Still have bad memories from way back when it actually was over powered (armor layer behind the mantlet had incorrect values) which was set to something like 150-200mm giving it 350-400mm or so of ACTUAL armor.
When you say "incorrect" you seem to describe a mistake. The additional 100mm plate was not a mistake, the IS6 sales WENT THROUGH THE ROOF because of it. In this day and age, who would be stupid enough to leave things to chance when it comes to money??
i remember when the IS-6 came out along with the RU-251. first game in my T-29 i was run down by a IS-6 swarm. couldn't play my Germans either because of the IS-6 swarm. so like a loser i bought in on it and joined in the fun of a never ending winning streak. it took gaijin forever to fix things like this so i had A TON OF BATTLES in the tank. it became my top tank played on my profile in no time. i'm scum of the earth for buying in on the prime time pay-to-win, i know. but i had to drive that tank because it was so damn fine. i would have bought the thing even if it was at 7.7. those russians knew how to make really good looking tanks.
IS-6 has insane angled armour. I was in T-55A with APFSDS and it bounced of him 3 times. Upper front plate , side plate and once turret. Heckin bs man its hella OP
I dont have the IS 6 or 7 but I have the T 10A from whatever pass it was. I honestly don't remember. But I honestly really like it. ALSO I have the KV1C and yeah that just bounces literally everything I love it
Is 6 is like a faster but less armoured IS 3, IS 3 has less frontal weak spots but is slower than IS 6 and is more vulnerable to apds which is pretty common at 7.3
The T10A is from the first battle pass, and it's similar to an is6 but with it at 7.7 you face HEAT rounds so much more often and without any ERA the t10a somewhat likes compared to the is6.
IMO the T-10A is just a worse Is-4M aside from penetration. You can’t angle it for more armor, it doesn’t get HEAT-FS, and AFAIK it lacks a stabilizer.
T-10 was the next generation of IS tanks, effectively being the IS-8. It was renamed to the T-10 due to Stalin's death iirc. They have a similar playstyle except at a higher br the T-10 is easier to kill
2:40 YES, I'm not the only one, the Panther-A mantle is a dice roll every single time. You either kick ass or get your ass kicked in. Also include the IS-2 mantle (both 5.7 and 6.3 variants), and the T-34-85 when using something like a Jumbo.
To this day I still can't kill panther consistently somehow. In one match I was on the top of the hill and thought I can easily go through the upper plate due to angle but it still managed to ricochet. Then when I play panther, everyone and their dogs manage to one shot me from the front.
I used to be able to reliably kill Panthers before Volumetric got added, not so anymore. Also when you play the Panther you get penned by 1.0 Sweden, volumetric only works on the enemy team.
The combination of going down to 7.0 and volumetric shells made this thing great again. In an uptier I just play it like a medium, you have the speed and low profile to be sneaky. And ofc in a downtier is press W to win
If you're close enough, the best place to shoot the IS-6 with APHE are the hatches. They give you a 90 degree surface and when your round explodes it'll either knock out the tank or at the very least disable the turret long enough to finish it. It was legit the best strategy for us in SQBs when the IS-6 first released. You really learned how to counter the IS-6 when every battle was XvX IS-6's.
Okay I instantly like your videos you explain it well and I can actually understand something for once thank you keep posting more videos I would love to watch more
Me, an Italian main: heat-fs to the side plate=BOOM, ammo rack. Also, the KV1c was never a problem for my Brenda bus or 90/53 m41m. Just don't get hit.
I recommend the is6 because you can get down tiered to 6.7 and 6.3 but you will struggle when your up against heat and apds but other than that you are very likely to bounce almost everything in a down tier
New favorite war thunder youtuber. You don’t seem like those shitpost channels and you keep me engaged and somehow end up making me laugh/smile. Good luck with your career :)
Might be a tedious one, but have you thought of reviewing the M60A3 TTS? The M60 series is one of the most iconic tank designs, still in service around the world half a century after it first saw usage, but it gets overshadowed in Warthunder by the Abrams, especially its final American variant. Would be cool to see your opinion on how it fares against the current Warthunder meta!
