daimler armoured car, it is the single best vehicle in the game, no hill cannot be climbed, no tank can hide, and there is no such thing as too little armour.
quick tip take not more than 17 rounds as it keeps all of them in the bottom most ammo rack any further rounds start to be placed on the sides which is the biggest spot for ammorekts for the hellcat i use 10 aphe and 7apcr only and sometimes 10aphe and 2-3 apcr and 5 smoke the lack of Armour is a boon to this tank
@@reedman0780 it has no armour so APHE gos strait through it without exploding, and the enemy needs a direct hit on a component to hull break you. i don't know howmany times my 88mm guns did nothing (but kill 1 crew member and make a component orange) alloing the M18 to kill me
@@possiblyadickhead6653 the hellcat loses all the benefits it has in arcade in rb is the most bullshit tank that armor doesnt trigger aphe so it doesnt get 1 shotted
@@dra6o0n That's actually just the opposite of TD doctrine for every military I know of. TD's are supposed to stay in ambush or rush to block enemy breakthroughs, not go on scouting missions. Scouting missions are what jeeps, Ferret's, M3's and M8's are for.
maaaaan, i think i found my new favourite gaming channel. Besides i don't know where all the m18s go. I got rekt by it olny like twice or something. It's usually me who snipes m18 noobs
You should have more subs man ( I'm not talking about submarines lol). I'm brasilian and I can understand a lot of parts of your videos due to your great explanations and examples. Continues with your good work man! *Sorry for my English :)
The M18 is a super useful tank LATE in a match. You want your first spawn to be in a good brawling tank that can get kills and fight over capture points. The 76 Shermans with stabilizers are a good choice for the Americans. Save your M18 for late game when you need to get to capture points quick to save a match.
And Sherman’s are definitely not brawling tanks at that br everything can pen your armor with ease I take the m18 out early to either get to a good position early or cap a point
@@bp-hx9ts That's just not right at all. M18s can cap quickly but they can't defend the cap once they take it. Shermans are FANTASTIC brawlers. Some of the best in the game. Their armor isn't great, but it's alright. When properly angled around corners and things even really big guns have a problem penning you. And the crew is very spread out, ammo is in the bottom, and you have 5 crew. The thing is super survivable. But above all else that makes the Sherman a great brawler, is the gun. You one shot almost everything you hit, the reload for a weapon that devistating is really good, and of course the stabilizer means as long as you have half a brain cell, you ALWAYS get the first shot off. Being a good brawler doesn't mean being able to soak up the enemies first round, it means killing the enemy before they have a chance to get that round off.
I don't know about you, but the reverse gear is what clinches it for me. There's lots to love here (Not the Armor) but what really stands out is the pop up, and retreat. The depression with the reverse speed makes it incredibly useful on any map with good hull-down positions.
At its BR I would say the same can be said of the M10 American TDs are super strong at their BR and I die to M10s in T2 more than anything else short of air dropped bombs.
The only reason it's popular is because it's "fast" even though the t34 85 has basically the same average speed as the M18. The M18 has a terrible suspension so the gun bounces around, the gun has terrible penetration, the gun takes more than 6 seconds to reload, the aphe has no explosive effect (i shot a tiger 1 right into the turret and the gunner ate the shell that exploded right next to him), and the shit has hull break. An actual effective tank is the M41 with good penetration, neutral steering, about the same or even better than the M18 at times, a more stable gun, a faster reload by slight amount, and it doesn't ha e hull break.
T 34 85 (D5T) has more than 10sec of reload stock , it isn't as maneuverable , don't have the same acceleration and can't eat any shells , it's a Jack of all trades but not at the good br , the fact that it is not awful in all characteristics makes it worse than the m18 because no Armor is best Armor
Princess Applestrach no amor might best armor if you're in a long tank like the Flak 88 or BTR but for an M18 it is so easy to hit the engine or transmission you have atleast a 75% chance of striking it and if you hit it you have a 100% chance of killing it in that single shot eventhough the turret is fine, the crew is healthily over 2, and the ammo is still cold. But if you're driving an M18 and come head on with a T 34 85 like you usually do, the T 34 will usually come out on top because with the shitty 76.2mm cnn you could easily hit any part of his turret and the shell will enter the void (no matter how flat of an angle), or you can hit the driver's hatch (self explanatory), or the worst of all you get Gaijined and watch the shell bounce off his UFP eventhough he wasn't angling.
