The Ugliest Armored Car

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British tanks are not known for their great aesthetics, and the AEC Mk II armored car is a perfect example. Though it is quite similar to the T18E2 Boarhound in that it is a rare low tier wheeled vehicle with a 57mm 6 pounder (one of the best cannons in War Thunder), it is quite difficult to look at.
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The Ugliest Armored Car

[@Spookston]

This one was from the stockpile, though I've recorded a few videos the past few days

[@mcpenguin001]

Why do you complain so much about revenge cas? I played a 2.7 game on ash river in my Pz III J1 and killed 13 people without getting revenge CAS'd once.

[@grievetan]

@@mcpenguin001Survivorship bias

[@ledfut]

Hope you’re feeling better man!

[@SwedishGunTree]

Yes hope you feel good, please try 75/18m41 though ... Day 62

[@Jelle_gaming]

PLAY WAR THUNDER MOBILE NOWNOW PLEASE ITS BEEN DAY 13 i think

[@thegrubhubguy638]

that ringtone/alarm sets off my PTSD

[@City1Tiger]

Bros got the ronnie mcnutt ringtone

[@Maniac-and-an-L3]

Glad I’m not the only one.

[@4lexIsNotReal51]

same

[@AlreadyTakenTag]

So relatable. As soon as the video started I felt something like a disturbance in the force.

[@leftfuria]

🌺🌸

This teaches us that even if youre ugly, if you have a big cannon youll be alright. Aplies to real life too

[@tirushone6446]

very true, I wallked into a store with a very large firearm receentley and the cashier just gave me a bunch of money, I find everyone is much nicer to you when you have a big cannon

[@Pranav-qc3nc]

woah woah which cannon are we talking about guys

[@xbrun3356]

@@Pranav-qc3nc the big one duh

@@xbrun3356 😂

@@tirushone6446 "Alright you primitive screwheads, this is my BOOMSTICK!"

[@specialtanker23]

The US used the 6-pounder as their primary anti-tank gun in the M1 57mm gun, just not mounted on many vehicles.

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

Probably because the 75mm and 76mm are both reliable enough cannons for the tanks we used. I imagine we had a prototype sherman or something with one.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

@@aiedenoldstien9751 M7 Medium had it in its earlier iteration. In the end the only vehicle built en masse with the 57mm was the T48 gun motor carriage, which ended up all getting sent to the British, who then sent them to the Soviets. TD Branch believed that the 75mm was better at range due to the heavier shell, and Armored Force wanted something with good HE capability.

[@wotwott2319]

the 6 pdr. is one of those cannons that makes you go "why is this on a higher br than the 75mm?" and when you play it you go "oh.."

[@Puffin_777]

mmm, on the other hand, I’d consider it one of the higher performing pounders including 2, 6 and 17. Also kinda funny that if you get used to the AEC mk.2 or the Daimler you have a decent understanding of the fox’s basic principles.

[@JJishere09]

​@@Puffin_777The 28 on the TOG and RAM is also very good

[@Manchweld]

@@Puffin_777i adore the 17 pounder, especially at 2.7. Thats right, im archerpilled, fear my power

[@Puffin_777]

You act as though I should be afraid, I regret to inform you, I too am archerpilled! Muahaha

[@Manchweld]

@@Puffin_777 a fellow person of culture

[@chrissclater3890]

Got a face only a tank designer can love.

[@laynebarocela5069]

You have no idea how much I LOOOVED hearing those Halo CE sound effects like, hearing those grunt sound effects were just *chefs kiss*

[@Folly_Inds]

The vehicle looks like what a child would draw. "I decided to put a tank on top of mommy's car"

[@brucesmith765]

Literally the early italian and russian SPGs

[@temporarysam5657]

i heard you hate british vehicles, vehicles that do no damage and vehicles that are basically CAS magnets, so i think you should play the ratel 90; a gigantic british light tank with no armor, that only gets 90mm HEAT with a 7 second aced reload and that somehow always gets strafed by planes before it's even allowed to leave spawn (day 33)

[@h.a8681]

The Ratel is only british in spirit, its a South African vehicle

[@aseortoalgoritmo7002]

Please spook

[@wotwott2319]

alternatively the Concept 3, if you love not being able to shoot because your cannon kept wobbling.

