TOO MUCH GUN - KV-2 ZiS-6 in War Thunder - OddBawZ

The KV-2 (ZiS-6) in War Thunder is a Premium Russian Heavy Tank. This KV-2 has a 107mm gun with a slow reload but it does pack a punch!
The KV-2 ZiS-6 is basically a KV-2 that's been outfitted with a very powerful high velocity cannon. The 107mm can fire a shell at almost 800ms and can punch through 163mm of armour. The APHE shell has almost 500g of TNT so it should do some serious damage.
The KV-2 has a decent amount of armour but at 5.0 the 75mm just really doesn't cut it. You'll regularly be fighting Tigers, Panthers and US 76mm that don't really care about the armour you have. Also, the KV-2 ZIS 6 is HUGE so it's an easy target to hit.
Overall, it's a fun meme tank in War Thunder, but it's too much gun and not enough effictiveness!
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INTRO (00:00)
THE SKINNY KV-2 (01:50)
AN ISSUE (03:41)
BACK TO SKINNY BOI (04:07)
GAME 1 - WHAT IT WAS BORN TO DO (06:07)
GAME 2 - BIG SNIPING 1000M (15:59)
GAME 3 - AN UNREAL STOMP (26:26)
OUTRO (29:30)
SOMETHING ELSE (31:39)

[@zacharypreszler6834]

"There's always that guy who only plays the KV-2 Zis and swears it's the best thing since the Tiger" It's me, I'm that guy

[@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul]

I complain about the lack of armor for it being at 5.0 I think it needs at least 200mm turret armor so it can tank hits

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

@@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul Used to have much more penetration.

[@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul]

@@viktoriyaserebryakov2755 Either it needs 200 mm of turret armor or to be put to 3.7

[@tetris_cube3397]

@@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul 3.7...

[@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul]

@@tetris_cube3397 Yes, because all other kv-2 are there

[@TrumpeterOnFire]

Odd: Boomer eyes Also Odd: 18:02 "I can see the top of this guys turret through trees, behind a defilade, from 1km away"

[@1stinAlice]

Vietnam veterans: I can relate

[@Robbaz99999]

It's an oddbawz kind of evening

[@cadeypie]

also known as "Every evening."

[@junkers5414]

Agreed 👍

[@johncee853]

Love the old KX!

[@Robbaz99999]

@@johncee853 thank you buddy! Good spot! The one in the picture was my 1980 klx 250 and I also had a 1979 kx 125 before that. I have always loved twinshock motocross bikes

[@johncee853]

@@Robbaz99999 rock shocks we called them! I had an 86 KDX-200 and then a 1996 KX500. The 500 was a frakking monster beyond belief! The kdx 200 was my favorite bike. The kx500 had a hyperdrive but was just too much for the trail riding that I did with my dad. It was an earth mover!

[@12isaac00]

4:02 I'm kind of sure the breech is quite important in the gun reloading process lol. Love your videos.

[@smolcactus9723]

“the pe-2 is rubbish” *guy in previous game gets a triple kill in it*

[@mixderman2461]

Exactly lol

[@bezimienny_andzej6425]

F.e. yesterday I got a 2km away kill in TBF-2C and then a double kill while randomly bombing cap from long range. Everything may work if it carries a big enough bomb, even if it flies like a brick and the pilot sucks.

[@pogpengwyn]

the pe-2 bombsight shenanigans and the shrapnel radius make it great imo, i use it all the time to detonate fighters when my gunners inevitable die

[@aracaniusinfinius2880]

the art of the peshka is the art of diving in fast and yoinking kills with your 500s before running the fuck out of the map

[@GoldCraft55]

"it's rubbish" *have Tis-Ma in the line up* guess why he called it rubbish?

[@stepannovak2859]

Best thing about this 107mm is that it can go through panthers upper front plate at like 800 meters with no problem 🙂

[@leonardsvoren5774]

"I'm suffering so you don't have to" where did I hear this🤔

[@unoriginalhazard]

anyone that does something when you don’t have too. Or maybe Coyote Pearson?

[@VenomTXS]

idk Jesus? lol

[@risu6894]

“The Gaijin PR team to the marketing team”

[@WTF-Mike]

You may have watched mitten squad he is suffering so we don't have to

[@mrniceguy2026]

zanny

[@SacCarScene]

"The game does it's own thing" you are so right on that. You can one shot tanks from a thousands meters, yet you can't pen them from hundreds of feet.

