The Untouchable Iron Chariot Gets "Balanced" - Merkava Mk.4M - War Thunder

The top Israeli Merkava FINALLY received its long awaited fix, which in turn has made this Merkava far more survivable, but is it enough to justify a revisit?
00:00 - So what Buff?
03:58 - Potato Merkava Plays
07:59 - Get Flanked!
11:08 - Chonky Urban Chaos
15:02 - Cheesy plays
19:07 - Invisibility FTW!
21:37 - Conclusion :D
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[@JustinPlaysTV]

Just a heads up, this video has been in the works for the last week, which started roughly on the 3rd and concluded on the 7th. It has no relation to the current world events. All I ask is that you be civil when making comments. Thank you :D

[@zachsherman7193]

still could have held off on releasing this given current events all im saying...

[@JustinPlaysTV]

I don't plan around world events, as I rarely if ever relate my gameplay to such events.

[@imnotpoorimbroke9560]

​@JustinPlaysTV i love ur vids, bro!

[@naroy3942]

@@zachsherman7193 agreed I'm a Palestinian myself I hope this doesn't turn into another war in the comment sections like any other vid rn...

[@zachsherman7193]

@@naroy3942well in the interest in full disclosure i am formerly jewish currently agnostic

[@ghost0frazgriz482]

What a timing to release a video about the Merkava :DDD

[@Anteritus]

yeah dude, its perfect timing, i'm just confused why he's tank isn't dying to bomblets from drones

[@aeruxgt]

fr💀

[@blu5021]

@@Anteritusme when the merkava was made to fight forces without drones: In all seriousness i hope the crew is ok

[@erikvn4324]

IKR! just saw a destroyed merk on TV

[@Eire_Aontaithe]

​@@blu5021Didn't you see the video of that same crew getting captured? They probably were executed

[@jaredhaynes5658]

Aged like fine wine 🍷

[@number7red619]

ok

[@Hyper_1989]

Not really aging if it came out after the event in question

[@IceAxe1940]

​@@Hyper_1989Well Justin did record this before the event happened.

[@crad5476]

Aged for a few days. Logic.

[@UXER.]

The timing will make it again one of the most viewed videos 😂

[@Ghost0fPakistan]

Happy merchant moment*

[@ZeLeopard]

Sooo... we are not gonna talk about an M22 destroying a strv 122 on 17:48

[@ICECAPPEDSKY]

Legendary

[@shikikanaz4624]

Average top tier moment

[@FarokhBulsara4065]

asymmetrical warfare at its finest

[@crad5476]

no we are not

[@EsKimoS0]

​​@@crad5476based asf let these repetitive KZbin npcs know Their place

[@Aguy644]

Intresting time to play the merkava

[@itzdatoneguy]

He’s gotta help (((them))) somehow

[@crad5476]

its a game

[@219Pyro]

@@crad5476 that is relevant to modern day troubles, so what?

[@SteelOrDie]

@@219Pyro nah blud really just said that 💀

[@thatoneguy1741]

@@219Pyrono, it’s just a game

[@Asuka.Langley02]

others being merkava: never dies when i shoot them me as merkava: gets one shot every time

[@noamax1]

skill issue ngl

[@whiteglint7694]

​@@noamax1"urrggggrrr skill issueeee"

[@OzzyWill]

At least without 500% boost, otherwise could be worse

[@EvoAlfie]

Israel be at war and I’m over here in a virtual Merkava

[@number7red619]

Go to ukraine

[@MrWasGehtSieDasAn01]

@@number7red619 Go to Hamas

[@Manaphy0882]

Israel is always at war

[@BosnianWarCriminal]

@@number7red619why would you even say that 😅😅😅

[@number7red619]

@@BosnianWarCriminal bc merkava there

[@XviZoR88]

What a very fitting timing xD

[@kertaspaper94]

Gaijin should include the Cope Cage in the game. Following the events that transpired its clear its not just Russian tanks that need them.

[@shinobi2401]

They also need to include Arabs running facing Israel in 1970 soviet tanks too.

[@talshemesh1920]

the cage installed after 07/10 @@yakinthebox

[@yakinthebox]

@@talshemesh1920 it was a comment to someone who deleted his comment

[@qusaytheakkadian5715]

​@@shinobi2401I like it

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

There's no Drone in WT, no need for Cope Cage

[@WarWolf__C7]

Perfect timing 😂

[@MarBoi07]

Please do a sprut-sdm1 revisit, i love that vehicle and im currently grinding for it, i would love it to see you play it again.