[@wokedog1799]

I personally foubd the Artel to be a lot of fun, in spite of it's problems

[@GoldRaven-oe4by]

Nobody likes british vehicles not even the british

[@Necroes]

SPOOKSTON: *Captures a point by himself. Takes out 5~10 enemies in the process. Continues applying pressure to enemies as they try to reinforce while holding point.* ALSO SPOOKSTON: Why do people keep bombing me? Unsolvable mystery.

[@zhuravlevivan4622]

Yeah, I really wonder why top 1 enemy players attract CAS?

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

​@@zhuravlevivan4622Probably because all it takes to spawn a plane is to lightly sneeze on a tank.

[@sayerglasgow115]

Gotta love how skilled ground gameplay is rewarded by being killed by an angry kid in a plane that you have no way to defend yourself against.

[@corsairsofnarshaddaa]

I'm often at the bottom of my team, and I always get CAS'd coming out of spawn having just died to some goober hiding around a corner. Some players are just CAS magnets.

[@Allstar-yl1ek]

@@sayerglasgow115 Welcome to game balance. There are many things wrong with CAS in WT, but "they let the noobs take out the more skilled players" is not one of them unless you want every match to be dominated by the turbo-sweatlords.

[@Username3141519]

Britain use something other than solid shot rounds: impossible! High explosive? That's not very sporting! What, what! Attempt 28: requesting Spookston to play one of the "Alternate" Top Tier tanks: M48 Super AMX 40

[@ffenixfubuki]

the fact that this thing wasn't put into the tech tree is criminal, IMO

[@MrEsphoenix]

The fact that Britain, historically the biggest user of armoured cars, still doesn't have a domestic scout line is a downright piss take. As in real life, a lot of the tech tree's short comings could be solved by armoured cars and light vehicles.

[@ffenixfubuki]

you are so real for that@@MrEsphoenix

[@russman3787]

@@MrEsphoenix My personal wishlist is the Staghound Mk. III, Scorpion, Scimitar, and Saladin

[@isaacciardi6276]

As much as I agree with you on this point. I believe that it was considerably more criminal, that spookston took until the last quarter of his last match in the video, to use him dam he shells that he brought with him.

[@dutchdragon2472]

@@isaacciardi6276 He used one against the M16 in the first match, though.

[@kareemmohamed2327]

NOO NOT THAT RING TONE RAAAAHHHHHHH-- What is that mention at 1:20 ????!!???

[@Simon-tr9hv]

I've been usiing this same default ring tone for over 5 years now, it doesn't really annoys me, just really hit a nerve that I need to answer it

[@Rorywizz]

Hey guys?

[@uohhhhh-sob-]

@@Rorywizz i guess thats it

[@yarost12]

What?

[@kareemmohamed2327]

@@yarost12 you'll know later 😭😭😭

[@blacksky121_]

I find it hilarious that Britain's best tanks aren't tanks but just cars with guns strapped onto them

[@davidty2006]

Turns out if it's heavy and on wheels it tends to be somewhat good. even if it's made by a company known for it's busses.

[@taomongkol5921]

​@@davidty2006To be fair busses are known for being heavy and on wheels.

[@MrEsphoenix]

Britain had some of the best armoured cars of the war and has historically being the biggest user of them. Even in modern combat, the British use armoured cars and infantry as the tip of the spear, with tanks fulfilling more of a support and hold ground role. It's why it's so criminal that we still don't have a proper domestic scout line for Britain. One of the reasons they were so good is because they had some of the best heavy vehicle manufacturers at the time, which could apply their skills to them better than a tracked vehicle. The AEC for example is built on one of their existing truck chassis. The Chieftain did a couple of video's on this particular vehicle which is well worth a watch. He also did one on the Ferret, which is a fantastic little scout car that I believe is still used today in some countries.

