War Thunder: KPz-70 (MBT-70) Impressions

War Thunder: KPz-70 (MBT-70) Impressions

Today we take a look at one of the new tanks added in patch 1.71, The KPz-70 main battle tank, a tank which also appears in the US tree as the MBT-70. So I guess todays video is a two for one deal!
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[MagzGTV]

Today we take a look at one of the new tanks added in patch 1.71, The KPz-70 main battle tank, a tank which also appears in the US tree as the MBT-70. So I guess todays video is a two for one deal!
I hope you enjoy!

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[BoZoiD]

World of Tanks ad on a War Thunder video... Lel

[Air-Striegler]

Fantastic background music for this episode!

[WozWozEre]

It's very interesting watching the various WT youtubers and their opinions on the new vehicles, they vary massively, some love things others hate and vice versa.

[ValentineC]

fun fact: The default shell of the T-62 at sub 300mm penetration easily goes through the effective 320 at 800mm distance in the testdrive

[bumzilla]

very honest impression as is the usual from you magz. For me personally however I think this tank is insanely good. Again this is personal experience but I go on regular 7 to 10 kill matches with it.

[StrikeWeasel]

When the German and Americans get matched together at top tier, the MBT-70's and KPZ-70's absolutely steamroll the Russian teams every time.

[brendaproffitt]

Totally awesome video and incredible the way you explained different thing's too..Thank you

[nindger]

Look at it. The daddy of the Abrams and Leo 2. It's fucking glorious. This could easily become one of those vehicles where I like it so much on an irrational level that I'm gonna keep trying until I can make it do well.

[crazydmon]

War Thunder the only game that's detrimental to your mental health because no matter how good you are everyone you face will always be heaps better than you.

[wathog]

Well, though the Kpz doesn’t offers a lot in armor, this thing is not as near as poor survival ability. The armor tends to absorb a great amount of damage, and when it does got hit and caught on fire, you still have a lot of time to react at what just shot you. And the auto loader can provide the same reload time to no matter what kind of shit happens inside the tank. Also, you can just sacrifice the fuel tank by just rolled out anyway, especially against soviets when they can’t out shoot you and cannot back up because that 4kph reverse. If they cannot kill you in the first shot or they fired first, they are probably have no chance to survive in front of you, even against multiple Soviet tanks and IT1s, you can still be confident that once they fired you have almost the time to fire two shots.

[happalula]

i always imagine Magz being the kind kangaroo he is, sitting in a rocking chair and reading a story for the kids during his videos....
he simply has a charismatic voice (the furr is another plus btw)
only now he he is bound by a convict ball crafted by Mrs. Magz <(^.^)>

[nicos]

the kpz-70 seems to me to be easily the best tank in the game. i love it to bits. believe it or not, it has far better survivability than the t-64. if anything pens the t 64 from the hull, its ammo will instantly explode. the fuel tank absorbs a lot of shells coming at the hull in the kpz and i tend to survive insane amounts of punishment. i have absolutely no trouble dispatching of a t-64, as long as i don’t shoot the composite on the turret

[JamesVDBosch]

@ 3:26 Except, it *IS* the best gun at Tier VI, 6 second reload (don't rely on the info card) with the autoloader, highest penetration after the Chieftain, which reloads 2 seconds slower.
T-64A's ammo is severely underperforming and also loads slower.

@ 6:02 It might have the higher rate of penetration drop-off, but that still leaves it with higher penetration than both of the T-64A's shells as well as the older gen tanks such as the Chieftain, Leopard, M60, etc.

@ 8:51 The spaced array is too close to the inner layer to provide effective protection against HEAT-based weapons, it does not offer additional protection against such weapons as a result.

Right now the Kpz-70 is how the Leopard was upon it's introduction, massive powercreep, back then the Leopard still had the most powerful gun in the game, over time it lost this advantage due to several nerfs, the Kpz-70 however, takes the old Leopard and turns it up to 11, the gun firing APFSDS will one-shot anything it faces, and with the highest mobility in the game, there's almost nothing Chieftain Mk. 10's nor T-64A's can do about stopping a good Kpz-70 player.

Let alone a Kpz-70 squad, this tank is so much more powerful than it's opposition right now that I honestly don't see why Gaijin choose to introduce the T-64A instead of just implementing the T-80 and the Shir 1 for Britain.

Simply put: The Kpz-70 = the META.

[Dennis-mped]

1:17 " RH202 canon mounted on the left hand side of the tank with 750 rounds of ammunition, this is actually very very useful ill get into it why later" is it just me ??? or i didnt hear why after ive finished the video??? Im not nick picking but it just sounds very interesting for why a auto canon is good for the MBT70 i havent gotten to the rank so just curious

[wackysparrow]

Don't forget that the front fuel tank will stop allmost any APFSDS shot and only start to burn every now and then.... It is basically unpennable from the front unless it is point blank range.

[Boamere]

Damn I really wish I could get this tank, I'm currently torn between researching the chief mk5 up to the mk 10 or just researching the t-64

[usanibh]

Finally, a video that doesnt continue the hype

[oyevintj]

The spaced armor don't seem to work, T-54 stock rounds go straight through the armor

[Sovietskikh]

How does the driver's 1st person perspective work? IRL the driver was in the turret with a geared/rotating cupola.