It's multiple reasons why there aren't coax mgs The gun breach and well everything else is based on a flak gun which itself is based on a navel gun, so being compacted is meaningless leading to it's large size Then you got the fact the Japanese didn't have good belt fed mgs to use, and the ones they did all went to the air force and navy, and well having a feed tray mg as a coax mg would be more of a problem then just not having one.
@@Thekilleroftanks they didn't have belt fed at all only mag fed. Also these designs were ment to be produced in mid to late 1942 but due to internal funding cough tojo being a moron and separating infantry support tanks on their own. Cut the tank program resources and funding to the navy. Aside that these were planned to be used at longer range distance.
@@sinisterisrandom8537 the army didnt because all belt fed mgs went to the air force and navy, the army got none, but japan still had belt fed mgs. they just got the short end of the stick, because japans industry at the time, couldnt produce everything they needed. hell the machines needed to make aircraft parts were mostly bought from the US, because they didnt have the machines to make the machines to build aircraft engines.
Don't underestimate the psychology with the first 2 shots. I can't tell you how many times I was in a corner duel with someone, shot and missed, and they come rushing out around the corner to shoot me back only for me to get my second shot off and kill them. I feel most people don't know about the rapid first 3 shots from this tank. I really enjoy this tank.
but as spookston says, the Fl-10 (sherman with amx13 turret) is just this but better, trust me I've played alot of both. They really need to change the ready rack resuply rate. I imagine it's intentionally slow to help balance autoloader tanks as a general rule, but they need to realise it doesn't make sense for this tank
The reason I like the Chi Ri II so much is because it feels like a premium tank that was allowed in the tech tree. It's a glass canon for sure, but for someone like me that almost always gets the first shot off on my opponent it works excellently. And if there's multiple opponents you have 3 quick but deadly shots to deal with them all. The only thing left to be desired besides the armor is a faster replenishment for the first stage ammo. Good video Spook!
It would have been a premium if Japan had more vehicles to fill the lineups. And when it was first introduced, and had an actual autoloader, and it was insane.
I discovered something after playing the chi ri myself, and that's the fact that the "auto-loader" is semi auto it only gets the shell into position, not into the gun.
I really like the Chi-Ri II, but I use it more like a tank destroyer than like a Medium, you can one shot a lot of opponents and you're very fast for your size for literally no having armor, also is fun to use the 37mm to tricked the nme players
Japanese mediums with the 75mm could be so fun, unfortunately almost all of them are horribly overtiered compared to the competition. Even my sweet Chi Nu II which carried me all the way to Japan Tier IV could've stayed at 3.7 but minor nations be minor nations I guess. Also can you make a video on the IS-4M please?
I've read a few times that the so-called "minor" nations (Japan, Italy, France, etc) tend to be over-tiered since it's predominately experienced players who spec into them after playing the game awhile. Really wish BR was determined by more than simple win/loss ratios.
@@dividedbyzerotx specifically we need br placements based on tank performance, not player performance Germany is a great example for this, and honestly a very obvious one
Maybe the reason it takes him so long to replenish the ready rack is because the auto loading system is made exclusively from sharp edges and fragile parts.
Hi spookston! Since you appear to like autoloaders i suggest playing the Delat Torn. Its honestly pretty busted at 5.0, with excellent APHE a very fast autoloader and very good mobility. Highly reccommend it!
The Chi-ri II is one of my favorite tanks in the game, i love using it to hold down a capture point so you can basically have an infinite ready rack. Love yer content spookston, keep it up.
Funniest part about the Chi-Ri II’s armor… the Japanese would’ve considered it a “heavy” tank/assault tank had it gone full scale production, especially considering when they saw German Tiger I’s, they went “Bunker on tracks spooky”
The Chi-Ri uses an assisted loader system. The mechanism lines the round up with the breech, but the loader still has to ram it in. That’s why if the loader dies or is injured, reloading slows down.
Could you try the Valentine X sometime? It's got fantastic pen with a fast reload and great (if wonky) armor while being faster than most the slow af British vehicles Would love to see ya spotlight it since it's usually in a place that people skip in the tech tree
Hey Spookston. The SAV 20.12.48 is back in the swedish tech tree and I low tier games right now are filled with it. It also has an autoloader so it might be fun to play for a video. Cheers!
Chi-ri was a nice checkpoint in Japanese ground tech. the autoloader was fun and probably the reason why I was able to keep on grinding.. although Japanese sherman and Bulldogs are much better tank later on. But Chi-ri was kind of special in my opinion.
