The Saddest Main Battle Tank

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Top tier tank gameplay in War Thunder his highly competitive, where even small drawbacks can make certain vehicles very painful to use. The Italian CE Ariete AMV is the worst high rank MBT in the game, having no advantages whatsoever. Gaijin still feels the need to keep it at 11.7, for some reason.
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The Saddest Main Battle Tank

[@Spookston]

Thinking I should play a German vehicle next, also I have a dumb challenge video coming out soonish

[@Desertable1887]

I think it should be the RakJPz 2

[@machinegunner2352]

Please play the Gepard

[@dulguunjargal1199]

Play the Puma at 6.0 and bring HE with you to kill M18's Pretty effective for such a Vehicle

[@chiefpapos]

Panther D, being the only panther that didn't get a 6.0 uptier, I still feel like it's a bit overpowered, and I'd love to see you play it

[@neologic-gaming8141]

Spookston challenge video: Play as agressively as possible in only casemate tanks

[@henrique2456]

"no armor no survivability an okay gun and okay mobility" Eminem is afraid of this guy

[@grovehoLP]

good one.

[@rendycoya]

No,he already quit

[@vonknorring09]

What? Am confused

[@ComfortsSpecter]

I’m Shaking and Crying Crying and Shaking This Is so Fire Fr fr fr rn rn rn og og og A Vibe

[@user-dw7rq6vo5w]

Day 1 of asking for M3 gmc

My theory is that gaijin is conducting a social experiment on italy mains

[@OnboardG1]

Vault cinquecento

[@nmspy]

@@OnboardG1 I WANT OUT :(

[@johnnycloud4093]

Whatever they are testing I don’t wanna be apart of it anymore let me out

[@cloneyboi8557]

Yes. And I want out. Please.

[@glowtail3744]

They will then test the British mains

[@imnomoremaverick]

>your country needs to have modern tanks >You design a next gen MBT that is already old in terms of design >You order 600 of those >Thankfully the USSR collapse so the order is reduced to 200 >Still, everything outside the FCS and the cannon is pretty much outdated >Upgrades are rare and not implemented fully/well >You decide to finally do a complete refit of the vehicle >The refit actually is not the best compared to how 2020 tanks outside your country are >You refuse to go further and buy some Leopards 2A8 Ladies and Gentlemen,this is my country's history with their MBT doctrine and yes, it's tragic

[@Paronak]

why we do this

[@cybernetic_crocodile8462]

But hey, at least most other of your military equipment is good.

[@Paronak]

@@cybernetic_crocodile8462 humor us

[@imnomoremaverick]

@@cybernetic_crocodile8462 the Air Force and Navy are well equipped, although some things are very behind schedule The Army is honestly in shambles,and it's funny considering it's the main force of both defence and attack in any war scenario

[@imnomoremaverick]

@@Paronak bc we love bureaucracy so much that we decide to ruin everything

[@Project_Warfare]

As a Italian player, it is pain, but that is why we play the Centauro. Also a song you can sing mumble to Sabaton Primo Victoria

[@HossBlacksilver]

Honestly, when he said "A Thousand Miles", my mind went to the Proclaimers song "I'm Gonna Be (a Thousand Miles)"

[@Project_Warfare]

@@HossBlacksilver That would prob be better lol

[@ThroughTheGatesOfHell]

THROUGH THE GATES OF HELL

[@Project_Warfare]

@@ThroughTheGatesOfHell As we make our way to Heaven!

[@wylandnares8642]

@@Project_Warfare THROUGH THE NAZI LINES! PRIMO VICTORIA!

[@Allstar-yl1ek]

9:27 "I see your laser-guided Anti-Tank Guided Missile and raise you my Tactical Ablative Picket Fence!"

[@RooseveltGuilherme]

Cope fence

[@maverickmissile801]

I saw this comment that exact moment LOL

[@darkpast2177]

Spook: this is the worst MBT Also Spook: gets a nuke with it

[@whohashamburger855]

Classic spookston

[@michaelconstantin268]

Sometimes, it's not the quality of the tank, it's the quality of the opposition. :P

[@kiri3639]

Comes in clutch with it lol

[@leopard2a786]

I mean he has 10,000+ hours in the game. He can get a nuke with almost any vehicle in the game…

[@FreddyKruger112]

12:30 as a Sweden main, I can confirm that the 122s are absolutely ridiculous. There are so many matches I have played where I take shots that the other player thought would kill me and I just swing my turret towards them and send them back to the spawn screen. The fact that all 122s get spall liners is pretty nutty as well.

