for Leclerc just shot it anywhere. fuel tank explodes 90% of the time killing all crew every time. also with worst shell in game in terms of PEN and spawling your probably safe, unless your an ariete or type 10......
@user-jc2in3cp3g yep. OFL-120-F1 was trash before spall liners were added. Now it's completely useless.... I often take more HEATFS shells now, that's how bad it is.
British ERA has an issue because it is rated for, and known to be, able to stop 30mm APFSDS (100-odd some mm of protection against KE) and Gaijin "chooses to interpret" that as 30mm of ke protection....
American ERA like ARAT is supposed to be able to stop soviet 30mm APFSDS but it can’t ingame either, meanwhile Russia gets its OP era fully eating 105&120mm shells
2:04 Sadly the way Abrams fuel tanks are modelled now makes them almost useless as spalling protection since they are covered by armor from the inside as well which creates spalling of it's own. They are much worse than unarmored fuel tanks which can often eat entire spalling better than a spall liner.
@@Dark_flame_ yup, compare the ammo and armor of the abrams at 10.3 to soviet tanks even at 9.7-10.0, they have better armor, ammo (by like 100+ mm), etc, it sucks
@@LewisB3217 It’s hilarious how impotent anger and envy strangle the Johns and Hanses who look at the Russian Federation even in video games. Take my 5 rubles, unfortunate soul, you need them more.
26:36 As one of those seething German mains I can confirm! Up to Rank VI with Sweden though so not too far away from getting my hands on one of those sweet 122s
@@user-sg9ql8nk1u Nice! I'm close to getting the 121 soon too, it's crazy to think with the new premium Rank VII Sweden is going to have three Leopard 2A4s lmfao
i would like to correct your statement about the merkava not being made for "tank on tank" combat it was made for tank on tank combat but gaijin itself cant really base the armor values off of anything so thats why the armor values r so bad on it.
The shield of the TKX is realy OP. The last time I shoot him was with M828a1 at 20m and the shield eat the shell. Then in another match I played 2a7v with DM53 and shoot him at 30m. DM53 was send to the moon...
Thanks for the help! Top tier is kinda busted right now, so a video telling where to shoot is appreciated! Could we possibly get a revised video on the different tech trees at some point?
you didn't mention chinese HE rounds against russian MBT's or the weakspots in the T-80B model turret casting. Also a very effective tactic in battles against Russian MBT's is to simply abuse the fact that they will angle incorrectly and shoot their crew and ammo directly through the front tracks into the side hull
Nato does have a better HE than russian tanks, Merk's HE is a instent overpressure against any mbt if you shot them in the track whether or not they are showing sides or front
to me its almost impossible to oneshot a leo2, not even ammorack works anymore since its just catches on fire then he turns around and shoot me. I have to disable the gun first then whack a mole.
why can't we complain as US mains that the game design of our tanks forces us to play passively while the russian tanks get to play aggressively to their desire? Not to mention that the aptitude of these tanks is reversed in the real world. So I think this is a very valid point for complaint.
@@LewisB3217its actually opposite, Russia tanks were created as fast, easy to maintain and produce attack force, while western tanks are made for defence- that's why they require more logistics.
The Abrams is the worst tank to get flanked by. reasons: - it now has an average reload that's barely 6s (on both the 105 and 120 versions) - it's engine is absolutely silent in Closer ranges Do NOT let this thing flank Your team, You will Lose the effort of the Entire Team if this happens.
I really enjoy my Arietes .. perhaps thats because Italy is the only nation I have at top tier though. I have a mix 10 - 11 br russian tanks and China isn't far behind that.
They are good tanks. Most of the issues in war thunder are map related; MBTs shouldnt be fighting each other on tiny city maps. Ariete is great on large sniping maps, where you have the ability to flank etc
Sadly, the Challenger 2 at his conception, the main priority was the survivability... I can see WT was spot on.... (*Sarcasm*) I should just stop playing britain, it is just not worth it
For a 2 months "special operation" Its hard to say its a victory after 2 years and losing 83% of you initial invasion force. But ok other keyboard warrior aligned with russia
I would like to apologize, I was wrong in the number I put previously. Heres the updated numbers in december 2023, russia have lost 87% of their initial invasion forces, and 2/3 of their tanks.
so sad that the challie 2,s are so ffing bad compared to all the other nations.. being slow having no armour and no speed or great pen. the very definition of underpowered
not really, merkava doesn't have good armor against apfsds, it has really good armor against heat rounds because it was designed to be hit by rpgs and other atgm's
@@crackabook The turret should still least resist 3BM60 at least. The hull on the other hand at the most should only resist 3BM42. You got to realize that the jump from Merkava 1 to 4 is huge in design. They are aware of their neighbors having MBTS thus Kinetic protection should be taken in mind.