Princess Applestrach oh yeah and do you know how impossible it is to kill an Is-1 or Is-2 is from the rear? It is so much more possible to kill them from the front than from the back, I have had no instances where I've penetrated the back of the turret on them absolutely none.
And the 76mm doesn't suck sure it's vworse than the German 75 but it's still good non the less and if you can't pen the turret of the T34 85 or even the chassis you just suck at shooting
It really isn’t necessary to have the hellcat at 5.7. Like honestly it’s not that OP, I try to use it as intended (flank.mp3) and it almost works. I’ll circle around a tiger, they can’t follow because slow traverse, and I’ll... die to one of the 50 other tigers backing him up. That or I get sniped from across the map, also by a tiger. It’s really a shame, I love the hellcat, it’s my favorite tank of the war. But it’s kinda underpowered for a TD. I especially don’t understand the BR of some of the other tanks in the game that it goes up against... I have trouble penning a Jagdpanzer from the SIDE sometimes 🙄
I am new to WT and just unlocked the M18, yep pretty underwhelming, I have no doubt that in a really good player's hands it's great but facing off other Tanks in this BR it's hard work especially when I look at their stats and they have thousands of battles. Starting to get the feeling being new with how long the game has been out and constantly getting up tiered is gonna make playing a waste of time, shame as the game is great.
@Kyle Reese I starting playing as I wanted to pay cold war era tanks, but the grind even when paying for a prem acct is ludicrous, I know why it's like this of course but IMHO Gaijin are cutting their nose off to spite their face. The matchmaking is an utter mess and when you do unlock a tank you actually want to play you are face with the prospect in stock form its utter crap. It's hard to criticize a game that has been going for so long but as it stands it's pretty much impossible for new players to get into. It's no wonder the game is seeing little growth, I am guessing most new players in the last couple of years walk away very quickly.
The M18 is so good because that´s what War Thunder gameplay is about. Speed and firepower, armor is a negated stat because every tank can penetrate every tank due to ridiculous battlerating matchups and specialized shells. In such a game firepower and speed are the only things that matter.
I say the m18 armor is actually the most useful thing ever. Ive had panther and tigers ApHe shell go right through my tureet and hull. But all my deaths in the m18 have been hull break and ammo det. And if i couldent rely on the armor my gun would always let me dip in and out of engagememts ( far away )
M18 is the best tank to fuck around with I was able to flank the entire enemy team and got 10 kills because I kept running away This tank is also good at flanking corners cause it easily run away after killing an enemy looking at a corner
Only russians have APHE/APHEBC (Armour Piercing High Explosive/Armour Piercing High Explosive Ballistic Cap) (maybe few other tanks but i don't think so), the Hellcat shoots APCBC (Armour Piercing Capped Balistic Cap) with explosive filler, since an APCBC can even be a solid shot (hence the british tanks), standard solid AP and APCR
Hmmm.. Fast, amazing gun that packs a big punch, good penetration, good turret rotation, has a .50 cal. Its very little armour spices things up. Who wouldn't like this tank?
On paper its better than m10 besides armor but for some reason at the exact same br the m10 works better I dont understand is it the bigass breach that is impenetrable? I dont get it
I would love to play with a hellcat in wt but my computer cant handle the graphics and this leaves me wishing for a computer that can handle the graphics
What vehicle would you play if you had all tanks unlocked and crews maxed out?
HowToPlay1337 I would play m47 Patton so I can destroy is6
daimler armoured car, it is the single best vehicle in the game, no hill cannot be climbed, no tank can hide, and there is no such thing as too little armour.
Pakwagon would be nice or any of the event only vehicles.
My M18 GMC because I like to see the commander working in machine gun.
HowToPlay1337 conk mk2
"When you can't shoot with machine gun, blame the commander who does not hide inside"
Me: "Lmao"
I like the Hellcat but sometimes its hard because the wobbling
Or lack of a scope.
