Australia's Better Panther Tank
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The Australian A.C.IV was one of the first premiums I ever bought for War Thunder, and it still holds up really well. It has solid armor and mobility in addition to a very hard-hitting cannon, plus it's a lot smaller than a Panther. I'm pretty surprised that Gaijin hasn't uptiered it yet, but I don't think it's overpowered. Its only downside is that it's in the British tree :)
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Australia's Better Panther Tank
“Is there someone there?”
“Nope is my own track noise”
Dies, tank sadly rolls down steps like a Aztec sacrifice
10/10 comparison
I agree, that's an elite simile 😂
*oblivion music*
“What was that noise? Must have been the wind”
Dies
*louder oblivion music*
When your engine stopped but the noise is still there.
@minhducnguyen9276 so I'm new to the game, and I swear I get duped by my own engine noises. I spent a minute last night staring at fence because I was convinced there was something on the other side. It wasn't until I realized what sounded like a moving tank was stationary that I figured out it was my own engine.
The use of Big Lez got my instant like! Also, this tank when it was 4.7 and the 17pdr didn't fire confetti after post pen it was absolutely silly. Not quite T20 worthy but pretty close. As a result of its 5.0 nerf only good players brought it out and now it's likely on its way to 5.7 making it awful for newer players to pick up.
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If it goes to 5.7 at least it'll get APDS, right?
BRI’ISH!!!!
epic
@@DarthCody700 you mean apds?
Honestly was genuinely shocked to see a Big Lez reference in War Thunder content.
Honestly would like to see a video on the Chi-Ri after hearing it get mentioned in this video lol
And dont forget Chi-Ri is a part of Maus too, i love using that little 37mm on the front :D
@@xena19881 nah, it's more like the invert Lee since that gun is in the hull
I always use it in my 5.0 lineup in Japan with the Chi-to late, an AA and some planes
It's a solid tank for long range support and close quarters ambush (although is fucking huge)
Also I love baiting enemies by firing the 37 making them think I shoot the main gun
Yes, he should, the turret traverse speed was buffed very recently, it used to be extremely slow, now it is much faster.
@@Felix_1099 this is my fav lineup
6:00 Me going back in time just to tell the British tank designers to make APHE for all of their tanks so they don't suffer in a fictional game 80 years later.
Fun fact: IRL HE filler in AP shells was largely ineffective at increasing casualties since the high-hardness steel in AP shells tended to separate into only a few large chunks (typically three, IIRC) instead of fragmenting into a cloud of death like in-game, plus since inertia is a thing the shell chunks had a fairly narrow cone pattern to them as a result of the pre-detonation forwards velocity, so they didn't really hit anything an intact shell wouldn't.
So, naturally, they got dropped because losing penetration and adding yet more things in a tank that can explode and kill everyone inside didn't make up for the slight increase in enemy casualties.
@@SpardaSon21 Do you know what shells this was tested for, cause some of AP shells in this game have positively massive amounts of filler in them and I wonder if the results are significantly different for those.
@@PMARC14 Not really. Off the top of my head the best that was ever done was five pieces or so for a Russian round, and that's with their potent filler and relatively poor shell steel.
@@SpardaSon21 I think the idea is that explosion itself and not the fragments that'd do the most damage since it goes off in confined space. But since iirc British tests of the APHE shells show they're actually kinda janky in their fuze performance, strangely i never heard the problem in other nation's shells tho.
The thing is they did have APHE and their AP was actually really decent.
I wasn't expecting to see Sassy here. I am very pleased.
Wadiyatalkinabeet?
Second this, clearly Spook is a man of culture!
bro, same. love to see it.
@@CheezeSpartan amen
have never heard anyone outside of aus/nz know about big lez show lol
the disappearing tanks anti cheat thing at a minimum should be turned off in a 1km radius or just removed all together because i know they want to prevent i guess wall hacks but it doesn’t stop that since the wall hacks don’t need a rendered tank to work and now after i think about 2 years of playing the games and now just having reached 1000 hours i have run into a minuscule total of 3 hackers.
it's not worth the frustration. it's up there with ghost shells and curving torpedoes for most annoying bugs.
Bruh 4500 hours in and I have not found a single hacker...
I've only ever come across one hacker shooting through entire map and that was yeaaars ago.
it's less hackers, more people abusing ULQ mode, but yeah, I agree it needs to go
War Thunder is almost impossible to hack
Honestly love the more joking, enjoyable nature of these new videos. Really fits the channels style!
Yeah Spook’s live commentary really feels like he’s become more comfortable and its really wholesome.
Can I ask you to play the M4/FL10? I think it’s a neat vehicle, and I’m curious to see if you like it.
I concur, it’s quite a decent vehicle for its br.
