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Premium  Caliban

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Battle Tier
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[Client Values; Actual values in
Specifically, the mismatch in crew values caused by commander's 10% crew skill bonus. Outside of a crew of 1 commander only, 100% crew is a fiction. The client values, given for 100% crew, will normally be taken into battle with 110% crew skill members aside from specific functions, causing their actual performance to deviate from the expected client value. These differences are taken into account in tooltip boxes.
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9,450  Gold Cost
1500300 HP Hit Points
40.67/4322.14/43 t Weight Limit
Crew
  1. Commander (Gunner)
  2. Loader (Radio Operator)
  3. Driver
Mobility
750750 hp Engine Power
33/12 km/h Speed Limit
3030 deg/s Traverse
18.4433.88 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio
YesYes Pivot
Armor
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250/80/50250/80/50 mm Turret Armor
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Shell Cost
850/600/850/600/ HP Damage
180/292/180/292/ mm Penetration



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4.17 r/m 

Magazine-fed Gun

Burst Length: 1 rounds
Magazine Size: 2 rounds
Cycle Time: 3.75 s
Magazine Reload Times
Nominal: 25 s
50% Crew: 30.97 s
75% Crew: 27.04 s
100% Crew: 23.97 s
With Vents: 23.44 s
With Vents and BiA: 22.93 s

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4.17 r/m 

Magazine-fed Gun

Burst Length: 1 rounds
Magazine Size: 2 rounds
Cycle Time: 3.75 s
Magazine Reload Times
Nominal: 25 s
50% Crew: 30.97 s
75% Crew: 27.04 s
100% Crew: 23.97 s
With Vents: 23.44 s
With Vents and BiA: 22.93 s

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Rate of Fire






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3723

Magazine-fed Gun

Using Shell Type 1 (850 Damage):
With wholly penetrating hits

Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal: 3723
50% Crew: 3646.5
75% Crew: 3697.5
100% Crew: 3740
With Vents: 3731.5
With Vents and BiA: 3740

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
Loaded-mag DPM: 3867.5
50% Crew: 3825
75% Crew: 3859
100% Crew: 3876
With Vents: 3876
With Vents and BiA: 3876

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Magazine-fed Gun

Using Shell Type 2 (600 Damage):


Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal: 2628
50% Crew: 2574
75% Crew: 2610
100% Crew: 2640
With Vents: 2634
With Vents and BiA: 2640

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
Loaded-mag DPM: 2730
50% Crew: 2700
75% Crew: 2724
100% Crew: 2736
With Vents: 2736
With Vents and BiA: 2736

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3723

Magazine-fed Gun

Using Shell Type 1 (850 Damage):
With wholly penetrating hits

Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal: 3723
50% Crew: 3646.5
75% Crew: 3697.5
100% Crew: 3740
With Vents: 3731.5
With Vents and BiA: 3740

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
Loaded-mag DPM: 3867.5
50% Crew: 3825
75% Crew: 3859
100% Crew: 3876
With Vents: 3876
With Vents and BiA: 3876

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Magazine-fed Gun

Using Shell Type 2 (600 Damage):


Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal: 2628
50% Crew: 2574
75% Crew: 2610
100% Crew: 2640
With Vents: 2634
With Vents and BiA: 2640

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
Loaded-mag DPM: 2730
50% Crew: 2700
75% Crew: 2724
100% Crew: 2736
With Vents: 2736
With Vents and BiA: 2736

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Damage Per Minute


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0.58 m 

With 50% Crew: 0.738 m
With 75% Crew: 0.65 m
With 100% Crew: 0.58 m
With BiA: 0.567 m
With BiA and Vents: 0.556 m
Maximum possible: 0.533 m

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0.58 m 

With 50% Crew: 0.738 m
With 75% Crew: 0.65 m
With 100% Crew: 0.58 m
With BiA: 0.567 m
With BiA and Vents: 0.556 m
Maximum possible: 0.533 m

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4.1 s 

With 50% Crew: 5.218 s
With 75% Crew: 4.592 s
With 100% Crew: 4.1 s
With GLD: 3.727 s
With BiA: 4.006 s
With BiA and Vents: 3.931 s
With both and GLD: 3.574 s
Maximum possible: 3.426 s

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4.1 s 

With 50% Crew: 5.218 s
With 75% Crew: 4.592 s
With 100% Crew: 4.1 s
With GLD: 3.727 s
With BiA: 4.006 s
With BiA and Vents: 3.931 s
With both and GLD: 3.574 s
Maximum possible: 3.426 s

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Aim time
2323 deg/s Turret Traverse
360° Gun Arc
-10°/+12°-10°/+12° Elevation Arc
2525 rounds Ammo Capacity
General
2020 % Chance of Fire






370 m 

With 50% Crew: 290.7 m
With 75% Crew: 330.4 m
With 100% Crew: 370 m
With Recon and Situational Awareness: 388.7 m
With Coated Optics: 407 m
With Binocular Telescope: 462.5 m
Maximum possible: 529.7 m

