So yeah, IS-7 definitely feels stronger now after br changes. It gets obliterated by APFSDS and HEAT, but super op against solid AP. APDS is somewhere in the middle. And they say slow Maus is hard to balance, so how do you balance this thing?
@@diprosla592you just need to select it for research and play 1 game when anyvversary, and even if you only get 1 rp, you have it permanently in your tech tree to research it.
I imagine they’ll balance the IS-7 by lowering its BR. That way it will reduce the amount of APFSDS and HEAT it faces. All to improve the Armor Meta of course. /s Honestly I think they need to increase the reload time. Even with an auto loader 10 seconds feels too quick for a 130mm gun of that time period. In actual service it probably would have broken down pretty quickly.
Well, thanks to you we won. Nice save there. I wanted to come help you out, but I saw you got that last guy, and captured the point, so I thought you were pretty safe on B
The part where he reversed through an open field with enemys shooting at him which he couldn’t see while the suspenseful music was playing in the background was just cinematic af
@@DOLLARplaysIt may not have been yesterday (maybe a day or two earlier) but I'm pretty sure it was you bc the name was Betty like you have it in the video. Anyway, enjoyed the video as I always do. Keep up the great work!
The rear facing machine guns used to be able to tank most (if not all) munitions at the br, notice the ammo rack in the back of the turret. It would eat up APFSDS, HEATFS, ATGMS, etc... Its ammo was also 100% 'bugged' and would act much the same as the T29 in its heyday, serving as spaced armor for the crew. Also, the turret top, which is extremely thin, was rendered a useless weak spot by not modeling a hitbox for the ridiculously humongous commander machine gun pedestal and most of the machine gun itself, meaning that rounds phase right through it, which is disgusting. I have a video on it on my channel from back in the day (I'm not sure if it's still not modeled in-game).
hey dollar im very happy you have brought up the Maus and its struggle with bombs, i remember playing with friends and he could drop fritz X bombs on my roof and i would be fine but now anything even as big as a 250lb bomb can tear you apart if you are in the Maus yet the 268 and the IS 7 are really really hard to kill, also the Maus can be killed by simply hitting its side with a 7kg explosive shell but you cant to anything to Russians vehicles with HE half the time, i feel like they nerfed the Maus without saying anything and im glad others see the same and its not me being crazy, its kept me from playing the Maus (my fav tank) and its now just like you said an xp piñata, but anyways love ur videos keep it up
Вы посмотрите на конструкцию борта танка, и танк тут только один ИС-7, причём сверх тяжелый танк прорыва, его гнутые борта защищены экраном у и гусеницами. А Мышонок же - это подвижный квадратный бункер с открытым и прямым бортом... ИМХО на нём будут играть только мазохисты, а если это так - то чем больней садизма в его сторону, тем лучше, или нет?
@@4T3hM4kr0n well tbh the obj 279 design was specifically designed to disperse shock waves meaning it should be harder to take out with bombs because of its design unless you know you hit the roof of the tank than it should be sent to the shadow realm .
I can't imagine the rage of the CAS players after you survived those bombs, unbelievable. Great video as always. Warthunder has been much more fun since i started watching these videos. Still don't understand wagers though. Keep up the good work!
I'm more of a naval man than a tanker, but even I can recognize how ludicrous this thing is. That was five deaths over multiple matches with nearly four times as many kills in a *single* match😆
Another awesome video man, gotta say you do such a great job of showing how you play the matches while still editing out the tedium and lulls, excellent overview without leaving stuff out or unnecessary stuff in 10/10
What a special day today: Dollar doesn't even need to angle. Also fun fact about the IS-7, if you have a key binded to switch to machin guns, you can press it 3 times to switch to the back machine guns. You will even be able to turn your turret with a mouse.
Funny I was just watching the Make these rare vehicles available for War Thunder 10th Anniversary and the moment you say "I have armor, I fear nothing" gets obliterated in this thing. I also hadn't even started the video when I first wrote this and that clip was in it, too good! Love your content, thanks for all the laughs
I wish tank battles could be more like this, where you can oftentimes survive and confidently rely on your armor, instead of being destroyed by even average guns.