Pretty sure he did
7:54 the fuel tank exploded hurting the fighting compartment and since they guys vitality crew was terrible they just died instantly, the 2nd shot shows that the turret crew was dead
As an owner of the Aussie tank
I can confirm it's a beast, decent speed, good 17 pounder and decent armour
I had more fun playing this tank than any other brithish tanks
The money is worth the actual reverse gear alone
You know the saying:
"Once you go oblong...you can finally reverse gears"
You probably had more fun because, y'know, it isn't British. Same reason I play South African tanks.
I’m Aussie and got a 75% discount on it. Buying it was a bit of a no brainer :P
WAIT UR NOT SUPPOSED TO CARRY ALL UR ROUNDS????
Another thing to remember about the Chi-Ri 2 besides the size and the armour thickness, is the shape of the armour. It's actually got a decent bit more armour than the Sherman statistically, but it's flat. So it ends up with a little bit *less* armour at 5.0.
Yeah i remember playing at 5.7 or 6.0 I don't know with my Chi-Ri and I absorbed some rounds (I was at a distance)
@@desertfalcon1539 Yeah it stays in the lineup for ages as well. Since it's armour is marginally better than tissue paper at that tier, it performs about the same wherever you bring it. Reload speed is pretty good though.
Not gonna lie I would love to see a video on the RBT-5 with how insane it is at low-tier once you get the hang of the 250kg rockets….
Also hit 1000 battles on the RBT-5 myself lol
FINALLY! Literally one of the best tanks and I use it to grind so much. great tank all around.
It's heavily underrated
We were inspired by Australia's most dangerous predator - the Emu.
Long neck = very dangerous. So we gave the tank a longer neck.
Have you tried the Pz.Sfl.Ic? It's a very nice vehicle, and an interesting topic as a light TD for the eastern front. Works very well even in upteirs towards 4.3-4.7 from 2.3
There's an old video of him using it at like,9.7
I really like how you're adding more funny comments and edits recently like at 3:51 . Makes the video a lot more entertaining :)
Hey spook!
Nice to see the odd and different vehicles being used
And speaking of
Could you try out the C13 T90?
It sits in a strange place at 6.7, and with its HEATFS and fast platform, it’s a pretty fun vehicle
Hey Spook! No request here, just wanna say that you're easily one of my favorite CCs in general, and especially with War Thunder. Keep it up my man
Always makes my day that memes you put in front of a video nice job mate💪💪
(First)
I thought gaijin fixed the invisibility bugs but apparently not. I’ve died so many times because they didn’t render but I did. Also nice to see there’s a new one where objects (trees and fences) don’t demolish anymore and are invincible
I'd love to see the A.C.1! They really are wicked looking tanks, and the program is certainly a testament to Australian war time production efforts. It's impressive how many of these things still survive today. Now all that is needed is the A.C.3 (maybe the one with dual 25pdrs) to form the Sentinel dream team.
They could (maybe) add the AC-IB which was the proposed design for a 6pdr AC-I
Despite what they call it the one in game is actually an ac3 hull and an ac1 turret. We need the ac2 which was a light version and as much as I'd love a real ac4 in game we won't because the plans weren't even finalised let alone built sadly
Been playing 5.3/7 US for the past few weeks, not even joking, every game is 6.0 to 6.3 at least
I was cranky about 'The only issue is that it's in the British Tree' comment until I heard the Cheese joke, video redeemed instant like
Fun fact, this thing essentially had 3 v6 engines bolted together and stuck in this thing, another fun fact, I've seen it irl in a tank museum in Cairns, it's very cool. Also it's older brother the AC1 with the funny hull machine gun.
Hey Spooskon, could you please do a video on the IS-2 now that’s it at 6.0, I’m grinding Russia and would like to get a bit of advice and see if it’s worth going for.
5.3 is probably very "popular" because it's basically the cap before the übergrind. Up to 5.3 you'll probably never be stuck on any one vehicle for too long unless you want to but at 5.3 you're gonna play the same vehicles for a while until you unlock the 6+ vehicles.
Edit: Also when you go above 5.3 you start facing jet planes and if you only have propeller planes you might not be too interested in making that match up.
And at 5.3 you face very few actual Cold War vehicles (the PT-76 and various AA being an exception), but when you go above that you face more and more which is just painful.
You should see how high in br you can bring the chaffee and still do well
I’ve brought the acIV out to 7.3 and bounced rounds and got a few kills for the lols
The 17-pounder is a pretty ok gun
Maybe it does not 1-shot but you can go through anything at the tier
AC IV with Firefly could be a good combo to fall back on
I think of all the 5.3 tanks this one has got to be one of my favorite since it's pretty much a firefly but with armor that can actually save you from time to time.
