I did the math on this thing before it got added, it has the same amount of kinetic energy on impact as your average 500 kg bomb (about 250 kg tnt equivalent). Instead of all of that being forced outwards, like with a bomb, it all gets absorbed by the tank you hit. With most ground targets and plenty of coastal ships, there shouldn't even be a semblance of a trace of their vehicle still remaining after a single hit, but Gaijin just ignores that for some reason. Go figure
Because "balance" can't have a vehicle designed to one shot another vehicle in the game actually one shot someone. (So why have it there in the first place?) @@n1thecaptain965
@@Webly101 @Webly101 A mechanic in game to replicate the real life issues of a lightly armored vehicle taking a large caliber projectile, e.g., deformation of the hull and structure of the vehicle, or what remains of the crew having to be washed out of the vehicle with a hose. This usually occurs with HE shells (HE, APHE, HESH, HEAT).
they REALLY need to increase the damage/amount of spall this thing creates. it’s a nearly 80kg, 2 meter long rod traveling at high supersonic speeds. it shouldn’t do as little as it does
Given how devastating it is IRL, LOSAT should really just get some form of hull break if it gets anything approximating a centre of mass hit on anything.
as should any HE shell beyond 100mm diameter(no. no mbt can take an 125mm HE shell to the center of the mass and keep driving). but then you would cry "nerf russia" xD it really doesnt matter, though as even military found this bullshit failure of a vehicle and moved on to other projects.
@@seushimarejikaze1337the vehicle is just a testbed, they wouldn't of used this specific vehicle. The missle was seen as highly effective but was more expensive and put strain on logistics if it were put into use while tow missiles did the job almost just as well.
@@gavinlightfoot5521 thats one way to see it, true. i simply see it as: experimental vehicle that failed, not because it didnt work but either because it didnt fit military requirements or because it didnt manage to find its niche in the ranks. the way it was reloaded basically placed this thing in in weird position on the battlefield, where its rearmed same way as long range artillery, but its required to fight on relatively close ranges(having high maximum range doesnt mean you will be able to use it -current and past world conflicts show that clearly). missiles weighted about 80kg, so the reload process was relatively long to add salt to injury. and you pointed out another flaw. cost of the missile. military always balances on notion of lowest costs for maximum performance. such a weapon was unneeded simply because you could just upgrade previous projects, that already have working logistical solutions. i do realize, that similar project got funded in limited numbers - the CKEM missile launcher (i dunno the original name, look it up if you want) that got mounted on lighter and more mobile vehicles like the "humvee". hell it would have been better option to add to the game vehicles that actually passed military trials and model its armament correctly instead of adding vehicle that failed and also wrongly modeling the damage that a rocket propelled slab of steel(or tungsten or DU... i dont know this either ;] ) would actually do to whatever vehicle.
@@seushimarejikaze1337 the LOSAT "missile" is basically a giant metal rod with a rocket engine, the point was a hypersonic penetrator (hence why its so fast) as opposed to a HEAT or HE projectile. But cost made it useless along with the weight
BMP-2 missiles were the only atgm's to get fixed after the atgm nerf a few months ago. BMP-2 missiles fly strait as an arrow now, while actual apfsds atgms fly all over the place.
The Locust really is the best MBT ever made, rivalling the L3 in terms of cuteness. Thanks to Dakka, Fate, and Stick for helping to make the LOSAT bearable to play
19:10 just need to ducttape the warheads from the Davy Crockett nuclear recoilless to the front of the missiles. They were only 76lbs and had a yield of 20 tonnes, I'm sure it would work.
An enjoyable vehicle, when it gets a map that you can find a nice, flat, wide-open place to hide it in with its 200-300 meter minimum range. Have personally found it is also quite good simulation of having to hide from a pack of Tyrannosaurs when out of ammo and having no capture points to replenish at. Definitely glad to see such a unique platform finally make its appearance. As always, loved the video!
The LOSAT, which never went beyond testing, shines as an early engagement, long distance tank destroyer. It can devastate an enemy army caught in the open at more than 2 miles. Front line action and brawling leads to death and frustration…
Thing is, this is the perfect type of experimental vehicle that can be added to the game. A gimmick that can be effective under certain situations The other end of the prototype vehicles which shouldn’t have been added is the 2S38.
Very much glad I never bothered with this build event. None of the vehicles (except maybe the ship) looked like they were worth it. At least you guys had some fun with it
Italian tanks rule against the losat it looks like as the Ariete P just shrugged that missel right off as well as the Freccia. Great video Bo, Stick, Fate and Dakka.
iirc, it could track targets irl, which it cant currently ingame. also, i wanna say it arcs up like that because of all the videos that are available of it being fired. that said, im frankly wondering whether it should still be arcing up at close range like that. theres just so little information about the testing about the missile in general that i havent been able to find.
