@BeaufighterGaming it's wild when it doesn't even ricochet or shell shatter, the replay just tells you it kind of... gets absorbed. Which just isn't right
Justin for a mild correction, M322 isn’t at all like KE-W shell; is an analogous version of the m/95 shell from Sweden and CL shell for Italy. KE-W is from General Dynamics and is at 4 kg of KEP mass, M322 is I believe Israeli Elbit Systems shell and is at a whooping 5.6 kg KEP mass, some of the best spalling performance comes from this shell and it’s arguably one of the best shells in the game; along said 3BM60 and DM53.
I think most LWS automatically deploy smoke, and I think irl they're also able to tell what type of laser it is (rangefinder from a tank, laser dsesignator from a heli/plane ecc)
This tank is surprisingly survivable. Thanks to its' extreme angles on the turret, and sometimes hull, it can surprisingly bounce quite a few shots but not very reliable. And even after you get penetrated in turret, which most people aim for when you're in this tank, because of your crew members sitting somewhat below the turret they can survive post-pen. Well, carrying no ammo in the turret also helps. Very sluggish reload speed though, definitely hurts in a lot of cases.
Israel could get the IS-3 in the tech tree, as (Much like the ZSU-23-4 Shilka, ZSU-57-2, and T-54/Tiran 4) were captured from neighboring countries that received Soviet aid. More specifically, these were Egyptian IS-3s captured in 1967 & were later used by the IDF as indirect fire artillery and as fixed turret bunkers.
@@JustinPlaysTV a coffeeshop in the Netherlands is basically a place where they sell... the Devil's cabbage, so to speak. Don't ask me why. My best guess is that it was some sort of code name from back when the stuff was still illegal. Give the cops the wrong idea, y'know? Guess the name stuck.
Israel tech tree is getting better by time. They got a new merkava mk3 premium (its still something) and also the new ah-60 with spike missiles. Next they should get a top tier spaa
Bro Justins spatial awareness is honestly more impressive than gameplay, he can just identify tanks and know where they are without even seeing them. Good stuff man
Fun fact about Merkava 3Ds in War Thunder: - They miss 2nd gen thermals, which while lower res late 90s model should still be HD in the game because Gaijin models thermals based on generation, not factual - Even at 11.0 Merkava 3D is the best tank in the US tech tree even for top BR battles
@@ICECAPPEDSKY No way AIM and SEPv1 can beat it, they don't have the troll survivability of a Merkava, and their turbine engine gives away their position from a mile away.
Israel is my next country to get to top tier after china but after two years of grinding am no where near there Gaijin need to fix the grind so people can player top tier and stop keeping them in low tier to club new players just don't get why gaijin hate people playing top tier i wait i know why got sell top tier tanks to people it all about money
the reason why israel doesnt have many players is because as you mentioned they simply have nothing, and the people who do grind it dont do so because the vehicles are good but because more often then not they really like the vehicles in real life
The turret is good it can repel a lot of things but the rest of the armor is not so good but you have good thermal But it's still a somewhat improved 2A4 with better ammo
So I can describe how the laser warning system works. But I'm going to have to do it in a dumbed down way for obvious reasons. Foremost being I don't want to get in trouble. But the basic gist of it is that there's a bunch of passive sensors located around the vehicle that will detect the radiation that emits from a laser. Upon doing so it'll then trigger a warning inside to the commander. Past that, I really cannot and will not get into the details. I hope that helps you with understanding the system a little bit better.
The T-90 has a similar sort of system as part of the Shtora package (the TShU-1-1 & TShU 1-11 LW sensors can also point the gun towards the threat with the push of a button by the commander).
what do you mean by "I don't like the merkava for its irl design philosophy"?? It's built around crew safety, that's a good thing right? Do you mean you don't like the engine being in the front? or what?
The Merkava has, atleast according to woke people, a design philosophy which prioritizes killing infantry and mowing down tons of people, which in the current conflict, woke people agenda criticized the tank claiming that it was made to oppress the palestinians. I think it's understandable for Justin to have to clarify that as it is a political matter; a topic that has no place in this game
@@jaredsaints1220 crazy how people criticize a nation for building a good high survivability tank, meanwhile their own nation makes nuclear weapons and cluster munitions by the thousands. Like...war is war, if you go to war you'll be killing people, and the tools you want for war are designed to be efficient and effective at doing that, aka mowing down tons of people. I just don't understand people.
