What Is The Best Premium Tank In War Thunder? 

Merry Christmas everyone Affiliate link: tinyurl.com/yz47mz5p Sponsor link: apexgamingpcs.com/products/spookston

The fact that I can't even argue that the m4 hybrid is Italy's best premium. Sometimes I forget how neglected a lot of these trees are.

My best premium is the brümmbar. It’s a ton of fun and it’s actually very good. Fast, good armor, devastating gun, all you need really

I know there’s an identical tank that’s the same but not premium, but the JagdPanther is disgustingly strong for grinding the German tree. At 6.0, it consistently gets downtiered to 5.7, which allows it to absolutely dumpster everything. Even Germany’s bane, the Jumbo, can be easily pend through the front. Shoot, angle, then kill. It consistently bounces any shots, with the exception being Soviet Anti Tank guns, and the IS tanks.

I got the t114 when I was stuck at 6.3, since I got it, it carried me to 7.7 easily.

P2W is ass. Premium vehicles should never be better than their tech tree counterparts at the same BR. They should never be the best at their BR if they don't have a counterpart. The reason they should be bought is their above average RP and SL gains. Not to gain an advantage over people who cannot or will not spend money on a F2P game.

France has so many strong premiums it’s impressive. The B1 Ter, the LVT, FL 10, the premium EBRs, the Somua SM, the AMX-30 and the AMX-30 Super are all some of the best tanks at those BRs, and it’s all on the same tree.

Bought the T-34-57(1943) for sale, and wow does the turret make a huge difference. It's 0.3 BR higher than the normal one, but you get the trolly 1943 turret with an extra crewmate on top of the extremely good 57mm. Another one I bought was the Cobra King, which is a Jumbo with premium benefits and a sick sounding gun.

Also, for the T-55AM, I use the ATGM for targets the APHE can't pen. Sure, its slower than regular round, but it does more damage and pens more reliably than the sabot.

T114 is literally an M50 with a fully traversable turret,a smaller profile and arguably more maneuverability and adaptability due to the turret.

My favourite is the sho't kal. I know it's kind of meh in all regards, but when fighting primarily heatfs and heat rounds in the very common downtiers, blazer era is great. Even in uptiers the firepower is pretty good, and it just looks really cool. Also merry Christmas to spook and everyone in the community.

Warthunder: premiums are 50% off Me: STONKS

I quite like my RBT-5

Merry Christmas, mate. Thank you so much for all you do for this community!

Merry Christmas Spookston and a Happy New Year!! Thanks for all the wonderful content this year bub!

"For Britain, the Black Prince". That says everything about how bad the British tanks are modelled that one of the worst and most hysterically over-BRed premium tanks in the game is listed as one of their best.

Every Spookston video is both entertaining and usefull i gotta say

Finally the Somua SM gets the recognition it deserves. Not only is the vehicle itself very good, its backed by one of the best and most fun lineups in the entire game. France 7.3 is extremely versatile and powerful, only missing some CAS and AA.

Black Prince over Centurion Action X? M4 Hybrid over Pz.IV G/M60A1 DC Ariete? ZTZ59A over WMA301? Bfw. Jagdpanther over Ru 251? These are a lot of strange choices

Imo, the WMA is the best, gen 2 thermals, good dart, tandem atgm, dual stab 105, on a decent hull, only thing it lacks is armour. At 8.3 you cant complain + its tier 6

I didnt find the T-55-AM to be really OP but then again its well known that I suck. I'm surprised the Tiger II SLA.16 wasn't on this list, its easily the best Tiger II in the game and adds to an excellent 6.7 lineup.

I love the T28, its pretty fun to just hold W and you never get hurt.

German best premium KV1C hands down. It's so easy to use and works very well.

I think there were some missing tanks which deserve their honorable mentions imo, such as: M4A5 Ram, Tiger 2 Sla 16, KV-1 C, T34 747, SMK, Pz 4 G (italy), M60 Ariete and Strv 81 RB 52. Now i don't mean any of these tanks are supposedly the best premium, i just think they are good enough to warrant a mention.

My best premium is the A6M5 KO, great aircraft with amazing boosters, especially when paired with a premium account.