1:58 Hit him. Hit him again. I hit him. I hit him. Hit him again......They all said. Does this remind anyone else of that scene in 'Finding Dory'? MINE. MINE. MINE. MINE. LOL
I'm trying to decide if the LOSAT was bad, given how they were acting in the video, or if they aren't as good as they were in real life. I'm kinda leaning towards aren't as good in game just based on the system being sufficiently "new" that most of its stuff is probably still well classified. Keep up the good work, Bo & Co!
The vehicle is really good, it was made to shoot after and kill before an APFSDS at distances that an APFSDS cannot reach. The problem is that these missiles are absurdly nerfed, the Mach 5 impact alone should kill everyone without wanting to penetrate. FV4005 with double asteroids. The gaijin doesn't care about this fact, because LOSAT really is powerful. The game doesn't really have a niche for it, it's balanced maps. LOSAT was made for flat relief with the idea of being exposed. It was discontinued for the same reason, a weapon with few scenarios to be employed
@@observador0174 more like mach 4 and every apfsds in the game travels at the same speeds or faster. if vehicle was good, it woulnt fail evaluation and would be produced(even test batch was cancelled). only problem is, it still should cause significant amount of spall inside a vehicle, in case it penetrates, which it magically doesnt, but its the same as with other type of munitions that should cause lot of damage, but doesnt because gaijin never have hears of Newton xD (high caliber HE explosives should be really effective whether they penetrate armor or they dont, same way that bombs should not need to penetrate the target to damage it beyond repair)
People misunderstand the LOSAT. It's not a rocket tank. It's a .50 cal tank. The rockets are actually just ERA that sometimes accidentally trigger and fly forward, luckily usually harming nobody.
Losad makes a player high sad! Also hearing how angry that LOSAT made Fate had my chuckling up a storm! Lastly, I can't believe Bo never bit a Nerf football... Like, that is a childhood rite of passage! There are even memes about it now!
compared to what this system could do irl vs WT, it really is very depressing, besides the fact the engagement ranges this system would of been used at, would of been ranges of 2-5 miles, outside the range of TOWs and tank guns
its kind stupid how its reload on cap is sooo slow, irl it would be reloaded similarly to how HIMARs would be so would take just a 10-15 mins, while in game vehicles which would take hours to reload can do it in 2 mins
What vehicles would you like to see on the channel next week!?
Please play the Type 95 Ro-Go (heavy tank variant, not the TD). It's been too long!
M103
how about the 75mm gun carrier or something i forgot the name
anything that you can enjoy your time recording with rather than forcing yourself to suffer through.
The TTD (The South African Leopard 2).
The idea that a telephone pole sized object flies through the tank and somehow is still operational/functional is a bit beyond me.
I did the math on this thing before it got added, it has the same amount of kinetic energy on impact as your average 500 kg bomb (about 250 kg tnt equivalent). Instead of all of that being forced outwards, like with a bomb, it all gets absorbed by the tank you hit. With most ground targets and plenty of coastal ships, there shouldn't even be a semblance of a trace of their vehicle still remaining after a single hit, but Gaijin just ignores that for some reason. Go figure
Because "balance" can't have a vehicle designed to one shot another vehicle in the game actually one shot someone. (So why have it there in the first place?) @@n1thecaptain965
Best part is it can fly straight through Chopper and it'll only be slightly damaged. Classic Gaijin
The PUMA clip in this video was fucking ridiculous. That thing took way too many missiles
"Working as intended"
The losat is the equivalent to being a kid handed a flashlight by your dad and being told to just light up where he needs to see to finish his work
my dad never did that...whats it like?
@@viridisxiv766just imagine having math with your Dad but 10x 😂
Even after suffering in WT Bo never fails to make my day even better
This thing would be great if hull break was reintroduced to the game
That's an interesting point. Wouldn't hurt my feelings.
You'd think the crew would be compelled to bail out of the vehicle after a watermelon sized hole appeared on their front and then back
@@Sha.ll0w significant emotional event, like The_Chieftain calls it
What’s hull break?
