Earlier this year developer Wargaming.net, the makers of the 2009 WWII RTS game Order of War, announced its plans for World of Tanks, The free to play turn-based strategy themed MMO is also set in WWII and will feature over 150 different types of armored vehicles and will have everything from small skirmishes to massive campaigns.

The game will be entering into a closed beta test on July 8 but the folks at Wargaming,net sent us a tankful of beta codes for World of Tanks (1,000 codes in fact) to give out to our readers ahead of the closed beta launch. All you have to do is send an email to contests@bigdownload.com and we will give out the codes until we run out of them. Check below the jump for instructions on how redeem and download the client. And much thanks to Wargaming.net for the codes.

Download the World of Tanks Closed Beta Client (1.08 GB)