THE CRUSADER. Finally. I remember I used to pull 15 kill games daily in this thing (and a lineup ofc). Brilliant tank and I can't wait to start waching the video.
I remember having a lot of fun with the one in the french tree when I decided one day I wanted to grind them out. Been on hiatus since I got the Batchat 25 in march, but one day I might return and attempt to have fun.
Same here. I kept it in my lineup way past the BR it belongs, and it's the core of my "low-tier" lineup that I still play for fun (rather than advancing up the tech tree).
I agree I had a M18 watch me die today. I swear this guy literally waited until a IS1 killed me then shot the tank. It took the IS1 like 8 shots to kill me while in marking him on the map and Mging the guy. Didn't shoot just watched me die. Phlys rule is true.
@@Jakezillagfw I've had that happen, so many times. It's always the moments where you're bouncing shells left and right giving them tons of time to react too.
@@callidusvulpes5556 Yeah my breach, engine, tracks and transmission was out literally couldn't do anything. I had time to repair everything except for my breach and then got killed seconds before I could reload a round I gave him and minute and a half of time to shoot and he did nothing. I just about lost my mind. Feelsbadman. #warthunderitsalmostphun
Or when you help your "team mate" fighter to get the enemy off from his tail, and then he just left me alone without giving a single fuck even his aircraft is still intact
"Third time's the charm", they say... Yo, Odd! Play the Charioteer, you'll love to hate it: great gun and pretty good mobility, but it has no armor, no reverse and only 5 degrees of gun depression (your favorite!). For a plane you can take out Hornet: its fast, has 4 nose mounted 20mm and can carry pretty good payload for ground RB. Both of these vehicles are often overlooked, Charioteer because it fades in shadow of much more "user friendly" 6.7 tanks, and Hornet because its a twin-engine fighter, that relies mostly on it's speed and positioning (again not very user-friendly, in air RB at least).
@@greeneyedwolfen9866 Oh, I don't question it. I shot a perfectly flat side of a Panther with a Super Pershing's gun at point-blank range and non-pen'd twice
I drink tea too.. on cold days when I 've had enough coffee. I prefer to call it "Leaf Soup"...like I know somebody else does... I think It's got the same gun as one of my other favorites the M4A5.
Agree, Its quite a long time since I have the line with all crusaders, some SPAA, Corsair Mark 2, and it's a lot of fun especially this one with 57mm as you showed, but also the 40mm crusaders are not ashamed. Those thanks are really fun along with the Italian Celere Saharino because of their low profile.
The II and III with the Matilda and Valentine XI make such a fun lineup. I'm up to Brit 7.0 to 8.0 range but I keep a 2.3/2.7 lineup for fun. Really did wonders for farming crates during the Merkava event.
I just played this tank and I'd like to thank you for showing me how great this lineup can be. I've played almost all nations, all brs and every mode and it was getting stale. Thank you for always introducing new things perspectives man, genuinely love your content. :)
I did that in a t-50. Just Wiz around like a headless chicken, and drop to gear 1 if you need to be particularly accurate, and for some reason no body has realised the side cheeks of the hull are weaker so they just shoot the main front plate so it you slightly angle (left is possible due to turret shape) your practically invincible.
I've played the crusader mk3 up at 9.0. It is so satisfying to kill stuff like leopards in it. I've had some hilarious moments as well where apfsds and sometimes heat hits me and either bounces or by some miracle doesn't so anything
Ive been going through the British lineup for the past few weeks and the crusader 3 is defiantly my favourite! You showed what work it can do in the right hands
I take this and the Cromwell 1 out all the time, it's surprisingly survivable to side hits when angled and the gun is surprisingly effective against Tigers... For some reason the Crusader 3 is more survivable than the Firefly I take out with it!
I run this tank when I just want to have fun. It's gun is excellent, reload is fast, and it gets places WAAAAY faster than enemies expect. It's a flanker with a big pimp hand. And it survives upteirs way better than it should.
Finally!!!!! My favourite tank at this BR. Love the work man. Keep it up. I anticipate your videos and have enjoyed playing some vehicles you suggested which I'd never tried
Know what else is possibly underrated Odd? The Type61 and Kikka for a 6.7 combo (#7)😉 Gotta love the turret traverse on then the Crusader as well, it does make an effective light tank in the slightly higher line ups
The first really good game I ever had in WT, when I started out was in the Crusader III. I got 6 (yes 6!) kills on Italy playing on a crappy laptop on ULQ.