@@Webly101 @Webly101 A mechanic in game to replicate the real life issues of a lightly armored vehicle taking a large caliber projectile, e.g., deformation of the hull and structure of the vehicle, or what remains of the crew having to be washed out of the vehicle with a hose. This usually occurs with HE shells (HE, APHE, HESH, HEAT).
they REALLY need to increase the damage/amount of spall this thing creates. it’s a nearly 80kg, 2 meter long rod traveling at high supersonic speeds. it shouldn’t do as little as it does
Ive found it must be played on wide open maps and you have to just accept 2/3 missles will just not work. I usually need 3-5 just to kill one guy.
I'm trying to get LOSAT just to acess american helicopters
they just shake your gunsight, and shaky atgm, when irl its TOO SMOOTH.
@@lordbumpy3634 i am kinda thinking that i'll eventually be disappointed by it even if i ever get to use it since i'm rank 1 in US tanks
@@cergeyivanov7566 why you need USA helicopters?
@@lordbumpy3634 to research something on tanks if i don't want to get tanks of higher rank
15:22 This explains so much . . .
Given how devastating it is IRL, LOSAT should really just get some form of hull break if it gets anything approximating a centre of mass hit on anything.
as should any HE shell beyond 100mm diameter(no. no mbt can take an 125mm HE shell to the center of the mass and keep driving). but then you would cry "nerf russia" xD it really doesnt matter, though as even military found this bullshit failure of a vehicle and moved on to other projects.
@@seushimarejikaze1337the vehicle is just a testbed, they wouldn't of used this specific vehicle. The missle was seen as highly effective but was more expensive and put strain on logistics if it were put into use while tow missiles did the job almost just as well.
@@gavinlightfoot5521 thats one way to see it, true. i simply see it as: experimental vehicle that failed, not because it didnt work but either because it didnt fit military requirements or because it didnt manage to find its niche in the ranks. the way it was reloaded basically placed this thing in in weird position on the battlefield, where its rearmed same way as long range artillery, but its required to fight on relatively close ranges(having high maximum range doesnt mean you will be able to use it -current and past world conflicts show that clearly). missiles weighted about 80kg, so the reload process was relatively long to add salt to injury. and you pointed out another flaw. cost of the missile. military always balances on notion of lowest costs for maximum performance. such a weapon was unneeded simply because you could just upgrade previous projects, that already have working logistical solutions. i do realize, that similar project got funded in limited numbers - the CKEM missile launcher (i dunno the original name, look it up if you want) that got mounted on lighter and more mobile vehicles like the "humvee". hell it would have been better option to add to the game vehicles that actually passed military trials and model its armament correctly instead of adding vehicle that failed and also wrongly modeling the damage that a rocket propelled slab of steel(or tungsten or DU... i dont know this either ;] ) would actually do to whatever vehicle.
@@seushimarejikaze1337 yeah, I agree with that. Also would've definitely been better to add the tow humvee.
@@seushimarejikaze1337 the LOSAT "missile" is basically a giant metal rod with a rocket engine, the point was a hypersonic penetrator (hence why its so fast) as opposed to a HEAT or HE projectile. But cost made it useless along with the weight
1:21 that round passed through the entire tank while only damaging the track... For being massive missiles they do almost no damage at all.
I love the part that you did even better in the locust than the losat 13:02
I like the woodland/desert mix. Deliciously deciduous on top; coyly khaki on bottom. Two great tastes that taste great together!
Reliving that last match was a nightmare. Had a good time despite the death counter racking up to previously unseen heights.
BMP-2 missiles were the only atgm's to get fixed after the atgm nerf a few months ago. BMP-2 missiles fly strait as an arrow now, while actual apfsds atgms fly all over the place.
false
7:38 on that note please archive the baldur’s gate streams, twitch keeps removing them before I have time to watch
Will do, hopefully we get back to streaming that play through some!
"I'm you but useful."
>Immediately dies.
What was he trying to say there, Bo?
The Locust really is the best MBT ever made, rivalling the L3 in terms of cuteness. Thanks to Dakka, Fate, and Stick for helping to make the LOSAT bearable to play
Thank you for your sacrifice Bo. The Losat treatment is a cruel one.
Nice pfp.
Did you say "looks like if i made a atgm I'm Stormworks"? Didn't know that you played it.
19:10 just need to ducttape the warheads from the Davy Crockett nuclear recoilless to the front of the missiles. They were only 76lbs and had a yield of 20 tonnes, I'm sure it would work.
LOSAT missile travels at 5,000 feet per second and it takes 3-5 missiles to kill a tank. Thanks Gaijin
LOSAD has no depression with which to express it's sadness.
Never expected Zeb to become a missile tank destroyer. If Chopper finds out, he's gonna either freak out or go ballistic.
And Esra would laugh so hard he'd drop all the meiluron fruits on AP5's head...
