Funny how they accurately depicted french hedgerows here which if I recall correctly that a WW2 veteran said in an interview were an absolute nightmare for both vehicles and infantry to traverse through.
20:40 No It's M4A3 (76) W and "W" stands for wet ammunition stowage. These Shermans have all the ammo stored on the floor under the turret. So there is no ammo on the sides. I'm pretty sure most if not all Shermans with 76mm had wet ammo stowage. This decreased the burn rate of Shermans from 60% or even 80% (don't remember exactly) to around 15-20%. Wet stowage itself didn't actually make a big difference. It was the ammo location that made the biggest difference.
@@theShermanator Over the years Gaijin made AP rounds with HE filler significantly stronger than they used to be. It's much easier to get one shots now after you penetrate by either killing the crew or setting off the ammo even if you don't get a direct hit. That spot you mentioned is pretty much the best spot to shoot any tank in WT. Because the shell is gonna explode between the turret crew, driver and bow gunner killing them all. And it was my comment about tanks in GoH you were referring to right after that.
@@Lyraine1They've always been nuke rounds. The filler in APHE is meant to help AP rounds have an improved fragmentation cone over solid shot, but in WT they will fragment backwards (which they didn't do IRL). It's a significant improvement to their lethality.
@@Chopstorm. I'm a WT Veteran and trust me AP with HE filler was significantly worse back in the day. Shrapnel always went backwards but the explosions were generally much weaker and created less shrapnel. I'm talking about 2015-16ish When the only tech trees were USSR, Germany and US was brand new
@@Lyraine1 Maybe, but in comparison to solid shot it wasn't even close. If you were using solid shot you were playing the game on hardmode. It wasn't until the French were added ( and IIRC briefly when the British were added?) that solid shot got buffed into being a useable alternative to APHE. TL;DR, APHE is stronger now, but so are the other types of ammunition.
Calliopes could not use their main guns out of the factory, but some were field modified by crews so they could fire, although it came with the cost of having a reduced elevation for the rocket launchers.
About the calliope, the engineers said it would be dangerous to use the main gun while the rockets are attached, the crew´s did it anyway, as far as i know.
I'm loving this new DLC... my friend and I had a great battle today, very urban area, him as German and me as US and he was absolutely destroying me with 4 PAK's, 2 halftracks and a bunch of MG's and infantry setup in houses... I got some solid grenade kills but lost 2 shermans on the way, the Shermans are great and he fears them when I play them but didn't stand a chance.. definitely looked like something changed, My M8 Greyhound however absolutely destroyed a chunk of his units before blowing up... Love this, will play a hell of a lot more!
I think that you can press F5 and click somewhere and infantry will stop and engage while moving there. But I don't think that they will take cover or lay down
Love your videos! They made me buy the game! You're right about not over-microing otherwise it would be too boring for UA-cam. BTW, how are you switching between the direct control modes? I am playing CTA vanilla and I can't switch between 1st person/3rd person (advanced control) and RTS control (classic control) like you are doing. Is it a feature only available in Gates to Hell?
Thanks americans, putting a star at a weakpoint, good idea! Also: Explosions, cockoffs - most effects - look great. Cant wait to play in a few hours Greetz from Hesse!
lmao, I believe the Germans stopped using the Balkenkreuz painted across their tanks after the Polish campaign when captured Polish gunners said they used them as aim points
Ihave this game for about 5 days now and im doing an endless conquest as germans. Dman is it frustrating with the few units you can have. But so far its very much fun! And i kinda play like you, except i repair and steal tanks/vehicles. And so far KW1/2 gave me nightmares and also andruysha/Katyusha. But man i love it, though im at one point where i played pretty much every map so far :/
Im not sure if its in game but some shermans had a welded plate over te side armor infront of where the ammo is stored, not sure how that functions in game!
@theShermanator it adds 25.4mm of extra side armour over the area where the sponson ammo store is. Would be useful against AT rounds at longer ranges as it is a pretty substantial increase to the side armour in that spot Edit: to be effective against heat the side panels would have to have air between them and the armour instead of being welded straight on
@@theShermanator I just wanted to say I've enjoyed watching your content since I was like 15, hell I even got my friend who has a PC to buy Mowas just so I could play it
@@theShermanator I am already playing it! Brutal awesome! Playing test mode against US and they have really good tanks in late war. Thanks to pershing and 76 sherman! And the Callopie nice little as*****. Love it!
Fury was really a bad movie! The Tiger fight... ohh god! Same with the defense at the start. Band of Brothers was good, but Fury... not at all! An American Propaganda dream movie. Thats all.
Got this game at launched. Was not that impressed with it. The conquest/dynamic campaign felt a bit have baked. Big fan of the other titles though. Game seems to be more fleshed out. May have to give it another try
You can't spell "paid" even after I gave you the right spelling for it so I don't think I really care what you have to say about me being disgusting in the first place, if you're gonna insult me then do it right. Also, it's a bogus DLC? I am pretty sure they worked really hard on all the content inside Bogus Company? They just reached a new peak concurrent player number of over 7000 today - they make great DLCs for a great game and the devs themselves are quite nice, unlike you. You seem full of hatred and spite
The people who work on this game should be pretty darn proud this is so well done.
its a great one!