ODD AN UGLY!? I'm sure Squire can explain why this is an excellent design! Joking aside, the first time I saw the crusader was in Call of Duty 2 as a kid and I thought it was the coolest looking tank ever! It's still one of my favorites today.
Crusader III is one of those weird tanks that is good if you take it into a higher tier but not OP if you play it normally and get downtiered. It just works.
Haha can't believe the guy who J ed out and lost the game there. Although usually as soon as you say "Don't die" everyone starts driving out in the open.. or crashing their fighters while harmlessly plinking the roof of an enemy tank with their MGs.
The crusader is the tier it is because of the gun and the stab, I hate fighting them with a passion. Whenever I can overkill one with something I do with pleasure. I despise that thing.
Crusader 3's are actually really good. The rate of fire, the pen and it's mobility should make it higher br in my opinion but I won't complain I like it. I would almost take this than the 6 pounder Cromwell.
@@giorgiogalliano05 you can easily fit it into a 4.0 line as a back up. As long as you don't get up BR'd. 3.3 BR line easy then even with a full up BR you are good.
Awesome video as always Odd! It's always nice to see what you can get out of different lineups; you always make it work somehow! This video made me realize that the Crusader III sits at the same BR as the T50 and the M5A1. How weird If you ever wanted to try a British oddity, I'd love to see you give the Hudson Mk V a go Or hop the channel and try the lumbering barn that is the ARL-44
The Crusader is much slower with even less armor. What I can't understand is, why the Sherman 105 is in that same Br. When you compare it to a Stug 105, which has no turret, no .50 cal and less frontal armor and sits at a Br. of 3.0.
I absolutely love the whole series of Crusaders in war thunder and this is probably my favorate. Its great to take out with the Gun Carrier too. Its such a shame they upteired all of them.
When you carry so hard you get a nosebleed lol, Love this vid man, might I suggest the triple t-54 lineup at 7.7. I'm not sure what youd take for cas, I'd leave that up to you lol.
I really enjoy playing the crusaders ☺️☺️ their good and quick which makes it easier to survive ☺️ even if getting shot by almost anything, means death
I made 12 kills without death with Crusader3. It's a sneaky one and can pop smoke to lure enemies. Its gun can kill tiger1 from side(I use it with firefly because UK don't give another light tank).
2.7 in my experience is a full up tier magnet. I like the 105 but dang it sucks in a slight up tier the 50 cant traverse fast enough to nab those pesky R3's
THE CRUSADER. Finally. I remember I used to pull 15 kill games daily in this thing (and a lineup ofc). Brilliant tank and I can't wait to start waching the video.
I remember having a lot of fun with the one in the french tree when I decided one day I wanted to grind them out. Been on hiatus since I got the Batchat 25 in march, but one day I might return and attempt to have fun.
@@lordderpington8021 yeah having a British banger after that shitty French tier 1 grind, it really is wonderful
The crusader III was my favourite tank when it was at my tier it was so good for me and I still go down tier just to play it
Same here. I kept it in my lineup way past the BR it belongs, and it's the core of my "low-tier" lineup that I still play for fun (rather than advancing up the tech tree).
same I enjoy destroying Panzer IVs with it.
Lol yeah the crusader is great. Does well even at 7.0 in my lineup 😀
Why going down on tiers? Crusader III is funky to play angaist high-end of 3rd tier (Tigers don't give a sh*t until it takes first penetrable hit ^^)
@@unowen9027 facing 5.3 tigers in a 3.0 crusader? Either you play sim, or you line it up with tank of 4.3-5.3 br range which is idiotic
that guy that J'd out is proof that Phly's Rules of Warthunder are true: teammates are enemies
^ Tbh I showed my frustration much more than Odd did lol.
I agree I had a M18 watch me die today. I swear this guy literally waited until a IS1 killed me then shot the tank. It took the IS1 like 8 shots to kill me while in marking him on the map and Mging the guy. Didn't shoot just watched me die. Phlys rule is true.
@@Jakezillagfw I've had that happen, so many times. It's always the moments where you're bouncing shells left and right giving them tons of time to react too.
@@callidusvulpes5556 Yeah my breach, engine, tracks and transmission was out literally couldn't do anything. I had time to repair everything except for my breach and then got killed seconds before I could reload a round I gave him and minute and a half of time to shoot and he did nothing. I just about lost my mind. Feelsbadman.
#warthunderitsalmostphun
Or when you help your "team mate" fighter to get the enemy off from his tail, and then he just left me alone without giving a single fuck even his aircraft is still intact
The Crusader is my mortal enemy in low tier when i play Germany
You further prove my point.
yeah, and it's armor can be pretty trolly at times despite how thin it is.