Stay away from the German tech tree then^^ Basically every tank is a glass-cannon, but most of them can't pen Russian heavies at distance anyway. Best experience is the Russian tree, it's busted as all hell... Plenty of choices, most of which out-compete your opponents options. The french also have a pretty busted lineup from tier 4+, AMX's are the scourge of middle-tier, along with the soviet nonsense.
Dollar just to let you know the Vidar can do something to you if you were to shoot you in the periscope, he can overpressure you and he can shoot you in the wheel and over pressure he can some what damage you from the back but won’t do much
My Dear Dollar, i was start watching your first channel with funny moments in 15.05.2019r, you give me a lot smile on my face. Then i saw you have 2 channel where you play War Thunder and my love just explode!! This edits, music, that was Fuc*ing ART! In 21.12.2020 i`m your regular viewer, i watch everything, and today i tell myself: Holy Cow this is 3 years when i start watching you. You doing AWESOME WORK! Greetings from poland!
Favourite town : Biasgrad. Known for its Stalinium mines and the place where the miners are such mega-vlads that they skinned superman for his skin to use in IS-7 crew chairs.
You can use all 8 machine guns on the IS-7 to use the ones on the turret facing backward you just need to look in that direction and not press the "free around look button" (c in my case and i think the general case too) but its a pretty slim window and your turret will move while you try to hit
I went on a Spookston binge, and am now back to Daddy Dollar, because he is truly the best of the WT crew. Mr. Spook complains about literally everything 😢
There's definitely something going on with bombs. In a test flight with 2000lb bombs on the SU-39 I kept dropping them right on the M60s that are spawned on the map and the bombs were not only not killing them, but basically doing no damage as well. Haven't seen anything in a match yet like that myself, but I also don't really CAS right now with Soviets because they have zero good options from 5.0 until 8.0 for ground attack other than the SU-11. Which I'm not going to grind for anytime soon.
My leopard 1 gets deleted by any bomb within visual range, buy somehow my Marder A1, which is both taller and significantly less armored, manages to survive fairly close hits. Armor is this game is just a "best guess", somehow fucky is going on behind the scenes, same reason Russian tanks are so busted, they should be getting fucked by most AP rounds - sometimes HE should be enough, but somehow it's often a bounce or insignificant damage.
And remember guys, if you hear Mercury 82 blasting from a random tank, you run in the opposite direction. Amazing video as always Dollar, your quality has yet to be matched.
it got a total of 8 Machine guns 2 SMGT (7,52 mm) facing forward fixed at the Hull and aimed by the Driver 2 SMGT (7,52 mm) mounted facing backwards at the sides of the Turret 2 SMGT (7,52 mm) and 1 KPTW ( 14,5 mm) coaxial mounted to the gun 1 KPTW (14,5 mm) at the top of the Turret witch can be folded down
Greetings from Hungary! In multi-gun tanks, if you set up your controls properly, you can use different guns of your tank separately, if you want to. That includes machineguns, like the backward facing Dushka on the SMK or the SGMT guns of the IS-7.
yes you can fire the rearward mounted MG's on the IS-7, you just have to rotate the camera around to the rear of the turret and hold down the fire MG button that you have bound (will only work in bursts as the turret will be constantly rotating to where the camera is pointed and you have to have the camera facing the rear of the turret for the MG's to fire)
Next time you play as soviets you need to to do the Armageddon scene where the guy is yelling this is how you fix things in soviet space station! Especially of your in tight spot repair and possibly getting attacked lol
10:46 That Somua sitting there, right in the open, whilst all your teammates were driving past them is possibly one of the stupidest things I've ever seen
You know that you can bind a key to the 50cal so you can only turn it, that is often much faster and when you do so you can hide behind walls and get the view from that gun, that is super duper on maps like Sweden that have those large blocks on some streets.
1:23 you can actually use ALL of these machine guns, if you're looking in the side where are mg are get aimed, or you can click Y key and you choose weapon option, and click "use machine gun" a lot of time
It is fantastic to see a tank which you just do W because nothing can kill it and no aim because everything dies from one shot. Shame there is only one nation having such machines : ) Anyway, great video like always. Love your content.
