THEY FIXED THIS CRAZY TANK - Strv 103-A in War Thunder

[@OddBawZ]

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[@redminer6394]

Pretty please play the M22

[@dbt2550]

Play BKan pls

[@GP5E]

is it also for the 103-0?

[@JustChillingbouh]

Keep it up with the skit's bro, always making me smile in one way or another.

[@SUSTHUNDER-i6s]

OddBawZ can you play the FV4005 or Ratel 20

[@Yeevaan]

12:20 teamkilling a nuke plane needs to have more consequences like a week ban or a massive SL penalty, its absurd how many people tk nukes

[@IndianaNorthWestern]

Well if it's accidental or if the nuke hit you, it would still be your fault anyways. It would have to be something that is looked in by a moderator or something, and not automatic. But yeah 100% there should be a big negative thing (idk the word but like yeah) if you did do it on purpose. My first ever nuke was ruined by a friendly plane crashing into me, not like bumping, but like they flew up, and then rammed their plane into my fuselage. Literally that made me Alt-F4 and I went to bed, I was actually heartbroken lol. But that's arcade, it's hell.

[@randomcast3183]

@@IndianaNorthWestern One month ban with the ability to appeal would be more then fair.

[@ItsMistahWolfe]

The amount of times i've been teamkilled while attempting to fly a nuke in, whether it be by a teammates plane or spaa, its outrageous. Like if an enemy shoots me down, it is what it is, but i shouldnt have to be worried about my own damn teammates doing it, especially in the games that i ended up carrying them to the win because they did absolutely nothing to contribute. Here lately it's gotten so bad that when i do get a nuke, i don't bother spawning it in because i know 9 times out of 10, my team is going to kill me even if its our only chance at winning.

[@Tbonepwnge]

@@IndianaNorthWestern the word your looking for is consequence...

[@Trump24GreatWhiteHope]

I completely agree, there is Nothing to prevent team kills more specifically A team Nuke kill

[@ulfhedtyrsson]

Players: Gaijin, the setting nuclear sun in one team's eyes is unbelievably unfair and unbalanced to whomever has to spawn in the east and attack west. Pleaze fix. Gaijin: *No sun*

[@ceevee369]

I so agree. This low sun make,it’s impossible for 1 party to play and I still don’t understand if and what algorithm justifies this

[@Immortal_BP]

Gaijin: We discovered new documents that show the sun didnt actually shine in the 1900s so we will be removing sunlight.

[@AlphaHorst]

​@@ceevee369the funny thing is that they changed it last patch "Significantly reduced occurance of low sun facing one team or the other in ground RB". Why "reduce" and not "disabled" like why? And the "darknes" is actually fog and rain. Low clouds, fog and rain now all look the same, oh and storm, so we have 4 distinc weathers all looking the exact same in ground RB. that is like 60% of all possible weathers. In an airplane all 4 look fine and distinct.

[@MozzaBurger88]

​@@Immortal_BP Sekrit dokuments™

[@Clay-Dough]

Imagine the t-34 with this 4sec reload💀💀

[@IAm18PercentCarbon]

15:37 That AMX-50 had good situational awareness. He dragged you into the most useful position for your tank (could have been further, but hey, he did okay.) You were immediately forced into an engagement, but he basically made sure he'd be able to engage on the other side of that house if they knocked you out. Clever.

[@Nufirdy]

Didn't press Thank an ally

[@loli141]

you helping the amx, then the amx help you, and then die 2 seconds later is so war thunder moment

[@nopenope8418]

Still, that was teamwork if there ever was any in WT

[@CrummyCookie540]

That’s me in the ratel crashing into you at the start. Just realised when I saw it because I remember crashing into a tank there on that map today. Sorry I was on my phone 😂

[@nattly6340]

lamo, no texting and driving XD

[@hunter_0221]

@@nattly6340 Not like phone-driving is that much of a danger in a Ratel, those things slow as heck.

