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WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE WW2 JAPANESE VEHICLE THAT ISN'T THE HO-RO? :)

War Thunder is a well designed game. Killing the loader always resets reload even if the tank has an autoloader with shells in the magazine

Biggest downside of the Chi-Ri 2 is that its the size of a Tiger, with none of the armor, and the crew tightly packed together so you get none of the benefits of a big spacious tank

The tanks Japan used in WW2 were generally small and lightly armored. The big powerful tanks you see in video games were just prototypes. The Chi-Ri only had 1 unfinished prototype. Even if heavier tanks were produced, it is likely that they would have been saved for a defense of the home islands that never came.

love the new intro where you talk to the tanks themselves it's pretty funny adds character to things

one thing I loved about the chi ri is that you can bait people by using the small cannon

Absolutely loving this video a day schedule, and the new intros. Hope it’s not draining your energy. Loving all the different vehicles you’re showing though!

I've always had a love/hate relationship with the CHI-Ri II, on the one hand it's huge, it's barely armored and it doesn't have the best mobility, on the other hand the autoloader gun is great and the design is nice. In any case, I would continue to recommend it to people who are wondering whether to play it or not. Another nice video BTW.

Odd takes out 1 vehicle and gets more kills than most players with a full line-up.

I do really like this tank in concept, but it ends up just being a really huge Chi-To with one quick reload at the start. It should honestly still be at 4.7, because anything with good APHE will still just slice straight through it and obliterate the crew. That tiny gun is barely worth taking ammo for. Even if you can hit tracks and barrels, it won't take them out in one shot. That said, I love the Japan 4.7 lineup with the two Chi-To models and the Chi-Nu II. Adding the Chi-Ri II to it would just be icing on a very delicious medium tank cake. That gun works wonders.

Loving this one video a day series! Thanks for all your hard work and dedication!

Chi Ri 2 was designed to be a Sherman Hunter, since the Sherman was making its way through the pacific and proving to be a bane on inland defenses of its islands

The Chi-Ri II was made to STAY in Japan to fight off an American naval invasion with their light and medium tanks. It was meant to be for defense and kinda left near the coast areas

Tank interviews are amazing. Thanks for the great content.

I bound the hull 37mm to one of my mouse buttons to use as a spoof gun, I'd fire that one off at an enemy to make em think I'd fired and missed, then hit him with the main when they peeked

My favourite thing in the Chi Ri ll is you get track and barrel tortured by things like Pumas or the R3 and they come in for a cocky circle of death on you and you just 1 hit kill them with the 37mm in the hull because they all forget it exists

I play this on 5.7 with the Tiger #6 and the M4 as a "there is nothing better" 3rd backup. And I say that all 3 has a questionable (too high) BR.

fun fact about Japanese WW2 tanks, they navy and army hated each other so much that the navy took all of the funding toward military development, which lead to the army not having enough money to research and develope good tanks.

The only reason why odd has such huge KD is his insane luck. In a completely same situation at the monument i would have died at least 3 times. He bounced off TWO KV, he bounced off T34, he never got revenge bombed at jungle, he never got flanked by a tank while sitting at the monument, the man has just insane game luck

"We got a Jumbo gonna go up here side on to the enemy, i'm not keen for him to be honest". *Proceeds* *to* *drive* *side* *on* *in* *the* *same* *spot* .

Hey odd.... CONGRATS ON 500 VIDEOS 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I absolutely love the new openings you make in your videos, with the nodding etc. I love it

i kinda like the intro where you ask the tank a question as if it were a human, but i have to say that the stories were also really really cool

You should do a video on the AEC Mk II!

Idk if they patched it, but I noticed, you can really get more than 2 rounds for your autoloader, as long as you have one in it and fire properly before the round goes into the autoloader, you can always have, close to or a 3.5 sec reload.

Putting a bush over the second gun and firing around corners or hills is very nice, especially if you have a round in the autoloader. Tricks the enemies into thinking you misfired and pushing ridges and corners

Grinding out the Japanese tree, the Chi-Ri II was definately a highlight

I really loved playing the chi-ri 2,it was my main "Make money" tank before I had a premium plane, since I always came out positive, and had fun while doing it.

this is basically a better delat torn. you get APHE as stock instead of solid AP, you it is a closed tank, so no overpressure, and has even a bit better armor. the only thing you lose, is 1 less shell in the autoloader

The Japanese milk truck absolutely slaps at the br and is more fun than other low tier AA trucks. Would love to see Odd do a video on Japanese low tier AA. Try to get 1st place using only AA vehicles. Would probably be a good series too. "SPAA Challenge with minor nations" oh that'd be brutal. Amazing video and congratulations mate. 👍

You should try the Swedish counterpart, the Strv m/42 DT. More agile, better autoloader, same pen with 250g of tnt, compact...