Also T-35 could be a fun one since it is the opposite of your playstyle.
Spookston, I have any interesting idea and I want your opinion on it. What do you think if Gajain stop adding modern tanks and planes for a while and add WW1 tanks and planes. They can add a br of 0.3 and 0.7 or add it as an event.
You seem happier in this video and I love it. Also just generally like the editing and content.
I rate this a ghost shell out of a disappearing tank.
I wish I could have gotten the AC-1. It and the AC-E1 are my favorite tanks
8:34
inconsistent armor thickness at its finest...so realistic
Funny when this video reminds me of how much i wish the other variants of the AC 1 was in the game and then i realized we actually have the AC 1 Sentinel in the British tech tree. I'm seriously completely forgot that i have unlocked this tank in the past and never played with this once LOL
Dog going to the land down under today
Maybe try the Ho-Ri production next? The Japanese Maus. It's my favorite tank in the game at the moment.
Would be nice to see some of the vickers MBT’s, perhaps start with the most mature of the lot the vickers MK 7?
Day 999: asking for the Soviet UFO Object 279
1:24 bro is a mobile ammo rack lmao
The render thing has happened to me too many times lately. I'll be looking at someone and they just dissapear, so frustrating. I also stop like 3 times a battle to listen for noises that usually end up being my own tracks
I would not be surprised if a major factor of why the ACIV is the fact it’s not seen quite frequently nowadays.
Assassin's creed 4 truly needs some attention
Congrats on 200k subs, another good video as per usual keep it up!
The AC IV was an interesting vehicle Australia had been getting done over as far as deliveries were going with promised vetches being diverted so we designed our own then figured the gun needed upgrading so fitted a 17 pounder then the US gave us a lot of tanks so we abandoned the project but one of the engineers working on the project used the knowledge to help design the Firefly gun system
The Americans actually are responsible for the programs demise. They wanted to continue the program but american lend lease dictated we HAD to buy minimum volumes of different resources and we couldn't do that and afford to have our own tanks. Americans pressured the government into dropping the program to rely on their goods. They did the same thing to the Brits too
i thought you might do this after i saw a comment on one of your videos,
as always, love your little meme clips at the start
About your comment on why Britain didn't use APHE rounds, the MOD done a test to compare post penetration spooling/shrapnel of both solid shot and APHE rounds and found that APHE only had a small advantage over a solid shot round. In war thunder APHE works like an airburst round when it should just create a little more dispersion of shell fragments. I believe the only nations APHE that works correctly is Sweden.
I know, I've made videos talking about it before. I was just lamenting that the post pen damage is so inconsistent for War Thunder.
@@Spookston Yh playing GB would be much better if solid shot/apcr had more consistent post pen damage.
Is 6 day 1
Please take a look at the Challenger DS. It's supposed to be a Mk.3 model, but it's just a copy pasted Mk.2 with ESS and external fuel barrels slapped on the rear. It's missing ERA on the upper/lower plates and the sides, and missing L26 round that it should have. It should be the same as the tech tree Mk.3 - but rather than do it properly, it's just been copied from the Mk.2 and slapped at 9.7. They're supposedly removing it from sale soon (at least on steam, not sure about the GJ store). I feel this vehicle is a candidate for the CV90105 TML > CV90105 XC8 treatment.
It's also stupid because they have the Leo 2A4 PzBtl 123 at 10.0 but can't or don't want to have 10.0 british premium.
Not like modelling it properly will fix the massive 70mm lower plate which is a huge weak spot, some ERA isn't going to help against darts.
i love the A.C.IV, it's so fun
and yeah it looks great, i agree
Next time may you cover the M4A5 Ram tank?
can you do a video on the PT16/T14 mod.
I play ground AB I just recently killed a M10 Tank destroyer with a M4 75mm HE round with not even realizing that I had HE loaded
8.8 cm Flak 18 auf Zugkraftwagen. Dew it. If you get many kills in this thing like I have, then you have my respect. Btw, its very fun to use.
Please I beg of you to play the AMR.35 ZT3 you can title this video as the French L3 or something (day 27)
So mad at myself for not snatching this thing up when I won a 75% discount coupon for it a while back 😖
1:46 you can turn off your engine, maybe the enemy did that
But now, you should play the A.C.1 (if you have it, was a event not long ago and it’s not available on the marketplace)
I see you were in a shit talking mood in that video.
But please try to roast other countries on the basis of factual information and not Hollywood movies :)
did they remake this tank or something? i played it when it was released and i swear it didn't used to be fully angeled on the front hull.
Fuckin Big Lez in the video!
