Now at 9.3 you have 2 wheeled vehicles, 3 MBT's (Leo 1A5 NOT included) , 3 vehicles that can shoot down planes. T-72 is like your heavy tank while the OF-40s are your mediums and the other stuff are your light/anit everything speed machines. The versatility and quality of the Italian line up only grows..
"Ah man i haven't got a nuke today" :)))) i started playing war thunder recently again after a few years of absence and i only got 2 nukes in the past 2 months :))
BPA_Jon thanks so much for explaining your strategy and tactics as it unfolds.....very cool....i am always learning at this game. I have the stock OF-40 and love it, I guess I need the MTCA too
Italian tanks are not for the faint of heart. I really enjoyed the video, but for anyone considering this as a premium, do consider that the Italian tech tree is all about light-vehicle play after BR 6.0ish. You almost never want an Italian tank because it doesn't do what you'd expect from a tank (it can't take any hits), instead you're depending upon mobility, and yet the lighter tanks at this BR have the same cannon and mobility. Thankfully in the tech tree you get access to the T-72M1 (which is an actual tank), but you'll probably enjoy playing both Centauros and VBC a lot more. This premium does get a better shell than the Centauro I, which only gets DM23, but I feel like it's an extremely capable cannon with DM23 especially if you know weakspots. Oh, and the Centauro I R, the second one in the tech tree, that one is easy to research and you can unlock the DM33 round. Like in the first game BPA_John goes for a flank, and the Centauro is way better for that, it also has scout, drone, thermal, etc. OF-40 is slower, and your trade off is just weak armor. Certainly can be a good vehicle, but everything you want in it the Centauro is better. Oh, and do you want an Italian tank with mediocre armor, decent mobility, AND access to the DM33 round? The tech-tree Leopard does this, it plays identical to this premium. Overall, this tank has no value proposition in the game as a premium. Zero. Waste of your golden eagles. Do yourself a favor and save those Golden Eagles for the G.91 R/4 CAS aircraft that you're going to want for ground combat, or Ariete you'll want for air combat. Or, if you're trying to grind the Italian tree and want the bonus a Premium Tank gets you, just purchase a Talisman for one of the tech tree tanks or SPAA.
@@KekusMagnus Totally, and Italy has some real bangers of light tanks, including at 9.3. Too bad players today don't get to experience to the thrills of an R3 at BR 3.0, blasting early WW2 tanks with a stabilized 20mm. It was like giving a starving raccoon meth and a .50 cal machine gun.
The OF-40 is better than all the others you mentioned because it has the gun handling of all the top tier 10.3 and up tanks. This allows a good player to squeeze all the performance they need out of the tank as opposed to the T-72 or Centaro where their crutches are armor or speed (the Leo 1A5 is absolutely worse than the MTCA in every way but it has thermals wooptie doo). It's like the argument of the T-34 and Pz-4 vs the Sherman, a good player in the Sherman will ALWAYS do better than a good player in the Pz-4 or T-34 while with bad players it's the opposite. 28:41 he would've died here if he was in any of the other vehicles ESPECIALLY in the Centaro
@@michaelvigil5321 I hear where you're coming from with the gun handling with the OF-40, that's all good. Though, the premium version MTCA and the tech-tree version have the same gun handling (different shells though), the premium has a better engine which comes with a slightly higher BR. Is the "experienced player" who this premium is designed for? Or is this just a irrelevant relic-like premium dying from power creep where gaijin haphazardly declared Italy needs a premium tank and this got pulled out of their easy pile? I'm not convinced that this premium vehicle offers enough value or differing play style compared to the tech tree options at the same BR. If you want to be a classic Italian player and rush and flank, this is definitely the best tank for that, but at this stage in the Italian tech tree you've got many other capable vehicles for the rush/flank gameplay.
Jon, do you need to do squadron battles and must have a personal rating to stay in the squadron? I'm in a squadron that has required squadron battles and the game mode is just not it for me...
I noticed that you were in my game last night. I noticed at the end when everybody was talking in chat and I had no idea I even got a screen shot so that’s dope You should try playing the AMX 30 super next. it’s currently in a weird spot and I think it would make for good content.
@@MarioGilera83double the gun handling, 50 cal, smoke shells, more mobile, more armor, more first stage ammo, ammo is not stored in the turret but it lacks thermals oh no...
@@michaelvigil5321 tam 2 IP, kpz 70 and leopard a1a1 l44 are at 9.3. Germany have a lot of good tanks at 9.3 the italians not so many... the gepard is a thousand times better than the sidam 25 and the thermals are essential to see through thick forests, snowy landscapes and ESS. The a1a5 armor with the volumetric is much the same as the of40 and the a1a5 also has optics with slightly better magnifications. also it's naive to talk about how thermals do not make it worse but the smoke rounds are among the list of things that are "better"... in conclusion the leopard 1a5 is a better sniper and the of 40 is a better multirole/brawler but for this role the germans have the kpz 70 not the a1a5.