[@filmandfirearms]

@@MrEsphoenix To be fair, being used in some countries isn't really a high bar. Brazil is still using the Madsen and that thing is objectively overcomplicated garbage compared to pretty much any LSW produced since the end of WW1. The Bren literally just took the Madsen's concept and made it practical, both to use and maintain, it is better than the Madsen in every way, and yet Brazil still uses them because anything that goes bang is useful. Most of the countries still using Ferrets use them for the same reason, it's a choice between no armor, or at least no light armor, or a Ferret, and that's an easy choice to make

[@MrEsphoenix]

@@filmandfirearms Only the ferret was a well loved and capable vehicle that still performs decently well today due to it's reliability, speed and ease of use. Similar to the CVRT chassis, it's actually good.

[@Tlhague998]

In the UK we can only make two kinds of armoured vehicles. 1) Utterly hideous and looks like it wouldn't work and doesn't. 2) Utterly hideous, looks like it won't work but is somehow one of the best vehicles ever.

[@WowCoolHorse]

I honestly love the aesthetics of British tanks, they're so utilitarian, and some of them almost feel futuristic like the Tetrarch's turret shape

[@Teddymcfartson]

Ur trippin dawg

[@ravensalluphere2290]

My lawyers advise me not say what I want to say so your opinion should be thrown somewhere deep dark and dirty, cursed to bathe in the despair and horrid that is the average war thunder players mind.

[@plussum3255]

I agree. It's good ugly

[@honkhonk8009]

2:05 Its cus when you die, you littreally see where the guy who shot you is hiding. So when your on a plane with no other info from your team mates, you end up gravitating to that area lol. Its not even intentional revenge bombing I think. Its mostly just people having trouble finding targets

[@tricksterjoy9740]

I mean I do that when I zone out, but normally I try to find the most possible targets close together.

[@ThelVadam7777]

The halo CE sound affects are PERFECT

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

3:11 it's even stranger when you realise the Americans used the 6pdr enmasse as a towed gun.

[@TrinSpin]

14:04 "let us mock someone for wanting to club, anyways" proceeds to club

[@skye_music]

When I hear this ring tone I get PTSD

[@City1Tiger]

🤯

[@4lexIsNotReal51]

​@@City1Tiger😑

[@The_Boastful]

When you have solid shot, you run into many situations that make you wish you had APHE. When you have APHE, you run into fewer moments that make you wish you had solid shot... But those moments tend to be so annoying that it basically equals out.

[@neneseal5182]

Spookston 11 months ago: 6pdr is pretty good at penetrating but not damaging. Spookston today: 6pdr produces so many spall it nukes the crew.

[@grievetan]

that intro was mind blowing Spookston

[@DaPumaTank]

Bro💀💀💀

[@bosvarkklein1615]

British engineers:"sniffs" crack Also British engineer: Lets build a bloody tank🇬🇧

[@erikmann3640]

@Spookston your videos always make me laugh. The clips and sounds you use to accentuate the scene, are absolutely hilarious. Thank you for making me laugh during every video. Cheers!😊

[@Smokejumper92]

'Ok it's bedtime' "No its not its 4pm" Such a mood

[@bushboi]

I love the use of little meme sounds when there's a kill, weird ricochet or something like that. Also love the quick inputs of funny photos, keeps me coming back every video

[@user-cm3ro6ln4t]

The music at the start just gave me flashbacks... :'(

[@4lexIsNotReal51]

same

[@SDE1994]

its my current ringtone

[@TheNoahConstrictor]

Day 3 of asking Spookston to play the 2S25M or the 2S25.

[@funniminecraft836]

This guy's just always here lol

[@DarkelsDumpster]

nuh uh, i have more days asking for the Kugelblitz.

[@TheNoahConstrictor]

@@funniminecraft836I am inside your walls

[@Simon-tr9hv]

They are great vehicles performance wise, but quite boring

[@drexsol2312]

5:00 "Is it safe to cross? Probably not, but I'm going to do it anyway". Thats how it feels every time I do that.

