The Smallest Tank In War Thunder
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The Italian L3/33 CC is a pretty infamous gremlin / rat tanks in War Thunder. It also carries the title of the smallest tank in the game (as far as I know). Does that make it good? I don't think so. I really wish Gaijin would've given it some kind of solid AP round.
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The Smallest Tank In War Thunder - Hry
Fun game; down a shot of water every time I say "Oh my god" during this video
Gonna be the most hydrated man on earth.
I am dying of over hydration
The lord's name may have been taken in vain but my thirst is QUENCHED
Update : I drowned
Die of water poisoning from that
I feel like the gun is essentially politely asking the enemy to please die with every shot
instead of explosive filler it has a letter which asks the crew to just abandon their tank lmfao
It's the Canadian way of asking to die.
its like poking a bear with a stick
how is it not much bigger that that wagon
@soviet_onion3657 well the tankette is only about 10 feet long and 4 feet tall
IIRC the anti tank rifle used here has a recoil management system where the barrel retracts into the stock, similar to a Barret M82. So the barrel is actually going back into another part of the gun, not into Luigi's frontal lobe
Do you mean the bolt recoils into the stock (like a M60 machine gun), or the barrel moves back together with the bolt (like a Barret M82)? I don't know what AT rifle this is, but seems unlikely that the barrel can recoil all the way into the stock...
@@neillathotep7386 I believe the barrel and bolt assembly move together, but I'm not entirely certain. Anti tank rifles aren't my area of expertise, so I could be completely wrong
@@alnotz It's Solothurn S18-1000 (three zeros) btw, 100 is a different gun.
@@neillathotep7386 Not a different gun, just different chambering for a different ammo type. Otherwise you are right the italian designation Fucile Controcarri S Mod.39 refers to the 1000 variant
@@alnotz My understanding is that 100 is gas-operated, there's a gas tube assembly on top of the barrel (kind of looks like a AKM gas block). The barrel does not recoil back.
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The funny thing about the L3 is that most doors in WT are the width of a L3, *Despite the L3 having the width to have 2 people inside it*
It wouldn’t be nice having the door frame right next to your arms
@@mrcat4320 You can't fit two people side by side and be able to go through a residential door, a commercial door yeah.. since they use double doors.
I believe the rifle's barrel is the only part reciprocating during firing. The same way the famous 40mm bofors' barrel recoils.
yeah, you can even find the gun being fired over on forgotten weapons under the name 'Solothurn S-18/1000' as the gun in this tank is a licenced production of it.
The technical term for this is long recoil operation
Its a solothurn, you can tell cause of the brake... they have infantry sled versions which are probably better economically than wrapping a paper thin hull around it lol
Bofors?
@@sammason9763 Bofors is a Swedish company that made a large number of field artillery and anti-aircraft cannons.
Even a BT-7 looks like a heavy tank with this camera angle.
when the l3/33 cc was still in the beta version of the Italian tech tree i remember it having pretty good pen even for a little while after the Italian tech tree was fully released, but i guess they nerfed it at some point.
I remember the same , I could kill almost anything in tier 1 with well placed shots , the armor was not a problem often
Because it just needed a nerf
@elpollo2805 i believe it's because ww2 german 20mm ammo finally got nerfed in recent years, and many Italian vehicles use the same ammo, including this.
Honestly despite the side-effect of making the L3 even worse these nerfs were long warranted and it astonishes me that it took this long, pre-nerf german ww2 20mm ammo was absurdly good, better than modern 20mm ammo in IFVs, turns out those values were wrong, Obviously.
"Come back, I need your insurance!"
Best line Spookston's ever said.
9:20 is the single funniest thing I've ever seen in a Spookston video, it perfectly encapsulates the emotions of being hit by a car while on a bike
Having experienced exactly that I can say it's accurate
1:36 nah he just deep throats the gun
Like how I do it to my girlfriend
OMG 😂
I remember the moment in War Thunder that got me hooked on GRB instead of GAB. I was in an L3 and successfully used a dead tank to hide from an enemy then got the kill on the flank. Fun little thing.
Not need for a whole tank.
