The MOST BALANCED TANK in War Thunder...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ม.ค. 2025
- 2S38 is "the most balanced" tank in the game... In other words one of the most overpowered vehicles that was recently added to War Thunder.
The 2S38 was implemented in "Fire and Ice" major update as a premium vehicle in soviet tech tree. It's a light/anti-air tank, that can efficiently hunt ground and air targets.
2S38 has every available tool in War Thunder, from drone to dozer. You can scout you can drop arty, you have engine smoke(ESS), or smoke grenades for cover, high quality gunner and commander thermals, 57mm auto-cannon with APFSDS,HEVT, and APHE. Jack of all trades.
When you compare 2S38 to anything for any nation tech trees, it feel very undertiered (sits at 9.7br at the moment). Premium special treatment?
War Thunder 2S38 gameplay, DOLLARplays. Enjoy!
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Dollar plays 2s38 gameplay.
War Thunder is a free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer video game developed and published by Gaijin Entertainment. Announced in 2011, it was first released in November 2012 as an open beta with a worldwide release in January 2013; it had its official release on 21 December 2016. War Thunder is military, tank, naval game like World of Tanks, World of Warships, Post Scriptum Squad, Hell Let Loose, and others.
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The most balanced not pay to win vehicle 👌😉
But seriously, compared to anything in the tech trees, this thing sits at way too low br. Premiums get special treatment?
Anyway, as always I hope you guys are doing well💪
I thought I just sucked…. Turns out I didn’t pay gajjin to win!!
Hmm Agreed They Definitely Do
Hope you're doing well also Dollar!
The 2S38 is one of the best money maker for gaijin, it is obviously WAY TO LOW in br (just look the swedish boy as you said, or even it's direct US competitor, the HSTV-L, 2S38 is better than him in every aspect except acceleration but sit at 9.7 instead of 11.0 like the HSTV-L) this tank is the perfect example of P2W... and that's also the reason gaijin still havn't moved the 2S un higher br : MONEY 🙁
AAAAAAAAnyway, a great video as always ! Keep this way, love your work !
We love you dollar +_+
I'm surprised that this is balanced not because goverment files were shared
You're the light at the end of this dark tunnel, Dollar
Agreed
Average Betty Stan .... Couldn't be me ......
That dark tunnel reminds me *metro 2033*
Phly and odd too
I like the part that dollar said "is balacing time" and balanced all over the place
Let him balance
Its balancin' time
until he meet spooktoon HSTVL time
@@snake45aimanthe only thing the hstvl has on this is vehicle speed. Worse in every other way.
Much balance 👌
Another MASSIVE advantage this thing has over Swedish auto cannon equivalents is replenish speed of ready rack. It’s nearly triple the speed when it comes to recovering first stage ammo.
It’s got IRST so no radar pings for aircrafts, and while every other IRST is around 6km range, this thing reaches past 10km on lock.
why tho...
@@DasFlank cause the money is raining at gajin lmao
@@DasFlank gaijin calls it spaa:)
@@garmfield2977gaijin classes it as a light tank
@@conebear9291 so light spaa
The NFS underground editing is flawless. That brought some fantastic memories back.
loved it sm
Yeeeeeah
Who will return my time
The funniest part is the 2S38s APFSDS has more spalling damage than the HSTV-L.
HSTV-L is jealous now
Well duh… it’s a premium
@@Jojotheowl1 not all premiums are created equal, and apperently the US to Russia conversion is either or.
Hstv L doesn’t deserve love anyways, it’s still extremely cringe to use
@@Traxlar skill issue
I like that F104 dude.
He casually fly around the battlefield harming nobody and enjoying speed.
I agree!
Fun fact, pretty much all CV9040s had capability on "locking" on air target. and the gun would lead your shots. So yeah, still waiting for that to be added to them.
Oh, so why are they waiting
Not really locking. More like triangulating.
They take two laser measurements a couple seconds apart and then calculate the targets speed and heading then apply the needed lead.
Only works on targets maintaining a steady speed and heading. If the target turns then those two measurements need to be retaken.
So there is no IRST or any kind of optical tracking going on. Just laser measurements.
@95Karlsson that would be good enough for hunting Helicopters drones and sometimes planes.
@@DOLLARplays It is the UTAAS system and there is Russian bias at play. They are debating removing it from the LVKV 9040c because it uses the UTAAS system; I don't know why they dont just give the 9040c the same tracking temporarily until they actually properly implement it. They initially claimed that it wasnt realistic and now they just arent :(
@MisterRagnar well, Bradley doesn't have IRST irl yet it has it in game, so it's not really russian bias, Bradley has it despite it not having anything even remotely similiar
It's literally an Anti Aircraft vehicle IRL, so it should lose scouting, airstrike, and be limited to like 10-15 APFSDS, since that's a rule they employ on every other nation's AA with AP rounds like the Otomatic.