Been waiting for this justin, Also ive bought it right when it came out and have to say the amount of games i have which were fully downtier is insane.
I'm sure that the MERKAVA are the best tanks in reality and also in the WAR thunder, with the cannon armor and the technology such as the defense and interception system and most of the best tanks in the world use chariot technologies And there are many other things, but my response is already long.
At least I don't like it, I prefer the Merkava 2D, which I use even in top tier, but it has better survival than the Segol, which a shot enters wherever they shoot at it, it is basically One shot, not to mention that if You have more than 6 shots, the ammunition covers all parts of the tank, so where a shot enters it hits the ammunition that makes it detonate. The 2D lasts much longer and is less prone to dying and I have faced T-90M and T80 tanks. I think that for BR 11.0 it is too much, it should be in BR 10.3 since it is also too big, slow and has old thermal sights. The only saving grace is the cannon and that it has a lot of smoke.
Waited months for the Mk3D...and they dropped it as Premium. Ik ik it's a prototyped version with a soft-kill APS system coupled with the LWS, still... Too bad, i'm done with the game, i rather prefer watching my fav CCs playing it. Less stressful and i can go with my friends on something truly fun like Helldivers, i having a total blast! It's being years since i played something and having fun. For sure the last 2 years on WT were totally the opposite.
is the Israel AH-60 that bad its got spike missiles heck the American one doesn't even have them. Im half way threw grinding that AH-60 don't tell me that? No way that Helicopter can be that bad. Also, what type of headphones or sound system is @JustinPlays using? I cant hear the enemy tanks that damn good and I use a Logitech G PRO X 2 Lightspeed headset and still the sound isn't even good enough for me to hear and call out enemy tanks with ease like ya do. Just wonder what equipment you pushing to hear it like that?
Israel is a cool nation to play BUT the whole damn Tech tree is actively forcing players to buy premium vehicle. For example, you have to grind stock air tree with bad bf 109 clone, or limited choices in beginner line-up for tank. France or Italy has better beginner grinding process than Israel does, in my opinion.
It just doesn't make sense.. the the new object 292 is at 10.0 has better armor, better pen, better mobility, just doesn't have thermals. You can't tell me gen 1 thermals for only the gunner is worth 1 whole br increase.
I don't want this thing I NEED IT. Gosh I love the MK. 2D and this paired with the rest of my lineup. But I will have to wait half a year for it to go on sale 😭
I'd definitely be willing to buy this during the 12th anniversary of the game but damn, I really wish the price was 60 euros for all premiums isntead of what they go for now, even 60 is ridiculous but a bit more forgiving, there's no reason for the prices to be so damn high.
I remember when they added first merkava premium and in same time everyone started grinding for merkavas...that thing was basicly unkillable hull-down and even when u hit it in hull it would just take out engine and thats it...but now..its same as leo2a4,trolly turret but easy kill so i dont plan on grinding israel any time soon😄
Hey Justin will you make a updated crew sound/ global sound mod how to tutorial? Nobody has made a updated one since they changed them a couple of updates ago. Anyways love the content and the hard work you put in. Ps I have your decal splattered all over my tanks. XD
Another thing about the Wiggel your turret is that your crew is moving too so First you angle your turret a bit through the wiggel and the second thing is that your Crew will get a better position then before
Heu there justin, i recently bought this tank with your code and i must say th APS system works now, idk why but it acts like a trophy system and destroys the guided missile and then it deploys smoke, it doesn't rotate the turret automatically tho so you have to stay a little allert
@@JustinPlaysTV Yeah idk if it's a bug or not but I tested it both in game and test drive and when I get shot at by an ATGM it gets destroyed like 30 cm from my tank and then smoke gets autodeployed, the strange thing is that it works like them trophy system from the merkava mk4msince after 4 ATGM destroyed by side it doesn't work anymore XD
@@JustinPlaysTV oh and since you're gonna re visit it make sure to use it's "nuclear" round, the HE-VT the tank has has 60 mm of pen and when you shoot it at the tracks/side skirts it's 90% a one shot one kill (especially on russian tanks)
That it did, and it was! I remember making the comment about how the best shells for the US were locked within some event vehicles. Though the same can be said with the 292 now.. Heh
have you taken a look at the Leclercs since they got their reload buff? It definitely improved a lot the experience for me, especially fighting M1s, having that 5sec reload. Armor still is meh, but I wouldn't say that the Abrams is much better, everybody just shoots at the weakspots anyways
Of course! Seeing that I just knocked out a detailed french video, I'm going to hold off on some new content for it, atleast until I cover all the new stuff.