Seems like since they BR change, I always seen IS-7 player in my team as my support, team up with them is quite a nice experience. I've once using IS-7 and I pretty much the Big Dog in yard, I tank most of the damage while my teammates pick them off, and some are flanking them. So two or three Is-7 in your team, if they know how to use it, you basically can win the match. Pretty much support tank, it have firepower to take down pretty much anything and it could tank damage.
I know im late to the party but the is series tanks in general like to eat bombs for some reason. In my experince playing them they sometimes just refuse to die to bombs, and they have done so for as long as i can remember owning them. A few other tanks refuse to die to bombs more often than others, but it isnt as noticeable as it is in the is series.
Dollar just an idea Japan got a new artillery type 99 shoots very very quickly 970 MPs I think you may like it I also always love your videos they're very funny and very enjoyable to watch can't wait for your next one
So yeah, IS-7 definitely feels stronger now after br changes. It gets obliterated by APFSDS and HEAT, but super op against solid AP. APDS is somewhere in the middle.
And they say slow Maus is hard to balance, so how do you balance this thing?
hello bro good video!
#Add maus BACK to tech tree forever, not only for aniversary like it is now
They won't balance it because it's soviet, same as 2S38 and etc
@@diprosla592you just need to select it for research and play 1 game when anyvversary, and even if you only get 1 rp, you have it permanently in your tech tree to research it.
I imagine they’ll balance the IS-7 by lowering its BR. That way it will reduce the amount of APFSDS and HEAT it faces. All to improve the Armor Meta of course. /s
Honestly I think they need to increase the reload time. Even with an auto loader 10 seconds feels too quick for a 130mm gun of that time period. In actual service it probably would have broken down pretty quickly.
Dollar casually ignoring two nukes in Is-7 and pulling off another insane clutch:
He is the 'one'
😎
@@DOLLARplays is Himothy 😱
You forgot to mention. It was two direct nuke hits. And he got just a yellow radiator
How many nuclear strike you need ?
Dollar : yes
22:00 remontada 😂
That last IS-7 game was even closer than you think. I was the T-54 on B at the end. I was getting shot right before the game ended at B.
Well, thanks to you we won. Nice save there.
I wanted to come help you out, but I saw you got that last guy, and captured the point, so I thought you were pretty safe on B
Dollar unironically never fails to be the best war thunder creator despite his name
Whats his name???
Whats his name???
Dollar
Its John Cena
I mean it could be ironic...
The part where he reversed through an open field with enemys shooting at him which he couldn’t see while the suspenseful music was playing in the background was just cinematic af
Made me tense up, like it was me playing.
It was you in the IS-7 yesterday. You were my squaddie. I played miserably. Honor to share the battlefield with you sir.
I think I may have seen him
@@4head_high57Me too.
Not sure if that was me🤔 I was working on a video yesterday
@@DOLLARplays The White Tiger.
@@DOLLARplaysIt may not have been yesterday (maybe a day or two earlier) but I'm pretty sure it was you bc the name was Betty like you have it in the video. Anyway, enjoyed the video as I always do. Keep up the great work!
The rear facing machine guns used to be able to tank most (if not all) munitions at the br, notice the ammo rack in the back of the turret. It would eat up APFSDS, HEATFS, ATGMS, etc...
Its ammo was also 100% 'bugged' and would act much the same as the T29 in its heyday, serving as spaced armor for the crew.
Also, the turret top, which is extremely thin, was rendered a useless weak spot by not modeling a hitbox for the ridiculously humongous commander machine gun pedestal and most of the machine gun itself, meaning that rounds phase right through it, which is disgusting. I have a video on it on my channel from back in the day (I'm not sure if it's still not modeled in-game).
