Top 5 Premiums to Maximize The Grind - News & Updates - War Thunder

The 11th Anniversary sale has arrived, so here we have Justin's top 5 recommended premium vehicles on sale to help maximize the grind!

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[Master-of-Thunder]

How nice from Gaijin that they don't want our money

[minelerscz]

As someone that has nearly 2K hours on this game, i can really recommend the French Somua. What can i say, 4 seconds of reload, great 7.7 line up and the armor is not that bad. You may struggle in up tiers but other than that, an absolute beast of a tank

[casverbeek]

It’s just petty from gaijin to not put the most popular packs in sale

[brunobegic]

To me the best thing about the CV90105 isn't the mobility or reload rate, it's those crystal clear gen 3 thermals.

[akoszoltankozma]

My absolute favourite is the TAM 2IP. I love that tank. I would highly recommend it for anyone who has played higher tier and has some experience in the game and who iss looking to grind the german tree. It quite mobile, it has 105 DM33, an excellent round for its 9.0 br. Sadly it doesnt have thermal, but for someone who has played this game a bit, it won't be a too big problem. Ofc it has laser rangefinder, great reverse speed, -7 degrees of gun depression, suprisingly effective armour aganist some autocannons and HEATFS shells, but since it has its engine in the front, people usually just shoot the engine so you can fire back at them.
I really really love that tank!!

[Shore]

The Su-25 is actually an formidable fighter
According to my service record i almost got a 2 K/D out of it.
Just equip 2 gunpods and the R60s and this thing becomes a beast against other planes.

Not so much now due to the higher BR and that you mostly fight US-teams full of OP F5s but it can still hold its own if played right.

[TeurastajaNexus]

I bought the Merkava Mk2D today and I fell in love instantly. Great bargain along with the 365 day premium.

[bruman]

Surprised there was no Turm III mentioned.

[vladimir_]

A dissatisfactory event that gaijin didn't put those most popular vehicles on sale

[bradengould]

It's got to be either the Somua SM, or the Turm III. Both vehicles are an absolute menace on the battlefield. If you want a French premium that isn't as high br as the AMX-30 Super then the Somua is definitely the pick.

[KristijanPapic]

I bought the t-55 and cv-90105 using your disscount link :)

[nicksalehi]

Honestly i just wanted the Leo 2 PzBtl 123. But since they for whatever magic reason decided not to include it...And the same goes for all other nations where many packs were not on sale....

Well i just went with the Leo 1 L/44.

[ravazoid]

Hey, I have seen you crushing it at CAS gameplay. I tried to replicate it but my keybinds wont allow me to switch so fluently between weaponry or guidance modes.
Could you do an entire keybind/ setting guide for us? One where you explain your reasoning perhaps?

[IllSentiment]

Id personally suggest the leo 2 (Pzbtl) its just a leo 2 but done up. This is more of a veteran pick as it is just a reskin of a wonderful vehicle.

[BlackHawkification]

As someone who played the french tree a lot if you have the money and courage to join us in the dark side where you'll receive gaijin hatred on full power, i would recommend for your grind :
- M4A1 FL10 = 180 mm of pen at 5.0 on a 5s reload, you go through absolutely EVERYTHING frontally (not jumbo) even at full uptier, is-1 & tigers = cheese for you (i still use it in my 6.0 line up so it works until 6.7-7.0).
- Somua SM = good armor for a french tank, 4s reload on a 100m at 7.7, french use solid shot so you will rarely one tap enemies but who cares, you'll have the time to reload 2 times (3 shot in total) while in front of you the guy will have fired once only, also auto reload = even if your loader die or fire need to be put out you'll reload faster, it's nice & easy, even beginner will have a good time since mistake are not that impactful.

Little tips, french tanks don't play the same as the other nation, you'll need to flank a lot (dw all your tanks have nitro :) ebr at 5.3 goes 105 KM/H) and have a good aim since solid shoot (aim for crew, gunner / loader etc) and lots of sniping (no stab until very late in the T.T but you have almost always the better optics)

And if you want a bit of a more traditionnal War T tanking experience, the PANTHER DAUPHINE a french panther as simple as that.

Also unlike Justin i wouldn't recommend the AMX-30 Super, sadly it's just not worth it, at the same BR in the T.T you have both AMX-32 105 & 120 with the famous 20 mm coaxial & 2 plane stab, it's just much better tanks especially the 120mm and the 9.3 lineup is horrible and not worth your time to invest in (you have 3 tanks & 1 spaa no mephisto since 9.3-10.3 you'll meet ERA every match)
to grind to top tier, just play the AMX-10 RC and flank / snipe, good optics with good mobility & good ammo just no stab but you don't need it for sniping and you have pneumatic suspension (low rider style) so hiding behind hills is very comfortable.

[SilverDawnbreak]

Honestly I 100% agree Prem time over everything!
- Its the best grinder for SL no matter the skill level with a 50% boost across the board
-It increases modification research rate for all tanks and aircraft aswell as navel if your into that
- no matter how bad a game you have you have Net 0 income (meaning you can never lose SL for playing the game)
And lastly it doesnt lock you into any tech tree to play and you can play what ever the hell you want to!

Side note Justin T-55-AM1 is probably my #1 pick for a prem too! Not an overpowered tank but just a great jack of all trades that avoides the hell pits that is known as 10.0

[seductive_fishstick]

the worst anniversary sale they have ever done. I was gonna buy 5 packs but non of them where on sale, and aint no way im paying full price for any of them. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[ChrisAxei]

AMX-30 Super, if you want to grind france.. VERY GOOD Vehicle.. and if you new player.. please buy the TIGER and DONT BRING FULL AMMO

[xX_Yaman_Xx]

Gaijin casually deleting half the french naval premiums 💀 (Btw they're only 2-3 months old. LOL)

[sindicite]

6k hours in the last 2 years of play so take what i say with a grain of salt but my best thing for grinding was using the free lower tiered reward from doing the free parts of the battle pass and using those premiums to grind up to a decent rank until the reward doesnt benefit, and in doing that youll get access to warbond dollars to get your choice on another premium from the warbond shop. ive gotten most of my premiums that way and although not all of my SL comes from them since i play alot of other vehicles i am constantly in the positive for SL and was at 15 mil before the 50% sale and i bought things that were expensive and i waited to get during a sale. this has been a good early grind to get into the mid tier vehicles since late game high tier is already a grind as is