Vilkas - Flankin', Supportin', Assistin' Beast [War Thunder]

[@Tankenstein]

Mirage 2000 C-S4 Gameplay: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6GoaKJugMara80

[@owenmachinecarbine6023]

You can really long range the spikes by shooting at your UCAV and flying towards vehicles.

[@Halesey_15]

You sir are so smart

[@CommandoFighterPilot]

Wait is that really a thing?

[@ChengLegend]

​@@CommandoFighterPilotyes

[@jaydennighthawk7815]

Bro some other youtuber does this yes it works try it with friends you would have a blast.

[@-Muri-]

No dont share the sacred tactics

[@Bat_the_judge]

You can lock spikes with binoculars and launch from behind cover. very effective in some situations

[@reesekilpatrick241]

Very useful

[@cyberarchitect9280]

That inner wall that you have seen behind the driver that's actually really just a wall, since the Vilkas is based on the GTK Boxer, which has a modular design which means you can pick off the back part of the vehicle and replace it with a mission specific module, such as APC, IFV, armored ambulance etc. module. The Vilkas is a really interesting vehicle, I'm glad to see it in the game.

[@theincrediblefox]

Wouldn't surprise me if we see more Boxer variants sometime in the future. Maybe the German army IFV with the Puna cannon or the RCH 155.

[@cyberarchitect9280]

@@theincrediblefox I would be suprised since it isn't in service but I'm down for it, also we should see such vehicles like Lynx 120 and KF51 Panther in the game than

[@interpl6089]

@@cyberarchitect9280 KF51 isn't a thing... it's a technology demonstrator.

[@MrJarvisful]

Lynx reminds me of the swedish ​@@cyberarchitect9280

[@cyberarchitect9280]

@@interpl6089 Just like the Lynx-120 or the Radkampfwagen90, or the VT 1-2

[@pokeydude]

It's also really important to note that it has a crewless Turret, giving you the ability to peak it over some rocks or hills and survive all hits basically, this is also helped by the vehicle being overwhelmingly tall

[@joseSanchez-ej2oh]

I think the missiles can overpressure u if hit

[@Halesey_15]

Heat 🥳

[@molstad182]

friendly reminder to wt players to take HE or HEAT as well as darts

[@RealOny]

@@molstad182 Only USSR gets a good HE shell of course

[@AgentK-im8ke]

@@RealOny the russians IRL do have devastating HE rounds

[@airsoftpopcorn]

Idk why it took me so long to realize that BRs are rounded. Like .3 and .7 didn’t make sense, but they are actually .3333 and .6666 which get rounded to .3 and .7

[@humzaakhtar9208]

Bro what, no no no I have 1000 hours on this game and never clocked that what the hell

[@adhx7506]

I really like how quick and stable the Vilkas is compared to the Radkampfwagen which flops all over the place while driving, making shooting when not standting still almost impossible.

[@Simplicity3323]

Really good no sugar coat review! Glad I found your channel man. Got the the last mark before leaving for work and got antsy wanting to know if It’ll be sticking around in my lineup haha

[@colbym7610]

As a lover of the VBCI, I’m so excited for this. I routinely bring my VBCI with my Leclerc’s and it performs so good as a support scout.

[@Faedz]

Yes omg it’s so fuckin good at it, literally the only thing I want on it is missiles which is something this has

[@frostedbutts4340]

Hopefully we can have a TT one with missiles @@Faedz

[@lucawauters3239]

I really hope we get the EBRC Jaguar for France soon, would be a great addition to the lineup

[@Trashste]

HE PRONOUNCED THE NAME CORRECTLY, HOLY SHIT

[@gbreuil1]

Reminder you can launch redirect missiles on QN506 shooting your own drone and just flying over an enemy it changes the target lock... We need this on this vehicle 😂

[@Simplicity3323]

You can do it! I was doing it in the test drive

[@fenfrostpaws2000]

​@Simplicity3323 every time I've tried my missile self destructs:(

[@mitchellmcguire1121]

Spikes are made to be long range weapons. You can look up the real world weapons systems from the game and see most of the stats you need as far as range. They are basically like a ground vehicle launched Javelin missile made for long ranges (up to 20km). They have a listed minimum range of up to half a km on some variants. Take the Vilkas in a sim battle and watch the Spikes decimate. I learned this recently. Most other maps are too small to get the best use of them and the more “realistic” models help the damage. The Vilkas has seen me survived to the end with multiple kills more than any other lightly armored vehicle I’ve used to date

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

Hope that this vehicle gets some Lithuanian crew voice lines soon.

