THIS CUTE CAR WILL MESS YOU UP - Sd.Kfz.222 in War Thunder

The Sd.Kfz.222 in War Thunder is one of the most anticipated low tier tanks in the game. I've seen people beg to have this added to the game for YEARS and finally, it's here!
Armed with a 20mm cannon and an MG32, this is the perfect little low tier blaster to zoom around the map and have fun in War Thunder. Just don't run into anything with more than 42mm of armour! :)
This is the most fun time I've had in ages!
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[@OddBawZ]

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[@ExcavationNation]

Yes, meanwhile Fatty Sherman is crying in the corner

[@kyogrecrack2331]

yes best name for the cutie patootie panzer

[@kaidkyoung4298]

low tier is FUN Tier!

[@lupint.w7444]

I'm a sucker for alliteration so I like Cutie Kampfwagen

[@wadebrown8772]

Just say it's a handsome squeezyboy 🤣🤣🤣

[@nogi2167]

OddBawZ, the reason German vehicles stuck with the MG34 after the infantry switched to the MG42 is because of how both guns change their barrels. The MG42 barrel comes out by opening up a pivoting “trap door” sideways, which can take up a lot of real estate in a cramped vehicle. The MG34’s barrel is changed by essentially rolling the receiver slightly and pulling the barrel straight out backwards, which is way easier to do inside a crew compartment.

[@rodericklenz5030]

Unlocked this the day of the patch. Got a match where the whole team spawned in 222s, bar the one French guy. Even the one Chinese player was in their 222. BEST MATCH EVER. The sheer chaos of 222s swarming every enemy was hilarious.

[@-MarcelDavis-]

02:08 You can go right ahead and call it a cuty Panzer, because as a German I can tell you that we basically call every armored military vehicle a Panzer anyway. This is a Panzerspähwagen for example (tank scout vehicle). I was actually very confused when I learned that you don't refer to all military vehicles as tanks in english. Also regarding the nick name, the Sd.Kfz. 222 was build by Horch which later became Audi, so we could call it that.

[@princessapplestrach6327]

Audi R8 WWII edition is looking nice and toasty

[@hansiminator69]

Danke! Endlich mal jemand ders richtig erklärt! :) (Thank you! Finally somebody explaining it correctly!)

[@leflavius_nl5370]

Calling it a Panzerwagen makes sense, as it is a wagen, and it has panzer, maybe only enough Panzer (armour) to protect from rifle threats, but still Panzer. I wouldn't say Panzer translates to English as tank, but as armour.

[@esooGrM]

Names in English im guessing are just so they arent mixed up.

[@Maktheblade]

@@princessapplestrach6327 This is clearly a TT roadster xD

[@efthimispapavasiliou1659]

Remember when I played call of duty 2 using this on the British campaign hating all the Germans with panzershreks

[@stc3145]

*MAC GREGOOOORRR!*

[@thatoneguy1741]

CoD2 so underrated bruh

[@nightnovis]

Same

[@nightnovis]

​@@thatoneguy1741 agree

[@123456gordon]

Lol yes this is the one hahah. Those were the days when CoD was a novelty and each game was good.

[@gosshawk]

I love the old bawz intros, please bring them back

[@professionalretard9364]

Yeahthey remind me of Phly

[@Allstar-yl1ek]

From what I remember, Panzer more directly translates to Armour anyway. Therefore, Cutie Panzer is totally accurate, since it's armour could definitely be described as "cute" compared to anything else.

[@onenameddome9247]

kinda, panzer does translate to tank, most of the time. It was originally the short form of panzerkampfwagen, which means armoured fighting vehicle. Because the word panzer comes from panzerung and that does mean armour. You can modify any word in german by sticking more words on it and changing its meaning that way. for example, wheeled tanks are called radpanzer which literally means wheel tank. And in this case, it's a panzerspähwagen, meaning an armoured scout vehicle. so yes cutie panzer is fine.

[@21Walls]

It would however be accurate to call it "Gepanzart" because that means "Armored" which would be technically accurate.

[@theol.1988]

@@21Walls Yes, it is an "Gepanzertes Kampffahrzeug", an armoured fighting vehicle, but just calling it "Gepanzert" out of context might cause some confusion. Imagine being at the Tank museum and saying: "Das ist gepanzert" (That is armored). Bit of a broad category.

[@flummi6966]

Turtles have panzers,Bugs have panzers .all fine to call it like that.

[@izaicslinux6961]

I mean at the battle rating it's at right now, the armor isn't actually bad. It can bounce shots at certain angles.

