Top 5 Hidden and Rare Vehicles In War Thunder 

Some other rare/hidden vehicles: The IAR 316B, it used to be the rank 5 premium helicopter for France but was removed like 7-8 months after it was released and I don’t think ever brought back. It’s been replaced with the Tiger HAP ofc. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen one. The various twitch drop vehicles and the event vehicles which weren’t given out as coupons. There was the special P-51A and M24 (TL) both for Thunder League stuff and unobtainable now. There’s also the Trophy Leopard 2a5, T-80U, and Challenger 2 (edit: and an Abrams as well) that were given out to the winners of the RU-vid cup I think it was. They are probably the rarest vehicles in WT.

As an Owner of Herman the german Sherman I will have to say, that it is a great addition to the already great and infamous 4.0 lineup

I have all the tanks mentioned, aside from the E-100, they're all pretty nice tanks it's a shame that not everyone is able to use or view them.

it's unbeliveable how germans have almost every single iconic vehicle "captured"

Rarest I own is the 109 Z, currently saving GJN to get either the I-29 or the German H-75

Tu-2 is the most rare I got. I think it deserves a place on your list.

As others have already stated the rare gift Tu-2 is a very rarely seen vehicle which I believe belongs in the top 5. Speaking of Alpha/Beta gifts though, the Soviet P-39Q is so rare to the point that, after 12,000 matches, I've seen it a total of once, compared to a handful of times seeing the Tu-2.

How To Test Drive Hidden and Rare Vehicles: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G6OI8XjCRrU.html

Fun facts i've found out about the TB-3 from owning it for quite a while by now. 1. Its gunners and bombload are actually really good for its br. 2. It does not have flaps nor retractable gear. It doesn't even have a tailwheel or wheel brakes so it's an incredibly simple aircraft. 3. Due to its simplicity and therefore relatively low weight and long wings and short tail it turns very well. Well enough in fact to outturn just about anything aside from the most maneuverable of fighters. Bonus fact: Again due to large wings and low weight its able to take off at insanely low speeds even loaded (In the low 100s i think) and so in real life russian paratroopers would lay on the wings and slide off over the target.

The KV-2 (1940) is so angry you forgot him, that he will not only derp you with his 152mm howitzer, he will also shoot you with his coaxial machine gun, a feature his (slightly) older brother does not have ;)

Panther II, my favourite. I dont regret researching it, cause they removed it from tech tree 5 days after that.

Surprised that the British d520 wasn't on this list or really any of the pre french tech tree french vehicles

the rarest vehicle in war thunder is Lagg 3-4, it was given to developers and some of really close friends of gaijin, it's one of those vehicles that not many are aware off.

Another rare vehicle which I am proud to own is the Me262 A-2a (Thanks to the gaijun chest of not another camo for something i don't own). Only 1 time did I see another one of these in air realistic when i was grinding out for the narwhal. It was my first jet.

Honestly the biggest advantage that the germam sherman has is that it doesnt face german guns

I'm actually surprised that the I-301, TB-3M, Fw 189A-1, D.521 with other rare vehicles etc were not in the list. Imo the bubbletop canopy German P-47D Thunderbolt isn't considered rare coz people forgot it was there ig. It got removed when there was an appropriate replacement for it tho (in the form of a razorback canopy Thunderbolt) Also I haven't played War Thunder for quite a while so I am out of the loop whether if there were other ways to get the TB-3M or such etc.

7:28 I know I already brought this up on your Ersatz M10 video, but I still believe that this is a false statement. The 2017/2018 festive quest was before the marketplace existed, making the ersatz a non-coupon reward. I suppose that it could have been given as a tournament award, but I don’t see this as a possibility that it was in the marketplace. All vehicles that have ever been on the market (even tournament awards given as coupons) are still visible on the market, even if there are no coupons left. Example: E-100, Bong’s P-38J, T18E2, and more. You can still access their market history and view it like any other vehicle. This is not the case for the Ersatz, which is not and never was visible on the Gaijin market. I don’t mean to come off as rude or condescending, but I just haven’t seen any evidence to back your claim.

I'm surprised the TB-3 hasn't made the list. I've been waiting for an opportunity to get for many years but it just never shows up (except that one time it was available for warbonds that I missed)

Pr.1124 MLRS! One of the first ships you could get back than, as a pre-order pack. What makes this unique is; this is the only boat with the M-13 rockets (others have the M-8) witch can hull-break most unarmored small boats, and accuracy is good too within 1.5 km! (my brother has it...somehow) And maybe the Agusta A-129 leaving the Italian heli tree without a premium. (Guess it wasn't selling good enough, but they should just turn it into a GE premium instead)

I love my German Sherman so much. I've made many Sherman players mald using it.

