Dear Spookston, I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to formally request your esteemed participation in exploring Japan's tech tree within War Thunder. Your expertise and strategic acumen would undoubtedly contribute to a compelling and enriching gameplay experience. While acknowledging the challenges inherent in navigating Japan's tech tree, I believe your commendable skills and determination will prevail. Your engagement in this endeavor would not only offer personal growth but also provide entertainment and inspiration to your audience. I eagerly anticipate witnessing your prowess and resilience as you undertake this formidable challenge. Sincerely, Thunder Cheeks
Seeing Spooky Boi get so fed up with planes that he becomes an air ace just to shoot them down has been such an exciting character arc. Can't wait to see how far he progresses.
@@alvarofigueiredo6450 You'd like the French tree. The AMX-13 is a 17pdr in a Stuart sized hull. The AMX M4 has a 90mm that is a 17pdr on steroids. 11kg projectile at 1000m/s. Shoot a Tiger or Panther in the rear and the round comes out the front destroying the engine, crew, and everything else on the way.
One of the big buffs of the fire fly is the increased armor where the driver MG port is. People fire at that spot all the time thinking "oh ill just hit the weak spot" not realizing it ISNT one on the fire fly.
@@mcpenguin001yeah but even in 2.7 there is only a small amount of tank that can pen it so the only way to kill it is cas and spooky hates cas and I love to see spooky suffer so yeah he should play it
Those 2 polish Call of Duty 3 missions hit me like a damn train with nostalgia when you mentioned them. ;-; I can still hear the "Bohater!!" in my head from all those years ago.
Spookston: perfectly ammoracks 4 targets in a row w/o using rangefinder. Also spookston 3 entire seconds later: "idk why im having so much trouble aiming this thing"
the mexican coke in the glass bottle is on another level, around here you can get it in small convenience stores and when I find it I'm always on fire.
One vehicle I want to see one day in the game is the T17 Deerhound. Which is a T17E1 Staghound that gained an extra axle, the two GMC 270s were replaced by two Hercules JXD 6-cylinder petrol engines. Apart from those changes, it's pretty much a lengthened Staghound.
The CoD reference was a blast to the past. One of the better earlier "tank missions in a not tank game" sort of thing. Also enjoyed the Ace Combat in the background for your Typhoon flight. Fitting that you'd use Reprisal. Nice touch to use chatter when relevant too.
YES love to see Spookston play another Sherman especially the Firefly (satisying to slice and 1shot heavies with solid shot when used to APHE) *PUT IT IN SIDEWAYS AND ADD 2 CARS ENGINES*
You could see it like that, but you can also see the reaction on pather players faces when their uptiered oppenent slices right through their front plate like butter from across the map
Nah nah, can we talk about how CLEAN his editor was with them voices and sound effects during the plane section? Bro I deadass had to search up if WT added those while I was away??? TF????
The reason why the Firefly isn’t considered a tank destroyer (at least IRL), is because it wasn’t a tank destroyer by doctrine. Other vehicles like the Achilles, much like it’s American counterpart, were in specific tank destroyer units, deployed specifically to hunt tanks. The Firefly by contrast was in standard tank units. Generally one Firefly would be in a “Cruiser” tank platoon, supporting 3-5 Shermans or Cromwells typically. It was the anti-tank punching power of the platoon, acting like a DMR marksman would for an infantry squad. Though in limited numbers, APDS was available for the 17-pdr’s which allowed them a significant edge on killing Tigers and Panthers, something the rest of the medium tank platoon would otherwise struggle with.
The firefly is my favorite tank both historically and ingame, concidering it is a literal DUI project that turned into one sponsored by the british military
My son played this tank on the weekend (we bought with the ACIV in the 30% off sale a while ago). He had a 16 kill game with it. Died after the 1st kill but then was a real gremlin to the other team for the rest of the match after the respawn.
I loved the British Firefly so much that I used the Firefly even when I upgraded to the next level BR, I didn't get rid of that tank until I got the Charioteer, and that took me a while
The M4A3 IC “Firefly”: in my opinion, one of the best British tanks of WWII and one I find absolutely beautiful. I have several models of it, even a COLBI set, and I remain totally in love. On God I was born in the wrong century, I shoulda been a “Firefly” gunner.
400k QnA post will go up soon :)
That one are you a furry question will dominate the post
When are you gonna play the Challenger Black Knight?