I use mostly APHE anyways since you do encounter a lot more light vehicles at the start and they are your major threat
About Otomatic, I think someone somewhere mentioned that 12 rounds is realistic
@@DOLLARplays not to mention the Otomatic only needs those 12 rounds with what it does.
Who are you, who is so wise in the ways of science?
Yeah sure. You clearly never played Sweden.
The best part is the CV90's gunners sight is literally called the UTAAS (Universal Tank and ANTI-AIRCRAFT Sight)
(The tracking sight for the LVKV90 is named so in-game, and is the exact same sight)
I am pretty sure they added it to a bunch of tanks just to see how it affects the balance. I am 100% positive it will come to more tanks in the future
So Swedish tanks should have aa tracking as well?
Basically any modern IFV with a thermal sight should have IR tracking, and many MBTs as well. If I'm not wrong ground targets should also be able to be tracked. The Strf not having it is criminal
@@DOLLARplays All CV9040s I believe.
The radar on the LVKV is purely a search radar, the sight is doing all the work
@@danielmartens6369 No it's not. The radar can track and calculate lead for turning targets while the regular sight can only apply lead to targets that are flying straight.
If the target turns then new measurements need to be made with the laser.
Dollar could play the most evil vehicle in the game and I'll never think less of him as he commits unspeakable acts
You really see the hardwork that is put into this videos
I love not just your fantastic editing but also that you show how most games really go with getting pasted immediately. Watching a lot of other creators who I do enjoy make me wonder if I'm just too bad to play this game. Then you post and make such a wonderful show out of an experience that feels more like mine.
Those bad games are usually even more entertaining 😉
So sad that dollar only gets a quarter of the recognition he deserves I really hope this channel keeps growing
13:04 the fact the abrams was already looking at your direction was like "you really screw it up my friend" xd
Yeah, he knew lol
The fact that the VT rounds aren't tracers, unlike almost every other VT in the game, makes this vehicle extra balanced (although I do hate planes)
You can lock on drones with Ifv, Apc, and light tanks but you can't lock a drone with ozelots, or other missile spaa until they're within roughly 3km. And don't even get me started on the strela, where you can't even lock helicopters past 1.5km
Honestly I don't understand why the STRF 9040C is at a higher BR than the 2S38 and the PUMA
Also that NFS Underground Intro, brings back so many memories, love it
because money blyatt - gaijin
I can understand the Puma, its only offensive thing is the 30mm and its APFSDS ain't all that damaging plus its have a slow af RoF, its have good enough protection against chemical rounds, thats it really, it dosen't even have VT rounds, only the AHEAD which needs to be rangefinded every single time you want to engage an air target, even then it does barely anything against planes at all, all its ammo basicly housed in the turret, shot there and its lose all of its offensive capabilities, at least the Strf 9040 have useable APFSDS and VT rounds
I could watch this thing shoot down planes all day long. What a majestic beast
Hey dollar, last couple of days have been rough, your videos help me everytime
You'll get through whatever it is, mate. There's always better tomorrow, keep pushing 💪
Thank you Dollar for another great video to lighten up our days. Both the gameplay and editing make these videos so good and unique.
I will never get tired of watching this content and neither of saying thank you for it. It is not common to find such high quality content these days.
Glad you like them!
11:25 why this part synch so much with the music....why are your vids so good?
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1:33 speaking of the 9040s, they actually nerfed them into the ground with the ready rack replenishment speed being increased to 5 seconds for a single round. This change was brought on by trying to normalize autocannon reloads but all it did was screw over any autocannons without a belt.
EDIT:
they undid the change and now all ready rack reload rates are back to what they used to be
The thing hasn't even completed it's combat trials and just barely went through actual use and testing to see if the tank itself worked backed in 2022, and they thought "yeah put this thing in the game"
As always, there is never a dull moment when watching dollars vids!!!! Absolutely awesome, had me in stitches!!
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This thing is severely undertiered. Should be 11.0. It's hands down the best light tank in the game.
T92 laughing
And at 11.0 it would perform about the same.
A 3cm x 80cm steel dart penetrates the Human body 3 to 4 times.
GaijinLogic : *"Man turns slightly yellowish. As if his kidneys are failing"*
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I find that zooming in on the lead indicator radically improves my odds of hitting targets at more than like 3k, makes it a ton easier to cluster your VT rounds at the center of the pip instead of guesstimating. Lets me pop off 2-3 rounds at a target with confidence that they'll hit and either swap to the next target or refocus on ground
That makes sense actually. I need to test it myself
That intro was just.... perfection 👌👌👌
I swear dollar gets high when he records lol i love the videos brother
i love that dollar aways show the good and the bad part of war thunder
that you need like 20 trash battles to get 4 nice battles
This tank finished testing in December 2022. Look at the wikipedia page.
