The main issue with these tanks is their class. If they were classified as medium tanks, they would be improved with additional armour, health, and penetration.
I would say the problem is more an existence of ELC. I would say being light tank is bonus as you have better camo on move. I would fixed these just by adjusting mm that they should be matched against mediums only.. same as bourasque should be matched against lights
The Squall literally has the size of the Kunze Panzer or even bigger. It makes no sense to compare it with the EVEN 90, it's insane to think they are both light tanks.
This tank has the size of a heavy tank with the mobility of a medium tank. If your team has this tank and the enemy team has an elc and you play on a open map your team has such a massive disadvantage. A bourasque is half the size of this tank, has the same damage output but the better camo and mobility.
I mean you are right on everything you said. BUT if the enemy team has a elc and your team has literally any other LT that isnt a elc on a open map, your team is at a disadvantage.
@@hebrewhammer4086 i disagree. There are several light tanks on tier 8 which perform great. LT 432, Ebr 75. for example. They maybe dont have the camo value of the elc but they have more firepower and have more options to take action in the game. How often do your really play a open map with the elc, sit in a bush and get 10k spotting without moving? Even on open map that doesn't happen that often.
Squall should be re-classified as medium given the size and acceleration, be it the first autocannon medium, but in traditional wargaming fashion, they either completely break stuff or miss the point altogether just like the Groms, BZ176 vs Mauerbrecher, K2 etc...
I wanted the Czech lights to be fun. But they get out spotted by everything and so slow and the dmg output is meh. The idea of them is cool, but yeah, they need serious buffing.
6:00 you can use in theory HE and move across a bushline, if you don’t see the impact explosions, you know you blinded a tank there. because the czech lights have so much shells per clip, they can use that ability on more than like one or two positions like other tanks. especially in a platoon, blesh/squall can swipe left to right (or the other way) and the td can blindshoot the position the HE didn’t impact
Problem with that is you get spotted a mile away and get instantly deleted. Clever light tank players will know how to outspot the czech light tanks easily thanks to the tremendous advantage provided by the camo. The Squall literally has the size of a Kunze Panzer and unless you have city maps, you will struggle a lot.
Actually I do well in my Blesk, as I play it like a scout, use the bushes, and clean up at the end. I've gotten Patrol Duty and Spotter badge. With Standard Equip I have 44% cam and 477 view range. I find most Czech light players will play them like Meds first, and just shoot everything. Not sure what my experience is/was against ELCs... Like anything, it's about playing smart and patient. I used to do recce/recon IRL, which involves a lot of "sit here and watch" moments. As Girulz Und Panzers would say, "It's Op: Sneaky Sneak.. with extra Sneaks 🙃😉 Thanks for sharing, guys o7
When I played the Blesk I didn't have too much of a problem against ELCs, however that was less to do with the elc as a tank and more to do with the players who play ELC on the NA server. Most of them are really bad at playing LTs and don't set up the tank correctly, so I was able to outspot and outplay them pretty frequently. The games I played against a half decent ELC tho I just died or couldn't play as a spotter.
@@Kill4Time255 The one thing that pisses me off to this day is not limiting the Platoon to just +1/-1. Like if I wanna play tier 9 and my friend wants to do 10s then we can. Its not like im gonna disadvantage the team, my tank already sees tier 10 anyways lol
fun fact : Bourrasque (the tank I hate to against) is French word for "Squall" you just give it another name "Bourrasque" at least it release actually slug storm
The thing about this tank is it isn't a light. The entire line is not lights. They are classed as lights but they are sluggish mediums with no armor. You "can" scout but as was pointed out you have to work twice as hard against lights that do not need to put much effort into out spotting. I have out spotted Even 90s but that isn't because of the tank. It is because I set up in spots the Even would have to expose itself and they underestimated the Blesk. Fun tank though and if you play it in ambush scenarios or clean ups it can be incredibly powerful doing 400-800 damage. However if you leave them on 10 HP you are toast with no exit strategy. Liked the review. Pretty much spot on. Though I find the Blesk and the Selma fun.
