THEY SAID THIS TANK IS TRASH | IS-4M
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Henlö. Welcome back to the War that Thunders. Today I bring you the IS-4M. A tank that is, in my opinion, big fun. A heavy tank with armour that works? Didn't think it's possible. Russian bias is when the armour works wink wink
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The armour scheme is absolutely terrifying to face
Main weak spot is the driver
In my 50 games, I never died to that once. No one even tries to shoot that. I don't know why.
@@Polarfuchs TH-camr + Russian bias
@@Polarfuchs 80% match I play I get upteir I don’t even care about it anymore
@@Santer_MO ppl usually just shoot barrel/breech first which is why i dislike this thing
Everyone’s scared about the IS-6… but then they meet the IS-4 for the first time 💀
Soy virgin IS-6 "oh no I got penetrated" turret
vs
Chad IS-4M turret made of pure bullshitium
@@Polarfuchs Other day I had 3 tiger II, and many other tanks shooting at me, none of them penetrated for a good 2 minutes
Mobile players with so much br compression... Time to 90mm heat.
@@Polarfuchs IS-4 is busted in WOT So I wasn't surprised.
@@Polarfuchsas a conqueror main armour fears me
Maginot line is the worst map for the maus if your team clobbers the enemy team, I had a match with 0 battle activity
It’s very OP with Russian bias, in game it’s very good, keep nose on and your good. IRL it’s trash and was never produced in great numbers, never saw battle, had some issues as is3, breaking welds easy to kill and set on fire. Improved top speed over is3, but not by much only 15kmh off road
IS-4 the pinnacle of volumetric hell
Oh don't worry, the IS-4M was a monster even before volumetric. Especially against clueless people who didn't know how to kill it.
When Spookston was playing the Surblindé, he shot the flat upper side of the hull and it bounced the shot.
@@noobhue1997average french tank moment
@@noobhue1997 thats the funny thing, it is never really flat
@@noobhue1997 I mean 160mm rolled homogeneous plate angled backwards and to the side then what do you expect? It has a effective thickness of 480mm when faced frontally on that side plate.
Finally, a fellow is-4m enjoyer, the largest downside isn't the reload or mediocre shell, it's simply the lack of enemies.
nah that shell isn't mediocre at all, the only things it can struggle with is America or Britain in a full up tier and normally their have one of those nations on their team, mainly considering it mainly fights leopards, OF40s, and other lightly armored MBTs with at maximum 200mm of armor on a good day, 150mm normally
@@NotRealZayvoTrust the main issue is it's at a br where heat, apds, and apfsds begin to get stabilizers, meaning you won't get the first shot usually unless the enemy is braindead (which is quite often.) For example the Object 906 and T-55a have early stabs at 8.0, which is why the is-4m works really well in full down tiers but more often than not gets bullied in full up tiers unless you play it like a light tank 😂
I haven’t had any isssue with the shells all the way up to 8.7, it may be your position and what shots your able to get off
So real lmaoo
The only problems I encountered in the IS-4M are my teammates being incredibly unhelpful. Other than that? I had fun with it.
"7.7 means a lot of downtiers"
I have been getting so many 7.7 matches when I had a 7.3 lineup with my IS-3, but not just my first time using the IS4-M, but almost every match I get an 8.7 match. Yet when I get a 7.7 match, my team dies from map design or got infected by my incompetence.
Yea idk man. When I started out with the IS-4M I basically only got downtiers and now it's more equal. Guess it just depends on when you're playing. Had the same experience but reversed with the Maus.
"Piet you fool"
Nice starwars quoet
Also “No tank that small has a cloaking device”
If IS4 had soviet 100mm, it would be awesome. The 122mm in 7.7 is underwhelming, It's the same gun on ISU-122 in 5.3, and armor is almost useless given the quantity of HEAT, ATGM, and APDS in this BR.
However In a full downtier it become a monster.
I would argue the 122 isn't necessarily losing effectiveness at this BR, as there are plenty of vehicles that are sacrificing armour for mobility.
@@Polarfuchs I don't mean penetration of gun, pen is not good but it's enough, the problem is reload rate. In previous tanks with 122mm cannon it's doable because almost all WW2 tanks are sluggish So must of the time u can safely reload. In 7.7 and uptiers there are a lot of fast heat slingers and God forbid u shoot ur Gun.... All enemy team will rush to ur position.🤕
Maybe it's just my experience but it's really frustrating, I can do a lot better in IS3 because of 0.4 BR difference.
