Hope you guys like this one, I've been trying to record a lot more

@MrParcival09

2 ай бұрын

Please dont overwork yourself and Take some days off

@Mitron43

2 ай бұрын

Great video, I just wish more people voted for the Breda 501, still one of my fav tanks

@jackbruno4748

2 ай бұрын

I really hope you don't stress yourself out, especially with post surgery and all. But I'm happy to see you doing your vids as you do.

@JoaoSilva-fr3rg

2 ай бұрын

I hope fast recovery Spookston

@Sailingspeedat9kn

2 ай бұрын

Glad that the surgery went well have a great day and maybe take a few days off to rest and relax good day

Spookston: I’m just starting back up from surgery and am still in pain, go easy on me. The community: *Waffentrager*

@velaikka

2 ай бұрын

I mean, he is the one that put it on the list for voting. He knew what he was doing.

@ragnarokstravius2074

2 ай бұрын

I think its our way to tell Spooks to be like "You either take a break, or suffer."

@ross7872

2 ай бұрын

The Council has decided your fate

@thegrayseed2792

2 ай бұрын

If there is something i can learn from the internet, this is entirely on Spook's fault.

@buscadiamantes1232

2 ай бұрын

yeah right? he could have played something fun but EVERYONE voted that shitty vehicle

Attempt number 28 at getting Spookston to play any tank with a dozer blade, the catch is, he has to dig in before engaging targets. Movement around the map is allowed, but he has to dig in again before reengaging.

@zufrauenextrakorrekt6937

2 ай бұрын

actually great idea

@samueljussila

2 ай бұрын

Well here is a tank that I've been requesting for 33 days and it has a dozer: Ptz89

@justmarc2015

2 ай бұрын

Attempt number IDGAF at getting Spookston to do some BORING ASS SHIT

@tankmanled2874

2 ай бұрын

Vid title: "The dirtiest shovel Tank"

@navyeod_24

2 ай бұрын

This sounds both awful and hilarious at the same time; love to see this lol

12:30 the little plane thing shows up when a teammate does the "Air alert!" Thing in radio (T-6-1 by default iirc). If they do that while looking in the direction of the plane, it'll show their bearing and estimated altitude in chat, as well as show up on everyone's compass for a bit.

@Screwypone

Ай бұрын

To add on to it, the report is relative to you. So if your team mate spots a plane in the centre of the map from the opposite side of you, like "Air! 360!", it will report to you as "180". So this is a little smart

@toast8256

Ай бұрын

@@Screwyponeholy shit I’m glad it does that. I was thinking if that was the case during battles but I would have never been able to confirm it easily.

@LewisB3217

Ай бұрын

Yeah it’s super helpful when playing AA

@haydenlummus8838

Ай бұрын

Oh hi mark

@Dopamine154

Ай бұрын

And answer to Spookston's question, It has been around for almost a year now.

11:06 Your line delivery on this absolutely killed me. The whimsical list of hex ingredients followed by the pointed "You're done for" absolutely sandbagged me.

The Waffentrager get exponentially scarier the rattier the player is

@DevinEMILE

Ай бұрын

Right, If its one of those like Capture the enemies point maps. And there is dense foliage anywhere near the obj they can hide in. Its like a damn slasher movie and your just waiting for your number to be called.

@thepandabearzzz2922

Ай бұрын

It's even better on appropriate hills or hull down positions!

@corsairsofnarshaddaa

Ай бұрын

@@thepandabearzzz2922 If you can get there before the match ends.

@ltmurphy8038

Ай бұрын

I almost never rat but the Waffentrager has one of my highest KDs thanks to sitting it stupid spots and reversing back to peak and snipe tanks. Its not good but its a favourite of mine.

@nobleman9393

Ай бұрын

I did manage to use it with some success against middle cold war tanks.

That Tiger who rammed him in 6:30 absolutely was trying to use him as cannon fodder

@wolfehoffmann2697

2 ай бұрын

I had a tiger player do that to me the other day. I came back with a full load of pure smoke shells and just followed him around and blinded him the entire match. Petty, but hilarious.

@sayerglasgow115

2 ай бұрын

Most helpful War Thunder teammate.

