Many Soviet tanks came out of the factory with a couple logs on them so they could be put under the tracks in boggy terrain. It was also thought they might activate the initial fuse on incoming rounds stopping them from penetrating and spalling properly.

@calebtron3077

2 жыл бұрын

The philippine army recently done this during a war in Marawi instead of wood they used cardboard.

@ConnerV

2 жыл бұрын

@@calebtron3077 wood is 100% more efficient at stopping and pre igniting lol, silly Philippines

@willdenoble1898

2 жыл бұрын

It actually worked. Espec on HEAT and HESH.

@richmonddecastro682

2 жыл бұрын

@@calebtron3077 they also used woods.

@CatsAreAmazing8187

Жыл бұрын

@@ConnerV well the cardboard worked anyway

The new IS-2 is probably the only tank where it’s cosmetics actually work as intended

@KorporalNoobs

2 жыл бұрын

Judging from the few gameplay scenes of the new Leopard 2 (Pz.Bat. 123), I would say that the camo nets seem to work pretty well too.

@QuintonRC23

2 жыл бұрын

Russian bias

@osirisgames1057

2 жыл бұрын

@@KorporalNoobs how so??? the nets dont add anything other than camo at a br that uses thermals........

@BritishAgriPhotography

2 жыл бұрын

@@osirisgames1057 then why do many current MBTs still use camo nets? They are intended to break up the profile of the tank

@tungabunga4107

2 жыл бұрын

@@BritishAgriPhotography because infantry exist???

Fun fact: The wood was actually not intended as armor. It was intended to help unstuck the tank if it got stuck in terrain. They'd wedge the log beneath the track and help the tank remove itself. But of course, it was an extra layer of protection against shells.

@unfortunately_fortunate2000

2 жыл бұрын

I did know know that but I don't think wood has any protection value as armor, unless they can test to figure out what arrangement of logs will detonate a HEAT round, I would suspect even at the very best is could be used to reduce how effective a HEAT round is but with tandem charges kinda being the standard these days, that too would be of zero use. it was never intended as protection, hence why most russian ww2 tanks had the log on the back because there's no other use for it than getting some traction when you're stuck.

@Shuttle187

2 жыл бұрын

I certify this fun fact to be factual. 👍

@dafuqmr13

2 жыл бұрын

What about morning wood?

@MasterChiefSargeant

2 жыл бұрын

Wood or tracks or cement or whatever was the first copium armor applied to tanks. They didn't do anything to protect your tank better.

@tpaul802

2 жыл бұрын

They would chain the log to the tracks at the front and drive forward until the log was at the back of the tank. Repeat if needed

The wooden loggs on tanks would be used to get more friction on the ground, if the tank got stuck in mud.

@agrivonix5570

2 жыл бұрын

They also give extra speed, just hang them on the vehicle of choice and , BAM! extra speed.

I absolutely love that I find myself being able to identify most tanks just by small details now, I promise I will find a time and place to use this knowledge in the real world one day.

@mastersniper4201

2 жыл бұрын

Well, if you are playing game this is amazing ability cause you can recognise a lot of weakspots, but that most applises to old soviet/german tanks that did had a ton of moedls that actually changed aboslutelly nothing. I just can't visualise how knowladge how to recognise each is2 etc... applies to reality. There is no possibilty of you using this knowladge.

@highjumpstudios2384

2 жыл бұрын

Women love to hear about tiny details on different tanks. You should try it on your next date!

@_invencible_

2 жыл бұрын

@@highjumpstudios2384 awesome! now i only need to get a date...

