The Worst German Tank Destroyer

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The Ferdinand or Elefant is a heavy tank destroyer based on the hull of the Porsche Tiger. It was quite unreliable historically speaking, but it still managed to do pretty well. It's good in War Thunder too.
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The Worst German Tank Destroyer

[@Spookston]

I lived

[@Knightlostinthyme]

The day this wizard stops uploading is the day war thunder dies

[@klerences]

are you sure?

[@GWR_2011]

congrats

[@SemoventeDa]

I never surrender

[@_Meta1511_]

I'm so happy to have finally bought something with your link now I have the decal 🤲

[@skyla_fox]

I love the dedication of sending a poll 4 hours before the video uploads, making a video in less than 4 hours man that was fast ggs

[@dominicdawsn3725]

Plot twist: Spookie made the video beforehand already and knew that the Elephant would win the poll anyways.

[@BruceLeeroy94]

He recorded 4 videos, and then asked us which one we want to see him edit and upload.​@dominicdawsn3725

[@Ben-fk9ey]

He knows his audience are gremlins who'd vote for the tank to make him suffer the most.

[@KaihanDTuna]

​@@dominicdawsn3725 that's make sense

[@sillygoosexv6778]

He had videos for each tank ready and uploaded the one that won. Now he's gonna release the 2nd place one saying, "A lot of other people wanted to see this."

[@krullachief669]

Spookston has two abilities: CAS attraction and Gremlin Detection.

[@TheEpicNoob]

Underrated comment

[@rockit2415]

"Germany makes the worst tank destroyer, asked to leave the Axis."

[@MuricaRules]

That's impossible because they made the Axis

[@rockit2415]

@@MuricaRules "Sherlock homeless was found guilty during his trials, asked to leave Britain."

[@JTJSSG]

@@MuricaRulesso, it should be asked to dissolve the axis?

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

​@javierteo3943 Nah the others overruled and kicked Germany out.

[@Oppen1945]

I´m sure the Italians cooked up something worse. They would make it up though in style points probably.

[@MrTrool323]

So let's adress the Elephant in the room...

[@B-52H]

*sounds of transmission breaking*

[@Liquid_State_Drive]

the Elefant in the room

[@Sh3ll00]

*crunchy engine noises*

[@celi3437]

The M2A2 is a very fun vehicle. It's like a low tier IFV

[@Dutch-McLarenJk82-]

It even has 2 turrets?! How insane can this thing be?

[@Tonyx.yt.]

​yes, 1 turret with M2 Browning 1 turret with .30 cal + another functioning .30 in the hull, basically its a open vehicles slayer😂

[@TheEpicNoob]

@@Tonyx.yt.very very effective in the tier its at

[@Marco187Polo]

i just played it thanks to your comment on the last video. i got over 10 kills in one round and completely anihilated the enemy team. it was pretty fun, thanks mate and greetings from germany 🇩🇪✌🏻.

[@jensdevos6464]

No no your doing it wrong, you need to mention attempt number 2000000

[@cookiecracker2]

Spookston: "This is the WORST german TD" All the shermans who didn't 1 shot him in the side: Uh-huh. sure buddy.

[@StuartLegomanLittle]

Well, it was the worst tank destroyer during the war.

[@cookiecracker2]

@@StuartLegomanLittle Agreed, but warthunder doesn't model transmission and engine failures because that would be fun for absolutely no one xD I'm pretty sure for some reason spookston meant in-game, which is REALLY weird because there's a few meh/bad TD's at rank 3-4 and they all have WAY worse armor/survivability than a ferdi.

[@lucaswezelenburg8870]

"Why is everyone being so dumb right now? (to m18 death)" Did you expect anything better from an m18 player?

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

I mean M18 players are already behind you or trying to play the thing like the Jumbo. Not realizing basically every German tank can just front pen you.

[@kekersdev]

Wise words

[@heliogt1961]

as an m18 enjoyer that doenst play it stationary. i am sad to see my kind is rare these days (good m18 players)

[@gazmchurcty7485]

You never stay still with a m18

[@Geevexs]

Could you play the T10M? I would really enjoy a High Tier Heavy Tank in the hands of someone who knows what he's doing

[@GewelReal]

Why are you asking Spookston then

[@bonnibelio_]

​@@GewelRealspongebob are you /srs or /j

[@serbandavid5552]

0:35 Oh no i voted for this vehicle TO BE a painful experience

[@brokenursa9986]

Spookston: _Plays German_ "Well, our team's not doing so good." Me, to my screen that Spookston can't hear through: "I can't imagine why that might be."