I actually prefer to use this than the early Japanese MBT's which are suck ass and has no overpressure mechanic back then so the heat isn't that great on ST-A1, sure I mostly prefer the Sherman, but Chi-ri is my 2nd go-to tank.
Loved the whole japanese mid tier medium line, including the chi ri Yeah it was huge and paper but it also felt unique so I liked it, even though I wasnt that good back when I played it Another unique vehicle you can play is the Somua sau 40 cute French 2.3 TD, would appreciate if youd try it out attempt #4
I've lost count on how many times I've suggested this but the crusader Mk.3 is surprisingly good, great gun, low profile, good speed, scouting for getting cheap planes and a shoulder stabiliser
Tbh the Cromwells do anything the crusaders can do much better even accounting for the higher BR, just as great speed, good gun, and actually useful armour
@@deeznoots6241 I've played both the Cromwells and have died many times, I play the crusader I die surprisingly less often, the crusader is a good deal smaller and has better acceleration also the armour on the crusader I have found to be rather gimmicky as I've tanked shots from shermans(75 and 76), panthers and tigers sometimes they get my commander and he absorbs all the shrapnel but many times the round just slaps into the armour like a wet leaf in the wind slaps onto a wall
@@thescotishclonetrooperecho7773 yeah thats fair, different people have different experiences. The armour on the crusader is definitely extremelly trolly(especially the dumbass mg turret, which for some reason is armoured very heavily)
Speaking of suffering, the Swingfire is the pinnacle of mouse guided ATGM carriers suffering, i cant recommend it at all but it may make for unique gameplay given how it fires
Despite its flaws the Chi-Ri-II is probably one of my favorite tanks. I use it in a Japanese Ground RB line up with an A6M3, and it does some pretty good damage. I personally have more fun with the Chi-Ri-II than I do on my most of my other tanks, which still shocks me. Great video!
I COULD be wrong, but my experience with the Chi-Ri-II and its inconsistent loading speed is that it doesn't HAVE to wait for the autoloader to be pre-loaded. If you empty the auto-loader, then the loader starts putting in the work. This reduces the loading time to a more typical speed (and is affected by losing the loader) but the upside is you don't HAVE to wait for the first-order ammo rack to be replenished in order to load and fire a round like most of the French tanks. The reason losing your loader has an effect is because your auto-loader was empty and your loader was the one loading the gun and would do so until you stopped firing long enough for him to replenish the auto-loader.
ST-A1/ ST-A2 "I never even knew that had a front transmission" -Spookston. That's a great reason to play it more and as a side note it has a stolen M34B1 90mm cannon with worse shells.
I think you should have a go of the pvkv2, it has 14 degrees of gun depression with a 8x-15.9x zoom. Its a good sniper with a really powerful round for its br. Also for some reason the first 18 rounds of ammo go into the hull which is separated from the turret by an armored floor, so you can survive a surprising ammount of hits to the turret.
I honestly am thankful for the semi-autoloader of the Chi-Ri II in some situations. Like this one time I faced a 75 jumbo, I intend to shoot his barrel for safety reasons first. My first shot didn't go so well, as it was just below the barrel. And after reloading quickly, the second shot killed his barrel. And I just got closer to it and shot its MG port. I am really thankful that the reload really saved me
The hull gun is great for baiting people out in corner duels, and even then, the auto loader on the main gun also serves this purpose. Getting circled by an r3 that's trying to track and barrel torture you only for it to get smacked by the hull gun is also very satisfying. Basically Cargo port was made for the chi-ri II.
I for one absolutely love this thing. Probably my second favorite tank in this br area (the first one being tiger e). The gun is like a Sherman 76 but better in every way and being able to get 3 kills in 10 seconds with well-placed shots (if you don't get gaijined) feels great. Also with the 37 you can bait clueless people to peek bc they think you shot. The mobility isn't even that bad tbh. It is big but good positioning can make up for it. It's my highest k/d tank to play and the Japanese 5.0 lineup with the 2 chi-to's is one of my favorites with the amount of firepower it offers
Hey Spookston could you play the AMX-10RC and/or the BMP-1? I don't think many people have covered the AMX-10RC and would love to see your thoughts on it with some historical stuff thrown in.
Honestly it's one of the few tanks that had its reload rate missed with the most. First RR I remember was roughly around 5-7 seconds and then autoloader came in with a default reload rates. They treated the chi-ri ll tray loader like one and gave it a nice 3 second reload rate. The next came the First storage mechanic and now it is still 3 seconds but if you use all 3 rounds. It's a horrific (roughly) 14 second reload from storage to into the breach.