@@callidusvulpes5556 Just thought the same. Had some wired results lately, when hitting a mark III.
"Third time's the charm", they say...
Yo, Odd! Play the Charioteer, you'll love to hate it: great gun and pretty good mobility, but it has no armor, no reverse and only 5 degrees of gun depression (your favorite!).
For a plane you can take out Hornet: its fast, has 4 nose mounted 20mm and can carry pretty good payload for ground RB.
Both of these vehicles are often overlooked, Charioteer because it fades in shadow of much more "user friendly" 6.7 tanks, and Hornet because its a twin-engine fighter, that relies mostly on it's speed and positioning (again not very user-friendly, in air RB at least).
I hated spading this tank! LMAO
@@OddBawZ yeah... when it works, it works well, but more often it doesn't :D
@@OddBawZ I agree it was big pain with its "paper" armor.
for queen and country, pls take out the Centurion Mk 10 and HESH bois to kingdom come (attempt 1)
Thanks for the consistent uploads! Been watching you from the beginning and I love your style. Keep it up mate!
As someone who started out tanks with the Brits, I can say the Crusader III is definitely my favorite tank in the game. Its just so fun to play
0:30 Anybody else see the shell ricochet off the engine and go straight into orbit?
Thank you Volumetric update, very cool.
I saw that and was thinking "What the hell?"
Gaijin physics mate. Don't think or question the snail.
@@greeneyedwolfen9866 Oh, I don't question it. I shot a perfectly flat side of a Panther with a Super Pershing's gun at point-blank range and non-pen'd twice
@@thefunnyguyfromtheburgerki3334 Oh yeah, it's all coming togheter.
I drink tea too.. on cold days when I 've had enough coffee. I prefer to call it "Leaf Soup"...like I know somebody else does... I think It's got the same gun as one of my other favorites the M4A5.
Oddbawz is committed, he kept playing while literally bleeding
Agree, Its quite a long time since I have the line with all crusaders, some SPAA, Corsair Mark 2, and it's a lot of fun especially this one with 57mm as you showed, but also the 40mm crusaders are not ashamed. Those thanks are really fun along with the Italian Celere Saharino because of their low profile.
I feel like the 40mm doesn't have enough post penetration spall
Although that comes from starting with the Russian tree and it's 37mm APHE debug gun
The II and III with the Matilda and Valentine XI make such a fun lineup. I'm up to Brit 7.0 to 8.0 range but I keep a 2.3/2.7 lineup for fun. Really did wonders for farming crates during the Merkava event.
I didn't know it could kill a Tiger but it's just a great tank I loved it regardless. Its attributes just work with each other so smoothly.
I just played this tank and I'd like to thank you for showing me how great this lineup can be. I've played almost all nations, all brs and every mode and it was getting stale.
Thank you for always introducing new things perspectives man, genuinely love your content. :)
A Scottish man playing in a crusader tank I love to see it also the crusader tanks are some of my favourite tanks
Hi odd, here's a challenge for you: play any tank in the game, and hold W for the entire game. You cannot let go of the W key. Get an ace doing this.
He probaply needs a stabelizer to do that
I mean that's basically how the Italian mouse droid is played
Hear me out: T95
I did that in a t-50. Just Wiz around like a headless chicken, and drop to gear 1 if you need to be particularly accurate, and for some reason no body has realised the side cheeks of the hull are weaker so they just shoot the main front plate so it you slightly angle (left is possible due to turret shape) your practically invincible.
@@jacobkingsford5209 Yeah, those side plates are hard to see (due to their lack of depth I suppose) and most people overlook them.
Was this a Crusader Kings III reference?
this tank is INCREDIBLE!! plays like an mbt honestly, so much fun and always gets me high kill games. My go to stress relief tank
8:25 Killing another youtuber… 😭
10:15 Round 2 for… never mind!
I've played the crusader mk3 up at 9.0. It is so satisfying to kill stuff like leopards in it. I've had some hilarious moments as well where apfsds and sometimes heat hits me and either bounces or by some miracle doesn't so anything
Odd: DEFEND THE B POINT. The B point: instantly starts getting capped by enemy.
An ugly tank? That is a piece of genius brrrrrrrrrrrritish engineering. Take it back old boy!
Lol...when you find out why they made the turret angles. Not for protection but for elbow room for the loader...😆
Ive been going through the British lineup for the past few weeks and the crusader 3 is defiantly my favourite! You showed what work it can do in the right hands
I haven't touched the British tree yet, I was thinking of starting with their planes first.
