The Worst German Tank Destroyer
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- čas přidán 6. 02. 2024
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The Ferdinand or Elefant is a heavy tank destroyer based on the hull of the Porsche Tiger. It was quite unreliable historically speaking, but it still managed to do pretty well. It's good in War Thunder too.
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The Worst German Tank Destroyer - Hry
I lived
The day this wizard stops uploading is the day war thunder dies
are you sure?
congrats
I never surrender
I'm so happy to have finally bought something with your link now I have the decal 🤲
I love the dedication of sending a poll 4 hours before the video uploads, making a video in less than 4 hours man that was fast ggs
Plot twist: Spookie made the video beforehand already and knew that the Elephant would win the poll anyways.
He recorded 4 videos, and then asked us which one we want to see him edit and upload.@dominicdawsn3725
He knows his audience are gremlins who'd vote for the tank to make him suffer the most.
@@dominicdawsn3725 that's make sense
He had videos for each tank ready and uploaded the one that won. Now he's gonna release the 2nd place one saying, "A lot of other people wanted to see this."
"Germany makes the worst tank destroyer, asked to leave the Axis."
That's impossible because they made the Axis
@@MuricaRules "Sherlock homeless was found guilty during his trials, asked to leave Britain."
@@MuricaRulesso, it should be asked to dissolve the axis?
@javierteo3943 Nah the others overruled and kicked Germany out.
I´m sure the Italians cooked up something worse. They would make it up though in style points probably.
Spookston has two abilities: CAS attraction and Gremlin Detection.
Underrated comment
So let's adress the Elephant in the room...
*sounds of transmission breaking*
the Elefant in the room
*crunchy engine noises*
The M2A2 is a very fun vehicle. It's like a low tier IFV
It even has 2 turrets?! How insane can this thing be?
yes, 1 turret with M2 Browning
1 turret with .30 cal + another functioning .30 in the hull, basically its a open vehicles slayer😂
@@Tonyx.yt.very very effective in the tier its at
i just played it thanks to your comment on the last video. i got over 10 kills in one round and completely anihilated the enemy team. it was pretty fun, thanks mate and greetings from germany 🇩🇪✌🏻.
No no your doing it wrong, you need to mention attempt number 2000000
Spookston: "This is the WORST german TD"
All the shermans who didn't 1 shot him in the side: Uh-huh. sure buddy.
Well, it was the worst tank destroyer during the war.
@@StuartLegomanLittle Agreed, but warthunder doesn't model transmission and engine failures because that would be fun for absolutely no one xD
I'm pretty sure for some reason spookston meant in-game, which is REALLY weird because there's a few meh/bad TD's at rank 3-4 and they all have WAY worse armor/survivability than a ferdi.
"Why is everyone being so dumb right now? (to m18 death)" Did you expect anything better from an m18 player?
I mean M18 players are already behind you or trying to play the thing like the Jumbo. Not realizing basically every German tank can just front pen you.
Wise words
as an m18 enjoyer that doenst play it stationary. i am sad to see my kind is rare these days (good m18 players)
You never stay still with a m18
Could you play the T10M? I would really enjoy a High Tier Heavy Tank in the hands of someone who knows what he's doing
Why are you asking Spookston then
@@GewelRealspongebob are you /srs or /j
0:35 Oh no i voted for this vehicle TO BE a painful experience
Spookston: _Plays German_ "Well, our team's not doing so good."
Me, to my screen that Spookston can't hear through: "I can't imagine why that might be."
I concur, Elefant is the best version of Jagdtiger(it's a tank destroyer on Tiger chassis, it IS Jagdtiger)!
Dont forget the faster reload (6.7 sec Aced)
True. It is based on the prototype Tiger P. You aren't wrong about the Ferdinand being a Jagdtiger
@@ZEBIGTONK 100 vehicles(of which 90 were converted to Ferdinand, 8 to Bergetiger, 1 remained as command version of Tiger P for said formation and 1 just vanished) produced is NOT a prototype, it's serial production.
I never knew about the Bergetiger or a Command Tiger P were a thing
Honestly, the fact that the Elefant is a Jagdtiger variant never occured to me until now
2:18 Girls Und Panzer enjoyer spotted, using Argentinian roundels to mimic the All-Star University Team. I can respect that, the T28 scene from the movie is iconic.
That BTR ZD really said "why'd you steal that" when referring to a jumbo. Bro really thought he was that guy
Spawned by the thought of "What's the dumbest thing I can ask Spookston to play" and "What annoys me the most":
Can you pretty please play the Churchill VII?