@@Kwisss Most of their neighbors have outdated t-55/62 tanks with a few t-72 lying around, needless to say the 55's and 62's can't pen it, neither can the 72 since they use old ammo like 3BM17/18 wich are the export models their neighbors got and they are just plain steel rods, wich the merkava can easily defeat, so kinetic wise they are well protected against tanks they could face, things like 3bm60 and 42 are in use mainly in the Russian Ground Forces and maybe very few exceptions like the indian t-90's, not palestine, lebanon, syria, etc, not only they can't pen it, but this engagements are probably never going to happen, tank on tank combat these days are extremely rare, i can count with my hand the amount of times tank on tank combats have happened in ukraine and they both have thousands of tanks, imagine the odds in israel where their neighbors have less than 1000 tanks, never going to happen
Man overpressure singlehandedly the worst mechanic gaijin ever put in to the game, think about it people are going crazy how drones are making tanks obsolete when all this time all a soldier needed to do was yeet his frag on the roof of a tank and overpressure everyone inside.
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for Leclerc just shot it anywhere. fuel tank explodes 90% of the time killing all crew every time. also with worst shell in game in terms of PEN and spawling your probably safe, unless your an ariete or type 10......
I saw a leclerc take more than 10 shots at a leopard 2a7 and not even killing it
@user-jc2in3cp3g yep. OFL-120-F1 was trash before spall liners were added. Now it's completely useless....
I often take more HEATFS shells now, that's how bad it is.
Nah leclerc round is fine
@@wifi_soldier5076Ofl 120 F1 are really good
You must have bad luck. I can one-shot 90% of the MBTs I encounter in my AZUR.
British ERA has an issue because it is rated for, and known to be, able to stop 30mm APFSDS (100-odd some mm of protection against KE) and Gaijin "chooses to interpret" that as 30mm of ke protection....
American ERA like ARAT is supposed to be able to stop soviet 30mm APFSDS but it can’t ingame either, meanwhile Russia gets its OP era fully eating 105&120mm shells
Who would expect a Russian dev to bias Russian tanks? 🤔
@@alexk.7250 russian tanks are good but as a japanese main, i would like to say japan bias is the true bias
2:04 Sadly the way Abrams fuel tanks are modelled now makes them almost useless as spalling protection since they are covered by armor from the inside as well which creates spalling of it's own. They are much worse than unarmored fuel tanks which can often eat entire spalling better than a spall liner.
Yup its pretty stupid how its modeled that way.
Italy: "Pasta Mobile"
XD
As a Pasta main, I live to defeat my opponents with arietes and win despite the lack of armor, I do not because it is easy but because it is hard.
If you dont know where to pen the enemy, take the object 292 and simply dont bother about where to aim. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Hate that thing just lolpenning my abrams (like most soviet tanks)
@@LewisB3217 kinda skill issue to me. At least your Abrams doesn't explode from diesel box and has awful reverse
@@K1ng_Rat yeah it’s a skill issue that the Soviets get to lolpen everything and have trolly era and armor
Russian tanks are so ridiculously Overbuffed 800mm yea sure very realistic but every other leo gets 300 mil hull which is ridiculously nerfed
Ngga u know relict?
Same with the abrams, every NATO tank is gimped by gaijin lmao
@@LewisB3217 yea ant these npcs think its ballanced that u can 1tab them by just shooting the hull
@@Dark_flame_ yup, compare the ammo and armor of the abrams at 10.3 to soviet tanks even at 9.7-10.0, they have better armor, ammo (by like 100+ mm), etc, it sucks
@@LewisB3217 yea 🤣 and then they get other op vehicles 10.0 Russia is ridiculous
I absolutely lost it at "send them back to Agartha"
Gotta love how the Challenger 2 and Abrams are known for their durability irl but are made of glass in WT the Russian bias is crazy
Sorry comrade, soviet tanks from 60 years ago gotta be able to lolpen the abrams
Your goddamn right, the game is bias by the USSR... Oh I mean russia
Not really hahaha. They are known for toppling 3rd world countries governments. Nobod ever said they would dominate a peer to peer fight
@@ZackBadCompany1234 good post comrade! Go collect your 5 rubles and your bag of turnips!