@shnapp

Жыл бұрын

@@mastersniper4201 🤓

A tree gets larger in diameter, the older it gets. The older the tree, the harder the wood. Therefore; two younger trees ("tandem wood") with 100mm armor value being comparable to a single older tree with 100mm, completely checks out. What _DOESN'T_ track, is the 100mm equivalent armor value lol Those look like pine or spruce, which are soft. Plus, wood isn't a nice strong crystallized structure like metal... it's a weak, flimsy fibrous structure, and potentially waterlogged if recently cut down... So it might gain a bit of stopping power, but since water doesn't like to compress, it'd give the log all the *more* reason to blow apart like that do. _(I know, he's only joking, and, it's only a game, but just contributing that for the sake of the conversation 😁)_

@sylamy7457

2 жыл бұрын

That’s cute

We know that an is-2 with Wood armour has more armoured than the maus Also, Attack the D point

@genghiskarsten6297

2 жыл бұрын

Defend the D point!

@Geniusinventor

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@ExcavationNation

2 жыл бұрын

NEVER!!

@iamperplexed4695

2 жыл бұрын

Attack your own D point.

@Geniusinventor

2 жыл бұрын

@@iamperplexed4695 ....... do you play war thunder?

Big thing on tank gearing. Don’t know for sure on the IS series, bit t34’s we’re verse really able to use a higher gear than second as their gears were too far spaced out. The driver physically couldn’t drive the tank faster than like 15kmh in combat.

@tonedeaftachankagaming457

2 жыл бұрын

Supposedly the hull gunner would have to help the driver ram it into third, right?

@0Turbox

2 жыл бұрын

Same goes to reloading while going full speed in cross-country, or climbing steep hills.

@rettichdergeile9361

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonedeaftachankagaming457 according to some sources the drivers would carry hammers to get into 3rd gear

@DS-wl5pk

2 жыл бұрын

@@rettichdergeile9361 this is true, not ALL obviously, but the ones that survived long enough to figure it out

@jamesrowlands8971

2 жыл бұрын

Stop taking Lazerpig seriously. He thinks that Russia doesn't have it's own GPS.

I love playing Is-2, it actually made a difference when fighting Panthers n Tigers but I always end up against BR that is 7.0 or 7.3 which is not ideal 😅

"The morning wood is harder than anything known to mankind" - Me

One tank uses the log as armor the other design has a probably lighter dryer log used to help get you un stuck. The improvised log armor is green logs. Thus the small wet logs offer the same impact protection as the thicker dried log that was cut down before the tank was built

Super happy to see the IS-2 get some love, it's quite possibly my favourite tank in WT. :D I hope we get more little events like this one again.

Metal Armor worst armor Wood Armor good armor No armor best armor

You got some serious wood there Phly…

6:00 You killed the SINGLE Icelandic WT player daddy Phly! Shame on you LOL

show the true power of russian bias and take bt-5 into top tier and get a kill day 1

the technique you talk about really only applies to the first is-2, with low armour at the front, you reverse into battle so you have a much lower chance of getting killed, since the engine absorbs the damage. If you were to go facing forwards, any shot to your front would easily kill you. On the other IS-2s you got way more armour on the front so you don't really need to do that.

@danb4900

Жыл бұрын

Weak lower front plate

Day 210: Phly, you should play the Hawk III Chinese fighter; 900lbs of bombs in a biplane at 1.0 that you can dogfight in after dropping. Totally balanced.

@bobbob903

2 жыл бұрын

I brought that thing because of your comments lol

@bobbob903

2 жыл бұрын

Phly would bully the poor new players in that thing

@danielkershner3269

2 жыл бұрын

Come on guys let this guys dream come through

@JosephStalin-yk2hd

2 жыл бұрын

PHLY, just.. DO IT!!

@leongjordan5272

2 жыл бұрын

I am thankful for every single day Phly doesn't

That German TD was sneaky as fuck! One of my favorite last minute stealth spots to use.

I love how when u shoot the shot intimately obliterated the crew before even pening

2:39 Phly this is the 4th time! You need help with the meters and milimeters! *500mm away?!*

Please let 2:17 “girth of the wood” become a catchphrase of the Phly community. “Ooh my missile didn’t hit that G.91…..must be the girth of the wood.” Would be phantastic.