Seeing gameplay of the Ram II would be pretty nice cause personally i think it's a slept on tank in WT, especially with 88mm of slopped frontal armor, i've had M10s bounce off of my frontal plate many of times
I know i already suggested you the Bkan 1C, but can you play the french Somua SM too please? It's one of my favorite tanks and it's very fun. (yes ik fun in war thunder doesn't exist)
id like to see a video on premium nerfs (or as some say, P2W nerfs) like the Tryzniec Firefly, Tiger II Sla. 16, T-44-122 and Panzer II H (among others), where various stats other than BR were changed, such as almost tripling the Panzer H reload, or removing the Tryzniec's extra mobility (which was based of the A57 Multibank which several fireflies had), etc. Not IS6 levels, but these random nerfs or changes to old premiums that at times seem intended to devalue them and encourage purchasing of new, higher priced premiums. This could even be expanded into aircraft, such as when the Chaika 20mm got the huge recoil change making it wildly inaccurate, or when the Do-335 got hit hard with the compression hammer and for a time couldnt dive past 500 km/h.
4:30 it's not an automatic loader, it's an asisted loader, there is no ramming mechanism, it just puts the shell into position to then be manually rammed
This thing used to be better with the old autoloader mechanic where it was treated as a magazine rather then a ready rack. Being able to pump out 3 shots with a 2 second lag between them and then reload all 3 rounds at once was much more fun then waiting for the ready rack reloading with how slow it is.
That Japanese long 75mm cannon is magical, but that's literally the only advantage this thing has. Only reason it's a higher BR than the Chi-To is the reload speed of the small ready rack, and I definitely think that should be canceled out by the size and speed of the vehicle, not to mention the abysmal armor. Put this thing at 4.7, then that lineup would be even more fantastic.
I'd be interested in seeing the ST-A1 or A2 on your channel. Same gun as the M46 Patton but on a smaller platform. Or in keeping with the autoloader series you could take out the ST-A3.
Spookston, what do you think about adding O-I or O-I experimental to the game? The O-I could have a 150mm or 100mm ap gun with two 75mm secondary turrets and a machinegun turret in the back. It also has 160mm of armor frontally angled at 45 degrees on the lower plate and 16 degrees on the other plate. The turret is also the same thickness, angled at 30 degrees. The back has the same thickness as the front. The O-I exp would most likely get a 75mm and it has a (probably) 47mm secondary turret, one machinegun turret in the front and one in the back. It would have 120mm frontal armor with the same angling as on the O-I.
Hey Spookston, could you do a video on the Strv m/42 Delat Torn? Its a really good flakpacker but I want to see what your opinion on the Swedish 5.0 Medium tank is.
I wouldn't be surprised if Gaijin just put a universal ready rack reload rate (That was a mouthful). Even though it would be as east as changing the variable value, that's obviously too hard.
Actually Chi Ri II is my most played tank because of that stage 1 ammo and mobility. It's a hell of flanker and can brawl as long as the gunner and loader are alive. Most of the time I position myself on side of the map in ambush position, or be 2nd liner.
The chi ri in my opinion works best on defense guarding points. Because of your good pen you could pen most tanks and disable them in a single shot and if they are still active you have a fast enough reload to fire again before they even know where you are.
the Chi-Ri single-handedly stopped my very fast grind in Japan I got up to in a couple of days, and as soon as I got to it, my grind just... stopped. I hate it.
Funny thing is despite being king tiger sized and at the time having rust brown camo on I've still gotten team killed by a German in sim using the Chi Ri because he "thought I was a T-34"
SU-152 would be a fun one next, now that it's been moved to 4.0 it no longer sees tigers and Panther Ds so the only heavy armor you need to worry about is the proto-panther and churchills. neither of which pose much of a challenge.
now that we are looking at mid BR fast loading ''medium'' tanks you could play the Strv m/42 DT. even though its armor is shite it was a lot of fun to play for me with that super fast reload.
Strv m/42 (EH and DT). Both are fun at their tiers. The EH has surprisingly bouncy armor and the gun is just punchy enough to oneshot most of the time even with solid shot. The DT has a mechanical assist for the loader with 4 rounds that have decent pen. Both can shift well and have great gun depression. Highlights for the low to mid tier swedes in my opinion
You probably won't see this but if you do spookston I want to thank you for making such calming and intriguing videos, you have helped me improve my ability to play war thunder and help me sleep at night. I have tinnitus so listening to your videos has been a life saver. Keep up the great work ♥️
It used to have 153mm of penetration and honestly I still think all the long 75mm should have retained their original penetration since -3 really harmed its capability.
