This Tank Does Everything

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The Soviet tech tree isn't generally known for having the best light vehicles, but the BMD-4 IFV shatters that expectation. It is the most versatile light tank in the game, being able to do just about anything. I'm surprised Gaijin hasn't nerfed it.
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This Tank Does Everything

[@Spookston]

400k QnA definitely this weekend I promise

[@bingusgamer27]

I love u spookie

[@nofwild6325]

Day or rather video 22 of asking for AMX13 DCA40 with DOLLARplays collab

[@just_your_average_fish_keeper]

okey dokey spooksty low key

[@just_your_average_fish_keeper]

@@bingusgamer27 same AUGHHH😩😩

[@ajtheflame9180]

Could you do a challenge where you play the tiger and never let go of “W”?

[@jaheemon60fps26]

“My heart’s pounding at like 500 rpm” spookston 2024

[@bigpoppa1234]

rounds per minute?

[@Stella-gm7bo]

@@bigpoppa1234yes

[@Rempai420]

@@bigpoppa1234 No, Royal military police.

[@Weponized_Smartfrige]

spookie build diffrent, his hart turns circles instead of beating

[@wilkodaarf]

rotisserie medium pork

[@konokono6760]

That IL-10 at 13:35 was like something out of a comedy movie. Every time you see it between the building gaps there's less parts attached to it.

[@connivingkhajiit]

and then the comically delayed explosion

[@skykeeper2216]

*w i n g*

[@OurT-10M]

*E N G I N*

[@theknightingold]

Spook keeps forgetting keybinds. The hours are getting to him

[@Silas-p7j]

To answer your wondering of how they fit people in the back, they don’t. They just cram them all around the driver and the ammunition. There are 2 hatches, one to the left and to the right, of the driver, and there’s one big hatch in back, the one in the dip in the back. You have to climb over the engine in order to get in.

[@cortexoftheego4568]

I don't understand anyway how anyone can call it an ifv, for me it is completely light tank trated like ifv, even t80 can be ifv then, just by carring trops on roof.

[@Silas-p7j]

@@cortexoftheego4568 t-80 isn’t ifv, because troops aren’t inside. you need to cram the people inside of it to be an IFV

[@g.williams2047]

It’s an air portable version of the BMP-3, it has to make concessions for air portability.

[@OddBawZ]

This thing is my go-to dopamine hunter tank along with taking the PT-76-57 out with it.

[@kingo1539]

Are you gonna play the new xm800t?

[@hdjono3351]

@@kingo1539I would bet he will!

[@Sammypuppy611]

I love how you always replay on Phly and Spooks videos!

[@Untoldkite]

Oh OddBawz hi :)

[@Untoldkite]

can you give me tips on how to grind ground arcade without premium?

[@abdellahiehreimo3402]

BMD1 none-existent. BMD 2 none-existent. BMD 3 none-existent. BMD 4 Existent but only as event obtained vehicle. Such a way to be mean for players Gaijin well done.

[@davidstephens962]

I am waiting for them to add bmd1

[@Karkade_StG]

Yea, i can only imagine amount of hype that will be if BMD-3 will appear in the game. It's a BMD with "Berezok" module from BMP-2M

[@aaroncruz9181]

Special Monday Opportunity.

[@burningsinner1132]

BRDM: screams in the warp, failing to exist despite other nations getting their stuff like BRDM.

[@unlink1649]

@@burningsinner1132 160 USD right now :D

[@ThunderBeee]

"My heart is pounding at 500 rpm" spookston robot confirmed

[@Brownie0906]

A Stuart vs a turm 3 is like coughing baby vs hydrogen bomb 1:14

[@charlieyes4946]

Stuart can one shot turm 3 frontally I’m pretty sure

[@WynnofThule]

The Stuart is the bomb

[@benhawkins4245]

@@charlieyes4946it can

[@War_Thunder_Cat]

@@WynnofThule Stuart is king

[@Kenshi_2900]

Meanwhile me in my I-go ko killing a turm 3:

[@Aes880]

2:20, the BMD actually have dismount scatered across the vehicle, the back provide 3-4 seats, the 2 hatch you see next to the driver at the front are actually 2 seats for the dismount troop