[@MozzaBurger88]

When distracted driving almost prevented a kill 😅

[@tirushone6446]

@@nattly6340 imagine your house just randomley gets rolled though by a tank and the driver gets out and is like "omg so sorry I was on my phone!"

[@tarkitarker0815]

@@tirushone6446 ukraine 2022 if gps trackers wouldnt exist at all.

[@nopenope8418]

Respect to that AMX, that is teamwork and a welcome sight!

[@Novous]

french players (and other minor nations) love helping others.

[@Novous]

I actually had the most wholesome thing I've seen in WT last week. I had a 1.3 BR 37L Lorraine at 6.7-7.7 BR. A jumbo found me and I said in chat "NO! I just want to live!". He saw my chat, and protected me like a little ducking and guarded me around the map. Later I took down two 5-6.0 BR planes with a ~2.0 french plane and while fleeing I had my plane smoke on and flew over... a jumbo, as the game ended. It turned out to be the same guy from before and he was super happy and cheering me on.

[@Tanks.With.Teeth.Malloy]

The best button I've found to change hull aim is your scout key. It has a few benefits since this tank does not have scouting it won’t affect any other buttons you might use (caps lock for squad mark for example). Also, it’s normally an easy button to remember since scouting is very important to playing light tanks so you won’t have to worry about using a weird button combo. I've had rreally good games with both the tech tree and premimum versions. In my eyes it's underrated.

[@OddBawZ]

That is a GREAT idea, I'm going to do that. Thank you!

[@bikezone8099]

I use the Q key as it's closest to the movement for me but this is a great idea.

[@MozzaBurger88]

​@@bikezone8099 Ironically my Q key is my active scouting key.

[@Laserbabz]

Thanks man, i had not thought of that myself, i'll derffo do the same !

[@YellowFox5713]

i use one of the 2 extra buttons on my mouse. Mouse button 5, if you have those extra buttons it´s a game changer. Because i had rangefinder on MB4 and found no other use for MB5 on this tank

[@MJA-0330]

The Swedes classified it as a Tank so it's a tank

[@Mr.Plankton.]

Thanks for this information

[@clef_note]

Well said.

[@RodolfoRamos-cd6zh]

Yeah, it's even in the name

[@gavinthejanitor]

in fact, they classified it as an MBT

[@mcpuff2318]

@@gavinthejanitor Sweden has never used the designation MBT. It's just a tank, just like the Leopard 2 and strv m/42

[@TheArklyte]

Imagine if Morozov and designers of Strv 103 met and worked on the same project? Autoloader not only down below, but also moved to the back(and thus turret and crew too) for easy access fo loading and maintenance, hydraulic suspension that allow the tank to angle and thus removes the issue of depression angles, commander, who has driver override. Likely wouldn't have worked back then on available tech, but would have been a wild design.

[@lonemarkkingoftypos3722]

Object 490?

[@TheArklyte]

@@lonemarkkingoftypos3722 Object 490 of a sane designer;)

[@einar8019]

thats sounds kinda like the strv 2000

[@jackofspades3908]

Love the new style of uploads just using the first games you get odd, it really helps to show perspective about how even the better players have low kill games and I shouldn’t get mad about the game and my performance. Keep it up!

[@arcangel695]

Can they actually fix the fact it has TWO SEPARATE ENGINES AND TRANSMISSIONS. Just cuz I get a scratch on one engine doesn’t mean i should lose all 4 systems

[@justeunfan3364]

I just unlock it, I was really hyped by it. Second game, full stock, 5 kills. Its a beast if you know how to position yourself and be patient. You just can't rush into ennemies with it.

[@hunter_0221]

The best part is that the entire Swedish tech tree is like that, so if you really put effort into the grind and try to learn how these (mostly) glass cannons work, you can make the Strv 103 work like a charm.

[@leafeonsalad]

@@hunter_0221I long to go down sweden at some point but early on I just couldnt do it, couldnt even get into 3.0 with them cuz their early apds shells were so finicky when I tried to start them last year, that or Im too spoiled by the pretty decent aphe and apcbc from us tanks

[@Mamiya645]

The bints have still not fixed it being a two engine system so that it can move and control but slower, if either side engine is lost.

