The Rarest Artillery In War Thunder

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There are plenty of rare vehicles in War Thunder, but there aren't many as rare as the French Lorraine 155 Mle.50. The Lorraine 155 is an artillery vehicle that sits at a battle rating of 4.3 in realistic, and is one of the only vehicles in War Thunder to have collision modeled for the cannon barrel. I hope Gaijin doesn't implement barrel collision for other vehicles, because while I didn't have an issue with it in the Lorraine, I think it would be incredibly annoying.
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[@Spookston]

Sorry everybody, the HD is still processing

[@Sacrilege7294]

180p lets goo

[@swedenspepe2207]

Looks like it was recorded on a nokia 3000

[@cognitiodissonantia2412]

lmao Thank for answering the question that I didn't even asked

[@slayer_king_0033]

didnt know it was possible for a vid to upload with a quality still processing. new information unlocked. that will cost me 1,900,000 SL

[@cosmonaut2644]

I LOVE 360p VIDEOS

[@scorf73]

Fun fact: the smoke shell's smoke dissipates before you can reload.

[@Pache45016]

that is incorrect. i had Lorr 155 too, in my crew it takes 21.4 sec to reload, and smoke shell screen hold time is 30 sec, even basic crew take 26 sec to reload so the smoke won't dissipates before you reloaded. i won't carry any of smoke shell on over 20 sec reload vehicle anyway XD

[@Scarletraven87]

@@Pache45016 normal smoke dissipates in 20 seconds. Maybe 25, definetively not 30, not even with larger shells

[@barnstormer546]

​@@Scarletraven87 I have this thing, crew isn't even maxed. You can keep a smokescreen up (if only barely) if you continue to shoot. Smoke area also seems massive, but it's not worth the reload imo. HE is just the better option

[@shukes4645]

@@Scarletraven87 type 75 SPH is 30.

[@Pache45016]

@@Scarletraven87 you can see the wiki page if you don't believe me, smoke screen hold time is 30 sec bro

[@kryperdev]

About France being able to get a lot of vehicles: Yes. Not only in ground department but also modern jets. Mirage 2000 have like 5 distinct variants alone. When it comes to the grounds: AMX-10P, Panhard ERC, AMX-10RC TML (basically AMX-10RC with Strf 90 105 turret), EBRC Jaguar (Basically PUMA on crack), AMX-13 DCA (AMX-13 with AMX-30DCA Turret), AMX-10RAA (AMX-10RC with 30DCA turret), VBCI (Modern 8x8 IFV), Panhard Sphinx, Vextra 105, AMX-32 105 aaaaand list goes on and on.

[@bastyen12]

AUF1 also

[@deca0]

VBL HOT, mistral, and 25.

[@otaka1945]

There was also the rest of the ELC series, besides the Bis they added to War Thunder. These would be the EVEN 90, 30, 120, and NA2.

[@rezowifix8013]

@@bastyen12 I'd love the AuF1 as the big boom derp vehicle, I've been waiting for it for so damn long

[@wifi_soldier5076]

Don't forget the Vextra 120mm

[@darkninjacorporation]

I kinda wish tanks had barrels with physics models. Would add a lot of additional tactics and challenges to the gameplay. Vehicles with comedically long cannons would suddenly have to live with the downsides of it

[@coatofarms4439]

No please no…

[@ahta5708]

@@coatofarms4439 as long as it doesn't get stopped by bushes and trees I don't see how it can be that much of a problem

[@ijnyamato643]

This request has been asked here and there for a decade now. No, you don't want tank barrel physics to be a thing. Anything that has a barrel length extending past the hull (which is basically every tank) would have immense trouble in forested maps and urban maps with cornering and such. Folks really don't know what they're asking for.

[@tux8000]

@@ijnyamato643 *laughs in Archer*

[@Haaton-of-the-Basement]

Obj120 would vanish in misery and reborn in desert maps or any long range map.