Day 13 of asking Spookston to play the Leopard 2K
Nuh
Dear Spookston,
I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to formally request your esteemed participation in exploring Japan's tech tree within War Thunder. Your expertise and strategic acumen would undoubtedly contribute to a compelling and enriching gameplay experience. While acknowledging the challenges inherent in navigating Japan's tech tree, I believe your commendable skills and determination will prevail. Your engagement in this endeavor would not only offer personal growth but also provide entertainment and inspiration to your audience. I eagerly anticipate witnessing your prowess and resilience as you undertake this formidable challenge.
Sincerely, Thunder Cheeks
"The 17 pounder won't fit!"
*_"PUT IT IN SIDEWAYS"_*
"The radio won't fit!"
"The Engine is to weak"
Thx for the likes
@@alexandermalizki5979 GET 5 CAR ENGINES AND PUT THEM TOGETHER!
@@alexandermalizki5979 GET 5 CAR ENGINES AND PUT THEM TOGETHER
This meme haunts me since they already had the tank engine.
Whenever I see the Firefly , I also think of Poland because of that call of duty 3.
"For Poland!"
"I make an exception for Mexican coke"
-Spookston, 2024.
Dont take that out of context
@@Brownie0906 Too late
so that's why he performs so well in bad tanks...
5:00
I love me some pure columbian as well
Dude that mention of CoD 3 made me have a massive nostalgia trip, that was my absolute FAVOURITE call of duty game ever.
Seeing Spooky Boi get so fed up with planes that he becomes an air ace just to shoot them down has been such an exciting character arc. Can't wait to see how far he progresses.
He went full rage-monster - the rage part XD
The AC5 sound effects were absolutely the highlight of this vid for me, I want to go play that again, now.
saaaame I loved that detail
The Ace Combat 5 voice over during the Typhoon bit was a blast from the past
I love the Firefly so much and I couldn't tell you why. It might be because of how ascthetically pleasing the 17-pounder looks on a Sherman hull.
I've played Britain for so long that regular 75 M4s just look wrong, sad and wrong.
honestly, i just like the sheer "fuck you and your armor" that this tank has, plus, it doesn't suck at cqc like the german tanks do
@@alvarofigueiredo6450 You'd like the French tree. The AMX-13 is a 17pdr in a Stuart sized hull. The AMX M4 has a 90mm that is a 17pdr on steroids. 11kg projectile at 1000m/s. Shoot a Tiger or Panther in the rear and the round comes out the front destroying the engine, crew, and everything else on the way.
You didn't mention the autoloader and the S-tier CAS
@@aiugiamos3057 more of an SPAA guy; I feel gross using CAS
Firefly front armor surprisingly works better than other Shermans
The Call of Duty 3 reference made me happy. Hardly ever hear about it anymore.
Cod 2:BRO, finest hour, and 3 were the shit
@@vihurah9554cod 2 was a last cod with heath packs I think.
Hearing AWACS Thunderhead activated so many neurons, you have no idea. (at least I think was Thunderhead)
“I had to make an exception for Mexican coke.”
-Spookston
Stolen
@@Twiggo_The_Foxxo I just saw the other comment now, I didn’t steal it, I posted it a few minutes after upload
Say cocacola and the bad context dissapears
@@popmordiscos spook definitely knew what he was doing
Snifff
One of the big buffs of the fire fly is the increased armor where the driver MG port is. People fire at that spot all the time thinking "oh ill just hit the weak spot" not realizing it ISNT one on the fire fly.
Do the churchill avre on release: no range, no speed, no muzzle velocity, but tons of armour.
So you want him to just suffer?
Precisely
I mean, in a downtier it can get down to 1.7
@@mcpenguin001yeah but even in 2.7 there is only a small amount of tank that can pen it so the only way to kill it is cas and spooky hates cas and I love to see spooky suffer so yeah he should play it
At that BR it's more or less unpennable, it's also completely useless
Those 2 polish Call of Duty 3 missions hit me like a damn train with nostalgia when you mentioned them. ;-; I can still hear the "Bohater!!" in my head from all those years ago.
The best part about Polish voice lines is the sheer amount of joy the gunner has after destroying a target
CZOLG ZNISZCZONY
As a polish person that voice line is making me cringe so hard
I would argue the British gunner has a great psycho voice line whenever a damaged machine gun gets repaired.
sweden gunner laughs every kill lol
@@diadromes8000He sounds so genuinely jolly after murdering a crew of 5.
Loved the AC sounds at the end, truly an place without borders
Spookston trying to call a ww2 tank anything except a Tiger Killer (impossible)
That moment when literally anything else is harder to kill
next video will be about the M13 MGMC tiger killer
is a tiger a tiger killer?
@@Appletank8 Just as Hitler is a Hitler kiiller?
