M1 KVT Full Review - Should You Buy It? Great At ALMOST Everything [War Thunder]

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  • The M1 KVT is a currently 10.3BR, tier VI medium/main battle tank in the American ground forces tech tree. In this video, I go over everything that you need to know about this vehicle so that you can make an educated decision on whether or not it's worth purchasing.
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  • @Moondoggymungmung
    @Moondoggymungmung 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    Best part is the incredibly strong 10.7 USA teammates that usually have fully lineups including CAS that can carry battlles. German 2a4s don't get that luxurry as much.

    • @VMUDream
      @VMUDream 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      bold of you to assume its not only the KVT right now

    • @fidle89
      @fidle89 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Try saying that 4 months later.

    • @isaacnjuguna6336
      @isaacnjuguna6336 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fr​@@fidle89

    • @theporschetiger
      @theporschetiger หลายเดือนก่อน

      Have? More like Had. :(

  • @ricolives1166
    @ricolives1166 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +126

    Honestly I'm going to buy it. Yes yes I know it's just the first M1 Abrams. Historically it SHOULD have the 120 but Gaijin said they gave it the 105 for "balance" meanwhile the Challenger, Leo 2 AND Merkava use the 120. And the Turms has a 125 at 10.0. Makes no sense but the M1 is still a good tank. With that being said I really like US top tier. My birthday is next month so I'll treat myself

    • @12LoLproductions
      @12LoLproductions 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      "Balance" while they offer the AIM with a 120 and fictional DU

    • @Optimusprime56241
      @Optimusprime56241 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      @@12LoLproductions the m1a1 aim doesn’t have depleted uranium? No tank in game does because Gaijin is too lazy to give it to them

    • @scantrontheimmortal
      @scantrontheimmortal 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      It was hilarious Gaijins justifications in the forums for only giving it the 105 at that battle rating. In the future they need to model/give players the option to mount the 120 on the vehicle.

    • @CrabbyPattyMoox
      @CrabbyPattyMoox 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yooooo Rico your bday is next month?1! I'll give a lil shoutout in my next video just for you 😘

    • @ricolives1166
      @ricolives1166 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @CrabbyPattyMoox I saw the notification on my phone and genuinely thought it was a troll Crabby account but it's actually you! HELLO THERE

  • @blown70charger99
    @blown70charger99 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Pretty good overall, like you said just a mid gun/shell. Very fast, very spongey, I have a feeling they’ll add a new shell or even consider changing the gun on it to make it more usable

    • @darugdawg2453
      @darugdawg2453 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      spongey f no. turms can pen ur head at any distance while you cant do s8

    • @ronaldthompson4989
      @ronaldthompson4989 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The KVT irl was an M1A1, which we wont see as a premium until rank 8 drops. When it does i suspect thisll get swapped out like the prem centauro was

    • @blown70charger99
      @blown70charger99 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ronaldthompson4989 that would be nice

    • @blown70charger99
      @blown70charger99 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@darugdawg2453 I don’t have a ton of trouble dealing with those, if you shoot for breech it usually racks them and I find a lot of Turms being dumb and shooting my hull

    • @petermikus2363
      @petermikus2363 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ronaldthompson4989we got the clic-bait instead

  • @JustAJiffy
    @JustAJiffy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The reload speed with the 105 makes it a w key monster, still don’t fight certain nations head on but that’s just top tier

  • @yankee1376
    @yankee1376 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Reasonable (by comparison) operating costs- Crew training is 10,000 SL. repair cost is 3,183 SL and free repair time Nine Days, 16 minutes. compare to tech tree M-1 at 210,000 SL crew training, 3,986 SL repair and free repair time repair time 12 Days 18 hours and 21 minutes. German premium Leopard at 10.3 is 10K crew training, 3,183 repair and 9 days 16 minutes.

  • @stogieconsumer5948
    @stogieconsumer5948 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Found this channel recently and it's been a big help improving my gameplay and my fathers. My dad plays it during the day and gets pissed off and ive been showing him the videos so we can learn together

  • @Rpot01
    @Rpot01 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    While ive been playing my lepord 2 since this came out ive noticed that its harder for both me and the enemy to destroy eachother, i assume for them its because of the 105 but i cant find a reason i one shot these less than other abrams

    • @kmriifps
      @kmriifps 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      gaijin goofing up a premiums performance on release just for profit

    • @theplum2706
      @theplum2706 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      M1 can pen leo2a4 cheek and knock out both gunner and commander. Sometimes even the breach

    • @NotOlzen
      @NotOlzen 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@theplum2706 i mean, every single 400+ pen shot can do the same to the m1. which is pretty much all 10.0+ mbt's

    • @LewisB3217
      @LewisB3217 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NotOlzen except the abrams of course

    • @NotOlzen
      @NotOlzen 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@LewisB3217 yup. some 8.7 tanks have a better apfsds then the abrams

  • @delghatto7315
    @delghatto7315 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    While I understand why they made it just an M1, little miffed that they say it’s for balance or something. Like the Swedes had that CV that was pretty unreal so they just straight up changed it. Straight up removed Panther 2 cuz it doesn’t exist. Other premium MBTs are still true to their irl counterparts, they’re just variants like exports or camo. Still, it’s a cool tank to have, and it’s another for my 10.3 lineup so why not.