[@OrcaLoddy]

Normal People: What is the definition of gremlin? WT People: 👁️👄👁️

[@iffracem]

@2:17 other way around. The vehicles base paint "Tan" as you call it, is painted over in the field by the crew with a cheap "whitewash" that can be easily removed later with a pressure washer. Saves a heap of cost as the base vehicle paint can be adapted for all seasons, not completely repainted 2-4 times a year. The deliberately left "tan" patches are supposed to help break up the silhouette of the vehicle. Actually helps when you park in part shadow. (from a guy who spent too long putting camo on vehicles during exercises)

[@SemoventeDa]

Giorno 205 of asking Spookston to play Semovente 75/46 M43. EXAMS WON'T STOP MY ITALIAN EFFORT!

[@potbelly0910]

i agree, we need more italian vids

[@tonychang8374]

kinda wanna see breda 501

[@LettuceGayming]

Seriously, that thing is a menace, nobody knows how to fight it, its just a better stug

[@poggersquirrel583]

Viva Italia! (I’m Californian)

[@LieutenantGreek]

VIVA ITALIA!! (I'm Greek)

[@edgychico9311]

Fun fact, you can uses this light tank as mortar while using a scout drone if you know mathematics.

[@agentepolaris4914]

There's a similar vehicle to this, the 2S3 Nona, it's cannon works as a regular cannon and a mortar, I wish it was in the game.

[@lek289]

For anyone curious. Look up Loner.

[@sealioso]

He mentions that at the start of the video

[@burningsinner1132]

​@@agentepolaris4914Pretty sure that 2S3 is Akatsiya, not Nona. Nona is 120mm mortar.

[@agentepolaris4914]

@@burningsinner1132 right, my mistake, it was the 2s9 Nona

[@Am_Yeff]

2:25 You dont, the riflemen sitting on top are your NERA

[@FritzwiththeToolkit]

doors just stop the rifleman from Tanking bullets with their wests

[@cybernetic_crocodile8462]

Correction, they serve as spaced armour AND additional firepower at once.

[@Someone-lr6gu]

I'm genuinely confused how they get in though. Average Soviet/Russian design contorting the soldiers into the most cramped and yet thin-skinned vehicles possible.

[@squodel1051]

@@Someone-lr6guthe middle back potion opens up It’s neither comfortable to get into, be in or to get out of

[@cheyannei5983]

​@@squodel1051yes, in making it 3ft larger in every dimension from a BMD-2 they also made the crew door/compartment absolutely abysmal for no reason.

[@BSMerlin064]

I love VDV IFV design. "Where do we put the paratroopers?" "On the top lol"

[@War_Thunder_Cat]

It would be sick if you played either the M60 or the M103

[@connivingkhajiit]

m103 yes please not many other vehicles are so terrifying to see turn the corner towards you

[@War_Thunder_Cat]

@@connivingkhajiit imagine being a blind German main, then you get shot by a .50 cal, then you look behind you, then you see an m103

[@GlopPlopJop]

average m103 after getting hit by a heat-fs launcher:

[@War_Thunder_Cat]

@@GlopPlopJop average t55 after getting hit by M103 heat:

[@GlopPlopJop]

@@War_Thunder_Cat at least the T55 has bias

[@sullym9558]

I’ve been scrolling through your older videos trying to find you playing either this or the BMP 1 and now my prayers have been answered

[@War_Thunder_Cat]

What if spookston played the new XM800T

[@Varinyt]

Lucky for you it happened

[@War_Thunder_Cat]

@ shocking

[@getAPFSDS]

7:25 a shell just flew past him scope view

[@ericalite4650]

Day 115 of asking spookston to play the M11/39

[@taxidriverxdscp4242]

Your wish may he coming true

[@eliasalvessouza4607]

You are evil... And i like it

[@SydneySighs]

I love that thing, so hell yeah

[@Shooting_Stars_Touge]

PLEASE

[@SpruceReduce8854]

He should try to get a kill with the machine gun turret

[@cybercat7851]

0:38 can it make a grilled cheese?

[@eliadonato2625]

I mean, you CAN grill cheese on its burned Down chassis or overheated barrel so...

[@Tchupreck]

You can, there's enough space for a grill.

