A Tank Enthusiast Reacts: World Of Tanks 

Eta320: I can't believe they put Firefly as a premium, it is a iconic tank in British armor in WW2. The non premium Firefly just sit right next: BRUH!!!

45 minutes of nerding over tanks my favorite

I think its important to note that a lot of tech trees were simplified a while ago and a lot of tanks you see but aren't in the tech tree anymore are collectors vehicles. This includes things like the M3 Lee or the Jagdpanther II, simply because there too many similar vehicles in the same tier and/or did not fit the line it was building up to.

Trust me, low tier used to he ridiculously expansive, and they decided to "streamline" them for new players which was a pointless move. It was so much better back in the day

WoT: unrealistic pain (takes 50 hours to grind a whole tech tree) WT: realistic pain (takes 500+hours just to grind a single tank)

Bro immediately after getting sponsored by them: “THESE TANKS SUCK ASS”

Random unfinished blueprint of a tank: * *exists* * WoT: yeah, it’s a new tank now.

Okay... 41:06 made me fu**ing laugh so bad, I almost died xDDDDDDDDD... It should be "Połóż mnie z powrotem na stole" but the rest is just perfect. Poland mentioned.. love this

40:53 that T-34 is from classic polish show "Czterej Pancerni i Pies"

I never thought of wot as a simulator so when I see a tank with a gun or turret it didnt actually have, I think "Cool, this is interesting and seems fun to play, Im glad they allow you to do this" instead of "Ew, dont do that, fire whoever allowed this"

Next to the Sherman VC Firefly was a normal Sherman Firefly

T14 and A33 excelsior were developed side by side, both having issues and not being adopted in time for the D-Day landings due to development hell, then the Jumbo was a last minute band aid fix to fill the missing assault tank role

24:47 Hey, look it's me

Biggest problem WoT had was inability to stop themselves. For example they really wanted to give Tiger H and Tiger P L/71 and have an upgradable turret. Have they done the obvious and put "Porsche" aka early Krupp Tiger B turret on them as turret ring diameter is the same? Nope. Because they didn't want sleek turret on Tiger I.

23:34 - Talking of the Captured King Tiger's appearance, they *DID* actually recreate the historical appearance of the vehicle in the game, and actually in quite good detail -- I would highly suggest looking up "world of tanks captured king tiger twitch 3d style" or similar to see pictures of it, as it's *surprisingly* well-done! The reason why you aren't seeing this on the one included in the press account is because this was added as a *separate* customization item (3D style), which you could apply from the exterior menu in-game (the thinking being, you could remove it/use other paints if you so desired). Assuming the style is owned on that account, anyway, which leads onto the unfortunate bit... Sadly, ever since the vehicle was first sold (after having been "decommissioned" from its original purpose - the vehicle originally served as a Twitch-Prime-exclusive rental vehicle in the game for a short while), this version of its appearance has not been made available again, for sale or otherwise. Bit of a shame, given how nice it looks, as well as how much more accurate it appears to be than any other video game rendition of this vehicle, even compared to the one in Wargaming's own separate Console version of the game (which is NOT the same game, despite the name). 😔(It has been speculated.) --- Also, something unrelated to comment on -- a lot of the instances of "guns which don't look right" or "turret from B variant on A hull" can be boiled down to two things: a) Stock grinds (researching/purchasing new guns/turrets/etc with XP/credits, respectively, which you earn by playing the tanks) and/or modifying vehicles to fit their respective tiers; b) Sometimes, multiple variants of vehicles may be "merged" together, rather than representing each variant exactly the way it would've been historically (i.e. the Pz IV A having the Pz IV B turret), due to gameplay reasons (there's no need to have those two separate modifications, when they both would play the same/aren't different enough to justify creating an entirely separate model, etc). Press accounts give access to all vehicles in their top configurations/with everything unlocked -- hence, all the "options" would normally be what you'd have to work your way through earning XP/credits for when researching the tank on a new account.

38:41 The soviets did actually modify a lend lease matilda by putting on a ZIS-5 76mm cannon from a KV-1, though it wasnt a very good idea by the looks of it since they only made one...

"Połóż mnie na spowrotem na stole" is wrong xD It means something like "put me on back on the table" You would have to remove the first "na" so that it would become "put me back on the table"

I have heard Chieftain talk about the historical accuracy in WoT: In WoT, accuracy often gives way to gameplay. Example of this he gave is the T-28 prototype with a gun depression in game of -10 degrees, even though in reality it was about -3, because otherwise it would be unusable. This also causes the weird guns and turrets. This could be explained in comparison with War Thunder: In WT, all tanks are supposed to be as realistic as possible, and if it isn't balanced, they change the Battle Rating. In contrast, in WoT, all tanks have a fixed tier from 1 to 10 and if the tank isn't balanced, they change the parameters or modules of the tank, resulting in a Pz.IV H with 105 mm gun. Of course, the stuff like weird gun mantlet on the M4A1 is just a mistake that no-one in the community or Wargaming cares about, because most of the tanks in WoT are made-up anyway.

