Is The Mephisto Good?

France is probably one of the more neglected nations in War Thunder. The number of vehicles it could receive would allow it to rival even major nations like Russia and Germany, but Gaijin doesn't seem to be all that interested in giving them some variety. France finally received a new ATGM vehicle in the form of the VCAC Mephisto, a VAB equipped with an unmanned HOT ATGM launcher. It should play something like the American M901 ITV, but will it be nearly as good?

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Songs used (in order from first to last):
Command and Conquer: Generals - Various USA Themes
Halo 3: ODST - Rain (Deference for Darkness)

Sound mods:
Epic Thunder (Pre-release)

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[dd-glqf]

That engine noise glitch (the one where there is NO engine noise) has been around since Direct Hit, I've noticed MANY times since that update that sometimes some vehicles will make no engine noise for quite a time.

[OddBawZ]

M901 - "You still love WALL-E, right?"
MEPHISTO - "IT'S WHEEL-E NOW!"

If the Mephisto had better gun-depression it would be unbelievably good! Too good, even.

[madman_]

Enemy tanks not making any engine sound until they shoot you has been around for at least two major updates and occurs way more often than it should.

[zimman]

Spookston: Its not all that good because of reasons

Also Spookston: Gets 5+ kills in the first clip...

[hex]

Unfortunately because Gaijin changed a lot of the engine sounds, over half of the engine sounds in ETSM don't work. Jack is currently waiting for project files to be released so he can update the mod with a Hotfix

[drexsol]

5:28
I hate the new engine noises.
Its either no sound until they kill you, making everything (but planes) sound the same, or someone who close to you sound like they're up your ass but there're nowhere near you.

I had games with Pz4s sounding like M4s and some low tirs sound like they have a turbine engine.

[enigmabodylanguage]

I've never been so addicted to a channel like this before. Keep up the awesome content!

[nikasmits]

i have a idea for the tanks that shoukd be added to war thunder:
The citroen 2cv GHAN1

it has a 20mm mg151 autocannon so perhaps a decent low tier french aa
and it also was outfitted with the 75mm hesh / he slinging recoilles rifle ( perhaps maybe a good 4.0/5.0 td because of great speed)

[armadillo]

I like how now Gaijin has no excuse to NOT add variants of the VCAC as the chassis is now in game as well as more LAV variants

[TheSuperZOS]

Mephisto is *alright* at the end of the day, it's not spectacular but it has a niche and it's nice to have a vehicle like that instead of constantly teetering between useless and broken.

It's even appropriately placed in terms of BR unlike a certain other wheeled addition of this patch. G6 is a real head scratcher with that 7.0 rating

[arthurbousquet]

Actually the sight has less depression than the launcher; so sometimes it seems like you can't get a shot, but it works perfectly in 3rd person view

[YeEpIkAiYeI]

If you look at the crew models they look like if it was an open top.

Maybe you should try how it behaves against HE.

[teywersgaming]

Oh hey I was the strv 101 in that Mozdok game. Got killed by wma301s and ptl02s every time i tried to respawn

[tfitzmas]

watching this video that I apparently missed last year and I gotta say man the improvement on your videos is legendary. Idk if something changed but you sound like you have a lot more fun in your vids nowadays and the additional sound effects and jokes are a beloved touch. Here's to it all o7

[bullpupgaming]

I would love to see you and Cone of Arc do a collab video on an ideal tank design. Like, going back on your ideal M4 Sherman design

[nightskyflyer]

war thunder: i know you basically maxed out a few tech trees, BUT YOU GOTTA DO THE MOTOR BOAT TUTORIAL OR WE’RE ALL GONNA DIEEE

[hawkeye]

All your videos give me like the BEST nostalgia for Generals and Zero Hour

[tacticalpossum]

The single vehicle reviews for the game like this could be a real bread and butter for you. There are a lot of times me and my friends have looked for play advice for different tanks on YouTube and the vids were sparse.

[hgejhae]

I just wish it could shoot on the move. They even gave it a stabilizer so you can still guide on the move, but you have to stop first, then shoot, then drive on. If I had a dollar for every time I tried to trash some kid near point blank with a well aimed flick, just to be met with “Stop the vehicle to fire the missile” because I was moving at like 5 mph I’d have at least 6 dollars

[riff-_-]

As always, loving the new videos spookston. Keep up the good work! Awesome to see personality in videos.