The Panther II plays nicely, the reload is a bit long but i say the speed and gun counters the somewhat long reload

NC.900, the FW190A8 for France

lol didn't realise my P47 D was rare now, its a great plane 10/10 would recommend especially with tracer rounds

Managed to get my hands on the XP-38, and is a favourite of mine. Plus when I started I chose Britain(as I am British and live there) as my beginning nation, and to my surprise got the A13 3rd or whatever was for free.

Well I would love to see a video on that German night vision you mentioned! Thanks for bringing it up!

P47 german is owned by most of old players because of the air spawn he had before get removed. Anyone playing since 2017 has it, same goes for panther 2, tiger 105 and Coelian. Anyone playing since 2018 had those before they got removed. They are not rare, you see them quite often on the battlefield. The Excelsior is far more rare than those because it was very old event and only sold 1 copy on the Marketplace make it more rare than the E-100 wich could have been get during 2 separate tournaments and from the Marketplace for crazy prices. You didn’t mention the TU-2 beta at 4.0 or the A26C event wich is the rare pc variant. Do better research please...

Gaijin: removes Panther II, Maus, and E-100 because they only made one or so prototypes of the vehicle and it never saw combat Chi-Ri II: *sweats profusely*

I'd say the rarest vehicle to actually see in-game is the Ki-10 II C. Many rare vehicles either were removed or hidden but sometimes come back either in loot boxes and or Events. While the Ki-10 II C is almost never ever seen since it first came out. The Tandem Mai comes in 2nd.

The Bf 109 Z is most certainly a vehicle that you can Nazi in the regular tech tree ;)

I kinda feel like you can't call the Hilterbolt "rare" when its literally a meme because EVERYONE had it.

Here’s a rare one I’ve only seen it once the tank is the T-V

What about the N.C.900?

I have so many unobtainable vehicles that, at this point, they're pretty much all I play. Regular vehicles are kinda boring to me; I like the wacky and weird vehicles with lots of quirks and character.

Man i wish i had played war thunder when the panther 2 was still around, the look of it is just so badass, and that silver skin is just perfection

ah the p47d such good memories

Some of my rarest Vehicles are The 109-Z, Sdkfz 234/4, the T-V a Russia Panter, the RBT-5 a bt5 with two rocketsand the BM-8-24, the BM-13N "Katyusha".

I got the captured p47 bubble top and the xp38g. The xp has excellent energy retention. You can use it to choose your fights and when playing smart (which I don’t) it’s very very good and can be the biggest threat in the game

There's also the French NC900, a.k.a. the French fw 190

I would have added the event Soviet P-63A-10. I was lucky to pick up mine back when the event was active. Well worth it's weight in silver lion rewards.

this is cool, i use to play warthunder way back religiously and recently got back into it, seeing how they moved the stuff around i didnt know the the higher german stuff is now rare and im glad before i left that i started doing research on the panther 2 so that let me finish it now when i came back, so including the maus( which when it first came out i got it within the month) and the 10.5 tiger lets me have 3 rare/exclusive tanks you wont see much kind of nice imo

While I am a long time player and have seen many of these vehicles even being introduced, the one i am fully kicking myself over is really the panther 2, coelian and tiger 105, i had the chance to grind them out before they were removed but i just wasnt good enough to not get frustrated and quit, now i will never be able to get them and add them to my german lines as much as i would want to. Gaijin said they would never have them up for events like the maus, but i hold hope, gaijin have said these kinds of things before about vehicles.

I was gonna mention a lot of the low tier vehicles that were removed long ago like some of the SB and Yer bombers. Along with Gladiator Mk IIF and the S.M.79 serie 4 or the S.M.79 bis/N. As far as I know, there is no longer any way to get these planes.

The Zwilling is garbage tho, let's be honest. There is a good reason gajin removed it to create artificial rarity. It didn't sell. It's a plane that everbody anticipated only to be disappointed once it was released. You might be the first one I've ever heard who was happy to own a Z.

I'm surprised warthunder is like "this vehicle is so rare, even youtubers that don't own it can't play it" because they have repeatedly in the past, given select few people a vehicle with the promise it was going to be special and never available again, only to make it available again.

