The Best American Light Tank 

Hey guys, got a lot going on but it shouldn't affect videos. Just very tired recently. Starting dialysis soon. Let me know how you like the shorter intro for this video

1:15 spookston was left absolutely baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, lost, mazed and utterly perplexed at getting a non pen.

Oddbawz: I hate this tank! Spookston: I love this tank! The duality of WT players.

8:00 "why is his crew invisible" because you set him on fire and you need to remember NO ONE DIES IN WAR THUNDER AND PEOPLE THAT ARE ON FIRE DIE UNLIKE PEOPLE THAT TAKE A 150MM HE TO THE FOREHEAD THEY NEVER DIE

12:36 Notice how the sabot went through one crewman's neck and only turned him red-orange :)

That Tiger 2 at 1:13 was definitely a Skyrim guard in the past.

You know what else is light and the best? The ikv 72s and 103s! Day 44

In this episode Spooks shoots directly at ammo and it does nothing half the time.

Attempt 24: requesting Spookston to play one of the "Alternate" Top Tier tanks: M48 Super AMX 40

Now that you’ve played the best American light tank, can you play the “best” American heavy tank the M103? Attempt 8 btw

thanks. By the way its really nice seeing how your mood and or tone has changed throughout the years. You seem a lot happier or maybe more comfortable making videos. Im happy for you

Want to see you play the Ikv 91 or 91-105. Both are incredible :D

11:35 its even worse with the german commanders, they call tank destroyers "luftabwehrstellung" (Anti-Air Gun)

Still waiting and asking for another day still to see Spookston play the AMX-10P AA because its such a gremlin

Love the unloved M47 Patton day 115!

Video 31 of asking Spookston to use the Chi-Ha with the 120MM short gun

This version of the M551 has a lower ammo capacity than the regular 152mm variant…

When i saw the title i was kinda worried this was gonna be another HSTV-L video😅

you can see one of the problems with the APDS (penetration goes from 300mm at 0 degrees down to 84mm at 60 degrees) by comparing it to the HEAT-FS on the T92 (penetration goes from 254mm at 0 degrees down to 127mm at 60 degrees), which also explains why the APDS couldn't penetrate the T-54, although it's worth mentioning that the earliest 1947 variant has 120mm UFP (60 degrees) and LFP (54 degrees), unlike the later models that only have 100mm, although the APDS would have a hard time with the later models as well due to the angle of the armor.

Bonus points for just being a good looking tank imo. I’ve always loved the Sheridan visually.

Day 182 of asking for T95

day 32 of asking for radkampfwagen 90

the 3 inch gun carrier is a perfect fit for you, really complements your play style......

Spookston: Man, I really hate sabot Also Spookston: [never even bothers trying a single round of solid shot]

Hearing spook having fun is my favorite kind of video

Another glorious lunch watching Spookston and then subsequently asking him to do an M3 GMC video because is fun.

Just got back from cruise and now I see 3 new spookston videos. This made my day

So when the next major update does come out, any of the new & fun looking vehicles will be definitely be in a video.

6:50 hey spookston, theres this cool thing when you hold J, it allows you to switch vehicles, thought id give some knowledge

Havent seen the video...good video keep up the work

OMG I loved the Elite, "I've taken a grievous wound." Peak Spookston

Today i noticed Spook's in the GHPC special thanks and i actually said "Spookston!" in genuine surprise and excitement Keeo on the good work

As someone who mained britian, sabot would always either mutulate the tank or just non pen, and it gets less consistent the lower caliber it is.

Just found your channel about a week ago and I love it! love the chill vibes, could you do the type 74 next? would be cool to see.

12:02 I have no laughed louder at a spookston video than this moment and I don’t even care why.

The vertical traverse issues can easily be resolved by having your cursor near the reticle, it appears to kinda be a bug because if you go very far away from the reticle with your cursor, your stabilizer will just fight you

Ur editing is great, i like this video.