[@edim108]

"Mom can we have Challenger 2?" "We have Challenger 2 at home" Challenger 2 at home:

[@TheNoahConstrictor]

Day 9 of asking Spookston to play the T-10M

[@martinalmvide9112]

He already did it ok

[@reflectivegaming9979]

Don’t let him have fun

[@Gurtanic_1912]

You got two times in row a like of spook. He has gonna noticed it...

[@ratcooninatank]

He did a video on it when it came out.

[@imchromeplayer3310]

​@@ratcooninatank bro he played the t10a not the t10m

[@TheEnricoMicheli]

0:00 literally in parliamentary hearings "this tank is a ciofeca"

[@ascaro1885]

Veramente?

[@groucho1080p]

rosindo

[@TheEnricoMicheli]

@@ascaro1885 "vengono stanziati altri 260 miliardi per quella - prego i senatori napoletani di stare attenti perché un settentrionale che usa il termine "ciofeca" credo sia abbastanza inusuale - "ciofeca" che è il carro armato Ariete 1"" "another 260 billion are allocated for that - I beg the Neapolitan senators to be careful because a northerner who uses the term "ciofeca" I think is quite unusual - "ciofeca" which is the Ariete 1 tank."

[@imnomoremaverick]

​@@TheEnricoMicheli Ti prego chi se ne è uscito così

[@TheEnricoMicheli]

@@imnomoremaverick Claudio Regis, della Lega, il 12 ottobre 1995. Altra sua citazione, appena sotto, "Il programma Ariete - lo sappiamo tutti - è un'invenzione inesistente"

[@brenobassocenci6571]

"At least he is disabled." - Spookstoon, 2024.

[@AleLGB]

"This is the worst tank ever" *Proceeds to get a nuke and completely turn the game around*

[@awfulwafflegames2706]

The suffering makes you stronger in the Italian tech tree

[@Manchweld]

If you see a non premium ariete, start running. They have endured hundreds of hours of suffering and pain

[@awfulwafflegames2706]

@@Manchweld I went to Italy almost immediately after I started the game and it was the first country I got to top tier with. No country can top the suffering, so every country is easy.

[@Manchweld]

@@awfulwafflegames2706 so true. Their low tier is incredibly fun tho, i especially love the AS 42/47 and AB 43

[@awfulwafflegames2706]

⁠@@Manchweld AB 43 might be the most fun I’ve ever had in this god forsaken game lol Edit: Almost forgot about the VBC(PT2)

[@Manchweld]

@@awfulwafflegames2706 yep, same. Only contested by the BT-42

[@dragoneye0979]

AMV is so sad. They took the arietes which was already arguably the worst top tier mbt, gave it a new round to make it stay at top tier (despite that round being outclassed by others at the same br), gave it some more engine power, and didnt fix any of the *massive* problems the original ariete had like the complete lack of hull armor despite oto melara themselves saying it has composite in the hull. Oh and then they took away the armor kits that the other arietes get despite photos showing the amv pt 1 mounting both kits so that they could mount them on another vehicle and add it later (which they still havent added). Oh and then they nerfed the arietes.

[@whyismynametaken123]

And there's not really a lineup to use around the AMV. With that being said I really enjoyed playing the arietes, but I would stay back and snipe or play sneaky every game.

[@brainyskeletonofdoom7824]

It was basically made with the armour kits in mind... and also, the WAR kit, made to contrast kinetic rounds, has no kinetic protection value in game :v

[@theracoon2223]

7:38 the sherman just like I'm just here to be here man

[@propeltheprototoaster8151]

What I found with sticky hands is 1. I was washing too much and 2. I wasn't drinking enough water

[@tnd1488]

Expectations post-intro: he's gonna CAS'd during the whole video. Reality: 1st death in the second half of the video.

[@cortexoftheego4568]

on high tier there are almost only premium planes I ques, maybe that is why and yes in addition through most of the time he had avereage results in it.

