This Ammo Is Insane

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Top tier tanks in War Thunder can often be quite tedious to play. However, I was pointed towards M339, a high explosive shell used by the Merkava that essentially acts like APHE. I think it's hilarious and was able to do quite well with it.
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This Ammo Is Insane

[@Spookston]

Gonna try to record the low tier nuke video sometime this week, wish me luck :))) also lemme know if you liked the editing in this one, I wanna do more involved bits like that part where I "animated" the interaction with Gaijin

[@aidleopard7716]

good luck, though whayt you need isn't luck, it is lack of CAS

[@Rohokcom]

Good luck man

[@ThunderrSeal]

Godmode with Chaffee please

[@TheGrace020]

Ok this is mega epic.... 😻

[@pyrenees2695]

Godmode with one of the EBRs ?

[@vaill.7807]

"Did I just catch you having fun?" *Slap of God*

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

Nato Tank: *Has something good and fun* Gajin:"We cant let that stay because there was only 2 of them." *Removes good thing about vehicle.*

[@at-90ree13]

Gaijin: JUDGEMENT

[@G-manFan1]

8:36 btw

[@raginasiangaming910]

Spookston had fun, Gaijin nerf guaranteed. Besides, everyone know that it's not historically accurate unless Russia has the best of everything...

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

@@raginasiangaming910 Russia did make the best of everything. (If you ignore all the bad things they made. . . . Wait a minute)

[@celi3437]

The M2A2 is a really fun vehicle. It has a .50 cal at 1.0 and an hp/ton ratio of 30.

[@_Frozen_mamba_]

thought you were talking about the bradley for a moment

[@riythemusicguy7696]

I hate that damn vehicle so much

[@akarikirisari7876]

@@_Frozen_mamba_ same to me

[@matte8681]

@@PSYCOTRONICS the .50 on the M2A2 is the main gun

[@brayachdragonbane7529]

@@PSYCOTRONICS it has 2 turrets, one is a 30 cal 1 is a 50 cal... and its a bad meme

[@konokono6760]

I've heard of "cupola-ing" Tigers, "MG port-ing" Jumbos, and "mail slot-ing" KVs", but this is the first time I've heard of "roadwheel-ing", well, anything.

[@fluxthelycanroc9603]

You've never been shot by a t30 and it shows

[@memsysr]

It's just delivering a anti-tank mine at high speeds.

[@connivingkhajiit]

in all my years of playing ive never heard of a "mail slotting" is that the turret ring?

[@normallymute0131]

@@connivingkhajiitKV-1 driver’s port. Looks like a mailbox, and your round is the letter

[@johnkenley4687]

I love rimming 😩🥴

[@user-iu4jl6cg4n]

the wheel hunter. the tank feet sniffer. the kneecapper.

[@ZzVinniezZ]

the loathsome feet sniffer

[@k-osmonaut8807]

I wish I could delete this comment

[@guyreurtt3860]

no one ever thought he would do it again... but he made another video about a top tier tank.

[@Optimusprime56241]

Spookston when he sees someone request a top tier/high tier tank (he’s going to explode):

[@Operator588]

"Its quite funny I hope they don't fix it" same

[@Ben-M112]

It’s not Russian so they probably will fix it

[@themilkman8554]

bro LEOs and STRVs OWN top tier rn... RU tanks are easiest to kill.@@Ben-M112

[@StarWarsExpert_]

Been 2 months. Do you know if they "fixed" the round?

[@tianhaoju4634]

From a quick search, it seems like the M339 is the result of Israel believing the concept of MPAT is silly(and it is), where this is effectively their multipurpose round, meant to target bunkers and APCs, hence their very high fuse distance. The time round is to meant to shoot into the window of a structure and explode in the middle of it.

[@raspberrynohitter1945]

that is the most idf thing ever and I'm so here for it

[@thrillhouse-five]

yes... all those bunkers and APC's they're always fighting... definitely not apartment buildings that's for sure

[@password6025]

​@@thrillhouse-fiveevery nation surrounding Israel has fought them in the past. It's pretty obvious it's not designed for Hamas or any other Iranian proxy.

[@Boris_The_Turtle]

6:33 I love how the tank literally is warning you of an incoming laser-guided bomb but Spookston said "nah, I'd win", and didn't even try to evade it lmao.

[@joedingo7022]

Gotta get that CAS death counter up for next year.