Cool suggestion! I have that tank, and I've been told the M60's aren't worth grinding. It's completely true, but I played it anyway! I only have like a handful of mods on it. The most surprising thing about it is how much survivability it has; it takes like three shot to kill it. I already have a bunch of footage with the XM-803 and the MBT-70 and I've been wanting to make a video on them for a while. I'll get more mods on the M60A3 and get some footage, but the video will probably take a long time to come out.
Am new to the game… was searching for the best Russian premium to buy… and got to see this… it’s the best IS6 review in a fun and informative way… u earned a sub… !!!
AS a german main even when i was starting me personally i had no problem penning it even with the tiger 2, i feel like if you play america it might be a bit trickier but still honestly i think what people really die to is fear, when i was starting it killed me, so i looked at the weakspots and then... still couldnt kill it because i was always so stressed but when i got calm and said to myself that ik the weakspots i killed it always and every is series was the same. The is2, 3, 4 and even the t10 i always stood calm and killed them one shot
Its due to tanks like this that I love vehicles with the go anywhere-kill anything capability like the SU-152, SU-85, Nashorn etc. The 152 can easily kill a jumbo frontally, even at an angle where the long-88 can sometimes bounce.
honestly I never had a problem with is-6, after first few enconters It got pretty easy to beat, if you have low pen just shoot the gun then track so he wont escape, then flank if safe. I love when is-6 just goes like mad man for me in any british tank at 7.0 range, I also forget a lot when playing UK that u can pen tigers 2 and panthers in front plate XD
2:20. Uh oh, Gaijin's plan worked. The only thing nice about the is-6 when it was added was that it was so cathartic to kill with Japanese heat-fs at 6.7
Excellent review style, please keep it up. I have almost every tank but I don’t enjoy the sweatfests in the higher tiers (despite having bought most of the premiums in one sale or another - d’oh!). Anyway, so I’m enjoying these reviews of mid lowish tier stuff.
The IS-6/IS-3 both had a hidden 100mm steel plate behind the manlet, it was removed long ago, because of that it was more efficient to shoot commander's cupoula with any APCBC, nowadays just look at the armour in the hangar an simulate a shot to feel sure where to shoot.
I play the T34, and HISTORICALLY SPEAKING. their armor was heat treated to 600-700 bernell. Everyone else was 300-450 bernell. The T34 had a reputation of being knocked out but the tank still functioned perfectly, because the Soviets heat treated it so hard the armor spalled, even from small caliber shells the crew inside would be killed or wounded by flying spall. The T34 in WT should suffer from the same issues, especially those that were war time produced.
There is something that I want you to look at. It's the T114. 7.3 light tank premium for America . personally I really like the tank and I think it's really good even to bring to top tier. Just a random video idea
I'm unsure if I was just lucky but I never seemed to struggle against the is6 , probably because I'm too used to shooting the barrel then picking the tank apart. I remember one time it killed me twice in a row and since I didn't have a proper german lineup I took my good ol pz/IV-70 and caught it off guard with a side shot. Even so seeing any russian 122 gun looking towards me is enough to send massive shivers down my spine.
@@mantinel5343 no, not really. I've sold my mig23mld that I grinded for during the event to purchase those two packs. No need for investing money in the game when you can grind for those things.
2:10 I ussually try to aim at his drivers face when I'm in t32. It typically really fucks up Russian tanks at that br. I also think his lower plate is a pretty good weakspot but I'm not sure
IS-6 is the first and only premium I bought and it iss a literal Beast. I made more cash than I could in weeks only in matter of a day with it. Well if they gave this tank the shell IS-3 has which pens 230+ , it would be better. Only problem is that you basically can't do much thing against heat rounds which will probably ammo rack you through hull.
The biggest weakspot the IS6 have is in the front xD Its the in the middel from the front you can see a luke where the driver watch out. You cant miss that :D
well i didn't even realize IS-6 was so good and powerful until my friend told me how good it is and you just prove it the reason i didn't realize was IKV 91 from sweden that i used against it :D (400mm pen heatfs + laser rangefinder)
When they first added the IS6 and everyone was using it i almost quit the game. I grinded the M56 just so i would have HEATFS that could pen it but then i would get gunned down by their machine guns. Pain
I also grinded the M56 for the HEATFS. It was painful on the stock grind until I got the HEATFS, and it was equally bad. I took a break for a couple of months around that time.
