BTW I do have some historical videos in the works, just been having trouble juggling everything

@Generic_Bleach_real

9 ай бұрын

Good, I think everyone here loves your historical videos.

@RoboNixon-28

9 ай бұрын

Hey spookston, could you play the chieftain or conqueror at some point please?

@strellettes8511

9 ай бұрын

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO

@alphaaquilla1359

9 ай бұрын

Corsair Now

@alexblankenship7831

9 ай бұрын

Idk how many times I've asked now XD Please play the T-34-100

My favorite of the Somua is the nameplate as if the designers wanted to make it a sportscar

@LegoStarHawk98

9 ай бұрын

I remember reading somewhere when the Free French forces were given Shermans, the tankers welded Somua plates onto them

@CZ350tuner

9 ай бұрын

The company also make heavy industrial milling machines & lathes.

@CZ350tuner

9 ай бұрын

@@dickizzinya9085 They're powerful extractor fans to clear the crew compartment of garlic & French cigarette fumes.

@fernandomarques5166

9 ай бұрын

​@@LegoStarHawk98the tankers who crewed Somua's were really proud of their machines so when they got Shermans they unbolted the Somua build plates and welded them to their new Shermans like you said. You can see several on FFF Shermans, normally on the front glacis, in period photos.

@Shinzon23

9 ай бұрын

French tank design prewar is just....weird.

IS-6 side armour really is something special. It detects being shot then grows non-euclidean angles and bounces the round into the fucking negative zone.

@jeremydorfschmidt1088

9 ай бұрын

Always aim below the track with a side shot like that, always pens and if it doesn't kill, it'll crit

@Ballistics_Computer

9 ай бұрын

​@jeremydorfschmidt1088 doesn't change the fact that it stops things it shouldn't stop at point blank, I shot it once in that side armor with my m48 and it somehow turned his track yellow

@davyjones5873

9 ай бұрын

It's a 120mm plate at an angle that's more than 45°.

@heliogonzalezsanchez8227

9 ай бұрын

to be fair, he shot the absolute worst spot on the is 6 side, the turret side can be penned easily, and the lower side can also be penned with ease even when angled a bit by the 100 mm

@stylishniggachannel4763

9 ай бұрын

Soviet steel is to blame

10:26 - biblically accurate IS6

I was one of 'those' players and when I first started I bought this premium tank. And without a doubt, this tank helped me get to rank IV France in no time flat

@Eskeletor_210

9 ай бұрын

I love finding premiums that you can grind your way up without going into top tier

ah yes, the tank that somehow still makes APCBC relevant at 7.3

@Intern_-qv3ls

9 ай бұрын

There used to be the t32, but I believe it moved down to 7.0

@user-ig5uw1yr9q

9 ай бұрын

Nothing better than a 100mm slug to the face to handle most problems

@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS

9 ай бұрын

​@@Intern_-qv3lsit's still 7.3 I think. But the t32e1 is definitely 7.7 still. Also there's many vehicles with apcbc in high brs, and it works

@Intern_-qv3ls

9 ай бұрын

@@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS yea, it is. I was messed up because my 7.3 lineup was screwed with since the m48a1 is now 7.7…

@r.ndomperson

9 ай бұрын

​@@Intern_-qv3lsmaybe the M47 will be somewhat relevant now

I would love to see you do some challenge videos where you play a tank under certain limitations like super low ammo or something of that nature

@Spike_365

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, or if he only playing in the view points of the zoomed in version of the commander, the gun sight, and the driver view, like a realistic mode challenge….. and maybe a challenge on tanks like the tiger one but with full ammo

@bouteilledeau1463

9 ай бұрын

H35 at top tier and win?

@krissiehunt319

4 ай бұрын

Night vision only

i love the somua. id love to see a full lineup 7.3-7.7 france video if you ever feel like switching things up to longer content! otherwise, id suggest the auf1 again.. if you liked the 2s3m, you'll like it's (imo) better counterpart.

@zenerobloodaxe

9 ай бұрын

big cannon with big boom yes

You should totally play the type 62, it’s basically a mini rat T-54

@cardiv5zuikaku944

8 ай бұрын

Ah yes, love the tank

@josku5

8 ай бұрын

Such a fun vehicle

Crazy that this sits at 7.3 despite being better than it’s 7.7 counterparts.

@Marsuvee

9 ай бұрын

Crazy?