[@Everything_I_Like.]

Cook it ob the engine radiator

[@Asoziale]

Spookston playing with a Heartbeat monitor would be funny

[@The6698Clown]

At 7:25 for about a single frame you can see a round cut straight across his scope, presumably from whatever enemy tank is shown on the map to the right of him

[@LastMagMan]

Use your < and > keys to go back and forward by 1 frame, you can totally see it better. That's scary af lmaooo

[@Duskraven67]

"I don't know how you fit anyone in the back." That's the neat part. You don't!

[@sullym9558]

I can imagine spook wiggling his gremlin fingers when his gargoyle eyes observe a ratty tank

[@NickTerrell]

Spookston trying not to rhyme: challenge impossible

[@CryptonicNova]

"This really just is the perfect vehicle for me." Friendship ended with HSTVL, BMD-4 is my new best friend.

[@interpl6089]

2:23 - It's an air deployable light tank most of it's battlefield time. It doesn't carry soldiers at all most of the time (apart from the crew). An Mi-26 Halo can land in a field and deploy 2 BMD-4s into an area.

[@PandaMan-xy1he]

As explained to others, no, it's an IFV. On BMD-4, they enter through a small hatch on the back of the hull next to the turret, and basically squeeze in around the turret... in theory. In practice, typically the rest of the squad (the squad leader is also the vehicle commander until dismount, when that role is transferred to the gunner) rides on top of the engine. BMDs are not deployed without their accompanying infantry squad.

[@interpl6089]

@@PandaMan-xy1he Read the comment properly. I've watched too many hours of Russian footage in Ukraine to know that BMDs often ride empty or are relegated to being Artillery with the 100mm gun.

[@rhystaylor851]

It's supposed to carry infantry; that's what the initial design requirements and current doctrine dictate. Unfortunately, the actual design is so awful for dismounts that they usually don't bother.

[@agentepolaris4914]

​@@rhystaylor851no, you're confusing it with the BMP

[@rhystaylor851]

@@agentepolaris4914 I am aware that the BMD and BMP are different platforms, but they are both made for the IFV role and to carry infantry.

[@Smokejumper92]

It's really nice seeing Spookston in his natural environment, goblins deserve to flourish

[@-MAUS_HAUS-]

Video 21 of asking Spookston to PLEASE play the TO-55

[@filipeq2292]

8:17 Spookston casually deleteing his last atgm by switching ammo types during reload

[@Winterrolla]

NEW SPOOKSTON UPLOAD LETS GOOOO!

[@gamesforjake1]

Recently, I got into this game and found your channel. Your demeanor and attitude towards the game seems like such a nice vibe. Parasocial relationship and all, but I bet I would learn so much and have fun playing with ya. Plus furries are pretty rad. Keep making great content internet guy!

[@TheLiberek]

2:20 It's cute that you think transported troops should fit "in" the back. Check out photos from 2008 Victory parade. Turns out that out of 5 transported troops (5 beside the crew itself) only 2 are "in". The remaining 3 are "on" the bmd. Betweeen the cut in part of the rear and the turret, there is this weird angled part that even has hinges modeled in game. Turns out there are 3 seats for infantry hidden there

[@TheComradeBritish]

1:56 Atleast you found the Turm in the end.

[@SunsetSlot]

Attempt 35 Challenge: For high tier support a nations MBT with its respective APC/IFV counterpart (ie Abrams/Bradley, T90/BMP2M, etc.) Challenge is keeping the other player alive and supporting it without stealing kills (breaking barrels, tracking, repairing, etc) it being a random should help make it interesting.

[@Bobbystar50]

0:55 bro didnt even hesitate about fighting a VT1-2 . like the rarest tank

[@CruelDwarf]

I think there is a drone video of BMD-4 dropping off a bunch of dismounts to reinforce a position. And it is 9 men dismounting in the video. And because BMD drives off afterwards, these 9 didn't include at least a driver.

[@techpriest5452]

BMD-4 only has seating for 5 dismounts so it was either a bmp or there were troops riding on top of it.

[@Borsuk3344]

@@techpriest5452 My car has seating for 5 but you can fit at least 10 inside if you try. Let ruskies pack tight, more food for drones.