[@Trashste]

Amen

[@airfix_revell6850]

Frrrrr

[@lubomirac9287]

A good way of looking at it is asking if this vehicle fills any gaps in a lineup. It definitely does as there are no other wheeled vehicles in that lineup, finally people will stop bringing low tier Pumas ( or at least they have an alternative).

[@andrejcs]

my poor peasant side is telling me to sell it but my lithuanian blood is screaming to keep it

[@frostedbutts4340]

Just use it imo. I've collected all the Australian vehicles even when I didn't 'need' them lol

[@andrejcs]

@@frostedbutts4340 but i need a bit of that sweet sweet gaijin coin

[@Its.Himothy]

It’s $26…not like you are holding onto a is-7 coupon

[@andrejcs]

@@Its.Himothy 20 dollars is 20 dollars i would do things for 20 dollars

[@agustinf1372]

Helicopters cannot avoid the Spike, at least when I use them in my eurocopter, they never miss their target not matter what the heli does

[@Nickles4]

Higher BR than the 2S38 which has double the pen and faster reload. Makes sense

[@sovietheart3883]

The Vilkas fires much faster, but it only has a 30mm cannon

[@pillsnpiegaming]

BTW you can lock missiles using binoculars in vilkas and fire spikes from behind cover

[@Luisasophie163]

Sad that the amap armor is missing and the spall Liner too

[@GabrielLefebvre-e2b]

From what I saw when I was testing it in the testing ground the spikes are good for everything that are 350m and further but closer then that and it won't it or even come close to the tank

[@neil5634]

I find the spike missile very useful against helis than tanks :)

[@PaulieLDP]

I really hope we get Australian Boxer CRVs at some point. There is a version with and without Spikes. Has the same gun as the PUMA.

[@frostedbutts4340]

Would have been a great Squadron vehicle for Britain

[@dariusweisz7440]

As a german main i love the vilkas a very strong and fast vehicle with decent survivability when i played russia 10.0 yesterday I got stomped by it because its too fast to get the gun on it as russian tanks have very slow turrets A really nice event vehicle i think its price will be pretty high in gaijin market Can wait to drive it tomorrow because I missed a star in the event because I couldn’t play for 2 days

[@str8ballinSA]

First battle in it yesterday - I had 3 spike kills. Not a single Spike kill after that, and I played it at least 15-20 spawns...

[@CruelSun69]

In my opinion its been a very balanced vehicle that ive enjoyed flying around the maps on. I even talisman'd it and got the leo2a5 and halfway through a6 with it. Edit: your videos never fail to level my mood out and make ne happy if im ever down and i thank you for that. Literally youre the definition of jolly and quite frankly, youre the 'beez neez' as some would say.

[@shootermcgaven02]

Haven’t logged in a long time. Seen this and got fear of missing out. Thanks for letting me know I didn’t miss anything with this vehicle.

[@henne5348]

It's the other way around, the merkava adopted the classic ifv layout

[@Speedycar100]

I’m gunna keep it just because it is a “backup” to the puma and the spike variant in the future

[@Nothing-yq2gz]

I can't decide if I should keep it or just sell it. It looks pretty fun to play but Germany already got quite a setup at this BR

[@no-life4438]

How can you sell the tank? I got the coupon but cant sell it

[@biziluxgames8924]

@@no-life4438 at 10 stars i think. at 8 you get coupon, 10 becomes sellable

[@buster7797]

​@@no-life4438You get the upgrade to make it tradeable if you get all 10 stars.

[@sigis72]

Keep

[@adhx7506]

Keep it. Theres no other Spike missile vehicle for Germany yet and its a modern wheeled tank. Definitely enhances that 10.3 deck of Germany.

[@j.k6943]

It is also still lacking its spall liners for the entire fighting compartment

[@user-lq1tp4yw3e]

Please stop trying to add spall liners to every vehicle

[@adhx7506]

@@user-lq1tp4yw3e Why not? 2S38 doesnt have one and feels like it has 3.