@@LewisB3217 It’s hilarious how impotent anger and envy strangle the Johns and Hanses who look at the Russian Federation even in video games. Take my 5 rubles, unfortunate soul, you need them more.
Cool but in real life things would be different as a lot of modern MBTs still have armour ect that is top secret.
Chally 2 armour wise would be the best bar the leopard
26:36 As one of those seething German mains I can confirm! Up to Rank VI with Sweden though so not too far away from getting my hands on one of those sweet 122s
lmfao same,im 1 vehicle away from being able to research strv121 next
@@user-sg9ql8nk1u Nice! I'm close to getting the 121 soon too, it's crazy to think with the new premium Rank VII Sweden is going to have three Leopard 2A4s lmfao
@@LN_997 yep lmfao,german main gon be absolutely mald abt this,i got 60gjn from selling 292,i prob gonna wait for sale and buy the christian 2
@@user-sg9ql8nk1u I'm gonna sit on my 292 coupon for a while before I cash it in, I think it's gonna go to the moon long term
ricochet on bmp 💀💀 15:54
I ricochet an HEAT round off one somehow
lets be honest gajins armor values for nato tanks are just plain wrong in most cases what a suprise when you mostly use russian sources
“I’m going to show you how to destroy every tank” Using the most op round for the Leo
Lol, exactly - as soon as he said "using DM53" I thought "just shoot anywhere, end of video"
i would like to correct your statement about the merkava not being made for "tank on tank" combat it was made for tank on tank combat but gaijin itself cant really base the armor values off of anything so thats why the armor values r so bad on it.
So in short, shot the ring and gun, it works with every tank and you don’t need to identify the tank.
The shield of the TKX is realy OP. The last time I shoot him was with M828a1 at 20m and the shield eat the shell. Then in another match I played 2a7v with DM53 and shoot him at 30m. DM53 was send to the moon...
Thanks for the help! Top tier is kinda busted right now, so a video telling where to shoot is appreciated! Could we possibly get a revised video on the different tech trees at some point?
Great video and resource for players, nice job Sako
you didn't mention chinese HE rounds against russian MBT's or the weakspots in the T-80B model turret casting. Also a very effective tactic in battles against Russian MBT's is to simply abuse the fact that they will angle incorrectly and shoot their crew and ammo directly through the front tracks into the side hull
One of the few people who say "leclair" instead of "luhclerk"
I just find it hilarious that the French have a tank that shares its name with one of their major supermarkets 😂
And with a certain monegasque f1 driver
Also one of the people who say "pwate" instead of "plate" and it's so annoying 😬
Nato does have a better HE than russian tanks, Merk's HE is a instent overpressure against any mbt if you shot them in the track whether or not they are showing sides or front
to me its almost impossible to oneshot a leo2, not even ammorack works anymore since its just catches on fire then he turns around and shoot me. I have to disable the gun first then whack a mole.
Do you really use the free ge app yourself between games or did you just said it for advertisement purposes?
I use it while throwing ball for my dog mainly; just spam the answers for the questionnaires; literally free GE
when in doubt shoot the barrel or breach
Orc Tanks are a Joke. To fast Reload, to much pen , turrets are a Joke aswell.
Italy - highest top tier winrate. Nerf the ariete again pls gajin its too strong.
I thought the OES etc had been buffed to be pretty survivable apart from the gun breach?
Merkava and zero love each other ( 🇮🇱❤0 distance )
They love getting nuked by a 200 dollar yassin 105 shell lol
Great video. Maybe do another one of same type but with every other vehicle classification in each tree?
They should give you the ability to cover any tank in ERA like the Ukraine and the leopard 2
No
why can't we complain as US mains that the game design of our tanks forces us to play passively while the russian tanks get to play aggressively to their desire? Not to mention that the aptitude of these tanks is reversed in the real world. So I think this is a very valid point for complaint.
Sadly gaijin doesn’t care
@@LewisB3217its actually opposite, Russia tanks were created as fast, easy to maintain and produce attack force, while western tanks are made for defence- that's why they require more logistics.