This thing was my saving grace in the awful grind that is low tier Japan. honestly coulda gone 60% of battles without having to use another vehicle, and Idk how such a large vehicle can flank so easily, but it can, and that makes it good even till 6.7

"This isnt a good position for me", he says in almost every video/match and still ends up doing top 3.

i freaking love this new intro thing you are doing. up vote my dude

This is actually my favorite vehicle in WoT before I played WT. Then when I committed to WT, the Chi-Ri ll became my favorite again lol

The month really did fly past with your videos everyday

Bro odd becoming my fav war thunder youtuber fr fr

The chi-ri is probably my favourite tank in the game, it would be amazing to get the chi-se in game considering they put the ho-ri in

The Chi-Ri is a case study in the vast portion of the Japanese tech tree. Until the late cold-war era, none of its indigenous vehicles are objectively competitive with their opposite number; poor armor, poor mobility, no stabilizers, generally poor gun handling, the worst coaxial weaponry, and in this case, an absolutely massive vehicle that simply doesn't have the protection a vehicle of its size needs to equal its battlefield presence. At the same time, it's also a perfect example of the single best aspect of the Japanese tech tree: It rewards skillful, tactical play. And despite the slow turret traverse and, on-paper, pitiful engine stats, the Chi-Ri actually has impressive reactive hull mobility, and it even accelerates to full speed faster than almost any Japanese tank up to the ST-B, making it a deceptively fast tank, especially for its size. Any player of any skill level can take a good tank out and have a pretty good time. A good player in a good tank is a deadly combination. A good player in a bad tank is perhaps even more deadly, because there's a pretty good chance he knows his weaknesses better than anyone, but he knows your weaknesses just as well. In these vehicles, you have to know and use the map better than your opponent, you have to predict where he's going to be and where he'll be looking, and sometimes, you can take advantage of their sheer arrogance. Players in an M4A5, KV-1, or Tiger who are happy to throw their weight around and play like the schoolyard's big bully are easy prey when they rush around blindly hunting for kills. The Japanese tech tree heavily punishes the Sherman player, the T-34 player, and the Churchill player. Japanese tanks aren't designed to control the battlefield, they're designed to destroy an enemy controlling the battlefield, from well-placed ambushes against victory-drunk enemies rushing to spawn camp or take an objective. They teach patience, self-control, and gunnery, while training you to respect incoming fire as immediately deadly. Anything can kill you. It's up to you to learn how to kill anything. Unless you're in a Chi-He, fighting KV-1s and Churchills, which you can't penetrate from any range or direction. How in the world did they think that move to 2.7 was justified? The sad fact is that most of Japan's tanks are significantly overtiered.

37mm has saved me from an m18 and an amx13 before lol

Btw, major congrats on the views. Seriously good videos getting the audience they deserve

I never thought I'd see the day when Odd mentioned Doug DeMuro in his video. What a pleasant surprise.

The Chi-Nu II is another beast! That thing can one shot almost anything at it's BR and 5.0 with ease and it's also great to play like a sniper. It's a medium and a td!

Hey bawz, wanted to say I love the daily uploads!

I love that Doug Demuro is in the oddbaws canon

Japan: hey can i copy your Tiger 2? Germany: Sure just change it abit Japan:

RU-vid’s captions somehow hear your pronunciation of Jagdpanzer as “eggplant” 😅

Thanks for playing this tank. I love playing the weird unique tanks. I'll have to try to unlock this soon.

I still don't get why Germany gets the Pz.Iv G at 3.3 while the Chi-To and Chi-To late are at 4.7, a whole 1.4 br higher. They have essentially the same armor, poor turret traverse, only slightly better speed and armament, and worse reload rate. Doesn't make any sense, and Gaijin moving the Pz.IV G to 3.3 also made no sense because it was already really good and now it can fight 2.3 tanks which hardly stand a chance.

Really nice vehicle, especially with the auto loader, but it has quite the large profile. It’s even bigger than a Tiger. Also the secondary cannon is nice for baiting.

I love how protective odd is of his brummbar

Very fun to play, sometimes you can bait people with the small gun.

Has anyone else noticed how he killed that one swedish player like 3 times? RIP to him

It looks like something you make in sprocket when you try to make a decent looking tank

So I finally tried warthunder.... Can't say I'm actually going to enjoy playing it at all...ever....so far I actually find it horrid in every way.... but I still like your videos. I will keep watching for your witty jokes and charming accent.

Best thing ever. I made it into one of your games. Hackerz in the kv-122 first match

In the jungle, the quite jungle, the chi ri sleeps tonight...

My favorite Japanese tank is the Chi-Ha LG. It's a literal coastal defense turret (122mm) mounted to a tank at only BR 2.7.