@aiedenoldstien9751

2 ай бұрын

​@@wolfehoffmann2697 The only reasonable response

@sampackman69

2 ай бұрын

I was playing the Tortoise and a Tiger player tried ramming me past a corner I knew 3 or so tabks were watching Little did the Tiger player know, the Tortoise does not move well under its own power, so I just stomped it into reverse and ran the Tiger player into a river

@RyanRicardo-nw7fe

2 ай бұрын

​@@sampackman69Lol

6:45 "That's Iraq. That's an even big Iraq." - Spookston, 2024

@Skip.8221

Ай бұрын

ANYTIME i go 'oh that's a rock' my partner says 'that's a country' 😭😭

Spookston: Oh boy I can't wait to get back to playing War Thunder after my surgery! Community: Woe, Waffenträger upon ye

The thing's a Waffentrager, what were you expecting - It's a tractor chassis that's designed for transporting the gun, not a chassis that was built from ground up as Panzerjaeger XD

@haley746

2 ай бұрын

The turret was even supposed to be removable and put into a pillbox

@tankenjoyer9175

2 ай бұрын

he is a german hater because "yeah its fun to hate german stuff"

@gattonero2915

2 ай бұрын

@@haley746 The current Waffentrager in WT is a tractor based Waffentragger, Imagine if Gaijin instead opted the Ardelt's Leichter Einheitswaffentrager variant (the one that Russia preserved in Kubinka) as the ingame waffentrager. That version of the Weapon carrier also mounted the same PAK-43, and has the same 360 degree gun traverse. The difference is that instead of using RSO artillery tracktor as chassis, the Ardelt variant used Panzer 38(t) chassis which offer somewhat better mobility than the one ingame lol

@matthiuskoenig3378

Ай бұрын

@haley746 false, even from the begining the plan was to have the dismounting of the turret as a secondary feature, primarily it was to be fired mounted. Steyr recommended it be dropped due to weight savings (almost half a ton) and the requirement was dropped on February 1944, before the vehicle even left the wooden mockup stage.

@matthiuskoenig3378

Ай бұрын

@gattonero2915 neither vehicle used an existing chassis. The steyr reused some RSO components and used some modified and strengthened RSO components, but it it had an entirely purpose built chassis. Similarly the ardelt prototypes merely reused and modified 38t parts for a coompleltey new chassis. And despite what you have assumed, it was actually slower in testing. While both designs were supposed to have a 35km/h road speed only the steyr achieved this, the ardelt only got about 26km/h road speed in testing. This is because the prototype used a weaker engine, the steyr used a 140hp boxer engine, the ardelt used a 98hp mayback hl42 engine. A 180hp praga engine was considered for both, but never actually tested.

9:17 Fun fact (if you didn’t already know): These little guys are known as “Raupenschlepper Osts”, they were designed to more easily traverse the muddy/snowy terrain of the eastern front.

13:55 it always amazes me, when I find a good ambush spot how the enemy tanks will keep coming right into my firing line without a care in the world, while the field they are driving on is littered with burning wrecks of their teammates. let's just say that you see bloodstains in a From Software game and you know something is going to happen at that spot, but War Thunder players see destroyed tanks and think they are merely part of the scenery.

This thing just feels like the King Tiger but you shave all the armor off and you get left with the bare essentials >Can move >Can shoot Yup, good enough granted Waffentragers where designed just to transport the gun to a strategic position without the need of a truck to tow it

@ValentineC137

Ай бұрын

Basically one step up from a towed gun attached to a lawnmower it still only has the horsepower of a lawnmower but atleast it's not held on by a rope

@CheatcodeGamingOfficial

Ай бұрын

I mean, it’s in the name “weapon carrier”

When I first started fighting these I was quite scared of them. When I started bringing a little bit of HE that feeling kinda vanished

@Storm-lu2ce

2 ай бұрын

as well as the waffenträgers.

