TrepidDestiny]

Even though the Abrams didn't get spall liners (much to my chagrin) I have noticed a boost in it's survivability This is even reflected in the protection analysis, as an APFSDS pen doesn't become a giant shotgun blast to the whole interior like it used to. Pre patch a pen to an Abrams might as well have been an APHE round.

[@Wotplaya4]

So it's not just me... hm, because I noticed this also on the dev server, to a more extreme degree, where all APFSDS just spalled less. I now pretty much can't kill the entire turret crew anymore with one shot at the very bottom of the hull. Before I could, which was admittedly rather sad to begin with.

[@TrepidDestiny]

@@Wotplaya4 I think it was a stealth buff. I don't recall seeing any mention of it in the patch notes, but it was definitely something I immediately noticed. Maybe they were throwing the US a bone since they seem to refuse to give us spall liners lol.

[@Wotplaya4]

@@TrepidDestiny Not sure if it's only against the Abrams however. On the dev server it was incredibly noticeable that all darts did less against everything. The AI enemies were just soaking APFSDS rounds. Anyways, it helps those who did not receive spall liners so there's that. However it's still not totally impossible to completely nuke the turret crew, but much less so. I'm now mostly just looking forward to the promised devblogs regarding the Abrams (and chally 2) armor reports. Though I can totally imagine it won't lead to anything happening.

[@lightleft3626]

I really like the part around 2:50 , it gives me something beyond the game itself

[@planesrkool2727]

Not as bad as the Foxbat

[@kiktik2413]

yk where I can find a link to the video?

[@planesrkool2727]

@@kiktik2413 look up gulf of sidra 1989 footage

[@_askai6437]

@@kiktik2413did you find it?

[@kiktik2413]

@@_askai6437 no :(

[@SchrodingerMil]

On one hand, I love that Gaijin added the 15 because I worked on it for like 5 years. On the other hand I hate it because I have to unlock it. Also, I said it on Malzi’s video but feel free to ask any F-15 questions in a reply to this comment :) 14:50 Spookston discovers the F-15 isn't a plane, it's two engines with some wings.

[@wingcommanderbob8268]

5:50 Betty gave you plenty of time to avoid that

[@ieatplastic2367]

we need a defyn collab sometime to ensure maximum CAS eradication efficiency

[@Owlzz_]

13:36 straight from horror movie

[@STORMTROOPER-vo1wn]

The F-15 being used as it was intended is great to see, meaning sweeping the skies clean of enemy planes so ground forces can do their thing uninterrupted

[@comradevlad7459]

Spookston fighting the T-80 series: ammo is inert, i refuse to explode Me playing T-80 series: op your ammo was sneezed on from 30 m away your whole ammo rack and fuel tanks exploded

[@kulmabricks]

Love that you don’t use bushes, and the content! Video 7 of asking for Sho’t Kal Dalet

[@matchc0635]

Seeing him playing modern planes are like witnessing a creature of all time

[@bayuaziz3641]

Hi spook, i think you should try the amx 10 m, it's basically a saint chamond with atgm but it's fairly good at it's br, hope you get some fun with it

[@LimeInDisguise]

Day 49: 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

[@EnterpriseKnight]

"you can't preflare 20mm bullets can't you" I'mma steal this one.

[@gustanut2209]

This is a massive gamer moment. Continue you the great work Mr spook. Hope you are feeling well!

[@ceres_mars8137]

9:21 He's talking about the voice warning system's nickname "Bit**in' Betty"

[@soldiert0144]

i like how that now gaijin added spall liners the HSTV-L does even less damage now. honestly quite incredible. (should go down to like 10.0)

[@casualspawnpeeking3680]

spall liners also make the M3A3 infinitely more unbearable than it already was when I get a max up tier

[@thedungeondelver]

I'm pretty sure that T90 kill in the HSTV-L means Gaijin will nerf it. Again.

[@Blurr_VR]

Maby when you hear “pull up Pull up” you should probably pull up

[@Miratesus]

Halo 1 flood music at 4:42, Gave me some sweet ptsd 🤩

[@RandomHui]

in case if you're wondering why the BMP-2M at 11:50 whiffed all of its shots, it was because of its piss poor gun depression

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

I'm surprised that you've not done a video on the Type 99 already, the L15A2 HE round is so good & it's another SPH meme machine.