[@OrionBlarg]

Its Lt. Gruber's little tank. Am I the only person who remembers 'Allo 'Allo?

[@robinsteeden7466]

That was my first thought when I saw it in the tech tree. I loved "Allo Allo" and watched it religiously growing up.

[@Lunareclipse3268]

I remember 'Allo 'Allo every time I see a Leclerc at top tier. In my head there's just a little voice that says "It is I, Leclerc!"

[@brahmanation3280]

Fun fact. The reason this vehicle, like other tanks and vehicles from Germany back then, the machine gun was the MG34. Was because barrel changes were not possible with the MG42 (changed from the side of the shroud) the MG34 can be changed by rotating the battery/reciever and pulling the barrel straight back. The more you know

[@BARelement]

Wait rephrase? The reason what?

[@edwardking9359]

​@@BARelementThe reason the machine gun in it is the mg34, rather than the mg42.

[@ericmarsha2103]

Love the intro, I think most of us would agree quick clips like that are fun for the intro, without giving away great gameplay. Great work as always Odd

[@derritter3873]

I nabbed this while I was taking a break from grinding the F-16AJ, and I gotta say, this little car slaps. My first game with it was at 5.7, which was an accident, but I still got 3 kills. Might have to also get the Chinese one while I’m at it.

[@Infinity_Squad]

Chinese doesn't get the hvap belt though

[@bobuccman1424]

@@Infinity_Squad but chinese gets a 20 round belt and half the firerate

[@Infinity_Squad]

@@bobuccman1424 thats what im getting at here

[@Meow_Zedong]

As a 120 year old German armored car historian with a Ph.D in Wheeled Vehicles I can say Sd.Kfz.222 is German for Cutie Panzer.

[@Shinzon23]

Man The one were you drift around the corner Whilst being shot at is literally something out of a movie

[@obsidianjane4413]

I like the cold open with game play, but I also like the ones where you are clowning around with vehicle. Both are good.

[@ZealothPL]

Man I love when you play those little troll mobiles. You can viscerally feel all the fun that is happening (perhaps not always for the enemy team though xD)

[@robertward7382]

I think the literal translation of panzer is armour , so cutey panzer is fine. I personally call it grubers little tank. Ideal for resistance liason operations :D

[@danielwalmsley1824]

I love how OddBawZ just laughs at everything and lives his best life. Hearing a bearded Scotsman laughing like a madman as he deploys a massive bomb and kills 13 people at once, for example.

[@llewelynsmit2977]

I just love opening a video to that tune, always makes me happy, to the point that opening a video that doesn't have it makes me sad

[@No_Feelings]

Pair this with the Sd.Kfz. 140/1 from the german starter pack, the libya still from the same pack, and the pz 2c (DAK) and you shred everything

[@milo8425]

I love all your intros, the variety sets the mood you're in! Pretty cool that the intros match the attitude for the video.

[@TomPrickVixen]

Reminds me when i was bullying the premium Leo 1s with the 20mm R3 as my 1st spawn, setting up ambushes near capture points (than i took out the OF-40 when it still was 9.0 and the Dardo as 3rd).

[@wingknutt1130]

Pretty sure you weren't marked on their spawn radar. I've seen that the past couple days as well. Most of the time it's anytime I get close to the map boundary, all the spawn radar area will show up. I've seen it pop up when I was near the map boundary in my own spawn.

[@whotf888]

I don't know if someone wrote it already, but the reason Germans used the MG34 in tanks instead of the 42 is that the way you change the barrel in the 42 would require a wider machinge gun port because you pull the barrel out through the side of the gun, while in the 34, you pull it towards you. Therefore using the 34 meant a safer barrel change.

[@countk1]

Your old intros is what got me into your vids. Keep'em coming! :) Panzer means armor, not necessarily tank. Cutie Panzer sound pretty good

[@mariobosnjak99]

4:25 originally Panzer meant armor, and it still does, so its absolutely correct to call this thing a Panzer. Every german armored ground vehicle is a Panzer

[@GrimTimTim]

I always try to squeeze "My little tank Hubert" into my Bolt Action lists.

