This Tank Broke My Brain

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  • @Spookston
    @Spookston  6 місяців тому +1460

    I know opinions on this thing are very mixed but I did not enjoy it much

    • @nelugavrau2649
      @nelugavrau2649 6 місяців тому +82

      Makes sense, it's the equivalent of throwing a grenade towards people

    • @chiefpapos
      @chiefpapos 6 місяців тому +39

      As funny as the tank is, it's a horrible addition

    • @Vitaplant
      @Vitaplant 6 місяців тому +12

      average british firepower

    • @BulgariaOnTop
      @BulgariaOnTop 6 місяців тому +4

      Play jpz-45

    • @nelugavrau2649
      @nelugavrau2649 6 місяців тому +5

      ​@@chiefpaposfairly certain people said the same thing about the sturmtiger, but it could just be my memory messing with me

  • @CTaviBird
    @CTaviBird 6 місяців тому +4665

    Commander calling "range, point blank" on a target outside of your max range is hilarious.

    • @lucasmoreno2154
      @lucasmoreno2154 6 місяців тому +221

      Like NO it is NOT POINT BLANK 😭😭

    • @tomppeli.
      @tomppeli. 6 місяців тому +151

      Honestly point blank should be estimated on the relative angle of the shot
      Since, point blank range used to mean where there was no need to elevate one's sights or adjust ranging in any way

    • @Bingus__Khan
      @Bingus__Khan 6 місяців тому +77

      I wonder if they had some additional gunpowder bags/discs for the dustbins to increase the range irl, because a mortar with only 150 meters of effective range sounds like a bad joke.

    • @Blitzcreeper239
      @Blitzcreeper239 6 місяців тому +104

      ​@@Bingus__KhanIt was used for demolition by royal engineers, and not really for combat so it just had to be present. It's like having a tractor with a building eraser around.

    • @Neutronium57
      @Neutronium57 6 місяців тому +45

      Even worse, sometimes it feels like the dude is just saying "Yeah" as for the range. Like, wtf bro, that ain't even a *number.*

  • @blackegret666
    @blackegret666 6 місяців тому +3435

    As a 222 player, by the time the Churchill AVRE fires; I would've made coffee, drank it, watch the morning weather, go to the grocery store, pick up groceries, drive back, hop back on War Thunder, see the shell still coming towards me, turn my armored car around and sidestep the shell.

    • @dm33enjoyer
      @dm33enjoyer 6 місяців тому +221

      i would probably be able to escape it as a maus

    • @shakal_
      @shakal_ 6 місяців тому +37

      arb players will feel right at home

    • @GoldRunner95
      @GoldRunner95 6 місяців тому +66

      ⁠@@dm33enjoyerI could probably escape it on neutral gear

    • @ThatRandomEstonian
      @ThatRandomEstonian 6 місяців тому +30

      @@dm33enjoyer i could probably escape it as an L3 with both tracks out

    • @NapoleanBlown-aparte
      @NapoleanBlown-aparte 6 місяців тому +22

      ​you could probably escape it as a tutel with both tracks gone@@ThatRandomEstonian

  • @OrcaLoddy
    @OrcaLoddy 6 місяців тому +2311

    The Gunner just throwing out Bombs out of the turret 💀

    • @William_Bryant
      @William_Bryant 6 місяців тому +1

      “I bet he wishes he were tossin’ cabers!”

    • @aninterestingtitle7581
      @aninterestingtitle7581 6 місяців тому +61

      no, then the reload would be much stronger and it would become more viable

    • @Ww1whiz1914
      @Ww1whiz1914 6 місяців тому +35

      They just be throwing grenades I swear. Shoulda drafted Tom Brady or something

    • @diet_dr.demoncore
      @diet_dr.demoncore 6 місяців тому +4

      the round is launched by a spring

    • @joseph1150
      @joseph1150 6 місяців тому +3

      IIRC the crew had to get out and load it from the muzzle.

  • @Martonosaur
    @Martonosaur 6 місяців тому +297

    9:25 Ah yes, 18 Kg of TNT disappearing into thin air. Truly a Gaijin moment

  • @brayachdragonbane7529
    @brayachdragonbane7529 6 місяців тому +148

    slow tank, check...
    big HE thing, check...
    NO range, check...
    British, check...
    spookston's kryptonite has been found: the melee Churchill!

  • @YourAverageBacon_
    @YourAverageBacon_ 6 місяців тому +1275

    The loader is having a full on workout just trying to carry the round

    • @dm33enjoyer
      @dm33enjoyer 6 місяців тому +75

      the loader handing the rocket to the gunner for him to throw 🤣

    • @ludovitbradovka5208
      @ludovitbradovka5208 6 місяців тому +66

      you are not wrong, the loader was kinda in danger cause he had to reload this thing from the outside

    • @pizzerinoitaliano3049
      @pizzerinoitaliano3049 6 місяців тому +60

      @@ludovitbradovka5208 Kind of, the mortar rotated like 90 degrees vertically and it was loaded from the hull hatch so basically only hands were exposed but yeah, it was suboptimal to lose your hands anyway.