  • @thefalseking4815
    @thefalseking4815 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    If it was the 120mm variant I would buy it but not with the 105mm

  • @skyfox0096
    @skyfox0096 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Heavily disagree with describing this as a damage sponge with better armor then the Leo 2a4. Quite the opposite. Only good things going for this is its speed and reload speed. Other wise dm23 and 3bm42 will easily go through ypur turret and hull.

  • @BRAVOACTUAL
    @BRAVOACTUAL 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I took the vismod off on mine and it works well as a premium tank

  • @Haloguyxboxftw
    @Haloguyxboxftw 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Coming from top teir Russia to this is really nice.. I love the mobility survivability and the gun depression. I find the cannon is fine just gotta take careful shots

  • @petermikus2363
    @petermikus2363 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My favorite part of the american techtree are the shermans so honestly i don't mind a lack of penetratio so seems like a great vehicle.

  • @scantrontheimmortal
    @scantrontheimmortal 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I heard Krasnovia is allied with Albonia aka the country the French stopped shelling when they realized there was nothing worth destroying.

  • @mastermidir
    @mastermidir 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hope people are making sure they're using M774 and not M735 lol, its not equipped initially.

  • @masteryoda7273
    @masteryoda7273 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    i already bought the xm1 when it was on sale, but if this was 120mm i would probably buy it

    • @number7red619
      @number7red619 หลายเดือนก่อน

      U can get the Click Bait now. Not worth it tho.

  • @RedFox_05
    @RedFox_05 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I think this tank is one of the good prem tanks to learn top tier if one comes from getting premium vehicles. It has “armor” but not enough to learn the patience and tactics. Gun is stable but not too enough to make us memorize the weak points. NVG is the not greatest but better than none. And you get a cool decoration on your own M1 tank! Price is a bit high, but better than riding XM1 to grind US. Thanks for the reviews as always tankenstein.

    • @Racko94
      @Racko94 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I had purchased this on pre-order soon after it was announced and then purchased the XM1 shortly after it went on sale in May, along with some others (happened before the economy bs, the May sale purchase just days before)
      The XM1 felt rather disappointing to me tbh, especially since I bought and played the TURMS and Leo2a4 before the XM1. I played a few games with it, getting a little further down the USA tree, but ended up going back to play mainly USSR. Since the update when I finally got the KVT, I've been taking both of them out and having a blast, and admittedly doing better with the XM1 than I had been. I believe the KVT is a better introduction into high tier USA than the XM1 is, especially if you're unfamiliar with tanks with more than 4 rounds and don't realize that the XM1 has APFSDS but the default loadout is APDS, HEATFS, HESH, and Smoke and you have to select the APFSDS (don't want to admit how long it took me to realize that) while the KVT shows up with one of its APFSDS in the default loadout.

    • @RedFox_05
      @RedFox_05 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Racko94 make sure to grab the M774! While M735 does the same when it pens, the m774 has higher pen value. Also I too pre ordered the thing when it was first announced. But overall like you said: great top tier tank to learn the game. Though I wish we could HEATFS rounds with the m774..

    • @ronaldthompson4989
      @ronaldthompson4989 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RedFox_05 sometjing missing in that last sentence

  • @icegaming2988
    @icegaming2988 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As of this morning the M1KVT is 10.3, not 10.0

  • @BootleG5
    @BootleG5 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's on sale right now, and far as USA goes..it's hella fun tank to play

  • @stunfill4697
    @stunfill4697 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid. Im definitely going to buy it

    • @darugdawg2453
      @darugdawg2453 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      goodluck sniping vs turms

  • @L1mp1nB1zk1t
    @L1mp1nB1zk1t 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Artificially nerfed. IRL uses a 120mm. Gaijin f*cking over US mains yet again..

    • @daskollektiv4593
      @daskollektiv4593 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      gaijin literally explained what they did to it lmao and its fine

    • @L1mp1nB1zk1t
      @L1mp1nB1zk1t 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@daskollektiv4593 No it isn't fine. It's artificial nerfing and it's bullsh*t.