[@jPlanerv2]

@@user-lq1tp4yw3e why if add it add it to all that have them if not dont add it at all

[@daskollektiv4593]

​@@adhx7506 what? 2s38 is so easy to kill

[@adhx7506]

@@daskollektiv4593 The turret is invincible to hits, never destroys the gun breach and the hull is completely protected by the engine. Its the most random tank to kill in the game.

[@interpl6089]

Do Spikes lose lock when enemies pop smoke or something?

[@Alede27]

nope they don’t lock through smoke

[@interpl6089]

@@Alede27 Ah...it also seems that they hate vegetation...

[@Alede27]

@@interpl6089 they don’t like anything unfortunately… they are really bad 🥲

[@monhauly]

This vehicle is insane, realy. Excelent mobility, strange survivability (means thats more than i expected), crewless turret, 4 spikes (Very good btw), you can flank easily with it, and a good gun. It's a support/mobile vehicle, you can get a good amount of kills and help your team without expose yourself.

[@MaticTheProto]

Nah it’s not survivable

[@monhauly]

@@MaticTheProto Interestingly, I didn't have a bad experience with the survivability of this vehicle, it could have been luck, but strangely I was lucky more than 3 times.

[@RealOny]

@@MaticTheProto I've had some really crazy luck with it, survived FFAR rockets and multiple APFSDS shots to the turret and sides. So far, survivability is pretty decent even better than the PUMA imo

[@MaticTheProto]

@@monhauly nah it dies easily and is almost entirely useless on anything other than large open maps

[@MaticTheProto]

@@RealOny nah. Not better than the puma. Obviously the crewless remote turrets survive a lot, but that’s not the relevant part, especially when the entire vehicle is so obscenely large. And the puma has way better crew protection

[@TankyThunder]

Hey i have a question i really like your type of content i do have a question trying to make the same type of content as you also do you voice over or is that actual in game audio?

[@Salsajaman]

why would someone tell you how to copy their own channel?

[@TankyThunder]

Not copy just if he voices over or not?@@Salsajaman

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

i wish the VBCI had the C T40 cannon instead of the 30mm bushmaster, i think it's quite lazy from Gaijin's part to just copy a gun, or they could add the 40mm version to the TT already

[@frostedbutts4340]

What a weird and stupid comment. The real Vilkas has the 30mm.. how is it lazy to be correct lmao

[@tonganterror7221]

Most of WT Reddit hating but I’m definitely looking forward to playing it

[@Tankenstein]

I don't think it's bad. It's a little frustrating sometimes, but it'll get you score, even if it isn't always a kill

[@marcosacosta8109]

​@@Tankensteinsome people want that an IFV performs better than mbt 😂 thats why they cry and cry

[@holden3083]

👍. I’m grinding this at moment.. seems like it might be a bit of fun. Question tho. If miss the first 2 grind levels. Can u still get it? I can see this vehicle being very situational, extremely useless if your team is mostly bots. Which I’m finding 9 - 11 are. Whether it’s players cheating or players that just shouldn’t be at those br’s. Idk.. the other thing I’m finding interesting. That players especially above rank 1, don’t know how to mark the map for reds..

[@ezequielgomez6275]

You still can, you only need to complete 8 stages to get it not all 10.

[@holden3083]

@@ezequielgomez6275 oh. Cool. Thanks.

[@mulmigesmorlord]

The Spikes are great at long ranges. Got some spicy kills with it today It’s also bullshit that they took the place to put the engine from the Merkava. It’s an IFV and most of them have their motor in the front. Just like the Marder.

[@Paul_Ironwolf]

I mean its not a tank first of all, its an IFV. Lithuania currently has no tanks. I mean Boxer is German, but this exact configuration is Lithuania specific. And you are absolutely on point that it is a Jack of all trade master of none, that's not a bad thing tho, it takes skill to be effective in any role but the fact that you are never in a position you simply cant win is pretty fun imo.

