Honestly I'm going to buy it. Yes yes I know it's just the first M1 Abrams. Historically it SHOULD have the 120 but Gaijin said they gave it the 105 for "balance" meanwhile the Challenger, Leo 2 AND Merkava use the 120. And the Turms has a 125 at 10.0. Makes no sense but the M1 is still a good tank. With that being said I really like US top tier. My birthday is next month so I'll treat myself
It was hilarious Gaijins justifications in the forums for only giving it the 105 at that battle rating. In the future they need to model/give players the option to mount the 120 on the vehicle.
Best part is the incredibly strong 10.7 USA teammates that usually have fully lineups including CAS that can carry battlles. German 2a4s don't get that luxurry as much.
Pretty good overall, like you said just a mid gun/shell. Very fast, very spongey, I have a feeling they’ll add a new shell or even consider changing the gun on it to make it more usable
@@darugdawg2453 I don’t have a ton of trouble dealing with those, if you shoot for breech it usually racks them and I find a lot of Turms being dumb and shooting my hull
Reasonable (by comparison) operating costs- Crew training is 10,000 SL. repair cost is 3,183 SL and free repair time Nine Days, 16 minutes. compare to tech tree M-1 at 210,000 SL crew training, 3,986 SL repair and free repair time repair time 12 Days 18 hours and 21 minutes. German premium Leopard at 10.3 is 10K crew training, 3,183 repair and 9 days 16 minutes.
While I understand why they made it just an M1, little miffed that they say it’s for balance or something. Like the Swedes had that CV that was pretty unreal so they just straight up changed it. Straight up removed Panther 2 cuz it doesn’t exist. Other premium MBTs are still true to their irl counterparts, they’re just variants like exports or camo. Still, it’s a cool tank to have, and it’s another for my 10.3 lineup so why not.
Found this channel recently and it's been a big help improving my gameplay and my fathers. My dad plays it during the day and gets pissed off and ive been showing him the videos so we can learn together
I think this tank is one of the good prem tanks to learn top tier if one comes from getting premium vehicles. It has “armor” but not enough to learn the patience and tactics. Gun is stable but not too enough to make us memorize the weak points. NVG is the not greatest but better than none. And you get a cool decoration on your own M1 tank! Price is a bit high, but better than riding XM1 to grind US. Thanks for the reviews as always tankenstein.
I had purchased this on pre-order soon after it was announced and then purchased the XM1 shortly after it went on sale in May, along with some others (happened before the economy bs, the May sale purchase just days before) The XM1 felt rather disappointing to me tbh, especially since I bought and played the TURMS and Leo2a4 before the XM1. I played a few games with it, getting a little further down the USA tree, but ended up going back to play mainly USSR. Since the update when I finally got the KVT, I've been taking both of them out and having a blast, and admittedly doing better with the XM1 than I had been. I believe the KVT is a better introduction into high tier USA than the XM1 is, especially if you're unfamiliar with tanks with more than 4 rounds and don't realize that the XM1 has APFSDS but the default loadout is APDS, HEATFS, HESH, and Smoke and you have to select the APFSDS (don't want to admit how long it took me to realize that) while the KVT shows up with one of its APFSDS in the default loadout.
@@Racko94 make sure to grab the M774! While M735 does the same when it pens, the m774 has higher pen value. Also I too pre ordered the thing when it was first announced. But overall like you said: great top tier tank to learn the game. Though I wish we could HEATFS rounds with the m774..
Coming from top teir Russia to this is really nice.. I love the mobility survivability and the gun depression. I find the cannon is fine just gotta take careful shots
@@L1mp1nB1zk1t as gaijin sees it the m1a1 would be to powerful as a prem which I agree with, they're not "fucking over us mains" and the main thing about the KVT is camouflage netting and some barrels, it really doesn't matter what it's on
@@daskollektiv4593 Yet the other prem 10.0-10.3 MBTs have their historically accurate cannons yet the M1 can't? That's an absolute f*cking copout and you know it. Stop covering for Gaijin's bullshit*t - It's pathetic.
While ive been playing my lepord 2 since this came out ive noticed that its harder for both me and the enemy to destroy eachother, i assume for them its because of the 105 but i cant find a reason i one shot these less than other abrams
I hate how people praise blowout panels, blowout panels will leave you with 1 or 0 rounds depending if you have one in barrel and will make you sitting duck, I mean they make sense in real life obviously, but in this game I don't think so.
