WT: British ground forces Tier I- Review and analysis 

I've seen the independent more times irl than in game.

Did i just see 19 kills in the Daimler AC Mk2 video? Well done Oxy!

Timestamps: 01:29 - A13 Mk I 05:02 - A13 Mk II 06:04 - Tetrarch Mk I 07:35 - Daimler AC Mk. II 09:15 - Valentine Mk I 12:40 - Crusader Mk II 15:40 - Crusader Mk III 18:08 - Mk. VIA AA 19:33 - T17E2 21:09 - A13 Mk I (3rd RTR) 22:04 - A13 Mk II 1939 23:38 - A1E1 Independent 26:49 - CAS Recommendations 28:57 - Lineups

The Damiler AC is my british locust Bully casemates with it Bully Panthers with it Bully Leopards with it It bully forever.

God i love your voice. It's so relaxing and i love having something like this for background noise. Listening to you is very calming

This man predicted the Crusader Mk III being uptiered to rank two

I've been looking forward to this.

the "sticky" feeling tanks in tier 1 are that way because they use a combination of track braking as well as track warping to steer similarly to the soviet BT series of tanks.

My strat with the Tetrach is just rush the caps and get some assists before a Ho-Ro deletes you.

I love crusader Mk III, in it even tigers and panthers are fair game. 6pdr is love, 6pdr is life.

Please keep this series going, not just for focusing on the less popular vehicles but it will really help new players to a tech tree decide if they want to main it. Love the detail that goes into every single tank.

I LOVE Crusader mk III, it is my favorite British vehicle

24:28 bounces of a freaking l33/3

On the AC IV AA, I was half expecting to hear 'put it in the bin' :P

Thank you for this - I just started the game using the British line and love a little guidance.

Omg this series is going to be brilliant oxy! Thanks for doing it :)

I’m excited to see the future of this series. I just started ground battles for the first time after playing for 6 years. I started with the British and I’ve no clue what I’m doing lol. This helps a lot. Thanks and keep it up!!

I've had the game 3 days, playing Brits. Great video! I love my Daimler, flank into a hidey hole, call arty and pop out and shoot enemy while the arty has them occupied. Crusader is my highest tank ATM, loving the scouting. And the Tetrarch is adorable even though the turret is cranked by a couple of anaemic hamsters.

Well, the crusaders received scouting! Very excited, my little crusader boy is now a proud member of my higher line ups and *definitely* holds its own. Also, thank you so much for covering the British tech tree! I had already progressed a fair bit before this video, but I found all of your videos to be extremely helpful!

I love the Valentine Mk.1. Angling at 45 degrees can often make even the best German rounds bouncy, and I often get the highest kill counts with the Valentine, despite its speed.

Dont ever change boo boo! Im a massive fan of your WT content, and even though I have all the British tech unlocked for ground and air. You have inspired me to go back and play some of the lower tier stuff as well as teaching me a few things I was unaware of. Fantastic job as always :)

YES! I'm so happy that you are doing the British!

I think your videos are great and like the series you have been doing on the nations. Watching some of you older videos last year got me into the game!

Thank you so much, I'm loving these tier analysis videos. I've been playing America, Germany, and Russia since I started playing the game, and Britain is the next one I'd like to try out once I get my current 3.7/4.0 builds good to go on the other three. I will definitely take your advice here.

This video series is what I have been looking for forever. Thank you. I'd like it more if I could

"I literally can't stop slapping the table with my aggressive hand movements"

I'm new to the channel and all that I have seen is very well done, so glad you got that job mate!

For whatever reason, I've had a few of my best games in that old Valentine Mk1. Got my first 10 kill RB match ever on ash river, immediately followed by a 14 kill 6 assist match on the same map, RB again. Pretty much just drove in a straight line continuously firing both times until the matches were over. I think I fully spaded it in those 2 matches if I remember right. Will always love that tank from all that.

Oxy, my man, I love your content to no end. My only small grievance is that you dont upload much often. While I understand you have other things to do, it's just a request. Great job on the finals man!

Love these types of vids! Would you ever do one like this or the ultimate ground forces guide for planes?

God I remember when I had to use the valentine, sometimes invincible, sometimes papermache

The lineup suggestion at the end was brilliant.

Good luck with the new squad. Crusader Mk3 is the most fun tank in game. It's a real sim battle champion will always jump in when it in the line up. Smoke smoke smoke, boom boom boom. Job done!

Literally nothing could have made me happier than this in my recommended feed.

Great video. I literally just started going down this line. Have you ever considered doing kind of a map tactics video?