    • @canatack9596
      @canatack9596 6 місяців тому

      @@pizzerinoitaliano3049new quote of the day: losing hands is suboptimal

    • @user-sg9ql8nk1u
      @user-sg9ql8nk1u 6 місяців тому +9

      @@pizzerinoitaliano3049 losing ur hand as a loader 💀

  • @William_Bryant
    @William_Bryant 6 місяців тому +865

    Playing the AVRE is 90% creeping towards people going “im gonna getcha” and 10% “HEY BUDDY!”.

    • @JustJove
      @JustJove 6 місяців тому +13

      1% boom

    • @StarkRaven59
      @StarkRaven59 6 місяців тому +18

      There's at least 5% "they don't know how to pen me" as well.

  • @magolorgaming4598
    @magolorgaming4598 6 місяців тому +550

    Lamp oil, Rope, BOMBS ? you want it? Its yours my friend, as long as you are closer than 150 Meters

    • @satten735
      @satten735 6 місяців тому +16

      From my experience it's ≈126m-127m

    • @Manraged
      @Manraged 6 місяців тому +49

      Sorry Churchill I can't give elevation, come back when you're a little more, mmmm richer!

    • @magolorgaming4598
      @magolorgaming4598 6 місяців тому +9

      @@Manraged Come back when you're a little mhhh higher (br)

  • @AlphaArcturus101
    @AlphaArcturus101 6 місяців тому +272

    *Playing Churchill AVRE was like a big fat guy dropkick a toddler. He is surely slow af and has a short attack range, but he damn sure most likely kill the toddler* 🗿

    • @onebigfatguy
      @onebigfatguy 6 місяців тому +2

      You called me?

    • @knightartorias6473
      @knightartorias6473 6 місяців тому +12

      Unless the toddler is the child of stalin aka somehow not overpreassuring a T-34

    • @wyattthewallaby7018
      @wyattthewallaby7018 5 місяців тому

      @@knightartorias6473 stalinium

    • @Njuregen
      @Njuregen 5 місяців тому +2

      Things was never meant to fight a tank... why even put it in!

    • @knightartorias6473
      @knightartorias6473 5 місяців тому +3

      @@Njuregen Neither was sturm tiger...

  • @anangrylumberjack1229
    @anangrylumberjack1229 6 місяців тому +52

    6:14
    That “VAPORIZED” had so much anger behind it

  • @foo-foocuddlypoops5694
    @foo-foocuddlypoops5694 6 місяців тому +724

    Having an un-lockable scroll wheel is an absolute godsend in the AVRE

    • @queerthing3028
      @queerthing3028 6 місяців тому

      And it still takes forever TwT

    • @edenfeledrum1540
      @edenfeledrum1540 6 місяців тому +106

      Gotta use the compressed air can trick on it to get it to max range in under 5 minutes

    • @dionysus6081
      @dionysus6081 6 місяців тому

      ​@@edenfeledrum1540exactly!

    • @BoredGerman
      @BoredGerman 6 місяців тому

      @@edenfeledrum1540 or just bind an additional key to it

    • @juusolatva
      @juusolatva 6 місяців тому +37

      you can change how fast the scroll wheel changes the distance in controls (mouse wheel multiplier), but you can also bind increasing and decreasing the distance as well as resetting it instantly back to zero to keys on your keyboard (sight distance control: increase value, decrease value, reset axis value), since you can set the speed at which holding a key changes the distance (sight distance control: relative control sensitivity and multiplier) and the instant reset is even more useful, although obviously you still have to wait for the gun itself to depress.

  • @valthatiserie
    @valthatiserie 6 місяців тому +711

    “Why is the elevation so bad? That’s just even more depressing…” -spookston, comedy genius

  • @Twiggo_The_Foxxo
    @Twiggo_The_Foxxo 6 місяців тому +463

    The first melee only tank in war thunder

    • @cortexoftheego4568
      @cortexoftheego4568 6 місяців тому +1

      11:19

    • @kaiberuss
      @kaiberuss 6 місяців тому +9

      fix bayonets

    • @Red_Karen
      @Red_Karen 6 місяців тому +2

      You ain't wrong

    • @crocidile90
      @crocidile90 6 місяців тому +6

      It's like that Warhammer 40k meme of needing to get closer to hit the enemy with his sword.

