Pro tips to use the sherridan: 1. Switch to gunner optic. Not barrel camera. 2. Raise gun sight distance to the max (if the enemy is close, don't max it) 3. Enjoy quasi javalin missiles while being able to fire more hull down.
@@IceAxe1940 APDS is a nice additional, and you have lightly buffed armor. Overall similar to M48 but with slightly bigger gun, APDS, and there is no APCR stock suffering nightmare
@@IceAxe1940 Its a good vehicle if played right, but has its drawbacks, its Tall, Loud, and takes a while to get to its decent top speed. But the armour is good against kinetic rounds, and trolls sabot from time to time. The gun is a 6.7/10. the tank is a 6/10 no stabilizer sucks
Was kinda surprised by this video, because I really enjoyed the Sheridan and found it very effective. Then I remembered that was before volumetric shells were introduced.
I really like it. It’s quirky and fun. Maybe not particularly great but I’ve always enjoyed it and can do well if played carefully. Of course the puma is basically immune to it so good luck if you run into one of those
this is the second free to play game to introduce something "volumentric" and not being fun or working to fix issues. (lookin at you mechwarrior online volumetric scaling)
I've always liked the Sheridan for some reason. Like yea, it is/was of questionable value but I have a soft spot for it. We have 2 at the museum where I volunteer and one is in running condition. In War Thunder I play the Sheridan and Starship together, which makes for a fun time if you get a good match
And it was even worse than he describes. The combustible casing absorbed moisture from the air in Vietnam . this bloated the casing making it unloadable. The missle is radio guided , but the transmitter was placed poorly so guidance would be possible at ranges over 800meters. Also it really loved mines.
Great video as always! But I think you missed one thing: the high explosive shell. The standard HEAT round is so bad at doing damage I've resorted to only using the HE. High explosive does wonders against light tanks, and when you see something with armor on it, just remind yourself that HEAT wouldn't have done anything either.
I never expected to hear the sentence “Just get the Starship, it’s outright better….” I’m not even sure my brain can process that concept. An M60 hull with the world’s weirdest looking turret, topped off by a cupola the size of Rhode Island? 😵💫 Nope. That thing can’t possible be better than anything beyond those inter-war land battleships.
to start off it's survivability is ridicolous, i never ever get one shot in that thing and it's turret armor is able to resist APDS and HEAT-FS (and even some APFSDS), very trolly armor. Besides that, it has a laser rangefinder and better reload rate so you can just play artillery. and i'ts mobility is decent
The M60A2 is probably the most fun ive had in the US tree since the M6. that thing is just ridiculous in terms of survivability. i cant recall ever getting one shotted in it apart from an AVRE shooting HESH at me.
I've been wondering about why the only Autobot tank in Transformers is one of these things. I think I see why now. If you want to go look him up his name is warpath
@@jasonscarborough94 Hmmmmmmmmmmm... Ummmm. Maybe because the paradropped everywhere and that's the only thing they had? I haven't watched GI Joe anything since I was like, younger then 12. I had even forgotten that GI Joe was a thing, whatever happened to it?
“Dollar store heat round” classic. Also now I know I shouldn’t grind for this as I was thinking about it before as a funny looking tank. Thanks Spookston
Spookston doesn't really seem to know what he's doing with the Sheridan. He spends most of the video talking about the bad post-pen damage, but he only uses HEAT instead of the ATGM which has noticeably better post-pen damage and is much easier to use.
My uncle drove one of these during Operation Paul Bunyan in Korea its weird how often people think war thunder is reality when it comes to historic vehicles sometimes its like showing a real gun to a fps player the way a lot of us perceive AFV's
If war thunder was truly realistic no one would have fun in WW2 BR's lol. The only ones who'd have some decent bit of reliability would be the sherman players and even they would have issues. The tiger and panther players would never even leave their spawn area
I was a TC on a Sheridan in the 70's. Most of the problems you described I never experienced in 2 1/2 years. In gunnery we could normally acquire a target at range and get off the first round in under 10 seconds with a follow-up round under 6. This was faster than the T54/55 and T60 we were up against. The big round caused extensive spauling in the enemy turret but a well place shot could separate the turret from the hull, remove the engine, or blow off road wheels. The missile system was problematic with an unsatisfactory failure rate. But at range uo to 3000 meters it would disassemble a tank into its major component parts. The downside was lack.of engine protection from the rear. An rpg would slice right thru it. Lastly, the mission was to locate, fix the enemy in place long enough for the mbt to move forward then to move to the rear and protect the flanks. The M551 was never intended to go Mano e Mano with mbt.