[@hypoel1660]

Rose are red, violets are blue and you ammo disappeared

[@Spookston]

I don't think that rhymes

[@mulmigesmorlord]

Where is it? I have no clue

[@ZIONOMANIA]

Roses are red, violets are blue, but your ammo's gone, what will you do?

[@aidleopard7716]

@@Spookston you need to squint at a 45 degree angle than it does

[@Ching_Wally]

​@@Spookston Rose are red, violets are blue and you ammo disappeared

[@generalmcshooty397]

Y'know what ammo is actually insane? The Granata Perforante mod.35 in the 47mm cannon that the AS-42/47 uses.

[@chrissclater3890]

I think the Italians have the best sounding names for their ammo.

[@timvanveen6894]

@@chrissclater3890it sounds like some fancy kind of fruit or something 😂

[@ChudActual]

As an Italian main stop putting our business out there they like to nerf everything good we have

[@michapiasta1817]

if there were no planes, i would have like 13:1 kd in that thing

[@Ijack2003]

​@@chrissclater3890 As an Italian it means literally Armor Piercing Grenade

[@lowercasegamer]

Another ammo that's insane is the Ikv 103s HEAT-FS shell with 400 mm of pen.

[@tqit3173]

It works even at 8.7 :D

[@irirjhrhr4645]

​@tqit3173 that's where it works the best. quite useless at 4.0 and works best at 6.7-9.0

[@yurgon-qb9xv]

there's been a few times that i've commented trying to get him to play that tank and when he finally noticed, it was not my comment. either way having heatfs at 4.0 is insane. you can dev bring an ikv 103 up to a 7.0 game

[@tetronaut88]

It’s useless to have that much pen at such a low BR though, as 200mm is easily enough to go through anything. It’s just a low velocity shell that can’t go through fences, and the HEAT jet often doesn’t one-shot.

[@revolverswitch]

I'm now expecting gaijin to implement s.t.a.f.f rounds for abrams soon.

[@bonnibelio_]

so basically someone discovered a way for spookston to have fun in top tier

[@juusolatva]

13:04 the Khrizantema-S doesn't even need thermals to shoot through ESS smoke, since it has radar, which also allows it to shoot through the type of smoke that thermals can't see through.

[@maxduran8703]

Spookston: uses new vehicle 1 talks about it 2 destroys the enemy team 3 I wouldn’t recommend it

[@valthatiserie]

My WiFi cut out when spookston was talking about protection analysis and all I heard was “I keep forgetting to use protection”

[@desertfalcon1539]

Cursed x)

[@CobraDBlade]

Spookston: I hope they don't nerf this HE Gaijin's 2024 Roadmap: *Variable Fused Shell Rework Plan Looms in Distance*

[@qee4617]

Nerf, as in everytank else gets this?

[@crobbo6607]

I watched a Documentary from the Bundeswehr on this, but the Leopards do get a programmable HE shell that can be used as a normal He shell, exploding on contact or as a SAP shell. In game it simply has 11mm of pen but it should be more (thats what im guessing, since it says that" it pens fortifications after a certain ammount of time"). Video is called: "Der Kampfpanzer Leopard 2: Technik I Bundeswehr" at minute 4. The Merkava could be joined by a Leopard... correction: im a dumbass and didnt realize that its actually 37mm of pen, doesnt mean you couldnt try it (and i took way to much time making this comment so i wont remove it) Good video btw :D

[@paintzemute6364]

m339 has a listed penetration for 200mm of double reinforced concrete , would not be surprised if the German one had similar performance. (Who wants to do the math for converting concrete to rha? not me)

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

@@paintzemute6364 Its quite weak tbh. Kv-2 SAP can go trough like a meter of this stuff (which is why it was build in the first place, to bust lots of concrete).

[@kirotheavenger60]

You can't directly compare steel and concrete as they're different materials that projectiles will behave differently against. I can imagine a big, heavy, and slow projectile does well at penetrating concrete but it pretty awful for penetrating steel.

[@tankm200]

Some tank dont évent have he, Leclerc for exemple how Many type of hé IRL but not in game

[@pz.vincesiqueiros7185]

Just tried it on PvE with the STRV 122, can confirm, you can one shot anything as long as you can see their roadwheels at a 90° angle. For leopards and challengers, the commander's port seems like a big hindrance.