@brandonlatzig

2 ай бұрын

One semi-downside is having take some HE for something that you might be fighting with on your own side idk maybe its just me who doesnt trust he shells at all

@zembagaming7841

Ай бұрын

@@brandonlatzig just use it on any open top

@brandonlatzig

Ай бұрын

@@zembagaming7841 I'll be fdrank I'll just work with aphe at that point. I rather not either a. alert the enemy to me or b. risk it by having to shoot and reload just to load he

@robo-suport_czrobofactory3116

Ай бұрын

@@brandonlatzig thats fine and dandy, until the time comes where the aphe just wont fuse on the light armor and you are stuck picking the crew apart, just bring HE you will learn how to use it properly in due time... OR majority of the light vehicle is behind cover you aint killing that with AP, however if you have that HE you can EASILY kill it without repositioning or risking the vehicle peeking you while you try to kill it with AP... trust me just having 2 rounds of HE opens alot of possibility the main problem at the start is to remember that you do in fact have HE xd

I appreciate the effort that went into making that bumper sticker cutaway and editing it into the video. It was great.

God bless you brother. Me and my son both love you and you've been in our prayers with you surgery and everything. You're one of my favorite KZreadrs period. That said, I know I speak for a lot of the community in saying, we all love you enough to urge you to take a break and heal. Love you buddy.

12:31 It appears when someone calls air alert in the squad comms while looking at a plane. It has been in the game for quite some time I think

@GordonWeedman

2 ай бұрын

It points at where the plane is too at the moment the air alert was called. Very handy when the person calling it out is on the other side of the map and the bearing is not very useful

@Jatzki

2 ай бұрын

@@GordonWeedman i don't think the bearing changes from the call

@_Pigen

Ай бұрын

@@Jatzki Bearing does change from the call.

@iseeu721

Ай бұрын

@@Jatzki bearing is actually received relative to your vehicle, so if it was 160 for an ally it could be called at like 141 from you etc

@Jatzki

Ай бұрын

@@iseeu721 oh nice I didn't even know that

Them painkillers were hitting this video lmao.

@williambeisel5686

2 ай бұрын

Definitely lol

@ToyotaTechnical

Ай бұрын

Bro gotta take it easy on em.

12:40 that little plane appears when someone calls out enemy air with the „Air! [heading] at [altitude]!“ message (T+6+1 when looking at the plane). It will point towards the compass heading that the plane was called out at

minor correction, the waffentrager designs with the 88 were to be built on custom chassis (depending on manufacturer, pilot models were built but never made it to mass production) using as many 38t components as possible, the ones referenced in the vid were the RSO pak 40, which was indeed a cargo tractor with a pak40 slapped on the back

@robertharris6092

Ай бұрын

I honestly want more long 88 guns in the game. Its such an insanly potent gun. Just sucks having to play germany.

@kosmokat111

Ай бұрын

I'd love to see the Pak RSO in game tbh, I have a 1/35 kit of it and it's such a goofy little vehicle, sorta like a slower german hellcat

The irony of us telling you to take care of yourself, while simultaneously telling you to play a vehicle that is the antithesis of your preferred playstyle. Get well soon Spooks.

That Tiger player pushing you out of cover was so infuriating

@Heggel

Ай бұрын

I think it was hilarious

0:36 ah yes, a towed Anti Tank Gun

Spookston: This is the *worst* tank of the german tree Also Spookston: *gets 9 kills*

If you use a rangefinder or spot command on an enemy tank that your crew "sees," they will shout out an approximate range of the tank. This will be in the crew's language, so setting crews to speak the game's selected language is helpful. "Sees" is defined with the crew's view distance, which may not activate on spot/rangefinder. If an allied crew is close enough, with a strong enough radio distance, or if the enemy tank is spotted, this will usually count as well. Basically, similar rules to seeing enemies in AGB. Really helpful if you need to approximate the range of the enemy tank. The crew will usually shout "[type of tank]. [angle]. Range: [distance]". "Type of tank" is usually "Tank" for many light, medium, and heavies, "Armored car" for armored cars, "SAM" for tank destroyers despite that being a missile not a tank, "SPAA" for SPAA, and the specific type of tank for a few tanks, like leopard, tiger, and a few others. Angle is in clock angles, so "3 o'clock" at right, 6 for behind, etc.. Distance is a multiple of 50 up to a certain range, than multiple of 100's of meters. Edit: The plane icon is when people use the radio chat functions to call out where a plane is. They say the angle and height of the plane, along with the icon appearing on the compass.