The UK has some good planes in terms of their handling but don't expect much from the hispanos especially when stock.
Adam Lawrence just aim gud
As someone that adores this tank, the love it's getting in the comments makes me happy... (as do the salty comments from its enemies!)
Don't mind me, just leaving something for the algorithm.
Lol
One of my favorite british tanks. I just think it's neat
I take this and the Cromwell 1 out all the time, it's surprisingly survivable to side hits when angled and the gun is surprisingly effective against Tigers... For some reason the Crusader 3 is more survivable than the Firefly I take out with it!
If you like the Mk III - AC IV is like Crusader Mk. III but with Firefly gun (and it can takes few direct frontal hits from tiger/panther
0:28 that one piece of shrapnel flying up really didn’t want to end up in the engine compartiment.
You've done it again Odd, keep it up my guy
Yeah this tank was a game changer for me cause I was confident to fire at something German and it will pen and was fun.
Love the Crusaders, best tanks to get me out of scraps when I need to. I especially love the low profile of the tank.
Comment made for UA-cam algorithm, move along with your business citizen
I was taking this out to 4.7 as well. Great for scouting and a very low profile. Hides behind bushes nicely.
That first game was awesome! I haven't seen or played a game like that in a long while.
I remember killing a Tiger E in my Crusader
I run this tank when I just want to have fun. It's gun is excellent, reload is fast, and it gets places WAAAAY faster than enemies expect.
It's a flanker with a big pimp hand. And it survives upteirs way better than it should.
Finally!!!!! My favourite tank at this BR. Love the work man. Keep it up. I anticipate your videos and have enjoyed playing some vehicles you suggested which I'd never tried
Both the crusaders are great tanks only downside is they are paper tanks one or two hits and it’s often game over.
Lmfao at 0:28 the round bounces off the engine and up through the engine deck at 90 deg 😂
Hope ur head is ok odd, my sister hit her head yesterday... I was holding a bag of ice and she head butted it thinking it would be soft ;-;
At least she doesn't think ice is soft any more
Oh the questions I have about your sister , pre headbutting . Lol
The Crusader it's great. Right up to the bit where it gets hit.. by anything.
But the real question is...
Did you remove the speed limiter?
Definitely my favourite tank. Never miss an opportunity to take in sim. Shoot and scoot.
Know what else is possibly underrated Odd? The Type61 and Kikka for a 6.7 combo (#7)😉
Gotta love the turret traverse on then the Crusader as well, it does make an effective light tank in the slightly higher line ups
German players when their driver or transmission is shot out "Alright, smoky time"
Because they can.. Ask the russian comrades if they wanna have this feature too. 😁
The first really good game I ever had in WT, when I started out was in the Crusader III. I got 6 (yes 6!) kills on Italy playing on a crappy laptop on ULQ.
I use it at 3.3 often with my Churchill 1
ODD AN UGLY!? I'm sure Squire can explain why this is an excellent design! Joking aside, the first time I saw the crusader was in Call of Duty 2 as a kid and I thought it was the coolest looking tank ever! It's still one of my favorites today.
i love how now the crusader 3 has been up tiered and it is still insane.
I swear odd hasn’t uploaded a video where he didn’t get a double ace in a matter of minutes. What a madlad.
I love Crusaders...
They're the only medium tank I can front-pen with my terrible 37mm APHE on the Sd Kfz 6/2.
Crusader III is one of those weird tanks that is good if you take it into a higher tier but not OP if you play it normally and get downtiered. It just works.
Haha can't believe the guy who J ed out and lost the game there. Although usually as soon as you say "Don't die" everyone starts driving out in the open.. or crashing their fighters while harmlessly plinking the roof of an enemy tank with their MGs.
Oddbawz. Awesome vid. Gotta question. Do you think the panzer 3m will be going up in br after volumetric updates?
The stabilization is just brilliant.
The crusader is the tier it is because of the gun and the stab, I hate fighting them with a passion. Whenever I can overkill one with something I do with pleasure. I despise that thing.
Crusader 3's are actually really good. The rate of fire, the pen and it's mobility should make it higher br in my opinion but I won't complain I like it. I would almost take this than the 6 pounder Cromwell.
It has more pen then the Sherman
@@giorgiogalliano05 you can easily fit it into a 4.0 line as a back up. As long as you don't get up BR'd. 3.3 BR line easy then even with a full up BR you are good.