A lot of tanks keep timber for 2 reasons, 1 for a small amount of amour but it also is used for when a tank gets stuck in mud they are able to put them under the tracks acting somewhat like the modern plastic tracks that 4x4 trucks used.

The angled engine deck of an is series is actually far more resilient than you would think. It will stop a Panther's round and can even give a long 88 a run for its money.

Just a little nerd comment: the WW2 Russian tanks has grat mobility because of their diesel engines. They produced 2200 Nm of torque at 1200 rpm, and depending on the variant they can put out 450-700 HP with a speed of 1800-2000 rpm. For comparison, the gasoline Maybach HL230 had a maximum power of 700HP at 3000 rpm, but the peak torque was at very high rpm: 1800Nm@2100rpm. The Ford GAA (M26, later Shermans, etc) has 1400Nm@2200 rpm and 500HP@2600rpm. The diesel engines have much more flatter torque curves than gasoline engines, so they can put out more power through the full rpm range.

Wooden stalinium.

The logs are used if you need traction on muddy terrain if you didn’t know😁

0:54 ur my fav youtuber not just because u intro duced me to war thunder a week ago but that ur also an f1 fan

The soviets used the wood on the tanks for when the got stuck in mud or Skeg. You would chain the wood to the tracks to act as a giant paddle. There are vids showing this.

I remeber reading somewhere, that the loga where used as an help with mud etc. But also to put under the tanks rear for getting more depression in Hilly terrain.

That was an exciting video - thank you for giving me wood.

wooden armor gets implemented, normal people: nice some extra protection. Phly: I DEMAND PROPPER THICCNES!!! :D

The reason why the Soviets changed to wood because Human Space armor doesn't protect the tank to chemical rounds

War Thunder ground rb summed up - bonks riding a 1/6 scale sherman while Steve presses w and clicks the button to shoot

Even today, Russian tanks use the logs to help them get out of the mud. The crew puts it on the ground in front of the tank for it to get traction. It’s NOT spaced armor!

Philippine army used wooden armor as well to combat insurgent rockets

Wood on Russian tanks is more than 3 times more effective than the additionnal armor found on the British Challenger Tanks in War Thunder. Yes No Russian bias

@bananabatsy3708

2 жыл бұрын

Challenger has armour? That too additional?

@jp18449

2 жыл бұрын

Bias towards to commies and bias against countries like the UK. We've known this for years from Gaijin...

@gaiofattos2

2 жыл бұрын

Russian rubber > 10 ton of composite armor in war thunder.

The IS-2 and T 34 85 D5T are my 2 most played tanks in the game, theyre also my favorite

Reverse Facing Gang still strong in the IS-2 Phly to this day and i cant tell u how many times its saved me against Tiger IIs, Nashorns, Sturers, Waffentragers and honestly every other tank that isnt british with op sabot

Hey phly, love the latest vid as always! The IS2 has always been a treasure in my opinion, if it wasn’t for the Tiger 2H I think it would be the best tank for 6.0-6.7 Maybe the T26-e5 might steal that away a tiny bit? But the IS2 has always been a power house I know you’ll be super busy with the update as it comes, but if you ever get bored… You should check out the Italian C13 T90! It was the vehicle that got me my phirst nuke, and I’d like to see it and the ABUL/74 (specifically the 90mm) on the channel! The combo means in any terrain you can get to a sneaky spot, and scout phor tons of SP! (Day 80) (But play the Hawk III first)

@jamesrowlands8971

2 жыл бұрын

Have you used the IS-2's HE shot to take out the hull roof of tanks it can't penetrate? Like the one Phly encountered in this video?

@bornonthebattlefront4883

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesrowlands8971 I have not! I usually stay away from HE because of how inconsistent it is for me Same for HESH I can never get it to penn what it’s supposed to Heat or solid shot for me! Or filler rounds Love the Italian and Russian filler rounds

@jamesrowlands8971

2 жыл бұрын

@@bornonthebattlefront4883 it's useful for those situations where two heavies encounter each other and don't have good shots on each other. That usually allows you the chance for the reload and the careful shot. For most German heavies you want to hit the bottom of the mantlet. Remember to reset your range after changing ammo types.