[@katyusha1283]

That's the players doing. If your aim is good, sure, go ahead.

[@j-lly_4117]

Your content is such a joy to watch. You are one of the few unique and original content creators out there, and you make me laugh every video. I hope your channel grows rapidly and I hope you’re doing well. :)

[@Farming-Technology]

What he said!

[@brianblaisdell2178]

Agreed, I look forward to his videos every day!

[@DrGonzosCondiments]

we need to track each time OddBawZ say's: "It's a Wirbelwind. I hate Wirbelwinds." and (unless I'm playing a Wirbelwind). lol the maniacal laugh at 12:00 when you killed the Puma was beautiful. be well and thanks for the daily content.

[@ottovonbismarckboi9112]

Oddbawz and phly made a vid within 2 minutes of each other, TOOOOO MAANNNY CHOICESSSS!!!!

[@Combatwombat-sn7ng]

The cheats timestamps guy is going mental after that second game LOL

[@oskar_2114]

I don't like really long videos, but yours i can watch for hours on end, love the content bro.

[@gamedudepc]

when you've been playing war thunder long enough you get really good at estimating the distance for LD shots I still surprise myself sometimes when I get a long-distance kill on the first shot when I'm playing below BR 7.0. Howitzers on the other hand I swear I cant land long-distance shots to save my life

[@SadisNic]

Not to mention you'll start memorizing ranges accidently.

[@banditodorito1312]

I agree, the other day I hit a 1800m shot, first try, with the firefly, it felt so good

[@equibub6548]

I loved this tank back before the shell ballistics overhaul. This thing had over 200mm of pen and much better explosive damage

[@luciussatchell9709]

"Why did the breach need to be repaired before the gun has loaded" Uh, a massive hole in your breach might stop the gun from loading.

[@orsonincharge4879]

I would say that the breach is an integral part of loading a round into " tHe bReAcH " and would necessitate a repair before said task could be completed .

[@Talendale]

Basically, if the gun's not already loaded when the breach is ruined....you can't exactly load it until it's fixed. A dead breach right after you've fired is basically worst-case scenario short of being dead, period.

[@payne7119]

Not to mention, trying to repair a breach with a live round in it.

[@coltonburr7214]

I’ve been watching your videos since when you had 10k subs and I love your content. Keep up the good work so I have something to look forward to after school.

[@thomasthedankengine1624]

Phly and Odd are the only War Thunder youtubers that I watch and I really wish you start getting the subs and attention that you deserve. Always enjoy your videos

[@spinster4000]

These videos are just a joy to watch, just to sit down and watch and OddBawZ video is almost therapeutic, I have Dyspnea (shortness of breath) and these videos make me completely forget about it, so thank you OddBawZ, keep up the fantastic work! (Also, that thumbnail is gold! Seeing a kv2 without the derp is sooo weird)

[@OddBawZ]

Glad you enjoy it!! This is so wholesome to hear!

[@carlblack8574]

3:21 TNT Equivalent isn't accurate to the real effects that the shell has in a real game. Some shells that have more than 200g of TNT equivalent do less damage than other shells with a smaller amount of TNT. A clear example is the unlockable Pzgr. Shell for the Tiger 1, this shell has a TNT equivalent of 285.6g... That's more than the IS-2 122mm Nuke Shell. But in reality the Pzgr. Shell does less post penetration damage than the stock shell, the Pzgr. 39.

[@XSpamDragonX]

107mm HE will detonate Panther ammo if you shoot the bottom half of the mantlet.

[@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul]

At close enough range it can go through its UFP

[@XSpamDragonX]

@@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul Yeah but my method works at literally any range. You just gotta hit the bottom curve of the mantlet and the round will explode down into the 2 ammo racks that empty last, so no matter how much ammo they brought they are dead.

[@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul]

@@XSpamDragonX Sir, if I was gonna do that, I would use normal KV-2 or ISU/SU-152

[@krstropko]

I remember when this thing penned ~190mm and it was a beast. Still is now at 5.0!

[@waynecespedes2786]

The music background along with your vehicle and aircraft makes it look like a trailer for a really good war movie or war series on HBO. Awesome video and keep up the great work

[@Combatwombat-sn7ng]

The gun not reloading until the breach is repaired is not an exclusive issue to this, it has happened to me with other tanks

[@SymmbolZS]

think about it can you reload a broken gun?