As a czech, Im proud to have my country mentioned occasionally 😁 Even though the tank is what it is 😂 btw 3:55 what it said was actually ,,Máme je!" - in English its ,,We got them!"
played blesk with cvs, vstab and optics/aiming device. Fully aware I can't really spot, so I played as a light medium hybrid. Would like to try the Squall due to the better HE
Squall is not lt, its lt destroyer. It can contest early lt positions, and it can do over 1k damage on low armor targets with he shells. So if you have good squal and good elc in team, squal can solo 2 lts and then it can die leaving elc as only spotter in game, which still makes him useful.
Great vid AEG, sadly this tank isn't as meme-y as yesterdays, but they all can't be bangers. Looking forward to your vids on the rest of the holiday tanks!
the czech LTs feel more like IFVs or AAs than actual LTs. that might explain why it's slower (other than balans). the hull just reminds me of the BMP i'm hoping i didn't get this tank considering i'm notoriously bad at LTs
I just got a gift from my dad, he bought me 28 large boxes. this is the ONLY 'big' premium tank that i got (plus two skins for tanks i didn't even start researching and two low level tanks). I fucking hate war gaming. With all my heart and soul.
Its pretty painful to see that despite the Squall having better camo than the Blesk its just too big and slow to be useful as a light especially since most tier VIII lights are ELC EVEN 90's or LT-432's, both of which can outspot you, and the latter isn't pennable with the HE. The HWK 30 and M41 90 at least have the benefit of being fairly quick with very high view range and a HESH round that makes them quite diabolical against other lights.
well, just don't play the thing like a light, play it like a light/medium hybrid. I have 2 marked mine already and I have it set up to spot, but also mobility because it is just too slow without some sort of turbo, and I put on the experimental mobility system tier 3 to help that mobility and also gun handling, along with optics and bond vents. Second build replaces that turbo with a CVS for those matches you really have no choice but to try and spot things
I felt while playing Czech light tanks. You can’t just unleash everything all at once. Personally, I shoot them by 30% short bursts. Like 30% burst each time you shoot, after that you aim a bit and shoot again. Could help , could not .
Did my try but stopped at tier IX. You cannot contest other light tanks and to deal damage u need to expose your own tank for too long. This line is going to be forgotten soon and will require huge buff to camo, and damge output. By the way usually autoloader have a good chance to damage module, cause fire and ammorack. With this gun is simply impossible. IF I get this tank from lootboxes I won't even bother playing it.
All the CZ lights need better pen on standard and "special" ammo, the pen of these lights are on par with wheeled lights but without the speed or camo.....
I think the ‘special’/apcr/higher pen yet still standard rounds are the least useful because you do half the damage of a HE clip. If you can’t pen AP at least then it isn’t worth shooting
I’ll be honest I do enjoy the Czech lights, they aren’t good but they’re different and fun. The only critiques I would have for your gameplay is that the HE in general looks like it would be good, but is usually shit to use. The T34 would have died if you used the AP instead. The other is at longer ranges, bursting the gun is usually a lot better, but it’s still nowhere near as good as just a traditional tank gun as the severe lack of alpha hurts at poke damage.
Just wanted to comment that Squall is in English! This tank, acording to Google, should've been named "Bouře" 😁 and it would've matched the Bourrasque as it's fast, has an autoloader but turns like a boat
WG really needs to just scrap the whole autocannon line and redo them. They are by far the worst tanks in the game IMO. well the tier 7 is okay but that dont got the autocannon.