@bornonthebattlefront4883

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesrowlands8971 well I main Italy So… Yeah No real function for me lol I got up to IS3 for Russia, m4a3 for America, tiger 1h for Germany and the French B2 Bis That’s it Still trying to finish up Italy, I’m at 8.7 for air, only have the starter heli, and got to get everything 10.0+ for ground I don’t play much of Russia or really any other tech tree anymore I started with Italy and I’m trying to finish it up now

@jamesrowlands8971

2 жыл бұрын

@@bornonthebattlefront4883 Italy looks like an interesting tree. I'm at 9.3 on the Soviet tree. My other trees are low. Best is China at 5.7.

i am currently playing the 5.7 is-2 and i do the reverse is-2 strat works pretty well forces enemies to aim for my turret and not just point shoot at the giant lowerplate better kill my engine than my whole crew, i also overangle the side a bit and bait people into shooting the side, most tanks will bounce but tanks with heat will go through, the reverse is-2 at 5.7 works pretty good

the most fun tank ive found above 6.3 6.7 is the maus you only have 3 outcomes and all the time on the way to the fight to try to figure out which one youll gett

What rolls down stairs like boulders and pears? Rolls over your neighbors dog? What fits on your back, is great for a snack?

The way Phly say wood, sounds like from the announcer in stronghold crusader saying wood needed

When you were trying to figure out how to pen that T-26 at the 5:00 mark, is exactly how I feel when trying to pen a KV-85 when I'm in a mid-tier Sherman

@Rodri_man544

2 жыл бұрын

theres a weakspot on the lower glacis on T-26

@condor7964

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rodri_man544 I rarely play that high in BR/tier.

@Rodri_man544

2 жыл бұрын

@@condor7964 playing for fun? Thats good

@condor7964

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rodri_man544 Eh, playing because I don't have much else to do in my spare time. Sometimes I enjoy it.

i know this is really late to comment this but the strategy with the IS-2 driving backwards is a thing, although it is better to just use the front armor of the 1944 design, unless you want to guard that lower plate

Comming in hot with the next update: super-op cope cages! xD

Missed the race but went to Monoco, Nice and Cannes last week so beautiful!

What's the best kind of armor? Gaijin: well...there is this log...

Hehe wood is stronger then metal confirmed.

I’ve got to thank phly he got me into realistic battles when I used to play arcade. I got the ISU-122 and I have been doing amazing even without it.

Heard people say IS2 1944 sucks but I have so much fun in it

I always thought it would be cool to see the logs fall or take some damage if you shot at them

Phly, you might've seen it. Twin 23mm at 4.3 . Test it. You know what you have to do.

My brain seriously cannot understand how two wooden logs have almost the same thickness as the tigers front plate

@frostedbutts4340

2 жыл бұрын

Nah they don't, wood is something like 5% of the same protection as steel per MM in WT

Hi Phly I advise to have a keybind for your gun on the cupola so your turret doesnt swing with your dshk when you want to focus on a plane or light vehicle

@jamesrowlands8971

2 жыл бұрын

100%. Plus you can use it to accurately spot targets at long distance from behind cover.

The maneuverableity comes from the torque of the diesel engines used in all of the russian tanks. They just needed fewer gears, as as an example their german gasoline powered counterparts.

Wood meta confirmed.

“Jam a wet noodle into a….what the fuu….dawg you got problems”

You should object. a piece of wood is in reality not going to have any appreciable effect on a tank round inbound, unless you cut down the General Sherman Sequoia and hid behind it.

I absolutely love the is2. It is such a great tank

Its called Stallinwood, it has 175 - 180 mm Armor...The T-44 had a log on the back 175 mm armor.