The concrete walls or trenchs use to hide the hull of a regular tank can hide the whole L3 or ASU 57
I just want to cover one in bushes and sit on a cap point with my engine off lol. Seems like great fun
“Hopefully we can have some fun.” Famous last words
L3 is the best of fun
you are smol, so you can:
cap bases without anyaone able to find you
escape and hide anywhere because you smol
keep spotted an enemy for the platoon while unnoticed
bully and distract big vehicles by actual threats because they can't depress enough to get you
actually access parts of the map not intended for you to be in (there are a couple of maps where you can actually slip through the tank traps and go outside the map)
litterally enter inside buildings
embrace enlightment
embrace smol
be L3
Somewhere there's a video of an L-3 driver who hid in a control point by taking up a parking spot. Meanwhile all the bigger tanks just keep driving around him, looking for that last enemy.
Ive seen it. Its the funniest thing
Describing sich scene without linking the video is war crime
@@ImRandomDude i couldnt find the vid to link it.
@@ImRandomDude watch?v=oweLwcmqCfw&t=307s
1:28, oh no, not necessarily. You see, it's just called long recoil. What that means is that the whole gun may not necessarily be recoiling, but just the barrel is moving back, while the (if properly mounted) receiver would stay still. So think of the 40mm cannons on the m42 and m19a1, the barrels recoil back with the bolt to eventually unlocking the bolt until they both go into battery. So the receiver isn't necessarily "annihilating his skull"... that is assuming that the it mounted properly.
engineer: *Mounts the receiver wrong accidentally*
The gunner:
🤓
Honestly my favorite tank in the game I love just how small it is. I managed to get a 12 kill streak once in a game along with 5 assists. Never even came close to that afterwards though
interesting fact, the gun the L3 uses is a Solothurn S18-1000, which was an interwar shoulder fired AT gun. That's why it is mounted so close to the gunner, due to the optic being integrated into the receiver of the gun. A gun store where I live has one of these on display and yes it is absolutely massive for a shoulder fired weapon. It was broken down where the barrel meets the receiver and two people would transport the halves.
Forgotten weapons even has a vid where he shoots the gun 👍
Since the S18 is capable of accepting the magazines of the Flak 30, it seems odd the ammunition specs are so terrible as they are in-game. If you compare it to the Flakpanzer for example.
@@RyuakiraX yeah it is a bit strange, although it could have been unable to accept certain loads due to different chamber geometry or pressure ratings than those of a mounted AA gun
@@skriv0in0navn believe me I am a huge forgotten weapons fan, great video
Doesn't shoulder fire usually imply that it can be shot while standing up? As far as I know you'd have to be lying prone to fire this thing.
Nice to see you took out an Italian tank! I just wanted to remind you of my old suggestion regarding the M41M, but if you prefer the Breda 501 it is an even better choice.
I would love to see Spookston play the Breda
Would love to see either
@@FatMan5 I would love to see Spookston
same
@@FatMan5 I agree, we need to see him play the Bred
1:04 I wonder what people think when they see a L3/33 plinking away at them?
Utter confusion. First time i saw one i went to it and started driving around it to understand what it was (after shooting it of course). After the match i inmediately searched for it and went to unlock it
5:48 Loved the "poison damage" quip
Perfect, the pinnacle of war thunder content
Mag dumping just to maybe kill a Stuart sure is something.
Also the BT-5 swatting you away at that intersection was really funny, dude probably thought it was just another wonky physics moment.
I hope you keep continuing to do videos on vehicles you love playing instead of just requested ones, its great to see you have fun
Hey Spookston, given how much you enjoy French vehicles, you should give the AMX-50 Foch a go. Very mobile for a casemate TD, good armor, and the same 120mm as the Surbaisse/Surblinde at a lower BR
brother I have been trying to use that thing and only go against Germany and Russia so it's always atgm and heat rounds that pen every single time
@@SomeConch357 yep after 7.3 its constant atgm swarms, especially marders
I love the 15mm on it
i was in a t-34-85 and i bounced like 3 french 120s and i just felt so bad for the guy.
@@cat-nl4sv So based, bro feels bad when the enemy gets Gaijin'd 😄
Honestly, im still amazed Gaijin did not add polish TKS with 20mm Cannon.
Having an L3 and TKS in one match would turn that shit into Ratatouille
That thing was actually pretty good, it was fast and the gun was better.
TKS with 200mm cannon for April fools
@@ArmoxCrazy Yarnhub watcher detected +_+
@@eternalwarfare514so?