HE KNOWS DOUG, EVEN MORE CHADLINESS

The smaller the gun caliber the better at long range. 122mm always hits a dumb angle like that on a any enemy. We know it wouldn't bounce off the front armor and explode in the turret; right(lol). Smaller round = less of a chance to hit some dumb area or angle or a MG that takes all the damage lol

This thing is really fun, I Run it in my 5.7 Japan, with my HT#6, M4A3 and M36 plus some cas and aa

every time i watch ur videos i go "theres no way the game is this fun." and then i play it... yeah its pretty dang good

Man showed us the earliest autoloading tank in the intro

I wish that i could play warthunder but whenever i start playing again my mental health takes a steep decline which is the last thing i need

Anyone else remember when your loader would get killed in this tank and magically the shells would fall out of the auto loader? That was certainly a time....

use the swedish 4.something tank destroyer with a 400mm pen HEAT shell

Chi Ri II is the highest vehicle I currently have unlocked in the Japanese tree. I went full bush dirtbag on the front of it to somewhat hide the features on the front of the tank, and the number of people who knock out the hull 37mm intending to knock out my driver is hilarious. Almost as hilarious as center-punching M6A1s through the UFP after sneaky bouncing their round off the turret side. (hull wiggle FTW) Also, a note on the autoloader: It seems that the autoloader is less of an autoloader and more of an extra-ready rack, plopping a round into the loading tray after firing so the loader only has to slam the round into the breach instead of dragging a round out of storage first; which is why your reload slowed down after losing your loader in the first match. p.s. - Love the intros where you're talking to the tank. There's something so cheery about how silly they can be.

congratulations on the milestone!

Always love it when I get home from work and get a notification that a new video is out ❤️ thanks for the awesome vids brother keep them coming

Okay I wanna start by thanking you for the daily content secondly as a japan main I really find it hard to justify even trying the chi ri 2 as the BR just feels so random, will definitely give it a shot at some point

You should do A series where you look at peoples replays and tell them How to improver

Epic month of uploads Odd, great work.

The Chi-Ri II was good several years ago when Gaijin still haven't implemented the first-stage ammo stowage and you had permanent 3 sec reload. Now you have only 2 shots with only 3 sec reloading time, all the other are 10 seconds. If you want to reload the loading mechanism you have to wait like a minute which is total nonsense.

do you plan which tank you play for each next video or do you just pick one on the spot?

Hearing "Chi-Ri-san" in a Scottish accent just short-circuited my brain

Bro the Doug Demuro quote had me loling hard

"one of the slowest turret rates" meanwhile I'm here with VK 3001 with half that lmao

chi ri ii will always be my fav

You also must try the stb-3 it really is a monster with the autoloading heat fs

Beautiful intro Sensei. Too bad I am terrible in the Chi-Ri 2.

Idk why, but I think the Chi-Ri looks kinda sexy, especially the turret

Chi-nu to Chi-ri is a really good time in the Japanese tech tree... Then it's back to pain.

Japanese engineers: MASSIVE means-u BIG AS SHEET-u? HAI!! KAWASAKI BANZAAAIIIII!!!

The only thing I truly love about Japanese tanks? The names.

Damn oddbawz you have a thick accent, maybe I smoked too much but damn it’s hard to follow your quick brain and talking sometimes hahah

Me watching OddBawz trying to kill a KV-1: No- No, you can't properly- no, just shoot the- JUST SHOOT THE BREACH.

The Two-Gun Shogun is my favourite tank

I think they need to put the tank back at 4.7.

*Happy Chi-Ha-Tan noises.*

tbh even the Chi-To's reload doesn't hold it back. it's just simple Japanese power.

That thing has almost managed to catch me out a couple of times when using the KV1 Zis5. Not so much because of any threat potential, but more because it’s was actually able to take a shell or two before I went killed it.

You killed me. second vehicle. the italian sherman. I'm one of the biggest fans

Honestly I've said it on phlys vid before... the chi ri is one of the best vehicles that people sleep on, I absolutely love this thing, it's reload surprises most people

The hull looks a little bit like an M6A1

ODDBAWZ the music you used in the intro is Chinese music, I'm from China and I'm pretty familiar with Japanese music as well, i can tell that music is definitely wrong lol, nothing big but just to point it out, also a small challenge for you if you want to try, try to shot down 3 aircraft in a game and not die with zsu 57-2;P

could you make a vid on the allecto using it at 6.3 as it is prime german main territory i have gotten 5 kill games with out dying in it and i can often get 3+ kills

Am I the only one that noticed the Brumbarr had a Phlydaily logo on its side at 18:45

Can't wait to see you play that new South African crane they're adding next patch Scottish bob the builder out for blood : )

Chi-Ri II-san -OddBawZ

Whenever I played tank, I immediately chose the Japanese tree while all my friends went Russian, American, and German. I will never forget the day I killed my friends Super Pershing in custom battle with one shot, back when Gaijin ballistics allowed you to somehow ammunition rack tanks without penning it