I recently got the OF-40 MTCA, the regular OF-40 is my favorite tank and that extra mobility is SOOOOO nice.

I would say the best premium for the GE is the PZ.III N in the German tree. 3.5 second reload for 100mm heat, spaced armour so most auto cannons can’t pen your thin sides. 70mm spaces armour on the UFP.

Before moved up BR I’d easily say the best premium throughout tier for tier would be the KV-1C

Best premiums is talismans on your favorite tech. And it cheaper.

best premium tank FOR NOW, because I used to love my T20 until gaijin thought it should go up against IS-3s

Kv. 1 C 747 used to be my go too cuz that thing was tough enough to handle itself in uptiers and basically unkillable at even a match tier, but the bringing it up to 5.0 hasn’t really reduced its effectiveness but it really fucks over what you are able to bring out with it

Honorable mention goes to the M4A5 Ram, a flat-out better Sherman at 3.7 with better armor, a faster reload, and more pen. It's a clubber and it's only 500GE right now.

For fun I recommend buying the t 34 57 model 1943 damn that tank is good for grinding sl

Spookston referring to the T114 "Survivability is pretty much nonexistant" My Leopard's HEATFS begs to differ.

I used to get downvoted like mad on the WT Reddit whenever I'd bring up how OP the T-55AM is. Glad I'm not the only person who sees it after all.

T-55AM-1, XM-1 (GM) and Leopard A1A1 L/44 were all originally 8.7s, and of the three I found the XM-1 the least problematic to deal with. But whereas the XM-1 and L/44 both went up to 9.0 (now 9.3 for the XM), Gaijin made the inexplicable decision to drop the T-55AM-1 to 8.3. Many people (myself included) pointed out that it was entirely broken for the T-55AM-1 to be the same BR as the tech tree T-55A despite being a straight upgrade in every way (better ammo, laser rangefinder, significant up-armouring, plus a better engine that gives it a slightly higher power to weight ratio despite all the extra weight). Instead of putting it back at 8.7 where it was at least somewhat fair, they instead dropped the T-55A to 8.0, which IMO was completely unnecessary and solved nothing. The T-55A was fantastic at 8.3 and I much preferred it to the T-62 at the same BR, now the better tank of the tech tree 8.3s (IMO) is at 8.0, and based on BRs we're now supposed to believe the T-62 is equivalent to the T-55AM-1, which it clearly isn't.

WT is the game that always frustrated me enough to refuse buying anything in it for almost a decade - good job Gaijin, keep the perfect record!

Brummbär always annoys me, its armour is really weird, killed one shooting its roof yesterday lol

I'm surprised that the fucking WMA301 (what I like to call the 'WuoMaoArmy301') wasn't mentioned because god is that machine the bane of my existence playing 7.3 vehicles with its APFSDS and its ATGM with 750mm of penetration.

Somua SM is so fun to play, was skeptical to get it but I remembered how fun the French line was on WoT so I figured I would get it to give a kick start to the French line and boy am I glad I got this tank. It quickly became my favorite tank

I like the way that the Somua poops the shell casings out the back of the turret

I used my 90% coupon to get the TAM-2IP, have not regretted it in the slightest, good APFSDS, very mobile and more survivable then any Leopard 1, and it’s only at 8.7!!!

I have bought the Italian Pz IV G and I find it really good to Farm, even if sometimes it gets a bit boring

the clip at the end is so accurate like the somua is so op behind an experienced tanker, that the enemy team will throw everything at u to take u down to the point where u will have enough for a nuke.

I remember playing the T55am when it was actually quite difficult to play as it used to face the Abrams and leopard 2a4

My favorite part about your videos is seeing the number of all these tanks explode in game over the next week

I agree, AVRE and Black Prince are the best for Britain. AVRE can erase anything in game with the HESH and is a blast to play (literally). The Black Prince has 17pdr APDS which is really good and can bounce shots from Tiger IIs if you angel right.