He got 5 kills with an L3 and said “that’s the best I’m doing today,” while I get hyped whenever I get a single kill a week
This feels like bringing a Zip 22 to a naval battle
0:35 shots fired lmao
Mind blowing
This thing always reminds me of Roberto from Futurama with those little lights on the side.
Ironic considering you essentially have to get within stabbing range to make the gun useful.
thank you for giving the L3/33 a try, love your content and dont stop being great!
i love how you used generals music thats so nostalgic man
I'm pretty sure this thing has functionally the same "api" ammo of the Italian 20mm, but it fires four times as slowly. It is an absolute gremlin though and I love to play it!
I think the penetration is almost identical but the 20mm still seems to do more damage somehow
Every time spookston uploads I know I am gonna enjoy ~10 minutes of my day a bit more :^)
I knew a friend who played HOI 4 that did War Thunder's Italian tree.
They were the ones that got me into the tech tree to begin with, and helped me rank up all the way to 3.0.
He was a native to San Marino who had great pride playing the tanks on Italy.
One of the best memories I had with him was when he downed 3 - 4 tanks in a 2.0 line up at Eastern Europe.
In the fire and blaze, he screamed "ITALIAN SUPERIORITY" whilst gunning down everyone going into the B point.
Your friend might be most patriotic San Marino citizen.
Need MOAR of this.
One speedbump and everyone in that thing is dead
4:30 in the video is how half tracks are made
I practically died at that "YIPEE!" sound effect
I gave up the ghost at the "COME BACK! I NEED YOUR INSURANCE!" to the BT7
“I feel like playing a gremlin tank today” -spook, every day
Now do the M11/39 which has the same pen but more HE filler, I personally love using the snow camo as it hides the fact my actual gun is in the hull pretty well and the turret doesn't have enough armor to fuze APHE shells usually so you usually get away with being hit :)
Oh god that thing was painful. As goofy as it is its just too much for me imo unkike the L3 which is speedy and silly
@@td23asus Suffer early as to understand what it is to trully grind Italy
I have Italy 98% ground out and completed and it’s not that hard or bad of a time
My friend once took me to 5.7 with this, I got 2 kills. I was very new at the time but now those are probably my 2 best kills.
Bro how 💀
@@ryanperry7956 Think It was something Italian, couple well-placed shots to get all the crew
Would be cool if we got the autocannon version of the l3. It would actually be semi decent (especially if it got hvap).
Congrats on 250K! *que the pyrocynical funny*
Regarding the gun recoiling into the gunner's face, I assume that it's only the barrel that's recoiling and the receiver (or whatever you call it on cannons) stays relatively still.
I'll never get over the half life sound effects, they really add justice to the gameplay
3:46 FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE WHO NOTICES
loving these daily uploads. love you spookston mwuah
I'll be honest, I think the biggest issue was using it as a sniper, you really have to get close and personal with this tank due to it's low pen.
The most kills I got this with this tank was 5 and that was by constantly using corners and charging/surprising players.
4:38 And this children is how a half track is made.
If you wanna continue on Italian tanks I recommend to you the Fiat-Ansaldo P40. Its aphe maybe as a low penetration at it's rank but damn those 270g of tnt are just nuts ! You can even overpressure M4 with them, and the heat round is maybe not that great but it can do the job on some heavier targets :p
It’s better to play the 75/34 semovente, same gun, lower br
I love how this video just made the amount of L3 players skyrocket. I had a match with 2 other ones today.
3:18 This is one of those videos where your decent into Madness and the embrace of being a mad Gremlin is plain as day.
A single bump for an l3 is like an anti tank mine for an MBT
If you want true realisty accurate Italian tank, watch the Girls und Panzer episode with the Italians and you will increase your effectivness by 500%
Theyre perfect for a wonderful flower arrangement
9:20 lmfao with that auto accident in the road
You single handedly rehydrated my body with this video and your drinking game
By far my favorite tank.....The most fun I ever have in Warthunder is always 3.0 and lower in BR
1:44 I don't think most of those shots didn't pen the M22, the fence just ate most of those shells and the fences on Cargo Port are famous for doing that.
I've seen KV-2 APHE shells and 120mm APFSDS get eaten by those fences, that map is so poorly made.
They should add the flamethrower variant in game. Maybe a researchable modification that gives this thing a fuel trailer like the Churchill Crocodile and replaces the 20mm with dragons breath.
