122 TM - Tank Review - World of Tanks 

This is basically a tier 9 tank with a broken engine and ammorack.

Alternative title: QB having an existencial crisis 'cause he doesnt like tea

Rinoceronte: Finally! A worthy opponent! Our DPM will be legendary! 122 TM: Yeah but I have turret armor *Sad Rinoceronte noises*

QB: Complains about tank only having 470 view range with premium consumables, calls it barley acceptable. Me: You can get tier 8 mediums to that much view range?!?

Low DPM on paper, high effective DPM once you factor bounces and misses.

I guess nerfing one stat into the ground is one way to try to balance a tank.

Imagine beeing a Tier 8 medium tank and getting 20mm more frontal turret armour than a Tier 10 superheavy Maus

I balance my college life and wot by doing my homework during reload and game ques. This tank is really gonna help me

It's not smoke launcher, it's ATGM launcher, WG just wanted to hide it lol.

In my country, This camo 3D look like funeral caravan.

11:41 Those are actually ATGM launchers. Fortunately, just like the T49 and Sheridan's real-life ability to launch an ATGM out of their 152mm guns, that capability isn't included in World of Tanks. The launchers are purely cosmetic. Also, watch out for a "122 TH" in the future as a Tier 10 reward tank. Would basically be the same as this except with better DPM, better acceleration and handling, and siege mode like the STB-1 and Swedish mediums. Because the original 122 prototype in real life had hydraulic transmission, hydropneumatic suspension, and hydraulic steering (thus being nicknamed "Triple Hydro"). Chinese industry wasn't capable of mass producing such technology at the time (it was doable on a hand-made prototype; the 122-1 actually existed), so they made a second downgraded prototype with conventional transmission, suspension, and steering. This was the 122-2, that was nicknamed "Triple Mechanical". I'm presuming that's why this premium has "TM" in its name. In reality, the second prototype didn't have the missile launchers, so cosmetically this premium is based on the original prototype. But stat-wise it's the downgraded second prototype. (Hopefully if Wargaming does that, it'll be as the next set of campaigns, or even a bonds shop tank. Or perhaps even the top of a new branch of the Chinese medium tech tree. It's a cool tank that I wouldn't mind seeing in the game, but I would want it to be accessible to more than just the elite players.)

The best I can get this reload time down to is about 13 seconds with brothers in arm crew, improved bounty rammer, vents, food, and rammer directive. This gets the DPM up to a whopping 1,800 give or take.

you know what's funny? This is just a tier 8 rhinoceronte without the burst damage.

Getting an ace tanker when the tanks not released

QB: I don't really like hot drinks. The Queen: *sends voice message* I have revoked your British card. Go on, to Australia off you go, no dawdling.

Woah a double upload. It’s always a good day when this happens.

Wargaming is scared to release a t8 premium heavy tank for the Japanese.

Despite the reload, I love how this tank looks! A chinese medium tank with good accuracy, aimtime and gun depression combined with amazing turret armor will make this tank a hulldown monster in my opinion. This will for sure make a great birthday present for myself, and thank you for the review QB!

wait... you're telling me the reload time of the 122 TM is the same as the T95 with the max gun that deals 750 dmg?

Not gonna lie, really had to fight off the urge to alt+f4 when I saw that dpm lol

I’m gonna have a lot of fun not penning this

damn, i didn't know a tank would come out that would make the guard's dpm look good

I don't really focus much on dpm. Vk 75.01 k, amx cda 105, kannonenjagdpanzer are my fav tanks and they do have abysmal dpm. It really isn't that often that one can use dpm fully (mostly when someone rushes). And even if one would be to use dpm to dictate which one would win that wouldn't be so obvious. For example Maus has bad dpm but reliable armor and a ton of health. Let's say a obj140 is going 1v1 with full gold both of them so that all shots will penetrate. Maus has far more hp and would stand victorious in this duel. Therefore I suggest to look at tanks considering health times dpm. That would be the Combat Effectiveness (CE) where CE=DPM*HP/1000 (divided so we don't end up with millions). Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

sorry but that dpm negates pretty much everything else about that tank. I'd understand that rof it it was 490 alpha

if u are considering getting this tank then u have chinese mediums, you are already dissapointed so its perfect for people like us :)

Sometimes having lower dpm isn't such a bad thing . When you have a high dpm low alpha tank every second after realoading you don't fire you are losing dpm that makes you takes high risk shots which ends up killing you more quickly thus you don't do good damage either way. With a solid tank like this you get to have relaxed gameplay . You don't have constantly be hypervigilant about hitting enemy thus allowing you to make cool headed desicions that often results in you winning more.

