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Premium tanks are single-configuration tanks that are located outside of their nations' tech trees. These include tanks that are purchased with gold in-game, tanks purchased in the gift shop, or tanks that are gifted/given for special events. All premium tanks come with Elite status and require no module research.

Premium tanks benefit from greater credit income than regular tanks (but see the "Special Event Vehicles" section below). This credit bonus increases with the tiers, which makes tier VIII premiums the most profitable tanks available to all players in the game. Many players regularly play tier VIII or other premiums to earn the credits necessary to pay for new tanks, modules, equipment, et cetera.

Aside from their usefulness as money makers, premium tanks are also good for training crews. Unlike regular tanks, premium tanks can accept crew members trained for other tanks of the same nationality and type without a proficiency penalty. In addition, crews in premium tanks will also benefit from a 50% crew experience bonus on top of what they would receive in a non-premium. Premium tanks can also be used to stack x2 experience bonuses. A player can earn a x2 XP bonus in one tank and then transfer the crew to a premium tank and do it again, giving them XP from multiple x2 bonus games.

Since all premium tanks come with elite status, they also come with accelerated crew training available. When accelerated training is turned off, premium tanks can accumulate combat experience which can be converted to free experience with gold. This free experience can be used to hasten or skip hard module/tank grinds. Premium tanks also benefit from a combat experience multiplier. This multiplier decreases linearly as the tanks' tiers increase; a tier II premium will gain a 70% bonus XP, whereas a tier VIII premium will only get 10% bonus XP.

The performance of premium tanks varies greatly from tank to tank. Many (such as the IS-6 or Valentine II) perform less well than regular tanks of their tier, and thus have preferential or some other form of special matchmaking. Generally, most premium tanks fall somewhere between stock and fully upgraded vehicles of their tier. Still, some premium tanks (such as the T34 and Type 64) get standard matchmaking and are expected to perform equally as well as corresponding tanks of their tier.

Premium tanks' gold values are displayed on their respective pages. A premium tank's credit value is equal to its gold value times 200.

Tanks displayed below with a gold icon next to their name are available for purchase either in-game or in the gift shop. Tanks with a blue star next to their name are gift tanks, tanks removed from the store, or any other tank that is in the game but not otherwise available for purchase in most cases. Some of these tanks appear in gift shop bundles from time to time, and others are available through other purchase methods (see specific articles for details).

Special Event Vehicles

Some tanks have all the benefits of a premium tank EXCEPT the premium tank's greater credit income. These tanks are sometimes popularly called "reward" tanks, as they were never available for purchase, but are instead given as prizes in contests or missions. Wargaming.net calls these tanks "special event vehicles" on their official worldoftanks.com tank pages. (Stug 4 example here) Keep in mind that some tanks that have been given out as contest prizes (like the SU-100Y) are indeed true premium tanks with extra credit income. Some examples of Special Event Vehicle tanks are: StuG IV, T28 Concept, T 55A, and Object 260, among others.

Alternate listing format

Premium_Tanks_By_Class

USSR

Light Tanks

II

T-45

II

Tetrarch

III

BT-SV

III

LTP

III

M3 Light

III

BT-7 artillery

III

T-116

III

T-127

IV

Valentine II

VI

T-50-2

VIII

LT-432

Medium Tanks

III

T-29

IV

A-32

IV

T-28E with F-30

IV

T-34 with L-11

V

Matilda IV

V

T-34 shielded

V

M4-85

VI

T-34-85M

VI

T-34-85 Rudy

VI

Loza's M4-A2 Sherman

VII

T-44-122

VIII

T-54 first prototype

VIII

T-44-100 Igrovoy

VIII

STG

VIII

STG Guard

VIII

Object 274a

X

Object 907

X

T-22 medium

Heavy Tanks

V

Churchill III

V

KV-220-2

V

KV-220-2 Beta Test

V

KV-1 shielded

VI

KV-2 (R)

VI

Object 244

VII

KV-122

VII

IS-2M

VII

IS-2 shielded

VII

IS-2

VIII

IS-6

VIII

IS-6 B

VIII

KV-5

VIII

IS-5 (Object 730)

VIII

IS-3A

VIII

IS-3A Peregrine

VIII

Kirovets-1

VIII

KV-4 Kreslavskiy

VIII

Object 252U Defender

VIII

Object 252U

VIII

Object 703 Version II

IX

Object 777 Version II

X

Object 260

X

Object 279 early

X

Object 780

Tank Destroyers

III

SU-76I

V

SU-85I

VI

SU-100Y

VII

ISU-122S

VII

SU-122-44

VIII

ISU-130

VIII

KV-4 KTTS

VIII

T-103

VIII

SU-130PM

VIII

ISU-152K

IX

K-91-PT

X

Object 268 Version V

Self-Propelled Guns

USA

Light Tanks

II

T1E6

II

T2 Light Tank

II

T7 Combat Car

III

M22 Locust

III

MTLS-1G14

VI

M24E2 Super Chaffee

VIII

T92

Medium Tanks

III

Convert. Medium Tank T3

V

M4 Improved

V

M4A2E4 Sherman

V

Ram II

VI

M4A3E8 Fury

VI

M4A3E8 Thunderbolt VII

VII

T26E3 Eagle 7

VII

T23E3

VIII

T25 Pilot Number 1

VIII

TL-1 LPC

VIII

T42

VIII

ASTRON Rex 105 mm

VIII

AMBT

VIII

M46 Patton KR

VIII

T26E4 SuperPershing

VIII

T95E2

X

M60

X

T95E6

Heavy Tanks

V

T14

VII

King Tiger (Captured)