Christmas

I bought the American T-29 heavy tank and been having fun with it on both RB and AB mostly because i play for fun and not for brinding, when i least expected it i ended up grinding the T-34 and the T-26e1 which are fine by me and probably be the peak i will grind as i have mo intention of going further, except maybe the M103 but imo, the T-29 is a fun tank but i beljeve is down to my play style as i struggle with more nimble vehicles

I stopped playing war thunder but enjoyed watching the video

Spockston

For me it's easily the King Tiger Sla. 16. The upgraded engine makes a huge difference when it comes to maneuverability and speed. It can keep up with the Panthers and even the Leopards for the most part. That upgraded engine makes it so that you can get into places where people don't expect a King Tiger to be that early. In close quarters that upgraded engine allows you to make neutral turns much quicker, thus improving survivability. You get the standard long 88 as your armament, and until a recent patch, it was the only KT with a commander MG. Nothing really different than the regular KT here. And this one is mostly situational at best, but every once in a blue moon, the extra tracks on the turret will save you from HEAT. But all in all, the Sla is just an objectively better King Tiger which is already phenomenal. It transforms the tech tree King Tiger from a somewhat sluggish and cumbersome sniper into a very well rounded proto-MBT.

The magach 3 and t114 researched the entire u.s tree for me when it was possible

The Typ 74 (G), is maybe for pro-player the best choice For beginners i would recomming the WMA 301

My STRV103-0 carried me through the sweedish tree . fucken love that wiggly boi got all the camos unlocked on it

i have bought the cobra king, i know lots of people think its terrible since the nerf, but its actually still great

finally someone high profile mentions how op the t55am1 is, its like the m60a1 rise p but faster, smaller profile, similar ammo, better armor(era vs full on composite), all the while at a lower br

When you get top tier in the t55am-1 it’s a little op but I mostly experience up tiers to 8.7-9.0 since those are popular br’s, overall I’m happy with its br

I like the chi nu 3 decent armor and gun for its br and isnt that bad in an uptier

Thanks for making everyone buy the Somua SM

Soviet: KV-122, cheap, very deadly at BR 5.3, still deadly at BR 6.3! American: M46, good in all aspects, T114 moved up, sad... British: it used to be iron duke, but too expensive now. The prem Achilles is great, 17pdr at BR 3.3, LvIII means it can do most of the tasks. Grab one when it is for sale next time! The regular prem.... well, prem firefly is decent. German: RU251 was OPAF but not so much now. The Jagdpanzer IV/70 A is good Japanese: Chi-nu II French: AMX13 with SS11, or m4 with...nvm it's gone now Italian: M60A1, not AOS, but with all the rest goodies: great protection, better APDS.... Chinese: I don't play that much, but if I do, I'll get the new type 59A Swedish: SAV201248!!!!!!!

Is that the subnautica theme in the background? Damnnn

Pak puma is total madness, so OP, one of my favs

That flick avoid the cannon damage at 2:00 ... nice

Personally I love using the jagdpanther BFW, it’s just dumb fun, it’s got good (frontal) armour, a gun that one shots anything and it’s pretty quick

Why is this guy so straight to the point

T55Am was at 8.7 but suffered at that BR reason why it went down to 8.3

I you are just starting the US grind or are just getting to the mid level grind wall until 6.0 or if you just need SL and research points I recommend the t14. It is not invincible by any means and up tiers make it more difficult but if you can learn how to angle the armor and hide the weak spots you can easily rack up 5 kills early game then more to cas or another tank after death. Also it is very fun to have the enemy just not know where to shoot you :) You will have to learn weak spots to aim for, especially the russian tanks ( turret cheeks on kv 1's). Just us the armor analysis, it will be your best friend with american 75mm guns.

Says a lot about Italy that their "best" premium is literally just another Sherman. Too bad it's Rank II, or I would be using Italy 3.7 a lot more for events and task grinding.

Best Marketplace tanks next maybe? Or maybe just limit it to those that have Premium bonuses.

You know Britain gets the short end of the stick when the black prince is the best premium

When you use the T-55AM-1, it's an armored behemoth with a nuke round. When I play, it's a paper tank that self-destructs when snow hits it, and the APHE doesn't fuse properly, and when it does, it could blow up in a turret, and all it'll do is yellow the crew.

i just played gunner heat pc for the fist time and it goes from, "gunner heat left... steady" to "WERE ON FIRE" in about 30 seconds.