[@eagelseye8089]

I play Italy and Germany, so I've had almost half a year of experience playing Spike and this missile is just way too bad for having so little of it and very few options to improve accuracy. I would at least make the hit accuracy when firing it while stationary a safe one hit kill and keep the current random hit chance only for firing while travelling

[@ITZZJellePelle]

by looking at my vilkas gameplay and this video i have the suspision that the spike has been nerfed, i only got hits and maby a crit here and there. and no change of a hit when enemy moves

[@JacobMobley-fl1tu]

How do you use that lead indicator? I have the vilkas fully upgraded and it doesn't do that

[@lbsshades6751]

My opinion on the vilkas is its good if you can position your self properly but it can be fun to rush with it

[@bagelmaster2498]

I think the boxer with the puma turret will be much more effective

[@nikodemhirsch3990]

Seeing how much of a pain grinding Germany is for me i'll get the coupon and perhaps sell it to get some higher tier premiums from marketplace (if it will be possible) to speed grinding other nations

[@ThePenguins4life]

I hate how I missed the first badge as it was the ONLY DAY i couldn't play

[@Gloverfield]

I couldn't play because my goddamn packet loss won't stop randomly sky rocketing...

[@ThePenguins4life]

@@Gloverfield unfortunate

[@jPlanerv2]

but you can miss 2 stars and still get it unless you want to sell it then rip

[@ThePenguins4life]

@@jPlanerv2oh you ***** **** *********** ***

[@justeunfan3364]

I you want to sell it you can still buy this one missing star and you'll get way more in a few weeks that what you spent for that star. But if you want to keep it you just need 8 stars as peoples above said.

[@kidsinafrica3080]

Spikes are really random... Not reliable at all. And hard to get lock on people.

[@IndaCouch422]

I took out a Mi-24v with my first ever spike just earlier today not sure how, but I’ll take it lol

[@bagelmaster2498]

Pretty silly that in a vehicle with Atgms you have to play it like it doesn’t have atgms just bc spikes are useless lol

[@skibum1610]

I saw one in game the other day, some new player charged me in my m1 and thought they can fight me with a 25mm at close range. They died in one shot

[@markus1351]

I got it today and got quite a few kills with the spikes

[@dogekingcz5405]

How much does is cost for buying it and for crew?

[@explosivecommando9100]

Buying it nothing, its just getting the coupon after the 8th star and later on the crew which is around 200k

[@youlaughyouphill842]

8k for just the vehicle, 10k to be able to sell it

[@youlaughyouphill842]

Or you cab wait and get in the market for cheaper when it saturates

[@dogekingcz5405]

@@explosivecommando9100 oh thanks

[@xwing8029]

Wow, you actually spelled vilkas correctly.

[@vitalijmartynenko1097]

It’s a beautiful garage queen there’s unfortunately not much to say about it

[@mememachine6894]

Yo can you post a link for your controls download?

[@somethin5597]

You said the vehicles name perfectly 🎉

[@thatgreenneko]

“Spikes aren’t that good” first kill in the video is a spike kill.

[@beniditz]

So is it a Bug or intended that u lose all the ammo if ur ammo box in the turret is hit? Even the one on the hull floor below the crew are gone.

[@frostedbutts4340]

Dumb but consistent with how other autocannons work

[@beniditz]

@@frostedbutts4340 The PUMA dosnt do that. It looses 2 belts but has at least 1 belt left.

[@Garda_Grasic1537king]

How did you get that many eagles

[@pevonaut]

can is still get vilkas if i have missed 2 missions?

[@legamernat]

Yes, but if you miss more, you're gonna have to pay star(s)/ the vehicle itself

[@jPlanerv2]

you need 8 out of 10

[@porternewell2049]

Yeah I agree it’s good but very situational. I play arcade and the Vilk struggles quite a bit but in realistic it’s not as bad

[@KrispThunder]

Love you tankenstein keep up the good work

[@josharuni547]

Things horrible to grind for as you get two days for each mark. Which is just insane

[@stinkymonke3622]

i sadly didnt grind it out due to an ear infection

[@rando-w5h]

Im curios how many people even knew about lithuania before getting this tank in the game Everyone looks like is using it aswell

[@Pixelrone]

So hapyp that it got 4 missiles instead of 2

[@Jachammer93]

I got killed by this and you immediately dropped a vid lol

[@haruka0002]

This vehicle is not good. 2 spikes which 90% don’t work, big square hull, so high profile. Bad penetration with the apfsds. Have to get on the side and close.

[@cabbageashthe1st594]

I think it was hilarious when German players saw how much the KF41 was struggling and were like, "yeah when are *WE* going to get that? Eeeerm, spikes on PUMA when?" German players already complain about the PUMA at 10.0, so how do they like another one at 10.7 and with alright at best missiles?

