Difference between revisions of "Category:Gift ground vehicles"

Gift, also known as Pack or Bundle, ground vehicles are vehicles in the game that are unable to be purchased straight from the game's interface, requiring either it be purchased from the Gaijin Store, given out during events or in promotions.

Note: Vehicles that were initially only available in events, tournaments and the Gaijin store, but has been made available again as a purchasable by Golden Eagles are still listed.

The vehicles considered gift and their obtainable methods are:

USA

• "Racing" M18 — It is a special race event variant of the M18 "Black Cat" tank destroyer stripped of its armament. It can only be driven in the yearly Halloween race mini-events.
• AGS — Introduced in Update "Winged Lions" as a reward for the 2021 Operation W.I.N.T.E.R. event.
• Grant I (USA) — Introduced in Update 1.45 "Steel Generals" as a starter pack for entering the closed beta test of USA tanks.
• LVT(A)(4) ZIS-2 (USA) — Introduced during Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai" as a reward for the Winter 2016 "War Thunder Chronicles" event.
• LVT(A)(4) — Introduced during Update 1.97 "Viking Fury" as a reward for the Victory Day event.
• M3A1 (USMC) — Introduced in Update 1.45 "Steel Generals" as a starter pack for entering the closed beta test of USA tanks.
• M5A1 (5th arm.div.) — Introduced in Update 1.70.1945 "Weapons of Victory" in the Gaijin Store, but was later removed from sale.
• M5A1 TD — Introduced during Update "Hot Tracks" as a "Twitch Drop" (TD) reward for watching Enlisted streams.
• M6A2E1 — Introduced during Update "Ixwa Strike" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season III, "Strength athletics".
• M8 Greyhound — Introduced during Update 1.73 "Vive la France" as part of a vehicle giveaway on War Thunder's 5th anniversary.
• M8A1 — Introduced during Update 1.45 "Steel Generals" as a reward for completing the 2014 Winter Holiday War Thunder Specials event. The vehicle was made available again in the Warbond Shop as part of the War Thunder 4th Anniversary in November 2016 with a price of 2,900 warbonds.
• M24 (TL) — Introduced during the Thunder League as a reward for completing 5 Tank challenges or as part of the giveaways from watching the live-stream broadcasts.
• M60 AMBT — Introduced during Update "Starfighters" as a reward for obtaining 9 stars during World War Mode Season 3: Road to the West.
• Magach 3 (USA) — Introduced in Update 1.77 "Advancing Storm" and available on the Gaijin Store.
• Merkava Mk.1 (USA) — Introduced during Update 1.87 "Locked On" as a reward for the 2019 Battlefield Engineer event.
• Merkava Mk.2B (USA) — Introduced during Update 1.95 "Northern Wind" as a reward for the 2019 Operation F.R.O.S.T event.
• Merkava Mk.3D (USA) — Introduced during Update "Raining Fire" as a reward for the 2020 Wargame "Strategist" event.
• T18E2 — Introduced in Update 1.77 "Advancing Storm" as a reward during the 2018 World War Two Chronicles for completing 6 "Chronicle awards" in ground forces.
• T29 — Introduced in Update 1.59 "Flaming Arrows" and available on the Gaijin Store.
• T30 — Introduced in Update 1.85 "Supersonic" as a reward for obtaining 10 Christmas toys for tankers during the 2018 Festive Quest event.
• T55E1 — Introduced during Update "Hot Tracks" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season II, "Steel Centurion".
• XM-1 (Chrysler) — Introduced in Update 1.79 "Project X" as an Xbox exclusive vehicle and available from the Microsoft store.
• XM-1 (GM) — Introduced in Update 1.79 "Project X" and available on the Gaijin Store.
• XM8 — It was introduced during Update "Ixwa Strike" and gifted as a reward for the 2021 "Future Technology" crafting event.