I believe the tech tree actually has a bunch of vehicles missing...
this vehicle is a good start tho.
The most important kind of vehicle that is missing is a competitive SPAA
CONQUEROR GOT BETTER ITS APDS PENS 502MM ARMOR QUICKLY GO PLAY IT!
Soon!
502mm at 0°, 0mm at 1°. Good luck getting any kills in it. They need to fix apds
@@Ballistics_Computer i bounced an m48 3 times in a row and just stopped playing it because come on
I love the Conq I can’t wait to play with the new velocity
@BeaufighterGaming it's wild when it doesn't even ricochet or shell shatter, the replay just tells you it kind of... gets absorbed. Which just isn't right
FINALLY JUSTIN DID IT AFTER 1 AND A HALF WEEKS
Yessir
Oh yeah?
@@ivkuh OHH YES
@@Gast_XsbOh no! (IYKYK)
Justin for a mild correction, M322 isn’t at all like KE-W shell; is an analogous version of the m/95 shell from Sweden and CL shell for Italy.
KE-W is from General Dynamics and is at 4 kg of KEP mass,
M322 is I believe Israeli Elbit Systems shell and is at a whooping 5.6 kg KEP mass, some of the best spalling performance comes from this shell and it’s arguably one of the best shells in the game; along said 3BM60 and DM53.
I said it to appease the Aim Clickbait players, though it does perform somewhat like a KE-W in WT at least.
You know Justin the Merkarva mk.4M has a 60mm Mortar enclosed in the turret, maybe you should hound the snail to add that
They already have it on most of the Merkava's. In game it is use to launch smoke grenades hence why when stock they still can launch smoke
I think most LWS automatically deploy smoke, and I think irl they're also able to tell what type of laser it is (rangefinder from a tank, laser dsesignator from a heli/plane ecc)
This tank is surprisingly survivable. Thanks to its' extreme angles on the turret, and sometimes hull, it can surprisingly bounce quite a few shots but not very reliable. And even after you get penetrated in turret, which most people aim for when you're in this tank, because of your crew members sitting somewhat below the turret they can survive post-pen. Well, carrying no ammo in the turret also helps. Very sluggish reload speed though, definitely hurts in a lot of cases.
Man, I reallly love that design of the Merkava series!
Israel could get the IS-3 in the tech tree, as (Much like the ZSU-23-4 Shilka, ZSU-57-2, and T-54/Tiran 4) were captured from neighboring countries that received Soviet aid. More specifically, these were Egyptian IS-3s captured in 1967 & were later used by the IDF as indirect fire artillery and as fixed turret bunkers.
Yeah no we don’t need more copy-paste. Especially not vehicles that were captured and never used.
@@maplearrow1842 He just said how they were used. "Were later used by the IDF as indirect fire artillery"
It would be the IS-3M which isn't on the soviet tree for some reason.
Yea they could add that as Israel don’t have any heavy tank
Not to mention the Egyptian T-34-100 (The SPH looking one).
Hi Justin! Hope you’re having a good one
13:50 remember, this map is based off of Amsterdam. A coffeeshop isn't what you think it means over there :p
true!
.....
Is it weird that I'm curious to know more?
@@JustinPlaysTV a coffeeshop in the Netherlands is basically a place where they sell... the Devil's cabbage, so to speak.
Don't ask me why. My best guess is that it was some sort of code name from back when the stuff was still illegal. Give the cops the wrong idea, y'know?
Guess the name stuck.