@AwsomeEpicGuys all of the loot box tanks are being buffed before release. These are the changes for the Squall: Firepower: • Dispersion from movement (max): from 0.12 (6.36) to 0.12 (6.60) • Dispersion from hull traverse (max): from 0.12 (5.01) to 0.12 (5.63) Mobility: • Max forward speed: from 53 to 55 km/h • Engine power: from 525 to 570 hp • Specific power: from 25.00 to 27.14 hp/t • Hull traverse speed: from 41.72 to 46.93 deg/s
@@AwesomeEpicGuys I’m sure they all got buffed. What is the base DPM of the Contradiction in your garage? If it’s 2,048 then it was buffed because the DPM before was 1,877
Its not even a bad light tank its absolutely horrible medium tank, because it is massive and slow as hell. Basicaly when you roll up in this thing you are giving viewrange advantage for the enemy team.
so with auto cannons coming to top tier...bradley...m163...gepard...sarge york when? also when are they gonna bring missiles in...like the sheridan is in the game but they didnt give it the Shillelagh ? why give it heat and no pen when its literally one of the most modern tanks in the game with heat pen that would make the jpe100 blush
Remember when we asked wg if they would add autocannons after they introduced the overwhelming fire event and they said NO. Yeah classic wg looking for money
The main issue with these tanks is their class. If they were classified as medium tanks, they would be improved with additional armour, health, and penetration.
yeah, no idea what WG was smoking making them lights, if you have one and enemy has a normal light you are at a big disadvantage
Or make them an entirely new class instead.
I would say the problem is more an existence of ELC. I would say being light tank is bonus as you have better camo on move. I would fixed these just by adjusting mm that they should be matched against mediums only.. same as bourasque should be matched against lights
The Squall literally has the size of the Kunze Panzer or even bigger. It makes no sense to compare it with the EVEN 90, it's insane to think they are both light tanks.
@@thegymteachersgrandma Yes. Getting a blesk and the enemy team has a elc is instant loss on non city maps. Same with tesak and manticore
This tank has the size of a heavy tank with the mobility of a medium tank. If your team has this tank and the enemy team has an elc and you play on a open map your team has such a massive disadvantage. A bourasque is half the size of this tank, has the same damage output but the better camo and mobility.
Bourrasque gonna steal your LT role 😂, can't blame for people playing this tank can't scout coz it's huge as a medium tank
I mean you are right on everything you said. BUT if the enemy team has a elc and your team has literally any other LT that isnt a elc on a open map, your team is at a disadvantage.
@@hebrewhammer4086 i disagree. There are several light tanks on tier 8 which perform great. LT 432, Ebr 75. for example. They maybe dont have the camo value of the elc but they have more firepower and have more options to take action in the game. How often do your really play a open map with the elc, sit in a bush and get 10k spotting without moving? Even on open map that doesn't happen that often.
Everything you're saying is true. but everybody needs to realise that squall is based on Czech BVP. BVP isn't tank BVP is support vehicle for infanty
Squall should be re-classified as medium given the size and acceleration, be it the first autocannon medium, but in traditional wargaming fashion, they either completely break stuff or miss the point altogether just like the Groms, BZ176 vs Mauerbrecher, K2 etc...
I wanted the Czech lights to be fun. But they get out spotted by everything and so slow and the dmg output is meh.
The idea of them is cool, but yeah, they need serious buffing.
6:00 you can use in theory HE and move across a bushline, if you don’t see the impact explosions, you know you blinded a tank there. because the czech lights have so much shells per clip, they can use that ability on more than like one or two positions like other tanks. especially in a platoon, blesh/squall can swipe left to right (or the other way) and the td can blindshoot the position the HE didn’t impact
Problem with that is you get spotted a mile away and get instantly deleted. Clever light tank players will know how to outspot the czech light tanks easily thanks to the tremendous advantage provided by the camo. The Squall literally has the size of a Kunze Panzer and unless you have city maps, you will struggle a lot.
Actually I do well in my Blesk, as I play it like a scout, use the bushes, and clean up at the end. I've gotten Patrol Duty and Spotter badge. With Standard Equip I have 44% cam and 477 view range. I find most Czech light players will play them like Meds first, and just shoot everything. Not sure what my experience is/was against ELCs... Like anything, it's about playing smart and patient. I used to do recce/recon IRL, which involves a lot of "sit here and watch" moments. As Girulz Und Panzers would say, "It's Op: Sneaky Sneak.. with extra Sneaks 🙃😉
Thanks for sharing, guys o7
When I played the Blesk I didn't have too much of a problem against ELCs, however that was less to do with the elc as a tank and more to do with the players who play ELC on the NA server. Most of them are really bad at playing LTs and don't set up the tank correctly, so I was able to outspot and outplay them pretty frequently.