[@meisterdestoasts1574]

I love this thing but its so rare I've never seen it in an actual match

[@Germanempireaboolilel]

I have seen like 2 or 3 of those in all of my time in War Thunder.

[@kenyendavis6518]

Theshiznos on twitch has it. You could request him to play it

[@jimlore78]

I go out of my way to play it every time I LOVE my lor 155

[@FullbackZero]

I just got it from a freaking crate lol. Here to learn how to play it

[@TinkoffinPanssariprikaati6714]

​@@FullbackZeroя тоже буквально 2 часика назад выбил

[@hoodedmirror1051]

I didn't think France had much adding potential. You should do a big video listing everything that could be added at each tier. Vid for air and a vid for ground.

[@zzaronn]

France definitely have a lot of adding potential

[@person0-016]

We def need the Stormartilleripjas fm/43

[@hungryhedgehog4201]

He has done like 5 videos for ground alone

[@MrGhjkl63]

Hes got a bunch of those

[@hoodedmirror1051]

@@MrGhjkl63 Not for France exclusively

[@spiritfox557]

I feel like they should add barrel collision in simulator mode so that there is more realism to it besides just no hud or third person

[@caseyycaseyy1]

Nah, they can add it to RB too. It *is* supposed to be realistic, after all.

[@CT-1902]

I think it should be added for RB and SB. It would add a lot of unique situations

[@andrewsmodyt6018]

@@caseyycaseyy1 no you do not

[@andrewsmodyt6018]

@@CT-1902 no you do not maybe in sim

[@ihatehandleupdate]

@@CT-1902 wow I really want to get stuck on everything and get my barrel shot with every 2nd vehicle I play! What a fuking great idea!

[@OddBawZ]

02:25 - Outskilled. RIP Bozo

[@theboreditamar2108]

after ww2, france had a lot of mg151 20mm left over from the germans, so they used them on some things, like the lorrain 155mm and the so8000 narval. that is why it doesnt have the same pen as the 20mm of the marder or r3

[@GewelReal]

why would anyone think that a completely different 20mm would have the same penetration as a gun made decades later

[@LilKittyKat-C]

I would recommend the Type 75 SPH as it is also a good one shot tank that has proxy rounds

[@Jebotito]

The proxy rounds don't work on that tank. They explode just before the tank you're shooting at or after it passed it

[@lutscher7979]

@@Jebotito they're for planes or helis

[@socialjihad5724]

@@Jebotito Yeah, I think I've had a prox round work like I wanted it to on a tank a grand total of 2 times

[@highlyconfused6493]

@@Jebotito They work like normal on tanks, I use them a bit and there's no difference, you just have to try and avoid getting it close to the ground

[@kirishima638]

Shit, slow tank.

[@RocketsQuintupled]

Wished I picked this up when the event was on. I saw that the gun depression was literally zero and so I passed on it, not trusting Gaijin to fix it. Right after the event was over, of course, they fixed it and made the vehicle playable, but by then it was too late to get it. Hope it comes back.

[@dannya1854]

Typical Gaijin fashion.

[@treysmith8917]

Barrel collision would be funny sometimes like the tiger scene in kelly’s hero’s! “Thats paint!”

[@strategicmind2652]

I'd love a video with spookston about the exciting French tanks they'd want added

[@aleksxhepexhiu417]

Holy shit that puma at 1:15 is me nice playing with ya spookston lmao

[@No1Victim]

3:53 if they add those vehicles to the main tech tree and premium tree. how else will they have event vehicles? It still ticks me off the 2 ebr's in the game were event vehicles and good ones at that. While the one in the tech tree is absolutely crap.

[@underwaterpowerarmor8700]

yup and they only gaved it the exported american ammo irl it s could shot a native HE shell and the pcot 40

[@tianhaoju4634]

In terms of French vehicles, the Tigre HAC, which is a modification which allows it to use UHT avionics was passed, hope it gets to the game soon

[@lilcoolcat]

0:00 yea that sums up the war thunder experience in one clip

[@filipmacak7893]

Just yesterday I played a game with a teammate playing this tank. Dude had like 50k games just in rb.