[@JohnDoe-kw9ex]

Love the unloved M47 Patton day 162!

[@tommasocolliva5589]

Bro finally I can hear you a bit better(it seems like this and also I hope you are feeling a bit better) and also Video 41 of asking you to play the Breda 501, the low tier Italian rat

[@blumpfreyfranks8863]

Attempt number 44 at getting Spookston to play any tank with a dozer blade, the catch is, he has to dig in before engaging targets. Movement around the map is allowed, but he has to dig in again before reengaging.

[@echotherobot5189]

Spookston, youre the thing thats been helping me Get through the gym. I watch your videos when i do cardio and legs and its been helping the time go by faster. Thank you For helping me do better in war thunder and for helping me loose weight

[@NAM3-O]

Play the RakJPz 2 with Manuel missles?

[@wesleynunes3747]

1:08 damn his heart be spinning real fast

[@cscs4169]

Type 61 pls? ❤

[@Klovaneer]

There's 4 seats behind the turret and 2 more next to the driver for dismounts. It's an insane deathbox, peak soviet. I know it's a 2004 vehicle but is essentially soviet BMD-3 with an improved BMP-3 turret.

[@HOTTHUNDERWAR]

Day 1 asking spookston to play Minecraft

[@joshuamueller3206]

This video: One must imagine Spookston happy.

[@DefaultUsernameWasTaken]

Day 29 of asking Spookston to play the T-34-57

[@lalad0]

strf9040 BILL is also very versatile : apfsds auto cannon + missiles slinger + HEVT for aa ofc full stab and sometimes stupidly survivable

[@CookieCommandGaming]

On your comment of how it's supposed to be an IFV, you are right, the dismount squads are very small. In fact, the force structure of an average BMD armed Battalion (including the few Battalions equipped with BMD-4) are like 50% of the force of an average Motor Rifle Battalion, or even less compared to a western IFV battalion. They're smol, but airborne which is pretty cool.

[@dJslegoandgeography69420]

Spook speaks about how you can play the bmd 4 in a lot of ways Spook then plays it the only way he knows, like a gremlin

[@Micccck.]

Play the bmp2

[@drexsol2312]

Spookston now needs to play the new fat Stuart or the new Israel IFV

[@nicolayordanov9799]

You are enjoying this game too much. No light tanks for you. Day 18 of asking for the ChurchillVII

[@Ey_SmoKrac]

spookston never stop adding halo sfx to your videos it makes my day every time

[@itsyapperr]

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[@Led00t-du9rj]

We need to get this man to play the L3 if he hasn’t already

[@alexandreaudard4309]

You should try the Fokker G.IA its the ultimate anti CAS plane and its probably the most fun vehicle of this update

[@sabalildas1831]

Bind the secoundary weapon fire keybind to and other key or button and bind swith to secondary weapon to any other button that way you will have an option to switch to the missile whenever u want

[@randomyt666]

1 month of asking Spookston to play the M3 GMC. God damn I've been at it for a while

[@crabroll1681]

The metal pipe falling sound never gets old

[@TheGuyYouLostTo]

"I am a Certified Light Tank enjoyer." -Spookston 2024

[@RobinDabank-b1i]

Its confirmed everyone, spookstons heart rotates

[@TangoVix]

1:09 the silly billy said Rpm instead of Bpm... is the silly billy a robot??!

[@mycoolwolsh]

“I think that I one shot that guy” -spookston every video with an autocannon

[@snake45aiman]

I remembered when this thing come out and it have a bug where you can have more than 4 missile…it probably the most op thing that exist at that time… I remembered killing like 5 spawn camping dude under 1 minute

[@MegaloTnt]

8:16 hlivh happened, your missile disappeared while reloading

[@red_bootz2994]

Day 79 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.

[@321cool]

8:11 i love how his last atgm gets sent to the shadow realm

[@Metalgearmadness]

gajoob: yeah so the one tank with an autocannon thats 9.3, BMD with a suite of ammo types and weapons 9.0

[@Risson91]

As a professional goblin, you need to take out XM800T and/or Vextra 105 !