[@thomaskositzki9424]

I like ALL your intros! :) BTW: it got phased out of service by the time the MG 42 was introduced - it was one of the mainstays of German reconaissance forces until 1941. BBTW: We call it the "Too many twos". ^^

[@Dymolius]

no mater how depressed u are cause of the grind in warthunder this thing will bring u joy

[@gosshawk]

When i played the 222 i was always just somehow missing the crew running out of ammo and having the tank i was shooting at just slowly turn around and kill me

[@jedinight235]

Precision aiming, full ammo racks, and staying on the move is crucial. Never stay still reloading. That's how you utilize the .222

[@gosshawk]

@@jedinight235 yea i know i just got unlucky when i played it

[@jedinight235]

@@gosshawk If you ever get "Advance to the Rhine" in the city thing with the big A point, don't EVER go to A in the 222, always go the B/C direction and use that side road to bypass the main one. Lots of people will go that way too, but unless everyone has the same idea, you will most likely only see at max 3 enemies go down that way, and that's only sometimes. Most of the time 1-2 enemies. Use the gray camo, and stick to the left, if your on the south side team, or to the right if your on the north side team. Lot more cover that side, and the gray camo will hide you better. + The fact your just barely talk enough to peak over most the rubble. If you see something (probably M2/M3 rarely a m4 if you uptiered to 2.7, BT series, (if you see a British main doing this they are based and you should let them kill you), china (shouldn't worry at all unless it's an M8 or 222), then stay still, wait for them to get close if they don't see you, and shoot. American things will be the hardest to kill. Mainly cause the drivers hatch viewport things and mantlet are thick. Sherman's you might as well try and run away cause your not killing it (should be at 4.3 ngl, just buff the heat and it will be perfect there). Planes should be easy to murder, bring a clip or two of HE, but you don't need too cause ap can do the job as well, it will just overpen and do half the damage. Basically almost a full clip of ap vs like 5 he. Cap what ever side (B or C) your on is good first priority, keep an eye on the main road but focus attention on the road I told you to take cause people will go that direction frequently. After that, wait a moment, and go. If there are planes, disregard that though, they will immediately look at the captured point you took, and investigate (only if they are good pilots though, but still safe to just leave anyway). Then do what I said, and go to the second point. If you struggle on other maps I have other strategies for those too if you want. ATTR is just a map that benefits the 222 so I thought I'd give you a tip on playing it. And it isn't an uncommon map for the br either.

[@gosshawk]

@@jedinight235 bruh i played my 5 games in it odds are i will never play it again in my life

[@jedinight235]

@@gosshawk You just gotta learn how to play it correctly, and then it becomes really fun.

[@cinnamanstera6388]

You should give the Italian AMD armored car a rip. I just started grinding Italy and man I had alot of fun in that thing, with some high kill (at least for me) games.

[@simplode7752]

Old school spoiler free intros, YAYYY we missed those very much

[@SaltyBudha]

Lieutenant Gruber and his little tank🤣🤣👍👍

[@sovietunion9269]

I like this thing is because finally some one in low tier german tech tree can have a chance to use MG 34 as an AA machine gun.

[@duncanmcgee13]

Panzer means armor. Cutie panzer works perfectly fine.

[@dayvid8948]

OddBawz: "This is the kind of tank that is horrible in the hands of a new player. On the other hand it's awesome in the hands of an old player." Isn't that true of all vehicles?

[@iffracem]

It's Lt Gruber's little tank from 'Allo 'Allo... call it the "Gruberpanzer"

[@handsomerob1223]

Fun fact but I’m only 90% sure about it, the hull for this guy is used ad the a greeble on the AT-AT in StarWars.

[@Oddball_E8]

You should call it Grubers Little Tank, because it was what Colonel Gruber had in Allo Allo, and he called it "my little tank"...

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

It's such an adorable little car

[@Mezinov]

When they add low tier tanks I tend to unlock and spade them with whatever lineup I happen to be running for that nation at the time. In the case of this thing my German lineup was already at 5.7 because Sturmtiger so I just slotted it in place of the Ostwind. It is absolute garbage at shooting at planes at that BR but with the HVAP belts it is remarkably competent against the R3s, M18s, and other speedy light boys.

[@ZealothPL]

"i used the speedy light boys to the destroy the speedy light boys"

[@professormanhattan7254]

Me and a friend of mine colloquially call it 'The Paddywagon"

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

hey Odd you should consider giving the Sd.Kfz. 234/1 (20mm Puma) another go at some point. a few months ago it had it's turret roation speed TRIPLED, and it really makes it a lot better, when it was already disgustin'.

[@otdewiljes]

Oh, hey, I loved that thing before that improvement. Great tip, definitely gotta try it again now! Also great fun at higher BRs to surprise-humiliate helis :D

[@fritzenders5099]

This is the new low-tier R3 and I hate it and love it at the same time

[@trygveblacktiger597]

Panzer just means armor, while yes its more popular used for tanks its just a shortend version of the word Panzerkampfwagen. So you can call it the Cutie panzer if you want too for its atleast armored against most small arms.

