KV-1B | THE FINNISH MECHANICAL MONSTER (War Thunder) 

For everyone wondering, here is how many bounces he got Finland (not counting the chinese wirbelwind shots): -1st try 56 bounces -2nd try 22 bounces Karelia: -12 bounces

We’re not gonna spawncamp, we’re gonna camp the spawn. When a person is killed, they die

Russian: we have the most armored tanks Finland: yeah i agree, pretty good your tanks

I hope everybody's having a good day

"We can get rid of this Sherman here, he's getting a little cocky" Says the guy on top of the hill screaming "come at me bro", lol. Gotta buy this tank.

"we are not gonna spawn camp, we are just camping spawn" phly 2020

11:22 "ope, my barrel's out" sub 1 second repair

About the special Russian shell performance: Russian shells of this period were very blunt, which made them abnormally good against sloped armor. The cap was just a hollow nosecone to make it more aerodynamic. This is actually one of the more frustrating parts of the shell mechanics in game. Of all the Russian shells, the 76mm is one of the only ones that actually benefits much from this in game, for no apparent reason. Gaijin also doesn't consider special effects for other nation's shells, like improved armor piercing caps for later Russian, British, and French shells or improved metallurgy for American ones.

17 seconds into the video and I’m already laughing

Nobody: me crying in my corner because I can't get the Maus: update: i failed miserably

Phly was like “This is the hill I choose to die on.” I respect that.

11:24 I might not know about something, but why was that repair instant?

Phly pls use the SpitPHire Lf mk IX. It has spaceship level climb rate. Attempt #87

the steam review in the intro speaks to me.

War Thunder should add "Finland" country, because Finland has enough vehicles and because I'm finnish I hope for it😂

“You can sit it on top of a hill; sky high and you will not die for quite some time” Don’t hate the player hate the game, BARS

Get yourself a KV-1B/E to feel the glory days of KV-1/L-11 again before they wangjangled the pen mechanic and tell everyone to shoot at it's turret cheek.

Phly: “I have the high ground T-34” T-34: *”you under estimate my power!”*

Phly can you please play the T26e1-1"Super Pershing" Try his APCR anti MAUS Attemp 13#

Me: Watching War Thunder video RU-vid add: We will interrupt the scheduled program to bring you WoRlD Of WaRsHiPs

God, Phly is just so good at this with whatever vehicle he chooses, that I just end up rooting for the opponents team. Just hoping that its not an absolute stomp fest.

"Can we put some PH's in the comments" OK: Battery acid: 1 Stomach acid: 2-3 Milk: 6.7 Baking soda: 9 Ammonia: 11 Bleach: 12.5-13

Bruh the “steam review” in the intro fucking killed me 😂

"We're not going to spawn camp, we're just going to . . . camp the spawn" Phly - 2020

When Phly says were going to use no skill... Everyone: I can do that too? Nobody:

I'm ded. "Gonna pen this Sherman here, he's getting a little cocky here." He says as he literally sits and just absorbs round after round on top of a hill, just because he can.

I loved when you said pen my weak spot at 15:54

PHLLYYYY SO CLOSE TO ONE MILLLLL!! AS A PERSON THATS BEEN WATCHING YOU SIT ALONE IN A ROOM WITH A BOX AND A FLAT THING WITH LIGHTS ON IT SINCE 2013 14 ish ,IM SO HAPPY THAT YOUVE FINALLY ALMOST REACHED THIS MILESTONE!!!

Hey phly, you should try out the M48A2 C from the german tech tree using only APHE with a ton of filler... Also because of volumetric, the armor is really good against APCBC and APDS shots. Its incredible mobility is also worth mentioning along with night vision sight an an IR spotlight to spook others in the dark.

15:47 *"stop camping"* Said the guy who camped on winter map all the time.

The ballistic cap, was a long and pointed cap fitted to a projectile to reduce air resistance in flight. So actually increasing penetration at medium and long ranges, because of the reduce deceleration by air resistance and consequent higher striking velocity. Plus some people believed that the cap 'gripped' the metal surface and was less like to deflect.

I think what Phly described with the T-34's turret neck weakspot and volumetric shells in general paved the way for a new phrase: P.A. Weakspots™ (Protection Analysis Weakspots) Shit that won't pen in an actual game, but works 100% of the time in the test drive. T-34 turret neck, Tiger II's MG port, etc.

"when they give up, I kill them" That's my trick. I never give up. I just keep plinking like an idiot thinking one day the shell might actually sneak through. Spoiler: It doesn't. Then after like 15 of my shots they just get bored and kill me.