Ever since the heat spam from 6.7 onwards became a thing, the is6 isn't really a challenge anymore... even back then with heat in the m46 you could lolpen it
I found it easier to kill KVs then T34s which still are the most likely to survive hits that would easily kill a KV or Tiger tank. The German KV being the notable exception, which I find harder to kill then IS1.
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Still have bad memories from way back when it actually was over powered (armor layer behind the mantlet had incorrect values) which was set to something like 150-200mm giving it 350-400mm or so of ACTUAL armor.
When you say "incorrect" you seem to describe a mistake. The additional 100mm plate was not a mistake, the IS6 sales WENT THROUGH THE ROOF because of it.
In this day and age, who would be stupid enough to leave things to chance when it comes to money??
It was an intentional mistake. Did exactly as intended. Pushed massive sales
I was playing the T29 back then…
i remember when the IS-6 came out along with the RU-251. first game in my T-29 i was run down by a IS-6 swarm. couldn't play my Germans either because of the IS-6 swarm. so like a loser i bought in on it and joined in the fun of a never ending winning streak. it took gaijin forever to fix things like this so i had A TON OF BATTLES in the tank. it became my top tank played on my profile in no time.
i'm scum of the earth for buying in on the prime time pay-to-win, i know. but i had to drive that tank because it was so damn fine. i would have bought the thing even if it was at 7.7. those russians knew how to make really good looking tanks.
Surprisingly I feel like I can kill the IS-6 with my T29 pretty easily. Also, yeah the IS-6 is beautiful.
@@CrabbyPattyMoox the is 6 is a RARE tank at 7.0 because of how much angled armour it has! I don’t have the IS 6 but it is a challenge to go against!
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its useless in these times, every new tank come op new. than become trash. oh i am AB player
IS-6 has insane angled armour.
I was in T-55A with APFSDS and it bounced of him 3 times. Upper front plate , side plate and once turret.
Heckin bs man its hella OP
Well early APFSDS also sucks so…
Yea I have it but ik I’m way to aggressive with it and I always die never got a nuke with it
I dont have the IS 6 or 7 but I have the T 10A from whatever pass it was. I honestly don't remember. But I honestly really like it. ALSO I have the KV1C and yeah that just bounces literally everything I love it
Is 6 is like a faster but less armoured IS 3, IS 3 has less frontal weak spots but is slower than IS 6 and is more vulnerable to apds which is pretty common at 7.3
The T10A is from the first battle pass, and it's similar to an is6 but with it at 7.7 you face HEAT rounds so much more often and without any ERA the t10a somewhat likes compared to the is6.
Just aim at the gun-shield on the kv1c. It's like 50mm and you'll always knock out the breach and likely a good portion of the crew
IMO the T-10A is just a worse Is-4M aside from penetration.
You can’t angle it for more armor, it doesn’t get HEAT-FS, and AFAIK it lacks a stabilizer.
T-10 was the next generation of IS tanks, effectively being the IS-8. It was renamed to the T-10 due to Stalin's death iirc. They have a similar playstyle except at a higher br the T-10 is easier to kill
2:40 YES, I'm not the only one, the Panther-A mantle is a dice roll every single time. You either kick ass or get your ass kicked in. Also include the IS-2 mantle (both 5.7 and 6.3 variants), and the T-34-85 when using something like a Jumbo.
To this day I still can't kill panther consistently somehow. In one match I was on the top of the hill and thought I can easily go through the upper plate due to angle but it still managed to ricochet. Then when I play panther, everyone and their dogs manage to one shot me from the front.
Go for the cheeks of the turret
yes definetly dice rolls at lower br but when you get more than 200mm pen its always
I used to be able to reliably kill Panthers before Volumetric got added, not so anymore.
Also when you play the Panther you get penned by 1.0 Sweden, volumetric only works on the enemy team.
@@tankenjoyer9175 You'd be surprised how many ARL-44 shots a Panther can bounce.