It’s okay. It’s top shell struggles with Russian turms and t80s frontally and needs to aim for weak spots while the Russians can just kick your ass with their 3bm42 round. Other than that, use the speed to your advantage and the relatively quick reload is quite forgiving as well
Sorta kinda, if they’re angled and your shooting from front it’s damn near impossible but If they’re directly facing you it sucks, otherwise you gotta barrel them
@blown70charger99 even then sometimes shooting barrel will make your dart disappear (speaking from experience) so I would usually just shoot the breach which is MUCH more reliable way.
@@darugdawg2453 Who's "people"? No one's saying the speed is like m18 vs panther lol. It's just how the abrams is; mobile and quick. great top speed and good reverse speed for shooting and scooting compared to slow russian vehicles. that's all.
Heavily disagree with describing this as a damage sponge with better armor then the Leo 2a4. Quite the opposite. Only good things going for this is its speed and reload speed. Other wise dm23 and 3bm42 will easily go through ypur turret and hull.
for me, the M1 Abrams is the best tank in the game for its BR. it's better than the 2A4, but the KVT for me is not worth it because I already unlocked all the tanks in the US tech tree
@@darugdawg2453 sry but the reload makes up for it, 2a4 is better in armor and gun but the reload makes the tank an absolute monster its feels like type 10 despite having 1 second slower reload
Abrams has 370 mm of pen, no armor, barely fast, no ERA, and bad rounds compared to literally every tank at 10.3 (even 9.7 soviet tanks get better ammo) what is the abrams better at? Dying??
4 months after but, m1 kvt looks better than xm1, the t55AM1 is incredible for russia, now you need to choose, if you want play US, go to m1, if you want to play russia, go to t55
Well at least it got that occasional russian bias with the decorations, because sometimes I can fire 3 rounds into the side of this thing and do no damage. Very strange. Skill issue.
I still don’t know why the normal abrams is 10.3, meanwhile russian tanks at 9.7 gets better ammo and generally better armor cause their OP era and trolly armor, 3bm42 will lolpen you basically anywhere, and generally will wipe your crew out
basically same. it struggle to pen esp in emergency close quarters. the only improvement is you are more survivable vs autocannon but still paper vs main guns
I don't understand why people still support this game. Obviously broken, hates new players, pure pay to win, etc. Gaijin only fixes the economy because of dwindling numbers and yet here you are...immediately shilling for them. Fix the game...
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Honestly I'm going to buy it. Yes yes I know it's just the first M1 Abrams. Historically it SHOULD have the 120 but Gaijin said they gave it the 105 for "balance" meanwhile the Challenger, Leo 2 AND Merkava use the 120. And the Turms has a 125 at 10.0. Makes no sense but the M1 is still a good tank. With that being said I really like US top tier. My birthday is next month so I'll treat myself
"Balance" while they offer the AIM with a 120 and fictional DU
@@12LoLproductions the m1a1 aim doesn’t have depleted uranium? No tank in game does because Gaijin is too lazy to give it to them
It was hilarious Gaijins justifications in the forums for only giving it the 105 at that battle rating. In the future they need to model/give players the option to mount the 120 on the vehicle.
Yooooo Rico your bday is next month?1! I'll give a lil shoutout in my next video just for you 😘
@CrabbyPattyMoox I saw the notification on my phone and genuinely thought it was a troll Crabby account but it's actually you! HELLO THERE
Best part is the incredibly strong 10.7 USA teammates that usually have fully lineups including CAS that can carry battlles. German 2a4s don't get that luxurry as much.
bold of you to assume its not only the KVT right now
Try saying that 4 months later.
Fr@@fidle89
Have? More like Had. :(
Pretty good overall, like you said just a mid gun/shell. Very fast, very spongey, I have a feeling they’ll add a new shell or even consider changing the gun on it to make it more usable
spongey f no. turms can pen ur head at any distance while you cant do s8
The KVT irl was an M1A1, which we wont see as a premium until rank 8 drops. When it does i suspect thisll get swapped out like the prem centauro was
@@ronaldthompson4989 that would be nice
@@darugdawg2453 I don’t have a ton of trouble dealing with those, if you shoot for breech it usually racks them and I find a lot of Turms being dumb and shooting my hull
@@ronaldthompson4989we got the clic-bait instead
The reload speed with the 105 makes it a w key monster, still don’t fight certain nations head on but that’s just top tier
Reasonable (by comparison) operating costs- Crew training is 10,000 SL. repair cost is 3,183 SL and free repair time Nine Days, 16 minutes. compare to tech tree M-1 at 210,000 SL crew training, 3,986 SL repair and free repair time repair time 12 Days 18 hours and 21 minutes. German premium Leopard at 10.3 is 10K crew training, 3,183 repair and 9 days 16 minutes.