Why do I suspect like halfway through the year WG will buff the DPM then make it available again in christmas lootboxes.

Just a few hours in from the Marathon video, and we already have a tank review, nice.

3:57 The gun is actually 120 mm, though the name is 122

As a Chinese the pronunciation makes me laugh when QB tried to pronounce it.

So conflicted about trying to grind for this guy. Looks like it could be really fun in some ways, but we'll see.

The "smoke grenade launchers" are a bit large for being smoke launchers. Personally I think they are Rocket pods , a bit like a T34 Sherman Calliope

regarding the design, this is one of the prototypes for the WZ-122 project. the tubes on the turret are for wire-guided missiles. yes, this thing was designed to fire ATGMs

Well done QB!! Enjoyed the video. Very informative. Thanks

I actually like the high alpha in return for low dpm, because I don't usually find myself in drawn out, stationary fights. I'm either trading shot for shot, or taking occasional shots at targets when I see them come up.

I think this is the most balanced tank in the game, maybe if they increased dpm by 100 or pen at 245 it would be perfect

Another tier 8 premium. I literally couldn't care less.

I hope we see more tanks like this. Low dpm tanks that benefit from good positioning. Maybe after enough time the game will slow down a bit

To see just how “good” this tank is, see Claus Kellerman’s review. He shows off its mobility and gun accuracy to best effect and how regular players will find game play.

2 vids in one day? This man workin!

I love the addition of low dpm tanks, same with the Italian heavies. Coz maybe it brings the avg. match time up a bit...

After getting this tank in the boxes this christmas event, the statistics are abysmal but in practice it is a very fun and amazing tank. This and the Skoda T56 are my favorite tier 8 tanks right now.

Finished the marathon in 7 days. Could have done it in 6 if I really tried. Averaged about 8-10 hours play everyday which is not viable for people with full time job ofc. Pretty tired after the marathon, but I really like the tank so far.

I feel like this will be a pain to play against with that alpha, pen, and armor.. Also it will be situationally a pain to play but in most games it'll be fun handing out those big alpha sledge blows.

That are not smokelaunchers, that are anti tank missiles, at least that is what the ingame description tells

Thank god for your content! Two in one day!?!? I love this!!! Thank you!

The launchers on the side of the turret (according to the description) are ATGMs (or at least ATMs, I don’t know if they’re guided)

Remember when the hardest hitting mt in tier 8 was the lansen c?

I think this tank is just a heavy support. Im no unicum (or even ranked) but my instincts tell me their intent was a medium that can move into a heavy lane (especially if it has ridges) and aid its team's heavies

This looks like the perfect tank for me. I'm ok with the low reload speed when I can use that time to reposition.

When the dpm is so bad, you have to ram your target.

can you please make a up to date video for new players about what's the best tank to start and what not?

revolarise should have the same pen as this IMO

Jokes on QB I wasn't in full screen when he said Alt+F4

Progetto 46 comes, hits once for 240, reloads hits again, then unloads 960 damage 😂

QB do you think double stacking vert stabs and rotation is a good idea on this tank?

Hey QB do you recommend the tank as the first premiumtank ,becouse i want to give My friend a tank?

Great review, thank you QB!

i have found that it sometimes caps the view range. if i have 455 VR with coated optics and add binos, the VR doesnt increase. so idk if it bugged for me or if WG have added a hard cap to making the VR have a max cap. anyone else notice that?

U uploaded this on 2 o’clock? Respect to you my good sir.

i love those kind of tanks armor to be able to survive almost everything and gun that can be used at most of the situations probably the first mission marathon tank i will grind

I like the balancing on this tank. The idea I have of it is that is allows the tank to perform equally well against every tier. So instead of having 2000 dpm where you shred tier 6s, but then not being able to pen tier 10s, instead you just get to plunk away at your enemies with low dpm at every tier

Quickybaby is going a little crazy in Quarantine but I love it

QB, you always deserve a Thumbs up! Love your honest content!