Germany

• Class 3 (P) — Introduced during Update "Hot Tracks" as a reward for the 2020 Operation W.I.N.T.E.R. event.
• E-100 — The E-100 could only be obtained in the special tournament events, making its acquirement rare to the point of being one of the rarest tanks in the game. It was first available in the "Teutonic Giants" tournament held from a time span of January to March 2016. It was made available again in War Thunder's 5th Anniversary tournaments, then again in the War Thunder's 6th Birthday tournaments.
• Ersatz M10 — Introduced during Update 1.75 "La Résistance" as a reward for the 2017 Festive Quest event.
• Flakpanzer 341 — Originally a regular tech tree vehicle in the launch of Ground Forces in Update 1.43. It was made a gift vehicle in Update 1.91 "Night Vision".
• KV-IB (Germany) — Originally only available by purchasing selected MSI products in Russia, however over time it became more openly available in events.
  • During the 2015 "Summertime Madness" event, running from August 6th to 16th, the KV-1B could be won by completing "Madness on the ground” tasks. The more daily challenges, which was completed by the player. The higher the chance of obtaining it was; However, it was not guaranteed: even if all tasks were completed.
  • In March 2016, the KV-1B was obtainable in the "War Thunder:100" team deathmatch event
  • The vehicle was made available again in the Warbond Shop as part of the War Thunder 4th Anniversary in November 2016 with a price of 3,100 warbonds.
  • The vehicle was made available again in the Warbond Shop as part of the War Thunder 5th Anniversary in November 2017 with a price of 3,300 warbonds.
  • The vehicle was made available again in the Warbond Shop as part of the War Thunder 6th Anniversary in November 2018 with a price of 3,100 warbonds.
• Leopard A1A1 (L/44) — Introduced in Update 1.81 "The Valkyries" and available in the Gaijin Store.
• Leopard C2A1 — Introduced during Update "Starfighters" as a reward for obtaining 10 Marks of Distinction for tankers during the 2020 Operation S.U.M.M.E.R. event.
• M4 748 (a) (Germany) — Introduced as a starter pack during the closed beta test of Ground Forces, available for 49$/€ as a standalone and 99$/€ for both this vehicle and the T-34 (Prototype). This starter pack was removed on 30 June 2014 after the release of Update 1.41. The tank was made available almost four years later as part of War Thunder 5th anniversary during the store discount period, with 500 up for sale alongside the T-34 (Prototype) for $59.99. Another 2,020 units went on sale in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of German Unity in 2020.
• Maus — Originally a regular tech tree vehicle in the launch of Ground Forces in Update 1.47 "Big Guns". It was made a gift vehicle in Update 1.91 "Night Vision".