[@tnd1488]

@@cortexoftheego4568 I have no idea what's going on in the top tier, I'm just a 4.7 BR gremlin

[@WhatAFilthyCas]

@@cortexoftheego4568top tier is literally nothing but Russian CAS spam and the occasional laser guided bomb. I die to planes and helix more than tanks in top tier

[@sleepbeinshy5775]

I remember the good old days when the Ariete had the highest pen round in the game. "They stole it from me carmine, they took it!"

[@soapybanana1]

bringing a Sherman into top tier is like training your 6 year old to fight Floyd Mayweather

[@arlobones3410]

It’s so sad the Italians basically don’t have a top top tier MBT

[@L4v3]

They should have Centauro 2 which has been in service for few years and Leopard 2A7 because it's the service tank in Hungary, but instead we get 3 Arietes which have worse armor than Leo 2A4.

[@QuestGamerable]

@@L4v3 And Ariete with war kit should at least hold a stock soviet dart in the turret cheeks

[@parapat9957]

@@QuestGamerable in game the WAr armor is modelled as a 20mm chemical armor, IRL with official sources it is a Kinetic armor that estimates at around 220mm of plates

[@Jason-jb1vs]

@@QuestGamerable it can hold 3bm22 I believe, anything greater than 3bm32 it's useless

[@ghost_toastie3969]

@@L4v3be happy we got the 2a4

[@thatonewtaddictedguy]

Germany: gets good armored MBTs Italy: well we use pizza and cheese to cover up our ammo

[@L4v3]

Don't forget that there's 80mm of air in the turret's composite armor.

[@Zushi_FH]

This is my new favorite video by you, very funny first half, and very satisfying second half + the nuke comeback

[@xray235]

What an excellent video, with a terrific edit, and a great story arc. Well done.

[@Jigglypoundage]

Playing with Italy and knowing it’s so objectively terrible also has its upsides. You never feel more satisfied with getting a single kill

[@P3S4R]

"The ariete isn't too bad" - Spookston, 2024 (Don't mind the rest of what he said :D)

[@Nick-rs5if]

ok :D

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

The Ariete Is pretty good untill It has to engage the enemy.

[@King7ana]

that nuke was epic, good video bro!! GG

[@StrawberryRaccoonNixie]

Really enjoying the videos lately, your gameplay has been exceptional!!!

[@LawAdNauseam]

1:08 a very disappointed hitman on his first day at work

[@NaturalGarethFan]

Hearing a line from Generals’ Battlemaster tank while I’m grinding in a Type-59 for China is just beautiful

[@GamerKahn]

Overlord tank intensifies ❤❤❤

[@AlexWithington]

Nothing like a bit of battlemaster spam

[@NaturalGarethFan]

@@AlexWithington It works really well with mass Red Guard spam, truly the Cold War Era experience

[@betixpro1239]

Congratulations for the Win!! Love ur videos, keep going 🗿👍

[@idk45233]

-spookston: this tank sucks -also spookston: drops 10 nukes

[@sergiuvolda1155]

3:06 Spookston suddenly breaks character and attempts to communicate with the mothership

[@Hvvb-lf2nd]

(A second later):French spookston:

[@SPITFIYAHproductions]

OPE FUNNY BIRD THE FUNNY BIRD 🐦

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

If there's one vehicle that if we do get Yugoslavia in the game (Either as an independent nation or as a sub-tree for the USSR), it's the SO-122. It's a Sherman hull that was given the 122mm gun from the IS-2 and upgraded with the V-2 engine from the T-34.

[@liladoodle]

Yes! Yugoslavia really does need to be in the game, but Gaijin might just have it be a sub tree for Russia.

[@borbduck]

Yugoslavia is like finland, they go insane as soon as they find an unmodified soviet tank

[@burneracc2567]

That would suck balls hard if it becomes USSR sub tree because Yugoslavia used so many wacky vehicles and USSR tree is so full that many of those vehicles wouldn't make it into the game. Yugolsavia (and member nations after it fell apart) have so many unique and strange vehicles that it would be a shame to leave it out.

[@kevinlytle6215]

Thanks for the review of the week clip!

[@Ryu-tl8vy]

3:42 A-10 getting down by the coaxial machine gun of the Leclerc S2.