23:50 The captured King Tiger has a 3D style available with all those American customisations under the exterior tab, it comes base with the tank, you just have to apply it.

No views after 10 secs lmao fell off + ratio + ammo detonated

Fun fact the russian Matilda IV at 38:41 was actually build as an upgunned lend lease matilda

Fun fact about the Super Pershing: it ‘allegedly’ killed a Tiger tank, however every piece of American intelligence at the time points to there being no Tiger tanks in the same area as the Super Pershing, so it’s generally believed it was probably a misidentified Panzer IV. America actually kept a pretty decent idea of where Tiger tanks were, at least towards the end of the war.

Clicked as soon as I saw "Tank enthusiast" in my notifications. This was a hell of a throw back for me, back when i played , my favourites were the A-20 , T-44 and the ISU-152-2.

MAN. The tank knowledge this guy has. keep it up dude. subbed

3:35 the M2A1 light tank prototype (T2E1) was fitted with the 20 mm. The very short production run of M2A1 tanks had the .50 cal. Then the M2A2/A3 tanks had two turrets, both MG armed. The M2A4 returned to a single "Stuart" style turret with a 37 mm AT gun

2 uploads in 2 weeks!? Dawg is spoiling us

Fun Sherman-minutia fact about the intermediate Sherman skirts at 14:55, they weren't just fenders from E8 Shermans retrofit on VVSS tanks but bespoke fenders to make room for the "duckbill" track extensions used in mud/snow!

now this is my kind of channel. Taking the word nerd to a whole new level, especially when tanks are involved is a great thing imo

Toldi was not a Hungarian tank but the cannon is Hungarian however its the hull and the turret is Swedish.

Very technically, there are two M4A3E2s with 76mm guns and muzzle breaks. After the decision was made to restore the outside of "Cobra King" to how it looked at the time of the famous photograph from December 1944, the mantlet and gun of another jumbo Sherman (registry number USA 3083026)were taken. 3083026 in turn got the 76 of Cobra King, which is how it is still shown to this day at fort Moore (formerly Benning).

38:40 Forgive me because I get all my tank info out of War Thunder and the occasional RU-vid video but this one is real isn't it? it's in War Thunder as the Tank MK-II "Matilda" (F-96) From the WT wiki: Upgunning attempt While the Red Army used the standard 2-pounder gun installed on Matildas from the beginning, the evolution of German armour made this gun less and less effective. In December 1941, plans were made to equip Matildas with the 76 mm of the KV-1. Only 1 prototype was built. Installing a 76 mm gun in an already cramped turret without modifying it brought major shortcomings: the quasi-absence of gun depression and the even more limited space for loaders to operate around the gun. This led the Red Army to scrap the project and concentrate on new KV-1 models instead.

The pronounciation of pudel was ideal, words from a native speaker of Polish, and the t-34-85 rudy is from a Polish tv show from the 1950s or 60s, really recommend it, but you might not be able to find the translation to english

Just going to write my thoughts as I watch this video, I've played WoT since 2012. There are a LOT of 'theoretical' vehicles in WoT, stuff that was either thought up or could technically be possible, or stuff that only has a single prototype, or just plain only existed in a blueprint. That Sherman reaction made me laugh, both from how you reacted and how I never really noticed it, as I'm not a big fan of Shermans and didn't pay attention to it, but there are a LOT of similar things done in WoT. Some of it they have since fixed, but a lot of it is still in game. The WTF at the Iron Arnie was spot on, as that was the reaction a lot of us had when they released it. Didn't know all that about him and that tank, but that's pretty cool. Your comment about the Pz II G starting to look like the luchs had me waiting for you to see the luchs, and it had me rolling. I definitely agree that the M4 85 is an atrocity. Would have been fun to see some of your reactions to some of the early game stuff that they changed by the time you did this, and there are a LOT more cursed turret/gun combinations that exist in the game that should never have been done, but it's still fun. Was also hoping to see your reaction to the double-barrelled nonsense or the Yoh tanks. Also kinda hoped, after your reaction to the Iron Arnie, to see your reaction to other things like the Terminator inspired T-32, or The Boys T42. Not sure if you went over them in your patreon video. They put a fair bit of modeling effort into the tanks very early on, though some of them weren't always 100% accurate, but are still better than a lot of other representations I have seen. Overall I like War Thunders models better

Please make another episode of this, i enjoyed it sooo mutch!! :D

The springs above the gun mantlet on the T26E4 Super Pershing are called "equilibrators." They are to move the gun's balance point to the trunnions, in cases where the trunnions are near the breech. They are also found on many artillery pieces, including the M1/M114 155 mm howitzer.