An enjoyable vehicle, when it gets a map that you can find a nice, flat, wide-open place to hide it in with its 200-300 meter minimum range. Have personally found it is also quite good simulation of having to hide from a pack of Tyrannosaurs when out of ammo and having no capture points to replenish at. Definitely glad to see such a unique platform finally make its appearance.
As always, loved the video!
The LOSAT, which never went beyond testing, shines as an early engagement, long distance tank destroyer. It can devastate an enemy army caught in the open at more than 2 miles. Front line action and brawling leads to death and frustration…
Thing is, this is the perfect type of experimental vehicle that can be added to the game. A gimmick that can be effective under certain situations
The other end of the prototype vehicles which shouldn’t have been added is the 2S38.
@@normallymute0131 nah gaijin is just ripping vehicles off of Armored Warfare.
Always a good day when Bo uploads
"Stick in a fighter is dangerous to everyone"... yea the A-10 Hide and Seek kind of showed that. 😅
Once you learn what the LOSAT carries it is a frightening vehicle
"Uncle Sam does not know what a Budget is." Truer words have never been spoken
"Don't worry, they say "Nerf or Nothing" on the side of them"
I died xD
When you are given a vehicle intended to utterly disintegrate a tank kilometers away and told to take it into urban combat
Fate: "Hat was shot off!"
Stick: "Your hat was shot off?"
Fate: "Yes, my hats been shot off"
Stick: "Yo, no cap?"
Lmfao Stick. That was gold lol
Can confirm as a Broncos fan: LOSAT is more effective than the Denver Broncos.
Wow looks like an interesting evening was had.
Losat seem to come with a kinetic penetrator missle. so I gather it would work better at longer ranges where it can build up speed.
Love the Gulf War vintage cobbled together parts.
15:47 STICKBOY JUST SAID THAT HE WOULD SEND HIS THERAPIST TO THERAPY
I dunno why I got hyped over that, I'm just a really big Alec Benjamin fan 😅
So many Stickboy moments in this video 😂
Hey bo, just asking for the future, if you mind can you post more aviation vids? Thank man your doing great!
My goal is about 1 every 1 to 2 weeks. We are actually putting one out tomorrow.
Thanks a lot dude, your the best!
Great video Bo!
Thank you Stick, Fate, and Max for helping with it!
i want one of these, but bigger, on a challenger or abrams hull.
Very much glad I never bothered with this build event. None of the vehicles (except maybe the ship) looked like they were worth it. At least you guys had some fun with it
"Im You, but useful!"
*Explodes instantly*
Very useful indeed. He tanked a shot for you lol
M22 literally having more spalling than the LOSAT, there's no way this isn't on purpose.
I can see why this vehicle was made. And also why it was canceled
Thank you for another great video!! Hope you have a good weekend!! 💜
You know what the LOSAT reminds me of ...... the Movie from the 80s "Short Circut" Johnny 5 🤖 like a midget johnny 5
Input!
LOSAD will now be how I describe myself when I am feeling a little sad
I tried it for a couple matches and I find it’s best as a sniping tank since the rocket stabilizes after 500m. Once you do that you only need 1-2
Love your videos Bo, When’s the next time your gonna do a hide and seek with viewers?
Oh yeah how do you join his hide and seek games?
@@megakirbo4250yeah, I think he does it through custom battles
They are usually notified within the BTG Discord for people to join.
Hide n seek videos are so much fun to watch!! 💜
So stick is the reason why EVERY foam ball I've EVER held had a bite taken out
wdym? this is the happiest tank, it has no depression.....
I always knew that stickboy was the reason that the nerf footballs had bite marks in them
Italian tanks rule against the losat it looks like as the Ariete P just shrugged that missel right off as well as the Freccia. Great video Bo, Stick, Fate and Dakka.
Fantastic video of a quite unique tank. Love how it looks
Bo in the wanted ads: Nuke wanted. Will use responsibly.
I am sure I am on a list somewhere now...
Loved the vid. it was hilarious from start to finish
I agree with Fate. no magic missiles, only Fireballs, just fireballs....just fireballs!
iirc, it could track targets irl, which it cant currently ingame. also, i wanna say it arcs up like that because of all the videos that are available of it being fired. that said, im frankly wondering whether it should still be arcing up at close range like that. theres just so little information about the testing about the missile in general that i havent been able to find.
yeah, all the cool abilities some American vehicles have don't have it in game i wonder why.