7:35 the most disconnected i've seen someone talk about a tank in War Thunder EVER. Better mobility, better angle penetration performance, CAN OVERPRESSURE the entire crew if it pens, INCREDIBLE sniping gun(holds its pen for far longer because of inertia). 10x times better than the Tiger II H. You should want the tiger 10.5 and you should be sad you don't have it. its in my top 3 favorite vehicles of the entire game

I just realized that my lost gaijin account from day 1 of armored most be worth something crazy. I was a 100% collector back then and literally had pretty much everything that was obtainable. Too bad the email that account was linked to is nuked

The best way I look and test drive hidden vehicles is I go to the chest you can open for camo’s and sometimes vehicle’s and I look threw all the camo’s till a see a rare one

The I-301 is my favorite but it gets no love

I got the Pakwagen Sd.Kfz.234/4. Can't believe how saught after that vehicle is.

The reason i love the tandem is that it reminds me of the brigand from crimson skies

one plane i didnt know that existed was that one giant russian bomber thats like 2.0 or 1.7 i dont remember its gears are huge and the plane is really slow

7:18 what are you talking about, this is just normal M10. It easy accessible through grind

I wish they’d bring the Panther II back man even if for like a day or so I have like 2-3 custom camos for it but I can’t use them at all. The Panther II was literally the only tank I wanted but I wasn’t able to play much and then they announced they were removing it and I made it to the Panther below the Panther II right before they removed it.

All the vehicles you mentioned id like to see them come back for the 10th anniversary all the vehicles will come back for a month or a few weeks I’d be super happy

Im suprised to not see things like the BI or the IS-7 since "rare" isnt defined just by how often or hidden they are but by how many owns em

Just a cool little fact you can indeed play these rare planes if you select the Dynamic campaign and play as Germany 1945. There is a chance that you could find the 109Z or the 262 bomber variant. Im not entirely sure if the 109Z is in 1945 so you would have to try out the other years. Another fun fact about the Dynamic campaign if you want to fly some other counties 1945 planes just select the year to 1945 and then backing out and selecting the country you want to try. For some reason WT doesn’t update the year so even though you don’t own any 1945 planes for that country you can still play with them. But of course this is only against bots but you can also have your friends play along too.

The Ersatz M10 is a Panther Ausf G with no engine govenor not an Ausf D or Ausf A. It is also the best modelled Panther in game historical accuracy wise however the modelmaker did mess up the drive wheel.

I've been playing long enough that I am lucky to own all of these except for the Bf-109Z. There are definitely much rarer vehicles than any of these though enough to make a whole top 5 if not more for sure. #1 LaGG 3-4. You could only get this aircraft for being part of the development team or make significant contributions to the game. #2 KV-1B. This tank was first available buy purchasing MSI products in Russia and I believe was a gift for attending a tradeshow event. It has popped up a few more times for sale or to win but is still quite rare. #3 A-26C-45. This is another very rare plane to find in game. I believe it was part of a laptop bundle originally but then has come up as a reward vehicle although be it a long time ago. #4 Tu-2. Only way to receive this aircraft was to play the game during the closed beta. #5 P-39Q-15 (USSR) Gifted to Alpha player of the game. Honorable mentions LaGG-3-23, P-26A-34, D.521, Ki-21-hei, LVT (A)(4) ZIS-2, Me-262 A2a, Type-62.

The 10.5 CM Tiger 2 has a rangefinder, 300 more horsepower and can oneshot everything. It´s not worse than the normal Tiger 2

I have the XP-38G and the J6K, the latter probably being my rarest vehicle. They’re both pretty good too. The J6K is kinda insane though. Do you own it?

I have a TU-2, 4.0. Plane that was given to a beta testers of Airplanes.

I got both the german-sherman and the J xD I bought into the CB of ground forces then stopped playing still recently. Use it in. 4.0 line up, have lots of fun in it hahahaha

The rarest I own is the Matilda Hedgehog. I know that it’s not THAT rare tho

It appears I have 800 hours on PC, and it angers my soul to lose everything I worked so hard to earn. One that was nice was the Russian Panther that was only available from the original Thunder League promotional run. Now, I can only play on XSX since I no longer have a PC, and have to grind from square zero.