Yay! Another video from my favorite wt cc 😊

10:44 I AM NOT CRAZY 10:56 I had that guy dead to rights I think Spookston has been watching some better call saul lmao

As always, a cool video! Try the AMX-50 Foch, it seems to be very cool

Yeah about the vertical targeting speed... I was playing the T-72M1 in the Swedish tree while grinding the event and it literally has 2.5deg/s vertical traverse WITH the elevation mod installed (not factoring in crew skill though.) I do vividly remember dying several times on relatively flat urban maps after running over small bumps and mounds of rubble, only for the gun to go wildly off target and then die to something with useable gun handling characteristics. I do feel like Odd was overblowing the M551/76 a bit considering it's literally better than a T-72 in that regard. Also I have no idea how this is balanced at 6.7, especially as someone who played the stabilized British tanks with APDS when they were still 6.3-7.0ish. I do enjoy the amount of nostalgia this brings me though.

Spookston having fun is very nice to watch

10:52 Well you see Spookston. The commanders flesh provided a buffer dampening the impact against the ammo so when your sabot went clean through the commander and the ammo, it wasn't as hard due to the flesh softening the blow.

alternate title : spookston gets gaslighted by sabot for almost 16 minutes

I think you’d like the AMX-30B2 series, they’re basically just fast, light vehicles with pretty good guns and thermals at 8.7, plus a 20mm coax is always nice.

Spookston light vehicle video. LETS GOOOOOOO

in my experience, the cromwell v is very OP if used correctly. i’ve ranked upwards of 18 rounds from all directions and still came out on top

crew goes invisible if a tank is on fire cuz it looks silly if they were just sitting in the fire

Still watching your videos Spookston, just haven’t tought about a vehicle for me to ask about and you to play, keep making videos! Watch them all

Hope you feel better soon bro. You are best war thunder creator and are in our thoughts!

The short intro seems really good, if you want, you might as well keep it! As a suggestion of what to play next, maybe give the Chief Mk10 a try? I wish you all the best and a quick recovery. Stay strong, tankdoggo.

Woooo, spookston video!

Really enjoyed the video. Good luck with everything. I'll give you a pas on suggesting Churchills. This time.

I recommend the TAM, absolute sniping beast in downtiers with LRF and APFSDS; gotten lots of nukes with it.

Great vid would love to see you play the amx-50 foch

If i not wrong at 1:14 that tiger 2 is covered with zimmerit which is a forgotten classified information about that material can block incoming pen by add extra additional armor ( or whatever that is )

i imagine its gonna get a br increase sooner or later cause it really is good, i personally prefer using the solid shot over the sabot and save the sabot for heavy armor, also personally dont like the shorter intro but you do what you need to do when youve got stuff going on 😁

Hope you start feeling better soon!

Cool. Despite the weaknesses of the tank, it's nice to see people perform well in it. When are we expecting some KW-1C 756 gameplay?

I just got my first nuke Dropped a 12 Bomb in the m56 along with a point capture Always loved ur vids man keep em up

Hope you get better love your vids

On Bulldog, I usually take majority of my ammo APBC, and use APDS only when needed. I find that APBC has more than enough pen and I can quickly switch between them anyway. On this, I would take like 5 APDS rounds.

I'll give you one better, a few days ago playing the Chieftain Mk.10 my 410mm APFSDS bounced off the flat side of an IT-1, and not only it bounced, the dart in the cam literally turned 90º and spiked into the ground

Not that i would actually know, but i get the feeling that the time you gain by immediately leaving your vehicle upon getting a nuke is more useful than the discretion you get for meandering around waiting to be killed, especially if their team is almost gone

You will love the SARC MkVI (6pdr) its so gooooood i cant stop smyiling(forgot how to type it but :) while playing it

Love the vids spook :) Also video 53 of asking spookstonto play tha AML-90.

I would think that playing the Challenger Black Knight might be a good idea next video

Hey man, really hope dialysis goes well! I would recommend the American T-32 heavy tank, pretty fun, and decently fast for a heavy tank

😂😂 Lovin' this.... Now I gotta add this baby to my 1/35 collection. Rest up. Many thanx Spook! 👍👍

Any chance we could see you use the IT-1 Spook? It's one of if not the ONLY Russian tank with 10 degrees of "gun" depression ❤️

Nice as always spookston first and love ur channel!

you should try to make obj 292 lineups with any tanks, i was having a bit of fun

Looks to be a fun tank to play. But I would definitely trade 8 degrees of horizontal traverse for 4 more vertical.

hey boss, i'm curious to see you try out the M46/M47; i recently got my hands on them and they're complete monsters with their HEAT-FS and insane mobility (for mediums at their BR ranges)

well played.