[@TheArklyte]

I concur, Elefant is the best version of Jagdtiger(it's a tank destroyer on Tiger chassis, it IS Jagdtiger)!

[@darkcreeper3574]

Dont forget the faster reload (6.7 sec Aced)

[@ZEBIGTONK]

True. It is based on the prototype Tiger P. You aren't wrong about the Ferdinand being a Jagdtiger

[@TheArklyte]

@@ZEBIGTONK 100 vehicles(of which 90 were converted to Ferdinand, 8 to Bergetiger, 1 remained as command version of Tiger P for said formation and 1 just vanished) produced is NOT a prototype, it's serial production.

[@ZEBIGTONK]

I never knew about the Bergetiger or a Command Tiger P were a thing

[@cloudy7937]

Honestly, the fact that the Elefant is a Jagdtiger variant never occured to me until now

[@solothurns]

That BTR ZD really said "why'd you steal that" when referring to a jumbo. Bro really thought he was that guy

[@ODST_Parker]

2:18 Girls Und Panzer enjoyer spotted, using Argentinian roundels to mimic the All-Star University Team. I can respect that, the T28 scene from the movie is iconic.

[@patrioticshitstain]

Spookston: You are not a mountain goat, you are a tank! Churchill: BAAAAAAH!

[@jacksonrhodes1500]

Love when spookston gives a poll and all of us just choose the tank that produces the most suffering. Classic Insert SpongeBob Mr crabs meme here

[@whatisalifeihavenone4708]

That T28/T95 using the Argentine Roundel to look like the All-Stars University symbol is genius!

[@YTDariuS-my6dg]

Spawned by the thought of "What's the dumbest thing I can ask Spookston to play" and "What annoys me the most": Can you pretty please play the Churchill VII? BEEG reason why below; Yes it's British (no APHE) and yes it has dogass penetration (103 flatpen max), but it still works most of the time and the armor is so good that if you angle well even people at a full 5.7 uptier usually can't do a damn thing. Helps that for some reason most of them want to shoot your hull, and you KNOW when they're not aiming for your hull because you can see them stop and watch the cogs in their brain turning. Then you just angle your turret (if you know they have more than ~150mm of flatpen) and watch the German mains confusedly continue to shoot your side armor in a brilliant display of the definition of insanity. I had a staredown with a hetzer when I rolled up to their spawn, neither of us could pen the other (I spent all my HE shells and am shit at aiming) so we just took turns shooting each other's track and failing to aim for barrels. In the meanwhile I killed three Panzer IVs as well because the turret traverse for the Churchill VII is actually very good, cca 15 degrees stock with only two bars in Targeting and no crew specialization. Basically, unless you get swarmed or flanked, your fast reload, good turret rotation speed and amazing armor guarantees you can win any encounter, even against multiple opponents (if dumb enough), with barely a scratch on you. I'd even go as far as to say it's OP and would be genuinely broken if, hypothetically, it had a stabilizer (even a bad one since it's realistically not gonna go much faster than 20 km/h) or APHE.

[@Gage-nt]

My Spookie Pookie is playing tank destroyers!?! I'm so proud of him!!!

[@bassplayer8815]

he's so bbg?

[@Arc_Lab]

You again I saw you during the nuke video

[@bassplayer8815]

@@Arc_Lab I saw it too

[@Gage-nt]

@@Arc_Lab What can I say? I'm proud of our little pookie

[@Arc_Lab]

@@Gage-nt well I'm equally proud so keep it up maybe we can get him to play some helicopters just because it's super boring

[@dylanholven6375]

1:56 I have recently found that this shot is very doable and have been cheesing the hell out of it, everyone watching should take notes

[@FireTurtle-cc1tq]

This man gets content out way faster than should be allowed

[@InsaneFedAgent]

"The worst german tank destroyer" *Absolutely cooks with it for the next 16 minutes*

[@peterl3417]

You can do well in anything if you know its limitations and know when to play aggressively and when to be patient or opportunistic

[@sneediumminer]

he gets killed through the front armor from long range repeatedly the entire video

[@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537]

Chef Ramsay: "Cooked? Did you even turn on the oven? The Chaffee fucking cooked with him as the nonstick elefant grease, you DONKEY."

[@kabob0077]

0:37 *Scientist scream* Ya know any time I hear this sound I always think of those old Sven Coop videos where the players are just banging on everything with the crowbar... Man Half Life has some iconic sound designs though.