The games I played against a half decent ELC tho I just died or couldn't play as a spotter.
As i know wg removed the platoon limit for high tier light tanks, i saw a lot tier 10 non ebr platoons where 2 or 3 light were together.
Wheeled lights can platoon with tracked light tank. but two of the same cant do it
@@Kill4Time255 The one thing that pisses me off to this day is not limiting the Platoon to just +1/-1. Like if I wanna play tier 9 and my friend wants to do 10s then we can. Its not like im gonna disadvantage the team, my tank already sees tier 10 anyways lol
@@ZoMTDUpeople would use it to skew stats by always seeing tanks one tier lower
fun fact : Bourrasque (the tank I hate to against) is French word for "Squall"
you just give it another name "Bourrasque" at least it release actually slug storm
The Squall is literally a fucking furnace. I played 10 battles in it. Was set on fire every battle first shot i took.
Lol, furnace 😂😂😂.
The thing about this tank is it isn't a light. The entire line is not lights. They are classed as lights but they are sluggish mediums with no armor.
You "can" scout but as was pointed out you have to work twice as hard against lights that do not need to put much effort into out spotting. I have out spotted Even 90s but that isn't because of the tank. It is because I set up in spots the Even would have to expose itself and they underestimated the Blesk.
Fun tank though and if you play it in ambush scenarios or clean ups it can be incredibly powerful doing 400-800 damage. However if you leave them on 10 HP you are toast with no exit strategy.
Liked the review. Pretty much spot on. Though I find the Blesk and the Selma fun.
As a czech, Im proud to have my country mentioned occasionally 😁 Even though the tank is what it is 😂
btw 3:55 what it said was actually ,,Máme je!" - in English its ,,We got them!"
no the crew clearly sais "my man!" (jk)
Mame
Speaking about size, t9 šelma is bigger than char future 4 😅
WG took the "rounds go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" quite literally with this one
You can platoon with 2 lights as one being wheeled one being on tracks maybe you can try for some funny moment
We would if we didn't hate playing EBRs lol
@@AwesomeEpicGuys VERY much understandable lmao
Do I hear that you used Banjo Kazooie music in this video? It can be best heard at the outro 10:00 :D
Awesome video as always!
I 'd love to have that tank !Every time I would win I would something like "Man that was squallid"
playing any wide-opened map in this tank always have a same feeling to drive arty at himmersdolf. although this tank might have some little chance
played blesk with cvs, vstab and optics/aiming device.
Fully aware I can't really spot, so I played as a light medium hybrid.
Would like to try the Squall due to the better HE
Squall is not lt, its lt destroyer. It can contest early lt positions, and it can do over 1k damage on low armor targets with he shells. So if you have good squal and good elc in team, squal can solo 2 lts and then it can die leaving elc as only spotter in game, which still makes him useful.
Those tanks a brilliant when it comes to resetting a cap from a distance when the capper(s) are not spotted.
At this point this wg might just as well classify and advertise this tank as the very first medium tank with auto cannon mechanic
I agree on a thing: how it's a light tank. Considering the size, mass and armament....
Couldn't penetrate bourrasque but then penetrates KV-4. Go home WG you're drunk
I think it was HE lol
Great vid AEG, sadly this tank isn't as meme-y as yesterdays, but they all can't be bangers. Looking forward to your vids on the rest of the holiday tanks!
Expectation and reality...
Arta:Haahah!
reminds me of MT-25 autoloader
6:44 The prove that the "size" matters.
