Best Tanks For Beginners ?

[MR FRING]

recently downloaded war thunder, any good tanks for beginners

[OneEye]

German tanks got good guns and shells but their armor early on through beginning WW2 stuff is serviceable. British and French tanks have solid shot rounds but they have some beefy tanks. American tanks are well rounded with decent armor, depression and guns. They have access to a stabilized gun long before anyone else.

[Gravlar]

Probably the Russians, good mobility, good enough guns, very trolly armour.

Once you've learnt the maps and the basics a bit the other majors (USA and Germany) should be easy enough before moving to the harder / minor nations.

[BocheBuster]

I wouldn't worry too much about the early tanks, think more about which tree you would like to develop in the longer term.

[Mac]

Personally I'd go with Soviet tanks if you are a beginner because most of them have shells with explosive fillers from the get go which means it is easier for you to knock out tanks even if you don't know where exactly their critical components are.

They are also rather versatile in terms of speed and armour. Jack of all trades master of none kind of thing.

Once you are past the starter tanks you can for example make a 2.0 BR Arcade lineup consisting of T-70, SU-76M and T-80 or some anti-air truck. Quite a versatile and enjoyable lineup that should be quickly unlocked.

[Mr_Hig]

panzer 2 or 20mm equipped sdkfz's, strv m/38, strv m/39 (and pretty much any of those with the same gun, m/31, lago 1 etc), bt-5, bt-7, m3 and m5 stuarts. The thing with these though is that you may be easy to kill, but in any case they all have a fast paced playstyle, the swedish ones can be used to snipe, so in either case if you are coming from another multiplayer game that is one of those things you should be able to use some of that experience with those vehicles. The short 75mm and 50mm equipped early german tanks as well, though the firepower can be more fickle, whilst also being as easily killable as the aforementioned vehicles.

[SpiralRazor]

Originally posted by OneEye:

German tanks got good guns and shells but their armor early on through beginning WW2 stuff is serviceable. British and French tanks have solid shot rounds but they have some beefy tanks. American tanks are well rounded with decent armor, depression and guns. They have access to a stabilized gun long before anyone else.

NO french tank is beefy, including the Leclerc.


As someone who just started, go with RU faction to learn on, especially if youre not going to be running premium time.

DO NOT choose a subfaction like sweden, israel, italy or france. They have very high skill caps and are very expensive to repair compared to RU. They are fine to expand into, but not start in.

[OneEye]

Originally posted by SpiralRazor:

Originally posted by OneEye:

German tanks got good guns and shells but their armor early on through beginning WW2 stuff is serviceable. British and French tanks have solid shot rounds but they have some beefy tanks. American tanks are well rounded with decent armor, depression and guns. They have access to a stabilized gun long before anyone else.

NO french tank is beefy, including the Leclerc.


As someone who just started, go with RU faction to learn on, especially if youre not going to be running premium time.

DO NOT choose a subfaction like sweden, israel, italy or france. They have very high skill caps and are very expensive to repair compared to RU. They are fine to expand into, but not start in.

The B1 isn’t beefy? Hmm weird sure the later tanks are glass cannons but he said beginning which is why I said them but hey we all have our opinions.

[Qui-Gon]

Originally posted by MR FRING:

recently downloaded war thunder, any good tanks for beginners

(I only wrote about ground RB here cuz in Arcade you will not become a better player.)
Realistic offers the best middle ground.)

Just don't buy urself into BR 8.0 & up cuz you will only die & leave the team after 1 death.
In general the most fun & "balanced" BR is from 3.3 - 7.3.

Me favorite in this BR are UK cuz the have a a lot of unique vehicles & have accurate fast firing guns with great PEN & early gun stabilizer BUT no explosive filler! Brrritisch are Perfect 4 countering heavy German & Ruzzian tanks.

EARLY French tonks are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ painful & the fun part starts quite late AT 6.7 with fast tonks with auto-loader.