What you forgot to mention is while the Starship is "slower", it has a reasonable explanation on why in the form of ACTUAL ARMOR. The Sheridan is slow while being a light tank with no armor
Some real-life perspective of it from an outsider to the vehicle. My uncle served in Vietnam, she said there was a few things more impressive then the biggest shotgun that is a 152mm beehive round, and went on roads and not trying to be a bulldozer they are fairly agile for a tracked vehicle especially compared to the dozers he had to operate.
I found the Sheridan much more fun when you just use the missiles. It's much easier to get the shot to hit where it needs to, and that alone makes it more worthwhile than the HEAT round in spite of the downsides to the missile.
The motor burning out early makes it hard for people to see the missile coming. Great for long range missile yeets. I have little issues with the damage of Shillelaghs.
Someone must have already mentioned this in the comments, but at least one nice thing about the Shillelagh missiles in WT is how the motor burns out fast. Turns out it makes it harder for your target to notice/shoot it down if they didn't see it launch. Not a huge advantage, but a little benefit if you are relying on the missiles at range.
I’m confused by this. I’ve found it not too bad and pretty fun! The missile has always been effective for me. The starship has always been way worse for me. The armor doesn’t matter at all at the BR and it has al the downsides of the Sheridan without the fun flanking ability or spotting
Not to say you havent had jokes before, but the lighter mood/jokes scattered throughout videos along with your new series with live commentary has been a turn for the better. Actually find myself watching the entirety of your videos through all the time now, keep up all the great work youre doing, 10/10
At some point I thought I was watching one of Sseth's or Maxor's videos but with relatively zero editing. I think you're onto something, Spooks, and I love it.
I've never laughed when watching your videos as far as I can recall, but today you must have had an awakening because you had me laughing within the first minute, I would not mind more "funny hahas" in your videos.
Was just about to buy this tank, thank you for saving me the crew training cost since the snail still forces me to buy the tank before having everything behind it...
Some other things to add is that the Shillelagh Gun Launcher cracked its own barrel almost every 5 shots, the early Shillelagh System required a 5 minute electronic reset to go from conventional ammo to missiles. The tank jumped into the air while firing damaging electronics. And to cap it all off...her tiny engine air intakes and coolant vents got clogged by dust, dirt, moisture, snow, grass, etc. Incredibly easy which tended to overheat the engine till it...rapidly dissembled itself. Note this was an amphibious/airborne tank allergic to moisture...dust...and snow, during the Cold War....against Russia..oh and its engine starts like a Citreon in cold weather...as in it doesn't.
Pro tips to use the sherridan:
1. Switch to gunner optic. Not barrel camera.
2. Raise gun sight distance to the max (if the enemy is close, don't max it)
3. Enjoy quasi javalin missiles while being able to fire more hull down.
Holy shit, I'm gonna try this out. Thanks man!
I wish i could see this in action but no one has made a video doing this yet
@@stormyprawn Ill make one in a few minutes for you ^_^
How do you switch to gunner's optic?
@@BruceLeeroy94 Definitely will watch that!
That was way funnier than your usual videos. Loved it.
Intro was awesome XD
"why does my heart suddenly feel funny?"
The "mind your own business" and crew pronouns jokes were hilarious
@@geroni211 Yeah they were awesome
“The Sheridan is simply to caked up” had me dead.
Was just playing this like 15 mins ago, I wasted like 5 missiles trying to shoot down a heli that was literally hovering.
How's the M60? I'm currently grinding the M48A1 trying to unlock the M60 is it any better or just lackluster as the M48.
@@IceAxe1940 slow, big, ok gun, armor means nothing on its br..... t54 better
@@IceAxe1940 APDS is a nice additional, and you have lightly buffed armor. Overall similar to M48 but with slightly bigger gun, APDS, and there is no APCR stock suffering nightmare
@@IceAxe1940 Its a good vehicle if played right, but has its drawbacks, its Tall, Loud, and takes a while to get to its decent top speed. But the armour is good against kinetic rounds, and trolls sabot from time to time. The gun is a 6.7/10.
the tank is a 6/10
no stabilizer sucks
@@IceAxe1940
The M60A1 AOS is a lot better so you can look forward to that. M60 is meh imo but US 8.0 is pretty good.
“And the heavy’s going to stare at you a bit before turning your pronouns to was/were” I laughed my ass off at this lol
"now your pronouns are "was/were"" will be my new after kill sentence
hi jumklr
Was kinda surprised by this video, because I really enjoyed the Sheridan and found it very effective. Then I remembered that was before volumetric shells were introduced.