Good video. Thank you 👍🏻
I don’t think Gaijin has a hate boner for the Ariete, I think the Ariete are just pretty mediocre irl…
Bro it doesn't even get a good reload to soft balance it's shit protection and below average mobility
Perfect timing. Just got the Leo 2A5
The Abrams is the worst tank to get flanked by.
reasons:
- it now has an average reload that's barely 6s (on both the 105 and 120 versions)
- it's engine is absolutely silent in Closer ranges
Do NOT let this thing flank Your team, You will Lose the effort of the Entire Team if this happens.
Gaijin: people were whining again, so we buffed Abrams reload to 4 seconds maxed, gl everyone
I really enjoy my Arietes .. perhaps thats because Italy is the only nation I have at top tier though. I have a mix 10 - 11 br russian tanks and China isn't far behind that.
They are good tanks. Most of the issues in war thunder are map related; MBTs shouldnt be fighting each other on tiny city maps. Ariete is great on large sniping maps, where you have the ability to flank etc
Between the blatant cheats and the wallet warriors, no top tier for me thanks
Thanks for the video, but its basically russian bias in a video
is the chally's good at anything?
Not really. It has APS but it is wonky AF.
As a british main, I can proudly say, the tanks are garbage, but the players are skilled
true u could say the challenger 3 is good cuz it has dm53 but so does leoand swedish copy@@-Vandoo-3221
tnx really appreciate
@SAKOSNIPER do the same for light tanks next
Sadly, the Challenger 2 at his conception, the main priority was the survivability... I can see WT was spot on.... (*Sarcasm*) I should just stop playing britain, it is just not worth it
thx
Russia thanks you for your research.
Wym, gaijin already made the game?
Nice thumbnail
use object 292👍
It's funny how easy all these Russian tanks are to kill irl *cough Ukraine*.
Ukraine lose, but ok Keyboard warrior
@@sanmiguel4774cope
For a 2 months "special operation" Its hard to say its a victory after 2 years and losing 83% of you initial invasion force. But ok other keyboard warrior aligned with russia
@@-Vandoo-3221 exactly right. Gallipoli was a raging success by comparison.
I would like to apologize, I was wrong in the number I put previously. Heres the updated numbers in december 2023, russia have lost 87% of their initial invasion forces, and 2/3 of their tanks.
i just use the shitbarn
so sad that the challie 2,s are so ffing bad compared to all the other nations.. being slow having no armour and no speed or great pen. the very definition of underpowered
sup
You don't pronounce a 'th' like an 'f'. Are you Lil Wayne?
I wish they gave the merkava better armor, they better armor irl.
not really, merkava doesn't have good armor against apfsds, it has really good armor against heat rounds because it was designed to be hit by rpgs and other atgm's
@@crackabook The turret should still least resist 3BM60 at least. The hull on the other hand at the most should only resist 3BM42. You got to realize that the jump from Merkava 1 to 4 is huge in design. They are aware of their neighbors having MBTS thus Kinetic protection should be taken in mind.
@@Kwisss Most of their neighbors have outdated t-55/62 tanks with a few t-72 lying around, needless to say the 55's and 62's can't pen it, neither can the 72 since they use old ammo like 3BM17/18 wich are the export models their neighbors got and they are just plain steel rods, wich the merkava can easily defeat, so kinetic wise they are well protected against tanks they could face, things like 3bm60 and 42 are in use mainly in the Russian Ground Forces and maybe very few exceptions like the indian t-90's, not palestine, lebanon, syria, etc, not only they can't pen it, but this engagements are probably never going to happen, tank on tank combat these days are extremely rare, i can count with my hand the amount of times tank on tank combats have happened in ukraine and they both have thousands of tanks, imagine the odds in israel where their neighbors have less than 1000 tanks, never going to happen
At 16:20 i think you accidentally used 3BM60 instead of DM53, DM53 can pen the Type 10s hull
Great vid tho :)
Not top tier, deff struggling.
Man overpressure singlehandedly the worst mechanic gaijin ever put in to the game, think about it people are going crazy how drones are making tanks obsolete when all this time all a soldier needed to do was yeet his frag on the roof of a tank and overpressure everyone inside.
are you comparing a frag grenade with a 155mm artillery shell?
Kinda early
same here man