Funny how they accurately depicted french hedgerows here which if I recall correctly that a WW2 veteran said in an interview were an absolute nightmare for both vehicles and infantry to traverse through.
Oh I bet, its not "fun" to deal with lmao, its rough for sure
Would be accurate to add a Sherman with the Culin hedgerow cutter upgrade for research, can't wait for the hotfix.
20:40
No It's M4A3 (76) W and "W" stands for wet ammunition stowage. These Shermans have all the ammo stored on the floor under the turret. So there is no ammo on the sides. I'm pretty sure most if not all Shermans with 76mm had wet ammo stowage. This decreased the burn rate of Shermans from 60% or even 80% (don't remember exactly) to around 15-20%.
Wet stowage itself didn't actually make a big difference. It was the ammo location that made the biggest difference.
Oh thats on me then, I just shoot Shermans in the side in WT and they go up like this lmao
@@theShermanator Over the years Gaijin made AP rounds with HE filler significantly stronger than they used to be. It's much easier to get one shots now after you penetrate by either killing the crew or setting off the ammo even if you don't get a direct hit. That spot you mentioned is pretty much the best spot to shoot any tank in WT. Because the shell is gonna explode between the turret crew, driver and bow gunner killing them all.
And it was my comment about tanks in GoH you were referring to right after that.
@@Lyraine1They've always been nuke rounds. The filler in APHE is meant to help AP rounds have an improved fragmentation cone over solid shot, but in WT they will fragment backwards (which they didn't do IRL). It's a significant improvement to their lethality.
@@Chopstorm. I'm a WT Veteran and trust me AP with HE filler was significantly worse back in the day.
Shrapnel always went backwards but the explosions were generally much weaker and created less shrapnel.
I'm talking about 2015-16ish
When the only tech trees were USSR, Germany and US was brand new
@@Lyraine1 Maybe, but in comparison to solid shot it wasn't even close. If you were using solid shot you were playing the game on hardmode. It wasn't until the French were added ( and IIRC briefly when the British were added?) that solid shot got buffed into being a useable alternative to APHE.
TL;DR, APHE is stronger now, but so are the other types of ammunition.
“Enough Willie Pete will burn a village down”
*FORTUNATE SON INTENSIFIES*
Vietnam DLC confirmed lmao
Calliopes could not use their main guns out of the factory, but some were field modified by crews so they could fire, although it came with the cost of having a reduced elevation for the rocket launchers.
Ah interesting cheers
So glad the DLC is out now and it’s awesome. These videos were kind of hard to watch because they would just make so excited for the DLC lol!
sorry :D
@theShermanator Thanks for all the Ostfront videos though!
Cheers!!
About the calliope, the engineers said it would be dangerous to use the main gun while the rockets are attached, the crew´s did it anyway, as far as i know.
Ah that makes sense, gotta make due huh haha
They only used it when it was necessary, it generally damaged the whole support structure.
I'm loving this new DLC... my friend and I had a great battle today, very urban area, him as German and me as US and he was absolutely destroying me with 4 PAK's, 2 halftracks and a bunch of MG's and infantry setup in houses... I got some solid grenade kills but lost 2 shermans on the way, the Shermans are great and he fears them when I play them but didn't stand a chance.. definitely looked like something changed, My M8 Greyhound however absolutely destroyed a chunk of his units before blowing up... Love this, will play a hell of a lot more!
Its so much fun, enjoy mate!
What I normally do on maps with hedge groves, is blow holes through them with the demo pack all tanks come with. And make my own opening for flanking.
Yeah I learned that you can do that now, took me a bit haha
Also the quad gun half track is a great investment, as the four 50 cals can pin most light vehicles and hold back infantry with ease.
I think that you can press F5 and click somewhere and infantry will stop and engage while moving there. But I don't think that they will take cover or lay down
yeah, I just learned that one
The Jackson was the one mounted on a Wolverine hull and the Slugger on a Sherman hull :) Same turrets and guns
Ah I will try to remember that
19:45 lmao
timing huh
Your gameplay and this game looks great, will definitely getting this game soon 👌
Cheers boss!
I love that everyone turns into a historian in terms of the question of the calliope
lmao
Love your videos! They made me buy the game! You're right about not over-microing otherwise it would be too boring for UA-cam. BTW, how are you switching between the direct control modes? I am playing CTA vanilla and I can't switch between 1st person/3rd person (advanced control) and RTS control (classic control) like you are doing. Is it a feature only available in Gates to Hell?
Yeah, Gates of Hell has the ability to swap from Top down to 3rd or 1st person (depending on inf/vehicle)
Cheers!
Thanks americans, putting a star at a weakpoint, good idea!