[@doktork3406]

@@SymmbolZS why does it work most of the times in game than?

[@SymmbolZS]

@@doktork3406 idk... gaijin ceo be like : make game realistic game developers: how? dumbass ceo, that only knows bussines things: IDK

[@AcaNaplataDugova]

well you can say, those long shots were pretty ODD

[@keithrogers6876]

Thanks as always for the awesome videos Odd! Re: shooting people at range without rangefinder and stuff... it's almost like you have played thousands of games over hundreds of hours in the same game and have gotten good at guesstimating ranges.. crazy right. I really wish that advance to the rhine map they would block off that left side of the map so you have to go through the cap area to get to the other spawn.. such a roflstomp map as it stands with that freeway between spawns lol

[@Warbob11]

The KV-2 Zis 6 used to do more post pen damage before the whole ammo nerf bat that either destroyed some shells that should do more. And buffed ones that should not do more damage. And it used to have 193mm of pen. It was a fun tank too drive and just snipe or if you felt stupid try and rush and flank in the process.

[@KruskBloodBane]

I remember when it's pen was somewhere around 190mm. It was an absolute beast then and it's still an absolute beast now.

[@beachside1]

I liked your video before . Ever video of yours Ive seem is great. Keep on keep'n on. Your videos are soo positive bro.

[@Combatwombat-sn7ng]

*you forgot to mention the KV1C also has more armour and is a smaller target...

[@GoskaPL]

Since the introduction of KV pack on steam, the KV-2 Zis-6 used to be one-shot wonder. IE if you can pen - the target IS dead, it used to be an atomic bomb with a little bit more pen. They nerfed it almost into the ground and i used to play it with Su100Y just for fun :D

[@CmoreChap]

It might be an interesting idea to have a crew "bail out" rather than the current "jump out" where there was a random chance of crew injury/death while escaping. If the vehicle was abandoned and not destroyed within a time frame you could 'Reoccupy' during the match, or 'Recover' at the end of the match and then a significantly lower repair cost for that vehicle if your side then wins the match. If the enemy team wins then they get a bounty for all the "capture" vehicles still intact or recoverable, but you have the full 'repair' cost of a total replacement vehicle so really a replacement cost rather than repair

[@TrumpeterOnFire]

I think a salvage mechanic would be interesting in World War mode, where vehicles that have been killed but haven't had all of their parts destroyed can be recovered and turned into usable vehicles in the future, perhaps after a certain amount of time.

[@wolfino136]

Hi, I like your positive thinking humor and altitude in your videos. Keep up the good work. 🙂

[@nootnoot6404]

I just gotta say... the plane intro... that was f***ing badass dude. Btw I love the videos and your accent. I love Scotland, the most beautifull place in the world (especially the glencoe area) and the kindest people. Kind regards from a southern french bro

[@zzmuffin2]

Odd awesome vid got this thing today, been having so much fun, like in the intro panthers loses their brain shooting at this thing

[@backseatbogan2021]

Damn I really want that, the 1E, I’ll-2 and the Le-2

[@ideadlift20kg83]

1E is definitely more fun and useful than the Zis if you can't afford both/all.

[@apemanasmr7002]

the intro alone got me subbed dude holy shit, do you always get games like that intense? cuz if so im jealous lmao

[@OddBawZ]

Wait to you see the first game! lmao! Most of the time it's games like that, but there are some duds too.

[@sethschneider9764]

The breach thing makes sense IRL. If you can't open the breach then you can't load the shell. I'm not sure if this happens with other tanks but this logically makes sense.

[@bw_digitalphotography]

this game can go both ways sometimes, one time you can sit still and get kills the entire game, and other times you can press W and start blasting and still get kills. its 50/50

[@owosatan8864]

Odd is goated like TWO ROUNDS LEFT AND SHOOTS DOWN THE AIRCRAFT

[@redtsar]

I love my KV-2 Zis 6, bought it when it first came out, so much fun

[@bentaylor9768]

The thing I hate about this tank is that it shows up on the kill feed as a normal KV 2... that killed me a few times because I thought it was on this long ass reload

[@mad_maxj65]

Can you do the semovente 75 /18? Loving your vids from Italy!!!

[@anthonyw3433]

4:00 that also happens to me too. And when I play the KV-1, and my loader gets knocked out, the commander won’t go to replace the loader, it just stays in the commander position.