The Chi-To's both have the same gun as well while being at 4.7 At 5.0 up tier for me is very common while 4.7 up tiers are common but manageable for japan. Not to mention the Chi-To Late has decent enough armor and angles for you to gamble with.
All valid points as to why the chi-ri is lack luster but I still found I really enjoyed the tank. The auto loader really surprised a lot of people I found. The replenishment rate just couldn't ever keep up in even moderate fighting. Would still like to see you play the M50
It’s honestly unbelievable that this thing is the same br as the prototype panther now. Both this and the chi to’s deserve to go down in br, anyone who says they are better in any way than a panzer 4 is actually insane.
It's amazing how the Japanese still refused to give this thing a coax MG despite the turret being the size of a barn.
It's multiple reasons why there aren't coax mgs
The gun breach and well everything else is based on a flak gun which itself is based on a navel gun, so being compacted is meaningless leading to it's large size
Then you got the fact the Japanese didn't have good belt fed mgs to use, and the ones they did all went to the air force and navy, and well having a feed tray mg as a coax mg would be more of a problem then just not having one.
@@Thekilleroftanks Sounds like a skill issue..
@@Thekilleroftanks they didn't have belt fed at all only mag fed.
Also these designs were ment to be produced in mid to late 1942 but due to internal funding cough tojo being a moron and separating infantry support tanks on their own. Cut the tank program resources and funding to the navy.
Aside that these were planned to be used at longer range distance.
@@sinisterisrandom8537 the army didnt because all belt fed mgs went to the air force and navy, the army got none, but japan still had belt fed mgs. they just got the short end of the stick, because japans industry at the time, couldnt produce everything they needed.
hell the machines needed to make aircraft parts were mostly bought from the US, because they didnt have the machines to make the machines to build aircraft engines.
@@Marth667 It really was a skill issue with the engineers lets be honest XD
Don't underestimate the psychology with the first 2 shots. I can't tell you how many times I was in a corner duel with someone, shot and missed, and they come rushing out around the corner to shoot me back only for me to get my second shot off and kill them. I feel most people don't know about the rapid first 3 shots from this tank. I really enjoy this tank.
fire the small cannon and then big one if they don't even know what you are
Yep always my favourite tactic with 2 cannon tanks, if they aren’t paying attention they’ll run out thinking they got a free shot
@@deeznoots6241 ive done that with coax fire and its worked before.
but as spookston says, the Fl-10 (sherman with amx13 turret) is just this but better, trust me I've played alot of both.
They really need to change the ready rack resuply rate. I imagine it's intentionally slow to help balance autoloader tanks as a general rule, but they need to realise it doesn't make sense for this tank
@@whatisalifeihavenone4708 Love doing that with the Maus
PLEASE CENTURION MK 1, this is like the 6th day I've suggested this. It's fun. Well, as much fun as a WT player can have.
Ah finally someone who cares about the cent mk1 its really good
@@stansearcheslife6363 It's may fav tank. Love the 75mil APDS
Consider: Challenger, the only reliable way to kill a t34
@@retko8718 Same gun as the Challenger but much better armor
i consider it the tank that took me a long time to love but it still has a place in my heart
Watching you play the SU-122 would be funny given its low BR and the fact that it faces German players
So many bad memories trying to do anything with the 2pounders against it.
It’s insanely fun I’ve played 7 matches with it died 0 times and have 22 kills great tank when you don’t face an M4A3 (105)
I hate those things and having to deal with them with my 37mm cannon. Good thing, that if you hit driver visor it can result in its quick demise.
American 76mm eats it wih no struggle
I'd also love to see the SU-152/ISU-152. Some of my favorite tanks.
The reason I like the Chi Ri II so much is because it feels like a premium tank that was allowed in the tech tree. It's a glass canon for sure, but for someone like me that almost always gets the first shot off on my opponent it works excellently. And if there's multiple opponents you have 3 quick but deadly shots to deal with them all.
The only thing left to be desired besides the armor is a faster replenishment for the first stage ammo. Good video Spook!
It would have been a premium if Japan had more vehicles to fill the lineups. And when it was first introduced, and had an actual autoloader, and it was insane.
Yes, gaijin switch chi nu 2 and chi ri, nothing of value will be lost
as someone who has a nasty habit of getting damage less or low damage first hits for some reason the rapid fire was also great for my bad luck/skill
3-burst cannon + long reload, give me WOT vibes
Gaijin could make chi ri 2 premium and fill the gap with chi ri production at 5.7 which had 100 mm of armor
I love the Japanese 75mm cannon, especially with that autoloader
But is it good enough to face 6.0?