That intro was just god tier. Keep it up!
You had me all excited starting with my all-time favorite NFS game.
The underground intro… oooh its gorgeous!
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the NFSU intro
Russia: 57mm auto-cannons on tanks are pretty cool. They are capable of engaging enemy troops, helicopters, AFV'S and light tanks, and even most MBT's.
The West: *Looks at the BegleitPanzer* Nah, we don’t need that. It's an unnecessary middle-ground, we'll use small autocannons (25-40mm) and large tank guns (105mm and 120mm).
It would be interesting to see a modern take on the BegleitPanzer concept.
CV9057 would be 🤌
A modern Begleit!!
Glad I'm not the only one
Ah a little correction that is not what the 2S38 was made for, it is in fact considered a SPAAG i.e. anti-air vehicle, and was made really to deal with UAV's, so yes while it can deal with light vehicles and enemy troops you are definitely not going to be using this 57mm against MBTs because it is 100% not capable of engaging them, even the US with their HSTVL realised that the rounds used with the 75 auto-cannon wouldn't be capable of engaging more modern threats (even at the time) and their APFSDS rounds were significantly better then what the 2S38 has, for comparison the HSTVLs round (Delta 3) has around 50mm more penetration then the 2S38's however Delta 3 is actually wrong because in IRL testing Delta 3 was comparable to M774, the HSTVL also had a better round named Delta 6 which isn't in the game.
"The West: Looks at the BegleitPanzer Nah, we don’t need that." A better comparison would have been the HSTVL, HIMAG or RDF/LT which had practically all the same capabilities as the 2S38 back in the late 70s early 80s.
@@aflyingcowboy31 While 2S38 on paper is a SPAAG, I think its true capabilities are similar to that of the Beigleit, which was classified as a 'escort vehicle'
@@slowandsteadylosestherace9755 The Russians have classified the 2S38 as an SPAAG, like I said it can deal with those other threats but that is not what it was made to do, also the Begleit was not classified as an "escort vehicle" but a AIFSV (Armored Infantry Fire Support Vehicle) which is why it also has an ATGM unlike the 2S38, it is basically a marder just with a larger cannon.
Next Ikv 103 at 7.0 :D that should be interesting
I need to play with that thing
Dollar’s video are like old cartoon, it’s funny and never gets old
Hell you didn't just sprinkle the nostalgia, you viciously beat me to the ground with it this time DOLLAR!
This thing seems to be some of the most op tanks I've played against so far while getting uptiers in my Leo 1 L/44. Its reload speed and AP capabilities are doing wonders and make this thing a brawler: even if it didn't take you down in 1-2 shots it can cripple your gun in 1 sec and then kill you.
Я бы не сказал, что "Деривация-ПВО" такая имба, машинка неплохая, но со своими минусами, которые не дают стать ей имбой, я думаю, что если бы Гадзины добавили ей еще бы ПТРК "Корнет", как на БМП-2М, а на "Армии 2019" было указано, что оно имеет оную установку, то ее можно было бы кинуть на БР выше, но это сильно не меняют ситуация, что на 9.7, что на 10.7 2С38 играется одинаково.
The 2S38 is a nightmare on tracks, no one can escape it
truly one of The MOST BALANCED TANK in War Thunder... momentos of all time, also keep up the good work, Dollar! Love ur vids, keep making good content!
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Lets not forget the venerable SU-25 at 9.7 while A-10's sit at 10 and 10.3
Mavericks and that avenger pen hvat is a good reason for it's br
@@stevenortiz9008 uh huh you keep telling yourself that.
Soon su-25 with vikhrs will be added in a game. Waiting for it
Dollar is a connoisseur of fine films, the “Gangs of New York” reference was greatly appreciated.
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Real normal player like this, not some pro review this tank , like some thing OP , thank Dollar , ur made my day with retro music and ur play style, bro, 100 /100
One of the coolest videos of 2023 XD, loved the ending about the bmp2 Lol
That's my car at 3:00!
A white 1973 Mercedes Benz 280C!
Thanks for not wrecking my car, Betty!
You're welcome. And that's a nice car 😉
@@DOLLARplays Gaijin does a great job of modelling vintage automobiles.
Great Intro. It set me back a few years
Bro, the Tom Cruise laugh at the beginning almost had me choking on my food! I forgot how hilarious he is at being unhinged.
Beside those bridges (as you learned, forgot the map) is a fav spot, you can just sit in 3rd person also stealth scout much targets usually
Yo the Need for Speed Underground gave me chills and flashbacks of the good old times
Dollar - you're the best WT youtuber imo. Also, i love the Sneaky Breaky!!!! It is hilarious!