@@jtl-08definitely not Russian bias
@@zohaibtariq7351 did i say that? cause i dont think i did
@@jtl-08 I was being sarcastic
most of the footage that is out there is the humvee version of it, which goes in a very shallow arch, this one would just be a dead straight line
I absolutely loved the “Nerf or nothing” joke
1:58 Hit him. Hit him again. I hit him. I hit him. Hit him again......They all said. Does this remind anyone else of that scene in 'Finding Dory'? MINE. MINE. MINE. MINE. LOL
"we are just being annihilated!' haha, welcome to the top tier experience.....
I'm trying to decide if the LOSAT was bad, given how they were acting in the video, or if they aren't as good as they were in real life. I'm kinda leaning towards aren't as good in game just based on the system being sufficiently "new" that most of its stuff is probably still well classified.
Keep up the good work, Bo & Co!
The vehicle is really good, it was made to shoot after and kill before an APFSDS at distances that an APFSDS cannot reach. The problem is that these missiles are absurdly nerfed, the Mach 5 impact alone should kill everyone without wanting to penetrate.
FV4005 with double asteroids. The gaijin doesn't care about this fact, because LOSAT really is powerful.
The game doesn't really have a niche for it, it's balanced maps.
LOSAT was made for flat relief with the idea of being exposed.
It was discontinued for the same reason, a weapon with few scenarios to be employed
@@observador0174 more like mach 4 and every apfsds in the game travels at the same speeds or faster. if vehicle was good, it woulnt fail evaluation and would be produced(even test batch was cancelled). only problem is, it still should cause significant amount of spall inside a vehicle, in case it penetrates, which it magically doesnt, but its the same as with other type of munitions that should cause lot of damage, but doesnt because gaijin never have hears of Newton xD (high caliber HE explosives should be really effective whether they penetrate armor or they dont, same way that bombs should not need to penetrate the target to damage it beyond repair)
“I’m you but use-full!”
*Immediately blows up*
Hmm… you were saying? Lol
That thing has some really weird arcs to it
The LOSAT isn't a bad vehicle, the issue it that there aren't enough good maps that it can be properly used.
"I'm you but useful" *Immediately dies* I can't stop laughing
48 ping 0% loss, bro is the real snail
Oddly enough, the idea of Stick biting into a Nerf football is not surprising to me.
Loved the D&D reference 😂
6:55 I got the exact same tank
They need new maps for LOSAT to work. Most of the maps are too small. Also the missiles are buggy and behaving like HEAT missiles sometimes.
That Puma be eating those shots like someone's mom-
People misunderstand the LOSAT. It's not a rocket tank. It's a .50 cal tank. The rockets are actually just ERA that sometimes accidentally trigger and fly forward, luckily usually harming nobody.
Nuke...they got cook!
Losad makes a player high sad! Also hearing how angry that LOSAT made Fate had my chuckling up a storm! Lastly, I can't believe Bo never bit a Nerf football... Like, that is a childhood rite of passage! There are even memes about it now!
This thing has been just STARING at me since this event and I'm making such slow progress geting it.
Thank you Bo!
Bo wants to get a Mushroom tip in his LOSAD 🍄.............😁 and these guys can't help out with that, that's a bummer
Stickboy eating a NERF football doesn't surprise me lol
Losat Time!
compared to what this system could do irl vs WT, it really is very depressing, besides the fact the engagement ranges this system would of been used at, would of been ranges of 2-5 miles, outside the range of TOWs and tank guns
its kind stupid how its reload on cap is sooo slow, irl it would be reloaded similarly to how HIMARs would be so would take just a 10-15 mins, while in game vehicles which would take hours to reload can do it in 2 mins
Whenever you fire it really looks like you are branching out
they were down to 22.00 this morning on the marketplace i gave up on the grind and just bought it
OK Bo, was someone playing Tic Tac Toe on your Abrams turret reactive armor or was I seeing things?
Like throwing curve balls - except they have high explosives!
i dont get how any tanks can survived a direct hit by this thing and yet here we are....some tanks took more than 2 shots
Great concept, poor execution on the LOSAT imo
I like Bo's idea: LOSAT with the Davy Crockett mod. 😄
That's cold. Don't you feel bad unloading on those poor tank.
it has the head of johnny 5 but the laser eye wear replace with missiles
No Sticks right, first instinct with a Nerf ball is MONCH
“I hate to tell you this but … Gryla”. Gryla please.
love the thumbnail
How the HELL does the rocket bounce off the hull 😭
good to see gaijin still has no concept of kinetics.
"Hey, I'm you but useful..."
*Dies*
Try the Magach 6B Gal with the ayit aka A-4N.
Yay 14 mins new record for Bo’s videos