@@nothisismine Is Chi-Ri II 0.6 BR better than a Panzer IV G/H?
@@nothisismine If you’re skilled enough, definitely. But if you’re newer to the game, it’s gonna be challenging.
It like maus but no armour
But for that br i dont think it good for skill issue like me
@@ManhNguyen-yd6kz So bmp food basically?
I discovered something after playing the chi ri myself, and that's the fact that the "auto-loader" is semi auto it only gets the shell into position, not into the gun.
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I really like the Chi-Ri II, but I use it more like a tank destroyer than like a Medium, you can one shot a lot of opponents and you're very fast for your size for literally no having armor, also is fun to use the 37mm to tricked the nme players
nme?
@@garmfield2977enemy? 🤷♀️🤔
Japanese mediums with the 75mm could be so fun, unfortunately almost all of them are horribly overtiered compared to the competition. Even my sweet Chi Nu II which carried me all the way to Japan Tier IV could've stayed at 3.7 but minor nations be minor nations I guess.
Also can you make a video on the IS-4M please?
meanwhile Gaijin downtiering Pz. IV F2 to 2.0:
I've read a few times that the so-called "minor" nations (Japan, Italy, France, etc) tend to be over-tiered since it's predominately experienced players who spec into them after playing the game awhile. Really wish BR was determined by more than simple win/loss ratios.
I remember when the gun had a good zoom. Now, taking the Chi Nu II hurts so much. They nerfed the engine's performance and the gun's zoom.
@@dividedbyzerotx specifically we need br placements based on tank performance, not player performance
Germany is a great example for this, and honestly a very obvious one
@@dividedbyzerotx sometimes BRS calculator do more than just simple win-loss such as crying of a perimeter Nation just look at the T20.
Maybe the reason it takes him so long to replenish the ready rack is because the auto loading system is made exclusively from sharp edges and fragile parts.
and cramped
Hi spookston! Since you appear to like autoloaders i suggest playing the Delat Torn. Its honestly pretty busted at 5.0, with excellent APHE a very fast autoloader and very good mobility. Highly reccommend it!
From what I can gather it’s basically a Chi Ri with a slightly bigger ready rack and a fair bit smaller
The Chi-ri II is one of my favorite tanks in the game, i love using it to hold down a capture point so you can basically have an infinite ready rack.
Love yer content spookston, keep it up.
Funniest part about the Chi-Ri II’s armor… the Japanese would’ve considered it a “heavy” tank/assault tank had it gone full scale production, especially considering when they saw German Tiger I’s, they went “Bunker on tracks spooky”
To be fair, the Sherman was basically a Tiger to Japanese tanks deployed at the time.
The Chi-Ri uses an assisted loader system. The mechanism lines the round up with the breech, but the loader still has to ram it in. That’s why if the loader dies or is injured, reloading slows down.
@@petrkdn8224 the IS-7 uses an assisted loader too, I believe
I think this sweding 5.0 medium has the same system
“Depressed Asian factory worker for a factory that makes beer for Germany”
Is how I would describe how this tank looks like
Thanks for the vids Spook, would love to see you play the Fiat 6614, SU100P, or other Italian wheelie boys or mid tier Russian TDs
Could you try the Valentine X sometime? It's got fantastic pen with a fast reload and great (if wonky) armor while being faster than most the slow af British vehicles
Would love to see ya spotlight it since it's usually in a place that people skip in the tech tree
Hey Spookston. The SAV 20.12.48 is back in the swedish tech tree and I low tier games right now are filled with it. It also has an autoloader so it might be fun to play for a video. Cheers!
Chi-ri was a nice checkpoint in Japanese ground tech. the autoloader was fun and probably the reason why I was able to keep on grinding.. although Japanese sherman and Bulldogs are much better tank later on. But Chi-ri was kind of special in my opinion.
By gaijin's law, share cancer American tanks are better than the American ones.
I actually prefer to use this than the early Japanese MBT's which are suck ass and has no overpressure mechanic back then so the heat isn't that great on ST-A1, sure I mostly prefer the Sherman, but Chi-ri is my 2nd go-to tank.
Hey spookston you should play the t44-100, seems like a cool tank.
Loved the whole japanese mid tier medium line, including the chi ri
Yeah it was huge and paper but it also felt unique so I liked it, even though I wasnt that good back when I played it
Another unique vehicle you can play is the Somua sau 40 cute French 2.3 TD, would appreciate if youd try it out attempt #4
live commentary is very interesting and fun to watch. love the content and wish to see more!