[@panther8707]

"Maybe that's the issue, maybe I'm washing my hands too much" Yes, spookston, that is the issue. Too much soap will make your hands start to become rubbed raw, and along with the soap most likely still on them when you use your mouse, you've probably either worn down or covered the mouse partially in soap. So, please, do not wash your hands like every time you walk into a room-

[@17denby]

I think he just needs to clean his mouse😂

[@VictorKorp1999]

Best tank in the game, I shot it once with HEAT in the front of the turret expecting not to do much and I left the poor thing shivering

[@sya_7489]

14:03 dude that "kaboom" jumpscared me

[@mzimmerman1988]

Barrett’s Privateers by Stan Rogers is my go-to song for adventuring/travelling .

[@anisvadjian5142]

How I wish I were in Sherbrooke now…. Honestly such a good work song!

[@k-osmonaut8807]

You should play the AMX-13 with the ss.11 ATGMs, i can assure you it's peak fun comedy

[@TheArklyte]

Meanwhile modern Challenger 2 upgrades which are all on separate tanks in the game which leads to them being largely detrimental.

[@evanceaicovschi7230]

Hey Spookston, I just made it to 5.3 on the American tree, and I've noticed that nearly every battle ends with two or three aircraft completely dominating the map. It makes it hard to go into rounds knowing that you're going to be defenseless to it no matter how you play.

[@brianwilliams5586]

Thank you for using C&C sounds. It brings me back to my childhood

[@joshuamueller3206]

I like that part with the A-10. It actually kills something with the gun, but it is an IFV, and then is shot down by the main gun of a MBT, illustrating why you do not go low for a gun kill in modern warfare.

[@Trenaime]

But the funi bird

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

Also some arab speaking dudes with RPG`s. You DONT want to be anywhere near them in flying vehicles, even drone you can put in pocket isnt safe.

[@ilf5788]

I got a British army recruitment advert at the start of this video. they want you to play the 3 inch gun carrier.

[@crystalbirthdays]

7:30 United States command when the armored engineers suggest a new tank

[@baz5042]

I’m so proud of Spook, he was finally able to spawn in and actually drop the nuke and not get teamkilled!!

[@ThatTrafficCone]

18th time challenging Spookston to bring the Char 25t into an 8.3 lineup, and then incrementally increase the BR to find when the tank becomes unironically unplayable.

[@PopeRocket]

The Little Ceasar's Delivery guy doesn't count as "your Italian friend".

[@shizzpostingbucket7980]

Smelling Strawberries is a sign of Lithium gas. Spookston huffing batteries to cope with war thunder

[@schwartzprime3045]

deep down inside i was praying for a vid about it.

[@hazardous401]

He acts like he doesn’t like playing top tier, yet sounds like he is enjoying every second of it… Spook 300iq tricking us to make him play bad tanks (he loves it)

[@NathanThrelfall]

Babe wake up new spookston video just dropped

[@corleone560]

I wonder how many people get the c&c references in your vids but I love them

[@_spooT]

It's basically as if the italian just took a look at the Hellcat from a museum and were like: "What if we take this, but make it modern"

[@soup5759]

Thank you for the upload spook 😃

[@ryanbennett1314]

You might be draining the oil from your hands by washing too much, leading to your hands making more oil in the pores.

[@LiamWilsonOfficials]

Mission Impossible: Spookston trying to make a bad tank super powerful casually getting to the top of the leaderboard every match

[@christopherchartier3017]

Awesome, another great Spankstink video. My favorit!

[@giga768]

If the armor was actually accurate it would be quite decent

[@HugeCockAndBalls]

its actually fried how every modern MBT has their armor modeled incorrectly except for russia

[@TornadoADV]

"Why is there a Sherman?" Are you a Communist, Spookston? That sounds like Commie talk!

[@Hand_of_NOD]

Didn't expect a Battle Master Tank quote. Improved my day.

[@TormentedPenguin]

Sees a Sherman at top tier.. realizes hes in an Italian tank and that Sherman is now a legitimate threat...

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

4:49 one must imagine Ariete got Abram treatment Gaijin gonna turn Glofied Leopard 1 into HSTV-H(eavy) with 2 sec. reload

[@JohnDoe-kw9ex]

Love the unloved M47 Patton day 141!

[@countcampula]

I just noticed the castle today too, I was playing as CAS though and seen it from above.

[@spoork9443]

"The Saddest Main Battle Tank" *Completely annihilates the enemy team and gets multiple aces*

[@Infinity_Squad]

I cant believe you played this pain.