[@Kenshi-23]

I swear I've been battling more and more tigers/ panthers who have slapped 10 bushes onto the front of their tank lately

[@donovanvichi7102]

Oddbawz with his epic beefy custom pc build: my monitor is dying, and my 4K monitor is giving me issues Me, with my trusty pro-book laptop from 2011 running War Thunder on medium graphics at a stable 30fps: how does this work

[@phishphood423]

Odd: has computer hardware Hardware: *dies

[@Slugbunny]

I'm watching this in greyscale and it lends the whole thing a documentary feel. 😂

[@PitchIncorrection]

Just my thoughts: with only ~160mm of pen, a 17 second ace reload, and 75mm flat, un-angled armor, this thing could easily go to 4.3 or 4.7. That, or Gaijin could buff the reload by maybe seven/ten seconds, since this thing has two loaders, and mark it as an SPG. Comparatively speaking, most of the opponents you fight usually have both better guns, better armor, and better mobility, so this thing could really do with some BR changes.

[@wojciechbuczak6396]

That plane kills in intro, Swiss precision

[@popefish8522]

"Why do I need to wait until the breech repairs until I reload?" Can't reload if there is no breech.

[@OddBawZ]

It's a bug in the tracker. You can't repair a breech if it's got a 75mm hole in it anyway. It's not real life, it's a game.

[@popefish8522]

OddBawZ You got a point there but some things should be a lil realistic.

[@laberdude]

19:50 yes! long range hits are very often succesfull. dont know why.. maybe the engine says: okay too much calculating stuff i let it through. in close combat there is happening so much nutty stuff.

[@_OpFor]

17:51 that shell ricocheting off the tree is bloody cool

[@OddBawZ]

Where is my

[@themilkman8554]

P-51 and M4 Sherman Gameplay for us American Viewers??? Edit: I don't think I've ever seen you use the P-51 but it's 500round cannons are a BEAST at taking down ground targets and air targets. I wanna see you utilize their full potential. I could see you getting a lottt of kills.

[@Juan-gt9hn]

Oddbawz opponents: you only spawnkill and that the only way you get your kills Also oddbawz :drives around the map like a hooligan and 360 no scoping

[@daanbos5918]

Kaboom? Yes kv-2 zis 6, kaboom

[@5995Oblivion]

Odd: There's always that guy that timestamps my "cheating" Also Odd: Snapshots a guy through a house 800m+ away

[@boristrailovic2854]

Can you do a Video about the Avenger or the 3 inch gun carrier Really good video by the way

[@jaredshelton9771]

Day 3: play the M3 Lee and experience the fortress of guns

[@BDBBailey]

I think that tank Isn't supposed to be a up close brawler. That's why it over pens. When you were shooting far away you were shredding the enemy. Great video odd!👍🏻

[@jamesallen2045]

Think they are being a little harsh on the reload time on the gun, seems like that would be a huge improvement for the tank. Thanks for the great content.

[@ratcolonygaming3161]

But Bawz...”gErmAnY SufFeRs” so you shouldn’t have to either 😂

[@luscious5671]

I miss the old penetration the tank had, was the sole reason I bought it, used to be about 200mm of pen that it had then when the new penetration system came out it got nerfed down to 160 mm instead which is kind of a letdown

[@Noonespecial237]

OOOOOO A PUMA !!!!!! BOOM

[@deathfighter661234]

I've owned the Kv-2 Zis 6 for the longest time and it's hilarious how it would delete jumbo's back in the day

[@dirtyboyvlogs1077]

Hi Odd I just unlocked the Tiger II P any tips? Also love the content man keep it up and stay safe during these times! God bless!

[@johnkenley4687]

Angle your turret slightly when facing enemies head on, they can pen thru the curved turret face if its presented straight to them.

[@Novous]

ANGLE BODY 45 degrees. Angle turret slightly away when not firing. And don't DRIVE IN like a stupid head because you're not immortal.

[@THEBLUETIGER911]

Game: Fuse delay is 1,2 meters. 6:48 cupola shot..... Me: "Confused"

[@fabiusmaximuscunctator7390]

This shell feels like APCR, barely any post penetration damage. Think of the Russian 122mm, that gun is insane.

[@jsteinbeck07]

Hey Odd, you should try my Panzer 38t line up/challenge. You can play any tank you want as long as it's based off a panzer 38t. (Hetzer, marder 3, 38t, flakpanz. 38.) But you have to take the 38t out first and get a kill. (And a plane) (not based off a 38t, cause it's a plane you know.)