BEEG reason why below;
Yes it's British (no APHE) and yes it has dogass penetration (103 flatpen max), but it still works most of the time and the armor is so good that if you angle well even people at a full 5.7 uptier usually can't do a damn thing. Helps that for some reason most of them want to shoot your hull, and you KNOW when they're not aiming for your hull because you can see them stop and watch the cogs in their brain turning. Then you just angle your turret (if you know they have more than ~150mm of flatpen) and watch the German mains confusedly continue to shoot your side armor in a brilliant display of the definition of insanity. I had a staredown with a hetzer when I rolled up to their spawn, neither of us could pen the other (I spent all my HE shells and am shit at aiming) so we just took turns shooting each other's track and failing to aim for barrels. In the meanwhile I killed three Panzer IVs as well because the turret traverse for the Churchill VII is actually very good, cca 15 degrees stock with only two bars in Targeting and no crew specialization. Basically, unless you get swarmed or flanked, your fast reload, good turret rotation speed and amazing armor guarantees you can win any encounter, even against multiple opponents (if dumb enough), with barely a scratch on you. I'd even go as far as to say it's OP and would be genuinely broken if, hypothetically, it had a stabilizer (even a bad one since it's realistically not gonna go much faster than 20 km/h) or APHE.
That T28/T95 using the Argentine Roundel to look like the All-Stars University symbol is genius!
Love when spookston gives a poll and all of us just choose the tank that produces the most suffering. Classic
Insert SpongeBob Mr crabs meme here
Spookston: You are not a mountain goat, you are a tank!
Churchill: BAAAAAAH!
My Spookie Pookie is playing tank destroyers!?! I'm so proud of him!!!
he's so bbg?
You again I saw you during the nuke video
@@Arc_Lab I saw it too
@@Arc_Lab What can I say? I'm proud of our little pookie
@@Gage-nt well I'm equally proud so keep it up maybe we can get him to play some helicopters just because it's super boring
0:37 *Scientist scream* Ya know any time I hear this sound I always think of those old Sven Coop videos where the players are just banging on everything with the crowbar...
Man Half Life has some iconic sound designs though.
This man gets content out way faster than should be allowed
1:56 I have recently found that this shot is very doable and have been cheesing the hell out of it, everyone watching should take notes
My granddad was a sapper on the eastern front, also worked alongside with guys who recovered left tanks during battle of Kursk.
He told about one ferdinand(or elefant) that got shot by 203mm artillery shell right in commander hatch(firstly they thought the ammo racked). I believe it was fastest transition from casemate to open-top vehicle during battle
That never happened. You made that up
@@Bophadees_Knutz I checked sorces. According to a historian and journalist Svirin M.N., on 9-10 July 1943, near Poniry Station, 654th German heavy anti-tank battalion alongside tigers and brummbars battalions fought with Soviet forces. 10th July, heavy artillery barrage by 203mm B-4 howitzers started pinning down ferdinands, making them retreat, but the battalion tried to rescue tanks up to 14th of July
Ferdinand with serial number 701 was found by Soviet forces with destroyed crew compartment. Further investigation led to conclusion, that 203mm artillery shell landed on commanders hatch, destroying the vehicle beyond any repair
@@CounterHot Sure buddy
@@CounterHot you can always link an article or paper someone wrote. These days, most known sources can be found.
"The worst german tank destroyer"
*Absolutely cooks with it for the next 16 minutes*
You can do well in anything if you know its limitations and know when to play aggressively and when to be patient or opportunistic
he gets killed through the front armor from long range repeatedly the entire video
Chef Ramsay: "Cooked? Did you even turn on the oven? The Chaffee fucking cooked with him as the nonstick elefant grease, you DONKEY."
Before the major BR changes, the Ferdinand was fun as hell to play for me. I have it with a full Expert crew, so the reload is hilariously fast for the long 88. I don't play it now as it's not that enjoyable for me.
"soo it's gonna be like that" did I here JORGE ?!?!?!
You reversing whilst being on fire was the most realistic depiction of Elefant´s performance ever made in a video game
“Dont give me that look, you weren’t killing that thing” is by far my favorite quote of the video
Day 23 of asking spookston to play the arl 44 tank destroyer
the M60A1 RISE (P) is quite a hidden gem if ur only planning to stay around US 8. bracket.
If you can bare its mediocre mobility, its capability remains consistent in its br, uptier or not. Its ERA is definitely effective against most of germany tanks since only few of them has sabot rounds, and its APFSDS allow it to fight uptier enemies without being too one-sided.