  • @Owlzz_
    @Owlzz_ 5 місяців тому +19

    9:24 Gaijin : "prepare for trouble!"
    9:37 Random cas : "And make it double!"

  • @juusolatva
    @juusolatva 6 місяців тому +31

    "drive me closer, I want to throw a dustbin at them"

  • @Nightmare_52
    @Nightmare_52 6 місяців тому +306

    2:05 black prince mentioned, better play that soon

    • @Kazuya.Mishima
      @Kazuya.Mishima 6 місяців тому +5

      i wish, my favourite tank in both games...

    • @panther-nk2hn
      @panther-nk2hn 6 місяців тому +16

      @@Kazuya.Mishima that must be depressing

    • @NetAnon
      @NetAnon 6 місяців тому +15

      @@panther-nk2hn Average British man

    • @connivingkhajiit
      @connivingkhajiit 6 місяців тому +1

      @@NetAnon i main britain and my fav tank is the crocodile

    • @Kazuya.Mishima
      @Kazuya.Mishima 6 місяців тому

      @@panther-nk2hn not at all, I enjoy a lot playing it

  • @uranium_devourer
    @uranium_devourer 6 місяців тому +263

    9:23 that was painful to watch. The wrath of the snail knows no limits.

    • @urgo224
      @urgo224 6 місяців тому +9

      HE no matter the tank has just been evaporating lately. Has to be a bug.

  • @rangerpyron
    @rangerpyron 6 місяців тому +263

    I like how the commander says ,,point blank" during range finding even when the target is 200m away. He just wants to believe..

    • @Talendale
      @Talendale 6 місяців тому +31

      It's point blank. Just for the enemy tank.

    • @rangerpyron
      @rangerpyron 6 місяців тому +4

      ​@@Talendale true bro

    • @danpeters4177
      @danpeters4177 6 місяців тому +1

      Not even he can believe how terrible the range is on this tank.

  • @MundaneAxiom
    @MundaneAxiom 6 місяців тому +38

    The BT ramping off the M3 has to be the most "Dudes Rock" thing I've seen in this game

  • @EATSxBABIES
    @EATSxBABIES 6 місяців тому +25

    Bright side, if you are stuck fighting around a building you can effectively prefire a corner so after they complete their 3rd lap of the block the shell will catch them off guard!

  • @waterfox2492
    @waterfox2492 6 місяців тому +107

    Commander : "Point blank !"
    Sir, that's way beyond our range.

  • @Tucanae
    @Tucanae 6 місяців тому +159

    When the anti building tank encounters anti everything bullets.

  • @seboyzz9827
    @seboyzz9827 6 місяців тому +252

    the gunner just blowing the bombs out like its a straw💀

  • @JoeThePotato23
    @JoeThePotato23 6 місяців тому +17

    The smokes are literally a godsend, turning long range fights into a brawl, you just gotta spam em everywhere whenever you see a bad guy

  • @theonlyhamster
    @theonlyhamster 6 місяців тому +15

    This tank is basically the War Thunder equivalent of a T-rex, its got a bite that can deal tremendous damage but its arm length is so short it can't reach

    • @DakotaofRaptors
      @DakotaofRaptors 2 місяці тому

      T-rex is Sturmtiger - this thing is a freaking mononykus

  • @chrissclater3890
    @chrissclater3890 6 місяців тому +573

    Perhaps adding this thing was an example of "Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should"

    • @Mikalent
      @Mikalent 6 місяців тому +31

      It would depend, if, and this is a massive IF, Gaijin added some more thematic missions, like some of Wargamming's special events, this could be useful.
      One example would be recreating the Dieppe raid, and having the UK/USA attacking points Germany/Italy are supposed to defend, with alternate flank routes being able to be opened by using enough explosives.
      Beyond that, this tank is way to dependent on getting close range maps like ruined city and Poland.

    • @swit5711
      @swit5711 6 місяців тому +7

      Imagine bunker busting gamemode

    • @Person4772
      @Person4772 6 місяців тому +25

      I mean, IRL the AVRE was able to knock out a panther from 3 meters away after hitting a telephone pole in front of it. so its kill radius should actually be quite a bit larger then it is in game.
      Ive also heard that its true maximum range was closer to 230m instead of the awful 100-150m that its got ingame, but ive heard varying accounts on that
      If it just had a range of damage that was larger than a pinhead then it may actually be worthwhile

    • @membranealpha5961
      @membranealpha5961 6 місяців тому +4

      @@Person4772 yeah i doubt its range was only 130 like ingame snf the kill radius should def be larger because if this was accurate then it wouldent even be viable for clearing buildings

    • @mechapope9168
      @mechapope9168 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@membranealpha5961 i think it's just scale because 130 meters irl is pretty far