The barrel moves separately from the rest of the gun I believe it’s a long recoil action like a m2 50 cal where the barrel and receiver move back together inside the gun until the pressure is low enough for safe extraction and ejection
Its Average ok
Yes
I love this little -Anzio- Italian tank
A new sub-class of tank destroyer: the tank tickler.
They need to give the L3 a heavy tank icon so when ppl see it theyre even more confused
The best use I've seen for it is to go after objective locations while blending in with background cars.
that video of the skull getting crushed hurt me
You know it's small when a whole bunch of locusts bearing down on you look fucking HUGE
To answer your question about the guns recoil, it is the Solothurn S 18 1000. It’s a short recoil semiautomatic “shoulder fired weapon”, so the gunner should have his shoulder right on “the breach” because only the barrel moves. Now the real gun the barrel only recoils about 2-4 inches not the nearly a foot of recoil that the firing animation would imply.
The BT ramming you and you asking for his insurance is probably one of the hardest I've laughed at one of your videos
Spookston turning off engines in low BR is like lowering your voice around a deaf person
I tend to use this little guy up to just before thermals. You can steal so many caps without anyone ever knowing you exist. Or stall caps entirely for the longest time.
the spook's editing getting better and fun day after day 🤣🤣
Nice Halo 3 ODST at the end there.
"Comeback I need your insurance" had me fucking dying lmao
omg, i could NOT stop laughing when that BT-5 t-boned you 😂
italy did make a decent td with a high velocity 90mm gun and actually used it in world war 2 sadly it was produced in small numbers, the tank destroyer in question is the semovente 90/53
You finally did it :D
This is considerably entertaining.
YESSSSSSS THANK FOR PLAYING THIS
L3 is the equivalent of going into prison and trying to fight the biggest dude by only throwing meatballs at him
6:13 his name is Remy the movie is ratatouille
6:09 You've become a Rat, scurrying around the battlefield trying not to be noticed.
Nice video!
Now you should play the french one, the AMR.35 ZT3. It's actually a pretty good little tank and I feel like nobody plays it or knows about it.
24th time in a row requesting for you to play the sherman firefly. To put that into perspective I have asked you to play the sherman firefly so many times that youtube predicted ever word in this message between for and firefly.
0:29 Really puts into perspective how TINY this thing is...
more like this please
It's like watching a angry shoebox with a rifle drive around.
The little thing is fun to meme in and I actually ammo-detted a Object 120 from the side with this thing when I was trying to kill either a T-55 or T-54 from a side on shot
Since we're on the topic of low-tier Italian stuff, my vote is that you should try out the Turan II. 90mm pen HEAT with a 3.something second reload that can UFP M4A3 105's is pretty satisfying. With the new-ish 50cal truck at the same BR, and some mediocre TD's and legitimately great CAS, 2.3 is a decent-ish lineup again after all the old 2.3's got moved to 2.7
This tank is the best tank. If it were a sci-fi creature, it would be a Zergling. I suspect when built, they came out of the factory in pairs.
This was one of the first tanks I played in WT and I legitimately thought my game was bugged because I couldnt pen anything
the thing about the l3 is that the whole map is your armor
meaning you can just drive around a rock and noone can kill you
I'd just like you to know Spookston that your videos have the honour of being my dinner vids. Very fun video as always
the way to play the L3 ambush style you hide in bushes near Cap points or popular routes and wait till someone get close enough for your to take them out, your target priority is the gunner or the ammo. if your facing more than 1 enemy only target the last one in the convoy, and once you finish them off wait 3 seconds before changing positions try to be as far as possible from your last position
-Tips from an L3 main
"Poison damage" is a good way to describe this "tank" (it's really a Tankette with an AT Rifle on it...)
damn spookston playing the shopping cart of tanks
The L3 is good for 2 things: being a bush rat and swatting armored cars, and gliding seamlessly over the road gaps in user-made obstacle course races. Like when there's a bunch of slabs on their side spaced out? Yeah just straight over it because it's so light that gravity doesn't actually effect the tankette.
Time to play the H35. You've played the bertolli gremlin, now play the tank with a literal baguette launcher
I had fun playing this a few days ago while trying to fix my kd with the L6/40
Me: Oh Panzer of the lake what is your wisdom
Panzer of the lake: ur weak