[@cvgamerz07]

I really wish I can go to a round like spookston's. Dumb teammate(sometimes), dumb enemy, easy to kill tanks

[@felion_]

Can you make a revised video on things like the bmp2m or T72 Turms? A naughty gremlin or a pickup truck with a 4Kph reverse speed. Many of these tanks are still prevalent among 10.0 ground but I don’t know how they perform nowadays with the bmp2m being 10.0

[@pauld6967]

Spookston: "You can't even really engage tanks with a Shilka." 10:49 Me: "Nor should you be able to. That isn't the role of the Shilka.'

[@Karkade_StG]

Troops in BMD-4 are placed right behind a turret, between turret and ebgine, in a half-laying position. It can fit 6 troops, one of which is in sideways position. I can only imagine how inconvenient it to be in that position, especially when you need to dismount vehicle xd

[@irontaoist2665]

I usually play that with HE as primary ammo and ATGMs for things that actually need them. HE sniping cupolas and drivers' hatches is quite fun.

[@NicholasGreenstein]

Spookston please play the new xm800t, its the ultimate rat vehicle. Its like the weasel but fully stabilized! It also has -20 degrees of gun depression and great mobility!

[@sleepbeinshy5775]

Remember when this thing first came out in the event? It got like 25 missiles but only got 4 tandem rockets as a "balancing" thing. It was so broken

[@christiansantos2175]

Challenge: Use BMD like stationary arty with only HE shells

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

"Loner"

[@istoleyourtoast143]

spookston every match: Gets 1-5 kills *CAS'ed*

[@Myb34r]

8:16 ww1 generals after gaining 38 ft of ground

[@montanabigbeer650]

In the middle of battle, spook goes: "ohoohoho" LMAO!😆😅🤣

[@Ajax_0-1]

2:30 troops are sitting on the vehicle, not inside. Its just a great solution againts HE rounds and HEAT rounds too.

[@blacksky121_]

I love this thing, literally top 3 on my service record Also since the updates out we gonna be expecting an XM8000T?

[@rhobidderskag1121]

Hey Spook! Apparently what they do is cram the 5 dismounts in a semi-circle directly around the turret basket, then they flip that hatch directly behind the turret to get out. I bought her off the marketplace the first day I started playing Warthunder and since then she's made up half my kills. The Bastian missile is very potent but it doesn't have the same feel as most other ATGMs, all my muscle memory for missiles is keyed to them now and now I can't land ATGM shots with anything else.

[@onefinespine]

I have looked and haven't found a designated video on the Chaffee, and you seem to love that thing, if you haven't done one on it you should, I think it'd be fun to watch.

[@ArcticWipeout]

This thing in a lineup with the BMP-3 and BMP-2 is sooooo fun. The funny HE this and the BMP-3 gets is just sublime lol

[@Lykas_mitts]

2:25 in the most insane way, the dismounts exit from the hatch in the back (the angled bit just behind the turret) and crawl over the engine deck before dropping to the ground. Definitely something you'd like to do in combat, just like how half the dismounts in BTRs GET OUT FROM THE SIDES OF THE THING WITH ZERO COVER. Imagine if the Bradley had its dismounts jump out the sides.

[@bigred2989]

Ah, so this is the vehicle I see people use in YT shorts where they use a drone to spot targets then lob shells like an artillery cannon from cover. Kinda wanted to see more of that here.

[@panhandle7991]

Dear Spookston I love you keep posting

[@ricepotato7424]

you should bind the secondary gun button to the special gun button like on conventional ifv, so you can fire the atgm while firing the auto cannon, but switch to secondary gun on some button (like the fifth mouse button) if you want to use the cannon

[@TythetankguyWT]

1:09 bros heart is spinning 500 times a minute

[@YourGodStalin]

I remember when this was first introduced and it got like 20+ missiles and VERY short reload on them, like 1-2 seconds at most.

[@Cirrus2000]

It’s now canon that spook‘s heart is actually an internal combustion engine.

[@BrockvsTV]

Thank you for the entertainment. Request-video trying arcade any line up

[@Mr.m3dic]

Day 7 of asking spookston to play the ARL 44 ACL.

[@benrboss]

i love when my heart beats in rotations per minute

[@VacatedData]

my boy was killing ALL the little criters today gahd damn