  •  6 місяців тому +831

    When the muzzle velocity is so bad you might as well mail the enemy your shell 💀

    • @TheThunderist
      @TheThunderist 6 місяців тому +46

      The Royal Mail had a hand in designing this tank they wanted you to pay for stamps

    • @ThatRandomEstonian
      @ThatRandomEstonian 6 місяців тому +15

      Youre more likely to hit a tank with a water bottle than the shell at 110+ meters

    • @tgirlshark
      @tgirlshark 6 місяців тому +9

      when your political view is so bad that you out yourself as nazi online with that pfp

    • @panther-nk2hn
      @panther-nk2hn 6 місяців тому +29

      @@tgirlshark when you're so presumptuous that you see an eagle next to a German flag and immediately go, "ah yes, a Nazi"

    •  6 місяців тому +27

      @@tgirlshark What 💀💀 Dude chill its the german eagle thats literally on our flag, its a german meme 😂

  • @mr.riceman5536
    @mr.riceman5536 6 місяців тому +325

    U can throw a ball faster than this tank shoots 😂

    • @Cirrus2000
      @Cirrus2000 6 місяців тому +9

      Maybe if you’re a professional baseball player with a shotgun for an arm. 50 m/s is 111 mph.

    • @thuunderz
      @thuunderz 6 місяців тому +1

      Dont you mean farther?

    • @SchrodingerMil
      @SchrodingerMil 6 місяців тому +12

      @@Cirrus2000well, you can throw a rock with a sling faster than this tank shoots.

    • @OwnageNoobify
      @OwnageNoobify 6 місяців тому +5

      I have Nerf guns that shoot faster than this

    • @ChickFilA-official
      @ChickFilA-official Місяць тому

      ​@@Cirrus2000 Only slightly faster than a good fastball

  • @D2_Papaya
    @D2_Papaya 6 місяців тому +7

    09:40 No way, Spookston shouting, I don't think I've ever heard him raising his voice like that.

  • @mort6553
    @mort6553 6 місяців тому +9

    When the mortar launches off the Petard for me, it plays the Free Bird solo and I see no better alternative for it

  • @joshualeespiny7172
    @joshualeespiny7172 6 місяців тому +68

    Spookston: uses range finder
    The sight: ranged at a tank's tracks according to rangefinder
    The round: lands near the tank's tracks
    Spookston: "the rangefinder lied"

    • @dumbassman69
      @dumbassman69 6 місяців тому

      get a proper pfp first then comment

  • @zredman98
    @zredman98 6 місяців тому +52

    evertime you fire it's like watching someone throw a shopping bag full of explosives

  • @ludovitbradovka5208
    @ludovitbradovka5208 6 місяців тому +127

    in real life, this tank wasnt suposed to engage in tank to tank combat, it was made for the Royal Engineers to blow up bunkers and obstacles. usually this thing carried around some much needed materials for the D day operations

    • @deepbludreams
      @deepbludreams 6 місяців тому +35

      It was mildly worse in real life, it has to be reloaded externally, as in a hatch opened in the hull roof and a guy flipped the barrel down to reload it by sticking his hands outside the tank with a huge HE round, this would not be so bad if the AVRE was not intended to attack fortifications full of machineguns or something.
      the US tested the Petard system and found it to be so unsatisfactory that it believed using a M12 Gun Motor Carriage was considerably safer for the anti-bunker role, and that says alot considering the M12 is a 155MM artillery piece with almost no armor, but it did not have to engage from sub machinegun range like the AVRE did.

    • @dashkin3727
      @dashkin3727 6 місяців тому +22

      @@deepbludreams I mean, yeah. Reloading was much worse irl but on the other hand, it was more meant to be an engineer vehicle - obstacle removal (any kind of obstacles). Basically: fire once, clear the road. If advancing bunkers etc.: fire, clear, smoke, reverse/give cover to infantry. Also it meant to be supported by Crocodiles or other vehicles (not just go on its own). But yeah, I think Brits didn't really like it either and that's why they've made things with 95mm howitzer or taking 105 Shermans.
      EDIT: I've allowed myself to dig into Churchills AVRE and Churchills in general, and as far as I can see, AVREs were doing pretty okay job with clearing things (bunkers etc) - mostly due to its armour. Can't read anything about anybody getting for example hit while reloading the AVRE even during the battle. Reloading was indeed pain in the ass, but if it works then works I guess.

    • @genericscottishchannel1603
      @genericscottishchannel1603 6 місяців тому

      @@deepbludreams If that's how its loaded then why is the elevation so bad

    • @gregoryclark8217
      @gregoryclark8217 6 місяців тому +1

      @@genericscottishchannel1603 the loading is like a break-action shotgun. The muzzle flipped to point upwards. The hinge that allows it to be reloaded is a separate thing and not related to the elevation mechanism.