I absolutely loved the Chi Ri II. Very fun tank. Recommended to everyone!
How war thunder works: you are heavy armored- you will be always penetrated, you have a powerful gun- you won't kill anyone with 1 shot
Would like to see you try out the IS-4M. Show us if Stalinium is still viable at 7.7.
I like how your videos have become the literal embodiment of “hold on I have a meme for this”
hey spookston you should make a video on the Lancia 3Ro, its a pretty goofy 1.7 Italian truck with a 100mm HESH & HEAT launcher
Yeah I love it it's a ton of fun
2023: ghost shells still happening, engines sounds suddenly not playing, desynced visuals, tanks disappearing behind transparent objects.
I've lost count on how many times I've suggested this but the crusader Mk.3 is surprisingly good, great gun, low profile, good speed, scouting for getting cheap planes and a shoulder stabiliser
Tbh the Cromwells do anything the crusaders can do much better even accounting for the higher BR, just as great speed, good gun, and actually useful armour
@@deeznoots6241 I've played both the Cromwells and have died many times, I play the crusader I die surprisingly less often, the crusader is a good deal smaller and has better acceleration also the armour on the crusader I have found to be rather gimmicky as I've tanked shots from shermans(75 and 76), panthers and tigers sometimes they get my commander and he absorbs all the shrapnel but many times the round just slaps into the armour like a wet leaf in the wind slaps onto a wall
@@thescotishclonetrooperecho7773 yeah thats fair, different people have different experiences. The armour on the crusader is definitely extremelly trolly(especially the dumbass mg turret, which for some reason is armoured very heavily)
The Chi-Ri II is actually my most played vehicle in war thunder with just over 1000 rb battle with it.
Speaking of suffering, the Swingfire is the pinnacle of mouse guided ATGM carriers suffering, i cant recommend it at all but it may make for unique gameplay given how it fires
As a Japan main I would kill for the swingfire, try playing the Type 60
Despite its flaws the Chi-Ri-II is probably one of my favorite tanks. I use it in a Japanese Ground RB line up with an A6M3, and it does some pretty good damage. I personally have more fun with the Chi-Ri-II than I do on my most of my other tanks, which still shocks me. Great video!
I COULD be wrong, but my experience with the Chi-Ri-II and its inconsistent loading speed is that it doesn't HAVE to wait for the autoloader to be pre-loaded. If you empty the auto-loader, then the loader starts putting in the work. This reduces the loading time to a more typical speed (and is affected by losing the loader) but the upside is you don't HAVE to wait for the first-order ammo rack to be replenished in order to load and fire a round like most of the French tanks.
The reason losing your loader has an effect is because your auto-loader was empty and your loader was the one loading the gun and would do so until you stopped firing long enough for him to replenish the auto-loader.
The end of the video with halo odst theme song is simply perfect
Would love to see some m46/m46 tiger gameplay. Early heatfs slaps
For the eye focusing thing, make sure to stay hydrated. Your eyes just cannot focus at all if I'm dehydrated, and eventually start to gp blurry
ST-A1/ ST-A2 "I never even knew that had a front transmission" -Spookston. That's a great reason to play it more and as a side note it has a stolen M34B1 90mm cannon with worse shells.
I think you should have a go of the pvkv2, it has 14 degrees of gun depression with a 8x-15.9x zoom. Its a good sniper with a really powerful round for its br.
Also for some reason the first 18 rounds of ammo go into the hull which is separated from the turret by an armored floor, so you can survive a surprising ammount of hits to the turret.
I honestly am thankful for the semi-autoloader of the Chi-Ri II in some situations. Like this one time I faced a 75 jumbo, I intend to shoot his barrel for safety reasons first. My first shot didn't go so well, as it was just below the barrel. And after reloading quickly, the second shot killed his barrel. And I just got closer to it and shot its MG port. I am really thankful that the reload really saved me
When you non-pen the side of a stuer emil you know gaijin hates you
Also would love to see the Sav 20.12.48
The hull gun is great for baiting people out in corner duels, and even then, the auto loader on the main gun also serves this purpose.
Getting circled by an r3 that's trying to track and barrel torture you only for it to get smacked by the hull gun is also very satisfying.
Basically Cargo port was made for the chi-ri II.