@reimuhakurei2208

9 ай бұрын

Yeah no, both the Lorraine and AMX-50 (which should be 7.3) are much faster than it, the armor of the Somua doesn't mean shit when it has the biggest weak point out of any heavy tank in the game And the somua is also much more slower than both of them

@arlobones3410

9 ай бұрын

I mean it’s premium so, money is more important than balance

@Blazeyaboi

9 ай бұрын

@@reimuhakurei2208 much better armor than both AMX-50s though also it’s still pretty mobile. Much rather play this than any of the AMX-50s.

@edwardking9359

9 ай бұрын

​@@TheBananamongerbecause the panther was a medium tank, and the Somua SM was a prototype heavy tank

I love the Somua. You HAVE to play it aggressively. Because of the reload, and relatively decent mobility, executing a flank on the enemy team can win whole games if you're fast and accurate enough.

Genuinely one of the best parts of the french autoloader tank line up is the camos/livery sets they can get. They're all such good aesthetics.

This is my 64th attempt at asking spookston to play the t32e1. Man fighting competent french players is hard

@galacticdragon9841

8 ай бұрын

especially any of the fast french tanks (amx-50 and the damn light tanks). I am grinding Russia 6.3 right now and every time I go up against French tanks I die.

10:23 biblically accurate IS-6

I am once again request a video of the Type 75 SPH, because I think a 155mm with over 9kg of explosive filler and a 10 second autoloader at 6.3 would be hilarious

@josku5

8 ай бұрын

Yes! My single favourite tank in the game!

day 4 of asking spookston to play the Churchill crocodile

Day 1 of telling spookston to play the 3 inch gun carrier

Anyone who doesn't own the Somua is really messing up. It's such a good tank, and the french 6.7-7.3 BR lineups are just insane in general. Pair it with the AMX-50 premium from the marketplace and there isn't much you can't deal with. Really the only fault is the incredibly long first stage replenish time, and how careful you need to be to not deplete it. I bullied an entire german team by myself on 2-cap Advance to the Rhine the other day without any effort.

@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS

9 ай бұрын

Im sorry I don't give gaijin my money 💀

@r.ndomperson

9 ай бұрын

the AMX-50 premium from the market... mf you mean the Surblinde??? that bitch goes for over 800GJN lmao

@Igzilee

9 ай бұрын

How is not spending $40 for a SINGLE TANK 'messing up'. Also, right now the ONLY two tech tree 6.7 French vehicles are the AMX-13 and the AMX M4. How is that an insane lineup? French 7.3 is also not amazing unless you spend that $40. 7.3 doesn't have any good air support options either. No thanks.

@moery2435

8 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@Igzilee you can still use lower tier french vehicles, they’re still strong lol like the M4A4 SA50 has 200mm of pen with a 10 sec reload also you can just use the F4U-7 or AD-4 as CAS or if you dont mind going to 7.7 then you can use the F-84G it really doesnt matter when the F4U-7 is literally the best corsair in the game in terms of CAS and can carry 3x1000 lbs bombs and 114 SNEB rockets that are easy to aim and have 400mm of pen, not to mention the 4x20mm M3s that are so fucking busted ever since the realshatter fix and what do you mean french 7.3 isnt amazing? Its fucking superb

@Igzilee

8 ай бұрын

​@@moery2435 You face so many jets and radar SPAA at 7.3 that prop planes are practically useless, especially when they are weighed down by ordnance. Not to mention your own SPAA is borderline useless as well. And the M4A4 SA50 at 6.7 or 7.3? Nice joke. It doesn't have anything going for it that high. And a 7.7 lineup is 7.7. Not 6.7, not 7.3.

Now that you've played the Somua, I think it's time you struggle with the Amx-13 SS.11

Your content is just getting better and better, and it's just more fun to much over time. idk why, but it just is.