[@theoneandonlyartyom]

surprised how he managed to have 50k games without killing himself

[@kousand9917]

Speedrun to lose sanity

[@Aahmpower]

That guy must have been playing since Beta and I'm surprised he didn't loss his sanity on the way there

[@filipmacak7893]

@@theoneandonlyartyom ye it's crazy. I have barely over 10k games in rb and I feel bad about it

[@theoneandonlyartyom]

@@filipmacak7893 i only have 102

[@superjuca55]

I think adding barrel collision would add a lot of new tactic problems including difference between short and long barrel vehicles that players would quickly adapt to and that I think they would actually find fun and a test of skill. It's a problem for all, so nobody could complain of unfair advantadges. The value of each specific type of vehicle would be even more pronounced, as it is in real life. The only problem that could happen is if barrel collision caused 'ARMA physics', that is, the tank goes flying if the barrel touches a wall. The only thing Gaijin needs to do is a neutral impact effect were the barrel just stops moving if it contacts a surface it's not supposed to go through. Also, just have collision without barrel damage. It could go: Arcade - no collision, RB - collision but no damage, SB - collision with damage, but damage is an optional choice before the match.

[@michaelhowell2326]

All the artillery the game is supposed to be NATO 155 and those kill on the first hit, so I would imagine this SPA would do well.

[@minnesotangaming8966]

I have this thing and I rarely see anyone play it. Its one of the funnest vehicles I have as its basically a KV-2 with a 20mm and wayy faster. But without armor

[@4el0_vek]

KV-2 also has turret. It would be more accurate to compare this vehicle with Su-152, if you want to compare it to Soviet 152mm

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

@@4el0_vek nah I agree with the OG comment

[@morty007]

How the hell do you get it??

[@minnesotangaming8966]

@@morty007 back in the summer event in 2017 I believe it was. They never sold it after that

[@madmalou1057]

And I just want to see the French navy add to the game too.The french navy got a lot of ship good, and weird that I think inspired the ship in the anime film "Howl's Moving Castle" who are ultra DOPE !

[@hoodedmirror1051]

Do a video on the French vehicles that could be added

[@cnlbenmc]

0:01 I've had that feeling before except it was with a Dicker Max on a Cromwell's Hull MG port; it are my 105mm filler shell with 200 ish mm of pen at less than 50 meters; it was aggrivating!

[@Orangefan77]

Huh... that was the 15mm cannon from the early BF109s, originally. I wonder when they changed it to an MG151.

[@GustSergeant]

Either it is a change that happened under the radar, or spookston is mistaken with believing it is a 20 mm

[@iileross8398]

If you look at the stat card it’s a 151/20.

[@McLeod917]

I got this thing from the event but I keep forgetting to try it again after all the more recent he and over pressure changes. Thanks for reminding me and posting such a fun video

[@Bean_guy2]

How does overpressure work?

[@McLeod917]

@@Bean_guy2 it's flukey but basicly if it's a big enough shell/ bomb with enough explosive mass the shock wave will kill all the crew vs having to fully pen the armor.

[@viruspter1dactl]

Only 360 p?

[@jay_jax]

KZbin has not uploaded the hd stuff yet

[@t0k4m4k7]

Thank you for showing the barrel modeling

[@fredo0084]

I love the clips you put together in the first seconds of the vid

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

I want this vehicle, Gaijin bring it back ! Totally agree about the points on France.

[@MberEnder]

Been having allot of fun play the spj/fm at 7.7 lately. Derp tanks are so enjoyable.

[@teddyroosevelt3920]

Do a video on all the French vehicles they could add.

[@lsq7833]

Wouldnt fit a single video.