@paweligawel_

2 ай бұрын

they should make russians use their own thing like "30-00" is front and if i remember correctly "60-00" is back instead of "12 oclock" or "6 oclock" i dont know how is it called but i hope you get me

@IM_8685

Ай бұрын

yeah same thing when you scout too.

@robertharris6092

Ай бұрын

​@@paweligawel_ maybe for the actual russian voices. But conaidering all of the tanks use the same scope and its not even a real one it wouldnt be too fitting.

@paweligawel_

Ай бұрын

@@robertharris6092 imo these new voices are worse than these that were there before

"im sure spookston can handle playing WT right after surgery" Also spooksten: 10:39

@cookiecrumbs2840

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, bro was on them painkillers xD

6:40 You fuc*ing said it, I have the absolute same problem...

You're my favourite youtube cc! Cannot explain how funny you are and to still thrive through these rough times

He seems so happy like this? there's like a derpy joyous nature to him being like this lol I love it.

@mihakrajnc9227

2 ай бұрын

He's probably on painkillers

@justusbladetooth

2 ай бұрын

I believe he's currently riding the fun of medications. So he's a little out of it.

@zchris13

2 ай бұрын

this is what is known as being "high as a kite"

9:17 i absolutely love how these little things look, theyre so adorable

6:25 The way he said “You…” with the most sincere feeling of loathing and hatred made me feel second hand anger

I'm convinced that Spookston's tank crews use plane-attracting cologne

Its not a combat vehicle by design, i think people might mistake it for one becausr it could be used in combat... but its main use was to move the gun to a place, then take it off of the chassis and use it as artillery, it is called the "gun carrier" for a reason

@matthiuskoenig3378

Ай бұрын

False, firstly by the time of these waffentragers the main role was a selfproppelled at gun, the deployable emplacement had become a secondary feature. Furthermore the gun emplacement idea was dropped before it even reached wooden mockup stage. This is because weight had already ballooned well above orginal intensions and the equipment needed for deploying the turret was seen as dead weight.

I've found with the Waffentrager that was slow as it is, you need to approach corners backwards. With the engine and transmission in front, you can just eek out the turret to shoot then drive away. It also gets the most gun depression when facing backwards IIRC.

@deliqene3191

Ай бұрын

That is basically just the archer with a turret at that point

@JamesErath

Ай бұрын

@@deliqene3191 Yes!

@robertharris6092

Ай бұрын

​@@deliqene3191 and a far more potent gun that gets APHE. If it wasnt for how much theyve dumped down all the maps it could be pretty good on non city maps on the flank.

This tank is actually amazing. I have a 6.0 k/d and along with a 62% win rate (yeah not amazing but for 5.7 Germany this is a herculean task). Its REALLY bad on some maps but its stable when moving and if you keep it sideways to the enemy they will always over penetrate you and basically never kill you at least not in one shot. It's also short and easy to hide, along with its amazing gun it makes it the best sniper by far tier for tier (the tiger 2 is good until you get up tiered to 7.7 and cant pen the other heavy tanks then you get destroyed by HEATFS), literally pens straight through anything and everything and if you reverse out of cover to take shots your stable suspension allows you to quickly take a shot and get back into cover. specifically on Berlin if you are on the south side of the map you go off to the right and there is a destroyed tank on a hill that overlooks the entire map. You hide behind that and reverse out to take your shots. You do that and you just win. I have had multiple games where I just use that spot and the lowest kills I have had is 5, I have gotten 5 games that are between 12 and 18 kills. Also if you dont move around much planes wont spot you, especially if you put bushes on the roof it just doesnt look like a tank from the air. Oh and it perfectly fits into the german 5.7 lineup so if you get a map that is bad for it like sweeden you still got the tiger and the panther and alot of good planes. Just because you are physically incapable of using your brain when you play a tank does not make it bad.

So glad to hear you got your surgery and now recovering!!!

Take your time in your recovery man! I have no issues with waiting for content.

Day 4 of asking Spookston to play the 2S25M or the 2S25.

@reentrysfs6317

2 ай бұрын

He already did didn’t he?

@Spookston

2 ай бұрын

have I got news for you

@DarkelsDumpster

2 ай бұрын

@@Spookstonyou should play the Kugelblitz, NOW!