"my flowers are beatifull" that was so frikking perfect :D
hey dollar im very happy you have brought up the Maus and its struggle with bombs, i remember playing with friends and he could drop fritz X bombs on my roof and i would be fine but now anything even as big as a 250lb bomb can tear you apart if you are in the Maus yet the 268 and the IS 7 are really really hard to kill, also the Maus can be killed by simply hitting its side with a 7kg explosive shell but you cant to anything to Russians vehicles with HE half the time, i feel like they nerfed the Maus without saying anything and im glad others see the same and its not me being crazy, its kept me from playing the Maus (my fav tank) and its now just like you said an xp piñata, but anyways love ur videos keep it up
Yeah, Maus is just feels weaker against explosive right now. Used to be hard to get it with tank HE shell. Not anymore
Don't forget Object 279 as well, that thing also swallows bombs
huh object 211 is butter
@@4T3hM4kr0n
Вы посмотрите на конструкцию борта танка, и танк тут только один ИС-7, причём сверх тяжелый танк прорыва, его гнутые борта защищены экраном у и гусеницами. А Мышонок же - это подвижный квадратный бункер с открытым и прямым бортом... ИМХО на нём будут играть только мазохисты, а если это так - то чем больней садизма в его сторону, тем лучше, или нет?
@@4T3hM4kr0n well tbh the obj 279 design was specifically designed to disperse shock waves meaning it should be harder to take out with bombs because of its design unless you know you hit the roof of the tank than it should be sent to the shadow realm .
I've been binging all your videos and I wish I had found your channel years ago instead of just recently. I really love your content, keep it up
I'm happy to hear ✌️
@@DOLLARplays There's a reason you're the second largest war thunder creator :D
When there's a DOLLARplays video, you know it's gonna be a great day
I can't imagine the rage of the CAS players after you survived those bombs, unbelievable. Great video as always. Warthunder has been much more fun since i started watching these videos. Still don't understand wagers though. Keep up the good work!
I'm more of a naval man than a tanker, but even I can recognize how ludicrous this thing is. That was five deaths over multiple matches with nearly four times as many kills in a *single* match😆
Another awesome video man, gotta say you do such a great job of showing how you play the matches while still editing out the tedium and lulls, excellent overview without leaving stuff out or unnecessary stuff in 10/10
I appreciate that!
The scene at 7:48 was like in a movie, loved it.
What a special day today: Dollar doesn't even need to angle.
Also fun fact about the IS-7, if you have a key binded to switch to machin guns, you can press it 3 times to switch to the back machine guns. You will even be able to turn your turret with a mouse.
16:48 that ricochet was so cool to watch !
Funny I was just watching the Make these rare vehicles available for War Thunder 10th Anniversary and the moment you say "I have armor, I fear nothing" gets obliterated in this thing. I also hadn't even started the video when I first wrote this and that clip was in it, too good! Love your content, thanks for all the laughs
That really funny to see that dollar know Louis de Funes 👏
I love you DOLLOR, my cat of 15 years just passed away and I feel all alone but you make my days better.
RIP
One of the best dollar videos of 2023! The music and the clutch is just perfect, altogether with the mighty IS-7
I wish tank battles could be more like this, where you can oftentimes survive and confidently rely on your armor, instead of being destroyed by even average guns.
Stay away from the German tech tree then^^
Basically every tank is a glass-cannon, but most of them can't pen Russian heavies at distance anyway.
Best experience is the Russian tree, it's busted as all hell... Plenty of choices, most of which out-compete your opponents options.
The french also have a pretty busted lineup from tier 4+, AMX's are the scourge of middle-tier, along with the soviet nonsense.
@@Fiirow1 I understand, I wish low tier had it as well. Higher teirs is just kinda eh
I love the helicopter guy "we're out of rockets, sir!" You are the best lol
IS7 is one of the scariest things to see at the battlefield. And it even can reverse quite fast for 68t.
Oh yes, and that reverse speed is better than soviet mbt's
You can use the rear machine guns by aiming the opposite direction of the turret.
The editing is just impressive
Those tank edits at the end driving into the reddening sky is just perfect 👌
Dollars' old is7 video was probably the first dollar video i ever watched.
idk how to describe what i heard when the shell bounced but that some takn bounceing asmr right there
Dollar just to let you know the Vidar can do something to you if you were to shoot you in the periscope, he can overpressure you and he can shoot you in the wheel and over pressure he can some what damage you from the back but won’t do much
My Dear Dollar, i was start watching your first channel with funny moments in 15.05.2019r, you give me a lot smile on my face. Then i saw you have 2 channel where you play War Thunder and my love just explode!! This edits, music, that was Fuc*ing ART! In 21.12.2020 i`m your regular viewer, i watch everything, and today i tell myself: Holy Cow this is 3 years when i start watching you. You doing AWESOME WORK! Greetings from poland!
