Hey everyone, what would your recommendations be for a first premium tank for a returning player (under 5k battles) that are currently available?

Me and my friend recently returned into the game and pretty much enjoying it. We played the game years ago (before 1.0 update), but old accounts were hijacked/lost and anniversary tanks are not available. So we are looking for some meta tanks that could be purchased right now (amount of money is not limited) to farm credits, have fun and are not that punishing.

I’ve already checked wotstat.space in terms the amount of credits tanks could generate, but would like to get some opinions about available options.

Thanks!