[@grandconqueror2446]

Love to hear it when it fires, that reverb is just amazing

[@lenardstarks5891]

I’d love a video on the class 3(p). A light tank on wheels the size of the Maus that goes 45 mph

[@creeperassasin7395]

me: ohhh i finally can hear some pointers on how to play this vehicle that I own Spookston: yeah about that.

[@redrevo_117]

its been a while since ive seen this tank, and I have it, its been so long since ive played it. but I remember it well also I didnt realize barrel collision was modeled on it

[@dumpsterfire42]

Love your videos , i saw it 49secs after it came out I wish I could play with you some time :)

[@nevvyboy7053]

1 Year after this video: I'm pleased to announce i was lucky enough to Receive the Lorraine 155 MLE from a box during the 292 Event.

[@TheGallows95]

Cool seeing some love for this rare french vehicle. Lucky to own it. And I completely agree that France need more love from gaijin. Plenty of tanks and planes to be added. Not to mention their navy.

[@Gabriel-bx1ch]

I would like to see how does the IS-4M do in 2022

[@AllenNash804]

Glad to see you having fun playing war thunder for once

[@trollface12master]

5:36 I love how the gunner on the 20mm just got vaporized out of existence

[@hoodedmirror1051]

Do a video on everything that could be added to France

[@kobutatempest3963]

omg the thing about the barrel is so funny to me because i used to play alot of armoured warfare and literally every tanks barrel is modeled and it is just as annoying as you think it would be they get in the way of everything you have to do a full 360 sometimes lmao

[@swedenspepe2207]

Why is the quality so potato

[@swedenspepe2207]

Update: it’s 720p! Now it’s recorded on Xbox live

[@Zesmas]

Honestly i cant stop looking at the Little Armor "cage" thats over the engine and thinking how absolute Genius that is.

[@justinwaltemathe3129]

I actually have this tank, and it had a rough history in WT. It used to have no gun depression, had problems with reversing at some point, an issue where the tank crew didnt know wether to replace the actual gunner or the 20mm MG gunner... not to mention its ability to overpressure itsself. I always love to have a derp vehicle that is mobile and has a backup 20mm to shredd light vehicles, but planes can be a real pain. even 7.7mm are your bane as most of your back, parts of the top and front are just open. about the playsyle, flank and ambush are your only reliable options in my experience.

[@paulzimmermann2829]

I just want France to have normal vehicles to add to the tech tree man... There could be so many cool stuff :(

[@valian8985]

Screw normal vehicle, strange vehicle that the real deal !

[@PaulieLDP]

This was definitely a tank I wish I had, and being a console player will never have the opportunity. I feel like Warbonds should offer 1 really old event vehicle every time.

[@cpl.yuminagumo6754]

I'm a console player and I have it ;)

[@PaulieLDP]

@@cpl.yuminagumo6754 Because you were there for the original event

[@EraOfJack]

I have this vehicle. I played it the other day. Always a fun SPG to take out.

[@MIX-tg4gv]

Hey it was u with the Lorraine good to see the video.

[@cpl.yuminagumo6754]

Really glad I grinded the hell out of this vehicle

[@Nikolay_Slavov]

There is something satisfying using artillery in indirect fire like a derpy tank-destroyer.

[@Dahlgren911]

Two things 1. Still looking for some M50 gameplay, 6 recoilless rifles that can use heat or Hesh (Or more likely its HEP) and spotting MG's to assist. 2. You should do a series on French vehicles that would make quality additions, or even some that would just be fun memes

[@geoffrey6554]

I really wish gaijin did an event where you could get some of the vehicles from previous events, I'd love to get my hands on the Lorraine and AMX50 Surblindé. Well this summer event's lootboxes are technically that, but they're lootboxes...

[@TheJonyfication]

I love just hearing the click from the mouse, and watching things get deleted.