[@kagannibal2204]

LIC had impenetrable turret until like 3 months ago when they changed it to have same armor as all merk 4s

[@masonicrat]

Really? That was it's saving grace! I transitioned back from Israel to UK a few months ago (Terrible idea btw, chally 2 is pain)

[@K.Marx48]

Anything besides Russia, Usa, China, Sweden and Germany it's not worth it

[@gavinlightfoot5521]

​@@K.Marx48usa still isn't great, def not as bad as before but the turret ring and hull armor are horrible.

[@cutthroat795]

The Merkava is probably the most unique MBT, that’s why it’s the most viewed. Nobody wants to actually grind the tree though lmao

[@sadge1234]

I meet the Merkavas even less often than the Arietes at top tier... which says alot lmfao

[@cnnr441]

@@sadge1234as an Italian player I can confirm Though the Ariete is missing some armor it’s still a fun tank

[@AmbeanWambulance]

To confirm he did plan on making this video days ago from a community post, but am I glad he released this when he did 😌💖

[@cabbageashthe1st594]

Ah yes, the Merkava, playing the merkavas at 10.0+ reminds me of playing the T-10M on a up tier. It's not impossible, just annoying

[@isthissomesortofmeme8932]

definitely knew what he is doing i respect that as a guy that has israeli friends they are proud of their tech tree in wt

[@noamax1]

yes we are such a amall new country and allready has one of the best tanks in the world!

[@Azzoz1]

@@noamax1 small new country with full support from the U.S.A. U.K. and France. Not to mention level of control, Israel has over the Americans.

[@MaxMTTpm]

@@noamax1”new” 😂😂😂 (Or if you mean in WT, then yes, but strange phrasing if that)

[@noamax1]

bruh israel is 75 yo its very young to a country@@MaxMTTpm

[@imperatornoinga3646]

WT Israeli tribalism 💀💀💀

[@releasethekraken5039]

Very topical pick

[@tanmaychat5802]

The timing lmao

[@Rayleonard13]

Interesting Fact, The Merk's Trophy system did protect it against an RPG in one of the videos just not the Drone drop in that other RL video

[@ricktapio4834]

Didn't*

[@ricktapio4834]

There's a video of an RPG impacting the turret ring from the front and the trophy system did nothing. Speculation that it was due to the projectile coming from below.

[@Rayleonard13]

@@ricktapio4834 Yes it did, look at the frames around .4 you see the directional Blast from the Trophy, Explosion before the Tank, The burning stuff is some remnants of the rocket. YT keeps deleting the link but anyone can find it on combatfootage

[@krustykrabkk7742]

@@ricktapio4834 depends which video this guys talking about, a few destroyed merks have been filmed. I did see one were the APS did work but others were it didnt. some speculate the APS system wasnt active/on

[@bigchungus6320]

APS doesn’t really work against drones dropping munitions vertically on top of it as we saw yesterday IRL, the problem is that in the modern world drones are more of a threat to tanks. So maybe we’ll see vertical APS systems??

[@matsbacklund6471]

1:54 Yeah. That's what i've always felt in the Merkava, any of the 5 or 6 or however many there are. I get one-shotted more than i get to use the "troll" armor i've heard so much about. It feels so good to hunt mobile missile platforms though. Or simply blow up missiles incoming from KA. 50 or 52

[@javantm1676]

Interesting coincidence

[@awoekhn7421]

The GBU15s on the Barak are so nice for knocking out SPAA, long range and massive warhead if it does end up missing.

[@BlueyBerry1911]

a video with the Barak 2 would be amazing

[@hixnix180]

1:50 as a merkawa player im gonna say that this is absolutly correct camo

[@tianhaoju4634]

Justin: lets release the Merkava video what could go wrong The middle east exploding:

[@MrWasGehtSieDasAn01]

Weird timing for the video :) Saw a video today of a large convoy consisting of semi-trailers that transported many Merkava Mk4s and reserve units that had already deployed with Merkava Mk3s. Israel's mobilization speed is insane.

[@mrmoac3805]

Yes that's generally the case when you're kind of like...surrounding the people you consider your enemy for half a century.

[@kertaspaper94]

A video just came out of at least one of those trucks turned over by the side of the road. Injuries were reported.

[@gavinlightfoot5521]

​@@kertaspaper94mobilizing so fast they're flipping over.