[@adimaiuniversal4361]

2:00 with that way you put it i think its that they now they see you as a threat to their team's victory so they wanna deal with you quickly before you do any more damage

[@ckingc05]

3:11. I really wish they made an up gunned M22 or something. I guess the the closet thing we got is the early M7 prototypes but those are a bit too big. Edit: I typed after pausing the video and you mention the M7/T7 Right after lol

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

There is the T49, which is prototype before the T67, which is the prototype before the m18. Its a 6pdr armed boarhound/M7 turret on a barely armoured tracked chassis with chrisitie suspension. Weigh8ng 14.4 tons with two 165hp engines (so 330hp). It almost went into service, but it was desided to redesign it for thr 76mm (resulting in the T67, and eventually the m18)

[@TheMouseInTheDrain]

Day 70 of asking Spookston to play the ikv 72

[@Insane_One]

Rare footage of spookston enjoying solid shot

[@peterj.695]

0:23 "I assume most ppl go A right?'" Logical decision: So I'll go to the other side and flank them. Spookston decision: So I'll take them head on with 0 armor like a chad... What could go wrong?

[@RichardCasto]

What's funny is that my observation is that while A point is key on that map, most players will go to C. It's painful as capping C is generally pointless unless you control A

[@ikmalshahrin8854]

Britain makes ugliest armoured car, asked to leave NATO

[@aDeathbomb]

👇one millennium club

[@DarkelsDumpster]

Blawg fym

[@Voidz-YT]

Yo

[@81_YT]

Got it in 7 seconds lol

[@Eli-xw7de]

Yes

[@OperatorJackYT]

*Yas Brov!* :D

[@unfairyumm]

Love the videos man you got me back into war thunder hope you get back to 100% soon

[@MackaiTeMana-tq6dx]

Thank you so much Spookston

[@coleadams5727]

Has a cas moment in the first match Has "the shot that did not pen but should have". I can confirm that this is a real spookston vid

[@Pepisgood]

Thanks for vids, pal, I hope you get well as soon as possible

[@Nova-ro5by]

Your usage of sound effects keeps getting better

[@pheonixflyer629]

Man, I thought my phone was ringing when the video started and couldn't figure it out for a minute.

[@swappy89]

Not the goddamn ringtone

[@saavedra909]

I love the random sound effects you add on each kill! From a grunt, explosions, random sounds to a monkey haha

[@SOSRA]

Watching spookston: goated Watching spookston inebriated: goated in the sauce

[@austincrook7808]

I love the halo sounds in your videos! Awesome videos keep it up! 👍🏻🤟🏻

[@snakesupremacy]

me looks at spookston demolishing everyone, me goes into GRB, me gets killed after 1 min, me gives up

[@undercoverjesus9352]

Nice timing 👍 my food just got warm

[@Coproductiongarage]

Spookston You never disappoint on the videos. So I appreciate your quality and funny humor In every video, please do not change. Hope your medical stuff is going well Is keep it up brother 😊❤ And lift life to the fullest, thank you.

[@td23asus]

spook i need more low tier italy gaming desperately

[@JoseonViking]

I lost it over the "WAAAAAAAAH" when you killed the T50

[@clunk_fest5326]

KEEP DOING THE HALO SOUND EFFECT THEY ARE SO GOOD

[@cuack_]

2:56 ame el meme del perro tomando fernet con coca, yo como buen cordobés me alegra de ver de uno de mis youtubers favoritos use un meme de mi cultura, saludos desde Argentina si algún día llegas a leer esto

[@assassin67904]

The hunter getting smacked sound effect was a nice touch

[@scatterbraindonor]

This thing looks like a predecessor to the Combine APC.

[@Nein556]

I got to excited when you said Duck dog fight lol. Like a couple days ago I was on that exact map dog fighting a plane in my Romanian Duck and actually got the kill.

[@pi7691]

How are you feeling? Hopefully good!! Always look forward to watching a spookston video

[@Astarngo22]

Spookston asking "does he see me?" is like some kind of invisibility spell

[@nmspy]

Spookton, top tier Italy naval, it’s time for your suffering quota to be fulfilled

[@gamergumilyov8579]

The 6 pounder in simulator battles is like knife through butter, cold knife on cold butter, but butter nonetheless

[@swedenspepe2207]

Yay Another video from my favorite wt cc 😊

[@Boibucks]

Every T-50 is like a Grunt with a fuel rod cannon

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

Now if only the US had made more of the 105mm T8 (An American AT that took influence from the German PaK 43/41) and used on some tanks. Like re-arming the T32 heavy tank with the 105mm T8, then calling it the T32E2. Or a casemate TD based on the Pershing chassis that looks like a Jagdpanther that was armed with the 105mm T8.