[@CounterHot]

My granddad was a sapper on the eastern front, also worked alongside with guys who recovered left tanks during battle of Kursk. He told about one ferdinand(or elefant) that got shot by 203mm artillery shell right in commander hatch(firstly they thought the ammo racked). I believe it was fastest transition from casemate to open-top vehicle during battle

[@Bophadees_Knutz]

That never happened. You made that up

[@CounterHot]

@@Bophadees_Knutz I checked sorces. According to a historian and journalist Svirin M.N., on 9-10 July 1943, near Poniry Station, 654th German heavy anti-tank battalion alongside tigers and brummbars battalions fought with Soviet forces. 10th July, heavy artillery barrage by 203mm B-4 howitzers started pinning down ferdinands, making them retreat, but the battalion tried to rescue tanks up to 14th of July Ferdinand with serial number 701 was found by Soviet forces with destroyed crew compartment. Further investigation led to conclusion, that 203mm artillery shell landed on commanders hatch, destroying the vehicle beyond any repair

[@Bophadees_Knutz]

@@CounterHot Sure buddy

[@guccihorsepiss2406]

@@CounterHot you can always link an article or paper someone wrote. These days, most known sources can be found.

[@connor22abrams4]

Before the major BR changes, the Ferdinand was fun as hell to play for me. I have it with a full Expert crew, so the reload is hilariously fast for the long 88. I don't play it now as it's not that enjoyable for me.

[@cjs9818]

"soo it's gonna be like that" did I here JORGE ?!?!?!

[@darthshaggy9697]

The end there had me dying when ur squadmate looked at u and u said "don't gimme that look, u weren't killing that thing".

[@trickythefox9598]

13:40 M-13: I want to try and impress the elephant with my parkoor skills, so he doesnt kill me. Gaijin: Roll a charisma check * rolls a fail * Gaikin: He kills you, but feels insanely bad about it

[@Meez2.0]

Day 23 of asking spookston to play the arl 44 tank destroyer

[@39phamlee.75]

the M60A1 RISE (P) is quite a hidden gem if ur only planning to stay around US 8. bracket. If you can bare its mediocre mobility, its capability remains consistent in its br, uptier or not. Its ERA is definitely effective against most of germany tanks since only few of them has sabot rounds, and its APFSDS allow it to fight uptier enemies without being too one-sided. And as a cherry ontop, 8.7 also open you up to a lot of -revenge- CAS option, including the Squad A-4E and Hueys with ATGM and ITOW The only reason to not get it is because the M60 tree leads nowhere. You should give it a try! (3)

[@blackmark7165]

I'm currently trying to spade M60A1 RISE right now Still handle pretty well for 8.7 I wouldn't recommend Huey with TOW ever since missile physics change, its hilarious how AGM-22 perform better just because its slower at turning compared to TOW that turned into snake if you move too much, proven by how many western helicopter player still using old heli with AS.11 for heli CAS

[@luketowner]

Spookstoon: "you are not a mountain goat you are a tank." average m18: "I mean, I dunno"

[@spigotsandcogs]

Spookston: brings 4 APCR rounds. Also Spookston: refuses to use them against tanks he's failing to pen frontally with APCBC.

[@skimp0077]

Thanks for playing the Ferdinand ❤

[@blacksky121_]

"Why is everyone being so dumb right now?" My brother, you are versing US mains.

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

U.S mains are okay. I mean compared to watching two Panthers ignore a Chaffee bullying Spookston.

[@classifiedad1]

German mains make US mains look like Einstein.

[@thatonelocalauthority2809]

@@classifiedad1in the lower tiers, I agree, but at top tier? US mains and Russian mains are so damn stupid..

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

@@thatonelocalauthority2809 Lets be real. Once you hit top tier, everyone is stupid

[@connivingkhajiit]

@@thatonelocalauthority2809 they are horrible. US mains are worse than german mains at 7.0-80 despite their tanks being outstanding.

[@cjgumera5119]

the jumbo waiting for the tiger to walk out: sees a ferdinand walking out: 💀

[@dylandelmas6097]

8:44 bro you made my day , the nostalgia hit me so hard when i heard the morrowind sound ! Brought me back 21 years back 🥲

[@kaydengaris3449]

Play the T35 Day 115

[@Lykyk]

>universally loved by its real life crews >hated in WarThunder The Ferdinand deserves better.