I really like it. It’s quirky and fun. Maybe not particularly great but I’ve always enjoyed it and can do well if played carefully. Of course the puma is basically immune to it so good luck if you run into one of those
Same
this is the second free to play game to introduce something "volumentric" and not being fun or working to fix issues. (lookin at you mechwarrior online volumetric scaling)
@@soldier22881honestly, volumetric scaling is only one of many, MANY problems that game has lmao.
I have never laughed so hard at a spookston video well done xD
for real. this is the funniest video he's made. I lost it when he said "shell the size of a kindergartner."
I thought the best joke was changing your pronouns to was were
@@reasonableq419 that one was also really funny. I would love to see more of these kinds of comedic videos from Spookston
@@meerbee2910 I think the best part had to be when he told people to mind their own business when it came to how he honored his friends hard work xD
I've always liked the Sheridan for some reason. Like yea, it is/was of questionable value but I have a soft spot for it. We have 2 at the museum where I volunteer and one is in running condition. In War Thunder I play the Sheridan and Starship together, which makes for a fun time if you get a good match
It’s pretty cute, with that stubby, giant gun. + that < sloping on the turret is interesting
The Sheridan is one of my favorite tanks, I really think it looks nice and it did it’s job (being air-transportable and carrying a big gun)
I’m def new to higher tiers and want to know what the starship is
@@insectinvasion4201 M60A2
@@insectinvasion4201 m60 with the sheridan derp gun/launcher.
It looks really damn weird, hence “starship”
The way you just roasted the Sheridan makes this video even better, we should see more of these!
And it was even worse than he describes. The combustible casing absorbed moisture from the air in Vietnam . this bloated the casing making it unloadable. The missle is radio guided , but the transmitter was placed poorly so guidance would be possible at ranges over 800meters. Also it really loved mines.
Great video as always! But I think you missed one thing: the high explosive shell. The standard HEAT round is so bad at doing damage I've resorted to only using the HE. High explosive does wonders against light tanks, and when you see something with armor on it, just remind yourself that HEAT wouldn't have done anything either.
Just bring HE and missiles, honestly the ATGM is underrated IMO, I have a blast with it and with the motor going out quickly it’s very sneaky
@@daddythebandit1208 its also one of the fastest atgms in the game
This reminder about heat though. Are you doing it already in the hangar? Or before they shoot you back?
Please do more of this! Tank roasting would be such a fun series to do
I never expected to hear the sentence “Just get the Starship, it’s outright better….” I’m not even sure my brain can process that concept. An M60 hull with the world’s weirdest looking turret, topped off by a cupola the size of Rhode Island? 😵💫 Nope. That thing can’t possible be better than anything beyond those inter-war land battleships.
to start off it's survivability is ridicolous, i never ever get one shot in that thing and it's turret armor is able to resist APDS and HEAT-FS (and even some APFSDS), very trolly armor. Besides that, it has a laser rangefinder and better reload rate so you can just play artillery. and i'ts mobility is decent
Hey, at least it’s not made out of aluminum (and gets a laser rangefinder)
The M60A2 is probably the most fun ive had in the US tree since the M6. that thing is just ridiculous in terms of survivability. i cant recall ever getting one shotted in it apart from an AVRE shooting HESH at me.
"I'll reverse out that tunnel and flank them"
*clank*
"I've made a fatal miscalculation"
the deadpan delivery on that is fucking masterclass
i like how this video was a change compared to others, it made me laugh a lot. thank you spookston
I've been wondering about why the only Autobot tank in Transformers is one of these things. I think I see why now. If you want to go look him up his name is warpath
His name is KABLAM!
@@Decepticon272 nice fall of cybertron reference there xD
I could imagine warpath transforming into one of those toptier leopards tho
Its most likely because Gen 1 GI Joe's "main battle tank" was designed to look like the Sheridan
@@jasonscarborough94 Hmmmmmmmmmmm... Ummmm. Maybe because the paradropped everywhere and that's the only thing they had? I haven't watched GI Joe anything since I was like, younger then 12. I had even forgotten that GI Joe was a thing, whatever happened to it?
I like the slightly more aggressive Spookston
Right? I didn't know that seeing Spookston roast tanks was what I needed in life.
“Dollar store heat round” classic. Also now I know I shouldn’t grind for this as I was thinking about it before as a funny looking tank. Thanks Spookston
Spookston doesn't really seem to know what he's doing with the Sheridan. He spends most of the video talking about the bad post-pen damage, but he only uses HEAT instead of the ATGM which has noticeably better post-pen damage and is much easier to use.