    • @daskollektiv4593
      @daskollektiv4593 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@L1mp1nB1zk1t as gaijin sees it the m1a1 would be to powerful as a prem which I agree with, they're not "fucking over us mains" and the main thing about the KVT is camouflage netting and some barrels, it really doesn't matter what it's on

    • @L1mp1nB1zk1t
      @L1mp1nB1zk1t 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@daskollektiv4593 Yet the other prem 10.0-10.3 MBTs have their historically accurate cannons yet the M1 can't? That's an absolute f*cking copout and you know it. Stop covering for Gaijin's bullshit*t - It's pathetic.

  • @ayacu578
    @ayacu578 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Be buying the xm1 1 day before this thing got announced lol

  • @fortress2270
    @fortress2270 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It’s okay. It’s top shell struggles with Russian turms and t80s frontally and needs to aim for weak spots while the Russians can just kick your ass with their 3bm42 round. Other than that, use the speed to your advantage and the relatively quick reload is quite forgiving as well

    • @blown70charger99
      @blown70charger99 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sorta kinda, if they’re angled and your shooting from front it’s damn near impossible but If they’re directly facing you it sucks, otherwise you gotta barrel them

    • @fortress2270
      @fortress2270 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @blown70charger99 even then sometimes shooting barrel will make your dart disappear (speaking from experience) so I would usually just shoot the breach which is MUCH more reliable way.

    • @darugdawg2453
      @darugdawg2453 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      people talking about speed like its m18 vs panther. i cant

    • @fortress2270
      @fortress2270 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@darugdawg2453 Who's "people"? No one's saying the speed is like m18 vs panther lol. It's just how the abrams is; mobile and quick. great top speed and good reverse speed for shooting and scooting compared to slow russian vehicles. that's all.

    • @LewisB3217
      @LewisB3217 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Avg 3bm42 balance, he wins, you lose, balance comrade

  • @jovanni_orb5116
    @jovanni_orb5116 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you

  • @AlienSlaier
    @AlienSlaier 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I will get this to go with my a-10 to grid america now that i've got germany pretty far

  • @orbitalcannon2500
    @orbitalcannon2500 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the Abrams

  • @shirghazaycowboys
    @shirghazaycowboys 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Still think its time to give the M1s M833

  • @stephensloan7148
    @stephensloan7148 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What is better kvt or the xm1

  • @deliriousgaming9432
    @deliriousgaming9432 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I found it interesting that the KVT has only 1 top mounted MG whereas the TT Abrams has 2

    • @Ammunition1
      @Ammunition1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We’ll, it’s because Russian tanks get only 1 Top mounted hmg, it’s weird but Yk 👍

    • @deliriousgaming9432
      @deliriousgaming9432 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Ammunition1 i figured that was the case haha

  • @KhaledRasool
    @KhaledRasool 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    for me, the M1 Abrams is the best tank in the game for its BR. it's better than the 2A4, but the KVT for me is not worth it because I already unlocked all the tanks in the US tech tree

    • @darugdawg2453
      @darugdawg2453 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      better than 2a4. youre dreaming

    • @ozoahameg3582
      @ozoahameg3582 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@darugdawg2453 sry but the reload makes up for it, 2a4 is better in armor and gun but the reload makes the tank an absolute monster its feels like type 10 despite having 1 second slower reload

    • @daskollektiv4593
      @daskollektiv4593 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ozoahameg3582 no the 2a4 is just better but not by alot

    • @LewisB3217
      @LewisB3217 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Abrams has 370 mm of pen, no armor, barely fast, no ERA, and bad rounds compared to literally every tank at 10.3 (even 9.7 soviet tanks get better ammo) what is the abrams better at? Dying??

    • @daskollektiv4593
      @daskollektiv4593 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@LewisB3217 just sounds like youre bad at the game lol like the abrams is good, sure the base m1 probably should get m833 but thats it

  • @Optimusprime56241
    @Optimusprime56241 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Better than the xm1 although that isn’t saying much

  • @wing0291
    @wing0291 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It won't surprise me if they buff the 774

    • @LewisB3217
      @LewisB3217 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Won’t hold my breath, that’d buff america too much

  • @fire_drake12.arc.24
    @fire_drake12.arc.24 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's just an M1. it's an average tank with absent armor and sub-par ammo.

  • @rodolfodizon3343
    @rodolfodizon3343 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tankentein should i buy M1 KVT or XM-1GM or T55 AM1 thanks

    • @herbisaur99
      @herbisaur99 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      4 months after but, m1 kvt looks better than xm1, the t55AM1 is incredible for russia, now you need to choose, if you want play US, go to m1, if you want to play russia, go to t55

  • @kenanmuhic8755
    @kenanmuhic8755 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hate how people praise blowout panels, blowout panels will leave you with 1 or 0 rounds depending if you have one in barrel and will make you sitting duck, I mean they make sense in real life obviously, but in this game I don't think so.