Now give us Leo2A7 with Gen3 Thermals, APS, APU, better protection and working ammo
This thing hole down behind cover as an AA is insane, with the ability to defend against land vehicles
That intro brought back many good memories
I noticed dollar is one of the last Warthunder TH-camrs that don’t hide their username in game, Betty will never be afraid of bein Betty 😤
That intro was amassing, THE ONLY THING!!! i could see improved was the tank going from 1 star To 5 STARS with the "did you angle today" decal!
Well, the BT has a pretty good reputation against community(5starts) while 2S38 is a very much hated vehicle, hence the 1 star
I was Protogen_Fox in that last match! it was cool seeing you in battle and you rolled that team man GGs
I bought your decal for a dollar, and now I have a piquant accent and a mustache has grown. Thank you dollar! You've made my life better!
Perfection 👌
you should try the ikv 103. the another balanced tank at 4.0 with heatfs and 400 pen. btw the video is awesome
Hey there nice too meet you I was the beglitpanzer so cool to meet you in game!!!
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Bro that intro though. Magnificent. Keep up the excellent work Dollar.
I hope I get the honor of playing with you one day dude. Your videos helped me ALOT with how I play and succeed today. I love seeing you interact with your fans in in-game chat as well, stay humble my friend.
Glad to hear. I'm sure we'll meet some day on the battlefield 💪
Can you play the CV90 please Sir. (Or what ever Gaijin calls it)
This intro is SO BRILLIANT!!! BRAVO! 👏
The only thing I hate of Dollar's videos is when I touch the screen by mistake and I see it only has 2 minutes before it ends :(
Well done betty...always bringing balance back into Gaijin... we all know it surely needs it.. well done on the hunt dollar, remember always to ( send it )💯💯👏
Wooooooow. Employing the usage of Need for Speed: Underground footage.
My respect grows even more
I had to play that intro multiple times. Good old dayz. 🙂
Need for Speed Underground 😮😮❤❤ ... damn my past
That thing can track and lock on air targets better than let´s say... Gepard with radar. I think that this thing is a little bit of a fantasy in it.
After the first ten seconds of this video, my "oldschool" bone was broken due to nostalgia😩
That NFSU edit was gorgeous
This thing has the T-15 Armata turret btw.
Downscaled armata turret, maybe
It's funny how everyone uses arty for 2 things at this BR:
1)make noise so you can sneak on them
2) TKs... A lot of them lol
Damn the THX sound in the NFS UG1s startup, damn the nostalgy…
12:46 "Small City maps are the best"..... next plays big desert map ..... dies.... Perfection
This introduction is simply sensational!🤣🤣🤣
There is Balanced, and then there is "Balanced". And the 2S38 is perfectly "Balanced" as all things should be. Good video DOLLAR.
Oh yes 👍
probably one of the best intros i have ever seen from you gigachad. thanks for the laugh
3:47am time to sit comfortably and watch new dollar's video :)
The intro just hit me with a wave of nostalgia. NFS:UG. Shame I only played UG2 instead of UG1.
Ug2 was better of 2
I noticed a short clip of Remo Williams, you sir have wonderful taste
I wear your decal proudly on my vehicles. Love you, Dollar!
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When you like this balanced vehicle, you should try the german Begleitpanzer.
Its super balabced with HE VT, APCR, Anti Tank MILAN missiles, stabilizer and all that.
Really fun to play
I think I already did a video with Begleitpanzer. It's aircrafts biggest fear lol
fun fact: if im not wrong it should get apfsds
begleit doesnt have apcr its regular full caliber ap, and it doesnt have milan missles it hast TOW and I-TOW missles. that thing is actually balanced since it doesnt have tracking radar, no apfsds and the missles arent great either
underground was the game of my childhood, whew so nostalgic
Same with me
"WT games, grinding is everything" *sfx ea opening
It's a largely paper tank, as far as I know it's never been deployed anywhere to verify the stats they say it has.
I like how it never matters where u hit an heli. its always "damage of tail" with a big "hit"
Oh yeah
Literally better OTOMATIC on the 9.7
When the music accelerates and the background colors changes you know things are about to get serious 😎
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The first rule of free lunch, is *_THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH_*
This vehicle is ridiciously op, me and my friend reviewed it and we are just scratching our heads
Remember guys soviet dias doesn't exist. Soviet bais can't hurt you.
Dollar, we need a video about VT 1-2, 2k hp makes it so fast. Double barrel and speed.
I made one video already. But I definitely need play with it again
I love how upgrading the BT into the 2S38 dropped its reputation from 5 stars to 1 xD
Someone noticed lol
@@DOLLARplays Trust me Mr. Plesi, the hard work you put into your videos does not go unnoticed. Thank you for what you do!
- This is anti-tank or anti-air?
- Dude... this is anti-ALL machine!
L-62 moment
Just by the edit from the start deserves ten likes.