Dziękuję✌️
16:51 That was a really cool bounce. Can really see that Gaijin put some effort in the game.
Is-7 has 8 miniguns, you can use them all
Power of money
I think he got it during the event or whatever before it cost money
the power of having completed an event
@delta8785 you're right. That was the crafting event
I play War Thunder since 2016 and I don't have any of the event or battle pass tanks because I have life
@@Spike95Rus Good for you.
14:30
when the music starts, i KNOW dollar bout to go on a RAMPAGE!!!!! let’s gooooo!
😎
I was downloading Air Superiority when the Mercury 82 song and screen FX started and my resolution dropped to complete the v i b e
3:47 dollar you just broke the rule of angling! you have "did you angle today" decal, you should've angled!
9:36 bomb is in a front of tank. Detonates. Crew fully alive, but engine dead, it means is-7 uses stalinium only around crew members
21:11 Even soviet bias can't overcome volumetric
That ricochet at 16:51 was awesome!
23:54 The true *GROUND* battles experience.
man, can't wait to see your video using the Glorious New Tsar tank a.k.a T-90M Proryv
Favourite town : Biasgrad. Known for its Stalinium mines and the place where the miners are such mega-vlads that they skinned superman for his skin to use in IS-7 crew chairs.
The power of Decal is strong with the bias 💪
💪
You can use all 8 machine guns on the IS-7
to use the ones on the turret facing backward you just need to look in that direction and not press the "free around look button" (c in my case and i think the general case too)
but its a pretty slim window and your turret will move while you try to hit
casually eating bombs with crew intact definitely no bias
cant wait for the new no bias t90m to bring true balance to the game
I went on a Spookston binge, and am now back to Daddy Dollar, because he is truly the best of the WT crew. Mr. Spook complains about literally everything 😢
Your music has become so much better over the years! Love you style Betty
this video really describe soviet bias, always try hard when facing is-7 & object 279. got nowhere to pen except from the side or rear
Thats.....probably the first time Ive seen someone survive a bomb and fall in the crater it leaves behind holy shit.
16:20 i got an add with song -just the two of us
*add ends*
dollar : *starts singing just the two of us*
There's definitely something going on with bombs. In a test flight with 2000lb bombs on the SU-39 I kept dropping them right on the M60s that are spawned on the map and the bombs were not only not killing them, but basically doing no damage as well. Haven't seen anything in a match yet like that myself, but I also don't really CAS right now with Soviets because they have zero good options from 5.0 until 8.0 for ground attack other than the SU-11. Which I'm not going to grind for anytime soon.
My leopard 1 gets deleted by any bomb within visual range, buy somehow my Marder A1, which is both taller and significantly less armored, manages to survive fairly close hits.
Armor is this game is just a "best guess", somehow fucky is going on behind the scenes, same reason Russian tanks are so busted, they should be getting fucked by most AP rounds - sometimes HE should be enough, but somehow it's often a bounce or insignificant damage.
7:44 is the funniest part to me
The most underrated youtuber ever!
I love how you say Caernarfon and get it right unlike 99% of other players
And remember guys, if you hear Mercury 82 blasting from a random tank, you run in the opposite direction.
Amazing video as always Dollar, your quality has yet to be matched.
That would be a good choice, wouldnt it lol
😎
Damn, I get my first nuke with 1200 hours and then Dollar releases, ebic 👍
it got a total of 8 Machine guns
2 SMGT (7,52 mm) facing forward fixed at the Hull and aimed by the Driver
2 SMGT (7,52 mm) mounted facing backwards at the sides of the Turret
2 SMGT (7,52 mm) and 1 KPTW ( 14,5 mm) coaxial mounted to the gun
1 KPTW (14,5 mm) at the top of the Turret witch can be folded down
7.62*
Greetings from Hungary!
In multi-gun tanks, if you set up your controls properly, you can use different guns of your tank separately, if you want to. That includes machineguns, like the backward facing Dushka on the SMK or the SGMT guns of the IS-7.