@@BPA_JonWT first off, for many players thermals really do matter, and secondly armour is really the thing that doesn't matter as both are basically made from reinforced cardboard
Now at 9.3 you have 2 wheeled vehicles, 3 MBT's (Leo 1A5 NOT included) , 3 vehicles that can shoot down planes. T-72 is like your heavy tank while the OF-40s are your mediums and the other stuff are your light/anit everything speed machines. The versatility and quality of the Italian line up only grows..
Sounds great, but the only problem is that, in most of the time, you wil end up in a 10.3 match 😡
meanwhile the uk gets the chieftain mk 10 and almost nothing else
"Ah man i haven't got a nuke today" :)))) i started playing war thunder recently again after a few years of absence and i only got 2 nukes in the past 2 months :))
Wait.... you guys are getting nukes?
I've only gotten a single nuke in two years
I normally get 4 nukes out of 10 matches💀I even play Tiger 2(H) against 10.0 and get a nuke…
@@MinotaurLP Jooo just exaggerate. Bro doesn't let anyone have fun 😂 Respect
@@MinotaurLPNot bad lil bro💀 I play the M4A1 Sherman at 11.0 and get nukes 80% of my games.
War Thunder Carlos Sainz Jr. is all I hear 😂
Love the vids man keep it up!
BPA_Jon thanks so much for explaining your strategy and tactics as it unfolds.....very cool....i am always learning at this game. I have the stock OF-40 and love it, I guess I need the MTCA too
22:06 look at the damage indicator. Did that 20mm spall through the cupola or something and damage breech and autoloader slightly?
Now that it has DM33 it's a very viable back up for the VRCC, it probably wouldn't be too good at full uptiets due to weak armor but DM33 is so good.
Nah bro dm33 makes it extremely viable all the way to like 10.7 easily puts it on par with the Tam 2 ip now
20:23 only Jon shoots in 3D person. Just to let them know.
You should play the leopard 2aV. It was an even tank a while back and it stayed at 10.0 after the BR changes, while everything else moved to 10.0.
thanks for remembering me ab that shell. Iwere completly forgot that
Italian tanks are not for the faint of heart. I really enjoyed the video, but for anyone considering this as a premium, do consider that the Italian tech tree is all about light-vehicle play after BR 6.0ish. You almost never want an Italian tank because it doesn't do what you'd expect from a tank (it can't take any hits), instead you're depending upon mobility, and yet the lighter tanks at this BR have the same cannon and mobility. Thankfully in the tech tree you get access to the T-72M1 (which is an actual tank), but you'll probably enjoy playing both Centauros and VBC a lot more. This premium does get a better shell than the Centauro I, which only gets DM23, but I feel like it's an extremely capable cannon with DM23 especially if you know weakspots. Oh, and the Centauro I R, the second one in the tech tree, that one is easy to research and you can unlock the DM33 round. Like in the first game BPA_John goes for a flank, and the Centauro is way better for that, it also has scout, drone, thermal, etc. OF-40 is slower, and your trade off is just weak armor. Certainly can be a good vehicle, but everything you want in it the Centauro is better.
Oh, and do you want an Italian tank with mediocre armor, decent mobility, AND access to the DM33 round? The tech-tree Leopard does this, it plays identical to this premium.
Overall, this tank has no value proposition in the game as a premium. Zero. Waste of your golden eagles.
Do yourself a favor and save those Golden Eagles for the G.91 R/4 CAS aircraft that you're going to want for ground combat, or Ariete you'll want for air combat.
Or, if you're trying to grind the Italian tree and want the bonus a Premium Tank gets you, just purchase a Talisman for one of the tech tree tanks or SPAA.
light tanks have been the meta for years
@@KekusMagnus Totally, and Italy has some real bangers of light tanks, including at 9.3. Too bad players today don't get to experience to the thrills of an R3 at BR 3.0, blasting early WW2 tanks with a stabilized 20mm. It was like giving a starving raccoon meth and a .50 cal machine gun.
The OF-40 is better than all the others you mentioned because it has the gun handling of all the top tier 10.3 and up tanks. This allows a good player to squeeze all the performance they need out of the tank as opposed to the T-72 or Centaro where their crutches are armor or speed (the Leo 1A5 is absolutely worse than the MTCA in every way but it has thermals wooptie doo). It's like the argument of the T-34 and Pz-4 vs the Sherman, a good player in the Sherman will ALWAYS do better than a good player in the Pz-4 or T-34 while with bad players it's the opposite.