I for one absolutely love this thing. Probably my second favorite tank in this br area (the first one being tiger e). The gun is like a Sherman 76 but better in every way and being able to get 3 kills in 10 seconds with well-placed shots (if you don't get gaijined) feels great. Also with the 37 you can bait clueless people to peek bc they think you shot. The mobility isn't even that bad tbh. It is big but good positioning can make up for it. It's my highest k/d tank to play and the Japanese 5.0 lineup with the 2 chi-to's is one of my favorites with the amount of firepower it offers
Like every Tiger you killed had full ammo, its so funny
Would love a video/series explaining your favourite line-ups, per nation, to play
Hey Spookston could you play the AMX-10RC and/or the BMP-1? I don't think many people have covered the AMX-10RC and would love to see your thoughts on it with some historical stuff thrown in.
You know an autoloader is going to be worth playing when he says “LOAD FASTER” in every engagement.
Come on Spook, where’s my British Striker video! I have been waiting for 2 months 💀
spookston: ready rack replenishment takes so long on chi ri ii
delat torn: am i a joke to you?
Honestly it's one of the few tanks that had its reload rate missed with the most.
First RR I remember was roughly around 5-7 seconds and then autoloader came in with a default reload rates. They treated the chi-ri ll tray loader like one and gave it a nice 3 second reload rate. The next came the First storage mechanic and now it is still 3 seconds but if you use all 3 rounds. It's a horrific (roughly) 14 second reload from storage to into the breach.
Feel like you’ve had too much fun. Maybe a firefly solid shot experience can help with that 🙃
Seeing gameplay of the Ram II would be pretty nice cause personally i think it's a slept on tank in WT, especially with 88mm of slopped frontal armor, i've had M10s bounce off of my frontal plate many of times
2:25 bruh even the Swedish Delat Torn outclasses this thing completely
The reload rate on the Chi-Ri when your ready rack is depleted is the same as the other 75mm guns if I'm not mistaken
“Never mind, don’t need it, I’m too good.” -Spookston, in reference to his ability to see, circa 2023
I know i already suggested you the Bkan 1C, but can you play the french Somua SM too please? It's one of my favorite tanks and it's very fun. (yes ik fun in war thunder doesn't exist)
This whole video is basically explaining how it feels to play war thunder
id like to see a video on premium nerfs (or as some say, P2W nerfs) like the Tryzniec Firefly, Tiger II Sla. 16, T-44-122 and Panzer II H (among others), where various stats other than BR were changed, such as almost tripling the Panzer H reload, or removing the Tryzniec's extra mobility (which was based of the A57 Multibank which several fireflies had), etc.
Not IS6 levels, but these random nerfs or changes to old premiums that at times seem intended to devalue them and encourage purchasing of new, higher priced premiums.
This could even be expanded into aircraft, such as when the Chaika 20mm got the huge recoil change making it wildly inaccurate, or when the Do-335 got hit hard with the compression hammer and for a time couldnt dive past 500 km/h.
Spookston really out here loosing his McMarbles just for us. I applaud you sir
In the last video you had an alright and OK counter now can we have a please counter.😅
That seems like a lovely tank to use if one is to happy and needs to be sad.
Thanks for the video!
4:30 it's not an automatic loader, it's an asisted loader, there is no ramming mechanism, it just puts the shell into position to then be manually rammed
Spookston do you use a sound mod? If so whats it called?
This thing used to be better with the old autoloader mechanic where it was treated as a magazine rather then a ready rack. Being able to pump out 3 shots with a 2 second lag between them and then reload all 3 rounds at once was much more fun then waiting for the ready rack reloading with how slow it is.
That Japanese long 75mm cannon is magical, but that's literally the only advantage this thing has. Only reason it's a higher BR than the Chi-To is the reload speed of the small ready rack, and I definitely think that should be canceled out by the size and speed of the vehicle, not to mention the abysmal armor. Put this thing at 4.7, then that lineup would be even more fantastic.
I'd be interested in seeing the ST-A1 or A2 on your channel. Same gun as the M46 Patton but on a smaller platform.
Or in keeping with the autoloader series you could take out the ST-A3.
I cant wait for gajin to nerf the sta-1 and 2 scope and reverse gear like they do to every japanese tank
@@childabusegaming5135 it's already doing bad, it needs a faster engine and it'll be alright tank
Chi-ha long gun is really funny. I see you have fun in it
Spookston, what do you think about adding O-I or O-I experimental to the game?
The O-I could have a 150mm or 100mm ap gun with two 75mm secondary turrets and a machinegun turret in the back. It also has 160mm of armor frontally angled at 45 degrees on the lower plate and 16 degrees on the other plate. The turret is also the same thickness, angled at 30 degrees. The back has the same thickness as the front.