    • @genericscottishchannel1603
      @genericscottishchannel1603 6 місяців тому

      @@gregoryclark8217 not one of you could comprehend the fact that I questioned how the gun has such a limited elevation when it loads externally and not from a breech within the turret

  • @jefftheislandboylover
    @jefftheislandboylover 6 місяців тому +5

    that thing is the literal "snail that instantly kills you if it touches you" except it can die

  • @theboy3128
    @theboy3128 6 місяців тому +5

    14:44 Imagine being the driver of that Panzer and just seeing a bomb flop over the wall

  • @DreamsparkGG
    @DreamsparkGG 6 місяців тому +47

    The fact that you have to say "How far away are you" when it's 45 metres away is just peak comedy 3:30

  • @dannyzero692
    @dannyzero692 6 місяців тому +53

    The entire thing is a giant grenade launcher, but it only barely works when you melee with it

  • @pizzalikevonweiden
    @pizzalikevonweiden 6 місяців тому +196

    the most petarded tank ever

    • @thecatman2400
      @thecatman2400 6 місяців тому +10

      You forgot a 1 there mate

    • @hevnet
      @hevnet 6 місяців тому +11

      @@thecatman2400 more like a \

  • @TinyTank77
    @TinyTank77 6 місяців тому +7

    I think this is one of the best things added in recent times. I have a 4.8 k/d ratio and consistent 8 kill games in it. Not only is it hilarious watching the round swoop in but it is extremely well armoured for 2.7

    • @Avery-432
      @Avery-432 6 місяців тому

      Almost like its OP for its BR or something.

  • @ludvigpujsek
    @ludvigpujsek 6 місяців тому +5

    I love how the shell essentially takes as long as my country's mail service does to deliver mail to land regardless of range. Like, the perceivable delay between firing and the shell hitting even at point blank

  • @SemoventeDa
    @SemoventeDa 6 місяців тому +76

    Giorno 204 of asking Spookston to play Semovente 75/46 M43.
    Man these days are breaking me...

  • @u45uify
    @u45uify 6 місяців тому +26

    the absolute max range you can get out of this is 200m, the bomb self explodes any further but you have to angle your hole tank up

  • @SotGravarg
    @SotGravarg 6 місяців тому +4

    You know, I really enjoy this video. This is the first time I hear you lose your mind like I do playing ANY tank.

  • @AH-64E_apache
    @AH-64E_apache 6 місяців тому +4

    Spookston is sounds very pumped and excited, never seen him like this before

  • @JohnDoe-kw9ex
    @JohnDoe-kw9ex 6 місяців тому +67

    Love the unloved M47 Patton day 161!

    • @Ballistics_Computer
      @Ballistics_Computer 6 місяців тому

      Modern mbt turret rotation with ww2 armor and early cold war gun/ammo
      Honestly not bad from the base synopsis
      Really could use a very slight BR reduction though... 8.3 isn't the most workable in a full uptier

    • @ilikestarwars4438
      @ilikestarwars4438 6 місяців тому +2

      Damn, you’ve been doing this for 7.590705e+286 days? Impressive

    • @theonlylechuga
      @theonlylechuga 6 місяців тому

      @@Ballistics_Computer it has panther 2 armor, 101mm at 59 degrees, which is stupidly good at 7.3 as long as you don't get too cocky with solid shot

  • @murisbukvic2496
    @murisbukvic2496 6 місяців тому +42

    Churchill AVRE in CoH: This is a nice looking grill
    Churchill AVRE in WT: Why doesn't mine look like that?!
    As James Rolfe said, there is bad, there is funny bad and this one is not very funny
    But i have to admit, a shell disappearing before hitting the M8 right before you got bombed is comedy gold
    As a healing vehicle, can you try out the M4A1? at 3.3, it's basically the American equivalent to Panzer 4 G version

    • @dse763
      @dse763 6 місяців тому

      The Crocodile Wargaming introduced in WoT is way better than this, despite the Churchill Mk 7 being one of the worst tech tree vehicle.

    • @ISTHATAJOJOSREFERENCE
      @ISTHATAJOJOSREFERENCE 6 місяців тому

      ​@@dse763me when the vehicle not designed to fight tanks is bad at fighting tanks
      Everyone knew it was going to be bad. No idea why this is a surprise all of a sudden

  • @TheArklyte
    @TheArklyte 6 місяців тому +20

    I love how in the beginning of the video between your AVRE and allied Nebelwehrfer, enemy have to face exactly 0,6 of a combat capable vehicle😅

  • @ziga4870
    @ziga4870 6 місяців тому +11

    I like how we are slowly getting closer to hearing the entire happy wheels theme song each video.