[@tylerbelinsky2096]

I have this tank and I love it. I wish it would come back again to see more of them on the battlefield

[@derpasstwahtskie2246]

I LOVE my 155. I dont take it out too often but when I do, its very very fun.

[@yesman2948]

A super cool ground vehicle vehicle they could just add to even out the the French Tech Tree a little would be the Panhard AM 40P It was the WWII predecessor of the EBR's and their variants. I think it'd fit nicely at 3.3/3.7 between the AMX-13 and Crusader Mk II. Its armament was the 25mm SA 35 which got about 18 rounds a minute and a 7.5mg. Speed was great at 80km/h on roads. The armor was surprisingly good at about 60mm frontally and it had good angling as well. I've been wanting this vehicle for a while now.

[@andrewfuson5552]

make a video about the France vehicles that you think should be in the game! keep up the work!

[@domonateryolo3568]

Keep up the good work

[@Goatfer]

It's a fun tank to bring out. The gun can aim up high enough to actually be used as artillery but the shell takes forever to land. Also because the 20mm is set so far back, it messes with aiming at planes unless the come at you from the front. When ver I take it out it's usually good for a few kills until someone recognizes it, after that they just start hunting it down.

[@Aurum.]

the Spookston gamer combo, hissing Gatorade and hot keyboards

[@INick4]

that command and conquer soundtrack just gave me insane nostalgia

[@omgrussian]

I got this in the event where it was the reward, years ago. I do in fact have this vehicle. Its about as okay as you demonstrated, lol.

[@east4246]

Man 3.7 France has been my go to ground since I got the ArL

[@FritzwiththeToolkit]

Boy nice to see another Person playing this awesome tank... Did get it in the event and it is still in my 8.0 line up because its a monster of a Artillery and Btw is the Best Fake Anti-Air

[@destroyertank14]

On the topic of one tapping with arty/SPGs; 2S3M Akatsiya please. It's so much fun especially with the VT fuze rounds now!

[@MEOW7515]

why i feel nostalgic from the song play in the background 😊

[@superiorsloth4677]

It’s also very sad to think that France doesn’t get any sort of Naval Fleet too ingame when they had one of the largest fleets in the world

[@smithz8501]

bro we get a glimpse into the spookston archive sick

[@Hootie.]

This thing is probably one of my favorite self propelled howitzers in the game

[@wheatbread4779]

the bkan has barrel physics too i belive, great video tho!

[@Just_Adrian_]

Rip for spookston's fingers, his keyboard turned into a cookingplate

[@princekasper3328]

The OTOMATIC would be pretty nice to see played. Also, They should've just made Israel a French Subtree.

[@user-ni4dn2ml3h]

I would be really happy if you will talk about Italy. Italy was my first main nation both in tanks and planes, but it makes me really upset seeing how Gaijin screws them over by leaving it the only tank nation without a single 11.0 vehicle and F-104 as their only true top tier jet. Plus Italy was the first nation with potent APFSDS (which it isn't now and it also got nerfed). There is also a lot going on about how Ariete series is underperforming (PSO+WAR kit is also a whole another topic). I remember the glorious days when I could take 10.3 lineup Ariete, Centauro MGS and OTOMATIC and just enjoy the game...

[@commanderkei9537]

Can you do a video on Alfred Becker’s Frankenpanzers? Gaijin may not have much left to add, but there’s definitely plenty there for them in the WW2 era

[@yummypiee6981]

Love the lorraine 155, have had it since the event. A while back they nerfed ots mobility, thing used to fly round like a bt7 on crack

[@admiral_alman8671]

I saw that thing twice in battle this year

[@joey01warhawk9]

I've had this thing for a while, only fun french tank I have

[@N4CR5]

Try the AMX-13 FL11, it has had 2-3 tonnes taken out of it, it's now one of the fastest and most maneuverable tanks at Rank 3.

