How you guys doing

@katzenwagen.6799.o

29 күн бұрын

Good, thanks for the video spook

@mexican-qe1jr

29 күн бұрын

pretty good

@mrwaghner3051

29 күн бұрын

So far so good

@TheNoahConstrictor

29 күн бұрын

Pretty good hbu?

@aseortoalgoritmo7002

29 күн бұрын

Not so good but it could be worse

Fun fact, that thing IRL is ENORMOUS, like it's litteraly the same height as an AMX-50 Surbaissé

@fuckinantipope5511

29 күн бұрын

Can confirm. Saw it irl last year and holy fuck, people underestimate just how massive the ARL-44 is. It's gigantic.

@Guy_GuyGuy

29 күн бұрын

I honestly wonder how it's only 48 tons. It towers over the Tiger II and has that ridiculous track and sponson design and yet it's 20 tons lighter.

@Whyme-cr4xq

29 күн бұрын

@@Guy_GuyGuyI know nothing about these tanks but maybe it had to do with an armor difference?

@foxslt4533

29 күн бұрын

The answer is shoddy armour​@@Guy_GuyGuy

@jPlanerv2

29 күн бұрын

@@Guy_GuyGuy it has no side armor on the hull its like 40 mm, king tiger has 2x of that and 60mm in some places, same situation with its turret

0:16 Actually, this tank was considered a heavy tank only during its development, but French engineers reclassified it as a tank destroyer because they were disappointed of its performance

@petrkdn8224

29 күн бұрын

yeah, centurions and t54s were the reason, much better tanks in all areas at the time

@yourlocalmethaddict

29 күн бұрын

Wt being historically accurate

@toshibami

29 күн бұрын

Thats why 75mm ARL is a heavy tak and 90mm ARL is a tank destroyer.

@henrypodd3461

29 күн бұрын

🤓☝️

@anonyme7429

27 күн бұрын

In other words this thing is for parade ceremony only

Actually, it wasnt reclassified as TD for spawn cost reasons, it was due to historical reasons. While being originally developed as a heavy tank, by the time it was developed, it was outclassed by MEDIUM tanks of its time, such as T-54 or Centurions. Thus to avoid being embarrassed, it was reclassified to TD on 26 October 1950.

@KorianHUN

29 күн бұрын

It wasn't *that* bad of a tank considering France was occupied for so long. They didn't have the experience other designers got and it is obvious with a bit of time they made some much more modern designs.

@badluck-cp8bv

29 күн бұрын

​@@KorianHUNyeah thats why i love french designes ; they are goofy but effective to the point where that "goofy" look turns into a menecing presanse

@Wyrmvonsturm

29 күн бұрын

@@KorianHUN Sadly it WAS a bad tank, a badly modified Frankenstein's monster of pre-war design plagued by problems. It was in service for "technically" three years before being replaced by American M47s, a medium tank. True, this was a transitional vehicle that allowed Frances indigenous tank manufacturing to start playing catch up to the rest of the allied nations, but let's not call a pig a princess here.

@tacticoolshaydes5349

28 күн бұрын

​@@badluck-cp8bvThe killer clown tech tree

@cortexoftheego4568

5 күн бұрын

@@KorianHUN they were working with american and german designers

"Looks like we havent been quite liberated yet." Got me laughing, not even in the first minute.

The French were like “omg we need more armor…. More armor… we need more firepower add fire power… we need a goofy spiny thing… add the spiny thing (it’s in the 2c bis)

@kaproskarleto5136

29 күн бұрын

We need more boolets

@Foodcritic8

29 күн бұрын

@kaproskarleto5136 Fr

@UmUs

29 күн бұрын

​@@kaproskarleto5136bigger weapons!

@kaproskarleto5136

29 күн бұрын

@@UmUs AH DUGAGAGAGAGAGAGAG

@CallofDutyBlackOps28

29 күн бұрын

the spinny thing was supposedly an idea as to boost deflection chance.

Spookston, the AB43'S are stealing from your fridge, they won't stop until you play them

I love how the ARL is basically early-mid 30’s technology shaped into a 1945 heavy tank. It looks like a B1 shaped into a Tiger 2

@monticore1626

29 күн бұрын

It is a b1 shaped into a tiger2. They used the b1 as a base for the design and it shares many components with it

@cortexoftheego4568

5 күн бұрын

@@monticore1626 xd

@cortexoftheego4568

5 күн бұрын

at least in WT it is very good tank, just armor on the sides is extremely thin.

