Highest Penetration Tier 1 Tanks

All 34 tier 1 tanks in World of Tanks ranked by penetration. Standard-shell armor penetration with the top gun. Higher penetration means reliable damage against heavily armored targets without premium ammo.

Leader: Coastal Bunker at 372 mm (Germany light tank).

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# Tank Class Nation Penetration (mm)
1 Coastal Bunker Light Tank Germany 372
2 Fatso Light Tank Germany 258
3 Coastal Bunker Light Tank Germany 246
4 Clinger Light Tank China 220
5 Wolf Medium Tank Germany 198
6 Harbinger Mk. IV Medium Tank UK 175
7 Huragan Medium Tank Poland 175
8 Raven Medium Tank USA 175
9 Walküre Heavy Tank Germany 170
10 Beowulf Heavy Tank Sweden 160
11 Varyag Heavy Tank USSR 160
12 Arlequin Light Tank France 155
13 Bái Láng Light Tank China 145
14 Bear Heavy Tank Germany 130
15 Coastal Bunker Light Tank Germany 108
16 Coastal Bunker Light Tank Germany 100
17 Coastal Bunker Light Tank Germany 80
18 404 Light Tank Germany 67
19 Hare Light Tank Germany 67
20 Alpha Hedgehog Light Tank Germany 51
21 Fireball Light Tank Germany 51
22 Hedgehog Light Tank Germany 51
23 MS-1 Light Tank USSR 51
24 4TP Light Tank Poland 45
25 Kolohousenka Light Tank Czechoslovakia 45
26 Vickers Medium Mk. I Medium Tank UK 45
27 Renault Otsu Light Tank Japan 42
28 Cruiser Mk. I Light Tank UK 40
29 Leichttraktor Light Tank Germany 40
30 Renault NC-31 Light Tank China 40
31 Fiat 3000 Light Tank Italy 39
32 Strv fm/21 Light Tank Sweden 33
33 T1 Cunningham Light Tank USA 33
34 Renault FT Light Tank France 29
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See also the class tier lists for rankings within each class, or the full tank index.