It's a damned good TD with the M10 'Wolverine" being a nice contender with a lesser gun.
quick tip
take not more than 17 rounds as it keeps all of them in the bottom most ammo rack
any further rounds start to be placed on the sides which is the biggest spot for ammorekts for the hellcat
i use 10 aphe and 7apcr only and sometimes 10aphe and 2-3 apcr and 5 smoke
the lack of Armour is a boon to this tank
I take full ammo cuz you are gonna get hull break anyway. It has no armor at all and any tank at its tier kan one shoot it
Well it doesnt matter as it has like no armor anyways. And you will run out of ammo quicklyy
@@reedman0780 it has no armour so APHE gos strait through it without exploding, and the enemy needs a direct hit on a component to hull break you. i don't know howmany times my 88mm guns did nothing (but kill 1 crew member and make a component orange) alloing the M18 to kill me
Noobs' favourite.
"Look mom I have -OP- good tank!"
80% Hellcat players still manage to get less than 0.5 KD lmao
Gewel ✔ Yas especially in arcade
Hey, the Hellcat is used by those that actually understand it and it's mechanics.
@@possiblyadickhead6653 the hellcat loses all the benefits it has in arcade in rb is the most bullshit tank that armor doesnt trigger aphe so it doesnt get 1 shotted
@@Ropetor yea I know a t34 85dt is better in arcad it's is so op
@@Ropetor aim for the engine. Chances are your gun is high enough caliber to hull break regardless of explosion.
Enemy hellcat:ninja
our hellcat:not even human
Exactly. Those guys are gods.
0:18 Bro, did you just teamkill?
Maciej Dziedzic noweowjendrhagshsdbdbnjtnebemey twnjans snHhi
@@cheesebottle2844 Yes, we totally understood your sentence, thank you.
Bro mixed battles. Look at the kill feed. Also your shells don't hurt friendly tanks in RB.
@@bp-hx9ts It's not an M10, that's a Panther in M10 disguise. *That's* the joke.
The poor M10 ;(
*m18 exist*
SPAA : "im gonna end this tank whole career"
M18 Player crying in the forum asking for SPAA nerf
Gaijin : nerfed SPAA...
That only happens if the Hellcat has to play scout... They are tank destroyers, they need scout tanks to perform their best.
@@dra6o0n That's actually just the opposite of TD doctrine for every military I know of. TD's are supposed to stay in ambush or rush to block enemy breakthroughs, not go on scouting missions. Scouting missions are what jeeps, Ferret's, M3's and M8's are for.
Wirbelwind enters the chat..
Airplane go brr on m18
Update!: It´s 5,7 in RB now same BR as Jackson (M36)
:(
Yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh
its ok
This tank never die cuz its op
M36 is better
Now 6.0
When i first played the M18 i couldnt believe how big the difference to the M10 was!
*pants heavily in tiger*
*JUST* _LEARNED_ -SOMETHING- *NEW* -THANX- _TO_ *THIS* _GUY_
At least the tiger tends to bounce hellcat shots, at unfavorable angles especially aphe.
RIP if you a panther
@@thebravegallade731 happened to me yesterday
I got out of an angle while angling and it bounced, then I destroyed the hellcat
bastards are nearly invisible in the forest and the flanks you on your perfect position happened to me alot of time i use the tiger
maaaaan, i think i found my new favourite gaming channel.
Besides i don't know where all the m18s go. I got rekt by it olny like twice or something. It's usually me who snipes m18 noobs
Cool! How is that channel called?
HowToPlay1337 goteem
its called theOrangeDoom XD
but honestly tho u make awsome videos
keep it up!
1:28 Wait, hold up...
A russian bias seeing a KV-2 getting pen from front 21th century colorized
Hellcat can also be used as a tutorial for the leopard 1.
I start every match with my Spaa just because ik i can wreck m18 with it
Got killed by them many times in my Tigers and Panthers. Had no idea how fun they were until I unlocked the Chinese M18. My new favourite tank.
You should have more subs man ( I'm not talking about submarines lol). I'm brasilian and I can understand a lot of parts of your videos due to your great explanations and examples. Continues with your good work man!