[@frostedbutts4340]

Because features like that will only get fixed when they get added to major nations. Think dude.

[@cabbageashthe1st594]

@@frostedbutts4340 added to America or Russia*

[@venusflytrap2622]

Gotta love 4:15 Pars cant lock if something is having a small potted plant on top but the Spike can lock through trees without LOS (in the games logic).

[@altf469]

finalyl got this thing

[@gurkha7490]

not penning front cause of dog aim, i pen t80s from the front with it

[@Kaiberus]

to be honest i'd much rather this have a 25mm like the itallian vbc pt2, dardo, freccia i love the fast fire rate but oh well

[@45atanner]

Sucks these don’t get better grind quality

[@Dragojevv]

Better BMP-2M characteristic, with fire and forget rockets.

[@Tankenstein]

Yeah, but the BMP-2M missiles dominate at close range, whereas spike missiles are useless within around .5km

[@RevyTempest6]

it's just a freccia but bigger lol and lest fire rate

[@nemanjalackovic2288]

Can't wait to grind it and sell it so I can buy more Soviet vehicles 😌

[@skantilles75]

Well rounded? Hm I see only that the vilkas get constantly wrecked. The gun is too weak, missiles wont hit lethally. Idk.

[@LegendEater]

why they do vbci2 so uncompetitive omg

[@tarikemirtanyildizi]

It needs 2 more missiles 4 is not okey like at the same br ferccia has 8

[@LithuanianBadger]

Finally its here!

[@SRC___]

How can i get

[@WitwenmacherZ]

How Many will cost in Store?`

[@jPlanerv2]

my bet 35 gjc as most event vehicles when they go live

[@jovanni_orb5116]

Good morning

[@-Muri-]

I already blocked like 15 of them with aps they are annoying af

[@VerbalCoffee]

Missles only good for killing Helis

[@superduper3722]

Sweatin’

[@danielmcarthur9004]

It's the worst Ifv of all of them. Puma is better. 4 spikes when others have 8. All it has is speed.

[@rhards]

get good

[@rxzxqx6982]

puma doesn't have the speed, so this is better

[@danielmcarthur9004]

@rhys7956 for stats it's worse. Skill is separate.

[@AndyTaylor-g9v]

I love your videos

[@legend2460]

this is not a first impressions video your playing a spaded vehicle everyone else who gets this wont have it spaded wont have the speed wont have the apfsds belt

[@KolnBruck]

Meowstein

[@TheGrace020]

meow meow meow

[@TheGrace020]

Tankenpoggenstein 😼

[@HabibiGermany]

WHY MY CAHLLENGE IS STILL 6 DAYS TO GET VILKAS, AND DONT EVEN SEE IT IN TECH TREE ???? AND OTHERS ALREADY DRIVE IT, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS GAME !?!?!? Some people can add 1000 Prints and decals, me with premium only 6 ??? Normal I should get all my money and time back for this game, getting more ridiculous every week, camping maps, no Howitzer, but other useless tanks you add, and OP tanks for losers, and putting Tanks which are still in Service for Example M109, to BR6, which is easily a BR9-10 Tank, maybe change your employees or just end the game. Graphics from 10 years before, Buildings you can shoot trough, some you cant, nothing is realistic here anymore, but put updates weekly, nonsense updates.

[@SlicerJen]

spike cannot do short range. at all.

[@RandomNameSoRandom]

It's just not that bad as QN, still overrated br, still weak ammunition, still useless/not working correctly rockets, but ye this vehicle can move heh

[@GodKingUvenk]

its a complete downgrade of the bagleit 1br above

[@kennethclemons8357]

This tank is very over br the gun is practically useless your gigantic so you can't hide and get around the battlefield you can't go all down cuz when you do your all your ammo will get hit Catch Fire and then you have absolutely no ammo left because it magically Burns all the ammo in the hall does Spikes are completely useless they travel too slow to be effective on any map it really needs to be a 9.0 or a 9.3 I want to play against 11.7 constantly you can't do nothing against them

[@casperreininga3253]

The moment I clicked this video it had 0 views, 2 comments and 4 likes... I want some of what YT is snorting please.

[@cheeselordthe11th47]

Here early today lol

[@ray_pingminers6873]

Holy I’m early

[@zayrox5306]

Noob gameplay