As a Czech, the Czech LTs gives me sad face :(
I don´t even plan to check the Czech LT line as a Czech. And I was so hyped, double sad face :((
the czech LTs feel more like IFVs or AAs than actual LTs. that might explain why it's slower (other than balans). the hull just reminds me of the BMP
i'm hoping i didn't get this tank considering i'm notoriously bad at LTs
I just got a gift from my dad, he bought me 28 large boxes. this is the ONLY 'big' premium tank that i got (plus two skins for tanks i didn't even start researching and two low level tanks).
I fucking hate war gaming.
With all my heart and soul.
Its pretty painful to see that despite the Squall having better camo than the Blesk its just too big and slow to be useful as a light especially since most tier VIII lights are ELC EVEN 90's or LT-432's, both of which can outspot you, and the latter isn't pennable with the HE.
The HWK 30 and M41 90 at least have the benefit of being fairly quick with very high view range and a HESH round that makes them quite diabolical against other lights.
well, just don't play the thing like a light, play it like a light/medium hybrid. I have 2 marked mine already and I have it set up to spot, but also mobility because it is just too slow without some sort of turbo, and I put on the experimental mobility system tier 3 to help that mobility and also gun handling, along with optics and bond vents. Second build replaces that turbo with a CVS for those matches you really have no choice but to try and spot things
This tank is literally as if you were to spit on someone but you also have arthritis in your knees.
Well, there is a reason why this concept didn't work out ;)
I felt while playing Czech light tanks. You can’t just unleash everything all at once. Personally, I shoot them by 30% short bursts. Like 30% burst each time you shoot, after that you aim a bit and shoot again. Could help , could not .
Hah! I finally know what commanders I’m putting in the squall 😉
Cant platoon in squalls but can toon in 3 cobras or 2 bz176 well done wg well done 😂
to be fair, good players in triple light platoons would be an autoloose for the other team in most cases tbh
You guys should do the soviet medium tank line, but playing as derpy as possible
As a czech person, i would be happier if there wasnt these CZ lights
That tank is just Selma at tier VIII
Did my try but stopped at tier IX. You cannot contest other light tanks and to deal damage u need to expose your own tank for too long. This line is going to be forgotten soon and will require huge buff to camo, and damge output. By the way usually autoloader have a good chance to damage module, cause fire and ammorack. With this gun is simply impossible.
IF I get this tank from lootboxes I won't even bother playing it.
All the CZ lights need better pen on standard and "special" ammo, the pen of these lights are on par with wheeled lights but without the speed or camo.....
I think the ‘special’/apcr/higher pen yet still standard rounds are the least useful because you do half the damage of a HE clip. If you can’t pen AP at least then it isn’t worth shooting
I just think WG should have made the new tchec LTs meds with more armor it would have been better in my opinion
I’ll be honest I do enjoy the Czech lights, they aren’t good but they’re different and fun.
The only critiques I would have for your gameplay is that the HE in general looks like it would be good, but is usually shit to use. The T34 would have died if you used the AP instead.
The other is at longer ranges, bursting the gun is usually a lot better, but it’s still nowhere near as good as just a traditional tank gun as the severe lack of alpha hurts at poke damage.
I only see games where the czech lights do 3k plus damage
Hmmm, if you can't platoon I wonder if WG limits the number in game as well? Sit in the lobby forever or 5 per side perhaps?
I got that tank from the gamba boxes, and it doesn't feel like a light tank, i feel so slow
1st barle ad sold
Next time, try french arty for fun
I get tracked EVEN by ELC 90s. Every shot tracks me, on top of the other faults this thing has.
can we get more than 4 pixels resolution
It's 1080p
Looks like a FrontLINE tank.
The only upside to this tank: the “my man”
i love theese light tanks they bring me fun so if i will get this one it will bring me joy and credits
This tank looks and behaves like a member of the famous Czechoslovak fleet 😎
Wargaming designed Medium tanks, but someone switched the class emblem
I dont know why is the elc even 90 still avaible in the tech tree.
Just wanted to comment that Squall is in English!