Dam, I got the XP-38G, P-47D, Ersatz M10 and BF-109Z. Ersatz M10 and BF-109Z are so far my FAVORITE to use in Ground RB

Great vid - I have the 109z. It's good but the limited ammo is a challenge

The rarest I own are the TU-2 and the german sherman

When i was playing some air sb i got killed by a german p47... these "captured " planes and tanks are very stupid for sb specialy the ones that dont have any difference on the camo or something like that (the italy tech tree has the most annoying tank to fight against in sb thats the m24 bc hes fast then if he use any decal to cover the italy flag its impossible to know if its a enemy in case he flank your team and comes from your respawn )

I recently bought the bf109z maybe a month ago as it went on sale

I met a german sherman in a single game out of my whole career and was quite surprised. Good thing it was in arcade or i'd probably not have realised it. Learning more about it was interesting. On the other hand, facing an Erzatz M10 for the first time in arcade brought me confusion beyond words and had me and my pals destroyed because we had no clue it was a panther type.

I just have german p47 maus panther and tiger damn old good days 🥺

Glad I have the German Bolt and XP-38G. I couldn’t justify spending $60 USD for the German Sherman when they brought it back. Hopefully they’ll bring it back in the near future. I remember back to before they removed the Panther 2 and Tiger 2 105, I wasn’t able to grind fast enough to get them but I did get the Flakpanzer 341 unlocked. Later on I got the Maus when they brought it back. On the other hand, do you think that Gaijin might bring back the 109-Z pack? I’d like it if they did.

War Thunder: *Does not have M10/Panther* World of tanks: *Has M10/Panther*

Wait they removed the BF109Z? Damn that's a shame, I kinda wanted to get it when they first added it to the game

They should make 109 Z obtainable just like maus

I have the XP-38G I genuinely can’t remember how I got it, I’ve just always had it for about as long as I’ve been playing the game

Oh nice i didint even know the XP-38G was rare as its my main SL grinder and i have a 2.5 kd in it, amazing air superiority fighter

imagine not owning the German Sherman smh my head

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I have most of these vehicles and still forget I even have them

Pretty cool to see the panther 2 the same day I saw one in game for the first time

I have the Panther 2, the German P-47, BF-109 Z and the XP-38 G

You didn’t speak about the Lorraine 155Mle that many people doesn’t know.

ayy I got the p-47d german, got it through warbonds last year. makes me happy :)

I dont play so much, so its hard to know what I have is rare to not, but I do have a Tu-2, XP-38G, P-47D and a LaGG-3-23 As well as a bunch of other stuff in my tech tree that I know isn't in my friends

Just because the Tiger 105 has "only" 14mm pen doesnt mean that its not worth the reload. Overmatch exists in this game Long 75mm (from Panther) - 192mm pen - Can penetrate Jumbo UFP reliably head on up to 1000m (Camera level on Jumbo gun) 152mm (from SU-152 and ISU-152) - 166mm pen (BR540B round) - Can penetrate Jumbo UFP reliably head on up to 3.1 KM (Camera level on Jumbo gun) (+ 1kg tnt) Conclusion - > Tiger 105 gun is far better than the regular tiger as it is both higher caliber and has 14mm penetration (while in my example, Panther's 75mm and ML-20S 152mm , it may seem that Panther has a better ammo, it in fact is the 152mm that has the better ammo, even though it has TWENTY SIX (26) mm less penetration... Answer: Caliber matters in these cases when 2 different caliber guns have similiar penetration. Therefore the 105 tiger is worth it , even with the reload penalty. People underestimate the ML-20S too much, its so easy to kill jumbos thinking i cant pen them or angled tiger 1's .... its too much fun

I have the rare P47D :D

I have the XP-38G, even at 4.0 + it can do great, I've had multiple games with tons of kills no problems using it as a filler at 4.0 :o

I own the german sherman, and its one of my favourite vehicles

Ayyyy I got the XP-38G

god not me owning 3 out of 5 and several of the honorable mentions

Those old premiums cost $30

I have Herman The Sherman. I also have the XP-38 and the P-47D, Panther 2 too

I got the P-47D (German) and it really is great :edit: and the 109 Z-1

thanks alot for spreading the info, i started playing war thunder few weeks ago and its always good to find out what and how things are in this game, im just playing to get abrams but im not gonna lie, i would enjoy messing around with that giant mouse tank or however you spell it

The difference of T-34 Prototype used to be its better engine, before all T-34s got their engines buffed.

You fogot about the LaGG-3-4 which was only given to Gaijin workers.

I got German Sherman the p38 the Italian aircraft in my German tech tree panther 2 tiger with the big barrel and the Maus and much more

The ersatz is based on a early panther G instead of being a hybrid of the A and D

never been this early lol!