get russian, it is easy to use, straight forward big gun and thick steel.

and easy to earn $ too. americans are rubbish.

Heavy tanks only start in Tier V for the Russian tree. (KV-1 for the T-26 line.) Medium tanks starts in Tier IV and Tier V. (T-34 in the BT tanks line, T-28 for the T-26 line, though calling T-28 a medium tank is quite debatable.)

Edit: You might as well start with the T-46. You'll need it to unlock the heavy tanks line anyway.

well, the question is which playstyle do you like best? XD

-german specialize in armor, and high penetration/accurate gun. they tend to have the most hp.
-german heavy tend to be  slow, armored, have lotsa hp and with accurate gun but so-so dmg gun. they're good at mid to long range fights.
-german meds are ment for support, with good gun and penetration (in fact the top tier med e-50 have one of the best gun in game).

-ussr specialize in sloped design, low profile tanks, and highly dmging gun.
-ussr heavy starts off slow, with scary gun. later on you can choose between the faster heavy (and sloped armored) or the lumbering kvs. in general, they're good at assaulting and fighting in close/mid range.
-ussr meds tend to have gun with fast reload, used as support. while the tier 8-9 are king of brawling, killing most lone enemy with ease.

-usa specialize in high rof (rate of fire), turret armor and mobility (the t95 tree is an exception).
-usa heavy starting from t29 have a thick turret armor that is quite hard to penetrate by enemy it's tier. they have decent to good gun while having a really low hull (body) armor.
-usa meds are agile, with fast turret and fast firing gun. they're good at circling enemy and are quite mobile. they have paper thin armor.

-french specialize in mobile tanks, and auto loader (shells loads in magazines so you can easily fire 3-6 shots b4 needing to reload).
-french heavy (the higher tier ones) is as mobile as other nation meds with low armor and good gun. (and auto loader).
-french meds are scary pest that's speedy and scares the slower tanks with it's hit n run.
-french lights are flanker, supporting fire. they, unlike any other nation lights arent ment for scouting.

...well that's the gist of it. might be mistake here n there but hope it helps. ;P

New.. here hi all. On the Ori EU server.

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Added on July 11, 2012, 4:52 pm

Grinding thru T34 now. Gun? so and so.. the best gun it has has 109pen. Armor? = PaPER! Speed? = er.. i would think, slow, acceleration as well.
I think best Tier V tanks has to go to PIV(great sniper tank) or the M4(but E8 is a lot more better).

Yes yes yes! 38 nA is a biatch though.. always in the high tier game and you cant do a single thing to em. Most of the time i just run.. and find a bush to hide.
Think of Panzer IV as a mini Lowe. Good sniping tank.

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Added on July 12, 2012, 3:51 pm

am doing it now . No rammer yet though, waiting for events(usually half price on equipment).

Still, the A-20 like armor is a let down .

38nA cant do anything at alll! I didnt know how i managed to went thru it anyway. Only thing it does have is speed. Almost always, you will be the last tank on the list. While the first 5 tanks are usually Tier 7 - 8- 9 heavies. So, no.. none of the 38nA's guns can do a thing.

need lots of garage slot now badly.

I perfer Pz lll / Iv more than Pz Iv.

Fire Power : Pz Iv better with final Gun
Accuracy: Pz Iv better when shooting long range
Speed: Pz III / Iv much better
Amour: Pz III / Iv much better (got slope) to bounce the bullet.

1 On 1 with TD / Higher Tier Heavy : Pz lll / Iv are much much better due to speed and fast turret turning speed.
Reason to get Pz Iv..Because want go for Maus...after patch 7.5 ..Hp 3000 ...( that was insane )

If you don't plan to get Maus...go for Tiger Line...then Pz lll / Iv much better Tank