[@teentitanss1845]

​@@mrmoac3805yeah, Palestine were way to fast with their offensive

[@TazziedoesWT]

“Untouchable”…… 1 rpg later: artillery piece.

[@yakinthebox]

It wasnt just one and not just rpgs

[@TazziedoesWT]

@@yakinthebox idc, Challenger numba 1

[@neelsingh5549]

Drones with grenade op

[@GladWinstein-qf3oh]

I just happened to check KZbin and I come across this right now. I know I'm gonna enjoy this Video

[@xB1GB3Nx]

your timing for posting this is hilarious

[@slaapzz]

Interesting timing

[@adamsteinmetz3223]

Amazing timing

[@subsnovideos-mk8du]

Justin again with the impeccable timing lol

[@CALIMA2000]

Damn the timing is 👍

[@Metagross555]

Where ammo gets stored in your tank should be customizable

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

Yeah!

[@TDS1108Gaming]

Real talk, maybe IDF are going to have to consider cope nets. The video we saw Saturday couldn’t have been a mere grenade, but a mortar. I’m not certain how the Merkava 4M APS works against slow moving objects from directly above.

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

I wonder how a cope cage would work if it was made out of a proper armoured steel. With the regular turret roof ERA feet below it, and another layer of ERA on top of the cage.

[@gavinlightfoot5521]

It was a rpg29 apparently

[@Cam_Wight]

Impeccable timing Justin

[@underworldgameshd69]

Got to love the unique look of the merkava

[@dodoDodo-of6pu]

Love the Merk. I'm trying to grind for the 4M right now.

[@jayapakan7170]

matter of fact all the best MBT weakness only a small drone carrying a bomb and could detonate from far away

[@rougelemon7587]

I'd love to see gaijin add a new abrams. M1A2 SEPV3 with the same APS would be really fun.

[@Youtao-]

impeccable timing

[@flibbitygibbity3010]

Good timing

[@shaggings]

I hate breslau, mostly because of the 2 big main roads which allow you to just lemming train torwards the enemy spawn which teams too commonly tend to do.

[@jop.4257]

Great video keep up the good work🤌

[@michaelhughes4421]

I know what isn’t intentional but this timing was hilarious

[@captainfactoid3867]

16:00 teammate popped smoke to cover from enemies coming from their spawn

[@gaiusadonusmaximusxiv9629]

the merkava since the update last month has been an absolute unit

[@Super_Idol]

Nice Timing XD

[@pingwenhung8327]

Unfortunate upload time, but great performance gameplay

[@swordini190]

“Hard kill aps” Right 🗿

[@JustinPlaysTV]

Idk dude, I like to troll helicopters with my APS and it works 98% of the time xP

[@ikill-98]

Perfect timing lol😂

[@jonathonspears7736]

The most heavily armored tank in the world, and they made its armor feel like cardboard. They destroyed my desire to play these tanks when they nerfed the armor

[@VIT-ey8wo]

In what way is it most heavily armoured? Isn't it basically an apc with a tank gun?

[@leilagorrilla4842]

@@VIT-ey8woIt was made to have the most survivable design, it's heavily armored but the main element of the design is to allow maximum crew survivability

[@sigmaduck69420]

Bro this thing has shit armor irl

[@Luka_H]

Look at the challengers, same story

[@danielelombardo8196]

lol got destroyed by drone bomblets and RPG-29. Never question the snail

[@KodahTheScaniaDr]

Any Leopard 1A5 gameplay since the BR change ?

[@tothmatyas2177]

Dammn the first brown camo looks fire. would like to see a barak video

[@k1roextophia28]

bro......what a timing to release this Merkava

[@h.a8681]

Great timing lol

[@unlockingsnow8571]

I missed Breslau (not sure how it's spelt) so much while they took it away. So glad it's back.

[@FXIIBeaver]

Wait what?

[@charlesrcca8879]

the map@@FXIIBeaver

[@FXIIBeaver]

@@charlesrcca8879 they took it away? When

[@aldidazzbro4756]

You Got the Right Timing to Release the video 😉

[@kingtiger6155]

i feel like the really need to buff the upper front plate on the merkavas makes no sense that one of the heavist armoured tanks in the world is like paper in war thunder

[@ICECAPPEDSKY]

That’s every mbt in the game that’s not Russia or China lmao

[@camm3rs253]

Couldn’t you have waited like a day god damn dude 😭

[@C10_WN]

Yes do the 2S25M it’s a nice vehicle to play with and I’ll love to see it

[@hxppythxughts8531]

Such a rare sight to see in the battlefield too. Shame since it looks pretty good.