While I understand why they made it just an M1, little miffed that they say it’s for balance or something. Like the Swedes had that CV that was pretty unreal so they just straight up changed it. Straight up removed Panther 2 cuz it doesn’t exist. Other premium MBTs are still true to their irl counterparts, they’re just variants like exports or camo. Still, it’s a cool tank to have, and it’s another for my 10.3 lineup so why not.
Found this channel recently and it's been a big help improving my gameplay and my fathers. My dad plays it during the day and gets pissed off and ive been showing him the videos so we can learn together
I think this tank is one of the good prem tanks to learn top tier if one comes from getting premium vehicles. It has “armor” but not enough to learn the patience and tactics. Gun is stable but not too enough to make us memorize the weak points. NVG is the not greatest but better than none. And you get a cool decoration on your own M1 tank! Price is a bit high, but better than riding XM1 to grind US. Thanks for the reviews as always tankenstein.
I had purchased this on pre-order soon after it was announced and then purchased the XM1 shortly after it went on sale in May, along with some others (happened before the economy bs, the May sale purchase just days before)
The XM1 felt rather disappointing to me tbh, especially since I bought and played the TURMS and Leo2a4 before the XM1. I played a few games with it, getting a little further down the USA tree, but ended up going back to play mainly USSR. Since the update when I finally got the KVT, I've been taking both of them out and having a blast, and admittedly doing better with the XM1 than I had been. I believe the KVT is a better introduction into high tier USA than the XM1 is, especially if you're unfamiliar with tanks with more than 4 rounds and don't realize that the XM1 has APFSDS but the default loadout is APDS, HEATFS, HESH, and Smoke and you have to select the APFSDS (don't want to admit how long it took me to realize that) while the KVT shows up with one of its APFSDS in the default loadout.
@@Racko94 make sure to grab the M774! While M735 does the same when it pens, the m774 has higher pen value. Also I too pre ordered the thing when it was first announced. But overall like you said: great top tier tank to learn the game. Though I wish we could HEATFS rounds with the m774..
@@RedFox_05 sometjing missing in that last sentence
If it was the 120mm variant I would buy it but not with the 105mm
I heard Krasnovia is allied with Albonia aka the country the French stopped shelling when they realized there was nothing worth destroying.
Coming from top teir Russia to this is really nice.. I love the mobility survivability and the gun depression. I find the cannon is fine just gotta take careful shots
i already bought the xm1 when it was on sale, but if this was 120mm i would probably buy it
Artificially nerfed. IRL uses a 120mm. Gaijin f*cking over US mains yet again..
gaijin literally explained what they did to it lmao and its fine
@@daskollektiv4593 No it isn't fine. It's artificial nerfing and it's bullsh*t.
@@L1mp1nB1zk1t as gaijin sees it the m1a1 would be to powerful as a prem which I agree with, they're not "fucking over us mains" and the main thing about the KVT is camouflage netting and some barrels, it really doesn't matter what it's on
@@daskollektiv4593 Yet the other prem 10.0-10.3 MBTs have their historically accurate cannons yet the M1 can't? That's an absolute f*cking copout and you know it. Stop covering for Gaijin's bullshit*t - It's pathetic.
While ive been playing my lepord 2 since this came out ive noticed that its harder for both me and the enemy to destroy eachother, i assume for them its because of the 105 but i cant find a reason i one shot these less than other abrams
gaijin goofing up a premiums performance on release just for profit
M1 can pen leo2a4 cheek and knock out both gunner and commander. Sometimes even the breach
@@theplum2706 i mean, every single 400+ pen shot can do the same to the m1. which is pretty much all 10.0+ mbt's
@@NotOlzen except the abrams of course
@@LewisB3217 yup. some 8.7 tanks have a better apfsds then the abrams
I hate how people praise blowout panels, blowout panels will leave you with 1 or 0 rounds depending if you have one in barrel and will make you sitting duck, I mean they make sense in real life obviously, but in this game I don't think so.
Better to survive with your teammates’ support than to get ammo-racked, instantly sending you back to the Lobby.
It’s okay. It’s top shell struggles with Russian turms and t80s frontally and needs to aim for weak spots while the Russians can just kick your ass with their 3bm42 round. Other than that, use the speed to your advantage and the relatively quick reload is quite forgiving as well
Sorta kinda, if they’re angled and your shooting from front it’s damn near impossible but If they’re directly facing you it sucks, otherwise you gotta barrel them
@blown70charger99 even then sometimes shooting barrel will make your dart disappear (speaking from experience) so I would usually just shoot the breach which is MUCH more reliable way.
people talking about speed like its m18 vs panther. i cant
@@darugdawg2453 Who's "people"? No one's saying the speed is like m18 vs panther lol. It's just how the abrams is; mobile and quick. great top speed and good reverse speed for shooting and scooting compared to slow russian vehicles. that's all.
