War Thunder Ground RB Nations Tier List
USA
USSR
China
Germany
Japan
France
Great Britain
Italy
Sweden
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As of Oct 19, 2026 (Heavy Cavalry), the community ranks USA, USSR as the best picks (S tier) in War Thunder Ground RB Nations Tier List, based on 265 player ratings from 54 voters.
Germany↑ risingUSA↑ risingSweden↑ risingThis board ranks all ten of War Thunder's nation tech trees for Ground Realistic Battles by overall grind value: how consistent the tank lineups are from low tier to top tier, how strong the top-tier package is, whether the tree brings competitive CAS and SPAA to back its tanks, and how forgiving the whole ride is for a new or mid-rank player. To be clear, this is a verdict on entire tech trees, not on any single vehicle — one great tank does not redeem a tree full of gaps, and one clunker does not sink a deep one.
At the top, the USA fields arguably the deepest and most consistent ground tree in the game — solid lineups at nearly every battle rating, fresh Abrams variants from Heavy Cavalry, and first-class CAS — while Sweden pairs some of the best top-tier lineups around (uparmored Leopards plus Gripen air cover) with excellent mid-tier all-rounders, its thin early ranks being the only real tax. Germany and the USSR remain the classic safe grinds: enormous lineups at every bracket, with Germany's legendary mid tiers offset by weak CAS, and Russia's oppressive CAS propping up top-tier tanks that are merely okay these days. Japan rides shockingly good Type 10s and strong helicopter support, but its skinny mid-tier lineups keep it just below the leaders for a full-tree grind.
The trap trees are just as important to name. Great Britain is genuinely strong up to around 10.7 and then falls off a cliff — the Challenger 2s carry a host of long-standing issues and the CAS options only recently improved — though Heavy Cavalry's Australian M1A1/M1A2 Abrams finally hand the tree a real top-tier alternative to the Challenger 2. Italy runs thin at almost every bracket and offers little at top tier beyond the 2A7HU. Israel is the harshest new-player trap of all: the tree only starts partway up, the Merkavas are unique but plagued by damage-model problems, and the SPAA and backup options are minimal. France and China sit in the middle — Leclercs and the ZTZ99A/VT-4 family are competitive and both trees have real sleeper stretches, but awkward gaps (France around 9.0 especially) make them harder first grinds.
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As of Oct 19, 2026 (Heavy Cavalry), voters put USA, USSR at the top — the best Ground RB Nations in the current meta, from 265 player ratings by 54 voters.
As of Oct 19, 2026 (Heavy Cavalry), the community ranks USA, USSR as S-tier, based on 265 player ratings from 54 voters.
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