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Caliban — Tier VIII English heavy tank

Caliban

VIII
Competes with

Parameters

Compare tank's parameters with others from:
1700
HP
41 / 45
259.9m
View range
44 / 45
Firepower
Shell
1879
DPM
45 / 45
218
Penetration
32 / 45
580
Damage
1 / 45
203
Devices/crew damage
1 / 45
—
Burst damage
— / —
500
Velocity
45 / 45
9.63%
Penetration loss over distance
19 / 45
—
Explosion radius
— / —
DPM
— / —
Penetration
— / —
Damage
— / —
Devices/crew damage
— / —
Burst damage
— / —
Velocity
— / —
%
Penetration loss over distance
— / —
Explosion radius
— / —
DPM
— / —
Penetration
— / —
Damage
— / —
Devices/crew damage
— / —
Burst damage
— / —
Velocity
— / —
%
Penetration loss over distance
— / —
Explosion radius
— / —
2786
DPM
1 / 1
170
Penetration
1 / 1
860
Damage
1 / 1
203
Devices/crew damage
1 / 1
—
Burst damage
— / —
354
Velocity
1 / 1
—%
Penetration loss over distance
— / —
2.67
Explosion radius
1 / 1
152.4
Caliber
1 / 45
3.24
Rate of fire
45 / 45
18.52
Reload time
36 / 36
—
Magazine reload time
— / —
/ / /
Time to load next shell
— / —
—×
Magazine size
— / —
—
Time before next shell is ready
— / —
Gun handling
2.42
Base aim time
26 / 45
0.474
Dispersion
45 / 45
Dispersion factors
0.380
When moving
45 / 45
0.380
When rotating
45 / 45
0.190
When rotating turret
45 / 45
6.000
After shot
45 / 45
Gun angles
8°
Depression
17 / 45
9°
Elevation
45 / 45
180°/180°
Aiming arc (left / right)
1 / 45
20.91
Turret traverse speed
45 / 45
Mobility
40.63
Weight
43 / 45
Speed
30
Forward
41 / 45
14
Backward
28 / 45
Effective Power / Weight ratio
15.43
On hard terrain
6 / 45
11.02
On medium terrain
15 / 45
7.72
On soft terrain
15 / 45
Traverse speed
36.45
On hard terrain
8 / 45
26.03
On medium terrain
20 / 45
18.22
On soft terrain
20 / 45
5.80m×2.93m×1.69m
Size
2 / 45
Concealment
14.30%
While still
6 / 45
8.00%
While moving
10 / 45
4.77%
Upon firing while still
3 / 45
3.35%
Upon firing while moving
7 / 45
Spotting distance by enemy with view range of 302m
266.0m
While still
281.8m
While moving
290.0m
Upon firing while still
293.6m
Upon firing while moving

Armor profile

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Primary armor
  • 240–300
  • 180–240
  • 120–180
  • 60–120
  • 0–60
Spaced armor
  • 288–360
  • 216–288
  • 144–216
  • 72–144
  • 0–72
Weak
Strong
Chances of getting penetrated from 100m distance by average tank of given type:
  • — less than 30%
  • — between 30% and 70%
  • — more than 70%

Armor performance

Based on tank position, enemy tank type and shells
In battle vs:
Head on
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
From the side
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
From the back
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
Historical Reference

The Caliban is a project of the Royal Military College developed in 1962. The vehicle certainly was not pretty, but it was supposed to feature excellent movement characteristics, reliable frontal armor, and a powerful gun. The project turned out to be too complicated and expensive, and its numerous innovations did not guarantee any advantages over the vehicles in production and development. Work was discontinued at the drafting stage, and no prototypes were built.