Israel tech tree is getting better by time. They got a new merkava mk3 premium (its still something) and also the new ah-60 with spike missiles. Next they should get a top tier spaa
like the spyder
Israel needs more magachs
Bro Justins spatial awareness is honestly more impressive than gameplay, he can just identify tanks and know where they are without even seeing them. Good stuff man
I've been trying to replicate it but I mess up when I have to pay attention to little sounds mid combat. They never manage to get the jump on Justin.
I've enjoyed playing Raam Segol, hopefully they bring more versions of the mk. 3 and mk. 2
My favorite war thunder youtuber. love your energy and vibes
Fun fact about Merkava 3Ds in War Thunder:
- They miss 2nd gen thermals, which while lower res late 90s model should still be HD in the game because Gaijin models thermals based on generation, not factual
- Even at 11.0 Merkava 3D is the best tank in the US tech tree even for top BR battles
Well it’s one of the best but the AIM, and the SEP V1 have it beat nowadays.
The SEP V2 has heavy useless add on armor making it worse to me.
@@ICECAPPEDSKY No way AIM and SEPv1 can beat it, they don't have the troll survivability of a Merkava, and their turbine engine gives away their position from a mile away.
yeah, israeli tanks are really glas cannons unfortunately... and they have a huge silhouette aswell :/
Israel is my next country to get to top tier after china but after two years of grinding am no where near there Gaijin need to fix the grind so people can player top tier and stop keeping them in low tier to club new players just don't get why gaijin hate people playing top tier i wait i know why got sell top tier tanks to people it all about money
Yay new Jp vid
I think that tank has the most smoke grenades I've ever seen.
The CCVL has 32 smoke grenades.
@@maplearrow1842 merkava raam segol has 60
@@recordlabeldao7820 Yeah but that's including the mortar. They don't launch the same way.
yay new Jp vid
the reason why israel doesnt have many players is because as you mentioned they simply have nothing, and the people who do grind it dont do so because the vehicles are good but because more often then not they really like the vehicles in real life
I love how the match where Justin said he would visit a coffeeshop ends up with him nuking the town and well the coffeeshop lol
Can you play the Leo 2 PL in the new update, I just got it and wanna know how does it do in its bracket
it's great and has recieved no changes
The turret is good it can repel a lot of things but the rest of the armor is not so good but you have good thermal But it's still a somewhat improved 2A4 with better ammo
@@mich421a greatly* improved
angle your left side of the turret towards the enemy because your optics are a huge weakspot
So I can describe how the laser warning system works. But I'm going to have to do it in a dumbed down way for obvious reasons. Foremost being I don't want to get in trouble. But the basic gist of it is that there's a bunch of passive sensors located around the vehicle that will detect the radiation that emits from a laser. Upon doing so it'll then trigger a warning inside to the commander. Past that, I really cannot and will not get into the details. I hope that helps you with understanding the system a little bit better.
The T-90 has a similar sort of system as part of the Shtora package (the TShU-1-1 & TShU 1-11 LW sensors can also point the gun towards the threat with the push of a button by the commander).
God damn I'm like how tf is the Merkava 4 turret weaker than the stupid T72B hull?
I love the merkava but things like the raam segol are just expensive. I bought the Mk2D and it has been a great time playing it
hi Justin! Keep up the good work I love watching your videos!
what do you mean by "I don't like the merkava for its irl design philosophy"?? It's built around crew safety, that's a good thing right? Do you mean you don't like the engine being in the front? or what?
The Merkava has, atleast according to woke people, a design philosophy which prioritizes killing infantry and mowing down tons of people, which in the current conflict, woke people agenda criticized the tank claiming that it was made to oppress the palestinians. I think it's understandable for Justin to have to clarify that as it is a political matter; a topic that has no place in this game
@@jaredsaints1220 crazy how people criticize a nation for building a good high survivability tank, meanwhile their own nation makes nuclear weapons and cluster munitions by the thousands.
Like...war is war, if you go to war you'll be killing people, and the tools you want for war are designed to be efficient and effective at doing that, aka mowing down tons of people.
I just don't understand people.
Justin should make a video on the merkava's proximity fuze shells.
They can easily one shot russian tanks with a shot to the tracks
T-64B with parade camouflage 🙏🙏🙏🙏 (video suggestion)
Been waiting for this justin,
Also ive bought it right when it came out and have to say the amount of games i have which were fully downtier is insane.
i KILLED YOU WITH THE BOMB IN THE FIRST MATCH!!!