I love the somua. I just wish it wasnt capped at 40km/h

So glad they didn't ruin the French 7.3 lineup with the last BR changes. Also I hate how the French commander now doesn't make a difference between hitting a target and killing a target. I wish he said "cible détruite" when you kill something. Also 4s reload is hella satisfying to watch, you should do it again in the SK-105/JaPz.K A2 (Day 76)

@Liv1nMohawk

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, they should change enemies touché to cible frappé

@jeandelacroix6726

8 ай бұрын

​@@Liv1nMohawk tu touches une cible tu ne la frappes pas

Spookston Love your Videos, i found that the video you made a while ago where you tested how many german players specificly tiger players knew where to shoot the jumbo (?) i think, if you would take the jumbo and put the number 4 decal 2 times but flip one of them and put them so that it makes an arrow pointing towards your weakspot, then you can do the same statitics as you did in that old video but with the arrows

8:33 You are right. There is a picture from the war in Ukraine which shows a Msta-S destroyed. Not only does it appear that the propellant detonated, but the projectiles also detonated, leading the the complete destruction of the turret, with the gun lying about 10-20m from the hull.

I would love to see you play the M47 (105/55) OTO. it's the only varient with a 105mm canon instead of 90mm, so it gets access to different shells. it used to be 7.3 like all the other version but Gaijin decided to move only the Italy one up to 7.7 in the recent patch

@teun911

9 ай бұрын

Gaijin why, it was already awful for a 7.3

Okay, so! For anyone who might play this vehicle, there are certain covers such as those found on Seversk-13 city road that are capable of fully blocking off your weak turret armor and only showing them your gun and the actually surprisingly strong upper turret armor. I myself had a game, on attack and defend on Seversk-13 where I camped in the middle of the map in this sort of position where I hid my weak turret sleeve and only exposed the gun and the only times I got penned was the cupola, and of course had a butt ton of kills. You can play this thing hull down, but you have to pretty damn picky about cover. So you got that wrong, Spookston! (Just so you know I'm not speaking shit, 56% winrate in the Somua with around a 2.44 KDR ratio. Username is Panzerpartisan!)

@youlaughyouphill842

9 ай бұрын

Hulldown is fine as long as you only show your gun

Hey spookston, would you be interested in doing a historical video like you used to do on what kind of tank shells were used most commonly during the second world war? I've been thinking about it as of late and while I could easily just go find out for myself, I miss some of the old format videos you used to do and would love to see you talk about it a bit :)

Honestly Im enjoying how Spookston puts little bits into his video like taking a new engine, or the turret. Where it's just haha funny clips of WT but it adds to the video. also heavy dressed as a medium? reverse panther

Hello Spookston! I really appreciate your videos and how often you upload :D I would love seeing you trying the M18 GMC. I think Its a really fun tank. Thank you for entertaining us viewers!

@rarespetrusamartean5433

8 ай бұрын

dude screw that thing, it's like a BT-5 but for the higher br's

@Rainbown1037

8 ай бұрын

@@rarespetrusamartean5433Well, I think it does pretty well. •Good reverse speed •Turret speed is decent too And you can one shot pretty mich everything If you shoot the right spots. But of course I respect your opinion too :)

@rarespetrusamartean5433

8 ай бұрын

@@Rainbown1037 my point was that it's good and very annoying to deal with

@Rainbown1037

8 ай бұрын

@@rarespetrusamartean5433 Ooops sorry I misunderstood you then :)

Hey Spooks, you should try the M47, I dont know much about it but I feel like it's the least played of all the Pattons, also looks cool

@Joe-ss9is

9 ай бұрын

as an M47 user (my best tank according to my stats) it’s better than the M48 in terms of mobility, it gets the same shells minus HESH, gets a coaxial .50 which has saved my life more times than I can count, a turret that’s actually very low profile and a lower BR than the M48 (7.3 vs 7.7), downside is the hull isn’t as troll-y as the M48 but honestly the extra crewmember is worth the trade-off so all in all? yeah, good tank

@Home0fHurt

9 ай бұрын

My man talking like he knows him personally

@JimmySaulGoodmanMcGill1960

9 ай бұрын

@@Home0fHurt we love 'em parasocial relationships!

@Home0fHurt

9 ай бұрын

@@JimmySaulGoodmanMcGill1960 My bad I didn't realize I was talking with such pristine individuals

What editing software do you use? I love the editing!

When shooting the side of an IS6/4 always go for the lower part of their sidskirt their belly is quite exposed and only 20 mills think plus there is usually ammo. That allows you to pen those tanks even when angled. Keep up the great work.