• mKPz M47 G — Introduced as a premium pack in Update 1.71 "New E.R.A.", it was removed from the store after the 2019 Summer sale. It lost its gift vehicle status when it was reintroduced later in 2019 as a premium vehicle purchasable in-game with Golden Eagles for the 7th Anniversary sale.
• Panther II — Originally a regular tech tree vehicle in the launch of Ground Forces in Update 1.41. It was made a gift vehicle in Update 1.91 "Night Vision".
• PT-16/T14 mod. — Introduced during Update "Direct Hit" as a reward for the 2021 Export Order event.
• Pz.II C TD — Introduced during Update "Winged Lions" as a reward for watching streams on Twitch.tv.
• Pz.III J1 TD — Introduced during Update "New Power" as a "Twitch Drop" (TD) reward for watching War Thunder streams.
• Pz.Sfl.Ic — Available in the Gaijin Store as the "Scout" premium pack, later was bundled with the Sd.Kfz.140/1 as part of a Steam bundle. It was removed from sale after the 2021 May sale.
• Sd.Kfz. 140/1 — Part of the Sd.Kfz.140/1 pack in Gaijin Store. Later was bundled with the Pz.Sfl.Ic on the Steam Store page.
• Sd.Kfz.234/1 — Introduced during Update 1.97 "Viking Fury" as a reward for the 2020 "Space Race" event.
• Sd.Kfz.234/2 TD — It was introduced during Update "Ixwa Strike" as a reward for watching Enlisted steams on Twitch.tv.
• Sd.Kfz.234/3 — Introduced during Update 1.79 "Project X" as a reward for obtaining 2 Marks of Distinction for tankers in the 2018 Good Old S.U.M.M.E.R event.
• Sd.Kfz.234/4 — Introduced during Update 1.69 "Regia Aeronautica" as a reward for obtaining 7 tanker Marks of Distinction during the 2017 Operation S.U.M.M.E.R event. It later became available as part of an assembly task for the 2018 Operation S.U.M.M.E.R event through exchanging the assembled T-34E coupon.
• Sd.Kfz.251/10 — Introduced during Update "Raining Fire" as a reward for the 2020 Wargame "Strategist" event.
• Sd.Kfz.251/22 — Introduced during Update "Red Skies" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season IV, "Fearless Voltigeur".
• Tiger (Germany) — Introduced during Update 1.77 "Advancing Storm" as a reward for the April 2018 "Flying Serpent, Crouching Tiger" event.
• Tiger II (10.5 cm Kw.K) — Originally a regular tech tree vehicle in the launch of Ground Forces in Update 1.41. It was made a gift vehicle in Update 1.91 "Night Vision".
• Tiger II (H) Sla.16 — Introduced in Update 1.57 "Battle March" and available in the Gaijin Store.
• VFW — Introduced in Update 1.87 "Locked On" as a reward for the 2019 Battlefield Engineer event.
• VK 45.01 (P) — First revealed during the dev server (v1.44) period before the release of Update 1.45 "Steel Generals". When the update was released, the tank was not made available. In 2015, it was a reward for completing the "Christmas/New Year" quests in the Winter Holiday marathon. In July 2016, it was available again as a reward in "Battle of Kursk" tournament during "Summer Maneuvers".
• VT1-2 — Introduced during Update 1.91 "Night Vision" as a reward for the 2019 Operation Shipyard event.