Hmh, fair enough. I usually just use the 2 .50's to delete every single track that I can find if I get overwhelmed.
@@Polarfuchstbf, doesn't the 100mm have around the same pen as the 122mm?
So the 100mm would have faster reload, (probably) better velocity while still having around the same pen and 1 shot potential.
i love fighting the is4 in my tiger 2💀💀
That video showcased the classic WT experience.
Having a few fun matches until slowly descending into madness 😂😂
The problem with the IS 4 is that when you do get a downtier you almost always get Germany and you know how German players are so it’s almost always a loss. Another thing is it feels like the barrel gets shot out a lot more than the is 3 or is 6
Tank goog but depends on matchmaker, luckily 7.7 is mostly downtiers (yes guys TAM vs IS4 is very fair)
Almost every 7.7 game I have is an upteir to 8.0 or even 8.7 on occasion, I do main france, so that's probably why.
most 7.3 and 7.7 is uptiered, maybe Gaijin love you.
I do enjoy 7.7, trying to play the M103 and then getting sniped from across the map by a tandem charge atgm from a shturm s or getting hit by apfsds from a jagdpanzer k
Since when 7.7 is mostly downtiers? Tf? When did that change happened?
IS-4 has way better armour than MAUS and IS-6
Not maus
@@Fazorplaysbetter distributed armour, then
Thanks Wargaming for have introduced me to War Thunder by nerfing the IS-4 in WoTB
I do SUPER WELL with the IS-3 and IS-4 despite all the flaws, its like I'm destined to use the IS tank series.
I remember when I was starting out and people told me that the IS-4 would be shit to play, but it's still one of my favorite tank it's honestly great
im a russian main but the reason i think everyone just hates using this tank is due to the same issues found on any other IS tanks except at a worse BR.
the large breech and muzzle break is enough to put you out of the fight and usually the repair duration is enough for tams or amx30s to close in on you.
the reload rate is prob the main reason why this tank performs terrible, sure it will mostly oneshot everything but id argue the russian 100mm performs the same efficiency but with a much better fire rate and 122mm (atleast for me) is often cucked by how volumetric works in this game.
all in all, is4m performs alright at 7.3-7.7 but in most cases, itll be sucked up to 8.0+
I found the reload and barrel breaking isn't as much of an issue, thanks to the 2 .50's, which just outright delete tracks.
I get so disappointed when I see someone call this pile of Soviet bias bad. I look at them through the screen with disbelief and disappointment.
I cant wait for this guy to blow up hes really underrated
No wonder people keep shooting me through smoke
I was always sus when people shot me through smoke, but now I know that it's just a snail moment
Good game play man
You should be lucky enough to meet only AP type shells and no HEAT/AP(FS)DS on this tank. And yes... 230 mm of pen with 20s of reload at 7.7?
IS-4m shouldn't perform as well as it does.
I have a winrate around 70% in that bunker mobile and barely more kills than deaths.
It doesn't help that (at least I myself) don't see that many of them when playing against USSR around 7.7.
People don't know the matchup I guess
Dude I just found you, your commentary is hilarious 😂
Greetings as a fellow german 🤝🇩🇪
true that sometimes the armor works but when it doesnt is when the real problem starts, bad armor , under performing gun, bad speed, long very enticing barrel that can be shot, being a long boy, and looking like the immediate threat in almost all situations, its basically a t-34 1940 but upgunned with a long schlong
Its not that the armor is bad per say. Its actualy Amazing however the modern ammo will nuke you.
Its still great against regular shells.
@@Dominikuuu true, true but everyone will target you if you play it for some reason i can say from experience
I shot into smoke i didnt know nor see the enemy in the smoke, i just shot randomly not ecpecting anything and i got a kill. Honestly the only lucky moment ill ever have in my life, all its been is just pish lmao.
The guns pen is not very good and waiting 20 second to reload is soo annoying. Can play long range very well with the reload and anyone with heat will kill ya and there is a lot in 7.7.
Otherwise the armor is very good
The moaning makes me feel like I'm watching zarbon play war thunder
IS-4M is quite a decent tank to play, i actually get NUKE with IS-4M
This is the first time I’ve seen your video and I have to say. I love your voice, love your accent, love the sense of humour. I look forward to watching more of your content. Cheers.