[@arcangel695]

Or the 2 separate transmissions as well.

[@codypalm]

at 8:28 the dudes turret entered the space race 👍

[@HammerJammer81]

LOL, not sure why I got a laugh outta this when I went back to watch again. He says OMG, I say LOL Holy Shit

[@kasvos9292]

6:28 So it's a complete overcast yet the shadows are super sharp.

[@gmayo777]

I adore this tank. It is frustrating as f**k sometimes but when it works, it works. It's also the tank I have my only nukes in.

[@notafrosty2351]

I understand it may or may not be realistic, but the WoT mechanic for the cheese wedge is so much better than the WT version.

[@triplus198]

fr

[@justancomment4279]

What is the mechanic? I’ve not played much WOT in years

[@DS-wl5pk]

@@justancomment4279mechanic is a bit of a stretch. it’s just the way it aims. They don’t account for things like the physics when aiming, It just follows the mouse cursor in a very simplistic manner.

[@DS-wl5pk]

@@justancomment4279you also don’t need to like wait for a switch or something, it’s all automatic and I guess it’s super neutral steering Well I guess there’s a fast traverse and a fast driving mode, but other then that

[@hunter_0221]

@@DS-wl5pk Accounting for physics is what makes the WT version of these tanks so bad, because WT physics are wonky at best - especially track physics. So indeed, while WoT's hull aiming mode may be less realistic, it's far more playable, and that's that.

[@Αηχιετγ]

I got tkd yesterday in my nuke as well, it’s become very rampant. He was a level 20 and thought it was funny for it.

[@MichaelOxlongerThanYours]

War Thunder players being dumb makes a lot more sense when you realize how many of the people who play this game are children.

[@MechaNick767]

Det är okey Bawz. Ditt språk låter kul med. Särskilt när du försöker säga ”Lila inbrotts larm”. (Translation: ”It is okey Bawz. Your language sounds funny too. Especially when you try saying “Purple burglar alarm”) xD

[@Janek1870]

just in time lol, I jumped in bed and voila, 15 seconds ago, an oddbawz video

[@brycecupp9660]

Odd, thank you for always bringing a great perspective and lots of fun to the gaming experience! It's always a pleasure to watch you having fun and teaching others how to best play!

[@MrCubs0717]

I got an ad exactly when you got shot at in your gunner sight at 4:54 and it jumpscared the hell out of me lmao

[@edgemastermork2268]

Same

[@magiofthoth]

The 103 line is my favorite 😍 Sweden was my first Xtier. I never used the suspension till about a month ago.

[@woober3480]

7:00 yeah pretty much spot on, as youre driving theres little divots and bumps in the road that slightly adjust your elevation, and something about war thunders hull aim, or maybe its a thing in the tank itself irl, but it slows you down by a heap, iirc 15km/h, while it fiddles with your suspension to fix your elevation

[@lancistyes]

not only does the Swedish have the cheese wedge, but they also have the flying doom dorito

[@nikkidalyeeveetrainer3666]

Which one 😂

[@wolverinegaming5738]

​@@nikkidalyeeveetrainer3666all of them lol

[@lancistyes]

@@nikkidalyeeveetrainer3666 they have 1 for each flavor

[@rahrah5091]

8:29 that turret flew F O R E V E R.

[@C0MEEDYROBIN]

You can hear the Swedish crew laughin after destroying that Leo1

[@JustChillingbouh]

Always love the skit's at the beginning, always make me smile in one way or another.

[@caseymcgee7635]

This is one of my favorite tanks in war thunder it can be very op

[@ExcavationNation]

Lets all argue about this being a MBT bellow this comment

[@ExcavationNation]

I'll start, OH NO HE DIDN'T GO THERE! 🤸

[@BMWM3GT2]

An mbt is a doctrine based classification, this fits the Swedish mbt doctrine therefore it’s an mbt

[@connivingkhajiit]

It was designed to be their go-to for any possible conflict. The casemate design is only due to its necessity to be defensive with the looming Russian threat. MBT.