@@habe1717 not saying much if you depend on an atgm rather than your main gun
@@nomcarver4436 Huh? The ATGM is the main gun.
@@habe1717 the ATGM isn't that good either.
My uncle drove one of these during Operation Paul Bunyan in Korea its weird how often people think war thunder is reality when it comes to historic vehicles sometimes its like showing a real gun to a fps player the way a lot of us perceive AFV's
If war thunder was truly realistic no one would have fun in WW2 BR's lol. The only ones who'd have some decent bit of reliability would be the sherman players and even they would have issues. The tiger and panther players would never even leave their spawn area
“I’m making a video trash talking his all time favourite vehicle”
as mates do, you two love eachother ❤️
I was a TC on a Sheridan in the 70's. Most of the problems you described I never experienced in 2 1/2 years. In gunnery we could normally acquire a target at range and get off the first round in under 10 seconds with a follow-up round under 6. This was faster than the T54/55 and T60 we were up against. The big round caused extensive spauling in the enemy turret but a well place shot could separate the turret from the hull, remove the engine, or blow off road wheels. The missile system was problematic with an unsatisfactory failure rate. But at range uo to 3000 meters it would disassemble a tank into its major component parts. The downside was lack.of engine protection from the rear. An rpg would slice right thru it. Lastly, the mission was to locate, fix the enemy in place long enough for the mbt to move forward then to move to the rear and protect the flanks. The M551 was never intended to go Mano e Mano with mbt.
This ironic style is the best, keep It up.
What you forgot to mention is while the Starship is "slower", it has a reasonable explanation on why in the form of ACTUAL ARMOR.
The Sheridan is slow while being a light tank with no armor
Yeah and with so many fast autocannon toting germans and Russians around life is pain.
Sheridan? Slow? Are you sure you're thinking of the right vehicle?
@@habe1717 for what it is up against regularly, yes
@@habe1717 In general the Sheridan has decent mobility but for a light tank it is slow
@@habe1717 for a light is sure slow. Ik it's been 2 years, sorry but I had to comment lol
You went off in this video and it’s amazing!
3:56 "I made a fatal miscalculation" hahahaha
The script for this was seriously good, I laughed multiple times in only 4 ½ minutes. Great job!
04:01
"The Sheridan is simply too caked-up" lmao
the commentary on this is so good
I like this new, evil mode spookstone.
Love it. Good change in format!
Some real-life perspective of it from an outsider to the vehicle. My uncle served in Vietnam, she said there was a few things more impressive then the biggest shotgun that is a 152mm beehive round, and went on roads and not trying to be a bulldozer they are fairly agile for a tracked vehicle especially compared to the dozers he had to operate.
Wait, ur uncle is a she?
@@jace8785 sometimes autocorrect can be fun. probably
My boy pulled out all stops. No one was safe during that commentary. Favorite video so far!
I found the Sheridan much more fun when you just use the missiles. It's much easier to get the shot to hit where it needs to, and that alone makes it more worthwhile than the HEAT round in spite of the downsides to the missile.
It's one of my top performing tanks for this reason. Unfortunately its repair cost makes it nearly unplayable
I don't know what kind of crank you did, but keep it up, make me laugh more than usual.
The motor burning out early makes it hard for people to see the missile coming. Great for long range missile yeets. I have little issues with the damage of Shillelaghs.
"high explosive round the size of a kindergartner" had me giggling like one
I start with the ATGMs and switch to HEAT when I need to reload faster, makes this thing works pretty well for me most of the time.
Single handly one of the most funny videos you have.
Someone must have already mentioned this in the comments, but at least one nice thing about the Shillelagh missiles in WT is how the motor burns out fast. Turns out it makes it harder for your target to notice/shoot it down if they didn't see it launch. Not a huge advantage, but a little benefit if you are relying on the missiles at range.
This is the most rapid fire comidic video Spookston ever produced and I love it
But does it release flammable gas in the fighting compartment?
the amount of sarcasm and strong dead pan delivered jokes on this video is outstanding. Good job spookbooi, this video had me in tears...
I’m confused by this. I’ve found it not too bad and pretty fun! The missile has always been effective for me. The starship has always been way worse for me. The armor doesn’t matter at all at the BR and it has al the downsides of the Sheridan without the fun flanking ability or spotting
I love this sarcastic/witty educational style you’re going for, keep it up
I agree with Thinky. The Sheridan is my favorite tank. Partly because I like unusual tanks (the STRV 103 is my second favorite).