[@ExcavationNation]

HOW WILL THEY DRINK WATER!! ODD YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES! oh those poor people 🥺

[@GatoConBotas403]

I loved the old intros You should definitely bring them back

[@syinari8266]

this thing is a monster trade armor for insane speed high damage output . oh and you're an aa if you are ok with aa it's pretty easy to line up and get kills with this thing even with hvap. very fun and in uptiers bullying m18s and lightly armored tanks.

[@nightshadesombra9141]

Cutie Panzer works I guess, though It would be more fitting to call it the Cutie Wagen.

[@AlphaHorst]

This tank is great. The smoke enables you to evade while driving around rocks and so on and it has almost neutral steering on a wheeled vehicle. Like for real it can turn on the spot and its not even that slow.

[@hereticwinter07]

I really want them to bump it to at least 2.3 and designate it as a light tank like the Puma. This thing would be an absolute monster of a scout vehicle. I would love to take it into 5.7 as a light vehicle and terrorize M18s.

[@ExcavationNation]

Bro said Cutie Panzer

[@sim.frischh9781]

In my teens, i loved building plastic models, especially of historic planes and tanks. The Sd.Kfz 222 is one i build. It´s such a fun looking vehicle. However i doubt those getting fired by its 20mm would find it funny.

[@miksim494]

You can actually pen the back of the of the 3inch gun carrier because its only 25mm

[@chaoslink1158]

Good to see you having fun in lower tiers. Would still love to see you play out the Me 410 with the 50mm at 3.0 BR. I recommend default shells so you have a cheaper SP cost as well as APHE for armored targets and HE for open tops. It’s a very fun vehicle, especially if you dip a 50mm HE into an M10 turret. Usually results in a big boom, though you can pretty much one shot it by hitting the tip of his barrel.

[@halooord]

Low tier is really fun. NGL I don't even wanna grind beyond 6.7, had a few games with 7.0-8.0 where I am outgunned since most of my 7.0 tanks are stock except for the tutel T95 and majority of the enemies have helis, APFSDS, ATGMs, and jets. Everyone in low tier just doesn't give up and only wants to have fun.

[@alexanderpineda5437]

Dude I remember playing COD 2 on PC with this Panzerspähwagen... What a fun.

[@belgoblax1596]

what a nice man! Lt. Gruber just offered me a ride in his "little tank"....

[@mrfourtwenty8506]

3:44 sounded like eastenders

[@CZ350tuner]

Oh look, it's Leutnant Gruber's "Little tank", from "Allo, Allo". (The driver's name is Clarence).

[@nikolajoksimovic1335]

"9 milion crew mobile" 7:20 I almost died!!! :D

[@efethecaptain6]

"Stabilizer extraordinaire" 🤣

[@victorbrianmcreynolds2200]

Herr Gruber's little 'tank'!'

[@xt6wagon]

MG-34 is more expensive to make than the MG-42, but its easier to swap in enclosed spaces so thats what the panzers stuck with.

[@randallparker8477]

I like all of your intros. I like the work you put into them for ENTERTAINMENT purposes.

[@bramvanhaverbeke6024]

I would call it the "Floppa Tank" in honour of GPAKOS

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

Puma cub is great, but the 140/1 will always be the 1.0-2.0 GOAT

[@dereklee6090]

Panzer technically means "Armor": Panzerkampfwagen just means Armored Fighting Vehicle, so technically Cutie Panzer is fine :)

[@MartianLivesMatter]

Dude this thing killed me 3 times at 6.3 the other day. I kept going back to try kill him haha

[@catloverjerrygarcia5086]

Three of these could be The Panzerpuff Girls.

[@pennycarvalho1223]

I think you should bring back the chapters, like it doesn’t need be each battle, just like, intro - garage - battles

[@AlexWMY]

After the update, half the team had it. Complete annihilation of the enemy in the first minute of the battle.

[@Up2_nogood]

Oddbawz makes a Cuties special? My man.. please take a seat.

[@psychzach1588]

I think we should call it The Beetle of tanks

[@EnterTheFenix]

Now they just need to up the turret rotation speed on the puma with this 20mm turret

[@WraithOfMan]

The lack of scouting ability on this and other recon vehicles makes me sad.