I'm pretty sure the Matilda with the F-34 actually existed.

The M26 E4 Pershing was originally designed to knock out the much more heavily armored German Tiger 2. That’s what I know about M26 E4 Pershing.

His reaction to the 7TP is unbeatable.

The turret on the Luchs was real is the turret of the VK1602 ,the Mk103 on it is completely fictional

27:10 The "Toothrbrush gun" is actually 30mm MK-103, an aircraft autocannon 🤣. This setup is insane

We love long form eta vids!! Hope all has been well my man.

A lot of inaccuracies come from each tank having a single hull moddeled through all variations. (Along with all the lego-like swapping of real/experimental/theoretical components.) Once upon a time, they did actially do hull variations as an upgrade for select tanks - namely, the early Panzers, which may have helped with the disgust in the Pz.IV bit - this was done for a "historical mode" which restricted play to historic configurations and factions for specific battles. As soon as they debuted, things went wrong - noone wanted to go into battle with Panzer IIs against the SU-152, so it became a long queue of Tigers and IS series tanks waiting to face eachother. The mode died a very quick death, and the variations that had been introduced were excised from the game.

Yes Eta, the Sherman Firefly VC is a premium at the same tier as the tech tree Sherman Firefly

He is still trapped in a world of tanks

The Tiger II (Captured) does have the actual modifications in game, its a special 3d style they gave the people who got it on the initial sale of it, and I believe a few after.

At 24:18 - It's really weird because WoT Console has the exact Tiger II you're describing, complete with tarps and original tricolor German paint.

The excitement for seeing polish tanks warms my heart, thank you.

Your take on the guns is absolutely correct. However, for game balance and evolution reasons, they needed to stick SOMETHING better on them to reward players for grinding the tanks. (No one tell this guy about the Waffenträger E 100)

You should see their "T28", they also made the front of the T28 (combat configuration) much rounder than it actually is.

Pease do more episodes like this, it is awsome. I have been playing WOT for 10 years now and still don't know anything about them from real life .

please more of this! very interesting!

Just found your channel, within the first ten seconds you had subscription "everyone's favorite tank autist"

That polish panther is probaly saying what most cats say when they get picked up

I'm biased but I feel like looking at tanks in war thunder would be a fun "follow-up" to this (assuming that wouldn't upset wargaming, lol) given that war thunder very rarely includes modifications that actually change what model the tank would be considered, the main exceptions being add-on armor kits. I'd be curious what errors you could point out. they also have full x-ray and armor panel views to check out the armor layouts and internals in detail.

There's an exterior style for the Captured King Tiger that has the proper historical nets on it. It was a Twitch Prime/Prime Gaming incentive for World of Tanks years ago, and pretty much everyone who played it enjoyed it, if I recall correctly, I very much did. (I missed the permanent drop).

Id love a part 2 to this with you looking at other countries you didn't show here.

You specifically talk about the counter weight of the bussle storage unit, and wings on the turret but the wings as counter weight was for gun traversal as the gun and additional armor weighed too much to lift the gun (which inadvertently ended up just being super damn heavy in the end hence the spring system on top). It was not counterweight for the suspension otherwise it would just be mounted on the turret itself not the mantlet piece it’s also far enough forward where it would not do great as a counterweight for the suspension either

I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this: The Captured King Tiger does has the correct camo and clothed stars in the exterior tab in WoT, the tank has it on by default but the previous user on this press account turned it off. If you get the chance again, go check it out, should be in the presets tab

That smile when the GuP Pv.IV popped up lol

19:49 it’s metal that was taken from a boiler if I remember correctly

I would love this to be a series

The captured king tiger has those visual things, you just have to put it on. Its a camouflage.

I never realized how cursed World of Tanks actually is

I was interested by the Puma turret thing and it turns out it's very much real. The "Puma turret" was actually designed for Leopard but when the project was canned, they still manufactured the turret for the 8-rad and created the Puma. This turret was designed to be completely interchangeable with the Luchs turret and you can see film footage from Czechoslovakia of Puma's with Luchs turrets surrendering to the Americans.

iirc, while the additional mantlet armour on T26E4 "Super Pershing" was pulled off a Panther, the hull armour (and the balancing wings) was just some random 40 mm boiler plates they had found in a German locomotive repair workshop

About Tier 1 inacuracies, some years ago WG removed some modules of starting tanks to streamline the game for new players, so things like T1 with a T1E2 turret were left not explained.