[@Combatwombat-sn7ng]

Challenge for you Odd: play a Russian tank without taking the Tis Ma out with it

[@cdgonepotatoes4219]

What you need to be good at WT: good map knowledge, good tank knowledge, good game sense, an ultra-large 8K monitor

[@kirishima638]

Might buy this tank. It's probably not great with that reload but it looks so cool!

[@Brandon34098]

the lines on the monitor normally are from a loose connection either at the monitor or computer end or the cord is bent to sharply can also simply be a damaged cord

[@kyefoley2330]

Wanted to buy the Russian premiums so bad but didn’t because I want the YTuber council to help with game development

[@YourBasicPatriot]

I love waking up to these videos ( yes I know it's 3 in the afternoon) but I still have to ask for the Ersatz M10 😁

[@jonathanallen3688]

Ok that issue has been happening consistently for me. Whenever i need to fix the cannon at all it refuses to reload. Didnt even think anyone else was having this problem. Good to know im not crazy and hopefully it gets fixed.

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

"now you know who OddBawZ is" - the guy in the end clip who said hi, at the end of the game with you having destroyed the entire enemy team, probably.

[@ryananderson9905]

If you're good with a 1440p monitor, there's 144hz ones with adaptive refresh rate for $250-300. Still expensive, but I got mine when they were $400 and it was worth.

[@karnisov]

Dolgushin's La-7: "Ahh, I see you're a man of culture as well"

[@JJ3E]

I really enjoy playing this tank.

[@Arthurzeiro]

The tank has jiggly track syndrome 12:18.

[@BaronBoar]

I have been waiting so long to get this tank with the zis-6 in the game. They should have it in more vehicles.

[@oAkk1]

Me: waiting to purchase tiger h1. Tigers in this video: BRUTALITY

[@beamracer9408]

I was in ur game earlier i saw u typing in chat at the end of the round

[@gordongapp6494]

Always Enjoy your videos oddbawz, 🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@cheese_buger.]

You cant have too much gun. The FV4005 is proof of that.

[@Berzerker531]

The fuse time seems longer simply due to the fact that the shell speed is so much higher than the 75 on the Sherman.

[@yannisapb7812]

While watching this video I noticed that the first game seemed familiar, then I remembered that I played like absolute trash that game... XD I was the first Tiger you killed Odd. Shame I only noticed that you were in that game now, I had been looking forward to playing with or against you for a while. Hopefully there will be another chance and I will play a little better in that case. Anyway GG, love your content

[@rifroll1117]

How about a dedicated suffering video for the Pe-2-205?

[@zhaoliu9080]

HOW IS THIS GUY SO ACCURATE

[@OverwatchExtractor]

Over 6500 hrs in ground RB alone. OddBawz has been playing for a very, very, VERY long time.

[@frankzhang1246]

Odd's aim is insane!

[@zerrierslizer1]

Me: *Sees title* Also Me: *Engineer wants to know your location*

[@brycehamm289]

Hey odd, I'm really into warthunder comps, and I know this might be a insain amount to ask, but do you think we could have all your intro clips as a video, that would be so cool

[@Novous]

12:17 [looks at treads] "U flexin on me bro?????"

[@OverwatchExtractor]

You can indeed punch through the UFP of a Panther at around 500 meters and under. I find that the mantlet eats all of this things shots, but you can 1 shot a Panther right through the upper middle of its front plate if it isn't angled.

[@Combatwombat-sn7ng]

Try the Begleitpanzer- not the most effective vehicle ever but tonnes of fun!

[@giricredwolf]

Odd, you must remember that the KV-2 (ZiS-6) is made of Stalinium and fires Leningradium rounds, like most Soviet tanks war games.

[@masterghost7352]

avoid your screen to be exposed to sunlight, thats how a monitor dies

[@Oofboi967]

Something I love to do is take an SBD to higher tiers and kill tanks with seamines. One of those times, I may or may not have killed a Long KV-2 with said seamine lol

[@ryananderson9905]

Regarding it's bad post pen damage, I swear there's some other statistic they use besides explosive filler. The american 75/76 does as much damage as the german 88 which has like 3x the filler. Also, I notice the sphere it makes at detonation is more filled out on the 75/76 than the 88. Quite odd.