Thanks man :)
many times if this tank is good angle it can bounce ATGM from Bradley
Love it, very op tank but I always play every tank in a lower class heavy->medium-->light play it strategy and there is-4 in a downtime is just pure fantasy
Everyone hate it cause this thing have stroges turret face, even apfds can be block by it
my new favorite ADHD WAR THUNDER TH-camR!!!
you're better off taking less rounds, with the long reload you never shoot that many
today in one battle sis4 ate all my rockets from raketenautomat...💀💀💀
this tank is biggest nightmare for new 6.7 german main in brand new tiger II
no one talking about mincraft lobby?
love your video btw
i don't thinks IS4m is a bad tank but I don't like it because is really slow to turn so you canot make good mooves with it and his shell are really really really unefficients for its br, added to its 25s of reloading... that unplayable for me... for the same br, we have T54 with 10s of reloading,better shell and better mooves capacities for close duals(of course, at a long distances, the diference of speeds between IS4m and T54 does'nt matter at all) and finally, IS4m is really heavy for its br but his armor does'nt matter face to 8.3 or 8.7 apfsds rounds( and stab ). so I prefere playing 8.3-8.7 with T55a,amd or the object at 8.7 just after T10m...
oh and sorry if my english is not perfect
bro if you like is-4m try t-10m its amazing afffff
Ppl love to hate on soviet heavies bcz with few exceptions they all have a 20+ second reload meaning they cant rush in with their head cut off for a few cheap kills before going down
I usually had a good time playing it and the only times i didnt was in full 8.7 uptiers. The armor of this thing is borderline impervious to conventional rounds, it gets 2 .50 cals and for such a hevy tank the mobility is surprisingly decent
i love this THICC boy , lots of fun to use it alongside the other IS tanks like the is-3 is-6 and t10a , quite a beefy lineup
So I'm not the only one who moans when I'm playing
The worst tank is actually T10.
In an uptier unless you s
Flank em or not see any tank like t54 variant your done for the t54 (1947) is a beast it’s the same exact tank but better
after forcing myself to grind American and Swedish tech trees I have come to the realization that the only faction that ever has functional armor is the soviets most of the time with the Germans at least having acceptable armor at times.
Getting good at WT feels like being in the sandpaper room, I'm probably just lacking interest for my tism to do it's magic.
I love IS4M it's really fun
I take the is-4m into 8.7 lobbies and it still can get some work done but to be fair it’s light tanks and ifv’s for the most part
whoever says stuff like, well any IS tank is bad, then they are bad, not the tank. the IS 3, and 4 can literally fight T34s (I tried to put an American flag to show which one but turns out TH-cam only supports the LGBT flag.) and the king tiger, then in a up tier they're still goated.
also 2:16, that was not baby's first bomb, that was one of the biggest bombs at the BR by the looks of things, an American 1000 pound, you just o so happen to be that armored because the immense misbalancing of Russia
100% Organic Log armor best armor
did my first nuke with it love it to
Dude yes! someone told me the same thing yesterday, I'm at the is-3 rn and researching it, Im so hyped, its just an objective upgrade to the is-3 and i slaughter in the is-3 haha
super hyped to get it!~
Good luck lad!
The grind must continue.
8:57 honestly, that feels ridiculously low for how well you did, especially with premium.
ur pfp sparks something
IS-6 is shit at its tier. Fucking HEAT and ATGMs mop the floor with it
thats why it was 7.0 for a long time. it should be 7.3 max
"7.7 means a lot of downtiers" yeahhhh about that.... I've seen one down tier in 26 matches. It's pain and suffering
this video make me happy
I know youre german hahah man du machst guten kontent
Russian mithril, better known as stalinium.
Cheers from Argentina!
4:02 Привет classic world for a enemy
You Sound german
Good video mate
i love is 4 tho
Klasse Video bist du eigentlich Deutsch?, falls ja klasse englische Aussprache ^^
Yes, I am
I fucking love this thing, second most used tank behind the T32E1, I think I have like 3500kills or something with it and a 3.4k/d
Just find u in recommending and my bro, U are really skilled and now I'm maybe also try ussr tech tree :D. rly like ur content (if I made some misspells - sorry I'm Russian and never was teached eng but videogames)
Anyone who says this thing is trash is tripping hard.