One year and 53 days of asking for the Foch

@certifiedboylover3428

29 күн бұрын

😂

@royking7304

29 күн бұрын

I got the rank v talisman box and I got one for the Foch so I second this. Gotta see the master at work before I give it some time.

@Techno_Idioto

29 күн бұрын

The Foch is a Foch

@thegrimgripper8416

29 күн бұрын

What the Foch, you are determine huh

Petition for Spookston to go fishing and making it a Video day 2

@ilovemirojaro

29 күн бұрын

I support this.

@dadsoutdoors9247

29 күн бұрын

@spookston let's get it done

@plastic_fish8138

29 күн бұрын

I agree, but is spook the fishing type?

@isad4youi783

29 күн бұрын

@@plastic_fish8138 watch his last video

@SteelxWolf

29 күн бұрын

@@plastic_fish8138from what he said in his ad a few days ago… probably hasnt in a long time. His poor father took a hook to the hair

Bro, please never change your editing style. I laughed hysterically when the M22 locust came barreling around the corner, nearly flipping and the little spongebob music kicked in.

@MBittencourt39

28 күн бұрын

Spook is creative and avoids at the maximun adding cringe and ridiculous memes and sound effects most youtubers still use in theirs videos

ARL-44 my beloved. Genuinely my most played tank in the entire game

@jakebarksdale6580

29 күн бұрын

it was my most played tank on wot blitz but they butchered it so hard it goes so hard even at 6.7. penned a tiger 2 h on the front of the turret and he j'd out lol

@dinochookproductions5190

29 күн бұрын

same, being able to go straight through the ufp of a jumbo is so nice

@wallachia4797

29 күн бұрын

@@jakebarksdale6580 I mean the Tiger 2h has only like 180mm of flat armor on the turret. Not very hard to pen - any tank above 5.0 can go straight through

@bluearl4455

29 күн бұрын

​@@jakebarksdale6580 legit i have not played wot blitz for so long and came back only to see it only having 165mm pen on dca45...what a horse of shit

@jakebarksdale6580

28 күн бұрын

@@bluearl4455 absolute travesty 😭

ARL-44 was actually a pretty early concept before France fell to Germany. Didnt begin producing it till much later tho for obvious reasons

FINALLY!!! I can now rest in peace~

Spookston I was literally talking about how fun it'd be to see you play the ARL44 then I see you upload this video. Awesome

Idea for an interesting challenge, pick a teammate, and you have to keep them alive, and it can't be someone you know or are talking in voice chat with. Hard mode: high tier Legendary mode: german main teammate Spookston must die mode: do it in the t95

Day 3 of asking Spookston to play the T-10M

@Kasplaysothergames

29 күн бұрын

thats quick

@aidendelacruz3975

29 күн бұрын

One of the most fun tanks to play

@Traxlar

29 күн бұрын

T10A better for the BR

@whohashamburger855

29 күн бұрын

Agreed but the 10-M's aphe is better​@@Traxlar

@Traxlar

29 күн бұрын

@@whohashamburger855might be, however it’s less fun since more heat slingers, every other game in the t10A is a downtier, and u are basically a jumbo Sherman x Soviet heavy hybrid

One vehicle I wish was in the game (as either a tech tree vehicle or a low tier premium) is Leyland Armoured Car. It was an Irish creation built to replace obsolete Rolls Royce & Peerless armored cars. Four were built by 1939, they had a crew of four and were based on a 6×4 Leyland Terrier chassis and were armed with a 20mm Madsen cannon & a single .303 Madsen LMG, however the latter was replaced with a Browning M1919 .30 cal. LMG in 1958, and one was added to the co-driver/radio operator side of the hull. Plus the front was modified to carry a Ford V8 engine. One was scrapped in the 60s, and the remaining three were put into reserve after Panhard AMLs were brought to re-equip the 1st Armored Squadron in 1972, with one going (As more of a museum piece) to the 4th Cavalry squadron, which was based in Longford from 1979 to around the early 80s. One is preserved in the Bovington Tank Museum, having gained it in exchange for a Ferret armored car.

@liladoodle

29 күн бұрын

This absolutely needs to come to the game. Along with the Stug IV.