And as a cherry ontop, 8.7 also open you up to a lot of -revenge- CAS option, including the Squad A-4E and Hueys with ATGM and ITOW
The only reason to not get it is because the M60 tree leads nowhere. You should give it a try! (3)
I'm currently trying to spade M60A1 RISE right now
Still handle pretty well for 8.7
I wouldn't recommend Huey with TOW ever since missile physics change, its hilarious how AGM-22 perform better just because its slower at turning compared to TOW that turned into snake if you move too much, proven by how many western helicopter player still using old heli with AS.11 for heli CAS
Spookstoon: "you are not a mountain goat you are a tank."
average m18: "I mean, I dunno"
The end there had me dying when ur squadmate looked at u and u said "don't gimme that look, u weren't killing that thing".
"Why is everyone being so dumb right now?"
My brother, you are versing US mains.
U.S mains are okay.
I mean compared to watching two Panthers ignore a Chaffee bullying Spookston.
German mains make US mains look like Einstein.
@@classifiedad1in the lower tiers, I agree, but at top tier? US mains and Russian mains are so damn stupid..
@@thatonelocalauthority2809 Lets be real. Once you hit top tier, everyone is stupid
@@thatonelocalauthority2809 they are horrible. US mains are worse than german mains at 7.0-80 despite their tanks being outstanding.
Thanks for playing the Ferdinand ❤
Spookston: brings 4 APCR rounds.
Also Spookston: refuses to use them against tanks he's failing to pen frontally with APCBC.
13:40
M-13: I want to try and impress the elephant with my parkoor skills, so he doesnt kill me.
Gaijin: Roll a charisma check
* rolls a fail *
Gaikin: He kills you, but feels insanely bad about it
Play the T35 Day 115
“Yuri, elephant tanks. Go out there and plant your charges on them!”
If you know the game this is quoted from, you’re a real OG
Haven't played that one in a while
Oh sheesh this brought me down memory lane
Is that from the CoD 1 expension ?
@@dse763 Yes
@@dse763 yup, United offensive
Ferdinand/Elefant is like a real sharpshooter, fire - change your position real quick or hide behind something (godly reverse speed allows you to do that)
Spookston casually hitting the nuttiest shots for no reason whatsoever, example, sniping that super pershing's machinegun port from like 600 meters away.
>universally loved by its real life crews
>hated in WarThunder
The Ferdinand deserves better.
>hated irl
>hated in wt
It's a shitbox
@@CPTRailfan
It wasn't hated at all and despite the modern memes about it there's not a single report about one being lost to enemy infantry even before the MG was added.
Modern midwits tend to forget that it had accompanying infantry.
Both during and after war veterans loved it. They felt completely safe from enemy threats inside and considered it a "life insurance" of sorts.
Don't stay silent about things beyond your ken, trainboy.
Source: Dr. Roman Töppel's gathered interviews with armored vehicle veterans.
@@Lykyk I hate it
I'm real aren't i
@@LykykI bet they felt safe. Most of these shitboxes, in Italy and in Eastern europ were destroyed by their own crew, after all. I'd feel heckin safe if my vehicle's most likely cause of destruction was 'my own sides sapper charges because the roads are bad uuwuu', I feel like tankers usually walk that one off.
@@cl34vethere were 91 of them made
The test one broke before being evaluated
They were crap
“ please give me a German team that doesn’t disintegrate.”gaijin,” look we’re already making king tigers fight 75mm shermans, we can’t help much more. “
the jumbo waiting for the tiger to walk out:
sees a ferdinand walking out: 💀
Jagero player : i like to punch hard through everything
ferdinand player : i like to punch quick but also hard
It's not a Spookston video without some invisible enemies calling for air support the second they see Spookston.
"Let me just sneak over here."
Sir, did you forget what we are in?
3:43 I think with the current challenge being "play USA 35 times with 70% activity", there's lots and lots of people (and I include myself in this) that don't usually play USA suddenly going try-hard and messing it up.
8:44 bro you made my day , the nostalgia hit me so hard when i heard the morrowind sound ! Brought me back 21 years back 🥲
"Don't give me that look, you weren't killing that thing."
I was trying to hold my laughter in so many times but that last moment where the AA stared at you, and your response to it.. omg I couldn’t 😂😂 “don’t give me that look, you ain’t killing it”
They talked about this tank in the book, Blood Red Snow. The writer seen it in Stalingrad and couldn’t believe how large it was
Classic spookston video, whacking dudes with whacky tanks and getting bombed every fifth cut
3:43 Is Spookston subconsciously realizing that these people could be his teammates one day
these spookston photshop bits are amazing please continue to make them
Yes it's a great day when our guy Spookston uploads! Gotta admit though those German TD's are fun to play usually.