You should try Panther F, it's in my opinion a very underated Tank. It has a Range Finder, a very good gun and it is a Panther so very fun to play

@daskollektiv4593

8 ай бұрын

Not only does it have a range finder it has a shorter barrel and a quicker reload and I guess thicker side armour but it's still mostly useless

First game I played with this I got 4 kills, real nice. It’s decently fast but if it is one a slight incline you become a snail

Bruh, I feel you on those allergies. Week or two ago I had hives all down my arms and normally a single Claritin melt clears it up. NOPE. Took Claritin, Benadryl, and Zyrtec damn near every day and it wasn't clearing up until suddenly it just went away a few days ago.

Bro I love your videos, THANKS!!!

You can try the swedish t-28 because its pretty strong at 1.7

You didnt pen the is6 cause it was angled. It definetely was over 15 to 20 degrees. You should also shoot above the tracks on the flat bit before the upper angled portion, you are gonna pen easier that way.

my first premium was amx-50to90 which is quite similar to this in terms of gameplay and i absolutely love it

God the little sound edits are my absolute favorite

Spook, you should play the T32/E1. I heard they're a little better now with the BR changes

@raketny_hvost

9 ай бұрын

"little". just like 7.7 still doesn't wipe whole 6.7 now

@youlaughyouphill842

9 ай бұрын

@@raketny_hvostnah, there are still heat launchers at low BR that help agaisnt heavily armored heavies and 6.7 heavies have enough pen to aim for weakspots

@raketny_hvost

9 ай бұрын

@@youlaughyouphill842 lol, you are so idiot that you think they will let you stay still and aim for weakspots instead of flanking or wiping you out first

If you thought that non pen on the IS-6 was frustrating, I got killed in my T32 by an IS-6 while my turret was angled. The effective thickness was over 1000mm of armor yet it still penned and killed me. Still has me confused.

@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188

9 ай бұрын

I've had a King Tiger face hug my T28 and he was able to kill me through my 305mm plate. His round spawned inside my tank, bounced off my 305mm armor, did a 180 degrees bounce and flew into the crew then exploded. This was like 5 years ago though lol.

That tank is so fun it was one of the first vehicles I bought and now I play it at 7.3 in AB and it changes either you win or you lose. Very effective any new people who want hood tank should get that

I like that you can see those cooling fans spinnin in there. It feels like you're driving a steampunk machine or something.

(Attempt #16) I am once again requesting that you play the Italian 90/53 M41. It is killer in CQC and can pen tanks most others can't with its shell (perfect for bullying KV-1s). It is surprisingly survivable if you don't get strafed and is a good TD... when you aren't reloading

Hey Spookston! Quick interesting little thing I noticed about War Thunder gameplay. I was playing the IPM1 (yes I died a lot to Russian top tier because of BR changes) and I took a hit, killing my loader and making my commander orange. After some time my commander became my loader, when I returned to a base cap to replenish a crew member, my orange commander wasn’t replaced with a new loader, but instead I got my commander back. So interestingly enough, I think you can in fact have two commanders in your tank considering how crew experience works in agility. Just a thought, although would it be possible to explain this?

That basketball smack on something sound is almost a classic of this channel.

The biblically accurate IS6 jump scare though

Thanks for posting buddy

Lol the clip at 13:00 was me and my friend burrito both in m-50s, shooting one after another. Surprised you managed to tank that many rounds. And of course the clip afterwards was me in the f-80 dying from lag lol. I assure you I can fly better than that... most of the time. Wish we could have stopped the advance, but your team kept throwing more tanks than we could stop at that point.

armor also works pretty well if youre toptier in that thing. especially the upper front plate

Great video as always! I'm interested in buying the T-55AM-1, by any chance can we get a video about it one day, now that it sits at 8.7?

that IS-6 with 6 eyes was honestly the highlight of the video - that's honestly the most unique tank paint job I've ever seen and I would have laughed my ass off had I died to that in game

I love how this and the AMX TO90 are the same br but the TO90 smaller caliber autoloader is slower

iv bought this when it was on sale and iv loved it ever since, the french autoloaders are my favorite so i just had to get this to full my 7.3-7.7 lineup

3:20 that is some great pronunciation, and also it means "target touched"

this is great! how about the M4A3 105? or maybe a straight air RB video lol. any just subbed keep it up!