*Sorry for my English :)
Mikhail Raskalouv Cossak tenho o teu ouro hehehehehe
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
its funny because this tank is now 5.7 in realistic and you might aswell use the m36 for little less speed (fully modded) for a much better gun
The M18 is a super useful tank LATE in a match. You want your first spawn to be in a good brawling tank that can get kills and fight over capture points. The 76 Shermans with stabilizers are a good choice for the Americans. Save your M18 for late game when you need to get to capture points quick to save a match.
Except Ostwinds are more common late game...
And Sherman’s are definitely not brawling tanks at that br everything can pen your armor with ease I take the m18 out early to either get to a good position early or cap a point
@@bp-hx9ts That's just not right at all. M18s can cap quickly but they can't defend the cap once they take it. Shermans are FANTASTIC brawlers. Some of the best in the game. Their armor isn't great, but it's alright. When properly angled around corners and things even really big guns have a problem penning you. And the crew is very spread out, ammo is in the bottom, and you have 5 crew. The thing is super survivable. But above all else that makes the Sherman a great brawler, is the gun. You one shot almost everything you hit, the reload for a weapon that devistating is really good, and of course the stabilizer means as long as you have half a brain cell, you ALWAYS get the first shot off. Being a good brawler doesn't mean being able to soak up the enemies first round, it means killing the enemy before they have a chance to get that round off.
The armoured car will beat this....
Also, I like it when if I’m early, my vote in the pole accounts for 100% of the “votes”
Aaaaah , now mr. Trump and Brexit makes sense.
I don't know about you, but the reverse gear is what clinches it for me. There's lots to love here (Not the Armor) but what really stands out is the pop up, and retreat. The depression with the reverse speed makes it incredibly useful on any map with good hull-down positions.
Ah yes, 5.7 while Tiger is 5.3. B A L A N C E
Just like the m4a1 76, they used to be 4.7. Now they are on the same levels with tigers and panthers
Crazy that buick built these things and now theres engineering from these things we use in modern Trucks
You need more subs man!!!!
Why would i need submarines?
HowToPlay1337 lol
HowToPlay1337 dude😂😂
@@HowToPlay1337 lmao good joke
@@HowToPlay1337 because you still don't have enough.
This is likely my favourite channel. How high of a BR can the M8 go? You know, the light tank with a derp gun? I've been experimenting intensely.
This thing with a stabilizer :D
i really like how u do videos :D keep going m8 we appreciate
A versatile glass cannon.
I often like to go Hellcat huntin' with a Wirbelwind with PzGr 40
I absolutely hated hellcat when playing Arcade.
Why arcade join realistic
@@beans6449wHY aRcADe? jOIn rEaLiSTIc
@@arisu7397 it was a joke
Just take out your little m18, i have a wirbelwind :)
Hart wie Kruppstahl don’t worry,we have jumbos that you can’t fucking pen cuz you’re too stupid to shoot where you should
Megablademe jumbo can be penned by wirbelwind, also why are you so fucking mad?
I fear no tank, but that "thing"
It scares me
At its BR I would say the same can be said of the M10 American TDs are super strong at their BR and I die to M10s in T2 more than anything else short of air dropped bombs.
M18 is now at 5.7 :(
My wirbelwind LOVES this vehicle :)
Bro, this advice is still valid in 2021
Maybe you can make a video about quick eye-rangefinding for RB?
The only reason it's popular is because it's "fast" even though the t34 85 has basically the same average speed as the M18. The M18 has a terrible suspension so the gun bounces around, the gun has terrible penetration, the gun takes more than 6 seconds to reload, the aphe has no explosive effect (i shot a tiger 1 right into the turret and the gunner ate the shell that exploded right next to him), and the shit has hull break.
An actual effective tank is the M41 with good penetration, neutral steering, about the same or even better than the M18 at times, a more stable gun, a faster reload by slight amount, and it doesn't ha e hull break.
