PT-76B In War Thunder : A Basic Review 

This is my first review of a ground vehicle using my normal review format, as opposed to live commented gameplay. Constructive feedback appreciated, I honestly don't know how well my format works for tanks. The performance of this vid will strongly influence if I branch out and cover more ground vehicles over the long-term.

Damn thats one strange plane!

PT stands for Paper Thin

Strange plane, I guess boat planes are well established tho so I’ll trust the plane historian

Tim doing a tank?! Let's gooo

Absolutely savage shot at 7:31 !

This thing used to be absolutely awful with a 10 second reload. Now its actually pretty good for what it is. I would suggest taking a few APHE shells for side shots or finishing off a weakened opponent. It has somewhat similar performance to a us 75 like what is found on early shermans or chaffees.

Ayyy we getting a Ground Vehicle review nice.

@TimsVariety I know this would have been serious scope creep to include in the video, but felt compelled to comment, as they're all heavily related. The PT-76 tank also contributed its hull (and role) to the Chinese Type 63 light tank, which is re-turreted with a turret off of the Type 62 light tank (basically a down-sized Type 59). This gives the Type 63 with much improved firepower (an 85mm cannon, with varying ammo types depending on which version/BR you're using), at the cost of even-worse traverse and the deletion of the stabilizer. China has 3 versions of the Type 63 light tank: Object 211 (BR 5.0/Tier III, with APHEBC, HE and unlockable APCBC) Type 63 (BR 6.3/Tier IV, with APHEBC, HE, unlockable APCBC, HVAP and HEAT-FS) ZTS63 (BR 7.7/Tier V, with HEAT-FS, HE, unlockable APCBC and APFSDS; and a laser rangefinder) All 3 are the front of a folder in their respective tiers, with the Chinese PT-76B (which you forgot to mention in the video!), the aforementioned Type 62, and the ZBD86 (BMP-1 in Chinese service). There are also two tanks later in the USSR tree that were intended as the PT-76's successor: the Object 906 (with a stabilized 85mm cannon) and the Object 685 (with a stabilized 100mm cannon).

Remember when the PT-76B used to be awful due to just how long the reload is compared to other tanks at the time? Now it's a pretty nasty tank.

Cool to see you do some ground stuff, recently started getting in to ground rb myself after 10 years of only playing air. Would love to see more!

Great first (tank) review! I think the format works just as nicely as with planes, especially having the history bit (had no idea that India actually pulled off an amphibious operation with it). As for feedback, a few small things come to mind: - It's probably worth saying something about every ammo type available, to provide an idea of what mix you recommended and when to use it. - On the topic of ammo, discussing how much ammo you bring would also be informative. - The gun optics discussion would fit better with the armament and ammo discussion and than separated near the end.

I glanced it over quickly and almost mistook it for an helicopter review haha, I love this idea of ground vehicle analisis with your format

The tactic I used for this and currently use for BMP-2 is to make sure you know every target is scouted in a group, flank around and kill 2-4 tanks in a bundle WHILE moving, confuses the enemy, uses stabiliser advantage, and fast reload means you can consistently take out multiple targets if they don’t suspect you coming

As a fellow historian absolutely love you're typical format for Ground vehicles! Very informative and a good history lesson.

Your typical review format works really well for ground and naval vessels (april fools ship review for those not aware). All that is missing is the modifications you suggest getting first, which in my eyes is more important to have on tanks than planes

that river you were in, under the bridge on european province is a goated spot for this thing. okay coverage on B, great cover from the air, many don't expect it when crossing the other bridges. very fun.

Great video again Tim.

Hey Tim, great video and a good review of this vehicle. (One of my favourites btw) Just one small thing. I feel like if you would use the ground forces background music instead of the air forces, it would fit better to the gameplay.

Man, that sea shanty took me by surprise.😂

Well, I said I'd watch if you reviewed a water floaty and here we are 😉 I like your format in general so I may be biased but, I do think it works well with ground vehicles too!