I’ve never heard you be this passive aggressive in any of your videos, it’s amazing
I think its a cute tank, but yeah i was disappointed when i got it
I like that you're becoming less technical and more humorous in your videos, while delivering the same messages
I actually love the m551 but I usually use atgms as the main round instead of heat
Probably because of the bullet drop?
I honestly despise those fucking ATGMs.
this should be called "Spookston roasts"
0:18 good job my friend🇺🇦
always good to see those scumbags getting destroyed)) Слава Україні!
Glory to Z 🇷🇺
I like how meme-y this video got and how sarcastic spook got as well. Nice video layout :)
They used to para-drop this thing during the Vietnam war…it got massacred most of the time.
Not to say you havent had jokes before, but the lighter mood/jokes scattered throughout videos along with your new series with live commentary has been a turn for the better. Actually find myself watching the entirety of your videos through all the time now, keep up all the great work youre doing, 10/10
I love this format, the trashtalk was top notch, keep it up !
0:18 best treatment ☺
At some point I thought I was watching one of Sseth's or Maxor's videos but with relatively zero editing. I think you're onto something, Spooks, and I love it.
a lot more humour in this video and i love it, hope you keep it up
I like this editing style and humor, it definitely makes the video more fun and enjoyable to watch.
You need to make more "Tank Roast" video's! I didn't know until just now that I (apparently) needed to see you verbally roast tanks, awesome video!
I love that you seem way more happy in this video keep up the great content
i love this new video format its more causal
I love your new style of vids man!! They feel funny but like real funny not fake jokes to try and make people laugh.
I loved this video, way funnier. The commentary was top tier. Excellent work man.
Us: So Spook, what's it like playing the Sheridan?
Spookston: Gives me conniptions.
I like this new style of video where Spookston cracks tons of jokes. Keep it up!
"The Sheridan is simply too caked up." I am crying. Good stuff!
“the sheridan is simply too caked up” is the best thing i’ve heard in a while
Idk why but this episode is comedy gold. You gotta give yourself and your editor a raise!
Great video. Good humor and exactly what I like about your videos.
This was your most humorous video and i like it
I need more of these funny vehicle reviews with you narrating some flaws with it, Keep it up, Spooks!
Love the content and the memes! Always entertaining to watch your vids
I cried when the commander yelled, YES A HIT, and did absolutely nothing.
Damn this video is great, you have come so far during all these years on youtube!
This was hilarious from start to finish, definitely keep the humour if you feel like it
The caked up bit at the end shouldn’t have been funny but omg it killed me
There's a considerable amount of sass on this video. I like that.
"A heat round the size of a kindergartener" absolutely beautiful, had me cracking up the whole video
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING MAKE MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS THIS WAS FIRE
This was really funny. I hope you make more stuff like this!
I was thinking of grinding the M551 Sheridan. Thanks Spookston for making this.
I've never laughed when watching your videos as far as I can recall, but today you must have had an awakening because you had me laughing within the first minute, I would not mind more "funny hahas" in your videos.
I love this kinds of videos, both joking and informative
Keep it going!
I started using the HE after the overpressure update and it’s a whole new world.
Another great video, funny format is really good too. I hope for more of it
Your commentary is getting better and better ^^
bro was holding back laughs during this video, we need more like it
We need more no chill spookston, no one was spared in the making of this video
I don't think you've ever flamed a tank this hard, absolutely amazing
“I have made a fatal miscalculation.”
US Tank Commander’s words when hearing he has been assigned to a Sheridan.
Was just about to buy this tank, thank you for saving me the crew training cost since the snail still forces me to buy the tank before having everything behind it...
I love this style of video, keep it up!
Great video! You've earned a comment for the algorythm.
The monotone thank you general motors
2:10 Missed opportunity to edit Ralph from the Simpson's chuckling and saying "I'm in danger" haha
Ayy, I love the humor lol. I like this new format
Some other things to add is that the Shillelagh Gun Launcher cracked its own barrel almost every 5 shots, the early Shillelagh System required a 5 minute electronic reset to go from conventional ammo to missiles. The tank jumped into the air while firing damaging electronics. And to cap it all off...her tiny engine air intakes and coolant vents got clogged by dust, dirt, moisture, snow, grass, etc. Incredibly easy which tended to overheat the engine till it...rapidly dissembled itself. Note this was an amphibious/airborne tank allergic to moisture...dust...and snow, during the Cold War....against Russia..oh and its engine starts like a Citreon in cold weather...as in it doesn't.
Spookston has a real talent at making me laugh. Great video 👍👍👍
Thank you, everytime I drive the Sheridan I will always remember the gun as the kindergardener launcher
This is hands down one of your funniest videos.
this was hands down the funniest video you have ever done