@NapoleanBlown-aparte

25 күн бұрын

Headless coachman when

Attempt 12 Challenge: For high tier support a nations MBT with its respective APC/IFV counterpart (ie Abrams/Bradley, T90/BMP2M, etc.) Challenge is keeping the other player alive and supporting it without stealing kills (breaking barrels, tracking, repairing, etc) it being a random should help make it interesting.

Oh my God. Never in a million years would I expect Spookston to actually play the ARL-44.

I hope that M60 AMBT video is just around the corner.

I love this tank, honestly underated because its 90mm does enough damage to get the job done, and its lack of armour makes it faster than most other heavies lol And that turret Travers is pretty nice

@berserkskeleton762

29 күн бұрын

ive been waiting a while to see this tank played. I was so excited when i first got it and was impressed by the penetration. i have one game where i got 11 kills but most of the time i was too big to hide from the enemy and always ended up getting shot in the turret before i could shoot back. I'm still very glad i have it tho

God bless French Solid shot, underestimated and overpowered, Pretty much used in every french tank up to 7.7, and is despised by everyone who dies to it. It's honestly my favorite to use, because it doesn't act like a Solid Shot but a Semi APHE. It does my heart greatly when I see Spookston enjoying a french tank.

@rhystaylor851

29 күн бұрын

Did you genuinely call French solid shot overpowered???

@kalexzhang8312

29 күн бұрын

​@@rhystaylor851 this one is kind of op at it br. Great gun, you can pen any tanks you could meet ffrom the front upper, mobility is good. Armour is ok, its upper is quite strong, not much shell can go through, the only weak point is its face. And it is really easy to be pen. However, it is not a popular tank. Most of the players don't know where to shoot. They usually shoot my upper and then I kill them 😂

@rhystaylor851

29 күн бұрын

@kalexzhang8312 it's a decently fun tank to play yes, but nowhere near OP. Armor is paper aside from the upper-front plate, reload is slow, stability is questionable, and you can still get solid shot moments. Any of the Sherman 76's could've obliterated Spookston but they just got out-played

@wallachia4797

29 күн бұрын

@@rhystaylor851 Because American players are the absolute worst. My experience on France is the complete opposite of Spook's, I AM TIRED OF AMERICAN TEAMS SPAMMING M18 HELLCATS AT 7.7, NO MORE.

@joundii3100

27 күн бұрын

It's the cannons that are good, the round sucks.

First of all, we french people thank you for playing our very own king tiger. And I really liked that ref to New Vegas keep up the good work pal !

French solid shot is the whole reason i love the Fl-10. That and the autoloader.

My day just got better, thank you so much Spookston ❤

The ability to one tap everything in your tier makes it incredibly fun to play with

loved the "what air defence doing?" reference lmfaoo

@cortexoftheego4568

5 күн бұрын

I used to use duster in the same manner people use zsu 57, because it is terible at destoying planes.

Fun fact. This tank has a 90mm cannon with a round similar to that of the Tiger II. But they introduced a semi autoloader which would present the round to the loader and he would only have to slide the round into the breach. This thing having a 10 second reload time is very stupid.

@jintsuubest9331

29 күн бұрын

Tell that to most Japanese tank. Having large turret bustle stowage with the intention being easy to access round for loader. Shit reload rate.

Spookston. I just had a really bad day, and I actually smiled so hard seeing you had done a video of one of my favourite tanks (especially a French one). Thank you, have a good day!

2:18 you need to play the AMX-50 Surbaissé to witness what the power of a solid shot really is

@DarkelsDumpster

29 күн бұрын

He’s already done it.

I think one of the best strenghts of this tank is its incredible chassis traverse, srsly for such a huge vehicle you can swing it around incredibly easily. I once managed to fend off a hellcat for about a minute while backup arrived (lost my gun), he was trying to run rings around me but could not get on my side thanks to the steering ability of the ARL, love this thing sm.

Fun fact, historically the ARL 44 had an assisted loading mechanism that gave it a max reload rate of 10-12 rpm; you can even see it in the vehicle x-ray. A bug report was passed on this back in July 2022 so the ARL might just get buffed again at some point. Although if it does happen it'll probably come with a BR raise

@kimjanek646

29 күн бұрын

As if that’s ever going to happen 😂 We can only pray 🙏

@vizender

29 күн бұрын

AMX 40 having one of the longest reload at it's br while also being reload assisted : "first time huh?"

@superburrito9797

29 күн бұрын

​@@vizender whats its actual reload rate?