[@imarobotbeepboop766]

I call it the squeezy boy because of the anti tank variants barrel is smaller at the end, then at the breach

[@skydivingmoose1671]

I think it looks like a moth with those fuzzy antenna

[@mariobosnjak99]

6:15 technically youre a Recon infantry support vehicle, not an SPAA. Meant to shoot at ground, nit air, although you have the ability to shoot at air, both in the game and ground

[@Coldpies]

Only other thing on 4 wheels I've seen get in and out of bother like that was fkn Brum.

[@edwarddelacruz3923]

I propose the name 'Cutie Cart!'

[@The-Master-Chief]

I use this on one map (br 6.0) and it destroys open tops and it also quickly caps points.😊

[@koflynn2159]

I've been asking all the KZbinrs to do this but can we all call it the Floppa? It has little ears like a Caracal and it would continue the namesake from Heroes and Generals, my favourite game, which is being shut down in about 6 months.

[@flowking6793]

I mean literally panzer just means armour. So you have Pz.Ppfw which is Panzerkampfwagen or Tank for short and Sd.Kfz which meant Sonderkraftfahrzeug or more commonly Leichter Panzerspähwagen or light tank - basically anyway. So anything with some armour and a gun is a panzer.

[@randomexcessmemories4452]

Now you have to play his slightly less capable Chinese knockoff!

[@Orca19904]

This vehicle is on the Chinese tech tree too; though it doesn't get smoke grenades or HVAP belts.

[@RWJP]

It's not the "Cutie Panzer"... It's Gruber's Little Tank

[@bobisbell1837]

Dude just like the flak38t 8 years ago just running amok!!

[@muziekjes6811]

I'll stick to the 'little tank' as it's called in Allo Allo!

[@sickbozo8152]

@oddbawz you wont find mg42 in german tanks much. the reason beeing the mg42 needs to change its barrel by opening the side which isnt possible if the mg is encased in a hull or turretmantlet. you will find mg42 on top mounts though but that came only at the very end of the war to protect against enemy cas. source : the chieftain, Bovington TkMuseum

[@OddBawZ]

It’s on the similar 140/1 and the 20mm Puma! :)

[@ZealothPL]

At least in Enlisted the /2 puma has mg42 as coaxial in killfeed

[@SeaRaven227]

Let's hope for the 231 and 233 next !!

[@SkunkdMonk]

I'm just here to piss people off by telling them despite popular belief, Panzer doesn't mean Tank, it means Armor as in armor vehicle. Less than half the time it can be used when tank is to be used, and 100% of the time used when Armor(as in armored vehicles) is used. And All Tanks are armored vehicles, but not all armored vehicles are tanks. So Panzer is perfectly acceptable to call it.

[@Add12pack]

The fact that the only ww2 German Light Tanks are not with their heavies (like America's m18) means that they aren't bad but just trolly.

[@obsidianjane4413]

Well, the M-18 was a tank destroyer not a light tank. Typical Gaijin to give it scouting and call it a light for.... reasons. The Puma plays in uptiers well with heavies as its actual role (scout) and the Waffeltractor the German M-18 ("light tank"with big gun).

[@Add12pack]

@@obsidianjane4413 idk about the Waffentrager being a light but even if they fixed the m18 to be a td it would still get scouting like the m56.

[@obsidianjane4413]

@@Add12pack None should since that was never their intent or operational role. I was comparing the WT and M-18 in that both are light armored TDs not light recon tanks, which is only what the scouting ability should be for.

[@Add12pack]

@@obsidianjane4413 Yes but tbh its part of the game now and i think is not that big of a deal really, because in a light tank you can get a few kills but sometimes might not and thats were scouting comes in.

[@zerrierslizer1]

i have come to call it "The Collateral" because of the fact tha EVERY game i have seen them in, they rush in, die, then either ragequit from their own stupidity or they spawn in an actual tank lol.

[@tvpoco8498]

hey you should call it like this, "Cutie Wagen"

[@garathminis5108]

DUDE!!! I just used wiki. This thing is driven by Leutenant Gruber in ALO ALO!!! IT "MY LITTLE TANK!!!"

[@l1nQ3r]

Anybody ever watched Allo Allo? It should be called the Gruber , or little tankie cause thats what he drives in the show

[@frankokrstic5385]

It will always be Grubers little tank. 😊

[@wolfboy9010]

Bruhh this is why I saw Soo many of these yesterday in wt

[@WigglyWings]

13:04 Did that 20mm round just over penned the engine block? Meanwhile sabots have tough time going through engines.

[@jebminus4767]

pz. 2 on steroids