9/11 was an inside job
I appreciate the Thunderhead call outs and other AC5 sound effects for the Typhoon part lol
The ace combat music and radio chatter when you were flying the typhoon was hilarious
Thank you for playing this game so I don't have to.
4:50 the editor deserves a medal
5:40 rarest thing to see in a spookston video, teammates actually being helpful
I love the sound effects you played while you were flying the plane, really added a lot!
People in 2001
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Ah the nostalgia of COD 3. Good simple times. 1st game I played on Xbox 360.
"The hunt is on! Right Bohater?"
FOR POLAND!
@@USSWISCONSIN64 FOR POLAND!
Spookstone hitting every shot in the firefly
He:"I don't now why I have so much trouble among that thing"
The chaotic energy at the beginning of this video gives me life. Also the ending with voice overs from I believe Ace Combat 5 is appreciated 👍
It does sound like Thunderhead.
The firefly is one of few vehicles where the post pen works sometimes for an AP shell.
Try the French 90mm in the ARL-44 and AMX-M4 (latter has a 6sec autoloader).
Spookston: perfectly ammoracks 4 targets in a row w/o using rangefinder. Also spookston 3 entire seconds later: "idk why im having so much trouble aiming this thing"
Italian 5.0 Sherman VC has the sneaky APDS shot
And I wonder why the british version doesn't get this round?
Idk, the 5.3 challenger has it as does the 6.0 centurion mk 1
@@danpeters4177 Because gaijin will never allow the british to have anything good.
To be fair it is 4.7
I hope it doesn’t get APDS, the 4.7 British lineup is too fun.
Oh ok, so i wasn't the only one who just noticed this 5:00 "i had to make an exception for mexican coke" thing lmao
the mexican coke in the glass bottle is on another level, around here you can get it in small convenience stores and when I find it I'm always on fire.
The secret is sugar instead of High Fructose Corn Syrup :). To people in the US i'd recommend finding soda from smaller producers like Boylan Brewery.
@BarrowX YES BROTHER!!!!! WE STAN BOYLAN RAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH
americans really are screwed... corn syrup is straight up poison...
Can find it in most gas stations depending on what area you live in
The Cod3 campaign lives rent free in my head. To this day my brain still occasionally goes "Up the hill Bohater!"
One vehicle I want to see one day in the game is the T17 Deerhound. Which is a T17E1 Staghound that gained an extra axle, the two GMC 270s were replaced by two Hercules JXD 6-cylinder petrol engines. Apart from those changes, it's pretty much a lengthened Staghound.
Or the M38 Wolfhound, which one variant was modified to take the M24 Chaffee turret.
The solid AP from the Firefly and the Tog II are surprisingly effective
4:55 I couldn't agree with the editor more. Bro has never been more wrong XD
I think we all deserve a heli video, a ship video, or play a goofy tank in top tier
Goblin boat?
Goblin boat.
you dont get to hear this enough: your editing is peak amazing, really makes the video overly enjoyable, thank you!
Ahh, the old COD reference. I see you're a man of culture.
Spookston is the example of "good player" in war thunder like he can play anything in ground realistic
The CoD reference was a blast to the past. One of the better earlier "tank missions in a not tank game" sort of thing.
Also enjoyed the Ace Combat in the background for your Typhoon flight. Fitting that you'd use Reprisal. Nice touch to use chatter when relevant too.
I have never agreed more with an editor than when I saw the defense of the firefly's aesthetics
I had a dream that spookston got 400k subscribers. Then all his subscribers unsubscribed and he smited people with lightning
I had a vietnam style flashback of nostalgia when you turned the ace combat music on.
“I had to make an exception for Mexican coke” spookston 2024
12:13 no not the spitting before the shot 😭😭😭
Sorry he has to
hawk tuah
I’ve waited my whole life for this video. I can finally stop asking for the firefly
Mission complete
Bro, how happy that someone else remembers that beautiful call of duty 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Definitely one of my favorite tanks in the british tech tree and its just a modification of a sherman
To be fair, the Firefly was only ever meant to be a stop-gap until a better solution arrived
Congrats on 400k Spookston, love your vids !
The ace combat references were top notch in this one
Spookston when the ready rack is below 15 rounds
Love to see those ace combat references sprinkled in, even if it means you got CAS'd beforehand lol.
400K WHOOOO! Props! You deserve it!