[@4lexIsNotReal51]

I love that tank where it floats on water, has over 1000 crew members and fires 356mm guns.

[@NiteshadeX2]

The super super super super heavy tank Yamato.

[@fallrising5443]

The laser warning system: warning Spookston Spookston: Oh.. pfffhmhmmm.. that's really awesome...

[@Rohokcom]

As someone who spent 8euros on wt like i said, i approve of the fact you get 10 times more targeted by cas and almost every round is an uptier when using the decal

[@dr.weinerwurst3669]

Not sure if that is video that has been done, but I would love to see the AMX-13 DCA 40, little creature with something crazy like 90mm of pen.

[@OokamiUwU]

i love having a spookston video to watch while eating

[@MuricaRules]

Same bro but I also do it while in the middle of my mid-term exams XD.

[@OokamiUwU]

​thats a mood lol

[@MuricaRules]

@@OokamiUwU yes

[@drrocketman7794]

11:46 Airbursted, is correct, since you can verb anything.

[@blacksky121_]

Skiddadle skiddodle, your tank is now a noodle --this round probably

[@juusolatva]

Gaijin released the 2024 roadmap and for the summer update there is a mention of adding more options on how to use shells with fuzes, so perhaps that would make it easier to use this shell with a rangefinder, if you can disable the time fuze and just use the shell in the point detonation delay mode after rangefinding. there is a mention of reworking how APHE shells work to be more realistic as well, although that change will depend on a community vote.

[@CobarGG]

I like how people, experienced in WT, react to munitions actualy dealing damage in their game. This says alot about gaijin game design. Its literally 4.77 kg TNT hitting you at 3240 km/h or blowing under your tank (wich is close to regular AT mine). There is no reason for it not to kill or heavy damage the tank. Also its only found on Israeli tanks wich are used only by like 1% of player base, so probably noone notice.

[@red_bootz2994]

Day 18 You should play a tank with hydropneumatic suspension (recommend the MBT-70) But the catch is you have to drop the suspension as low as it can go for the whole match.

[@Tomfooleryman57]

Would love to see a video on the M43 75/46 please

[@SemoventeDa]

Glad I am not alone in such effort!

[@chesseyshoe]

Thank you Spookston, very much You have changed my play style making me a better player.Most importantly you’ve taught me so much about tanks and have really made me find a part of myself that I enjoy.

[@Spookston]

Glad I could help man, thank you for the donation ;)

[@aquajay]

as a Merkava player, I did this at toptier, and you CAN hit the ERA and it will work, you just have to hit the first ones nearest to the gun

[@Xander889]

0:33 Love the use of the seismic charge sound effect

[@theporschetiger]

11:42 I had that happen to me, except it was the FV4005's HESH against a panther's mantlet. First shell ricocheted off the barrel, the second just phased out of existence after landing between his hull roof and matlet. :(

[@kicks880]

Something tells me spookston is going to enjoy the Object 292 with its HE shell.

[@desertfalcon1539]

Boy did you *foreshadow* it

[@thebiggeststarwarsfan6635]

“I got an email pointing me to this” Wait a second. You read your emails? Oh boy, here I go with the suggestions

[@Spookston]

please do not send suggestions to my business email

[@thebiggeststarwarsfan6635]

@@Spookston ok will do *aggressive suggestion noises*

[@bharathyadav1589]

lol @@thebiggeststarwarsfan6635

[@CLK944]

​@@Spookstonwhat happens if i do huh will you call me like gta 5 protagonists when you fire rockets at their home

[@thebiggeststarwarsfan6635]

@@CLK944 *Spookston calls you* (In mildly annoyed tone): “@CLK944 stop sending me classified HSTV-L documents”

[@chrissclater3890]

Have you ever played the M4 Tipo IC?

[@XyDyson]

M4 hybrid but with 17pdr, I like the idea

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

If there's one vehicle that I'd love to see in the game is the M1 Armored Car, it'd definitely be the new reserve vehicle for the US light tank line.

[@liladoodle]

Meanwhile, Gaijin: "LOL No comrade, please just buy the 2S38 or SU-39. We're on that Top-Tier drug now, adding new WWII vehicles into the game are a thing of past for us.".