The intro... *THE INTRO!...*

The best part about playing realistic low tier germany is that you don't need to fear being sniped across maps. The worst part is having some braindead teammates

One of the caps is to help with aerodynamics. Another is to help it get a better angle/purchase on the sloped armor.

Phly:” No camping is my job.” *proceeds to camp*

Phun phact: everybody watching when this comment is posted didn't watch the full video I'm fighting sarcasm with sarcasm

your crew gonna have a serious headache after battle because all of those BINGG BINGG

Ballistic capped shells are rounded on the front to help with aerodynamics. A Capped shell is flatter, which cuts through armor like a hole punch through paper. If you mix them, the ballistic cap is made very weak so when it impacts something the nose of the shell squashes and the normal capped shell beneath cuts right through the armor. Then the APHE does its thing and nukes the inside of the tank. So basically it's like a prototype HESH shell.

"I don't know what makes this shell so good?".... how about Russian Imagination?

Hahaha.“He doesn’t see me he he he I’m gonna get him heheheh” *ping* *ping* - *...Alt f4*

2:35 That laugh XD

18:06 extreme bias right here you cant tell me it doesnt exist

Phly: i like volumetric me: shoots tiger II in the side with sherman 76 from 100 meters and bounces volumetric would be really good if it was implemented correctly. i dont understand how the shell size has anything to do with armor. it seems like the armor stacking at joints should have nothing to do with volumetric. the IS-7 turret is made of a bunch of pieces of armor and if you hit the right spot the game thinks you hit 1000mm of armor, literally an entire meter of armor. it happens at any location on any tank where two different armor plates meet, it just combines the thickness which makes no sense and is really broken imo.

11:23 instant repair?

Thank you for uploading today Phather

4:54 “Call an ambulance!” _pulls out gun_ “But not for me!”

You should play in the fw 200 like so plhy can see!

Time to read all the "first" comments!

I love at 15:22 Phly: “Nice engagement” Me: “Phly you fell down a hill”

Phly: Drives into and out of cap point. Seconds later... Also Phly: Ok, we need to cap a point here.

No views and first like. This never happens to me. 🙄

If Finland released this earlier. They could’ve beat the shit out of Russia all the way to Moscow Edit: Talking about the thumbnail

13:28 every time i see a t34 i almost always hit that spot

I feel like ever since this video was released the T-34-42 spam has reached levels that would make Stalin blush

Phly. did you just kill me with AA while i was in a l3/33,i turned and saw a AA but they didn't kill me until I turned around, they had your exact name and they are doing super good. edit: so I watched the replay and you were right behind me and you definitely saw me, I'm guessing you didn't kill me until i turned around because i had the Phly decal on my back and I was in a L3/33

Phly: “its time for this guy to write a bad review on steam” 1942 T-34:”hold my kvass”

I love volume-metric! I think it makes it so much better for armor and makes it require more research/skill offensively to make those kills.

That intro was as funny as that chicken who thought he could make it across the highway.

That fast Churchill was me btw....im glad to be in the vid :)

APCBC is a pointy AP round (AP) with a soft (relatively speaking) blunt cap (APC) with a ballistic cap (APCBC) which is a hollow ballistic streamlined cap. The AP penetrates. The cap sticks to the hit armor just long enough for the AP round to turn and go into the plate, preventing it from bouncing. The ballistic cap keeps the air friction from slowing down the shell at longer ranges from the blunt cap. The Mk III which didn't fire may have been experiencing an in game effect, cause unknown, which I experience which is the main gun won't fire as long as the barrel is pointing at an opposing tank on level terrain. If the target tank moves out of the line of sight, the gun fires. If I point the gun up just enough to clear the target, regardless of which direction the turret faces, the gun fires. Otherwise, just the coax fires. Could be a bug. Could be although not likely a cheat. Mk III with 50L60 gun seems to have this problem in spades but there is no evident pattern by country or vehicle. At the beginning of a game when players fire a round are they switching ammunition or just finding out if their gun will fire? It helps but doesn't always work. The KV-1B is a KV-1 1941 with added armor to the side of the turret. The large bolt heads holding the added armor on are quite noticeable. It was not very fast as the added weight made the tank even slower. It had the same engine as the T34 but weighed about 15 tons more (KV-1) plus the added armor weight of 5 tons or around 52 tons for the KV-1B versus the KV-1 (47 tons) vs the T34 (32 tons). Note the KV-1B you were using had track extenders. Try the T34 turret ring weak point at other than on the same level. I suspect at either above or below the same height the angle just keeps it from penetrating as the turret lower edge hits that volumetric of the shell. I haven't had much luck bouncing AP shells into the top front hull of a Panther off the bottom of the turret mantle either. Angle. It could be done if the 2-3" right height was hit, likely slightly from above, in the war. With luck and nerve.