USSR

• BA-11 — Introduced during Update 1.95 "Northern Wind" as a reward for obtaining 3 "stars" during World War Mode Season 2: Attack from the Sea.
• BM-13N — Introduced during Update 1.67 "Assault" as part of a Victory Day Event known as "KATYUSHA" during the span of May 6 - 10. The vehicle was unlocked during the event by destroying five vehicles using the BM-8-24.
• BT-7 (F-32) — Obtainable as a reward in the Summer 2019 Operation H.E.A.T.
• BT-7 TD — Introduced during Update "Hot Tracks" as a "Twitch Drop" (TD) reward for watching Enlisted streams.
• IS-2 "Revenge" — Introduced in Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory" as a purchasable pack. It was discontinued after the 2017 Victory Day sales, and later re-released for the 7th Anniversary Sale as a premium purchasable in-game ().
• IS-6 — Introduced in Update 1.67 "Assault" and available in the Gaijin Store.
• IS-7 — Introduced during Update 1.79 "Project X" as a reward for the 2018 Operation S.U.M.M.E.R event.
• KV-1E — Introduced in Update 1.41.27. The tank was initially purchasable as part of premiums packs in the Gaijin store but was removed in January 2018. The KV-1E has been since made available for purchase in-game () for specific Soviet/Russian mini-events like the 2019 "Defender of the Fatherland" event or the 2020 "Tankers' Day" event.
• KV-2 (1940) — Introduced during the Closed Beta Test for Ground Forces before Update 1.41. It was later made available during the 2016 WW2 Chronicles event, unlocked after completing 14 "Tank Tasks", and during the 2017 Festive Quest, unlocked after gathering 10 individual Christmas Toys if the total player population gathered 500,000 Christmas lights.
• KV-2 (ZiS-6) — Introduced in Update 1.59 "Flaming Arrows" as a purchasable pack. It was discontinued after the 6th Anniversary Sale.
• KV-220 — Introduced during Update 1.61 "Road to Glory" as a reward for the 2016 Operation S.U.M.M.E.R event.
• M3 Medium (USSR) — Given out as one of two obtainable awards for 2016 Tankers Day. Later became part of the Battle Trophy II (Vehicle) item in the Warbonds Shop.
• MK-II "Matilda" (USSR) — Originally a Chronicles of WW2 Event vehicle.
• MK-IX "Valentine" (USSR) — It was introduced during Update 1.95 "Northern Wind" as a special Valentine's Day vehicle. The tank was made available for purchase in-game () for specific mini-events like the 2020 Valentine's Day and the 2021 Valentine's Day events.
• Object 120 — Introduced late in Update 1.71 "New E.R.A", and available in the Gaijin Store.
• Object 279 — Introduced during Update 1.97 "Viking Fury" as a reward for the 2020 "Space Race" event.
• Phòng không T-34 (USSR) — Introduced during the 2017 Operation SUMMER that took place between 28 July 2017 and 28 August 2017. It was obtained with 13 tanker marks of distinction. The Phòng không T-34 was later released as a regular vehicle of the Chinese ground forces in Update 1.91 "Night Vision".
• RBT-5 — Introduced during the 2015 Thunder League as a reward for supporting the winning Team or as a prize while watching the Twitch steams.
• SU-76D — It was introduced during Update "Ixwa Strike" and gifted as a reward for the 2021 "Future Technology" crafting event.
• SU-76M (5th Gv.Kav.Corps) — Originally a reward for the WW2 Chronicles and "Tanker's Day Specials!" events in 2015. Later became part of the Warbonds shop as part of the trophy chest in April 2018.
• SU-85A — Introduced in Update 1.85 "Supersonic" as a reward during the 2018 Festive Quest for obtaining 5 Christmas toys for tankers.
• T-10A — Introduced during Update "New Power" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season I.
• T-26E — Introduced during the closed beta test for ground forces as a starter pack. It was discontinued after the 2017 Victory Day sales.
• T-34 (1st Gv.T.Br.) — Originally sold as part of a bundle on Gaijin store called the "Guards Pack".
• T-34 (Prototype) — Introduced as a starter pack during the closed beta test of Ground Forces, available for 49$/€ as a standalone and 99$/€ for both this vehicle and the M4 748(a). This starter pack was removed on 30 June 2014 after the release of Update 1.41. The tank was made available almost five years later as part of War Thunder 5th anniversary during the store discount period, with 500 up for sale alongside the M4 748(a) for $59.99. Reportedly these were sold out within 12 hours.
• T-34-85E — Introduced in Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory" as a purchasable pack. It was discontinued after the 2018 Victory Day sales.
• T-34E — Originally part of a bundle available on Gaijin Store before being discontinued. Later became available as part of an assembly task for Operation S.U.M.M.E.R 2018.
• T-55AM-1 — Introduced in Update 1.81 "The Valkyries" and available in the Gaijin Store.
• T-72AV (TURMS-T) — Introduced in Update "New Power" and available in the Gaijin Store
• T-V (USSR) —  It was available as a prize during the 2016 "Thunder League" eSports tournament, first as a giveaway prize for watching the Twitch stream, but then every Dog-Tag owner for the tournament earned one when the tournament prize pool reached its $50,000 goal.
• Type 62 (USSR) — Introduced during the 2016 "War Thunder Chronicle" that took place from 23 December 2016 to 16 January 2017. It was obtained via completing 10 tasks as part of the event and is no longer obtainable. The Type 62 was later released as a regular vehicle of the Chinese ground forces in Update 1.91 "Night Vision".

