Following the great disappointment of the 2026 Black Market, where only SPHT was a tank worth buying and spending gold on it, we are again at the part of the year where the next lootboxes arrive, and these are for the Chinese New Year, also known as Serpetine boxes.
Since a lot of tanks were eliminated from the prediction pool by the Christmas lootboxes and black market event, we should have a pretty good estimate of which tanks will appear in lunar boxes.
Heavy Tanks
Terrifiant
This is a heavily armored French premium tier 9 heavy tank. This would be a perfect tank for the M4 51 lovers like me. Frontally, it seems really solid, around 260 mm of effective armor at the upper plate, the turret has only one weakspot that can be hidden while using full 10 degrees of gun depression. The issues I see with the tank are that the dispersion values are high, DPM is low, and the ammo capacity is very limited.
Yong Bing
I’ve made a prediction that this tank will appear in the Black Market 2026, but I was wrong, it seems, but it makes sense. Such a novel Chinese tank is like perfect for a Chinese New Year event. During this time, the hype for this tank got bigger as well. Yong Bing is a tier 9 Chinese heavy tank with a double-barreled gun and solid fuel rocket boosters. It is capable of devastating double shots. If statistics stay the same, this will be one of the best tier 9 premium heavies in the game. This would probably be the main tank of the event, and the whole marketing strategy will revolve around it.
Schwertwal
I’ve listed this tank as the Black Market 2026 offer, but unfortunately, it has not appeared in it. Considering how each year, there are more tier 9 premiums at such events, if it features 2 heavies, this is a good companion to the Yong Bing.
This German heavy at tier 10 features a 700 alpha damage gun and respectable armor. The biggest downside of the tanks seems to be the mobility, with a low top speed of only 30 km/h and bad gun handling. Schwertwal has 2 big weakspots on the upper front plate, while the upper deck can be overmatched by 121 mm guns and higher. The lower plate is quite large and quite weak at only 200 mm of effective armor. The turret doesn’t have any weakspots and it has around 400 mm of effective armor thickness.
Medium tanks
Ares MTB
Love them or hate them, the autocannon American mediums were a pretty big success in the game. While a lot of people hate facing them, most of the players that tried playing them, they agree that they are very fun vehicles to play eventhough very hard. If you could make a lot of credits while also having a lot of fun, it would be a perfect combination.
Even though the stats are not final, currently, it is a better tank in every aspect than the tier 9 tech tree counterpart. If stats don’t get changed, this could mark the start of the tier 9 premiums getting better than the tech tree variants, which hasn’t been the case for now. Put this tank together with the Yong Bing in the lootboxes, and you can expect a lot of people to gamble for them. It would be a perfect move from WG.
Renmin Tanke
This seems like a great fit for a medium featured in Chinese lootboxes. While not a lot of people know about it since it’s only in the supertest phase, this is a very interesting take on the autoloading mechanic. It features a very low reload time for the entire clip at only around 6 seconds and incredibly low intraclip reload at only 0.75 seconds. The trade-off is that the alpha damage is low at only 200 damage. With 10 degrees of gun depression and decent armor, it could be quite powerful at tier 9.
Kame
This is a tier 9 premium Japanese medium tank featuring the gun cooling mechanic. Probably one of the more boring vehicles on the Supertest. In my opinion, the gun cooling mechanic is not very useful on the medium tanks, which rely on flanking anyway. The rest of the stats look lackluster with insanely poor standard penetration at only 230 mm and poor mobility. It could be a good option to put into these loot boxes as the mediocre tank.
Serpente
A lot of people expected it in 2026 lootboxes or the 2026 Black Market, including myself, but it hasn’t appeared. There is a lot of hype surrounding it, and a lot of people would pay good money to get their hands on it. This is the first Italian tank with a double-barreled gun. Mechanics-wise, you share the same one as it is on the SFAC-105, it also has insane dispersion values whenever you are charging the double shot. The armor is nonexistent on the vehicle, but the mobility and gun depression are great. What is also horrible about the tank are gun handling stats, suggesting that if you are not charging the double shot, you will have a very hard time hitting anything.