  • @lector-dogmatixsicarii1537
    @lector-dogmatixsicarii1537 6 місяців тому +3

    >FV3903
    >exists
    "Nah, let's give them the one you have to get outside and climb in front to reload."

  • @skyhunt9595
    @skyhunt9595 6 місяців тому +23

    Theres always that one churchill who had enough to unpen some enemies until he brought a big derp gun.

  • @TheFirestormable
    @TheFirestormable 6 місяців тому +10

    be thankful its handwaved the reload. the actual AVRE petard is a spigot mortar. The reload is done via a hatch behind the driver, under the gun. If they made it accurate, after every shot you'd have to point the gun forward and then expose the loaders arms to, well everything, by sticking their arms out the top.
    IDK why they added this vehicle to WT other than a box ticketing exercise. You don't fight concrete bunkers.

  • @cmotdibbler4454
    @cmotdibbler4454 6 місяців тому +7

    This is the first event vehicle I have taken the time to grind for (I only play casually) but in the first three games I have played in it I have had fun, it has the mantra of "Drive me closer, I want to hit them with my sword"

  • @sya_7489
    @sya_7489 6 місяців тому +4

    "Mom, can we have a sturmtiger at home?"
    "We already have a sturmtiger at home"
    The sturmtiger in question:

  • @rickyvalley
    @rickyvalley 6 місяців тому +1

    3:35 spookston actually having fun in the game but it's an instance so rare he got an allergic reaction and almost died

  • @Rooination
    @Rooination 6 місяців тому +9

    The silence after the round poofed itself into the void has to be one of the funniest moments in all of Spookston history

  • @Man_Face-d3y
    @Man_Face-d3y 6 місяців тому +16

    That shell goes so slow you could probably catch it mid-air

  • @ColiasPalaeno
    @ColiasPalaeno 6 місяців тому +17

    I feel like this calls for playing the complete opposite, which is just the CV90120 for something with no armor but decent mobility, range and an AP round and is also importantly still a tracked vehicle rather than wheeled.
    Also i genuinelly believe that if the commander just pulled out a bazooka from the hatch, it'd be more effective than the actual mortar launcher it has.

  • @Beanibirb
    @Beanibirb 6 місяців тому

    4:23
    That fucking sound perfectly describes what it's like to be annihilated by this thing. A guttural scream of terror immediately followed by complete erasure.

  • @terminatormkll8723
    @terminatormkll8723 6 місяців тому +1

    Thank you Spookston for playing the PETARD, it truly has made my day. Also sorry you didn’t enjoy the experience.

  • @Neal_131_TCD
    @Neal_131_TCD 6 місяців тому +53

    Shots 1-5: Clearly missed.
    Shots 6-9: Missed due to overestimation (due to rangefinder).
    Shots 10-11: Very close, but overestimation and rangefinder make these reasonable misses.
    Shot 12: Likely didn't actually fire because he was already dead.

    • @RamonInNZ
      @RamonInNZ 6 місяців тому +2

      Most of those misses is because he did not zero but half zero and half elevated

    • @RamonInNZ
      @RamonInNZ 6 місяців тому +2

      And he never used the MG on the squishes - it goes through most gun shields easily!

    • @DarknessInferno15
      @DarknessInferno15 6 місяців тому +2

      @@RamonInNZ You're responding to a copypasta

  • @tristandaries1129
    @tristandaries1129 6 місяців тому +22

    It would probably be more effective to just have the crews get out and put AT mines around the enemy tanks

    • @MoonfirePone
      @MoonfirePone 6 місяців тому +11

      They don't even have to get out. The AVRE had hatches on the side for placing demo charges

    • @deeznoots6241
      @deeznoots6241 6 місяців тому +7

      Tbf irl the AVRE was for destroying bunkers and other structures, it was literally intended to drive right up to a target and just obliterate it.

  • @exoticdachoo007
    @exoticdachoo007 6 місяців тому +20

    This thing genuinely feels like a scam. If it was like 10-15k for a tier I'd understand since it's a joke vehicle. But full on 35k for a pretty bad tank is ridiculous, and when people complained about it asking why it was that much, the moderator on the Gajin page just linked to the page explaining how the new event system works...
    Also:
    Players: "We want larger maps!"
    Gaijin: "Melee tank lmao"

  • @randomembervok3625
    @randomembervok3625 6 місяців тому +2

    Long time ago when i was still playing wot and was playing arty, i was always feeling like in the avre and was always shouting "stop, dont move pls, just for 5 sec"

  • @ojaskumardubey3482
    @ojaskumardubey3482 6 місяців тому +2

    Title should've been "Britain makes the worst AVRE, asked to Leave Battle of Normandy."