I'm sure that the MERKAVA are the best tanks in reality and also in the WAR thunder, with the cannon armor and the technology such as the defense and interception system and most of the best tanks in the world use chariot technologies
And there are many other things, but my response is already long.
I still think the vehicle should be 10.7
The hull armor and mobility aren't adequate for its BR.
At least I don't like it, I prefer the Merkava 2D, which I use even in top tier, but it has better survival than the Segol, which a shot enters wherever they shoot at it, it is basically One shot, not to mention that if You have more than 6 shots, the ammunition covers all parts of the tank, so where a shot enters it hits the ammunition that makes it detonate. The 2D lasts much longer and is less prone to dying and I have faced T-90M and T80 tanks. I think that for BR 11.0 it is too much, it should be in BR 10.3 since it is also too big, slow and has old thermal sights. The only saving grace is the cannon and that it has a lot of smoke.
10.3?, you’re trolling
Unfortunately console players can't use discounts 😕
i see raam segols a lot tbf
My father justin❤
Ok how tf do your shells 1 tap but mine dont?
How do you play with these morrons
I use the event Merkava 2B with the Wolfpack and AH-1F....it's probably my highest K/D duo...
Yeah I have the event 2B as well. It punches above its weight class to 10.3 from 9.3.
The ammo buff it got did wonders for it
Awesome video & played game 🎉
I think the armor in the turret is bugged.
New maps looking good.
Justin.. you have two front load washing machines!! what happened to your laundry and stack of clean shirts?!
It was laundry day and i dont film when theres a load being cleaned
@@JustinPlaysTV oh yes, i remember you said your laundry room is close to the setup!
I think Iseral need a new spaa a better one
I love the this thing! ❤
Hi. I want to buy e premium tank on Israel to grind some vehicles. Is 2 d good? Or should i buy the raam segol? I have only 30 euros😞
2d is good
Waited months for the Mk3D...and they dropped it as Premium.
Ik ik it's a prototyped version with a soft-kill APS system coupled with the LWS, still...
Too bad, i'm done with the game, i rather prefer watching my fav CCs playing it. Less stressful and i can go with my friends on something truly fun like Helldivers, i having a total blast! It's being years since i played something and having fun. For sure the last 2 years on WT were totally the opposite.
is the Israel AH-60 that bad its got spike missiles heck the American one doesn't even have them. Im half way threw grinding that AH-60 don't tell me that? No way that Helicopter can be that bad.
Also, what type of headphones or sound system is @JustinPlays using? I cant hear the enemy tanks that damn good and I use a Logitech G PRO X 2 Lightspeed headset and still the sound isn't even good enough for me to hear and call out enemy tanks with ease like ya do. Just wonder what equipment you pushing to hear it like that?
Israel is a cool nation to play BUT the whole damn Tech tree is actively forcing players to buy premium vehicle. For example, you have to grind stock air tree with bad bf 109 clone, or limited choices in beginner line-up for tank. France or Italy has better beginner grinding process than Israel does, in my opinion.
It just doesn't make sense.. the the new object 292 is at 10.0 has better armor, better pen, better mobility, just doesn't have thermals. You can't tell me gen 1 thermals for only the gunner is worth 1 whole br increase.
I don't want this thing I NEED IT.
Gosh I love the MK. 2D and this paired with the rest of my lineup.
But I will have to wait half a year for it to go on sale 😭
I'd definitely be willing to buy this during the 12th anniversary of the game but damn, I really wish the price was 60 euros for all premiums isntead of what they go for now, even 60 is ridiculous but a bit more forgiving, there's no reason for the prices to be so damn high.
Someday were gonna have this
in 12.0 BR.
🇲🇫 - E-MBT
🇺🇲 - Abrams X
🇷🇺 - T14 Armata, T15 Armata
🇩🇪 - KF51 Panther
🇮🇱 - Merkava Mk.5 Barak
@Justinplays a coffe shop in the netherlands is not about coffe. 😁You can buy something else there. 🚬
Can you please do a vid about premiums, I want one but i don't know wich is the best (PLS) (PLS)
People like the M339 because it has 65mm of pen and can pen the sides abrams Leo's etc and act like APHE.