I’ve been using the IS-6 with my 7.0 - 7.3 lineup in my opinion the IS-6 seems pretty adequate despite the HEAT slingers at the BR. I often manage to bounce or simply absorb HEAT shells in my IS-6 instead of being damaged, the mobility is also decent for it’s class and weight and the reverse speed has saved my ass so many times and allows me to disengage quickly.

Time to see these pop up more

The swedish SAV 20.12.48 should have gotten more attention. It's hands down the most fun I've ever had in War Thunder. It's even quick enough to (sometimes) dodge the malding revenge bombers.

Kv1 C if it gets downtier beats jagdpather(or if it gets back its old BR that was perfectly balanced) for best by far, T-44-122 is criminally underrated in russian as its basically a hellcat with 122 and it gets that premium magic pen on almost every hit and regularly performs better then the same gun on non premiums. There is also cobra king which magically can whitstand even KV-2 shots to the side due to gajin forgetting to reduce the premium "lets forget hits " modifier.

I recently got the Somua SM to farm out the French tree, and it's a wonderful tank. It's one of those vehicles that allow you to take on multiple enemies at once, thanks to the quick autoloader. The load-time is so fast (at 7.3 at least), that you can bait a shot, and by the time the enemy can get into firing position, you can fire again. It's great.

Hey you put me in the video Spookton so that was you. you was driving the Somua SM. and you was the the one to get the nuke i was the M103 whos barrel you kept shooting out XD it comes back and boom its gone again. XD that was a good match though not gonna lie

I like that your VDO's aren't crammed with a cornucopia of superfluous info. Concise and capped. BTW, also.. your outro BGM is pretty nice.... reminds me of Nier Automata somehow...

Could you do a video explaining the Strv 103-0, its weak points, strong points, and overall abilities that make it useful. I've seen very few good information, or information that shows it doing well.

Happy to hear that none of the top ground premiums are on the list. Now to go around in high tier ground RB stomping on 1 spawn only premium players :3

I just got the T14 today and it is absolutely insane. It’s a sherman with jumbo armour at 4.7. I also had the 2C bis, which is t that good of a premium, but probably the silliest premium. It is a house with a trebuchet of HE.

The 55-AM1 and Mig 15ish singlehandedly got me from tier 4 to top tier in russia, the grind this vehicle can get you through with just a little skill insane

I think the most fun premium I own is the AMX-30, it's like a leo 1 with a more fun gun and much much better matchmaking

Chinu 2 has been my fav for 3 years

Wooooow really gonna do my boy the AC-IV dirty like that

I need eleboration on Black Prince being the best Premium in the UK tree

My best premium is m4a5 ram 2 and t34 calliope

every other game: tanky means ability to deflect or absorb damage War Thunder: tanky means crews ability to take hits.

Heavy tank NO6 “am i a joke to you?” 🗿

XM 1 Chrysler would be my top choice, it's basically the light tank version of the M1 Abrams at 9.0

You should make a updated version on this video after all those changes in this 2 years

Imo the Italian M60A1 - same as american but without stabiliser and at lower br and especially Celere Sahariano (basically lighter t-126 at lower br) are best premiums for Italy

I grabbed the Strv 81 RB 52 at 7.3 when it was still a British tank. Super fun, excellent pen, stabilised, manual WSAD ATGMs, smoke rounds, good speed, it’s great. For Britain I think I could make a compelling argument for it being their best premium, only real hole in my argument is well, It isn’t British anymore xD I always feel like the TURMS-T is OP, mostly because of the ridiculous portrayal of ERA armour. I might just be flat wrong, but I’m under the impression (SY Simulations on YT) that ERA doesn’t do *too* much to darts, and you’re still getting a pen.

T55AM helped me greatly to break through to top tier. Well worth the money

Surprised you didn't mention the TURMS-T that thing is fucking broken, Gen 2 thermals, good stabilizer, good penetration, decent mobility, and good enough armor

subnautica soundtrack gave me goosebumps

Spook i have played the T55AM today and our teams have melted every single game.

was planning on buying the magach 3 but then chose to buy the KA-50 instead