POV most realistic WW2 sherman "I don't think the milk truck has smoke anywhere on it, unless the driver is just like vaping hardcore"
I love it when he said “it’s spookin time” and spookered all over the place
I like the "Mr. Na-to, hi buddy :D" at 6:14
YES love to see Spookston play another Sherman especially the Firefly (satisying to slice and 1shot heavies with solid shot when used to APHE)
*PUT IT IN SIDEWAYS AND ADD 2 CARS ENGINES*
Spookston: I dont like firefly
Spookston and Firefly:
Somehow hearing that Spookston is addicted to Mexican coke sounds wrong
Gotta say, I'm loving the little "ooh ooh ooh" monke brain moments that are becoming more common. Lots of Planet of the Apes memes to use there.
I recommend the Sherman VC in Italy
It gets 220 pen sabot at 5.0
Unfortunately, its sabot
So just a higher BR for a worse round, gotcha
You could see it like that, but you can also see the reaction on pather players faces when their uptiered oppenent slices right through their front plate like butter from across the map
That does sound very cathartic ill give you that, much like how the Conqueror lolpens the UFP of King Tigers
Thanks, Thunderhead. Can always count on you to tell me when I'm out of bombs.
Sherman firefly
+Penetration
-fun
The firefly is a lot of fun.
Spook's villain arc with CAS is entertaining.
467 days of asking for the Foch
I love when he gets so bored he just starts talking about his opinions and daily life 😂
Nah nah, can we talk about how CLEAN his editor was with them voices and sound effects during the plane section? Bro I deadass had to search up if WT added those while I was away??? TF????
18 seconds ago is wild
Yeah i had 16 seconds ago
That CAS Cleanup in the last game is very satisfying as hell
The Ace Combat audio at the end hit me up n the feels man.
RULE BRATINA INTENSIFIES
The reason why the Firefly isn’t considered a tank destroyer (at least IRL), is because it wasn’t a tank destroyer by doctrine. Other vehicles like the Achilles, much like it’s American counterpart, were in specific tank destroyer units, deployed specifically to hunt tanks. The Firefly by contrast was in standard tank units. Generally one Firefly would be in a “Cruiser” tank platoon, supporting 3-5 Shermans or Cromwells typically. It was the anti-tank punching power of the platoon, acting like a DMR marksman would for an infantry squad. Though in limited numbers, APDS was available for the 17-pdr’s which allowed them a significant edge on killing Tigers and Panthers, something the rest of the medium tank platoon would otherwise struggle with.
The firefly is my favorite tank both historically and ingame, concidering it is a literal DUI project that turned into one sponsored by the british military
My son played this tank on the weekend (we bought with the ACIV in the 30% off sale a while ago). He had a 16 kill game with it. Died after the 1st kill but then was a real gremlin to the other team for the rest of the match after the respawn.
13:03 unheard of occasion where spookston compliments solid shot
The tech tree Firefly is my #1 most played vehicle in the game, and thanks to this video, I'm going to go play it some more!
I loved the British Firefly so much that I used the Firefly even when I upgraded to the next level BR, I didn't get rid of that tank until I got the Charioteer, and that took me a while
That air-to-air revenge was sweet and juicy. Also I think I'm gonna be the Charioteer Mk VII guy, because why not
>Plays tank game
>Gets an ace in air combat
Spookstom: "I dont really like the firefly" Still does good in it.
Spookston definitely has 20/20 vision
0:37 One of the most underrated CoD campaigns
Thank you editor. For once the dawg is wrong about looks, that long gun makes all the other Shermans look like toys
„I had to make exception for Mexican Coke.“ - Spookston taken out of context.
Love the Ace Combat 5 sound effects.
5:05 "I had to make an exception for Mexican coke" - Spookston 2024
The M4A3 IC “Firefly”: in my opinion, one of the best British tanks of WWII and one I find absolutely beautiful. I have several models of it, even a COLBI set, and I remain totally in love.
On God I was born in the wrong century, I shoulda been a “Firefly” gunner.
Spookston: *Mentioned Call of Duty: 3 (2009*
Me: Ah, I see you're a man of cultural
Ngl you mentioning that mission from cod 3 at the start made me so happy for some reason, I don't know why
@Spookston u are really good at war thunder. I just started playing this and its really fun. Im learning from watching you so I appreciate it
Man i love how in the end you just went fuck it and Just use Cas to kill Fighters and Cas
Brought that bad boy into a 6.0 game. The firefly punches weigh above it weight.
I heard once that crews of firefly tanks had to close there eyes before pressing the trigger because the muzzle flash was so bright.
7:44 certified low smoke alarm battery moment.
“I had to make an exception for Mexican coke”
Good choice spook ;)
One of the best parts of this tank is that it gets a 50cal
The HE shell can do some quite funky things too
COD3 Black Baron mission lol :
"The hunt is on, right bohater ??"
in front of the Polish Sherman Firefly XD