Sabo is good for pen and solid shot for damage, usually.

Solid Shot needs a flat surface to be effectiv, it has not the normalisation value like a AP or APHE. Thats why you bounce often angled surfaces like the lower plate from the T54, but pen a IS4 Cheek when its no angled round to you.

M42 contraero video soon? Also sorry you’re not feeling well. Hope you feel better soon and that dialysis goes well. I know it’s a very hard process. Just know your content is very appreciated.

I love how Spookston is always like look at me i am so dumb whilst he outsmarts like 80% of the people he goes up against

British 6.7 got uptiered to the stars because they were stabilized and had sabot access, this thing might end up the same way. The irony is that I had the same experience back then with those tanks: you often get the first shot due to the stab, but sabot often fails to deliver and can put you at a disadvantage despite having the first shot. Yet... A heavy tank like an IS or KT has no hope to outshoot a stabilized vehicle like this -- their only recourse is exactly that: hoping the incoming sabot fails and gives them a chance to respond. It's pretty whack but not that surprising that it's coming in at such a low BR, especially considering how bad the 152mm version(which is *8.3* now!!) got hit by the missile ballistics changes. I don't doubt that the m551/76 is the more effective version between the two now, because the 152mm HEAT is oversized garbage and the shillelagh missile falls out of the gun and hits the ground half the time. Even the T92 which I've found is one of the best light tanks in a tree full of great light tanks, doesn't compare well without the stabilizer. I hope this thing at least goes up to 7.3+. Something like this that is light, stabilized, and with access to high-penetration ammo will be a menace if it stays under-tiered. It also still has access to the 76mm APBC round, which has a much better balance of damage vs penetration compared to the sabot, though everyone seems to fixate on the sabot.

Day 29 You should play a tank with hydropneumatic suspension (recommend the MBT-70) But the catch is you have to drop the suspension as low as it can go for the whole match.

You should try playing the Rattle 20, it’s a fun tank and has guided missiles at 6.7. It’s not the fastest wheeled vehicle but is pretty fun.

14:32 this one came from the heart and it could be heard

Sabot tends to work like a D&D skill save role d20. If you hit 15+, you pen and do damage. 10-15, pen but no damage. Rest is just no pen.

I second the request that someone else made for the M48 Super or the M48A2 G A2. Also requesting the Type 87 RCV, the one at 9.0 not the 8.7 (P) version.

Thank you for the lunchtime entertainment. Request- video trying arcade

Do a challenge where you have to hold the fire button all the time, so that everytime your reload is done, you immidiately shoot your shot, this makes it so that you have to time your shots with your reload. And probably should bring more ammo as well

Hey spook, just a tip: I do believe that you get 70sp for j'ing out, so if you're real close to a nuke you can just eject and get free sp.

14:03 bro really skeedaddled out of there

you should try BMP3 with HE + laserfinder, is really fun to use

The normal Sheridan is a pain to fight with the German 8.0 lineup, Raketenautomat and Marder 1a3 excluded. I guess that's half the 8.0 lineup though(Germany suffers). But still, that stabilized atgm slinger is nuts. The 76mm Sheridan isn't nearly as bad to fight though, because a single 88mm will turn the crew into jell-o. Not to mention "Shell shattered".

Hey spookston I'd love to see you play the lekpzm41 it's the german bulldog but with heatfs ( if I remember the non gerpan bulldog doesn't have those) and it's really fun to play albeit a bit frustrating

Spook: "Let's be smart about this(shoots a weakspot)" Gaijin: "No" Also please bring more HE shells, overpressurable tanks can be so common

I once again must request the Ratel 90/20 for a video, both are chunky slow to accelerate but hit hard.

Hey Spookston! Could you make a video on the Jagdpanzer IV? Its a really fun and silly tank and a lot of enemies have no clue where to pen it. Its my new favorite tank

Gaijin: SABO rounds don't like angled armor. shoots completely straight pieces of armor *non pen*

7:45 the leKPz M41 is .3 BR higher than the american bulldog because it has heat. I also don't often use the HEAT on my leKPz M41 because the sabot is just better

yay spookston

You know he’s gonna nail the shot when he says “I can’t even see what that is”

Trust me, no one is harping on enough about the out of this world physics on APDS