Avg 3bm42 balance, he wins, you lose, balance comrade
I took the vismod off on mine and it works well as a premium tank
My favorite part of the american techtree are the shermans so honestly i don't mind a lack of penetratio so seems like a great vehicle.
As of this morning the M1KVT is 10.3, not 10.0
Heavily disagree with describing this as a damage sponge with better armor then the Leo 2a4. Quite the opposite. Only good things going for this is its speed and reload speed. Other wise dm23 and 3bm42 will easily go through ypur turret and hull.
I love it, great tank. Not for a player new to top tier, as it doesn’t hold your hand like a lot of top tier premiums do.
I found it interesting that the KVT has only 1 top mounted MG whereas the TT Abrams has 2
We’ll, it’s because Russian tanks get only 1 Top mounted hmg, it’s weird but Yk 👍
@@BenQuadenaros i figured that was the case haha
It's just an M1. it's an average tank with absent armor and sub-par ammo.
for me, the M1 Abrams is the best tank in the game for its BR. it's better than the 2A4, but the KVT for me is not worth it because I already unlocked all the tanks in the US tech tree
better than 2a4. youre dreaming
@@darugdawg2453 sry but the reload makes up for it, 2a4 is better in armor and gun but the reload makes the tank an absolute monster its feels like type 10 despite having 1 second slower reload
@@ozoahameg3582 no the 2a4 is just better but not by alot
Abrams has 370 mm of pen, no armor, barely fast, no ERA, and bad rounds compared to literally every tank at 10.3 (even 9.7 soviet tanks get better ammo) what is the abrams better at? Dying??
@@LewisB3217 just sounds like youre bad at the game lol like the abrams is good, sure the base m1 probably should get m833 but thats it
It won't surprise me if they buff the 774
Won’t hold my breath, that’d buff america too much
Be buying the xm1 1 day before this thing got announced lol
Still think its time to give the M1s M833
Great vid. Im definitely going to buy it
goodluck sniping vs turms
I hope people are making sure they're using M774 and not M735 lol, its not equipped initially.
Tankentein should i buy M1 KVT or XM-1GM or T55 AM1 thanks
4 months after but, m1 kvt looks better than xm1, the t55AM1 is incredible for russia, now you need to choose, if you want play US, go to m1, if you want to play russia, go to t55
I will get this to go with my a-10 to grid america now that i've got germany pretty far
It's on sale right now, and far as USA goes..it's hella fun tank to play
I love the Abrams
Thank you
What is better kvt or the xm1
Better than the xm1 although that isn’t saying much
Now I can finally spade my t-80um2 unchallenged 😊
Well at least it got that occasional russian bias with the decorations, because sometimes I can fire 3 rounds into the side of this thing and do no damage. Very strange. Skill issue.
I still don’t know why the normal abrams is 10.3, meanwhile russian tanks at 9.7 gets better ammo and generally better armor cause their OP era and trolly armor, 3bm42 will lolpen you basically anywhere, and generally will wipe your crew out
If only it got the wolfpacks m900
The era armor doesnt work just visuals
Omg sound for the intro!!!!!
They were always there?
How does the KVT stack up against the XM-1?
basically same. it struggle to pen esp in emergency close quarters. the only improvement is you are more survivable vs autocannon but still paper vs main guns
KVT being well protexted is the biggest lie ever told. autocannons pierce if front and turret easily
Worse ammo then the 10.0 other premium tanks worse armor
This or wolfpack ?
Both with a10 premium lol
@@Lesboi the best for CAS on Ground RB, is the a6e tram i think, you have 5 laser guided big bomb at 10.3
Jacobson Corners
0582 Hudson Loaf
Isn't it 10.3?
Yes
@@Tankenstein ah ok, your intro got me excited for a second, I thought 10.0 US was back on the menu XD
this made mech ycuejle a little bit
wait for 50% off,buy Diablo 4 instead
This tank might just be an impulsive buy
so expensive 😵💫😵💫
its ok
describing a medium tank as a light tank. lul
It's played like a light tank would be played. Also it's not a medium tank, MBTs aren't the same as medium tanks. Idk what you want
epic
I don't understand why people still support this game. Obviously broken, hates new players, pure pay to win, etc. Gaijin only fixes the economy because of dwindling numbers and yet here you are...immediately shilling for them. Fix the game...
xcioment
FAKE TANK
Yeah this 105mm variant never existed
They're getting more World of Tanky as time goes on.
Another copy n paste vehicle
you forgot the "average" part. another copy n paste of average vehicle