• 4 months ago
In this episode we take a quick look at some of the new tanks in the tech tree, such as the:
M4A1 Sherman M2A4, M3 Stuart, SMK, Tiger (P) and many more.

In the next video I will be test driving some of the new tanks.

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Transcript
00:00Of course, the thing a lot of people are going to be looking for is the new American tanks.
00:06Unfortunately, we don't actually have many American tanks.
00:12We have the M3 Stuart and the M2A4.
00:16I'll quickly preview, well we can't really preview, it's customisation.
00:22So what's it got? 25mm hull armour all around.
00:28Pretty much the same for turret armour.
00:34Armour penetration, I don't know, it's not awful, but it doesn't seem that great.
00:40Although I suppose it is a reserve tank.
00:44Let's see what the effective thickness is.
00:48Yeah, it's not very sloped in a lot of areas.
00:52I think it's reasonably sloped. It's 15mm of armour, but it's basically 30mm thick.
00:58So yeah, it's quite well sloped in some areas, but on the whole it's not that great.
01:04Quickly see where the crew are.
01:08Machine gunner, your driver, your loader and your gunner.
01:14Quickly look at the M3.
01:18I may test drive them in a minute, but I want to preview them.
01:2438mm armour at the front, 25mm everywhere else.
01:30And that goes for hull and turret.
01:34Again, for crew. Effective thickness.
01:38Again, thickness is 15mm, but it's effectively 30mm.
01:44It's a bit better than the M2A1, but not that much better.
01:52It's got quite a few little flat sides, especially on the actual hull.
02:00And the back's got a tiny bit of sloping, but not that great.
02:04The Germans and the Russians actually got some new tanks, I believe.
02:08Er, come on. It went a bit laggy for a second there.
02:14We got the... which one is it?
02:18Is it this one? Preview?
02:22For the Germans it's preview, but for everyone else it's customisation.
02:28I believe this is the new Tiger tank. There were two designs for the Tiger, I believe this is the one that didn't make it.
02:36Right, get rid of X for a second so we can...
02:40I believe you can see it from the... the hull's a lot longer and the turret's right at the front.
02:46100mm thick armour at the front on the turret and the hull, or slightly thicker on the hull.
02:5282mm on the sides of the hull and the rear of the hull.
02:58And 82mm on the sides of the turret, but only 30mm at the rear of the turret.
03:04Which is... oh, I thought there'd be ammunition in there.
03:08Actually...
03:14Oh, they've stuck tracks on it or something.
03:18I don't know what this bit's meant to be, it doesn't show up.
03:22Which is weird.
03:24You've got your five crew, the commander, gunner, loader, machine gunner, driver.
03:28What else did the Germans get? I'm just trying to remember.
03:32It was the... where was it? Panzer IV E and the Panzer III J, I believe.
03:38Panzer IV E.
03:42It's written down in the patch notes, but I'm sure they already have this.
03:46Well, no, they can't do, because I'm already researching the F1.
03:50Right, 30mm at the front, 20mm at the sides and the back.
03:56Again, this thing, what is it?
04:02It doesn't show up, but it looks quite...
04:06You'd think whatever it is inside it would perhaps provide some decent armour, but apparently not.
04:12Again, gunner, loader, commander, machine gunner, driver.
04:1675mm cannon.
04:20I've been reading out them, I've just realised.
04:24What was the other one? Panzer III J, is it? I think it's just Panzer III J, not the J1 preview.
04:3050mm front and back, and 30mm sides.
04:3650mm front hull and turret, 50mm back hull, 30mm everywhere else.
04:42Apparently the rear was more of a fix.
04:46Something to do with being able to reverse and drive off without being destroyed so easily.
04:52Because obviously, if you're driving forward, you're probably a bit faster.
05:00It's more effective than reversing, I'm guessing.
05:06Again, doesn't seem all that remarkable. 5 crew again.
05:10Driver, machine gunner, gunner, loader, commander.
05:14I'm sure I just saw radio pop up somewhere.
05:18I don't know if that has any effect if it's destroyed.
05:22Now the Russians. The Russians get another premium.
05:26Where is it? The SMK. Oh my god, this is tier 2?
05:30What the...
05:32Oh, is this going to... It's Battle Reina 3.7.
05:36No, that's just going to get destroyed easy.
05:40There's no information on it, but...
05:44One 45mm turret, a 76mm turret, and a couple machine guns.
05:50And I keep clicking the wrong buttons.
05:54Come on, where's the X-Ray button when you've shown up?
06:00Here it is.
06:02Weird looking tank.
06:06Has very effective armour.
06:1075mm front, 60mm everywhere else.
06:14And, oh my god, effective thickness, 170 odd.
06:18How the hell?
06:22Wow.
06:26Yeah, I don't want to go against one of them.
06:30Effective thickness, 125mm at the back.
06:34It must be that bit there.
06:38Still bloody hell.
06:42It's gone now, but it said 200mm for a second.
06:46That's insane.
06:50And, oh god, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 crew.
06:54Driver, machine gunner, loader, gunner.
06:58Gunner, loader, commander.
07:02BT-5 and the M4A2.
07:06They got a Sherman tank.
07:10They actually got a Sherman before the Americans did.
07:14Although I think the Germans already had one anyway.
07:18M4A2, this is the more flat one at the front.
07:2463mm front, side and rear of the turret.
07:30And front of the whole 38mm everywhere else.
07:34Effective thickness, 80mm.
07:38Now I was a bit confused when they originally did this, because there was a bit of confusion on how thick the armour was going to be.
07:42And that might have been for the M4A1.
07:46I'm forgetting the bloody video I did on it.
07:50X-ray.
07:545 crew, machine gunner, driver, loader, gunner, commander.
07:58Is it BT-5? Yeah, BT-5 I think it was.
08:02It's a reserve tank, so 2 reserves now.
08:06That's kind of interesting.
08:10Customisation.
08:1440mm front hull, 20mm front turret, 15mm everywhere else.
08:18Wrong button again.
08:22Doesn't look all that special actually.
08:26I don't know, feels like they've just thrown it in because they could sort of thing.
08:30Not sure.
08:343 crew, gunner, driver, loader.
08:38How does it compare to the BT-7?
08:42Same gun, practically same armour.
08:46Same speed.
08:50Slightly worse engine.
08:54Yeah, I'm trying to see what else is here in the patch notes.
08:58I think there are a few more maps.
09:02But I don't think I'll be able to test them at the moment.
09:06Like I said, I haven't got much time until the server shuts down.
09:10Reading through the patch notes.
09:14Daily award for logging into the game has been added.
09:18That's quite good.

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