@phandanglam9923

2 ай бұрын

@@Spookston do an artillery line up man

@md93nen

2 ай бұрын

@@Spookston _:O_

i am glad your operation went well man and you are doing good

11:07 I have yet to suffer a misfortune as big as you playing that thing

The best way I found to use the Waffelträger is to: A) find a ridge you like (if the map is open and has one [looking at you stupid Cargo Port...] ); B) Point you ass to ridge (to get the best angle of max gun depression, so you don't have to awkwardly turn when you hit your drivers forehead, and have the transmission as far away from enemy fire as possible); C) drive backwards until you can shoot at the things you want to; and finally D) if under fire or you see an angry plane, use the down slope of the ridge to get a gravitational assist for your forward gear and (try to) run. the. fuck. away. If you survive (and you feel brave enough): repeat. Otherwise it is great to see you back after your surgery. Here is to you making a full and quick recovery. Until then, take your time and maybe play something that is less... like the Waffenträger...

@reinbeers5322

Ай бұрын

Yep, it gets much better than what spookston showed if you actually take advantage of the fact that it has a turret and is tiny

@lbloodraven

Ай бұрын

D.) Don't use the Waffenträger

@robertharris6092

Ай бұрын

Do all this. But under trees.

@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188

Ай бұрын

I don't use these, but I always see them die by planes😂

11:28 jokes on spook, i already get only red lights!

Hope your feeling better man, keep up the good work!

Thanks spook, had a good belly laugh at the tiger pushing you.

The hellcat would be a nice change of pace after this thing.

speaking of whacky German Prototypes, Cant wait for the Devs to find a bag of coke and adding the "Stahlgiraffe" (TVT) where they Mounted 4 PARS-3 Launcher to a 13meter tall telesopic arm to a Leopard 1 Hull or on a Marder 1 Hull

Spookston: “How is this tank so slow?” That’s what happens when a 16t vehicle only has 140hp

I think this is easily one of the most chaotic videos you've made

Every time I see this tank I still can't wrap my head around the design

Using bushes on tank destroyers like the Waffentrager is fair game.

@allorfh2495

Ай бұрын

Bushes are never ok. I got one, never equipped it because its scummy

@robertharris6092

Ай бұрын

Exactly. Thinga like the m56 that you can kill with just an MG i say is fair. Putting it on heavy tanks to make it impossivle to snipe weakspots is bullshit.

Spookston is like “only 5 kills, i did okay” meanwhile I get exited when I get one kill

I think the smoke detector noise when you die to CAS should become a frequent appearance

Bro needs to recover yet he suffers in game Have a quick recovery!

One day we will have Spookston release the "Oops, all Shermans" video. One day.

The goal was to get a power-to-weight ratio of atleast 20hp/ton, but there weren't enough available engines for the prototypes. Even the 180hp praga engine was in short supply, and so the the steyr used a 140hp boxer engine untill other engines became available. The ardelt was even worse off, only haveing access to a 98hp mayback engine. 9:25 and yes it was a custom made chassis, it did reuse modified RSO tractor components, but it didn't reuse the engine (the rso had a 84hp engine) and the suspension was strengthened. Like I said they wanted it to be more nimble but they couldn't get an engine for the project of nessiary power.

Heya spook! I think an interesting video would be on the TKX(p), the reason I say this, is because the TKX(p) is effectively the same as the TKX, but without some of the additional rolled armor (and just Dm33). What I enjoy to do in the TKX(p) is considering it has pneumatic suspension, with your dozer you can make some pretty fun hull down positions.

I like how the waffentrager was meant to just carry the gun and fire but otherwise it did nothing.😂

Germany making the worst tanks possible with their minimal resources

Very entertaining video Spookston, thanks

This tank moves off of human power. The driver has 2 duties, driving and powering the tank with peddles.

Im glad your doing okay i hope u feel and get better. Thanks for the great content

I really enjoyed playing this vehicle. It has an excellent gun and a crazy good zoom which has even better magnification than the binoculars. It’s excellent for camping and sniping.