[@comradeiosif2794]

WoT has always left me the impression it's a tank destroyer

[@Add12pack]

Should be a tank destroyer so that it shows up as a cheese wedge on the map when scouted

[@stanceworks]

It's me. I'm tweaking out on Ikea hotdogs and meatballs.

[@unoriginalplays120]

The M66 shell is the good apds shell. It is the same exact shell as M728 on the m60aos, which doesnt shatter. Intresting fact is that the apds shells have a bit more pen on the cheese wedge than other tanks with the same shells

[@b0brik976]

Strv103 cannon is 10 calibers longer than standard l7

[@gadfizz]

Lmao that towing was definitely the greatest save of all time until you got rocketed again 😂 gotta love that AMX dude

[@fuzbaull8894]

this thing was what actually got me my first nuke. the secret to getting over the aiming issue was just to play from more than a kilometer away from all of your targets at all times and hope your team has good AA. it was really boring, but it definitely gets results if you're willing to be so passive. the new aiming is absolutely smooth as butter tho, i'm definitely gonna have to try it again.

[@rinz5027]

3 weeks late into the video and thanks for showing how the swiss cheese wedge is now! I want to get these tanks now!

[@ryuninjah]

That turret that blew off at 8:28 went flying the length of a football field LOL!

[@GewelReal]

The lower flat pen shell is much better because it's a much later APDS (let's call it a "gen 3" in WT terms). The "gen 1" APDS in WT is the WW2 stuff that has terrible angled pen and shatters, as it's made from pure tungsten carbide, a very hard but very brittle and "slippery" material. "Gen 2" APDS is your typical early L7 105 APDS with good flat pen an ok angled pen but again, it shatters because it's still mostly tungsten carbide. "Gen 3" is the good stuff. High angle pen, doesn't shatter and has fatastic post pen damage, as it's not pure tungsten carbide anymore, so it's much softer and a bit sticky, helping it to not shatter and have good normalization

[@axeavier]

This MBT is also able to work on 1 engine, since its designed to use the quiet one when its not crossing land

[@Insert_your_name]

The "Shoot all you want, my front is so smooth there is, bullets well just slip" tank, nmnmm love it

[@DraconX3]

Phly: Rightfully complaining about nuclear sun in Air RB Gaijin: Darkens sun on Ground RB =|

[@dannyleopold1071]

YESSSSSS❤❤❤❤❤ THIS makes ME SO HAPPY I MEANTIONED this tank last video or two ago i believe but still THIS EXCITi g WOOOOOOOOO thanks ODD for another video im looking forward to you and your sherades ☺️

[@operatornaut8534]

Strv 103C is by far my fav tank. 93 deaths to 430+ kills I have nothing but praise for the vehicle apart from a transmission dead situation that could mean the end of you. But even then, if your far enough and good spot, you can repair or be pulled into cover without the risk of being pushed.

[@arvidsellmander3431]

Idk if you knew but didnt want to use it or not but this tank has an laser range finder which can be useful. : )

[@LGMalz06]

This tank does so well "Hull down" fighting from just behind the ridge of a hill. Just such massive survivability if you're able to keep your enemy in front of you, I love this goofy thing.

[@buffpete3356]

I always wait to hear the iconic "In this video"

[@splabooshkey3343]

I absolutely love these tanks - most people don't realise how insane they can be when played aggressively

[@sparkyails123]

Loved the video, I did notice that every time you got angry at the tank not turning or driving correctly. You had turned the hull aiming on and was fighting yourself. If you have the hull aiming on try only using W and S then turn with the mouse only, or hold down what ever your free look key is. Although this will slow you down it can help minimize controls fighting each other. Also when fighting on the reverse slope of the hill try ranging were you are looking. The tank shakes more when you bottom out the depression and try turning. I think it has to do with the difference of where your looking and how far the tank can actually move.