Next Lv Paper Amor 😂 finally paper armor that does something

Remember when Gaijin was thinking of adding armor degradation, where if you shoot a couple of times at a similar spot, the armor becomes weaker and you have bigger chance to pen? Yeah, guess they went with the easier solution where pretty much anything can pen anything. Cars with guns.

it funny that ur MG can pen through any tree but when those tree was put on tanks somehow become much thicker and can block shells

Yeah, same. 6.3 is the limit of BR that I could enjoy and if I want to go up, 9.3-10.0 would be the limit with only 2-3 game per day.

Love the content Phly, keep it up. Combo time, non premium P61 black widow and m4a2. Attempt 62

So what gaijin is saying: concrete armor isn’t armor… but wood almost acts like it? What?!

Damn I subbed when you had about 150k, had you on my team back in 2017, these videos are still great. Been a good journey phly keep it up 👍🏻

*poinst curser at turret's rounded edge on the back of it* "Yeah that wood makes it like 300 mm"

Hey love your videos man your the reason why I started to get into warthunder

That engine and trans runs and shifts better than a new corvette haha nothing to see nothing wrong

Sees IS2. Laughs in m22, F4U-1C, and F4U-4B

Ussr had the best 6.3 lineup with the T44 before the nerf plus the is2 and the su100p

Can you do a video on the T10M? It look like an is-3 on steroids, is really funny to play and is also a really good tank. I personally play it just with the APHE an some HE.

Phly is on pure TF2 Heavy energy:) great vid

Now I have a question I can't see enemies easily from third person view. Usually I use binoculars but I think I'm using it way too much İs something wrong with me or it's really hard to see the enemy Also does graphics affect spotting enemy

@Rodri_man544

2 жыл бұрын

sorry to say this but yes its the graphics, happens to me too

Phly! Use the AR 234 to kill SPAA! What i usually do check where they shooting from, go towards them from far, and in a climb lob the bomb. It's very satisfying as they trying to shoot you, and the bomb is already flung in their direction :)

5:51 you killed me phly you sneaky boy, I remember that. I had been looking for someone over there for a while and decided to move and BAM!

8:57 Facts

boy the worst part is wood actually helps in terms of protection at the time

6:05 i feel PERSONALLY attacked

HeY pHly thE wOOd isnT arMoR, ItS to Fr33 tHe tONk fRuM mUhD.

In my country, we actually use Wood and cardboard armor as an alternative to reactive armor.

" I just wanna be inside its engine " - Fly

Phly “ don’t go higher than 6.7 or your in the frustration “ me currently frustrated at 4.3 German tds

I think the logs saved me once from a heat FS round once.

“Measures the girth of wood”. That’s what she said !

War thunder should add a half-track that's just a bunch of guys in the back with Panzerfausts

I have found out that 5.3 US is a pretty sweet br, from up there there is a bunch of suffering at least for me

sandwichman in that m18 was putting in work

the thumbnail is like the philippine AFP tanks with plywoods lol.

Horsepower is king, transmission gears are the queen and rear end is the kid. Please remember it takes a family to make it work and change how tons are able to move quicker. Now add cousins gas and diesel to the equation. It’s called racing people. 😀

I think the IS-2's reload rate forces YOU, Phly, to play at a slower, more measured pace, rather than running around "with your head cut off." Not all of us do the latter even if a vehicle allows it. ;) Maybe try it sometime, particularly in a TD or SPG? ;)

When logs can serve as a reactive armour

Son of a pickle... Well that's a new one! Im'a defiantly use it!

First time I played the IS 2 I hated it. But I do like to spade all my vehicles so I kept playing them. Had some good matches with them and finally got a 14 kill match in the IS2 1944. Was one of the best days I had in WT. The event IS2 is pretty fun as well. GG

Tankers: Let's have some logs to use them when we get stuck in mud. People: Look at those idiots, they use wood as armor!!! Gaijin: It's worth 100 mm ! Pure value!

A whole new meaning of “Got Wood”

Wood on side ... Stug III in Finland. So I guess we gonna get a new line.