NIIICE!!!! I always wondered like ,,Why doesnt that dude make that with Tanks?!" Love to see this PLEASE do more. ❤

I love this tank, it's one of my longest used tanks, I had it in my lineup until BR 8.0

thanks for the review Tim, your style suits this nicely, the PT-76 is a very feast or famine tank for me, sometimes it's a flanky stabilized heat slinging menace,, sometimes I'm a free kill for the first guy with a .50 cal

Your more historical/informative style of video works really well with tanks, also getting CASed at the end adds some more immersion

Noticed the sped up footage! It looks real nice

I like it! I think its a good move to branch out. Seems that ground battles are more popular these days

Im happy to see you do more tier 1 to tier 6 tanks, super good review

Love seeing the normal review format for a ground vehicle! This works really well, and I hope it pays off in terms of views amd likes. Glad you decided to do this amd hope to see more. Im especially glad to see my favorite soviet vehicle being the first too!

I always thought that PT-76 is fun vehicle. Like it's quirks. In my home town we have one in museum. It's an interesting bit of kit.

I didn't doubt you'd make a great video regardless of topic, but this confirmed that tanks have a place on the channel. Really knocked it out of the park first try! I will eat my words about fast forwarding. I think you did a fine job with it in this video (having the voiceover rolling while you FF helps a lot). Very excited to see what tanks you cover next. My only question is will you be able to squeeze the tank reviews inbetween plane reviews, or will they be replacing one upload each? Either way, let's go tanks!!!!!

Soon as you get the HEAT-FS unlocked this thing totally changes

Loved this. Thank you

We have done planes We have done helis Now we got tanks too Only one thing is left NAVAL (Unironically what are your experience/opinions on naval? Are you one of the many people who never played naval? Or one of the 5 actual human who play naval?)

Took me half the video to realize…. This….isn’t…..a plane…… even for the soviets! Good work!

Suprised to see you do a ground review, love the switch up! Keep it coming :D (you started with my fav tank)

First time you reviewed a Vic I have !

Cool Video i think the fast forward you talked about in the poll looks good. on one hand i wouldnt want to watch that on normal speed but neither miss it so good choice keep it up :)

Great to see you doing tank reviews!

Taking the aphe is pretty much a must for this tank since you should be flanking enemies anyway

Saw this at a war museum recently. Really cool tank. Quite small irl

I absolutely love amphibious vehicles in Warthunder. I main Russia so I get access to all the fun Russian pirate ships like the PT-76, BTR-80, the Sprut, and of course my beloved BMP’s. I seriously wish there were more maps with access for water to allow amphibious assaults so they can be more of an asset to the team rather than a niche but fun game feature.

Dope review!

Loved this hope more people see this

I might be a bit biased because I've been getting into tanks lately, but I thought it was a great video. Also, I voted skip on the poll, but sped up is fine.

Hoping to see more of these tank reviews

Yes Tim give me more tank reviews ❤

Your awesome dude and awesome video be safe out there I agree with you dude

Appreicate the tank review, really enjoy it - especially because you picked a not so famous vehicle. We have so many of these interesting niche tanks only a few people know the history of. One thing though: Around the 4:20 mark you speak about the ammo and its penetration and the post pen effects and around the 9:00 mark you say nearly the same exact thing again. :)

A air channel doing a tank video? A AIR CHANNEL DOING A VIDEO ABOUT BEST BOY SOVIET ATTACK BOAT!?!

A GREAT choice for your first tank review! I really hope you make this a regular video series. Ground forces are my main use, so hearing your take on various tanks and AFVs would be really fun! Protip: the HE is redundant here. No need to bring any if you have HEAT-FS. Anything you want to overpressure with HE can be done with HEAT. This goes for all vehicles, tbh, and outside of very select cases (such as a significant difference in filler), there's really no reason to bring HE over HEAT for your explosive round (derp guns notwithstanding).