[@wirb3859]

Another fun fact, it can still pivot if it’s repairing and the engine and transmission are not destroyed

[@alexandersergal]

The 103A was the tank that got me my first nuke, it also is a consistent 3+ kill tank for me in most games.

[@Kingrizz69]

When the leopard went up your crew mate even laughed his head off 🤣🤣👌

[@General_Torpedo]

VT1-2 next? pretty please?

[@dilloneklund6420]

Works best as a support/defensive role, your low enough to easily scoot around low hills. Turning off the suspension while scooting is fastest and most maneuverable

[@fusrowdaftuk8242]

Would love to see you do another stock to spaded video at some point

[@soupidmonkey]

Hell yeah, i couldnt find anything to watch before work

[@WrenchMonkey-m1c]

First successful nuke I got was in the 103 doorstop playing it aggressive. I love these derpy tanky bois

[@e-5069]

"Because is crap", yeah my +25 nukes with that crap are not real

[@monaxiaericaceae7970]

As a main swedish before changing to brit. Just shoot it's lower plate left/right side to avoid transmission, mostly 80% hits the ammo and kaboom. If not then it's crippled. Even in a 8.0 centurion with APDS.

[@-leonhulk-819]

Hey Odd, maybe you could take out the Panther F with the He 162 as a kind of prototype lineup next? Nice video btw👍

[@stevemartegani]

Gotta love maps where the goal is to be the fastest team to snipe the enemy spawn...

[@HellbirdIV]

I'm obviously biased because I'm Swedish but I still genuinely love the Strv 103, maybe especially the A variant. It's probably the single best sniper tank at 8.0 due to the fast reload, good APDS round and laser rangefinder, and of course at distances its frontal armour is absolutely ridiculous. You just have to get used to swapping between hull aim and regular mode every time you move even a little bit, and once that's muscle memory its maneuverability is barely an issue, especially that reverse speed. It's also surprisingly survivable if your armour does get penned because your engine block is so massive relative to the tank size, fuel tanks are all external meaning you'll burn but not take a lot of damage, and of course you can crawl your way to safety or even keep fighting with just one crewman tucked away in the back. While you can't turn and thus can't aim if you lose your transmission or engine, more than once I've been left sitting for 5 minutes tanking dozens of rounds as enemies frantically try to finish me off to no avail, until a teammate finally saves me - and frankly, watching the enemy get increasingly desperate as they struggle to kill you is funny as hell in its own right.

[@MisterHabadu]

The first time I met this Tank when I was grinding my Russian Tech Tree (my first tech tree) I was so dumbfounded that I cant pen the tank and was very much surprised to see that it fires fast and boy I mean REALLY fast 😂 Being a new to the game or every B.R. Brings wonders, I wish I could turn back to a noob.

[@feraltrafficcone4483]

Two of my three nukes in this game were from the premium 103. Kinda proud of that. Only got to drop one, though

[@ICEAGEERA]

In the first 21 seconds of the video you convinced me to play sweden again

[@MrQuijibo]

Its very considerate of mr baws to publish this video as bed time watching

[@sebastiansandstrom2799]

Im So happy that you started playing the strv 103 but can you try out the lvrbv 701 spaa 9.3 sweden?

[@arktheevil]

ive been using this for the last few days and i wondered why it felt alot better

[@tirushone6446]

I grided the whole sweadish tree just to get this thing, imo is was worth it just because it's such a unique tank and when it works it feels really good, it's fun if you enjoy the chellenge.

[@noobis004]

as a sweden you were decentöy close to the pronounciation the strids part was pretty much perfect

[@crazylolsbg]

I got that tank and thought "why is everyone saying it aims so bad"

[@GodsChosen69]

artillery falls all around him and theres visible smalls craters... "i wonder what tracked me"

[@robertrowe9790]

It's best if you have your secondary weapons equipped for machine gun, then you can steer normally like any other tank

[@ced-forgot-name]

It's funny when you get to bully people on cqc with it, cus you're not supposed to, but it's still funny when it works sometimes

[@ready4biggie590]

You should really take the Tempest Mk 5 (Vickers P) for a spin. Had a lot of fun with it recently.