    • @mackymoo1329
      @mackymoo1329 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Better to survive with your teammates’ support than to get ammo-racked, instantly sending you back to the Lobby.

  • @Saucyshire
    @Saucyshire 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well at least it got that occasional russian bias with the decorations, because sometimes I can fire 3 rounds into the side of this thing and do no damage. Very strange. Skill issue.

  • @grandmoffrex
    @grandmoffrex 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Omg sound for the intro!!!!!

    • @okipullup2769
      @okipullup2769 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They were always there?

  • @michaelhowell2326
    @michaelhowell2326 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How does the KVT stack up against the XM-1?

    • @darugdawg2453
      @darugdawg2453 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      basically same. it struggle to pen esp in emergency close quarters. the only improvement is you are more survivable vs autocannon but still paper vs main guns

  • @JustAJiffy
    @JustAJiffy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If only it got the wolfpacks m900

  • @demontempest2017
    @demontempest2017 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The era armor doesnt work just visuals

  • @fiszyman5737
    @fiszyman5737 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    epic

  • @idonotknowwhattonamemyself2197
    @idonotknowwhattonamemyself2197 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    its ok

  • @legendbee9579
    @legendbee9579 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Now I can finally spade my t-80um2 unchallenged 😊

  • @Jachammer93
    @Jachammer93 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    KVT being well protexted is the biggest lie ever told. autocannons pierce if front and turret easily

  • @45atanner
    @45atanner 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Worse ammo then the 10.0 other premium tanks worse armor

  • @threeggaming
    @threeggaming 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Isn't it 10.3?

    • @Tankenstein
      @Tankenstein  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes

    • @threeggaming
      @threeggaming 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Tankenstein ah ok, your intro got me excited for a second, I thought 10.0 US was back on the menu XD

  • @TaxFraudBruh
    @TaxFraudBruh 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this made mech ycuejle a little bit

  • @Bamboozler2456
    @Bamboozler2456 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This or wolfpack ?

    • @Lesboi
      @Lesboi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Both with a10 premium lol

    • @herbisaur99
      @herbisaur99 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Lesboi the best for CAS on Ground RB, is the a6e tram i think, you have 5 laser guided big bomb at 10.3

  • @Czecher86
    @Czecher86 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    wait for 50% off,buy Diablo 4 instead

  • @GamesTodayStreamXY
    @GamesTodayStreamXY 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    so expensive 😵‍💫😵‍💫

  • @darugdawg2453
    @darugdawg2453 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    describing a medium tank as a light tank. lul

    • @cetologist
      @cetologist 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's played like a light tank would be played. Also it's not a medium tank, MBTs aren't the same as medium tanks. Idk what you want

  • @thecrazy_kitsune
    @thecrazy_kitsune 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This tank might just be an impulsive buy

  • @LewisB3217
    @LewisB3217 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still don’t know why the normal abrams is 10.3, meanwhile russian tanks at 9.7 gets better ammo and generally better armor cause their OP era and trolly armor, 3bm42 will lolpen you basically anywhere, and generally will wipe your crew out

  • @biteme3989
    @biteme3989 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s not worth it to me without the m900

    • @virusj216
      @virusj216 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      TT M1 Abrams doesn't have M900 either

    • @mastermidir
      @mastermidir 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If it gets m900 it goes to 10.7, and it doesn't have the armor to handle that. It needs to go back to 10.0

    • @Optimusprime56241
      @Optimusprime56241 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ipm1:

    • @darugdawg2453
      @darugdawg2453 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mastermidir turms is 10 and can pen m1 turret roof. literally will dig in if it hits the roof

  • @TaxFraudBruh
    @TaxFraudBruh 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    xcioment

  • @goldendragoon25
    @goldendragoon25 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't understand why people still support this game. Obviously broken, hates new players, pure pay to win, etc. Gaijin only fixes the economy because of dwindling numbers and yet here you are...immediately shilling for them. Fix the game...

  • @Viking88Power
    @Viking88Power 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    FAKE TANK

    • @Optimusprime56241
      @Optimusprime56241 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yeah this 105mm variant never existed

    • @yankee1376
      @yankee1376 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They're getting more World of Tanky as time goes on.

  • @void1n
    @void1n 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another copy n paste vehicle

    • @darugdawg2453
      @darugdawg2453 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you forgot the "average" part. another copy n paste of average vehicle