[@fishy_bolo]

would love to see you challenge yourself by bringing a 15cm slg to 6.7+

[@irirjhrhr4645]

that's not a challenge. that thing is busted. I get more kills in it than the main tanks in my lineup like tiger 2s

[@JimmySaulGoodmanMcGill1960]

@@irirjhrhr4645skill issue

[@RedJackOfClubs]

Love the super-imposed example of what you're talking about @0:45 with the HE behavior, very helpful for clarification and looks neat :)

[@fyber5517]

Spookston's little giggle at 2:49 was just cute and idk why also, another day, another request for one of the early American Patton's :3

[@MadandMajorGaming0]

Bottom detected

[@Keryaken133]

​@@MadandMajorGaming0ayo, explain yourself

[@Darth-Hideous]

new spookie upload

[@swappy89]

"Let's hope that's it didn't get nerfed" I know it will on next update

[@1SilverDollar]

I just found your channel and I really like your stuff. Also I really dig the Generals music. Liked, Subbed.

[@user-yf6mo7tf9p]

“Did I catch u having fun” killed me

[@liramsegal916]

Video 69 of asking spookston to play the ikv 103

[@neznambratra1714]

You should try Class 3 (P), one of my favorite vehicles. Really fun. Fast, great gun, big like a barn with surprisingly big survivability.

[@KnobleKnight2002]

I think this is the most fun I've seen Spookston have in War Thunder GB.

[@djnotnice108]

Need a video of the Stuart. Love playing in that little guy at low tier with his .50

[@temporarysam5657]

day 11 of asking spookston to play the ratel 90

[@itacticlesnowman726]

Challenge idea, Get a nuke. In arcade. Any lineup you want.

[@kyezun]

my only nuke to this day is in arcade, it's really easy

[@itacticlesnowman726]

@@kyezun I just want to see him play arcade.

[@justushett152]

this is the first time in a while you seem to actually be having a pretty good time in war thunder and its great to see :D

[@corrodan2995]

If I understand correctly this shell is designed to penetrate 200mm of concrete bunkers and to use delayed detonation so hopefully they dont change it's performance too much.

[@magnusjordan5110]

Hey Spook, I’ve recently gotten the is4-m and so far it’s been pretty fun. Ik heavy tanks aren’t your thing, but in a downtier it’s amazing to watch tiger 2 shells ping off you. Can just imagine them wheraboos seething with rage which just makes my day. Anyways, enjoy your day and best wishes. Your videos are why I keep playing

[@Phantom-xp2co]

You won't make me rage, that's for sure. Since I quit the match right at the start if 7.7 Russia is on the opposing side

[@magnusjordan5110]

Lol that’s very fair, I still find myself getting a little ticked off when a bmp keeps chucking missiles at me when I gotta face them. And ofc, can’t forget that demonic Zsu-57

[@foe111]

Could you please try the asu-85?

[@calicalliope]

These videos always make my day. Thanks spookston

[@osrr6422]

4:40 Thats the equivelant of everyone saying to shoot the Jumbos MG port (thats covered in bushes, and 500 meters away), then saying its a skill issue when you die.

[@sv3106]

Could you try the SU100Y? At the right BR it one-shots everything and aiming is optional^^

[@Spookston]

I've already played it

[@jeffreybezong4121]

You were bestowed the highest honor to ever receive, have spook to respond to your comment

[@sv3106]

@@Spookston ah missed that one. Thx

[@jdawwwgytb]

Day 138 of asking spookston to play the Is-4m

[@deliivanov4779]

It been 4 years ago. I was first mission done 2020 "Merkava Mk.3D" in USA tech tree. I was try use Fuse HE shell. I remembered, kill instantly kill and too "Hull break" T-80 and Leopard 2 fully destroyed. Today i remember this. Never nerf lol

[@TrueCanad1an]

Keep on rocking Spookston.

[@SemoventeDa]

It's Day 145 of asking Spook to play the Semovente 75/46 M43. I will never surrender, NEVER!

[@german__military]

8:33 best part of the video. Keep the good work up man ❤️

[@nattly6340]

just sat with a stupid smile through the entire vid, very entertaining gj mr spook

[@geyrnauch]

I too have been having problems with rounds just vanishing from existence.

