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SECTION 10 // ARMOR / VEHICLE PROFILEREF · CRUISER-MK-III
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Cruiser Mk. III
UK·
Light TankThe vehicle was developed on the basis of the M1931 Christie tanks, purchased by the British Army in 1936. The vehicle was intended to be a fast, lightly-armored breakthrough tank. The modified design was deemed successful and became the basis for other cruiser tanks. A total of 65 vehicles were built. They saw combat in France and North Africa in 1940–1941.
Configuration
Health
390
DPM
1,149
View range
330m
Speed
48km/h
Camo
46Average
A-01 · ARMOR SCHEMA
Armor thicknessMeasured
Nominal plate thickness straight from the game client. Click any plate to highlight it on the 3D model and focus the camera on it.
Armor
6mm14mm
Hull
All 8 plates
Turret 2 of 2
All 7 plates
A-02 · SPECIFICATIONS
Specifications
Builds
Grade
Experimental
CrewShared perks
Weaponry
- DPM
- 1,149
- Damage
- 45
- Penetration
- 49 mm
- … at 500m
- 38 mm
- Reload time
- 7.90 s
- Clip size
- 4
- … clip damage
- 180 / 1.5s
- … intra-clip
- 0.50 s
- Rate of fire
- 25.53/min
- Aim time
- 2.10 s
- Dispersion
- 0.420 m
- … moving
- 0.230
- … tank traverse
- 0.230
- … turret traverse
- 0.120
- … after firing
- 3.0
- Damage vs. modules
- 54
- Caliber
- 40.0 mm
- Shell velocity
- 732 m/s
- Max range
- 400 m
- Ammo capacity
- 320
- Potential damage
- 14,400
- Shell cost
- 30 cr
Mobility
- Top speed
- 48 km/h
- Reverse speed
- 20 km/h
- Power/weight
- 29.25 hp/t
- Tank traverse
- 44.0 °/s
- Turret traverse
- 46.0 °/s
- Effective top speed
- … hard
- 48.0 km/h
- … medium
- 48.0 km/h
- … soft
- 48.0 km/h
- Effective traverse
- … hard
- 44.0 °/s
- … medium
- 36.7 °/s
- … soft
- 24.4 °/s
- Gun elevation
- 20 °
- Gun depression
- 15 °
- Gun traverse range
- 360°
- Terrain resistance
- … hard
- 1.00
- … medium
- 1.20
- … soft
- 1.80
Everything Else
- Hull armor
- 14 / 14 / 14
- Turret armor
- 14 / 12 / 14
- Health
- 390
- Engine health
- 104
- … repaired
- 52
- Track health
- 70
- … repaired
- 55
- … repair time
- 6.86 s
- Ammo rack health
- 85
- … repaired
- 55
- Fuel tank health
- 100
- … repaired
- 40
- Total weight
- 14,530 kg
- Stationary camo
- 11.35 / 3.87%
- Moving camo
- 8.50 / 2.90%
- View range
- 330 m
- Fire chance
- 20%
- Tank cost
- 38,000 cr
Gun Constraints
360° traverse
Crew
CommanderRadio Operator
Gunner
Driver
Loader
A-03 · MODULE RESEARCH
Module research
Guns
II
Stock
QF 2-pdr Mk. IX (III)
III
1,000
40 mm Pom-Pom
Turrets
A-04 · SERVER PERFORMANCE
Server performance
Aggregate stats from NA players over the last 30d
Avg WN8
1962
Very Good
Avg WNX
1008
Above Average
Win rate
56.3%
Good
DPG
380
Frags
1.13
Spots
1.38
Survival
0.0%
Dmg taken
27
Hit rate
80.0%
Spot assist
0
Track assist
0
Defense
0.00
Avg XP
13
Aggregated from 2 tracked NA players · 16 battles. Coverage grows as more players are tracked.
MoE thresholds (combined dmg + assist)
65%—
85%—
95%—
Reach these combined damage (dealt + assist) values over a rolling window to earn marks of excellence.
A-05 · TOP OPERATORS
Top players
Highest performers in the Cruiser Mk. III on NA
A-06 · VIDEO INTEL
Video reviews
Curated reviews, replays, and guides from veteran players
A-07 · SIMILAR HULLS
A-08 · CHANGELOG
Balance changelog
Patch-by-patch changes to this tank
- 2.0Sep 1, 2025
- ·Dispersion during movement-8%
- ·Dispersion on hull traverse-8%
- ·Traverse speed32→408
- ·Mobility on hard terrain+9%
- ·Mobility on medium terrain+14%
- ·Mobility on soft terrain+10%
- ·Dispersion during movement-8%
- ·Dispersion on hull traverse-8%
- ·Traverse speed