Awesome! I'm happy to see you doing other countries

I'm so happy that you continue your series with Britain. On my account they were the first nation I played, but I left for Russia because the top tier has so many gaps. Sad to see that you dislike the MK.7A AA. I honestly love shooting down planes with it, the 4 machineguns will deal with pretty much anything fast. Also, unlike other early AA's it can survive many shots from planes, because the crew isn't as exposed. Btw. Crusader is truly a great tank, though it does feel bad to club so many of the new players :/ For the Independent you should have mentioned, that showing your side armour also adds a chance of your dead crew soaking up enemy shells lol. I love using tanks like these to soak up shells and give my team more of a chance to shoot at the enemy. Sadly it does not have as many guns as the T-35. Gaijin should add an Armoured Car tree to the UK, like Italy. There are so many potentional tanks (?) they could add, it's a shame that they decided to add the AEC Mk.2 as a premium. There are also some Commonwealth vehicles which would fit in that tree perfectly. Britain deserves more love! Already hyped for tier two. These videos are always awesome!

I've been waiting soooooo long for this!

Great as always, thanks for the work!

I always find the tetrach plays basically like a limited traverse td but you can set the limited traverse orientation to the hull, Like the m10. Play it with gun forwards till you are setting up for a corner or get disabled. Simply traversing the hull is quicker and gives chance for snap shots

Hey oxy good to see your making content still keep up the good work. might sound odd but i think you should make a bush tutorial as a lot of people (including myself till recently) dont know how to get them eg warbonds and dont know how to best cover their tank up. Also setting video might help new players because its another thing left uncovered by content creators for example being able to turn of grass in sights ect. Which might help them idk.

Another great helpful video 👍

I was thinking to buy Crusader MK 2 because I unlocked the tank and I had a lots of fun playing the tank. Thank you

The crusaders mg is in an A.A. turret. It usually works if you point the curser up

thx for the amazing vids kipe op the good jod

Been waiting for more of these vids, I'm sure they're time consuming to make; love them though :)

Hi Oxy I thank you for your videos, it's really interesting and instructive. I'm a former WT player, and needed a big break from the game (tired of it, not enough place left on my PC and the grind was beginning to get me annoyed on most nations) for a few years. But with the addition of the T10 and some new nations (I think I have played the T1 Swedish, but I'm not sure yet, it's been a while) I am looking into coming back. The discord seems like a very good idea, and I hope I can get some advice about how to minimize the grind and get the tanks I want a bit faster (I'm mostly a Free to Play player), so, I may take a look on it and ask some questions and advice on it. Your video series on the ground forces are excellent, and especially nice for new-ish players, or to get an idea for the higher tiers, so, thank you. I just finished the German ones and I'm waiting for the USA and France series (but you will probably do the Russia before, your call) and I love the time you take to explain clearly what you mean, and emphasis you put on what is your opinion, and what the strengths and weaknesses of every single vehicles are. It's an amazing work and I very found of it. So, please keep doing it, at the pace you feel comfortable with, and don't cut on quality in favour of quantity/shorter delays, I think it's not why most of your viewers are here for. It is some great work, and it's both relaxing, entertaining and informative (I know, both is for 2 adjectives, and I had 3, but you get the idea). PS : any advice on the French low tier AA with the 40 Bofors? I never succeded to get the hang of it.

Another thing worth mentioning about the Crusader MK3 is that it seems to have a pretty low profile, and if you can get good with it you can learn to arc shots over hills.

Yay, series continues... one suggestion, maybe put in the title or somewhere else with which War Thunder version you did this video, so that people in a year or so, to ensure it is put into the right timeline context.

Completely agree, exactly what I would choice when starting early tier 👍

After finish this tech tree can you do germens next? Also keep the great work with these guides. I personally cant find a general guide for every nations in one place not. Thank you for making these guides.

Great video!

ever since the AP damage buff and the penetration system update the 2 pounder is probably the best all round gun at rank 1

The Deus Vult wagon is really really good. And now they have scouting. I use the MkIII up at 4.7 and it works really well even against tigers and panthers from the side.

Can't wait for the tier iv analysis, cus I am around that tier (I have cent.1 and 3 and heading to charioteer to get tortoise)

I can vouch for the Independent being usable. Even some veterans are shocked when they see this thing rolling down the street and aren't sure where to shoot to knock it out in one shot. It has a decent reload and I've knocked out more than a few German tanks with its rounds. However, I will agree it's not worth the price. I got it when it was half off. Also it is mandatory to play The British Grenadiers song while you use this tank at ALL times

Veeery good Video.. THX a LOT..^^ I like this Concept. Will you bring more of this kind of Videos??? This woul help some people i Game.. ^^ Greatings..^^

Oxy I've been thinking of buying war thunder. To deal with covid-19 in Ireland. Your vids are a great help. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

Very nice video!

i have had great games in the valentine mk.1 and I would love to go back and play it again

Hey oxy can you make a vid on the control for ground and air. Like the most ergonomic control for the multiple turrets and fighters, hope you feel me

Played at top BR with the A13 mk 2, an apfsds round went straight through the space between the turret side and added armour. Was able to cap point, and we actually won that game

This makes me so happy

I don't need Oxygen anyway.