[@liladoodle]

I've never heard of the 105mm T8 before, thanks for bringing light to this.

[@lightninglash5366]

The true spookston experience is being a Halo fan and smirking at every little noise from the games.

[@Mister_Clean]

I'm amazed at how many shots this truck bounced/survived. No armor truly is best armor

[@In_Awe_or_Disappointment]

The M2A2 light tank calls for you, Spook.

[@bennettcrozier344]

Glad to know that at the time of watching this my sweet baby boy spooky is probably fast asleep now that hes done his duty

[@Sabrowsky]

Heya spook, one possible explanation as to why you get CASd by people is that they might have a 2 vehicle lineup made up of one ground vehicle and one plane. So you killed their ground vehicle, and they just have a plane to hop onto. Handily, they also know more or less where you are, so thats a good bet of where to go

[@theroaringnoodle]

Spookston identification system: Oh god thats a thing!

[@agentm0368]

The Stuart's turret flying in the air made me think of a guy saying good day while raising their top hat 🤣

[@themanofthemilk1369]

"I think everybody will flock to A" Two people including him go to A

[@boi8328]

So I was looking through your vids and honestly I'm surprised you haven't played the Crusader yet.

[@TheGoober404]

Spookston having a good time in a AP spitter? Unheard of.

[@RIO-et4mm]

bruh, that ringtone is the same ringtone on my phone the moment it starts playing I thought i gotta call so i get up from my sitting and start looking.

[@bt42_howitzer]

THAT INTRO genuinely made me recoil backwards

[@FlugabwehrraketensystemRoland.]

Spookston suffers for our entertainment gotta love it

[@bobjeffmcmac7457]

Ive been lucky enough to see one of these in real life at Bovington Tank Museum, and this thing is surprisingly huge when you see it up close

[@TheAmazingSmartKappa]

I think it would be really really cool if you did a video on the British Cromwell tank (whichever one)!

[@goldfishmentality]

Spookston never fails to capture the depressing goofiness of this game

[@dr.sebastianhyde3355]

I can't unsee that if you took the turret off, it'd look like an old Hot Wheels/Match Box car I had. Hot Wheels tanks when?

[@LDSG_A_Team]

The grunt and elite sound effects were EXCEPTIONAL in this one

[@arathdejesusescobarromero4904]

The memes and sounds effects were on point in this one🚬 🗿👌🏻

[@1994CivicGLi]

“The 6 pounder never made it to any production tanks” hello, my name is crusader mk III

[@BrickWar]

"Gaijin on its way to nerf AEC MKII spall when Spook says its good..." xD

[@olszu3350]

I think this is the first time Spookston hasn't complained about AP rounds damage. Honey mark the date

[@LokirofRoriksted]

when you shot that L62 barrel I felt so happy! I hate that thing more than pumas (still less than t34s)

[@sushiman3817]

The Halo SFX fill me with great joy

[@fragmancenneti3092]

Pleeeaaas do T-10M! İts been 8 months or so since i started asking it first. And hope you get well soon man, love you and your content❤

[@FlapJacks7]

As always quite impressive

[@catritonix]

i kiiiinda like how it looks. Also i am once again suggesting m3 bradley and m42 duster for videos

[@cummins026]

I love the halo noises I will be playing through the campaigns again thanks to you

[@Le_pakg4468]

It looks like the half life armored car. And good video as always.

[@zachcanning4021]

Ngl love hearing the old halo ce voice lines especially the eilites lmao 😂😂

[@MrJinglejanglejingle]

Spookston the type of Halo Player to grab the sniper rifle, go 30-0, and then whine when his first death comes from some idiot with the Rocket Launcher.

[@no-bones2274]

hey spookerton, wanted to make the suggestion you play the crocodile again! speaking of though, in the captured german vehicle lineup video you mentioned that might be the closest you get to playing the Churchill, what do you have against the tank and its variants?

[@thesauceguy1809]

It's also 3.0 and has the high velocity version of the gun, which really makes it more fun compared to alternatives with the 6 pounder.

[@leok9920]

Spookston saying “12 kills not bad not bad” me having a stroke trying to get 3 LOL

[@bleedforyourking]

Even if it's been said before I have to proclaim my love for the halo sound effects, get's me every time