This tank, acording to Google, should've been named "Bouře" 😁 and it would've matched the Bourrasque as it's fast, has an autoloader but turns like a boat
I just want bmp series, bradley etc…
Sad , i thought it was interesting when saw it a few your videos ago . But after watching this ... Such a bucket of bolts
solid shouty brrrr cucumber gameplay
Wg really cooking this year
After Czech light experience can you go Czech heavy line experience (VZ 55 line)
MY MAN goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
je to máme je
@@Samomatus nerd
@@k3Zeero ? ja som proste slovák
so...equip a fire extinguisher
We gonna get the French CARS???
A light with the profile of a heavy and it can't spot lmao its peak
You do know engine and fuel is in the back… so if you insist of showing your ass to the enemy then all of that will break
You can’t play this as a light tank it’s gotta be a medium tank under camouflage or in a bush.
Expectation AND reality 😂😂😂
basically, a bmp-2
Damag and lootboxes!
This tank's gun is brrrrrrrrrrrr
It keeps burning because it's a rapid fire tank
2 videos in a row ? My god is it christmas already ?
I mean, yeah. Lol
@AwesomeEpicGuys shit I didn't knew christmas was celebrated on the 4th of december in Sweden. My bad mate
The entirety of December is the Christmas season :)
The amount of brrrrrr and hmmmmmm is over 9000 😂😂
the one thing u would not want to get from the 3 boxes u get for free
This tank slowly becoming a anti air gun
2:17 he pulled my friend's favorite move die first my claimates we all call it the tater move
I hate dual guns. I love AEG. Damn. Guess I'll watch.... :)
EDIT: Autocannon?!? Okay....
WHY IS THIS LIGHT TANK THE SIZE OF A F*CKING TIGER 2?!?!
WG really needs to just scrap the whole autocannon line and redo them. They are by far the worst tanks in the game IMO. well the tier 7 is okay but that dont got the autocannon.
MY MAN
Barasque rushers babayaga
I want it !!!
Machine gun farrrrt😂
I assume this is the pre-buffed version, yes?
There are no buffs planned for this tank
@AwsomeEpicGuys all of the loot box tanks are being buffed before release.
These are the changes for the Squall:
Firepower:
• Dispersion from movement (max): from 0.12 (6.36) to 0.12 (6.60)
• Dispersion from hull traverse (max): from 0.12 (5.01) to 0.12 (5.63)
Mobility:
• Max forward speed: from 53 to 55 km/h
• Engine power: from 525 to 570 hp
• Specific power: from 25.00 to 27.14 hp/t
• Hull traverse speed: from 41.72 to 46.93 deg/s
@ the main thing is the mobility.
The dispersion buffs are almost non-existent
Only the DZT was buffed of all the tanks. It was buffed today. So we're gonna play it now after the buffs instead.
@@AwesomeEpicGuys I’m sure they all got buffed.
What is the base DPM of the Contradiction in your garage? If it’s 2,048 then it was buffed because the DPM before was 1,877
the squal A.K.A the removed gun of the low tier rusky tonk
size of a progetto 46
If Skiell was a tank 😆
Its not even a bad light tank its absolutely horrible medium tank, because it is massive and slow as hell. Basicaly when you roll up in this thing you are giving viewrange advantage for the enemy team.
so with auto cannons coming to top tier...bradley...m163...gepard...sarge york when? also when are they gonna bring missiles in...like the sheridan is in the game but they didnt give it the Shillelagh ? why give it heat and no pen when its literally one of the most modern tanks in the game with heat pen that would make the jpe100 blush
I can't for the review of the new Murica examplary assault tank destroyer!! 🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒
Remember when we asked wg if they would add autocannons after they introduced the overwhelming fire event and they said NO. Yeah classic wg looking for money
Why can't you 'toon with Squalls???
looks like this year have 0 good tanks in boxes,all of them looks bad.
So is anyone still playing the regular single-shot tanks without a mechanic?
As a light, this tank sucks arseholes. It’s so sluggish and big, I like lights, I’m not a fan of this though.
worst kind of an lt: big, slow, shit camo
i hope i dont get that in my large boxes...