It's not trash just There's so many better Russian tanks at 7.0 to 7.7 why even use it
10k special when, Mr Fox?
Channel membership when?
I think the main reason for people dislikeing this tank is the slow reload poor penetration and simply that meta and the tanks at the br range changed so much that this tabk simply became obselete,i like it a lot but when you think about it for a second,the stb-1,sauma sm,m48,t-54 is the same br then you'll understand why people might not like this tank despite this i adore the is-4 and the t-10m which pretty much has the same opinions and peoblems except pen
Trash? Bro this tank is the equivalent to a maus armour wise, the gun is decent, mobility is also good. Its a maus but better
BACK! To The Hangar
me when plane
7:46
Žižka on TOP :-)
the driver thing that is flat is easy to pen with over 200mm of pen i killed it with a 100 mm cannon with 239 mm of pen
When it comes to vehicles that give me a mini heart attack every time I have to fight them, Soviet 7.7 really takes the cake. France 7.7 is not far behind either
i was saying where is the centurion torturing then here it is 13:34 that just explains my experience with IS-4M a year ago.
"The ADHD epidemic has been a disaster for the War Thunder community"
-Polarfuchs
I couldn't agree more! 😂
I love the IS4 as well. Great tank
As a heavy tank lover, its lovely to see someone that likes the IS-4M like that, im glad to see that fr, hope your channel gets bigger and bigger, because you mate, have a huge potential! ^^
Thank you :)
@@Polarfuchs yw my friend ^^
4:02 привет
Alot of people talk smack about heavies in general but i think theyre the most fun in the game. Its hilarious eating shots and then one tapping them back 😂
IS4 is legit way better than Maus in most of the case...
Better mobility, less weak point, better anti air, better surviving ...
Maus only better with secondary 75mm cannon and more crew to tank the up coming shot...
I was laughing so hard when I was repairing my barrel whilst swarmed by tiger 2’s and they kept bouncing on the back of my turret😂😂
Honestly, you are quite underrated man. +1 sub
Thank you :)
I believe in IS-4M and T10M supremacy....2 of my favorite tanks
hes back!!!
That 30mm APDS spalls more and does more damage than my 3in was today.
grinding the IS-4 rn, trying to make a line up with IS-3, IS-6, and T-10A
Friends warned me about the is4m being bad but my experience things at at down tiers
I have a KD of 6 with the IS-4M. That thing is a monster
can you make you with you talking semi german and semi english with german accent it’s much be to fun, love your content!
The tank that can reliably bounce APFSDS is bad? What?? Has to be russian bots used by gaijin so they can keep making this thing broke af
Yes you can see from the smoke regularly that's how we where the tank when they're smoke in warthunder mobile
First time watching your channel great video. subbed
its only "Trash" thanks to power creep and rat cars with HEAT-FS / APFSDS
I love the IS-4M and still its one of my Fav tanks but it suffers the "Late cold war heavy tank" problem so you end up meeting tanks with far better firepower, stabilizers, mobility and HEAT-FS or even APFSDS (8.7 Full uptier) or ATGM carriers.
Also I feel like its more and more I see people crying hacks to any type of death, just yesterday I ran into a player saying a guy was hacking because his crew "wouldn't die".. sounds like a 10,000% skill issue to me
agree with you, playing with IS-4M is a waste of time
Immediately subbed cus of how funny you are dude.
I've been playing since 2016, heavy tank meta is almost gone. People use to love the IS4 because the combination was good. What you are missing in your experience is that heatfs and apds tanks got moved up. before you had the Leo1 and the italian m47 105 at 7.3 or the IVK at 7.0 penning you with no problems at any distance for example, chinese bmp with 900mm of pen. Plus you weren't save from 90mm heatfs aswell when they shoot you in the hull. 8.7 tanks used to be Rooikat 105, chinese wheels apfsds and atgms even Leoa1a1. So that's the experience from War Thunder players. Just because you started playing recently and you had good matchmaking doesn't mean that majority of the players were wrong because for years that experience wasn't nice in the first place. I used to bully Is4 with the Centauro when it was 8.0
the best you can do is go back and watch old videos of war thunder youtuber and see what the experience was.
Fair enough.
On my 13th battle I got a nuke with it, so yeah its pretty good;)
f***ing minecraft background bro has some good taste
Bro not gonna even lie you sound like king Julian so much😭😭🙏🙏