The O-I exp would most likely get a 75mm and it has a (probably) 47mm secondary turret, one machinegun turret in the front and one in the back. It would have 120mm frontal armor with the same angling as on the O-I.
Id like to see an IPM1 video at 11.3 :)
Hey Spookston, could you do a video on the Strv m/42 Delat Torn? Its a really good flakpacker but I want to see what your opinion on the Swedish 5.0 Medium tank is.
I love this tank aesthetically but jesus its rought to play just a large light tank. Even aa is a massive threat when you are in the Chi RI
I wouldn't be surprised if Gaijin just put a universal ready rack reload rate (That was a mouthful). Even though it would be as east as changing the variable value, that's obviously too hard.
When the steel are not real so you have to bloat the size of your "superweapon" to make it looks like it has more armor
Need a Chi-Ha LG video, that thing slaps
Actually Chi Ri II is my most played tank because of that stage 1 ammo and mobility. It's a hell of flanker and can brawl as long as the gunner and loader are alive. Most of the time I position myself on side of the map in ambush position, or be 2nd liner.
The chi ri in my opinion works best on defense guarding points. Because of your good pen you could pen most tanks and disable them in a single shot and if they are still active you have a fast enough reload to fire again before they even know where you are.
Man we got the full range of Spook's emotions this video lmao.
the Chi-Ri single-handedly stopped my very fast grind in Japan
I got up to in a couple of days, and as soon as I got to it, my grind just... stopped. I hate it.
Need to complement this with The Incredibly Sad Heavy Tank(s) next. Churchill time.
Funny thing is despite being king tiger sized and at the time having rust brown camo on I've still gotten team killed by a German in sim using the Chi Ri because he "thought I was a T-34"
I love the chi-ri 2 idk maybe it's just me liking Japanese vehicles or knowing how to play it
if it doesnt the reloading skill should affect reloading time to the ready rack imo
This whole video is just the peak war thunder experience.
Coming back to Chi ri 2 after the ready rack replenish has been buffed across the board
Dude gets more kills than all the 9.7 premium players.
"Still not great..."
That's our Spookston.
Maybe he should have reversed at them to use the engine as shield to protect the crew.
SU-152 would be a fun one next, now that it's been moved to 4.0 it no longer sees tigers and Panther Ds so the only heavy armor you need to worry about is the proto-panther and churchills. neither of which pose much of a challenge.
NA-TO fitting the theme of depressing japanese tanks its such a cool and interesting vehicle and i wanna watch a montage of you dying to cas
I swear, with these reactions, I wanna see you play a horror game one day
Thank you bro I been waiting long time to see you
now that we are looking at mid BR fast loading ''medium'' tanks you could play the Strv m/42 DT.
even though its armor is shite it was a lot of fun to play for me with that super fast reload.
normal strv m42 is cancer
Strv m/42 (EH and DT). Both are fun at their tiers. The EH has surprisingly bouncy armor and the gun is just punchy enough to oneshot most of the time even with solid shot. The DT has a mechanical assist for the loader with 4 rounds that have decent pen. Both can shift well and have great gun depression. Highlights for the low to mid tier swedes in my opinion
You probably won't see this but if you do spookston I want to thank you for making such calming and intriguing videos, you have helped me improve my ability to play war thunder and help me sleep at night. I have tinnitus so listening to your videos has been a life saver. Keep up the great work ♥️
i would love a video on the last of a dying breed of heavies, the IS-4M
Japanese Mediums [long gun]: Are comparable to Panzer IV [long gun]
Gaijin: Same BR as Sherman Firefly for You
It used to have 153mm of penetration and honestly I still think all the long 75mm should have retained their original penetration since -3 really harmed its capability.
Let's play a drinking game. Take a shot whenever Spookston says "okay".
The Chi-To's both have the same gun as well while being at 4.7 At 5.0 up tier for me is very common while 4.7 up tiers are common but manageable for japan. Not to mention the Chi-To Late has decent enough armor and angles for you to gamble with.
All valid points as to why the chi-ri is lack luster but I still found I really enjoyed the tank. The auto loader really surprised a lot of people I found. The replenishment rate just couldn't ever keep up in even moderate fighting. Would still like to see you play the M50
Please play the Tortoise, Spookston. Every time you do not, I grow more powerful and persistent.
It’s honestly unbelievable that this thing is the same br as the prototype panther now. Both this and the chi to’s deserve to go down in br, anyone who says they are better in any way than a panzer 4 is actually insane.