Great Britain

• A.C.I — Introduced during Update "Winged Lions" as a reward for the 2021 Operation W.I.N.T.E.R. event.
• A13 Mk II 1939 — Introduced in Update 1.53 "Firestorm" as a purchasable pack before being discontinued sometime around Update 1.57. It was reintroduced temporarily in the 2017 April Fools event with the "A Very British Exit" Pack.
• Achilles (65 Rg.) —
• AEC Mk II — Introduced during Update 1.75 "La Résistance" in the 2017 Festive Quest event.
• Black Prince — Introduced in Update 1.53 "Firestorm" as a purchasable pack. It was discontinued after the 2017 Christmas sales.
• Centurion Mk.5 AVRE — Introduced as a premium pack in the Gaijin store in Update 1.79 "Project X".
• Centurion Mk.5/1 — Introduced during Update "Hot Tracks" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season II, "Steel Centurion".
• Comet I "Iron Duke IV" — Introduced in Update 1.57 "Battle March" as a reward for the 2016 World War Two Chronicles event.
• Excelsior — Introduced in Update 1.67 "Assault" during the 2017 World War Two Chronicle event.
• Grant I (Great Britain) — Introduced during Update 1.61 "Road to Glory" in the 2016 Operation S.U.M.M.E.R. event.
• Matilda Hedgehog — Introduced during Update "New Power" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season I.
• QF 3.7 Ram — Introduced during Update 1.95 "Northern Wind" in the 2019 Operation F.R.O.S.T. event.
• Rooikat 105 — Introduced as a premium pack in the Gaijin store in Update 1.97 "Viking Fury".
• Sherman IC "Trzyniec" — Introduced as a premium pack in the Gaijin store in Update 1.53 "Firestorm", it was removed from sale after the 2018 summer sale . It lost its gift vehicle status when it was reintroduced later in 2018 as a premium vehicle purchasable in-game with Golden Eagles for the 6th Anniversary Sale.
• Sho't Kal Dalet (Great Britain) — Introduced as a wt:en/news/5912-development-sho-t-kal-dalet-conquering-the-desert-en in the Gaijin store in Update 1.85 "Supersonic".
• Strv 81 (RB 52) (Great Britain) — Introduced in Update 1.59 "Flaming Arrows" and was available from the Gaijin Store. It was removed from the store at the conclusion of the 2020 May sales and is no longer obtainable.

Japan

• Chi-Ha Kai TD — It was introduced during Update "Ixwa Strike" as a reward for watching the Japanese War Thunder tournament stream on Twitch.tv along with a unique skin for the vehicle.
• Chi-Ha Short Gun — Introduced as a pre-order pack prior to Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai" on the War Thunder store. It was discontinued in November 2017 after Update 1.73 "Vive la France" but reintroduced at the end of October 2018 after Update 1.83 "Masters of the Sea" as purchasable in-game with GE. It was then made available through Warbonds in November 2019. It was reproposed in February 2020 in the store as beginner packs for the Japanese players alongside with the British.
• Heavy Tank No.6 (Japan) — Introduced as a pre-order pack prior to Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai" on the War Thunder store. It was discontinued after the 2019 Summer sales.
• Ho-Ri Prototype — Introduced in Update 1.71 "New E.R.A." as a purchasable pack from the Gaijin Store. It was temporarily discontinued after the 2019-2020 New Year sales, but was brought back in the May 2020 sales as a purchasable via Golden Eagles.
• Type 74G —  Introduced in Update 1.87 "Locked On" and available in the Gaijin Store.

China

• M4A4 (1st PTG) — Introduced in Update 1.91 "Night Vision" as a purchasable pack from the Gaijin Store for access to the closed beta test of Chinese tanks.
• M64 — Introduced during Update "Winged Lions" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season VI, "Firepower".
• T-62 545 (China) — Introduced in Update 1.91 "Night Vision" as a purchasable pack from the Gaijin Store for access to the closed beta test of Chinese tanks. It was removed from the store at the conclusion of the May 2020 sales. The T-62 has been since made made available for purchase in-game () for specific mini-events like the 2021 Lunar New Year event.
• T-69 II G — Introduced in Update "Starfighters" and available in the Gaijin Store.