T 34 85 (D5T) has more than 10sec of reload stock , it isn't as maneuverable , don't have the same acceleration and can't eat any shells , it's a Jack of all trades but not at the good br , the fact that it is not awful in all characteristics makes it worse than the m18 because no Armor is best Armor
Princess Applestrach no amor might best armor if you're in a long tank like the Flak 88 or BTR but for an M18 it is so easy to hit the engine or transmission you have atleast a 75% chance of striking it and if you hit it you have a 100% chance of killing it in that single shot eventhough the turret is fine, the crew is healthily over 2, and the ammo is still cold. But if you're driving an M18 and come head on with a T 34 85 like you usually do, the T 34 will usually come out on top because with the shitty 76.2mm cnn you could easily hit any part of his turret and the shell will enter the void (no matter how flat of an angle), or you can hit the driver's hatch (self explanatory), or the worst of all you get Gaijined and watch the shell bounce off his UFP eventhough he wasn't angling.
Princess Applestrach oh yeah and do you know how impossible it is to kill an Is-1 or Is-2 is from the rear? It is so much more possible to kill them from the front than from the back, I have had no instances where I've penetrated the back of the turret on them absolutely none.
@@michaelvigil5321 you just suck then it's like a 100 mm of armor
And the 76mm doesn't suck sure it's vworse than the German 75 but it's still good non the less and if you can't pen the turret of the T34 85 or even the chassis you just suck at shooting
I despise this go kart...
nice :), subbed and liked, btw a suggestion on maybe a future vid.: Fv4202 review
please
It really isn’t necessary to have the hellcat at 5.7. Like honestly it’s not that OP, I try to use it as intended (flank.mp3) and it almost works. I’ll circle around a tiger, they can’t follow because slow traverse, and I’ll... die to one of the 50 other tigers backing him up. That or I get sniped from across the map, also by a tiger.
It’s really a shame, I love the hellcat, it’s my favorite tank of the war. But it’s kinda underpowered for a TD. I especially don’t understand the BR of some of the other tanks in the game that it goes up against... I have trouble penning a Jagdpanzer from the SIDE sometimes 🙄
I am new to WT and just unlocked the M18, yep pretty underwhelming, I have no doubt that in a really good player's hands it's great but facing off other Tanks in this BR it's hard work especially when I look at their stats and they have thousands of battles. Starting to get the feeling being new with how long the game has been out and constantly getting up tiered is gonna make playing a waste of time, shame as the game is great.
@Kyle Reese I starting playing as I wanted to pay cold war era tanks, but the grind even when paying for a prem acct is ludicrous, I know why it's like this of course but IMHO Gaijin are cutting their nose off to spite their face. The matchmaking is an utter mess and when you do unlock a tank you actually want to play you are face with the prospect in stock form its utter crap. It's hard to criticize a game that has been going for so long but as it stands it's pretty much impossible for new players to get into. It's no wonder the game is seeing little growth, I am guessing most new players in the last couple of years walk away very quickly.
Congrats, now jagdpanther is 6.0
The M18 is so good because that´s what War Thunder gameplay is about.
Speed and firepower, armor is a negated stat because every tank can penetrate every tank due to ridiculous battlerating matchups and specialized shells.
In such a game firepower and speed are the only things that matter.
I love this tank and I got just three days ago
I like to play my Hellcat as a sniper/ambusher.
i hate this things
Everyone do
I love them because they are so easy to kill
@@osgoodbacon9286 Does that happen to you often?
@@EthanPineapple yes
@@osgoodbacon9286 Sucks to suck
I say the m18 armor is actually the most useful thing ever. Ive had panther and tigers ApHe shell go right through my tureet and hull. But all my deaths in the m18 have been hull break and ammo det. And if i couldent rely on the armor my gun would always let me dip in and out of engagememts ( far away )
I had to retire M18 I got my first BR 7.0 so it was not effective but my favorite tank
1:32 when you say "inside you" today i kill T34 85 when i was inside(with asu 57)
Excellent video and advice ty. :)
As a Germany player who usually plays heavies and TDs I have ptsd of Hellcats
a minute ago i just got a 17 kill game with 0 deaths on realistic, i flankin german tanks so hard that they can’t really react too quickly
I like tank that has no armour but fast and has good gun. In fact, cardboard tank is my go to vehicle.
M18 is the best tank to fuck around with
I was able to flank the entire enemy team and got 10 kills because I kept running away
This tank is also good at flanking corners cause it easily run away after killing an enemy looking at a corner
It’s APCBC, not APHE xd. Just a reminder and nice video btw, keep it up 😁👊
it is APHE, full name would be APHECBC but that would be too long isn't it?