The combination of going down to 7.0 and volumetric shells made this thing great again. In an uptier I just play it like a medium, you have the speed and low profile to be sneaky. And ofc in a downtier is press W to win
so mysterious
Excellent video as always! It’s a great tank to have backing you up, but truly terrifying to run into.
why do you only have 900 subs? this is pretty good. before I looked i thought you had about 50k or like spookston.
Every time I played with Panzer 4 and 3 I was afraid of KV. They were just Indestructible
PzIV F2 and up can smack a kv-1 and a pzIV g with add on armor can survive kv-1 shots to the front but the kv cannot survive the panzers gun
@@swagguy2171 all a matter of angle
If you're close enough, the best place to shoot the IS-6 with APHE are the hatches. They give you a 90 degree surface and when your round explodes it'll either knock out the tank or at the very least disable the turret long enough to finish it.
It was legit the best strategy for us in SQBs when the IS-6 first released. You really learned how to counter the IS-6 when every battle was XvX IS-6's.
when u buy an is, you should already have bought some bushes.^^
I see this channel going very far
What a refreshing review, you can have a new sub for that😉
Okay I instantly like your videos you explain it well and I can actually understand something for once thank you keep posting more videos I would love to watch more
Your honesty great and deserve more subs keep it up
I went up against an IS-6 with an IS-4M and neither of us could pen each other XD
Me, an Italian main: heat-fs to the side plate=BOOM, ammo rack.
Also, the KV1c was never a problem for my Brenda bus or 90/53 m41m. Just don't get hit.
Good content keep it coming and keep growing.
Wow what an engaging fun yet informative review. Keep it up
That’s my man! Good video, Red Head
I bought the is6 BECASUE of this. (Kinda) Ur content is insane keep it up. ( Funny and engaging and seems reliable )
Great vid! Idk why you dont have more subs
I recommend the is6 because you can get down tiered to 6.7 and 6.3 but you will struggle when your up against heat and apds but other than that you are very likely to bounce almost everything in a down tier
IS-6 is even playable in full uptiers, you just need to be more careful.
Heat rounds are so shit i use them on the m4 c from the german tec tree and its shit just hits on russian tanks and then i am dead
@@kevbayer6529 he means HEATFS
The good thing is that the is6 has medium tank mobility, which makes it more versatile than other heavy tanks in an uptier.
No I always do bad at 6.3 idk why I get happy when I get up teir because I usually get at least 5 kills I’m always around top 7 on the leaderboard
Best war thunder video i’ve watched in a while
First time watching your channel and I’m pleasantly surprised by the quality, from commentary to visuals. Definitely sticking around. :)
My nemisis when I still played was the flat panzer, which made killing them with a backwatds IS-2 increadibly cathartic
Awesome video man, these new war thunders RUclipsrs are definitely quality over quantity
I already have the IS 6 but i find your videos fun to watch keep up the work. But really how do you not have more subs.
Love the TF2 music in the background!
love your music choices
New favorite war thunder youtuber. You don’t seem like those shitpost channels and you keep me engaged and somehow end up making me laugh/smile. Good luck with your career :)
I am really not a fan of the shitpost 30 second haha clips either
Might be a tedious one, but have you thought of reviewing the M60A3 TTS? The M60 series is one of the most iconic tank designs, still in service around the world half a century after it first saw usage, but it gets overshadowed in Warthunder by the Abrams, especially its final American variant. Would be cool to see your opinion on how it fares against the current Warthunder meta!
Cool suggestion! I have that tank, and I've been told the M60's aren't worth grinding. It's completely true, but I played it anyway! I only have like a handful of mods on it. The most surprising thing about it is how much survivability it has; it takes like three shot to kill it.
I already have a bunch of footage with the XM-803 and the MBT-70 and I've been wanting to make a video on them for a while. I'll get more mods on the M60A3 and get some footage, but the video will probably take a long time to come out.
Brilliant video, good production quality too.
Really good as usual. Love your videos man :))
I havent even gotten above 4.0 yet in rating and this video is fun to watch still. Ill sub for future warthunder things.
i just found this channel and the quality is insane. keep up the good work :D
This Video was really well done. I appreciate the work behind it :)
Am new to the game… was searching for the best Russian premium to buy… and got to see this… it’s the best IS6 review in a fun and informative way… u earned a sub… !!!