Crusaders were made by the LMS railway company hence the odd design and extensive use of rivets. They were use to making trains not tanks 🤷♀️
It behaves like an MBT, solid shot, hi penetration, medium survivability, stabilized gun and smoke
"I dont want to drive into their spawn" proceeds to do just that and then spawn camps !
I've heard that it has double-layered side armor, and as such, I've had great success over-angling the crusaders (and the cromwells).
Just realised oddbawz made one of these videos for the crusader, I’ve been asking spookston for over a month
Awesome video as always Odd!
It's always nice to see what you can get out of different lineups; you always make it work somehow!
This video made me realize that the Crusader III sits at the same BR as the T50 and the M5A1. How weird
If you ever wanted to try a British oddity, I'd love to see you give the Hudson Mk V a go
Or hop the channel and try the lumbering barn that is the ARL-44
The Crusader is much slower with even less armor. What I can't understand is, why the Sherman 105 is in that same Br. When you compare it to a Stug 105, which has no turret, no .50 cal and less frontal armor and sits at a Br. of 3.0.
This thing can bounce 50mm from the front
one of the best if not best early British tanks, and one of my favourites to sneak around trolling people with
It is not over gunned as much as it is over-filled with smoke grenades. Great video Odd
Odd has such a nice way with words....
"Crusader Mk Tea"...
Good thing I swallowed MY coffee before he produced that.
Happy birthday doggie! Thanks for another great vid' Odd'. I don't mind what vehicles you play, just love your gameplay and banter.
I absolutely love the whole series of Crusaders in war thunder and this is probably my favorate. Its great to take out with the Gun Carrier too. Its such a shame they upteired all of them.
3:49 What did you say?! Its one of cutest tank ever!
Happy birthday, OddDog! Please give him some extra pats from me, Odd!
The crusade is also my favorite tank I even use it with the sherman firefly btw can you use the other shell that looks like the Panzergrenata 39
I started to play Brit to play 6.7, but I'm in love with this little boi
Me and your terrier got the same birthday. Thanks for an entertaining video!
Thank god someone is shedding light onto this 2.7 beaut
Yea that's my favorite tank I use 2 in my lineup w the saint, and as a third ga. I use the one with wheels.
Hey odd play the Asu 85???
When you carry so hard you get a nosebleed lol,
Love this vid man, might I suggest the triple t-54 lineup at 7.7. I'm not sure what youd take for cas, I'd leave that up to you lol.
I really enjoy playing the crusaders ☺️☺️ their good and quick which makes it easier to survive ☺️ even if getting shot by almost anything, means death
Ha I think that Tea you were drinking was trying to fry your brain! But being oddbawz you still kicked ass.
I made 12 kills without death with Crusader3. It's a sneaky one and can pop smoke to lure enemies. Its gun can kill tiger1 from side(I use it with firefly because UK don't give another light tank).
i still brought this tank at 4.0 or 4.7, it’s my lucky charm. when nothing goes right, go for crusader
I have Mk. III as my main tank on 5.7
The highest result in RB in single battle was:
1 x Dicker Max
1 x Tiger E
2 x Panther A
(All alone)
I played this today and the sheer amount of hits you can survive is amazing
This is one of my favorite tanks! Thanks for the video.
Damn wish I played better in Frozen Pass in the end (Dekiller Magic) but damn dude you’re awesome keep the good work up!
This was such an amazing video. I love this little tank!
Oddbawz's experience in Warthunder: You're the best player on both teams, and yet you can't carry the stupids hard enough.
Great tank - which you play beautifully
I only have the Crusader II and I gotta say I was planning on getting a valentine or Churchill before I got this one but after watching this...
This tank has been one of my favourites ever since I saw it in cod 3
wasn't the mark II in COD 3?
@@TotalenKrieg43 idk but the only difference is the gun and a machine gun
haha the dog story is so cute. happy birtday, puppy :)
In my opinion it’s one of the best tanks in the game all down to its fun and is one of my favourite tanks low tier is fun tier
I love playing the crusader at 6-7.4
Hey odd I just wanted to say great job with your videos also happy birthday to your dog
2.7 in my experience is a full up tier magnet. I like the 105 but dang it sucks in a slight up tier the 50 cant traverse fast enough to nab those pesky R3's
Ah, Britain's first truly battleworthy tank of the war. Not perfect, but a leap better than its forbears.
It was a short unexpected pleasure playing against you Odd 😂
And I take a spitfire, Wellington, Churchill mark 1 I think and the aa I can't remember right now haha