Italy

• AUBL/74 HVG — Introduced during Update 1.89 "Imperial Navy" as a reward for the 2019 Operation H.E.A.T event.
• M26 "D.C.Ariete" — Introduced in Update 1.73 "Vive la France" as a purchasable pack from the Gaijin Store. It was temporarily discontinued after the 7th anniversary sales, but was brought back in the May 2020 sales as a purchasable via Golden Eagles.
• M43 "G.C.Leoncello" — Introduced in Update 1.85 "Supersonic" as a purchasable pack for access to the closed beta test of Italian tanks. It was discontinued after the 2019 Summer sales.
• M60A1 "D.C.Ariete" — Introduced in Update 1.85 "Supersonic" as a purchasable pack for access to the closed beta test of Italian tanks. It was removed in Update 1.87 "Locked On", and reintroduced as a premium purchasable in-game () in the 8th Anniversary sale.
• OF-40 (MTCA) —  Introduced in Update 1.89 "Imperial Navy" and available in the Gaijin Store.
• P40 "G.C. Leoncello" — Introduced in Update 1.73 "Vive la France" as a purchasable pack from the Gaijin Store. It was removed from the store at the conclusion of the May 2020 sales.
• Toldi IIA — Introduced during Update "Ixwa Strike" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season III, "Strength athletics".
• Turan II — Introduced during Update "Winged Lions" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season VI, "Firepower".

France

• AMX-13 (SS.11) — Introduced in Update 1.75 "La Résistance" as a purchasable pack for access to the closed beta test of French tanks. It was discontinued from purchase after the 2018 Independence Day sale until Update 1.83 "Masters of the Sea" where it returned to be purchased with Golden Eagles as part of War Thunder's 6th anniversary.
• AMX-30 Super — Introduced in Update 1.89 "Imperial Navy" and available in the Gaijin Store.
• AMX-30 — Introduced in Update 1.77 "Advancing Storm" as a purchasable pack on the Gaijin Store. It was discontinued after the 7th anniversary sales.
• AMX-50 Surblindé — Introduced in Update 1.89 "Imperial Navy" as the highest reward of the first season "Recon under Fire" of the World War mode, but can also be bought on the War Thunder Market.
• B1 ter — Introduced in Update 1.75 "La Résistance" as a purchasable pack for access to the closed beta test of French tanks. It was later discontinued after War Thunder's 6th anniversary sale. Later made available in the game for 1,300 GE.
• E.B.R. (1954) — Introduced during Update "Hot Tracks" as a reward for the 2020 Operation W.I.N.T.E.R. event.
• E.B.R. (1963) — Introduced during Update "Red Skies" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season IV, "Fearless Voltigeur".
• Lorraine 155 Mle.50 — Introduced in Update 1.77 "Advancing Storm" as a reward during the 2018 World War Two Chronicles for completing 11 "Chronicle awards" in ground forces.
• M4A1 (FL10) — Introduced in Update 1.75 "La Résistance" as a purchasable pack for access to the closed beta test of French tanks.
• Somua SM — Introduced in Update "Raining Fire" as a purchasable pack.

Sweden

• CV 90105 TML — Introduced in Update 1.97 "Viking Fury" as a purchasable pack.
• Ikv 73 — Introduced during Update "Starfighters" as a reward for obtaining 5 marks of distinction for tankers during the 2020 Operation S.U.M.M.E.R. event.
• Pbil m/40 — Introduced during Update "Direct Hit" as a reward for the 2021 Export Order event.
• SAV 20.12.48 — Introduced in Update 1.95 "Northern Wind" as a purchasable pack as one of the first Swedish ground vehicles in the game.
• Strv 103-0 — Introduced in Update 1.95 "Northern Wind" as a pack vehicle, it was removed from the store after the 2021 May sale and lost its gift vehicle status when it was reintroduced in Update "Direct Hit" as a premium vehicle purchasable in-game for Golden Eagles .
• Strv m/39 TD — Introduced during Update "Starfighters" as a "Twitch Drop" (TD) reward for watching War Thunder streams.