Thanks for the review, you deserve so much more views and likes, keep the hard work bro!
AS a german main even when i was starting me personally i had no problem penning it even with the tiger 2, i feel like if you play america it might be a bit trickier but still honestly i think what people really die to is fear, when i was starting it killed me, so i looked at the weakspots and then... still couldnt kill it because i was always so stressed but when i got calm and said to myself that ik the weakspots i killed it always and every is series was the same. The is2, 3, 4 and even the t10 i always stood calm and killed them one shot
Its due to tanks like this that I love vehicles with the go anywhere-kill anything capability like the SU-152, SU-85, Nashorn etc. The 152 can easily kill a jumbo frontally, even at an angle where the long-88 can sometimes bounce.
This is a fantastic video. I hope you get more attention soon.
your experience against the kv IC is like my experience i once used all of my t-34 on a kv IC side i didn t pen once
How the hell do you only have 1.15k subs?!?! This is some super high quality stuff right here
That fishstick though... what's it doin' to me????
damn, good and fuuny edting skills. you had me subbed
Those weak spots are only available for higher pen cannons
British mains: "i can pen you anywhere"
AVRE and 4005: "i just need a hit" *huge grin*
honestly I never had a problem with is-6, after first few enconters It got pretty easy to beat, if you have low pen just shoot the gun then track so he wont escape, then flank if safe. I love when is-6 just goes like mad man for me in any british tank at 7.0 range, I also forget a lot when playing UK that u can pen tigers 2 and panthers in front plate XD
The bane existence of the Leopard 1 is scary enough to make a IS-6 player get scared to it's core
Bought this in a sale and havent really used it until about a week ago, helps me look like i can play Warthunder lol 👏👍👌✌🤘🖖🤙
Great vid earned yourself a sub 🤙
2:20. Uh oh, Gaijin's plan worked.
The only thing nice about the is-6 when it was added was that it was so cathartic to kill with Japanese heat-fs at 6.7
Excellent review style, please keep it up. I have almost every tank but I don’t enjoy the sweatfests in the higher tiers (despite having bought most of the premiums in one sale or another - d’oh!). Anyway, so I’m enjoying these reviews of mid lowish tier stuff.
As a Swedish main I don't have to worry until I inevitably miss my extremely easy shot against an IS-6.
firstly, this channel will blowup. secondly i havent played warthunder in years and you make me wanna install it and buy an is6 lmao
Maybe don't spend money, but give it a try. Just a little, it won't make you addicted... I think
This content is amazing, it seems like you have more subs than you actually have.
The IS-6/IS-3 both had a hidden 100mm steel plate behind the manlet, it was removed long ago, because of that it was more efficient to shoot commander's cupoula with any APCBC, nowadays just look at the armour in the hangar an simulate a shot to feel sure where to shoot.
1:38 but that cupola is screaming "SHOOT ME!" is 6 is a beast tho, if you dont get a cupola shot its gg for you
Your videos are pretty good keep up the good work
I play the T34, and HISTORICALLY SPEAKING. their armor was heat treated to 600-700 bernell. Everyone else was 300-450 bernell. The T34 had a reputation of being knocked out but the tank still functioned perfectly, because the Soviets heat treated it so hard the armor spalled, even from small caliber shells the crew inside would be killed or wounded by flying spall. The T34 in WT should suffer from the same issues, especially those that were war time produced.
Ever since I bought the Somua the other day I haven’t been afraid of the IS6
There is something that I want you to look at. It's the T114. 7.3 light tank premium for America . personally I really like the tank and I think it's really good even to bring to top tier. Just a random video idea
this thing went from meta, to punching bag, to meta again.
I'm unsure if I was just lucky but I never seemed to struggle against the is6 , probably because I'm too used to shooting the barrel then picking the tank apart. I remember one time it killed me twice in a row and since I didn't have a proper german lineup I took my good ol pz/IV-70 and caught it off guard with a side shot. Even so seeing any russian 122 gun looking towards me is enough to send massive shivers down my spine.
as an is-6 player, i got scared when i saw the amg 😨
I just bought the is-6 along with the turms. Really happy with it :D
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@@mantinel5343 no, not really. I've sold my mig23mld that I grinded for during the event to purchase those two packs. No need for investing money in the game when you can grind for those things.