Honestly Phly T-34s are OP af!!!! I played the t-34 last night in a 3.3 game and the Sherman’s close range couldn’t pen my engine!!! It’s insane!! I got 12 kills that game. True story

All KV-1 godly. All hail the KV-1.

Nothing drains my desire to play the game more than coming up against a KV1B. Not even the R3.

So PhlyDaily Armor piercing caped ballistic cap is a APHE round with a cap on the head of the shell to help the round go through angled armor but would mess with the rounds ballistics so they put a thin ballistic cap over that so the round is more aerodynamic and so would keep it's velocity at range.

I think this was your best intro hahahahaha I’m dying. You’re awesome man.

At least we can watch Phly play war thunder today since nobody else can until Gaijin throws a new hamster into the server power wheel

11:22 that instant repair tho

I've realized watching your videos is more fun than actually playing the game. Thank you for lowering my blood pressure.

Just right no bias just everything fine with br and all the bounces

Inside of the kv-1b* FIRE FIRE DUDES JUST REVERSE AIM AIM AIM!!! SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT AHH-,

20:05 that's the best pirate I've ever seen

11:22 that's Finnish repairing efficiency for you

15:45 Welcome to the newest region of the Pokemon universe, the icy land of FINLAND, inhabited by the rare and dangerous "Kv1b." This ruthless Pokemon imitates its more common brother, the kv1e, and attracts innocent soviet Pokemon and leads them to their doom. Even if the t34s and other tanks fight back, the Kv1b is protected by its impenetrable iron shell. However, the caretakers of the region, "team Gaijin," refuse to drive out the kv1b, as it is a crucial piece in their money grubbing plan

"I love volumetrics" Phly a few moments ago REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE lol keep the videos coming boi

"MD-8 is great" *Laughs in churchill*

I also can't pen that T-34 weak spot with the British 6 pounder either. This is where volumetric is kinda falling apart, because now the 1942 and the -57 T-34s are almost impenetrable from the front by a lot of allied shells.

GOD i like that intro music. Old school PhlyDaily!

The advert on this video just taught me the origins of giving someone the middle finger😂😂😂

Stood tall on a hill confidently NICE

u are like general in napoleon's wars, just sitting on hill and watch on the battlefield.

i really enjoy this video, i like the random commentary

I love how Phly's username converts to the forbidden letter F

Phly: sits in the middle of a battle field alive Me: sits in battlefield dies instantly

KV-1: I am invincible. Flakpanzer I: Challenge accepted.

11:22 cool breech repair

i love how the kv1 at 14: wiggled,its a thing ive never seen

"OHOHOHOHOHAAAAHAHAHAHAA" Phly, my dude, you're evil.

Ballistic Capped just means that the shot will fly straighter for longer so when it can pen from further away by not losing as much momentum

2:38 I had nightmares about that laugh

That 'Weak spot' on T34 is made out of Stalinium, Stalinium-Weakspots are actually 70% angled 400mm plates :D

Phly, you have *never* made a video on the American F3F-2, which is a shame as it is a truly incredible fighter. It can easily outrun other biplanes, while being able to out turn monoplanes!

I have seen that tank irl in Parola panssarimuseo/ Parola tank museum

the kv1 driver optics also known as the armor nipple most things can get through it, and going above your enemy only weakens your lower glacis

When KV-1driver suddenly starts speaking snow instead of vodka

for the people that dont know capped shells are horrible at angles balistic capped are strong against angles capped balisting capped are like capped but better over distance, that's why T-34-85 with the APHEBC can kinda pen the panther at 0 meters away while the panther with with APCBC with 198mm of pen (dont remember exacly) has more trouble than the T 34

with both the normal russian kv1 and the 1939 t34 the weak spot is aiming for the driver on the front plate. goes through every time and its a 1 shot like half the time

I think volumetric rounds buffed the T26E1-1 significantly because Its amour is good as long as the enemy actually hits it and with volumetric those little turret ring shots under the little plates don't work no more.

Maybe the real T-34 weak spot was the friends we made along the way