*Check out how the Leopard 1's are now or the Ratels they're pretty chaotic!* So many vehicles to play
Spookson's videos hit different at 4am
The Ferds hull as you said was a Porsche Tiger hull the reason it exists is cause Porsche thought his Tiger would win and premade hulls and they more or less went "We have these hulls and dont need His Tigers.....Waste not want not make it a Tank Destroyer"
13:58
_"Die like you should have the first time"_
--- War Thunder Motto
"Our team ain't doing so hot right now."
The German experience in a nutshell. It's like many of these players think they're invincible or something.
for the reversing IS2 you can actually just switch to APCR and shoot straight through the engine block which produces a ton of spall and will usually one shot
You know what isn’t a German tank destroyer?
The fv4005
That BTR at last clip had me dying lol bros flabergasted when you stole his kill even he couldnt kill it 😆
Goddamn, bro had a whole video recorded and edited not even a DAY after the vote went live, amazing commitment
Spookston, you are the best for making these videos. Hopefully it doesn’t bring u too much pain in the future❤
Its hard to imagine a time where these videos weren’t happening. They’re always bangers
Man really made a poll, and immediately followed through in it. True man of the people.
I'm still waiting for Gaijin to add the Heuschrecke 10 or he ADGZ into the game.
More likely Gaijin will continue to add top-tier vehicles.
Greatest War Thunder patch notes there could ever be
"All optical modules health reduced to 10%"
Was already binge watching older videos, then this gem came out.
The rock grinding is the funniest shit wen you zoom in on the guy
love your videos, keep it up
Spook, look on the bright side...
Now you don't have to play the Ferdinand for the foreseeable future!
That jumbo was not expecting an Elefant to appear around the corner
Spookston, no matter how long it takes I must see you play the Black Prince
Omg the morrowind sound effect at 8:44 takes me back
This is the first poll I answered and I already knew from the selection which tank it was going to be😂
I mean - the nonpen at 14:00 is pretty clear in hindsight. Clipped the upper front plate, but at an angle that it would not actually get inside the tank even if it pens that.
15:40 to be fair events are now going to be non-stop, although the event will not always be for ground vehicles, since they will cycle between ground, air and naval.
Spookston is like a CAS main’s number one enemy
Spookston: “Elephant is the worst tank in war thunder”
Sturer Emil has left the chat*
Spading the 128 dong convertible was much easier than the DickerMax. Point and click. You don't even have to see Jumbos and you automatically penetrate them and the Churchill's thinking they are anything more than named after a famous gutterslime.
i would love to see spookston play the KV-122
spookston is soo simple i love it
Pov: spookston saying the ferdinand is bad. Also spookston: getting 8 kills a game
7:37 he sees things before they happen, it’s a jedi trait.
The 2 panthers just sitting there made me laugh so hard
Thy one shall play VIlkas. One will feel the way of the VILKAS. The true way of the VILKAS is to feel something more than coping in thy heart
I think it's funny that the Ferdinand and Elefant only exist, because Porsche was so sure they would grab the Tiger I deal that they pre-produced 90 hulls. And then Henschel grabbed the Contract, because the Porsche tiger went up in flames at the Demonstration. But the resources had already been spent on 90 hulls with defective motors, so the Tank destroyer Ferdinand was born. Actually more than half of all Porsche Tank destroyers were either scuttled or given up before reaching battle, because some times the Engine already went up in Flames when pressing the Ignition.
"Our team not doing so hot right now" I feel that pain, it happens to me often...
I made a joke the other day about we should just make tanks completely covered in optics. It would be invincible.
0:12 Um actually, the Elefant does not correlate with the hull MG and cupola modified version. The name change was because of other reasons.
28th day on my journey to convince Spookston to play the Radkampfwagen 90
Every time i play this game now, im amazed how they turned all of the old real life weak spots into impenetrable adamantium armor with volumetric.
The Time has come for a Chieftain Video
Bro, I was actively rooting for that Chaffee.
4:39 spookston forgets it's a hull MG and fires a burst into the corpse of the hellcat he is pushing
Fine additions to 2024s CAS compilation video.
"This tank sucks, I can't get more than 8 kills with it so it sucks."
This thing is like a big submarine with tracks and a gun.
Ferdinant is basically disabled tiger (p) but with tiger 2 gun
"we're all goofy goober, yea. We're all goofy goobers, YAH"