You can also use machineguns and secondaries by selecting weapons in the multi purpose menu thing
I really need to check controls
@@DOLLARplays It can be handy to have a sight on a .50 cal or other HMG so you can more accurately take out a track lol
I love it how you’re English isnt really good, but isnt annoying to listen to
yes you can fire the rearward mounted MG's on the IS-7, you just have to rotate the camera around to the rear of the turret and hold down the fire MG button that you have bound (will only work in bursts as the turret will be constantly rotating to where the camera is pointed and you have to have the camera facing the rear of the turret for the MG's to fire)
Thankful that you started putting the song names and artist on the page. Love your vids Dollar!
Love the content man. Makes me laugh every time
👌
The Bias is strong with this one
DUDE ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS EVER IS-7 IS BACK!! GREETINGS FROM SERBIAA
Next time you play as soviets you need to to do the Armageddon scene where the guy is yelling this is how you fix things in soviet space station! Especially of your in tight spot repair and possibly getting attacked lol
Man, I've already been watching dollar for 4 years
Day always gets better when I see a new Dollar upload
Well engineered stalininium
IS-7 and Maus in one video? I must be dreaming :D
22:11 Only DOLLARplays can hit someone, not damage him and kill him
They J'd out
When Bias encounters Bias, Bias still wins. Although certain French Flower salesman can be deadly. 😂😂Good video DOLLAR.
istg Dollar might be the best war thunder youtuber out there
He's starting to believe!
Let's goooo, his flowers were indeedbeautiful!
All maus bomb survivability went to IS 7 and Object 279
16:20 that a sweet moment when u sing and put the title of the song 😘
10:46 That Somua sitting there, right in the open, whilst all your teammates were driving past them is possibly one of the stupidest things I've ever seen
You know that you can bind a key to the 50cal so you can only turn it, that is often much faster and when you do so you can hide behind walls and get the view from that gun, that is super duper on maps like Sweden that have those large blocks on some streets.
"VIDAR I hope you have an uncomfortable shower tonight"
One of the rarest insults I've ever seen
you know its a good game when blue lagoon starts playing
You can use the rear facing machine guns by selecting which machine gun a couple times in the multi function menu
1:23 you can actually use ALL of these machine guns, if you're looking in the side where are mg are get aimed, or you can click Y key and you choose weapon option, and click "use machine gun" a lot of time
Imagine standing face to face with Dollar while he is in an IS-7. I would not even try🤣
always the best music choices love the 80s90s style disco electro fucking amazing gets me so hyped get like 2 - 3 new songs every video your a G
It is fantastic to see a tank which you just do W because nothing can kill it and no aim because everything dies from one shot. Shame there is only one nation having such machines : )
Anyway, great video like always. Love your content.
Seems like since they BR change, I always seen IS-7 player in my team as my support, team up with them is quite a nice experience. I've once using IS-7 and I pretty much the Big Dog in yard, I tank most of the damage while my teammates pick them off, and some are flanking them. So two or three Is-7 in your team, if they know how to use it, you basically can win the match. Pretty much support tank, it have firepower to take down pretty much anything and it could tank damage.
I know im late to the party but the is series tanks in general like to eat bombs for some reason. In my experince playing them they sometimes just refuse to die to bombs, and they have done so for as long as i can remember owning them. A few other tanks refuse to die to bombs more often than others, but it isnt as noticeable as it is in the is series.
1:39 “i have amour here” famous last words lol
15:30 cheese wedge indeed got very scared.
Is7 in wotb:💀💀💀
Is7 in war thunder:😈😈🤑
We need a hour long verion of
Just the two of us
-DOLLARplays
The IS-7 and Maus are the banes of my existence
Awesome getting to play with you in that game on Abandoned Town, Dollar. OogalerBoogaler btw. Again, was really cool getting to meet you in a match
Dolla goes from one video per week to a video every 3 days. That's impressive.
Today it's a good day, as Dollar upload (and my grind on WT is finally over!).
Dollar just an idea Japan got a new artillery type 99 shoots very very quickly 970 MPs I think you may like it I also always love your videos they're very funny and very enjoyable to watch can't wait for your next one
Is7 is indestructible!!!
M103 heat: would you like to test that theory?
i also survived a direct hit on the roof from an AGM 162 in my m48a2c
Nothing gets a man more wetty when there is a new video from Betty