@ 14.32 i have never had that bug before in a British low tier tank, im not convinced it is one yet. If you notice your coaxial mg was damaged and knocked out, hence only the front mg was working. I think theres a conflict somewhere thats causing it. Like for instance, you may have your mg bound to a different keys like the (special mg fire) button to directly control mg's on the tanks.

for a second I thought you were using a British camo on the Beaufort and I recoiled in shock until I saw the nose and realised it was the Blenheim

nice high five against the table

My 2.7 line up is the Matilda II, Crusader MkIII, Valentine MK 1, 2.3 Wellington, and the Hurricane Troop. Its a very good line up, and I've found the Matilda and Crusader are extremely effective even in an uptier

Crusaders are my all time favorits! So much fun and so much kills on maps like Stalingrad.

the sticky driving you've been talking about is probably the lack of grip on the road, due to the tank beign too light and having a too strong engine, so when it turns its likely to "drift"

dang been a while since one of ur videos, Those British Crusaders are my favorite won many of battles

Ah nice, i might join that squad. I would love to play some games with you! Also quite experienced player, play since 2013, and would love to share my knowledge of the game.

Oddly I've always done great with Tetrarch and was my last tier one to be replaced, never really been able to do will with the daimler though.

24:25 did I just see an L3/33 absorb a shell?

I got into the British tech tree after seeing a Valentine I which surprised me because it was the only thing I hadn’t been able to pen with my t-26-4 and it also massacred my team getting like 7 kills without moving

Yes big man

The Crusader Mk. III packs so much smoke grenades, because they are fired THROUGH the turret roof via a small tube and thus can be reloaded from the inside of the vehicle where the grenades ara also stored

Its always a good day when O2 releases a video.

Is the slow traverse on the Tetrarch new? I don't recall it when I started Britain 6 months ago.

I used the Daimler armoured car at 3.7 the other day and got 3 kills (which is 2.5 above average). It’s really fun

Wow you are alive

What about the V-156-B1 ? It's a 1.3 single engine naval bomber that is faster than the Swordfish.

How did you make these nice white and red stripe markings? Is it a user skin or is there a trick that you use! I would really like to know, beacuse it look beautifull on British tanks!

Weird "not star wars" music at the background was kinda distracting me throughout :D Great vid tho! Need to get Mk2

I have to argue that the valentine is a very capable vehicle in my low tier British lineup and is normally my second choice after the crusader mark 2 if I can’t get the hurricane

It’s funny I made it through the British 1 rank with out getting the a13 mkll it the only rank one from Britain that I don’t have

How did you get the HQ decal on the A13Mk II? Is it a skin or bundled with a premium/event tank?

I have actually found that the front at plates on the a13s absolutely chew up a lot of rounds, and are hella hard to pen.

After spending all of this last week grinding up the British tech tree, I can safely say it is an absolutely blast. However, I would completely skip a dedicated 2.3 lineup and move on straight to 2.7. You get the Crusader III, the Matilda II, the early Typhoon and Spitfire for air support, and a 20mm AA car. Also, I would replace the Swordfish with the V-156 at 1.3. Still two bomb drops, but vastly improved flying characteristics and more effective offensive guns.

He said the Wirraway. I can die happy now :)

I’ve talked out a lot of aircraft with the mk. Via aa it’s hard to use but actually okay. I’ve also killed a few tanks but I’ve just started the game so

First, let me say that I love your channel and look forward to each new post. Regarding this video I have to say that I really want to like the British tech tree as much as you seem to, but I’m having a hard time not seeing it as mostly “consider it” material at best. Keep in mind that I only play ground RB (no planes) at BR < 5.7. The usual response I've seen for such complaints ranges from "you're playing it wrong" or just "get better". But that's the point really, an instrument that's only "good" when wielded by a "good" player isn't really that good at all, only the player is. I mean wouldn't most tanks be great when used by a highly experienced player? Not being a great, or possibly even a good player myself, I still feel that an equally skilled player using a German, American or Russian vehicle would do better than one using a comparable British vehicle. When I get killed in those other nations vehicles I generally ascribe it to my playing, my teammates playing or something Gaijin related. Whereas as I try to work the British line I mostly complain about the vehicles short comings. Maybe it's me and this will go away in time. Anyway, thank you for the time and effort you clearly put into your videos.

You deserve 50 million+ subscribers

did the british ammo get nerfed? I feel like I can pump an enemy full of holes (pen is great) and nothing happens.

ok that heavy tank brought steampunk thoughts as soon as i saw it

is there a way to see what BR you arter up against? or is this just another quick reaction memory game?

I'm curious what you're going to say about the Matilda Mk II...

All this talk of the various ways certain tanks can do well and you can have a lot of fun, but when I play I just drive onward and get oneshot, next tank, drive onward and get oneshot, next tank...

Independant is one of those i pull out to just get a giggle

i have to ask when people start playing high tiers are you guys spending the cash on expert and ace crews? Its very bloody expensive