M4-85 moment killed me, that was my exact reaction when the tank came out in game

Before they did the major commander and UI overhaul in WoT i hade a huge sherman collection. My favorites were the M4 AMX13, the Thunderbolt, and the Fury

About the M3 Lee being before T6 Medium, it was actually there in place of the T6, but they moved it to collector's tanks i believe because it was... horrible

You can notice in war thunder the M4A1s sights are in a periscope if you don’t believe me go to your settings and turn on canon in sights or something like that if you turn that setting on you can wiggle the camera around and you can see the gun bottom left

Man is willing to sacrifice effectiveness and "fun" for historical accuracy.

As a ship buff this is some quality content; excellent outro

So a few things that I noticed Matilda with a 76 gun is real T-34-85 extended turret is probably the 3 man variant of the early T-34-85 turret.

I think it’s very cute that Arnold got his tank back. Shows how a good tank can become one with the crew

24:08 There is a 3d style of captured tiger like on photos but it was available only when this tank was in twitch prime subscription rewards

I've never found anyone as enthusiastic as me with tanks in my life until now. I can't believe I only just found this channel, and with a bonus: they like Polish tanks.

So when I first saw the M4-85 myself, I did some research on it. Apparently there was an actual proposal to upgun the Sherman by using the T-34-85's turret and gun. Not whatever that is.

Everyone always says that "wOt vEhIcLeS aRe uNrEaLiStIc". Without games like wot adding "unrealistic" prototypes all of these cool experimental tanks would die

I'd like to see a part 2 to this video.

Note that the captured King Tiger was not used in combat by the US, and indeed it was non-functional The turret had been jammed, and was janked back to forwards before they took it for a short joyride

I got a rental of the Captured Tiger from twitch drops long ago, back then it actually looked how it did irl with the front cloth with american star.

war thunder players leaking classified documents so some tank gets its 0.000001 faster reload like irl. meanwhile world of tanks: stacking mantlets on top of each other to make a cripple.

The top turret on the T26 pershing is actually from the 105mm variant

23:31 they do have a 3D skin for the Captured King Tiger, it's in the game just wasn't applied to yours unfortunately, it even has a shell hole in the turret neck

the M4 improved turret looks like an M4 75mm mantlet tacked on to a schmalturm style turret ngl

Btw ETA if you have the GuP Crew, you can hear them I know this because I have Iona in WoWs (even tho it was long since I played that game) and its the best freature of that game lol. (Fun Fact, Miho, Iona, same VC)

*cries in 3 Marks of Excellence with the M4 Sherman.....8 years ago*

Why is the obj 726 called the obj 279e? WG moment

24:00. they do have the real life mockup of the King tiger captured. its in the exterior customizations. not sure why it wasnt equipped since thats how i got it when i bought the tank.

The Iron Arnie's Addon Armor is basically a WG refit of the German M48 Super Package for the M47

We need a series of Eta going through all the weird tanks/modifications WoT has

Love this channel! Any plans to record a video / livestream the new Sprocket internal geometrics update?

16:00 The jumbo has upgrades as well. when you get the tank, it does have the correct turret and gun; the one you had was fully upgraded and had the regular sherman turret mounted, always check "research" at top right to change parts

a fellow 38t enjoyer fucking love that tank it hits the eyes right love how the turan is a bigger pz38 kinda

funny how this would be easier outside a press acount since you can preview all the tanks configs without having to buy the modules.

1:40 cursed tank sim is actually pretty fun. Me and my brother like to play it when WarThunder thinks it’s OK to get uptiered a lot when you have a good k/d. It’s not like that in CTS. My k/d there is 1:3,5 I love it 😁

10:15 holy fuck I did not realize how cursed that 105 mantlet was until just now….and I’ve been a Sherman nerd for years (in this game as well)

there's been hemming and hawing over the years about having hull upgrades in the research tree alongside the turret upgrades for tanks that had alternate hulls but not enough difference to make them seperate tanks.

Don't forget in the tech tree about collectors vehicles. tanks that "didn't fit" the tree so they have a separate category

WoT is probably the only tank game with LT vz. 35 , the LT vz. 38 and even the Praga V-8-H (aka ST vz.39) represented as Czech vehicles...the Nazis just stole these and everyone knows them with their Wehrmacht designations...which is just sad.