Would like to see more tank reviews. Especially prem top rank tanks.

This is the best thing I ever saw.

I aced this tank by playing it, and I think I'll give it another spin with the recent HEAT cone buff. It was better before Gaijin redzoned lots of water zones and altered the map selection for its BR bracket, but it's still possibly one of the best vehicles in the game. Once you're over the APCR grind to unlock HEAT-FS (which is admitedly most painful for new players without extensive vehicle knowledge) the possibilities are immense. Firing with the turret angled 90 degrees from the hull in water used to be capable of drowing you. APHE can be tactically useful but you're better served loading two HE and the rest HEAT-FS. While the depression and elevation are painful if you can find terrain that only exposes your turret it has an incredibly low profile, and parked on a hill it's quite capable of deleting the odd prop plane. While it's capable of earning you a nuke and worthy in an uptier, the real primary weapon is not the cannon but the scouting.

It's fun seeing this channel grow and expand its variety and try new things. What was the music used at the end of the video?

AHOY! New naval Thunder-Tuber to me, three and a half naval players left!

the goof troop in the first clip 🤣🤣🤣

Ground Vechicles reviews... Hmmm... Seems very good!

good job mate! waiting for ZSU-57-2 vid)

Personally one of my favorites. Wish I had the busted 76mm version but it works.

I remember when a Pt-76 ate my MILAN ATGM with it's front plate. The whole missile just vanished. It was either advanced and classified APS, or witchcraft. Considering it was a Soviey vehicle - both are possible

I love this goofy tonk

G'day Tim, Interesting a ground review, You said you were gonna do these in a QnA a while back right? So what are the chances of an advanced review forthe PT-76E (PT-76-57 in game).

Is that Matt Farrah’s million mile Lexus?

You've missed out the first flight date.

Hey Tim... Could you maybe give us a link the that version of The Wellerman you used in this video?

Can you cover Japanese vehicles? Especially the Type 89, and the 9.0Type 87 RCV?

Arr we got amphibious tanks me matees

I love seeing this when playing an American tank

nice

Unfortunately most of the maps with water have waves like there is a storm happening, so you cannot effectively aim your gun verticaly

Most amphibious tanks bounce unfortunately

Something I'm wondering Tim, if you don't mind answering; How long does it take for you to get useable footage for your videos? I know you're well above the average player, but getting 9 kills on one life is extreamly impressive.

Man i love this tank The version in Chinese tech tree is my preferred tank when i still played war thunder, i love the reaction of new player playing heavy tank thinking they're invincible while my shitty cardboard box penned them

TIM TANKS TIM TANKS

I really hate this thing not only because its fully stabilized with heat-fs at 5.3 but because it is directly responsible for the cancelation of the T92 which is one of the coolest tanks the US has ever come up with

Does anyone know why I can only get 8 Heat on this vehicle ??

Looking at the gameplay it should be noted that carrying HE in this thing is a waste of ammo space since HEAT-FS overpressures open tops just fine on its own

Everyone is reviewing this thing it's crazy 🤣

Hmmm i dont remember i met this plane in any br

What is a tank but a Plane of the ground

Didn't china also had an unstabilised pt76?

i hope gaijin separate post war from ww2 vehicles

I am traumatized by this tank.

No need to take heat and HE, you can just use heat as it will still overpressure, lol

East german pt 76b when? Germany has no rank 3 light tanks.

This format is great ! But it doesn't fly well, i believe. (the PT, not the format)

This thing being lower then the m18 is a joke

Fully stabilized heatfs slinger at a lower BR than some shermans. All postwar tanks belong at 7.0+ cause this is bullshit. The most OP 5.3 vehicle rn is a fucking leopard 1 with a 40mm autocannon

Love your style of video. Gameplay commentary is not helpful to get good at this game.

0/10 didn’t explain how to land it

This thing is a moving garbage bin

Dislike!!! Not a single meme sound effect, also you clearly forgot to include footage of you taking off with the thing Tim!?!