Only russians have APHE/APHEBC (Armour Piercing High Explosive/Armour Piercing High Explosive Ballistic Cap) (maybe few other tanks but i don't think so), the Hellcat shoots APCBC (Armour Piercing Capped Balistic Cap) with explosive filler, since an APCBC can even be a solid shot (hence the british tanks), standard solid AP and APCR
yep, thank you for adding in that information, I forgot to mention that in my reply.
I never used the M-18 myself. When I c 1 I try 2 snipe it from a distance.
If there is not difference between the M18 and the M18 hellcat, why is there nearly a full battle rating change between them?
I like the hellcat... As an enemy because they really good targets for a tiger
Ahh when the m18 was at 5.0? . Now it is at 5.7 wtf gajin you wehraboo!
You forgot about that it can be hull broken very easily by ap rounds
UK Nation, either AP, HEAT, HE or even APHE given it hits a module and RNG helps...
I've fought M18s a lot, hull breaking them generally is not how I end up killing them.
Clankplusm Gaming ye but I mainly hull break them
Armour gets you killed in WT so the lack of it you should add it to the advantages too. The most survivable vehicles in this game are glass cannons.
Can you do a review on Challanger? One with 5.3 br
Hmmm.. Fast, amazing gun that packs a big punch, good penetration, good turret rotation, has a .50 cal. Its very little armour spices things up.
Who wouldn't like this tank?
0:24 HEEU A FLY!!!!
Simple rule if you can master the god-like beautigul M24-Chaffee you will be able to do the same in the Hellcat
This tank is the reason why I like to get uptier to 6.3
You're forgetting the M18 'Super' Hellcat with the 90mm gun.
The super hellcat was never built. It never went past concept stage as it could not handel the recoil. All 2507 hellcats were 76mm.
What is the song at 5:10?
*Laughs in ru251*
Too bad HEAT and HESH are hit-or miss and cant pass through walls or sometimes even side skirts or tracks
You should put in a recommended Gound RB lineup for the tenks u review? Also will u do planes, dad?
imagine that now this is the same br as the m36 with a 90mm
TLDR, it's fast, light, small, and the gun can still compete in uptiers. You just gotta play it smart
Hay i see you havent made a sea hawk vid (aleast from what i have noticed) plz make one
Actually I only use M18 even though im high tiered. Its fun to use. Im not camping also. I play offensive and fast.
Its good in rb
My KV1 ZiS 5 basically has paper thin armor to this thing.
Mmmm nothing feels better than chewing up an m18 with the wirblewind's AP belt
Plane! Natural enemy of the M18 Hellcat.
0:16 thats what you get if u try and imitate the wolverine lol
me in a tiger and a hellcat traded shells once in a battle
its fast, insane gun, and fire rate
I feel like I’m watching a tv commercial
It's fast and goes boom.
I wonder your graphic settings :)
Now this is blitzkrieg
I came here to find out how to fight with this tank against t26e4 super Pershing and IS-2 1944
On paper its better than m10 besides armor but for some reason at the exact same br the m10 works better I dont understand is it the bigass breach that is impenetrable? I dont get it
...and now it's a light tank, which grants it scounting, allowing you to jump in your Tiny Blyatman equipped plane even faster!
You have low pen in it, but the round 80% of time one shot
Anouther great vidios
the aphe has 149 mm of penetration, like the (76) w
I have both of them premium and non premium still get blown up with in 5 seconds of the spawn
What about Sdkfz 234/2 ?
It's fast as f and really good
the best review
Hellcat: tries to cap a point
Me 410, Bf 109, Do 335, or anything else with cannons: *So you have chosen death.*
I was using the hell cat against teir8 tanks and still wrecking them
The version without muzzle Brake should have a much greater Recoil, wouldn't it?
Hmmm , mabe. You think they would make premium slightly worse?
HowToPlay1337, well... i thought gaijin would make it Realistic
I would love to play with a hellcat in wt but my computer cant handle the graphics and this leaves me wishing for a computer that can handle the graphics
Today is 5.7 but 149 mm of pen
2 years Later we have 3 hellcats
If you aim for the wheel hubs on pretty much ANY soviet tank, the M18 becomes a weapon to surpass russian bias.