[@shikikanaz4624]

Guess not many people play Russia top tier light. I think I've only really seen it once but I don't really judge people, it's got a 7.1 second like t72s and is decently large so people just play the t80s

[@douhgremuro150]

Is your pfp the one from the 2077 event?

[@tubopanderson8106]

heya man, you should've used the HE shell on that thing, it's legit a sap shell in effect

[@Saikowo]

I fucking burst out laughing after you had said the round spalls really well on russian tanks and the first vehicle you saw in the video is russian tank and proceeded to shoot 7 or 8 rounds into his side without it spalling im fucking dead bruh 😂😂😂😂

[@SussyImposter9856]

Would definitely like too see a Barak video

[@duke0salt717]

The turret on the merkava should be a lot stronger than it is, it would easily stop its own top dart in the real world. By that I mean the dart in game it probably wouldn't stop dm 63 for example

[@Villy-dv5yn]

yes you shoud make an video on the new F 16 in isral and i am grinding isral rn and ther is no that have comed latly on isral but then you come and now i am happy so i know how good it is at 11.7 isral :D thanks

[@modguy871]

astounding

[@maggidada]

we need a revisit on the 2s25m plz

[@justingigl2654]

yes a barak video would be really cool

[@user-xv4un2si3i]

I just got an warthunder add while watching this 💀

[@kaiderbrecher9642]

I would actually much more enjoy if they’d put the armor from the test Server it had, back on it

[@bulgingbattery2050]

The Merkava 4 doubles as an MBT and an armored personnel carrier.

[@vitalijmartynenko1097]

Do I get Merkava and Netz in a pack or should I buy em separately

[@germansherman7707]

this tank is beautiful

[@tmo_117]

Guess gaijin needs to add drones with explosives. Looks like modern tanks might have to start adding anti drone equipment maybe we will have all that in war thunder one day, would be crazy

[@syrez156]

No, CAS and Helis alone are already annoying as it is, adding barely seen drones would make people give up on top tier.

[@sussyamongus6754]

💀

[@tmo_117]

@@syrez156 lol yeah, what’s better than sitting there in a good spot and hearing a buzzing that you can do nothing about then getting c4 dropped on you

[@GlazSh0tJFK]

still need to fix its armor to how it was when it was in the dev server

[@urip_zukoharjo]

surely today is the right time to play merkava lol

[@SanjaySingh-gm9vd]

it was the viewers who requested to revisit merkava

[@simonchoudhury7576]

GREAT TIMING

[@songname7707]

Ahh yes a video aged like fine italian wine

[@archdornan8349]

The timing 😂

[@cuckholdsimulator1176]

Now is what we call "field testing"

[@sepmkay6022]

Paraglider video when???

[@jackclark6508]

YES DO A VIDEO ON THE F16D

[@bromazepam781]

I heard that recently some other lads rebalanced a Merkava.

[@buzzle-actual]

yeah, I have the 4m and those 2 rounds kill me every single time for every single 4 series merkava

[@xKr1ss]

best time to relase merkava video lol

[@kitos9821]

Tam 2C vid when? Its not end of line vehicle anymore maybe now its worth to spade or play it

[@ssuuss539]

I also love pissing off helicopters with my black knight lol

[@Luftwaffles5233]

Barak II. Yes please

[@BARelement]

The TIMING OF THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF NUTS.

[@tunnel598]

Id love a barak video

[@iliyantegarkov9450]

To be honest, I started playing War Thunder again on Sunday and first thing I did was come to your channel. I watched the video before I knew wtf was goin on in the world events believe it or not. Cause I don't watch ANY news what so ever. Nor read about them. I think important things, like that, I will hear about them eventually. And after watching your stream 2 days ago I came back to see what is the fuss about. Cause I usually don't read any comments. I just watch the video and move on but damn..

[@dazaideeznut50]

Is the anime pillows are codes or you need to purchase them?

[@collinmichael5068]

i really love the merkava mk4m but dont know how to grind the isreal tech tree any tips for either p2w or not? i only have the M51

[@jspene]

Put a talisman on the M51 and use it to grind all of rank IV and V then grind the rest F2P or buy the Merkava Mk.2D

[@collinmichael5068]

ok thanks @@jspene

[@Panocek]

Bite the pillow basically.

[@_RK44_]

Bruh the timing.

[@garygueguen4162]

That's a shitload of antennas ! :D

[@warbound1]

Jfc what timing 💀