28:41 he would've died here if he was in any of the other vehicles ESPECIALLY in the Centaro
@@KekusMagnus god I hate seeing that word
@@michaelvigil5321 I hear where you're coming from with the gun handling with the OF-40, that's all good. Though, the premium version MTCA and the tech-tree version have the same gun handling (different shells though), the premium has a better engine which comes with a slightly higher BR. Is the "experienced player" who this premium is designed for? Or is this just a irrelevant relic-like premium dying from power creep where gaijin haphazardly declared Italy needs a premium tank and this got pulled out of their easy pile? I'm not convinced that this premium vehicle offers enough value or differing play style compared to the tech tree options at the same BR. If you want to be a classic Italian player and rush and flank, this is definitely the best tank for that, but at this stage in the Italian tech tree you've got many other capable vehicles for the rush/flank gameplay.
Jon, do you need to do squadron battles and must have a personal rating to stay in the squadron?
I'm in a squadron that has required squadron battles and the game mode is just not it for me...
Would love to see the Rooikat MTTD next
the AMX-30 Super got the same treatment. it didnt move up in the br change. p nice
16:08 how does you know that the spawn protection was over?
Probably counted till 15 seconds or waited till the machine gun damaged the tank
love your content buddy
hello, thx for the video!!!!!
I noticed that you were in my game last night.
I noticed at the end when everybody was talking in chat and I had no idea
I even got a screen shot so that’s dope
You should try playing the AMX 30 super next. it’s currently in a weird spot and I think it would make for good content.
THIS VEHICLE ALWAYS RELIABLE AND DEFINATELY TALISMAN WORTHY
ITS BASICALLY A LEO WITH SLOWER TURRET ROTATION
🥶🥶🥶
CM 11 video?
What other BR's are good now?
What graphics settings are you using?
HELL YEAH MY FAV TANK (it's mk2a but it's close enough)
love ur thick accent mate
Just a better leopard 1a5 at the same BR bafflingly
no thermals tho
@@MarioGilera83 who cares Gen 1 thermals aren’t that useful anyways
@@MarioGilera83double the gun handling, 50 cal, smoke shells, more mobile, more armor, more first stage ammo, ammo is not stored in the turret but it lacks thermals oh no...
@@michaelvigil5321 tam 2 IP, kpz 70 and leopard a1a1 l44 are at 9.3. Germany have a lot of good tanks at 9.3 the italians not so many... the gepard is a thousand times better than the sidam 25 and the thermals are essential to see through thick forests, snowy landscapes and ESS. The a1a5 armor with the volumetric is much the same as the of40 and the a1a5 also has optics with slightly better magnifications.
also it's naive to talk about how thermals do not make it worse but the smoke rounds are among the list of things that are "better"...
in conclusion the leopard 1a5 is a better sniper and the of 40 is a better multirole/brawler but for this role the germans have the kpz 70 not the a1a5.
This might have just become my favorite tank in the game 😂 9.0 9.3 has been saved
Not seeing a discord link anywhere?
it's in the description of the video sir
@@BPA_JonWTI was either blind the first time or it wasn’t showing up on my iPad idk I see it now tho lmao.
Dude i want this thing so much i wish i wasnt broke xD
discord link doesnt work :(((
I will yoin the Discord
Gets DM33 but goes to 9.3. Hmmm🤔 idk how I feel about that
The tam 2 ip has thermals and dm33 and is 9.3
@@Varkvarkvark
Last time i checked it didn't have the thermal sight hence it was initially at 8.7 BR...
@@i_nameless_i-jgsdf yeah i havent been bothered to look so idk
@@Varkvarkvark It has better mobility
@@ReichWarLord yup it does
goog
Can you play the bhishma
Can you please play Israel 7.7
Honestly, it really wasn't that necessary.
Day 26 of asking Jon,to dominate with the Rooikat 105 and drop that nuke!!!!!
It's so fast i hate it
1st try please play the T-28E br 2.3
Day 26 of asking for the leo 1a5
Day 12 asking to Jon to play olifant MK 2
Now it's just a worse 1a5?
How is it worse?
@@BPA_JonWT no thermals + shitty zoom on the sight
@@IlllIlIlIIlll thermals do not matter, better mobility, better gun handling, better armor
@@BPA_JonWTalso 50 cal if it makes a difference, and a MUCH better turret rotation speed
@@BPA_JonWT first off, for many players thermals really do matter, and secondly armour is really the thing that doesn't matter as both are basically made from reinforced cardboard
Day 26 of asking Jon to play the ELC bis...
Horimoly dm33 on mtca :D