I got a Guard from bonds (I am free to play) and it is super fun. The alpha feels sooo good

There is a question for you guys. If my crew from standard tank (lets say)121 is in a prem tank, they work without penalty, if I retrain my crew from a standard tank to a prem tank, do they work with all standard tanks without penalty?

Start tomorrow as in tomorrow of this being posted or recorded?

Those are anti-tank guided missiles attached to the sides of the turret, yes. The 122 TM can also be classified as Object 122 TM

Dame those are some thicc smoke grenades But for real they are most likely 150mm missile lunchers for something like TOW or HOT missiles

what do you think is the best heavy tank line to go down?

Autoloaders are going to have a blast when they meet this tank, so you shot me, time to unload my full magazine :)

Mr. QuickyBaby i love your vids. I know u like Sabton. I have recently found them and quite enjoy their music vids. As a colonial from the NA server thanks for your vids in most aspects i have somewhat improved. Keep up the great work

It Looks very interesting, thanks for the review Mr QuackyBaby

Just got the tank, after completing lvl 7 of the challenge. Gotta say I love it, and was worth it at least with the 70% discount!

As an OI player, I have had so many times on a long reload when the enemy forget that I'm there and focus on something else.

This reminds me of the old panzer II G, better when downtiered than at the same tier because of the dpm

i feel like i do ok with vents, bounty rammer and turbo. just have to find some cover between shots and dont go alone. good support med/heavy

I believe these are SAM launchers or for ATMs. Similar design can be found on North Korean T62s.

I wish that Wargaming would take the armor model that this tank has (strong turret, but with weak points you can at least hit) and apply it to the over powered heavily armored tanks in the game

3:04 to be fair, I didn't expect anything less given it's literally a T-62A with an IS-3's gun shoehorned into the turret.

This tank is in my top three favorite tier 8 premiums. It's made me a better player by forcing me to think about positions and shots much more carefully. That gun is ridiculous. And in a tier six game, you can pretty much be a heavy tank. 9/10 for me Edit:. It's also one of the coolest looking tanks. Except for that really garish skin, that is just tacky haha

Style is fire in terms of CG art. Not nice to look at for long periods.

Good to see gun depression tanks with actual cupolas.

I use it like a heavy. I go to the front line, hide my lower plate and side scrape. I’ve had teir 10 bounce off me constantly.

0:03 lol, the face on the barrel

Hey QB I had a question I'm new and starting out and I was wondering if you think it is possible to get a tier 10 without a premium account? Also could you make a video about how to make the quickest money and how to not lose your money so fast on consumables and shells? Thanks!

sooo its like a chimera? since i am gonna try my best to try and get it cause im a f2p

Man that DPM is literally what happens to most tanks when they are ported to the Console version from PC.

Any tank that has a side skirt is a + from me. Just give side skirts to the crusader wg

Grinded out the CS LIS, not gonna bother with this one... might pick it up on the last day with whatever discount I accumulated from my usual play time.

I think WG really want to solve the turbo-match problem with those new tanks with super bad DPM like GSOR, Italian HTs and this

quicky what aim circle and recticle do you use

Where can I find a list of all tanks in all tiers that have preferential +1/-1 match making like the t-34-1?

Those tubes on the side and attached to the mantle should represent anti tank missle tubes.

Its a russian/chinese tank with the accuracy of American guns and the mobility of a canarvoen

Anti tank missiles on the turret says in the overview. I figured QB would be the person reading those first lol

I'm late for the review, however when I play this tank I use it for brawling purposes against (Heavy tanks) not medium tanks. My equip setup is (Bounty Turbo for the Engine power, Bond vents, and bounty gun rammer) It does me very well matches and with a skilled crew maybe it could get 435 to 440 meters view range. Still at 2 skilled crew.

Considering the launchers are linked to be pointed the same way as the gun, in essence aimed at the same time, and their size compared to other smoke launchers in-game on the tanks, those are probably rocket tubes, not smoke launchers. Think Zuni Rockets from BF4, probably.

Do you plan on making an updated Top Earners video any time soon?

Ok just hear me out on this... this tank as the tier 8 heavy in a new branch. The 113 brought down and rebalanced as the tier 9, and then a chinese brawler tank like a 60tp or vk72 at tier 10. Could have bad depression, and weakspots but maybe the 560 alpha version of the 5A gun.