[@liladoodle]

I mean, OddBawZ did make a video on it & showed how much of a meme (In a positive connotation, mind you) the vehicle is.

[@BconBee]

ur wt decal fits my abrams pretty well, keep it up

[@dantem4119]

Oh my god the mig23 bit completely caught me off guard lmao

[@mustafasattar8452]

My 43th attempt at asking spookston to play the t26e1-1 super pershing

[@dbzfanexwarbrady]

The Radar might be good but we still using relativly early Aim-7 sparrows in game, when facing the ground they tend to have a tendancy to just lose connection

[@jaek__]

that's all radar missiles, the 7M is a fairly modern variant of the Sparrow and has ground clutter rejection, though it doesn't have the DL or optimized trajectories or pathing of an P/MH

[@dbzfanexwarbrady]

@@jaek__ the 7M is 1982 , thats not reletivly modern thats 42 years ago

[@jaek__]

@@dbzfanexwarbrady that is modern for a 7M, a non modern Sparrow would be one from the 70's like a 7F, the P/MH are only older by a few years or decade at most, the AIM-120A is well over 30 years old, so is the B you can't really get much more modern than a 7M other than a few years of development and even then the later models really wouldn't do much for sparrows in game

[@supermarinespitfire3760]

i really dont understand radar missiles in the game in general. like half the time when i get a lock on a enemy with radar the missile just doesnt wanna lock/ become red circle it just stays my reticle colour all the time for no reason

[@Panocek]

@@supermarinespitfire3760 Radar lock isn't the same as missile lock. In simplest of terms radar missiles are head on only. Sparrows are notoriously easy to notch (flying sideways) to break their tracking, even if radar lock is solid. Tracking in side or rear aspect depends on target altitude, but in general you want to be much closer to the enemy to the point you might as well toss a IR missile.

[@harry-John785]

There is nothing that brings me more unadulterated rage than the hstvl

[@foz9470]

🥰 it's quite satisfying to watch some spawn CAS to counter CAS purpose, you're doing god work. Hope you feeling better soon

[@Orangefan77]

Calling the F-15A CAS is certainly.... a decision

[@dbzfanexwarbrady]

F-15 is CAS?

[@foz9470]

I’m not really familiar with air vehicles so i just call all plane/heli CAS in general xD

[@SqaurebearSqaurebear]

@@foz9470yeah historically the f15 has been a a2a only aircraft with the f15e having some a2g munition

[@proofostrich9061]

@@SqaurebearSqaurebear”Some” a2g munition? Brother it is called the Strike Eagle for a reason

[@celi3437]

I think Spookston would have fun if he plays the M2A2

[@Mean_Beans_]

spookston playing planes is so nice to see ngl

[@adamm4766]

Spookston missed the perfect opportunity to use the Simpson’s “That’s one nice Grill. WHY DOESN’T MINE LOOK LIKE THAT!” On the Gajin market camo.

[@dyncoder]

10:30 How fast do you want to replenish your ammo? yes

[@Tomfooleryman57]

Would love to see a video on the M43 75/46 please

[@foe111]

Yo can you do the ASU-85?? It’s rly good and I think it will fit your play style fr

[@mzimmerman1988]

Nice! Thanks for the video.

[@TomTheCheckers]

It sounded like you had fun man. Glad to see it

[@cato2k182]

Spookston: "CAS players are so braindead!" Also Spookston: *Uses an AIM-7 point blank against a helicopter*

[@Unknown-he8ej]

thinking of the hstv-l, i think it would be funny if you played the italian vcc 80/60. it has a reload of 2 seconds, but i can't decide if it is good or not

[@Adam-hi3vg]

he already played it I'm pretty sure

[@casematecardinal]

Its pretty good. The lower br and better armor helps.

[@thecrab2791]

i frequently bring it to 10.0, and used to take it out at top tier. Anything is better than the ariete lol

[@Unknown-he8ej]

@@Adam-hi3vg oh yeah, he did. thanks for telling me!

[@thomaswilm7576]

thank you for uploding you are my favorite youtuber i will activly check every day for ur videos man.