[@CPTRailfan]

>hated irl >hated in wt It's a shitbox

[@Lykyk]

​@@CPTRailfan It wasn't hated at all and despite the modern memes about it there's not a single report about one being lost to enemy infantry even before the MG was added. Modern midwits tend to forget that it had accompanying infantry. Both during and after war veterans loved it. They felt completely safe from enemy threats inside and considered it a "life insurance" of sorts. Don't stay silent about things beyond your ken, trainboy. Source: Dr. Roman Töppel's gathered interviews with armored vehicle veterans.

[@CPTRailfan]

@@Lykyk I hate it I'm real aren't i

[@cl34ve]

​@@LykykI bet they felt safe. Most of these shitboxes, in Italy and in Eastern europ were destroyed by their own crew, after all. I'd feel heckin safe if my vehicle's most likely cause of destruction was 'my own sides sapper charges because the roads are bad uuwuu', I feel like tankers usually walk that one off.

[@JanJansen985]

​@@cl34vethere were 91 of them made The test one broke before being evaluated They were crap

[@elitely6748]

Yes it's a great day when our guy Spookston uploads! Gotta admit though those German TD's are fun to play usually. *Check out how the Leopard 1's are now or the Ratels they're pretty chaotic!* So many vehicles to play

[@FRFFW]

Jagero player : i like to punch hard through everything ferdinand player : i like to punch quick but also hard

[@conradm4943]

“Yuri, elephant tanks. Go out there and plant your charges on them!” If you know the game this is quoted from, you’re a real OG

[@countofmontechristo6507]

Haven't played that one in a while

[@bassplayer8815]

Oh sheesh this brought me down memory lane

[@dse763]

Is that from the CoD 1 expension ?

[@countofmontechristo6507]

@@dse763 Yes

[@conradm4943]

@@dse763 yup, United offensive

[@SenileAt28]

“ please give me a German team that doesn’t disintegrate.”gaijin,” look we’re already making king tigers fight 75mm shermans, we can’t help much more. “

[@youlocalshitposter7232]

these spookston photshop bits are amazing please continue to make them

[@raven-seven3786]

I was trying to hold my laughter in so many times but that last moment where the AA stared at you, and your response to it.. omg I couldn’t 😂😂 “don’t give me that look, you ain’t killing it”

[@swissfreek]

3:43 I think with the current challenge being "play USA 35 times with 70% activity", there's lots and lots of people (and I include myself in this) that don't usually play USA suddenly going try-hard and messing it up.

[@michaelwhelchel6017]

Spookston, you are the best for making these videos. Hopefully it doesn’t bring u too much pain in the future❤

[@leahmarvel4033]

Spookston casually hitting the nuttiest shots for no reason whatsoever, example, sniping that super pershing's machinegun port from like 600 meters away.

[@LizardSkin]

Its hard to imagine a time where these videos weren’t happening. They’re always bangers

[@leohorse658]

Was already binge watching older videos, then this gem came out.

[@justushett152]

for the reversing IS2 you can actually just switch to APCR and shoot straight through the engine block which produces a ton of spall and will usually one shot

[@redenzo50]

You know what isn’t a German tank destroyer? The fv4005

[@subuwu9879]

Spookson's videos hit different at 4am

[@invincible3246]

"Let me just sneak over here." Sir, did you forget what we are in?

[@pengyvr]

i would love to see spookston play the KV-122

[@kodgames8950]

spookston is soo simple i love it

[@mateigaucan7229]

Love you're videos. I have a question, what's your graphics settings?

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

I'm still waiting for Gaijin to add the Heuschrecke 10 or he ADGZ into the game.

[@liladoodle]

More likely Gaijin will continue to add top-tier vehicles.

[@6sakibean9]

This is the first poll I answered and I already knew from the selection which tank it was going to be😂

[@Chuddling]

Man really made a poll, and immediately followed through in it. True man of the people.

[@corporaliron6820]

That jumbo was not expecting an Elefant to appear around the corner

[@zx9z]

love your videos, keep it up

[@juusolatva]

15:40 to be fair events are now going to be non-stop, although the event will not always be for ground vehicles, since they will cycle between ground, air and naval.

[@judasdedalosson8105]

Did you bloody use the BG2 Casting sound?! Holy hell that caught me offguard!