That IS-6 was just manifestation of the Angel in tank form

Picked this up last summer sale and HOLY HELL it's been the most fun I've had in WT

The first match is the only time i've seen solid shot oneshotting most of the time. At least before at some point they've been nerfed a lot; that still doesn't make sense since aphe doesn't make that much of a difference (at least for 76mm and less) (according to british trials) (but i'm sure it does when the tnt equivalent is more than 50 grams) (but it still has to do a lot more damage especially since the loss of one or two crew members doesn't do that much in this game)

This is such a cool tank, great vid. I reccomend you play the SU (or ISU) 152, it is a great TD which is heaps of fun to play. The armor isn't the greatest though

Reminds me of the amx50b in wot. I loved playing that thing back in the day

As someone with a nearly 2 KD in the Somua... I approve of the praise heaped upon it. Truly a god tier vehicle

I love these tank , I grinded france from rank 1 to rank 5 to it, get usualy a 6 kill match with no stress. Love your content .

Hi Spookston. Could you do a video explaining how to tell if its an uptier or downtier. Thanks, love the videos btw

My favorite part of the Somua is that it poops out the spent shells after firing

Love the videos spooks! You should play the Centauro I 105, I think you'd like it :3

I love how the tank just poops out the shell casings

That AML-90 with the double arty kill at :43 o_0

10:28 That IS-6 had some be not afraid type energy.

Is-6 is so nasty its like the designers designed it specifically to be good in war thunder since it drove 10 feet and the transmission overheated and broke down

4:27 I assumed the CAS spot was the free space in Spookston Video Bingo.

If you're having allergy troubles, I highly recommend getting an air filter for your room. On my bad days Zyrtec wasn't enough so I decided to get an air filter. Helps so much to the point that I don't need to take it most days. Honeywell makes some good ones.

Hey spook, can you please try the 5.3 jumbo again, i just bought the cobra king for usa grind and have been having such great time playing it! Btw is there coming a discord server?

They did something to the pen values. I was playing with a T|26-E5, and I got a perfectly flat, point-blank side shot on a king tiger and it just non-penned. I then non-penned a light tank.

A Somua video on my birthday! Only thing better would be video about the American T34 heavy tank

Spookston, something I have learned is to unlearn that spawn point/uptier thing. It will never give you useful intel, and it only serves to either demoralize you or make you overconfident.

kinda sexy how the fans in the radiator are fully modelled and rotating

10:26 the 3 eyes on each side remind me of the playstation 3 series of "Resistance"

The true French sports car. And a suggestion for next tank, can you play the Gun carrier (3-in)?

another day another great video from spookston

Nice video as always. Can you please play the Japanese Tiger No6? IMO its a bit underpowered on 5.7 and up

I’ve always thought it would be cool to try a South African vehicle, the Rooikat 105 is one of my favourite vehicles irl

12:11 That Pershing's turret is now part of the space program.

spookston resisting the urge to say "was a [blank]" everytime he spots something and kills it

13:33 that genuine excitement and depression 😂

also I am very surprised from the lack of turm 3s in the video they usually just go around like pests the whole match

Man the amount of Halo CE references and sounds... I love it, makes me wonder what the most Halo like tank is in War Thunder. Also makes me want a Halo Event, Scorpion MBT's for everyone.

i really like the crew voice for France especially the *_CIBLE TOUCHÉE_*

I think I remember you saying the Jpz-90 was quite sad, however i find it quite fun and highly recommend you play it!

@the_fat_hans7755

9 ай бұрын

Same that tank is a monster at 6.3 with its reload and maneuverability.

@thekringe4387

9 ай бұрын

@@the_fat_hans7755 exactly! The stock Hesh grind was horrible though until i figured out i can roof shot almost anything!

I was wondering if you'd cover the massive howitzer thing in the french tree at 7.0, the FaUT1 or something (close enough).

This thing is absolutely crazy. Amazing gun with absurd autoloader, cracked ass mobility, good survivability especially if they cant hit the neck weakspot.

One must imagine spookston happy

damn, spookston found out about my spookston video bingo card

Also the biggest weakness of this next to the really weak turret ring is the first ammo reload. It only has 8 round in the first ammo rack. And it takes so fucking long to reload it. It's easier to just drive to a point and the ammo gets instantly reloaded into the autoloader.

Never go the upper hull side of the IS-6, go for the lower side hull. usually kills the whole crew, or sets of the ammo. in the somua

The Type 60 SPRG would be fun one for you to play.

I think we all deserve a Spookston VS Simulator vid

A slick reminder about IT-1, a fun missile tank.

I like the way you start the video with a meme 😂