The turret on this thing is evil, crushes the dreams of the many
The only reason i hate the british tree is bcs since u have no aphe dispersion is so much noticabale and frustrating
You sir should play the type 75 MLRS. Never have I before played such a unsuspecting vehicle to then carry game after game
Spook! Do an episode rating tanks from foxhole! I think itd be cool to see ur opinion on it!
Is not this a fake tank aswell ? The only thing that came up when i searched for it was a drawing of the vehicle but there is no real tank.
The one with a 17 pounder was tested on the AC 1 Sentinel chassis which has much lesser sloping frontal plate and a infamous ''penis'' machine gun port.
Stationary tanks often make very little engine noise, maybe he had his engine turned off too?
Hey Spookston, could you possibly play the Delat Torn? (Strv m/42 DT)? It has a 3-4 second autoloader at 5.0, I think that you'll like it.(and I really love your videos man!)
Soon gonna get my grubby little hands on the tank gunner sight hoody. I ordered it.😀
Gajin, snail, pls make aussie/Australian tech tree PLEASEEEEEEE
I love the Sassy the Sasquatch at the start but that’s a kiwi thing
Your thoughts are now shrapnel...
Incredible commentary
Waltuh, Put your plane away Waltuh, im not having CAS with you Waltuh.
I LOVE 5.3 / 5.7 in America and Germany, well those are the only two nations I've ever played lol, but still I love this br range. Super genuinely fun to play!
Whadiyatalkinabeet
With the no engine noise stug maybe he turned off his engine. I do that sometimes.
Why does the gun sound like the metal pipe sound effect
Idea: play Arcade and see if you like it compared to realistic
It's better in wot and wotb because it has a... Machine gun
Day 3 of asking for Spookston to try out the British Striker
WHATAREYETALKINABEET
Spookston, give us the PBV 301 pls!
Can you do a video about the M60A3 TTS?
Bro ngl it looks like a squished Sherman
This was my favorite thing in WoT lol
The ergonomic of tank and even look of tank may have improve if research and development continued to progress, it was cancelled because by time it was ready for production there were large stocks of Sherman tanks in Australia already, there was enough tanks for i believe to equip two armoured squadrons here, and some were even used in a Movie Rats of Tobruk
2:33 The hell is this?
A video of the RBT-5 would be cool
Try the firefly next and then a conclussion between the AC lV and the Sherman
That's not even a discussion. The firefly is just shit, sure it's a lower br but it's got no speed, the armour of a 3.0 Sherman, it's about as steady on the move/coming to a stop as Barry 63 after the entire pubs worth of pints, and is the size of a lorry.
Sure, you can do good with the firefly, I play it frequently because it's a tank I love. But you have to make no mistakes, and if you make no mistakes it doesn't matter what tank you picked really
From my 1k hours I've only seen the A.C.IV a handful of times, like 5 at most, only twice have we ever fought face to face, and from what I've seen the armour isn't too bad, but my Panther D/Panther A rounds didn't really care about it all that much.
Its decent vs the 75L42 or L48.
In reality the turret wouldve been too cramped with anything but a 2 pounder fitter.
The "Clang" you hear every time the A.C.IV fires is the sound of the breach hitting the back of the turret
Do you use a sound mod?
Yes, Epic Thunder
@@Spookston fart on it
@@Spookston sounds good
2:00 bussle 🥸
It's really that shrimple you should try the **Italian Firefly** it's really great having sabot at 5.0
Would you like to do a video on Japan's 8.0 tanks, Type 74 C and/or STB-1?
-6°/+9° gun elevations but with hydropneumatic suspension! Glass cannon but no APFSDS @ 8.0, only L7 105mm APDS!
the turret in the back ground 6:34
Play the type 62 china.
Can you make a video of Swedens stupid repair cost? Its almost unplayable if your someone who doesn't have over 1 million and repair costs going up to 30k
A6M5 Ko review plz
Spookston, oddbawz said he really wants to squad up with you in the xm803, i flew over to scotland and he told me himself, sounds like it could be a fun video
I'll have to squad up with him again after his PC gets fixed
@@Spookston thx man, btw solid shot must be broken because whenever i shoot the side of a t34 it goes through the entire tank and only gets the fuel tank
@@SHEEPS_123 physically every shell, even my Panther and Tiger APHE rounds do that.
@@discountivy845 the crew inside all t34s must be wearing like bullet proof vests or something
@@SHEEPS_123 It’s an issue with the way the T-34 is modeled and how it interacts with spalling, not an issue with solid shot itself. If you hit the side armor with solid shot, because the fuel tank is between the armor plate and any of the crew, all of the spalling is dumped into the fuel tank and stopped before it can hit any of the crew. As a result, only the round itself is able to do any damage to the crew.
Vid on object 906?
No ho-ri prototype?
It's always a good day when Spookston posts a new video