[@haltes]

I regret to this day this one time when I shot down enemy nuke :/ War is war and all that, but it feels rough man

[@roundpigeon492]

The cheese wedge is back

[@Kievaer]

I recommend bringing some heshm one of the apds is more than enough and the 4 sec reload + laser rangefinder is the best combo for HE shenanigans

[@ExcavationNation]

Great video Jamie, enjoy you week brother.

[@ratcrib]

9:18 all Leos in a nutshell. Bounces any shot for no reason

[@deadmann320]

The 103 is my favorite tank in WT, its funky but everytime i see complaints about it is bc its not a brawler, it's meant for long range combat and holding defensive points.

[@mcpuff2318]

The engines should be modelled separately. Irl the vehicle could run on either engine and the hydraulics were powered by the diesel so if the turbine is knocked out it should still be fully operational, only with reduced HP output. Even with only the turbine running it should still be able to move, just not aim

[@mr_p_191]

I love this tank when it gets into a good map

[@OversizedPringleToe]

Challenge: get a nuke with multiple people at a time.

[@AlphaHorst]

The "darknes" maps are just one of the following four presets: "Rain", "Fog", "Storm" and certain "low cloud" scenarious. When flying a pane you see the difference, but ever since they reworked the fog in the last major update (not the current one) we have this darknes, sometimes with the halo shining around you As for the Strv 103 Hull aim. Remember, when introduced it was shit, then they made it absolutely perfect and ever since then it is bad/meh on purpose to keep the vehilce balanced. and the scene at min 25:00 shows how Op crew skills are. WIthout the Ace crew odds repair would ahve been around 30s (expert and max repair skill n each crewmember) the T55 has around 23s reload with a dead loader and around 5s to change the crew. So he could have killed odd and still have a bit of time. But the Ace made that impossible. Crew skills are still P2W. Getting a crew with full reload, targeting, repair, driving, leadership and other essential skills takes well over 300h of dedicated crew xp grind for each crew. that is just insane. Or you spend 40 bucks on each crew and get it all to where it needs to be

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

Could we get the OG HE slinging boi, the Bankanon 1C, in a future video?

[@chris_hisss]

2019 the first one of these was on the pre release store, and here we are, more than half way through 2024 and it looks like they got the jittery aim worked out. See guys, you ever have doubts about whether or not they will release something not working, just give them about 5 years or so, chances are it will get some sort of fixing. lol Nice games Bawz. Kind of looks like a hot hatch, what you think?

[@naughtyewok]

I once got my transmission knocked out in a cheese wedge as my doorbell went. I managed to go downstairs and collect a parcel and get back upstairs and I was still bouncing shots 😅

[@oliveira572]

My most played tank

[@christerprestberg3973]

As a swede, I fell personaly attacked by this video =P . Also that Leopard turret toss at around 8:26 gotta be one for the record books.

[@jacka3621]

The STanks in this game with mouse aim move like you’re watching a match-replay.

[@blueplanet7381]

They can never fix my love for you oddz

[@Ossuum]

Ctrl+R is a nice hull aim keybind

[@ddunkers98]

Got my first nuke in this tank about 4 month ago, never had an issue aiming it

[@FyteFyre]

Common theme to these matches: "What the hell is going on?" 🤣

[@Galanoth91]

Imma be honest, the aiming with this tank never really bugged me nearly as much as the fact it STILL doesn't have its two engines and transmissions. Getting completely immobilized in one shot sucks so hard.

[@WPope]

Hey that was me in the mystere trying to shoot down the nuke. I had no ide they had so many planes up at the time.

[@spooklyXD8010]

Wow I was just thinking about playing that today.

[@aidansellers3119]

I wake up every morning and tell myself “let’s see how we can get on”

[@xtratic]

My best matches with tanks has been with the 103s, the very best match i had i got enough points for almost 3 nukes.

[@nuttynate797]

I keep thinking I have ringing in my ear because of the sound effects lol