366 Is STILL Underrated! VPO-209 Builds in Patch 12.12

In today’s video we take a look at the other 366 weapon, which is the VPO 209. This gun is extremely flexible and cheap to mod, because it takes virtually every attachment that is compatible with the AKM series and the rounds available in 366 all do amazing damage - along with having an incredibly cheap suppressor.

The shining star of the caliber however is 366 AP-M, which is very much like a better version of M80, which in its own right is an incredibly strong round. You have the ability to deal with Class 4 armor, and can also one tap players wearing Class 3 or lower!

We’ll be looking at a few versions of this, from cheap budget loadouts to higher level trader builds with much higher ergonomics. Every build will be suppressed and some work out pretty nicely! Recoil on the 209 is pretty hard, but being semi auto is not as bad as it seems when comparing to full auto weapons. That said, you do have to be mindful of how this weapon performs, and is ideally used at short to medium ranges outside of CQB (50-100m).

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00:00:00 Intro
00:00:22 Weapon Features
00:01:58 Budget Suppressed Build
00:03:16 LL2 Traders Build
00:04:03 LL3 Traders Build
00:06:04 Ammo
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Feel free to check out the rest of the channel and my weapons videos below:

Class 4 Armor Breakdown!

Midgame Builds: The AK-101

Class 5 Armor Breakdown!

How Recoil ACTUALLY Works in EFT!

RFB vs Hunter!

Lowest Recoil M4 in 12.11!

Tarkov Budget Guns for PvP!

Tarkov Budget Kits: Cheap Early Loadouts and Efficient Midgame Gear Sets!

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[Gigabeef]

Have you given .366 AP-M a real try out yet?

[midgemong_]

For anyone struggling with .366 AP-M try to think of it as a shotgun with a little more range. At 100 meters it no longer does above 85 damage and therefore will not one tap to the chest.

[ShortThrowShifting]

.366 AP-M in the 209 has been my go to for quite some time. They key is to keep in mind you're firing a munition with a -20% accuracy debuff on top of a rifle that's already half smoothbore. It's absolutely brutal if you land your shots consistently at close to mid ranges, and the VPO-209 sounds fantastic unsuppressed. Your rounds deal so much damage that you can really take other players by surprise. 30 rounds of 90 damage is nothing to scoff at. It's a skill cannon, and will be bested by high RoF weapons in CQC, but it's versatile, lethal and reliable once you learn it.

[its_trenner]

This has been one of my favorite guns in Tarkov for about 3 wipes now. Not meta, but I love that it is different and slaps! Love the reminder of the different rail system. Can't wait to try it out.

[The_Annoyed_chef]

Well in Russia it's classified as an shotgun because smoothbore, no rifling in the barrel. And it's easier to get shotgun license in Russia. That is why the cartidge was designed and the weapon made. Some other countries also have restriction for civilians that they cant have any cartidges that are used by militaries. The AP ammo is just nasty. Done the Tarkov shooter part 7 kils with the VPO

[bassrabbit]

My friend and I have been using this with EKO as an early wipe gun, not many 30 pen ammos available at that stage. Actually gives you a chance to pen through tier 4 after a few shots unlike m855

[KanaKarovStik]

The vpo 209 is my main since the beginning of this wipe and I finally understood why I miss so many shoot with the eko round 😄

[Sightbain.]

The bullet drop and damage fall off past 100m is the rough part of this build, It is a great mid range ambush kind of weapon if you just go in with a basic low power scope and aim for single fire taps with a suppressor.

[rmxd]

i go full recoil and it slaps. I was a 308 enjoyer and even 556 for reserves but this has been slapping and its extremely underrated.

[frysebox]

Just dropped a duo while coincidentally doing Tarkov Shooter pt 1 with VPO-215 and iron sights using AP-M, I think I've found my favorite budget weapon.

[joshhayes]

I love using the AP-M, I started using the VPO-215 after watching one of your video and it works great, accurate, cheap and I always get it back; that paired with a suppressor and decent scope means I have a simple, cheap and reliable Tarkov Shooter gun.
On another note, I don't understand how weapon repairs work in Tarkov, and the only videos I see are about weapon jams, any chance you could make one if enough people are interested?

[pasqualeerwig]

TY

rly good information, nice voice clear words.
and ur helping me all the time - i started last season and got permantly slapped around. Even the easiest Scav were going to kill me - so i stopped the game but as i found your guides i recently becomming more and more convident that i know why i died, though learning and hopefully dont die next time.

LSS: THANK YOU

[JoelAppugliese]

I used this a lot early wipe. ap-m was easy enough to come by, and virtually no one was running class 5+. One shot to the thorax or head was real nice. I found it fell off as the bell curve of players ranked up, though. I'm glad you mentioned the 10 round mags. Using this as a DMR the extra ergo is REALLY nice. I found though it was really inconsistent at 100m +. The MOA isn't bad, but weak enough to lose accuracy when sniping, as is the vpo-215.

[Frijoleto]

This budget builds are very un common and show that you research about it and take your time to test and find weapons that are cheap but are rarely used even tho they are very effective

[hYllwDr]

You can also trade in two scav ones for a 100% one from Mechanic, and can often get a good deal buying just the internals from Fence, throwing on an AKM gas tube/cover and grip from Skier, trading them in to Mechanic for a shiny new one, then selling him back all the parts you're replacing off it anyways.

[sethington]

Yes! My baby gets the recognition it deserves! Really hoping they add a lower base recoil gun that can take this ammo soon though. Also thanks for bringing up the M1-B gas tube handguard. That alone got me to lvl2 traders on the Vepr KM with a red dot of my choice.

[aviko]

I kinda fell in love with the VPO, still a noob but I prefer it over spraying with the ak. Also found like 2 supressors for it in raid, which was pretty nice. Found the AP rounds once in raid and managed to kill somebody with them, mainly shooting eko now since I am lvl <15

[moontiger]

figured this out myself glad to see ppl catching on

[nightranch]

The back up ironsight for the ACOG is underrated.

[homelessalien]

So in this video you mentioned about weapons being zero'd using certain ammunition. This fact is somethingg i was completely un-aware of and makes a ton of sense. Do you think you could do a video on this concept and/or provide some sources as to where you found this info as im now burning to dive into this more haha. Thanks as always, easily the most informative tarkov creator out there and love your work!