@matthiuskoenig3378

Ай бұрын

Great on large flat maps. Hills make it painful. My favourite kill in warthunder was in 1. Lobbing a shell over a low hill at a moveing target about 12km away I could only see with my binocs (couldn't see it over the hill with the gunner sight). On maginot.

Spookston singing a thousand miles is something I never knew I needed but now I want it

Most entertaining version of Spookston I've ever watched. Also the guy shooting that spooked you was because he (like me till a week ago) probably didn't know you can swap the position of ammo so he swapped his shell.

Day 15 of waiting for Spookston to play 8.8cm Flugzeugabwehrkanone 37 Selbstfahrlafette auf 18 ton Zugkraftwagen (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 9). In both AAA and AT roles.

@liladoodle

2 ай бұрын

Do you mean the Bulfa (Flakbus) by chance?

@William_Bryant

Ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@liladoodle Ja.

0:01 wait that is granblue fantasy？

I love how this vehicle has an assistant driver but no dedicated loader

Love you bro❤ keep up the work. You have become a inspiration since I started playing this game recently 🎉

Day 222 of asking for the M41 90/53

Day 25 of asking you to play the Challenger 2 Black Knight Spook, the hard kill APS can even intercept aircraft munitions which will help with your CAS issue! You may also want to take some HESH, as they have improved its consistency against single layer homogeneous armour since the last update.

When I get to a nice spot and can stand hulldown. I always go back the last bit. Just like looking around a corner, just backwards.

Fritz: Hans we need ze LONG gun. Hans: Ja, Ja i went to ze kindergarten and zey drew what they thought it should look like ja. Fritz: O, perfect hans, perfect. (Accurate Depiction of German Blueprints 1944-1945)

Waffletractor

Been a while since I asked for a video on IT-1, a good missile tank.

I love to watch spookston it just brightens up my day every time I watch him play War thunder

Spookston has never been so depressed about a vehicle before

WHATS GOOD SPOOKSTON😼

@Spookston

2 ай бұрын

hi

@md93nen

2 ай бұрын

@@Spookstonpls play something that is enjoyable

@juliannng

Ай бұрын

@@Spookstonspook how did the surgery go worried about ya!

Pls more high spookstoon its só funny 🤣

Thanks for the hex spookston! You just made my time driving easier!

Spookston just trying to play the game: The 3 tigers on his team: *the 5 on 1 porn meme*

I actually enjoyed playing this tank. It forces you to play smart and actually use it as a Tank Destroyer and taking out targets from afar. It forces you to memorize the ranges of places where a majority of the opposite team will be heading to. Its quite tricky to notice it if u hide in forests or treelines with bushes around it. Over all its just a one shot if someone sneezes at it with a bomb or any shell

12:39 the little plane appears when one of your teammates goes “air alert” and it tells you the direction of the plane

Brother, this is one of my favorite sniping tanks. It pens almost anything, nothing more satisfying than sniping 2000m with the waffle tractor

The Tiger ramming you with the L4D tank noises is the funniest shit

Jokes on you Spookston, I'm already cursed with perpetual red lights.

It always freaks me out when that ad for WT plays when I'm watching Spooks

This has to be the most I've laughed at one of your videos man. As soon as I saw the Waffentrager I knew it was over (for your sanity).

Thank you, Spookston, for reminding me I’m just garbage at warthunder I’m going to name another plane I create after you for this

Spookston:"you all will get a red light" Pov: instruction unclear what am i doing in a red light district

Whoever that tiger player was who rammed Spookston you made my day.

you can tell they gave him the good stuff

I got to say I love your video I recently started playing war thunder been following you love you can always make me smile.

10:40 peak lobotomy Spookston moment

Spookston: Gets 9 kills. Also Spookston: Puts 8 in the thumbnail.

12:30 small plane on compass apears when a team mate call T61 or "air" looking directly to a plane. Very useful, not a lot of people use it

Joke's on you, we've got roundabouts not traffic lights.

Your videos help me though stuff and a just wanna say thank you for making videos with are funny keep it up man

Hearing Spookton high on pain meds is the most hilarious thing I have heard😂

Joke's on you, Spooks! I already get constant red lights!

It's so slow you can cover it in bushes, drive right at the enemy and from their perspective it will look like a normal bush growing instead of a tank driving at them