The easiest start you will have with ruzzian bias tanks up to 6.3 they are easy as ♥♥♥♥ to play. Also the happiest tanks in the game cuz the have no gun depression. But the stalinium will bounce impossible ♥♥♥♥ quite often (especially their casted turrets/
BUT not British APDS ;) they have so much pen to ignore stalinium.

German tanks are all rounders with great guns & decent mobility BUT terrible teams.
What ever you do NEVER rush to a tank you want, always !!research the LOWER BR tank first!! cuz you need a proper line up.

The US of A tree has IMO to big gabs between BR's unless u like driving shermans & you will drive a lot of em. They have some fun tanks too, Like the M24 Chaffee, M18 Hellcat, the M41 Bulldog & 2 Jumbo Sherman's.

All in all i would suggest focus on Ruzzian & British,
Ruzzian to learn their BS & weaknesses, the UK to snipe their stupid tanks out of the match. APDS for the WIN!

[mogami_99]

all the reserve tanks in your nation of choice. They cost nothing to repair and the lions you earn can be spent later on what you want.

[Knopperspoppers]

I recommend russian tanks out of the 3 main factions (ussr, usa, ger) The T-34 series and kv-series are very good. they have decent armour and mobility. Most of the TDs are bad early on (except Su-85M, but it isnt even a necessary development)
As a beginner you will often miss other tanks or shoot the wrong spots, so you give them a chance to return fire. The armor of the russian tanks however will give you a good chance to survive the incoming shot. Also, you dont know the maps and their flanki spots. When you move, you will get shot from the side. Russian tanks have a good, often angled side armor, so you have a better chance to survive these shots as well.
I wouldnt recommend the german tanks, because the early to mid tier tanks rely on their guns. You can only take full advantage of their guns, when you know the maps and the capabilities of the enemy tanks. (in general you should check out all the available tanks in the tier your are in and look for week spots, but also turret rotation rates and reloading times)
US tanks are decent as well (armor, mobility, firepower all good) but armor isnt as good as of their russian conterparts.

[Druckform | INSOMNIAC 3D]

germany, dont become addicted to tanking shots, it will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence

[CaptainSpacetime]

BT-7 and other low tier Soviet tanks are really good.

I'd say:

1. USSR
2. USA or Germany
3. Everyone else

[Gelathius]

I know ages ago, I was playing the BT-5 and was able to eat like 5 or so shots and got away with it, but what the real questions is what do you want to do? There really isnt any best tanks (other than the old french tank, thank god they are gone. they were the worst and the best ten bucks I ever spent in a game just so I could skip them lol), they are all pretty good. I would say set your sights and some tank you want, say the tiger 2, and work towards that tanks.

[SpiralRazor]

Originally posted by OneEye:

Originally posted by SpiralRazor:

NO french tank is beefy, including the Leclerc.


As someone who just started, go with RU faction to learn on, especially if youre not going to be running premium time.

DO NOT choose a subfaction like sweden, israel, italy or france. They have very high skill caps and are very expensive to repair compared to RU. They are fine to expand into, but not start in.

The B1 isn’t beefy? Hmm weird sure the later tanks are glass cannons but he said beginning which is why I said them but hey we all have our opinions.

if this post was from a few years ago, id have said yes.

[Ansaraina]

Gun Ho, Lack of depression and good flanking speed that encourages aggressive play.
Russia.

Point and click/hold adventure. Not forgiving to poor positioning.
Germany.

Britain.
Recommend only if you are going to sink time into the game. their heavy reliance on AP rounds encourages the player to learn tank internals for ammunition racking.

America.
sides are flat as a German tank, with similar flanking speed to a Russian lineup, with the lot of depression to use all those nifty hills.

China, a mix of Russian, american and Chinese tanks.

France. variety of tanks that can perform different task in a battle. generalist? faction?

Sweden. love or hate it. edging closer to generalist with recent updates fleshing out the lineup with other nation tanks.

Israel, think you need to progress down another country up to a certain point to use them. not sure though.

Reasonable answer. play what is fun. Then play what agrees with your habits/mentality.
Playing the best tank is relative to you. or a pissing match between stats and opinions.