Merkava 3 and 4 should be able to fire a guided missile as well, plus have a 60mm mortar. Neither has been put in game.
Justin is a G
You should play the VBC (PT2) again. Last vid it was at 8.7. I think it would make a great video(again)
I remember when they added first merkava premium and in same time everyone started grinding for merkavas...that thing was basicly unkillable hull-down and even when u hit it in hull it would just take out engine and thats it...but now..its same as leo2a4,trolly turret but easy kill so i dont plan on grinding israel any time soon😄
Hey Justin will you make a updated crew sound/ global sound mod how to tutorial? Nobody has made a updated one since they changed them a couple of updates ago. Anyways love the content and the hard work you put in. Ps I have your decal splattered all over my tanks. XD
Another thing about the Wiggel your turret is that your crew is moving too so First you angle your turret a bit through the wiggel and the second thing is that your Crew will get a better position then before
Been waiting for this review
I think israel can get the lavi it would be really cool and they have a lot of unique stuff
QUESTION ? does it come with decals on the tank you can put on other tanks ?
Having the knowledge of other tank how to kill ans thier Reload. Makes you more efficient in tank RB. Alot of people who don't and just get destroyed.
Fun fact Raam Segol is a modified MK3 with more smoke launchers, Raam Segol means Purple Thunder in Hebrew.
Great video as always :)
I believe all LWR on tanks have an option to automatically slew turret on the source, and even discharge smoke. In real life, that is.
Love your vids
justin plz stop using the cc hider i wanna see ya in game
Then tell the regular potatos to stop stream sniping me!
Congrats on 80k subs Justin!! I love these informative and entertaining vids, you're my favorite.
its first time see to not been killed by 292. I played 3b with HE only load until research dart.
Tankier or squishier than 2D? (accounting for BR)
nevermind you say that about the AH60 at the end of video, sorry
Heu there justin, i recently bought this tank with your code and i must say th APS system works now, idk why but it acts like a trophy system and destroys the guided missile and then it deploys smoke, it doesn't rotate the turret automatically tho so you have to stay a little allert
@@Signor_Righi does it really? I'll have to give it a try shortly!
@@JustinPlaysTV Yeah idk if it's a bug or not but I tested it both in game and test drive and when I get shot at by an ATGM it gets destroyed like 30 cm from my tank and then smoke gets autodeployed, the strange thing is that it works like them trophy system from the merkava mk4msince after 4 ATGM destroyed by side it doesn't work anymore XD
@@JustinPlaysTV oh and since you're gonna re visit it make sure to use it's "nuclear" round, the HE-VT the tank has has 60 mm of pen and when you shoot it at the tracks/side skirts it's 90% a one shot one kill (especially on russian tanks)
Israel needs a light tank but 11.0 is next to 9.3 the best for the idf
Maybe its your server cuz i see quite a lot raam segol and merkavas
I wonder if they will ever add a tech tree version to isreal of the mk 3d.
they do look so futuristic to me from mk3 on. i also like the design
Out of clean shirts? Sounds like a skill issue to me
At 11.0 90% of the games are downtiers
THERE IS A 1UP GRAF ON THE BUILDINGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just in leclerc got a reload but can u play it plz
I can't believe they added cat cafes to war thunder
i really like it im about like 40 kills positive
Finally made it to there spawn" 😢
Didnt the m60 ambt come before the mk3d? Pretty sure that would've had the best round for the american tree
That it did, and it was! I remember making the comment about how the best shells for the US were locked within some event vehicles.
Though the same can be said with the 292 now.. Heh
Yeah I got it but it's alr
gg on that nuke, well played
have you taken a look at the Leclercs since they got their reload buff?
It definitely improved a lot the experience for me, especially fighting M1s, having that 5sec reload. Armor still is meh, but I wouldn't say that the Abrams is much better, everybody just shoots at the weakspots anyways
Of course! Seeing that I just knocked out a detailed french video, I'm going to hold off on some new content for it, atleast until I cover all the new stuff.
@@JustinPlaysTV understandable !
Turret chains when??
13:49 he doesn't know---
IT DIDN'T GET MAW!!
goddamn youre good at this game
10:38 lol that’s me 😂
Love your vids