[@NorroTaku]

I just love everything with the death bell soundeffect xD

[@nezhaprime6195]

I need a link to that mig23 video

[@gampexhd5672]

Day 14 of asking for Leopard 1

[@meVladowski]

10:30 his ammo fills up instantly lol

[@panzerdespenser9030]

"Pull up! Pull up!" Spookston: Nuh-uh- *promptly dies to floor*

[@globalvirtualmilitary2051]

2:50 where can I find that MiG-23 video lmao, I laughed so hard at that

[@kiktik2413]

lmk if you find it, I want it too

[@_askai6437]

@@kiktik2413did u find it

[@swedenspepe2207]

Yay! Another great video from my favorite wt cc 😊

[@enkilav2472]

10:32 what the hell is that replenishment speed LMAO

[@pfguy.]

its a bug i will never hope of getting fixed

[@kabob0077]

A Nuke with an HSTVL is insane. Good one ya, Spookston!

[@Panocek]

15:18 - Sparrows and radar missiles in general are target altitude dependent when it comes to keeping rear aspect lock. And then Sparrows, unlike R24R/R27R/R27ER don't have inertial guidance to take over in event of brief loss of contact, thus they self destruct.

[@Marshmellowman47]

4 yr old vrs 41 yr old who wins?

[@kiel_3222]

Kinda surprised there's still no Random Spookston Noises compilation out there tbh...

[@roughseas3455]

Action Jaxon clip at the beginning! Hell yeah!

[@GooberD]

Siwwy little goober checking in :3

[@StarCreatura]

Spookston playing planes is something that feels like the most greatest "hero turns into a villain" moment of all times

[@noahsoto6905]

Spookston videos make my day

[@Tcatpro]

Finally! Another cas video. Nice :D

[@slavanatorblyat7975]

PLEASE SPOOKSTON LET ME WORSHIP AND SERVE YOU

[@major_kukri2430]

Never thought id see spookie fly planes

[@twitchyflash333]

Nothing like having your plane yell at you the entire time

[@BufferThunder]

Bro got beef with the MIG-23 ☠

[@PastaIstril]

I ask for more CAS memes he gives me an entire CAS video. Not what I wanted but I still love it

[@mrsteel250]

CAP in ground RB is one of my favorite things, encourages BVR, trying to stay away from SAMs and the lack of markers makes stealthier gameplay much more viable, and I’ve had some of my best real match dogfights in ground rb

[@6n9yk]

system: pull up pull up spookston: idc *dies* spookston: wasnt expecting that

[@sososocrates7183]

Thanks Spookston. Most of the time I don't even need to watch the whole video, just the meme, in order to understand Gaijin's predicament.

[@Ben_Kimber]

I’ve been using the Gripen (South Africa) for this kind of thing. Before that, I was using the Tornado F.3. Using planes to hunt CAS is honestly more fun that using anti-air vehicles.

[@rare_kumiko]

Laughed my ass off at that CV90120 you suddenly crashed into in smoke. Also, man, high tier in general looks so unfun. Except for the part of using an F-15 in GRB to kill planes that looks fun.

[@thatdoc2298]

Yeah that mountain that popped out of nowhere I wasn't expecting it to be right there either LOL

[@theol.1988]

Its so cute seeing Spook struggle with the Sparrows so much. They are so ridiculously OP in GRB cause nobody knows how to notch, use them more.

[@Starwar111ITA]

I got the 15C in DCS, and I must say, quite enjoyable to fly as a complete newbie to that game and planes in general.

[@cowboykirby3185]

F-15 video: *looks inside* HSTVL

[@buggoprince4772]

"PULL UP PULL UP PULL UP" Flies direcetly into a mountain

[@seamuffin_]

Nice touch with the cloaker sound effect

[@farinelli1991]

loving the c and c generals background music

[@Floppy-Tom]

spooks, if you pay attention to the little circle when you have radar lock on an aim 7, you will see a second circle appear around it. the second one on the outside shows its likelihood of hitting the target (good lock) so if it is like a full circle with a 3/4 circle around that, it is 75% of a good lock. two full circles indicates solid lock and likely hit

[@kainhall]

15:55 ya, the F100 is a wonderful engine . the "Win-15" is just so bad ass.... love flying it in DCS when i keep dyng in mig21/F-14

[@pershing3346]

I'm so happy to watch Spookston suffer for MY enjoyment!

[@tomaspagni8031]

loved command and conquer generals OST on the back

[@andrewmandrona7891]

Great video as always. I'll always be glad that I'm done with this game, though.

[@terribleplayerWT]

lmao the way you encourage you missles is kinda cute

[@schuylerhayes9283]

"pull up" Doesn't pull up love you spook