Also: Explosions, cockoffs - most effects - look great. Cant wait to play in a few hours
Greetz from Hesse!
lmao, I believe the Germans stopped using the Balkenkreuz painted across their tanks after the Polish campaign when captured Polish gunners said they used them as aim points
Ihave this game for about 5 days now and im doing an endless conquest as germans. Dman is it frustrating with the few units you can have. But so far its very much fun! And i kinda play like you, except i repair and steal tanks/vehicles. And so far KW1/2 gave me nightmares and also andruysha/Katyusha. But man i love it, though im at one point where i played pretty much every map so far :/
Its a great game, glad to hear you've ben enjoying it!
Im not sure if its in game but some shermans had a welded plate over te side armor infront of where the ammo is stored, not sure how that functions in game!
Ah thats interesting, maybe its to protect against HEAT projectiles? cant imagine the tiny bit of extra armor is to protect against actual AP shells
@theShermanator it adds 25.4mm of extra side armour over the area where the sponson ammo store is. Would be useful against AT rounds at longer ranges as it is a pretty substantial increase to the side armour in that spot
Edit: to be effective against heat the side panels would have to have air between them and the armour instead of being welded straight on
Very nice video!
Cheers!!!
Those bolt on plates look like they are almost an inch thick. If so they would probably nearly double the armor right there.
Thats fair, I was thinking more for HEAT protection, but maybe its just pure better armor against tanks
Now you have a fighting chance against panthers and tiger 2s, if they can get them, with the m36s 90mm.
The M36s are amazing
@@theShermanator I just wanted to say I've enjoyed watching your content since I was like 15, hell I even got my friend who has a PC to buy Mowas just so I could play it
Cheers bud, appreciate it
Im really sad I missed the Steam sale on this. Always been curious about GoH.
Maybe in a few weeks during Christmas sale it comes back? This DLC wont be on sale OFC but the regular game will be maybe
As good as Shermans are, 38.1 mm of flat side armour isn't going to be saving you from anti-tank guns.
Ha yeah
Why is the first sherman you get in conquest better than the next ones?
IDK?
Plates were very effective against panzerschrecks and panzerfausts. Make a note of it.
Oh good to know!
Yeah bro, just one right click, double right click makes them sprint and ignore
I tend to double click all the time lol, so used to it
do we know the price point for it?
depending on where you live, about $25 it seems
Armour Piercing Moisturiser to the face!!
lol
12:40 🤔🤔
haha
The DLC isn’t out for me I have it on my wish list and I’m just staring at it.
haha its out now tho
I’m sad Sherman it isn’t popping up I know the due date. It’s supposed to be out now I don’t see it.
Bro long watcher and player and to this day I don't know how to activate pause the videos??
You mean, how to pause Gates of Hell? It's the PAUSE/BREAK key :)
JUST ONE HOUR LEEEEEEFT!
and its out!
@@theShermanator I am already playing it! Brutal awesome! Playing test mode against US and they have really good tanks in late war. Thanks to pershing and 76 sherman! And the Callopie nice little as*****. Love it!
hell yeah
Are there any cheats for this game?
There are cheats mods I think
1 hour till release 😄 Edit: Nvm, that price 😮
Its worth it for sure imo
@@theShermanator I believe it.
Ugh this game is like Fury and Band of Brothers all rolled into one!
100000%
Fury was really a bad movie! The Tiger fight... ohh god! Same with the defense at the start. Band of Brothers was good, but Fury... not at all! An American Propaganda dream movie. Thats all.
POG
POGGERS
Got this game at launched. Was not that impressed with it. The conquest/dynamic campaign felt a bit have baked. Big fan of the other titles though. Game seems to be more fleshed out. May have to give it another try
GoH has come a very long way since ~March 2021 when I first played it!
also tons of cool mods
Why this DLC is more expensive than original game?
P.S. At least in my currency, but anyway, why so expensive?
IDK why, ask the devs why the choose the point, I think its worth it
Their argument is, that it's large DLC with lot of content.
@@Arenoth21 But more than the game? lol))
Thats whats been said yes
@@theShermanator can you please say if you are playing with FXAA on? And also what about MSAA? Because my game looks too sharp after the update)
25€ WTF 🤬
22,50 if you have the other dlcs
Thats not crazy when you consider what you get
@@pieroo7 Nope, 24,50 and I own all dlc's Edit: 22,50 indeed, just came back after I saw it.
@@OneofInfinity. You need to scrool down..
@@pieroo7 Yes, thank you.
$25 is a disgrace. Literally more than half the price of the game, and you're disgusting for promoting it.
I actually haven't been paid to make these videos
lmao
@@theShermanator did i say you were payed? You're promoting a bogus DLC for a bogus company.
You can't spell "paid" even after I gave you the right spelling for it so I don't think I really care what you have to say about me being disgusting in the first place, if you're gonna insult me then do it right.
Also, it's a bogus DLC? I am pretty sure they worked really hard on all the content inside
Bogus Company? They just reached a new peak concurrent player number of over 7000 today - they make great DLCs for a great game and the devs themselves are quite nice, unlike you. You seem full of hatred and spite
💀
So close. These vids are killing me
few more hours!