VIII

Chrysler K

VIII

Chrysler K GF

VIII

T26E5

VIII

T26E5 Patriot

VIII

M54 Renegade

VIII

T77

VIII

M-IV-Y

VIII

M6A2E1

VIII

T34

VIII

T34 B

IX

AE Phase I

IX

Concept 1B

Tank Destroyers

VI

T78

VII

M56 Scorpion

VII

T28 Concept

VII

Super Hellcat

VIII

TS-5

Self-Propelled Guns

China

Light Tanks

VI

Type 64

VII

Type 62

VIII

M41D

Medium Tanks

VIII

Type 59

VIII

T-34-3

VIII

59-Patton

VIII

122 TM

VIII

Type 59 G

X

121B

Heavy Tanks

VIII

WZ-111

VIII

WZ-111 Alpine Tiger

VIII

112

IX

WZ-114

X

113 Beijing Opera

X

WZ-111 Qilin

Tank Destroyers

VIII

WZ-120-1G FT

IX

WZ-120G FT

X

114 SP2

Self-Propelled Guns

UK

Light Tanks

II

Light Mk. VIC

VI

A46

VIII

FV1066 Senlac

Medium Tanks

IV

Matilda LVT

IV

AC 1 Sentinel

V

Valiant

V

Matilda Black Prince

VI

AC 4 Experimental

VI

Cromwell B

VI

Sherman VC Firefly

VIII

FV4202

VIII

Chieftain/T95

VIII

Centurion Mk. 5/1 RAAC

VIII

Chimera

IX

Cobra

Heavy Tanks

V

Excelsior

VI

TOG II*

VII

FV201 (A45)

VIII

Charlemagne

VIII

Caliban

VIII

Gonsalo

VIII

Caernarvon Action X

IX

FV4201 Chieftain Proto

X

FV215b

X

T95/FV4201 Chieftain

Tank Destroyers

VI

Excalibur

VII

AT 15A

VIII

GSOR 1008

VIII

Turtle Mk. I

X

FV215b (183)

Self-Propelled Guns

III

Sexton I

Germany

Light Tanks

II

Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. D

II

MKA

II

Pz.Kpfw. 35 R

II

Pz.Kpfw. 38H 735 (f)

III

43 M. Toldi III

III

Pz.Kpfw. M 15

III

Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. J

III

Pz.Kpfw. T 15

VI

VK 28.01 mit 10,5 cm L/28

VII

Aufklärungspanzer Panther

VIII

leKpz M 41 90 mm

VIII

leKpz M 41 90 mm GF

VIII

HWK 30

Medium Tanks

III

Großtraktor - Krupp

III

Pz.Kpfw. S35 739 (f)

V

Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. K

V

Turán III prototípus

V

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H Ankou

V

Pz.Kpfw. IV hydrostat.

V

Pz.Kpfw. V/IV

V

Pz.Kpfw. V/IV Alpha

V

Pz.Kpfw. T 25

VI

Pz.Kpfw. IV Schmalturm

VII

Panther/M10

VIII

Panther mit 8,8 cm L/71

VIII

Panzer 58

VIII

Schwarzpanzer 58

VIII

Panzer 58 Mutz

VIII

M48A2 Räumpanzer

VIII

Kampfpanzer 07 RH

IX

T 55A

IX

Kampfpanzer 50 t

IX

Kunze Panzer

Heavy Tanks

IV

Pz.Kpfw. B2 740 (f)

VI

Tiger 131

VII

VK 45.03

VIII

VK 168.01 (P)

VIII

VK 168.01 Mauerbrecher

VIII

VK 75.01 (K)

VIII

E 75 TS

VIII

Löwe

X

VK 72.01 (K)

Tank Destroyers

IV

Pz.Sfl. IC

V

StuG IV

VI

Dicker Max

VII

E 25

VII

Krupp-Steyr Waffenträger

VIII

Kanonenjagdpanzer 105

VIII

Rheinmetall Skorpion G

VIII

Rheinmetall Skorpion

VIII

8,8 cm Pak 43 Jagdtiger

Self-Propelled Guns

France

Light Tanks

II

AM 39 Gendron-Somua

II

AMR 35

VII

AMX 13 57

VII

AMX 13 57 GF

VIII

Panhard EBR 75 (FL 10)

VIII

ELC EVEN 90

Medium Tanks

VI

Bretagne Panther

VI

M4A1 FL 10

VIII

Bat.-Châtillon Bourrasque

VIII

AltProto AMX 30

VIII

Lorraine 40 t

VIII

AMX Chasseur de chars

VIII

M4A1 Revalorisé

IX

Char Futur 4

Heavy Tanks

VIII

AMX M4 mle. 49

VIII

AMX M4 mle. 49 Liberté

VIII

Somua SM

VIII

FCM 50 t

IX

Lorraine 50 t

Tank Destroyers

III

FCM 36 Pak 40

V

M10 RBFM

VIII

AMX Canon d'assaut 105

X

AMX 50 Foch (155)

Self-Propelled Guns

V

105 leFH18B2

Japan

Light Tanks

II

Type 97 Te-Ke

Medium Tanks

V

Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai

VIII

STA-2

Heavy Tanks

VI

Heavy Tank No. VI

Tank Destroyers

Self-Propelled Guns