  • @Kazuya.Mishima
    @Kazuya.Mishima 6 місяців тому +16

    *"This tank broke my brain"*
    Yeah, like there are still parts of your brain saved
    left...

  • @mortallychallenged1436
    @mortallychallenged1436 6 місяців тому +47

    I learned in the Sturmtiger that the crew voice that comes with the range finder is far more accurate for slow moving projectiles.
    Which can be bothersome if the radio chat is full with "attack the D point" messages.
    Or... if you don't speak the language.

    • @menteko2137
      @menteko2137 6 місяців тому +11

      you can change in the setting that crews always have the game lauguage voice lines instead of the tanks nationality voice lines

    • @SlavSuperstar
      @SlavSuperstar 6 місяців тому +10

      the issue is, that with this thing when you are withing range the commander just blurts out "point blank"

    • @fuckinantipope5511
      @fuckinantipope5511 6 місяців тому

      Nimm die Stolzmonat, Nationalisten Verschandelung unserer Flagge aus'm Profilbild.

    • @exoticdachoo007
      @exoticdachoo007 6 місяців тому +3

      The commander just yells "point blank" instead of the range which is funny because it's still out of range lmao

    • @generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895
      @generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895 6 місяців тому +1

      Name may check out, wtf is that pfp

  • @sofielee4122
    @sofielee4122 6 місяців тому +25

    this is the kind of vehicle you add for, say, an April fools game mode. give it some ludicrous reload and spawn everyone in them and let them duke it out it would be hysterical. but it just doesn't fuckin work as an actual proper tank

    • @garyyoung3179
      @garyyoung3179 6 місяців тому +1

      That's because it's not a conventional tank as such. It's a vehicle specifically designed for bunker-busting and obstacle clearance. It did its job very effectively in the Normandy campaign especially when working with a Crocodile and even managed to knock out German Panther it encountered.

  • @rowanyuh6326
    @rowanyuh6326 6 місяців тому +1

    8:24 I remember shooting a stryker with slat armor and it ate a 152mm HE round because of the slat. I understand how that might work for heat but I don’t get how that works for pounds of HE.

  • @Kaas1993
    @Kaas1993 6 місяців тому

    Absolute frustration to watch the shots fall short even after range finding. Can't imagine the pain you went through to make this video for us

  • @-----Alcatraz------
    @-----Alcatraz------ 6 місяців тому +6

    I love seeing Spookston lose his mind every time the round disappears or does absolutely nothing.

  • @luthfihar3211
    @luthfihar3211 6 місяців тому +4

    this thing is basically a juggernaut killstreak that can only attack by chucking a big satchel of C4 at it's enemies

  • @Scarokhan
    @Scarokhan 6 місяців тому +8

    Spookston has unlocked new vocabulary “he got vaporized”

  • @SomeOrdinaryJanitor
    @SomeOrdinaryJanitor 6 місяців тому +1

    9:37 this whole segment was "Press F to throw back grenade"

  • @NighthawkYT.
    @NighthawkYT. 6 місяців тому +2

    The sherman You where thinking was the premium sherman called "Caliope"

  • @merrja
    @merrja 6 місяців тому +7

    You seem to have forgotten that this is a British vehicle, and thus Gaijin won't allow it to be even mildly functional, even as a premium with high explosive.

    • @simplsquam
      @simplsquam 6 місяців тому +1

      I've grinded to 8.7 UK and I still uptier my TOG because it's the only British tank that can 1 shot MBTs

    • @fennikk2433
      @fennikk2433 6 місяців тому

      ​@@simplsquamwhat's uptiering ?

  • @lada_niva_1.7i
    @lada_niva_1.7i 6 місяців тому +5

    9:22 this whole scene was just so sad

  • @gigachad5563
    @gigachad5563 6 місяців тому +6

    Spookston is going to have a deep vein thrombosis playing this 😭😭😭

  • @Diesr
    @Diesr 6 місяців тому +4

    4:22 what is the guttural scream I need it 😂

  • @Mohenjo_Daro_
    @Mohenjo_Daro_ 9 днів тому

    Ok, some tips for this tank:
    - Close the distance. You don't need to range find when you're ramming the enemy
    - Angle. You have great armor, angle it and wiggle towards the enemy (alternate angle between their shots)
    - Hide the barrel. Angling the turret helps a lot. You might also want to fire your round so you're reloading while approaching enemies since if your gun is loaded, they can machinegun the round to ammo rack you
    - Range on the scroll wheel (change the scale if needed) so you can use your machine gun and change range to point blank quickly
    - Use your machine gun. There are a lot of open tops at this tier, give them hell.
    You were stopping to rangefind at the petard's medium to max range. You can just keep driving at them, and worry about rangefinding if they track you.
    I usually end up in the enemy spawn after killing everyone on the way, but you can always go towards caps. Either way, I get 6-10 kills pretty often. Probably in my top 5 favorite tanks to play

  • @blackpheniox1929
    @blackpheniox1929 6 місяців тому +15

    I’m glad they add more interesting vehicles with a gimmick rather than vehicles that will just do really well in the BR they put it in.