[@garbagebeans6939]

13:58 _"Die like you should have the first time"_ --- War Thunder Motto

[@codeman24000]

“Dont give me that look, you weren’t killing that thing” is by far my favorite quote of the video

[@nickbanz9283]

That BTR at last clip had me dying lol bros flabergasted when you stole his kill even he couldnt kill it 😆

[@WarHunter666.]

Im happy to see you upload. My day was kinda bad, my luck in War Thunder is s**t today :(

[@andyfriederichsen]

It's not a Spookston video without some invisible enemies calling for air support the second they see Spookston.

[@nobody-ye9rx]

Classic spookston video, whacking dudes with whacky tanks and getting bombed every fifth cut

[@user-vn6no3ci4f]

Ferdinand/Elefant is like a real sharpshooter, fire - change your position real quick or hide behind something (godly reverse speed allows you to do that)

[@aleximenser4278]

Hey Spookston, did you ever do that "Drivers Education" video you mentioned like a year ago? Still hoping to someday listen to you explaining exactly how to split lanes and position well whilst showing footage of anything but good driving / positioning.

[@Anima_2_2302]

Great Video. I, honestly, love the Ferdi and elefant, also the JgdTiger, they have a way too low reputation. you can do awesome things with them. if you take your time and learn it a bit. the canon is a great oneshot (88 & 128) and also reload fast enough

[@swedenspepe2207]

Yay! Another video from my favorite wt cc 😊

[@MinhNguyen-br3ij]

Omg the morrowind sound effect at 8:44 takes me back

[@RedShocktrooperRST]

"Don't give me that look, you weren't killing that thing."

[@MaxTheFlyingCat]

Can´t wait for the Oject 292 HE only video once it is out :D

[@tristandaries1129]

Goddamn, bro had a whole video recorded and edited not even a DAY after the vote went live, amazing commitment

[@lumoplast1]

Fine additions to 2024s CAS compilation video.

[@whatisalifeihavenone4708]

Spookston, no matter how long it takes I must see you play the Black Prince

[@Thurden_mixd]

im now sure that the cat memes are my 2nd fave part of your vids

[@juusolatva]

Mr. Spookston, you should play the Chieftain (any variant(s) of your choice including the Khalid) attempt #38

[@kinggilgamesh4491]

Would love to see him play the Pz.38(t) n.A. I just love that little tank so much.

[@zazzyboy8592]

They talked about this tank in the book, Blood Red Snow. The writer seen it in Stalingrad and couldn’t believe how large it was

[@MaltedBastard]

I absolutely love my Elefant, fits my playstyle perfectly. And a 1 second faster reload than my king tiger really does wonders.

[@Fox_of_War]

You should do play the German DF105, it is an oddly tanky vehicle since there is a lot of empty space, and it’s got a great gun, fast reload, great speed, great maneuverability, and commander override. It fits your run and gun play style.

[@Wifenloof]

Great vid as usual spookton , can i have the T10M next ? Thank you

[@Taco_By]

I love the ferdinant as much as you Sir love the HSTV-L but damn that increse to 6.7 affected it since i also have the jagdtiger and the armor increse is so much better, but damn was the ferdi a beast in 6.3

[@Rush4wot]

I mean - the nonpen at 14:00 is pretty clear in hindsight. Clipped the upper front plate, but at an angle that it would not actually get inside the tank even if it pens that.

[@BOKCGrizzlyWarlord]

Spookston is like a CAS main’s number one enemy

[@TheDaltonius]

3:43 Is Spookston subconsciously realizing that these people could be his teammates one day

[@shinned4205]

Great timing, You should try the super hellcat, i have heard its pretty good

[@tigerbread6787]

Glad you addressed the Elefant in the room

[@aloluna1857]

I will keep going as long as it's neccesary, you should try the ELC bis. You are going to love it.

[@Mati_Panzer]

I only stopped using the Ferdinand because the repair cost went up to like 20k silver lions, now that they fixed that it's good to use it again

[@piltonbadger9897]

"Our team not doing so hot right now" I feel that pain, it happens to me often...

[@nathanrice1531]

Spookston air RB when?! XD

[@cheesesniper473]

Every time i play this game now, im amazed how they turned all of the old real life weak spots into impenetrable adamantium armor with volumetric.

[@vitsobotka6268]

You reversing whilst being on fire was the most realistic depiction of Elefant´s performance ever made in a video game

[@callsign_x-ray2048]

The Marder A1 is a pretty fun German tank as well ngl

[@badjet6567]

To what time on what servers to you play? I realy need to grind other techtrees and i cant stand fighting GOOD german mains. Thanks beforhand!