[@CptLefty]

the lorraine and bkan have collision models for the barrels but it stays in a static position with the hull of the tank. sadly the collision box doesn't follow the orientation of the barrel model itself so you can still move the barrel through objects and stuff

[@lifelessalloy7000]

Bkan 1C has a fully modeled barrel with collision.

[@brzeskov1749]

5:22 your laugh is quite cute Spookston

[@duebro822]

Could you do a video on possible French tanks?

[@NotQuiteAllHere]

I should drive this more. I got this one. Also, basic but I love it so XM8. Honor our twice fallen comrade. Silly Griffin can’t hope to be as cool.

[@M60A3]

Irl, must be scary as hell to be the machine gunner on the top of the tank

[@redterror7242]

I've been having fun with the g6 and is fun shoot down aircraft

[@BufferThunder]

The bkan also has a modeled barrel

[@Psykanetic]

I would like to see these kinds of videos with less exotic vehicles, like I have been wanting to see a video like this about the t-34-85. It is an amazing tank and would love to hear your thoughts on it

[@EPIC-ro4ul]

Thank god I got spookton to watch this will make the 11 hour car ride less painful❤

[@Tk210ism]

360p gaming moment

[@zackbobby5550]

I know what you're saying about other trees getting some love from the events, but actually I'm kinda glad they don't and here's why: Those vehicles that would be event vehicles need to be in the tech tree or premiums. The US, Germany, and Russia can get tons of stuff as event vehicles because the trees are totally fleshed out. There are tons of vehicles France could get as events as another commenter pointed out, but these vehicles need to be in the tree. The AMX-10P would fill an IFV hole in the French tree. The AMX serious is a quintessential French vehicle line that really shouldn't be put behind a rare event. It's not a big deal if the Germans get another Leo 2. There's already more Leo variants than you can put in a lineup so adding one more doesn't make the lineup stronger or anything. Better it go in an event than be filler in the tree. Smaller nations need their vehicles in their tech trees.

[@elcousteau3441]

exactly wache the ebr , all good were from battlepass and the only one in the tt is the worse despite france using it a lot.

[@zackbobby5550]

@@elcousteau3441 Yeah that's what I'm saying like I'm fine if Germany gets obscure random Leopard prototypes, but "minor" nations really need their regular tech trees filled out more they have lots of gaps.

[@MadManchou]

The problem is event vehicles going to the "big three" creates a feedback loop of most of the playerbase only ever playing said "big three", which means Gaijin overinvests in additions to those trees, which means people keep on not playing "minor nations", and on, and on. France (in particular) has a ridiculously large amount of potential additions. You could literally multiply both Ground and Air tech trees by 2 without going into whacky prototypes (and still without having 7 times basically the same vehicle).There is more than enough variety to have both semi-obscure prototypes and plenty of tech tree additions. The EBR for example had at least 5 variants of which three were mass produced ; the problem with Gaijin is they decided to make the mass produced variants event vehicles, and didn't even think about the lesser-known prototypes.

[@SquirrellyQ_VT]

I remember back when they released this thing, it used to have literally 0 degrees of depression. Took them like a week or so to finally give it some

[@NeverlostatBSgaming]

I have the Lorraine 155mle 50 and it’s definitely a fun one

[@conradllgaard1467]

dude, you should totally play the AMX 50 Surbaisse, its an interesting heavy tank since its armor is more dependant on the advanced angles of the oscelating turret. Please play it! :) also i love your videos

[@internalswiffer6734]

One of my buddies has this and we did this thing where I got in my asu 57 and glitched inside of him and boom 2 Cannon tank

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

I never noticed this thing has a crewman up top with the autocannon. Only seen this vehicle 3 times.

[@rioutous0rchid09]

Hey Spookston, what are your thoughts on the MPWS piranha 8x8? With your love of light vehicles and the ARES cannon I wouldve figured you’d be all over that thing

[@panzerkampfwagenviiimaus1790]

i hope for gaijins birthday this year, all rare event vehicles like this one become GE vehicles or smthn for a week