[@AdamZalis]

7:12 - China will grow larger 🤣

[@parklanroyal5133]

the lesson i learned from spooky today is that you are simply unstoppable

[@southernmissourirailfanner7504]

Spookston could do an updated video on what nations you would think people should grind or play your favorite tank (if you have one), also enjoy your videos a lot.

[@wardzyngaming8301]

Attempt 31 at getting Spookston to play the 90/53 M41M - an Italian glass cannon that penetrates anything at its BR....but it only has 8 bullets! No, that was not a spelling error, I *really* mean 8.

[@Spinosaur_32]

Day 102 of requesting CV9030fin

[@The-Floor.]

Spookston pulling an insane clutch at the end is amazing

[@heliogt1961]

for the nukes thing: afaik if you spawn it in via the quick access thingy button the bomb itself is set to assault fuse. if you J out and enter the plain through the menu it will have your set bomb timer

[@harrisonkurtz2520]

First! Edit: I was second :(

[@bananagirl7067]

Congratulations

[@Gold-qm1ye]

Look again bro. You’re 26 seconds other guy was 30 something. Sad day for you

[@harrisonkurtz2520]

@@Gold-qm1yecrappy internet lag 😢

[@Scarp7141]

Glad you released this on my birthday, I’m an Ariete enjoyer myself

[@In_Awe_or_Disappointment]

That ending was insane! One heck of a comeback.

[@snow-storm371]

4:18 That Leopard was in fact, not ok

[@silverfang1648]

2:03 - 2:07 the charging sound of the Spartan Laser? Classy

[@notinmyairspace]

2:15 There is a thin layer of oil on your skin wich is made by your body to moisturise and protect your Skin. Soap also removes this oil layer, wich in my case cause my hands to become sticky. It is a kind of overreaction by the body to restore the oil layer as fast as possible by producing a excessive amount of oil. I got around it by using less aggressive soap, but it varies from person to person and there may be other causes.

[@frankcate]

Bro!!! That clutch was insane!!

[@baz5042]

That Sherman gave me flashbacks to when I killed a KV-1 taking on muh Abrums. I felt bad, but he shot first. I was staring at him questioning myself if that was a WW2 heavy tank.

[@sya_7489]

7:47 He's surrendering, Spookston is commiting a warcrime :(

[@julmar9153]

Spookston speaking french is like a nightmare for me (i'm french). His "excusez - moi" is spoken as if an alien or monster is trying to imitate a human to lure it out and eat it.

[@generaltarik5587]

Spookston: Saddest tank Also Spookston: Proceeds to get a nuke in it

[@donovanchau3483]

Ngl this just makes me even more supportive of a stun mechanic, all of those perfect side shots and the enemy vehicle is still totally functional and able to return fire immediately

[@MrTAGGER88]

Holy crap best WT clutch ive seen all year. Amazing last game spooky

[@berserkskeleton762]

That clutch at the end was unreal

[@MrVinicius5000]

7:06 I was not expecting a blender reference in a spoookston video.

[@DJBlackhood91]

Spookston be like: *Talks about the worst possible vehicle in history of mankind, especially the stone wheel.* *Proceeds to get a nuke 5 times in a single video*

[@shevaughnlewin9981]

Spookston: “this vehicle is trash” Also spookston: Shits on multiple enemies or the entire enemy team.

[@qvqv2437]

10:28 just googled suddenly smelling strawberries, this what came up: Phantosmia may be caused by a head injury or upper respiratory infection. It can also be caused by aging, trauma, temporal lobe seizures, inflamed sinuses, brain tumors, certain medications and Parkinson's disease.

[@user-wj3jw6yi7v]

Spookston: Smells strawberry (his mind) mind of Spookston: STROKE!?!?!?!?

[@realbadcorps]

Spookston making "Over There" the US equivalent of "Erika" is quite entertaining.

[@_undefined_n]

I'm suprised you played the Ariete on this channel before ANY of the Centauro variants, especially given your love for light tanks and flanking.

[@Talguy21]

That last game was insane. I can't believe that happened. Especially not in a vehicle like this.

[@NickRandt]

Whenever you ammorack someone putting the “KABOOM” sound over makes it much funnier

[@duncik815]

Spookston: why do I smell strawberies me with strawberry jam toast in my hands: uhh