  • @doodskie999
    @doodskie999 6 місяців тому +10

    Oddbawz: I love this tank
    Spookston: I hate this tank
    The duality of WT players 😅😅

  • @ace_ofchaos9292
    @ace_ofchaos9292 6 місяців тому +13

    The first melee tank in the game.
    Honestly though the title should be:
    Britain makes discount strumtiger, asked to leave NATO

  • @dizz81
    @dizz81 6 місяців тому

    I love how @9:28 he just goes silent then gets bombed. I felt this so much as this is a common experience for me. Like literally every match.

  • @kajetanpiszczek6749
    @kajetanpiszczek6749 6 місяців тому

    10:35 that "RETARD" on the other Petard's hull, lmao 😂

  • @KurosakiYukigo
    @KurosakiYukigo 6 місяців тому +5

    Spookston was hoisted by his own petard

  • @Spoogamer
    @Spoogamer 6 місяців тому +7

    This tank is basically a melee weapon 💀

  • @hevnet
    @hevnet 6 місяців тому +6

    One will surely feel like a petard after they grind for this vehicle and play a single game with it.

    • @sabotabby3372
      @sabotabby3372 6 місяців тому

      its premium

    • @hevnet
      @hevnet 6 місяців тому +1

      @@sabotabby3372 i may or may not be petarded

  • @sihocolus
    @sihocolus 6 місяців тому

    0:56 casually putting the Seismic Bomb Explosion from Star Wars as SFX lol

  • @michigancube4240
    @michigancube4240 6 місяців тому +1

    My most successful game with the AVRE was on single cap finland where I long flanked around the objective, turned around, and simply blended in with the enemy team heading to the cap, the only enemy who had a brain was a T-28 which was completely helpless in penetrating me anywhere and so I managed to kill 4 people in quick succession while the poor guy was shooting me over and over again. I only died because a teammate dropped a 4000 pound HC bomb directly on the cap and killed me and 3 enemies, no one else noticed a giant churchill among their panzer IIIs and SU-122s and ignored me when I shadow blasted an enemy teammate every 25 or so seconds.

  • @War_Thunder_Cat
    @War_Thunder_Cat 6 місяців тому +5

    It would be sick if you played the M103

  • @Battlejunky1002
    @Battlejunky1002 6 місяців тому +6

    Lobotomy Code

  • @Killermoth_X
    @Killermoth_X 6 місяців тому +6

    Day 16 of asking spookston to play the Leopard 1

  • @Bullet4MyEnemy
    @Bullet4MyEnemy 6 місяців тому

    That point blank miss at 8 mins absolutely killed me 😂😂😂
    Just imagine you being all, “Definitely don’t need to range this, he’s right there!”
    *Miss*

  • @sans3229
    @sans3229 6 місяців тому

    When ever he said “get back here you rascal, where you think your going” and since he’s playing a British I imagine him saying “return back to me ye devious rapscallion, where doth you thinkith you are going”

  • @SquishEESpark
    @SquishEESpark 6 місяців тому +9

    Sturmtiger’s petarded cousin

  • @popkxw
    @popkxw 6 місяців тому +5

    All of you really thought you could get a mini sturmtiger at 2.7, think again 😂

  • @Username3141519
    @Username3141519 6 місяців тому +4

    Gaijin needs to stop adding artillery and start adding experimental *tanks*. At least prototypes like the 10TP.
    Attempt 38: requesting Spookston to play one of the "Alternate" Top Tier tanks:
    M48 Super
    AMX 40
    Olifant II

  • @fireblizzard195
    @fireblizzard195 6 місяців тому

    I couldn't stop laughing, it's way too comical but on the expense of Spookston's Sanity. What a ridiculous vehicle

  • @Gungho73
    @Gungho73 6 місяців тому

    I don't know the game very well, only by watching your videos have I been even introduced to it (thank you very much your channel is very nice by the way). But after watching a few of your videos, I find the idea that the only suggestion they'd take seriously from (in my maybe naive view) a significant UA-camr across all these videos you've posted being the small, 100 m spawn separation map both hilarious and extremely concerning.
    As a side note, I love when you take the weird, the wild and the unwieldy vehicles this game seems to offer regardless of....points? Tiers? It's really fun to see you legitimately trying to tackle matches with some of histories oddities. I think I'm gonna stay here, watch a little more of your stuff ^~^ hope you're having a good day/night sir and thanks for the enjoyment!