Light tanks
LTS-85
LTS-85 has been in the supertest phase for 4 years now. Even though the chances of appearing in the Lunar New Year event are low, there is still a possibility. This tier 8 premium soviet light tank doesn’t seem too promising statistics-wise. This might be a stinker that WG put into the lootboxes. It looks like a pretty bad tank, horrible dpm, bad penetration, bad camo rating, and no armor. The only decent things about this tank are the mobility and good alpha damage at 300.
Tank Destroyers
Ashigaru
Since we saw that the 2026 Christmas boxes featured the tier 10 tanks, it only makes sense that the rule could be the same for the Lunar New Year lootboxes. One of the best candidates for the tier 10s is the only and only Ashigaru. This Japanese TD is the first wheeled TD with a gun cooling mechanic in the game. It was a decent choice for the Black Market 2026, but it hasn’t appeared in it. On paper, it looks like a great sniper with very nice DPM and mobility. Definitely one of the most interesting upcoming vehicles.
Saryuda
This is a Tier 9 premium Japanese tank destroyer featuring double-barreled guns. Stats-wise, currently, it is looking like a very strong tank at tier 9. Great alpha damage at 500, with double shots, it could be devastating to enemies with 1000 points of damage. While the mobility is limited, it seems very well armored at the front, including the front plate and the turret itself.
Kanonenjagdpanzer 2
This Tier 8 German premium tank destroyer acts as the successor to the Kanonenjagdpanzer and features a specialized siege mechanic. This system transforms it into a premier long-range threat, achieving a pinpoint 0.29 dispersion while in siege mode. Beyond its accuracy, the vehicle offers a competitive 2,700 DPM and excellent mobility. However, its primary drawback is a complete lack of armor, leaving it extremely vulnerable to penetration from almost any HE shell.
SU-122V
The SU-122V is a Tier 9 premium Soviet tank destroyer distinguished by its hydropneumatic suspension. Although it has been undergoing supertest evaluations since February 2024, it has yet to make its debut in a live event. As the first Russian vehicle to utilize this suspension system, it features a formidable upper hull designed with auto-bounce angles reminiscent of the Swedish Strv 103B. Additionally, it boasts an impressive armament capable of delivering over 3,000 DPM. True to Wargaming’s typical balancing process, the tank remains subject to further statistical adjustments before its final release.
Lorraine 120 Alby
This French Tier 8 premium tank destroyer follows the traditional design philosophy of its nation’s TD line, featuring an autoloader equipped with a four-shell magazine. It boasts a quick 2.5-second intraclip delay, though it requires a lengthy 40 seconds for a complete drum reload. Its frontal protection is surprisingly robust, notably lacking the prominent weak points typically found on the roof of the Foch series. Furthermore, this vehicle offers significantly more flexibility than its Foch counterparts thanks to an additional 20 degrees of horizontal gun traverse, greatly improving the overall handling and comfort. In summary, it appears to be a solid performer and a potentially excellent tool for farming credits.
Conclusion
If there are again going to be 5 tanks in the lootboxes, this would be my prediction:
- Serpente – Tier 9 Italian Medium
- Ares MTB – Tier 9 American Medium
- Renmin Tanke – Tier 9 Chinese Medium
- Kame – Tier 9 Chinese Medium
- Schwertwal – Tier 10 German Heavy
- Terrifiant – Tier 9 French Heavy
- Yong Bing – Tier 9 Chinese Heavy
- LTS-85 – Tier 8 Soviet light tank
- Ashigaru – Tier 10 Japanese TD
- Saryuda – Tier 9 Japanese TD
- Kanonenjagdpanzer 2 – Tier 8 German TD
- SU-122V – Tier 9 Soviet TD
- Lorraine 120 Alby – Tier 9 French TD
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Good luck on the battlefield.