@@mantinel5343 cry about it
i still remember when people had to data mine this thing because it had overly broken armor all the way around
Honestly the only counters that I have found to work reliably against the IS-6 are the Maus and the funny French HEAT cars.
2:10 I ussually try to aim at his drivers face when I'm in t32. It typically really fucks up Russian tanks at that br. I also think his lower plate is a pretty good weakspot but I'm not sure
Remember when IS-6 added to the game for first time? IT'S ABSOLUTELY NIGHTMARE
basically the su-11 of tanks. 7.0, soviet, premium, and almost unkillable
great video my friend love from Indonesia :)
first time i saw an IS6 i got dertroyed but when i got the Leopard 1 with HEATFS. that tank is nothing but a single hit away from complete implotion
Him:the is6 is unkillable
My friend: I'ma just ignore that statement "kills it with a ostwind 2"
IS-6 is the first and only premium I bought and it iss a literal Beast. I made more cash than I could in weeks only in matter of a day with it. Well if they gave this tank the shell IS-3 has which pens 230+ , it would be better. Only problem is that you basically can't do much thing against heat rounds which will probably ammo rack you through hull.
Is6 is strong, have very good armor?
Me in my AVRE: Oi mate!, hold my teabags.
I miss 6.7 british line ups because those apds rounds worked pretty well on taking out the is6s breach and taking out a crewmember along with it
The biggest weakspot the IS6 have is in the front xD
Its the in the middel from the front you can see a luke where the driver watch out. You cant miss that :D
I bought it a long time ago when summers sale still meant 50% off for most packs. I am not the best at tanks, but this tank is just fun.
well i didn't even realize IS-6 was so good and powerful until my friend told me how good it is and you just prove it the reason i didn't realize was IKV 91 from sweden that i used against it :D
(400mm pen heatfs + laser rangefinder)
You´re a genius man
Ambient temperature affects velocity in WT with bigger and slower rounds having more noticeable deviations.
I didn't know that, thanks!
I remember one battle where i shot is-6 right into his (our) ammorack 3 times and it didnt even kill him
I love the videos
3:17 you really using the pvz song? mad vibin
I love how you added PvZ music
Idk if the is6 was in 2015 but when I saw it in my tiger 2 or panther 2, I just ran away. It was 6.7 back in the day
What stops me from going forward...
Reload time lmao
Players: The is 6 is unkillable
The two 100lb pipe bombs I just dropped out of my p-26:
The lower side armour behind the tracks is a very reliable spot that I always shoot
WT is for people that would make great beaten spouses. They just keep coming back no matter how much gaijin beats them.
Im so scared of IS-6s that now I always bring a tank with HEAT whenever I play a br where IS-6 spawns
I once killed an is-6 with my Panther A
When they first added the IS6 and everyone was using it i almost quit the game. I grinded the M56 just so i would have HEATFS that could pen it but then i would get gunned down by their machine guns. Pain
I also grinded the M56 for the HEATFS. It was painful on the stock grind until I got the HEATFS, and it was equally bad. I took a break for a couple of months around that time.
Wait till he finds out about heatfs
Wait till you see tomorrow's video
Ever since the heat spam from 6.7 onwards became a thing, the is6 isn't really a challenge anymore... even back then with heat in the m46 you could lolpen it
Dude your content is awesome, the fact that you're below 1k subs is sad
So sad :( Tell your friends how sad it is.
My reply sounds worse on the second reading lol. I meant you should tell your friends so I can get up to 1k subbies
Though i already have this tank, it was a very useful video, thank you
Well I have been thinking of picking this up for a while now, and since there's a sale currently going on I guess this is as good a time as any!
I found it easier to kill KVs then T34s which still are the most likely to survive hits that would easily kill a KV or Tiger tank.
The German KV being the notable exception, which I find harder to kill then IS1.
Hey, that reverse gear is 5x faster than a british reverse gear, so be glad! lmao
Thank god there isn’t some kind of IS-6M for Gaijin to slap into higher rank battles