[@ignaciorequena9182]

This man loves APHE more than he loves his boyfriend

[@spiffywolf2850]

Your funny videos and content helps fight against my depression. Thank you for making me happy

[@hondacivic8222]

fun fact the Merkava is based on the world famous tank: Celere Sahariano, which is found in the hit game War Thunder

[@Momomaster25]

This ammo is working as intended, from my research into it. A nerf would be unwarranted. Manufacturer says the delay fuse can penetrate 200mm of reinforced concrete, and that amount of armor in game is equal to 65mm RHA. Knowing this, I'm sure somebody will incorrectly claim this ammo is in need of a "fix"; but the tech mods *should* shut them down for being wrong. Snail should add more NATO 120mm ammo types to the game. It's been past time for ages that Leclerc gets M3M HE, and M1A2 gets M908 HE-OR-T ammo. Maybe even XM1147 for some more fun. Nothing can save US teams from being useless, but maybe some more ammo will be nice for the handful of good players to mess around with.

[@notfunny3397]

Unlike normal tanks which were built for combat against other tanks, this one was meant to destroy cities and explode many young humans at once. Its also well protected against said humans throwing stone at it.

[@dwaynegillis114]

I love watching a war thunder video while playing war thunder and getting a war thunder ad. that's what I call coming full circle.

[@doodskie999]

Ah great spookston, now the snail is definitely gonna nerf this

[@sir17pounder8]

would love the M4A5 Ram II, it's got surprisingly good armor and the 6-pounder is no slouch at 3.7

[@gameover_477]

Not sure how many warbonds you've gotten but thats a good way of getting backups, got a couple hundred universal backups from missions and the BP

[@eriktheos6022]

'I got an email pointing me to this' Imma need some more than just that

[@d3fep148]

I did some experiments sometimes ago, you can actually use the Merk's HE to kill a BVM simply by aiming at the cheek (yes, the entire cheek area), and the T-90M by aiming at the commander sight. Truly broken overpressure.

[@nintendomario007]

6:30 the Laser Warning System was pinging because you were being laser targeted by the jet for the guided bomb. Gotta watch out for that.

[@Agm1995gamer]

M339 is pretty much the only round uses by the idf irl. It's meant to penetrated walls, light armor, airburst over cover and take out helicopters.

[@illegiblesmile]

im seeing alot of people suggest stuff instead of watching the amazing vid good job on the vid and the merkava is one of my favorite tank so its nice seeing it

[@devinhallsworth5531]

Man, nothing dies as cinematically as helicopters do.

[@squid1481]

Spookston this is the fifth time you've shown nuke shell to class

[@Yeah_Kino]

promise me you'll never stop using that seismic charge sound effect

[@ankurar6492]

Spookston clearly does not play top tier because he didn't realise all leopard 2s have 35 or 50mm of side armour

[@JohnWatson-fl9sr]

this tank is a monster an i love your stuff spookston

[@MooseGaming33]

It is a universal round for all wielders of the IMI MG 251 120mm cannon which includes all Mervaka 3s and 4s.

[@delayedgamer8465]

First time I was here in less then 8 hours and what a video I was on time to, keep up the good work!

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Great Vibe Good Work Wonderful Comedy Especially when The Spoop Guy Suffer’s

[@SonofAeons]

No spook! That was our secret weapon against the Soviet mains!

[@soamazing367]

been using this thing for a while its great for blowing up above hull down light tanks

[@ricardohumildebrabo]

The anti-civilian shell.

[@h3069]

Ive been hoping for a Merkava video, but i didnt know it could do this

[@dieseljunky883]

Theres something about your sense of humor that really tickles my pickle.

[@swedenspepe2207]

Yay! Another video from my favorite wt cc 😊

[@dariusweisz7440]

you can set the fuze with the lrf and if you aim under the tank the shell will explode and the weak armor on the bottom of the tank will let the explosion overpressure the crew

[@Me_when650]

I just saw that the new object 292 has the same amount of penetration on an HE round at 9.7, on the test drive it looks really fun

[@Kris-nj8ld]

The Vilkas name killed me: Top 5 Men (Vilkas) after the Skyrim reference was amazing xD

[@csabacsaki4169]

This video was amazing, I was laughing all the way through.

[@bored7984]

I’ve gotten so used to the memes at the start, I forgot if there was one

[@Ghent_Halcyon]

It's a shame that they are likely going to remove this shell.

[@Beastslayer185]

Stock heat on this was absolute hell

[@jameshodgson3656]

This is what HESH would be like if it was, you know, performing somewhat correctly