@vizender

29 күн бұрын

@@superburrito9797 probably lower than all other manually loaded 120mm. The AMX40 has 2 carousels that when you take a round will rotate to always put a round at the perfect position for the loader to take it. It gives a much better sustained reload rate

@wallachia4797

29 күн бұрын

I sincerely hope it doesn't get added. The ARL-44 is a hidden gem at 5.3 and with the assisted loader, I can see Gaijin genuinely putting this at 6.7 - yea, I can play the ARL-44 at 6.7, the gun is very good, but please let me have my one French tank that hasn't been uptiered to oblivion.

Yay! Another video from my favorite wt cc 😊

Not to mention it's absolutely gigantic, if you'd put it right next to the KV2(which is probably the 3rd heaviest tank during the war) it's like half of it's height, remember the KV2 is like 10 feet tall °~°!

I was grinding France with this glad u made a video on it

Yay spookston uploaded

13:15 That M6 wanted the kill so desperately, he messed up the ASU's shot, then getting em both killed. War thunder peak

i love how this thing feels and even more how it looks honestly, something about the crude yet somewhat typical french elegance

Definitely under-appreciated and one of my favorite tanks in the game, if not my favorite.

You know what else is a ww2 tank that uses a lot of solid shot? The Churchill. This is video 121 of asking for a Churchill.

@suzanarubi9254

29 күн бұрын

The MK VII is such a fun tank, and the BR changes just make it better

Day 178 of asking Spookston to play the Semovente 75/46 M43. NEVER GOING TO SURRENDER, GIVE IT UP!

@ja_exe

29 күн бұрын

I just start thinking you surrender, and then I seen your comment.

Yess i got the ARL 44 some time ago and i was wondering why there arent a lot of videos about it when its so good

Been waiting for this video forever

DAY 5 OF ASKING SPOOKSTON TO PLAY ANY CHALLENGER 2 TANK

I have been waiting for this for YEARS DOG TY if you would make a vid on France 5.7 that would be insane ty, love your content

Based on an experiment I've been doing since your waffentrager video, i can confirm your hex red light spell is still going on strong for me.

Yay spookston played my favourite tank

This tank was probably my fav earlier French tank when I started working up the tree my only pain was sometimes if you got gunner the enemy gunner would come back before you reloaded and tended to one shot me back but other than that it’s gun combined with hull turned it into a powerful killing machine for me

I love how solid shot either one shots everything no fail some matches and other matches it takes 10 shots to kill a sherman

I suppose this is one of the tanks that benefits from being played in RB, with not penetration indicator. In AB people figure out really quickly that the ARL-44 can be easily disabled by shooting at the turret, which is only 100mm thick with barely any mantlet or angle to improve it. And the super thin sides can be penetrated super easily, even at odd angles. Also, in AB it meets *a lot* of Tigers and Panthers.

i love this vehicle , one of my favorites around 5.3/5.7 BR range

the AMX M4 also got the shell buff and its possibly my favorite french tank

I’ve been playing this and the CA Lorraine recently, loving it.

Thank you finally!!!

Love this tank. Love maps with barricades. This thing is good at showing only its top part of the turret hiding behind a barricade. Truly a objective camper on some maps. Perfect for shooting and protecting your crew when utilizing the barricades.

LET'S GOOOOOO. Dude this thing was in my lineup up to 6.7, it's so good

Spookston getting his kill stolen: 🤬🤬🤬 Spookston when he steals a kill: Nice we double tapped him!

one of my favorite machines in the game overall

This thing is an absolute beast

i am gonna be 100% honest here. i would legit love to see a Playthrough of new Vegas by you. i love the game so much, and you mention it from time to time, so i thought "hey, let's see if he'll do a Playthrough of it. wont hurt to try asking"

One of my favorite tanks. It just looks cool.

I have this tank and use it all the time and I can in fact say it is AMAZING. I can absorb a shot from a tiger with no problem (in the hull) and can pen almost anything at its BR!!!

You should play the Chi-Ha, but using ONLY the default APHE round with a whopping 21mm of pen. Just an absolute torture session of a video right there

THANK YOU SPOOOOOOK

Good job with this tank ! What about playing what was the strongest premium of it's time and one of the first premium rat tank next ? I'am talking about the Ru 251

I like how spookston always complains when someone steals his kill but he does the exact same thing

Some ARL-44 love yay, I love this thing

The ARL-44 is supposed to have an assisted loading mechanism. The same system was proposed for the AMX CDC.

I love how the locast at 6:38 is just hauling ass to bully the tiger player

Attempt 20, you've played a French TD, and now I request the Italian Event light tank AUBL/74 HVG

Always loved this tank

I was pleasantly surprised when I played and spaded the ARL-44. Its better than the earlier AC-1 variant, mainly because the 90 mm gun has better performance the the AC-1's 75 mm weapon. Its best to use the ARL-44 as an SP instead of a medium or heavy tank. Use it for ranged attacks rather than up close. The 90 mm solid shot seems to perform better than that of the 17 pounder. Be careful not expose the hull sides, and the turret armor can be fairly easy to be penetrated. It can take out Tigers and Panthers if you know where to hit them. Also, bring along a few HE shells for open top and SPAA vehicles.

Such an amazing vehicle, the gun is pretty much same as AMX M4, u can UFP jumbos, panthers and pretty much anything that isn't a king tiger.

The ARL in world of tanks was one of my most played tanks and I loved it, in WT it made me sad but then they buffed it and now it is good. :) But all I really want is my french bathtub (S35CA) in war thunder with the 105.

Spookston French tank video?!?? Yes!!

French solid shot is surprisingly good, you should try more French tanks around 6.7 and 7.7, they can be some of the most fun tanks in the game!

ELC Bis? I looked for a bit in your videos and didn't see it or missed it! Its become one of my favorite rat tanks in the last few weeks!

You should do the Tam 2c, fun light tank nobody plays, good or great stats in every category other than armor. Even then it has shocking survivability when hit in weird angles or spots where you can eat multiple rounds

This tank is a nasty surprise to many players because most people don't know where to shoot it. They will treat it like a Panther and go for a hull front shot. But the hull front is very heavily armoured. The gun throws an 11kg APCBC projectile at over 1000m/s. More penetration than the long 88mm. No APHE but lots of spalling when it hits. 13 second reload is the price. The AMX M4 has the same gun but with a 6.5 second 7 round auto-loader.

I really love the design of ARL-44, it just look unique. I guess Edelweiss from Valkyria Chronicles take inspiration from this.. except the turret is from King Tiger

Didnt know that the ARL is so fast and great at turning. Time to try it out

YES A NEW VIDEO! Can you play the Grant I?

meanwhile the first successful French post-war tank was actually a light tank, although the AMX-13 also had some rather novel features like an autoloader with two revolver style drum magazines and an oscillating turret, which made designing the autoloader easier. there were other projects for heavier tanks with similar features around the same time, but they never left the prototype stage, so France ended up using M47 Pattons until they developed the AMX-30.

@berserkskeleton762

29 күн бұрын

the AMX-13 is my favorite light tank.

I believe it also uses the suspension and tracks of the b1 bis hence why it gets stuck on everything

Oh my God, my dream has come true Thank you Spontoon

Woooo! Used to enjoy this one before it seemed to forever be up tiered. Guess I'm putting in some more time in the French tech tree before the snail movies it up to like 7.0 or something.

you really need to play with the AMX M4, it got the same new apcbc round the ARL44 got, and its so good

Im doing great, even better since theres you made a new video :D

Real Madrid in the semis, new Spookston video. Perfect night.

the arl might a thrown together stop gap tank but god damn it looks good and has a nice gun

French solid shot really do be hitting different. Part of the reason I like the SA50 so much.

Id love to see you play the IS1 or the one you despise; The Churchill 3 or 7

My group gave this tank its own maneuver, The "French Gambit". Where you put your big fat front slope out first when rounding a corner to bait people into shooting it instead of your turret.

0:50 WOW! his whole turret crew was already dead.... but that driver got vaporized

my buddy started grinding france, he went from pure despair to pure bliss whent he unlocked this tank

funny enough i was just trying to talk my buddy into grinding out the french tech tree and then boom this video

0:51 The tank so utterly big that make M4A3 look like m22

At 3:46 when the fuel tank ate the entire round, the same thing happened to me 3 times since the new update WITH APHE which is very silly

The best thing about the ARL-44 is the shell with the most ominous name in the game.

@LeGrandSarrazin

27 күн бұрын

PCO-50? Unf that’s the name of M4s round, but they ignored that part of my report when they fixed the ammo weight and type. Def not annoying or anything.

@tobiasleiminger5920

27 күн бұрын

@@LeGrandSarrazin I remember it to be called „obus de rupture“, that sounds like some doomsday weapon