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370 m 

With 50% Crew: 290.7 m
With 75% Crew: 330.4 m
With 100% Crew: 370 m
With Recon and Situational Awareness: 388.7 m
With Coated Optics: 407 m
With Binocular Telescope: 462.5 m
Maximum possible: 529.7 m

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View Range


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750 m 

With 50% Crew: 589.3 m
With 75% Crew: 669.7 m
With 100% Crew: 750 m
With 100% Signal Boost: 900 m
When affected by 100% Relaying: 825 m
Maximum possible: 1079.2 m

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750 m 

With 50% Crew: 589.3 m
With 75% Crew: 669.7 m
With 100% Crew: 750 m
With 100% Signal Boost: 900 m
When affected by 100% Relaying: 825 m
Maximum possible: 1079.2 m

For more details, see Skills or Equipment
Signal Range
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Caliban


VIII

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9450

The Caliban is a British tier 8 premium heavy tank.

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.

Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables

Modules

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Guns

Tier Gun Penetration
(mm)
Damage
(HP)
Rate of fire
(rounds/minute)
Dispersion
(m/100m)
Aiming time
(s)
Weight
(kg)
Price
(Credits)

VIII QF 6-inch Caliban 180/292 850/600 4.17 0.58 4.1 2000 130000

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Engines

Tier Engine Engine Power
(hp)
Chance of Fire on Impact
(%)
Weight
(kg)
Price
(Credits)

VIII Meteorite Mk. 202 750 20 800 30000

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Suspensions

Tier Suspension Load Limit
(т)
Traverse Speed
(gr/sec)
Rmin Weight
(kg)
Price
(Credits)

VIII Caliban 43 30 0 10000 30000

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Radios

Tier Radio Signal Range
(m)
Weight
(kg)
Price
(Credits)

X SR C45 750 40 54000

Compatible Equipment

Low Noise Exhaust System Class 1 Vertical Stabilizer Class 1 Heavy Spall Liner Camouflage Net Class 2 Coated Optics Class 1 Stabilizing Equipment System Experimental Optics Wear-Resistant Gun Laying Drive Improved Configuration Venting System Enhanced Gun Laying Drive Class 1 Improved Hardening Class 1 Additional Grousers Class 1 Modified Configuration Class 1 Improved Rotation Mechanism Class 1 Improved Aiming Class 1 Improved Ventilation Class 1 Binocular Telescope Class 1 Turbocharger Class 1 

Compatible Consumables

Stabilizer Greasing Automatic Fire Extinguisher Natural Cover Optical Calibration Aim Tuning Experienced Firefighters 100-octane Gasoline 105-octane Gasoline Manual Fire Extinguisher Pre-Battle Maintenance Vent Purge Large First Aid Kit Large Repair Kit Duty Comes First Shell Organizer Focus on Target Pudding and Tea Increased Focus Small First Aid Kit Small Repair Kit Gearbox Intricacy Steady Hand Combat Course 


Player Opinion

Pros and Cons

Pros:


  • Great burst damage - 1700 average with HESH, and 1200 average with AP
  • HESH shells have decent penetration
  • Decent turret face and upper glacis armor
  • Great gun depression (-10 degrees)
  • Very good acceleration


Cons:


  • Punishing reload, over 60 seconds for both shells
  • Abysmal aim time, accuracy, shell velocity, and on the move dispersion
  • HESH shells deal low to no damage if they fail to penetrate
  • Incredibly weak side and rear armor
  • Very poor reverse speed


Performance

Caliban is a close range fighter, unlike its techtree counterpart Caernarvon. It is completely unsuited for ranged fights due to its very bad accuracy and EXTREMELY POOR shell velocity (particularly with HESH shells). Thanks to its good acceleration it can race to key positions reasonably quickly and once there trade shots with enemy tanks, using its good frontal armor to tank some shots while returning fire. An excellent -10 degrees of gun depression ensures that Caliban will stay relevant on uneven terrain too.

Additionally, again thanks to its high engine power, a Caliban can follow medium tanks down a flank and be a nasty surprise to enemy mediums, against which its HESH penetration will be more than enough (whereas against heavy tanks said penetration is far less reliable and premium AP is a better option).

A warning - never empty the magazine unless you're absolutely sure the target will be destroyed. Caliban uses a two-shot autoreloader (not unlike Italian medium tanks) with an extremely punishing reload of over 60 seconds. Enemy tanks catching you while reloading both shells will have an easy kill available.


Early Research

Premium tank, none required.


Suggested Equipment


Improved VentilationEnhanced Gun Laying Drive Vertical Stabilizer 


Gallery

History for this tank not found

Historical Gallery

Historical Accuracy Errata

The following are consensus errors or inconsistencies which have been identified with the configuration of the vehicle in question and conflict with information available on the public record. The causes for these divergences in the game are normally not disclosed and may be rooted in game balance.

* The Caliban design called for a 160mm gun, not 152.4mm.
  • The design did not include an AP round.
  • The historical nuclear round is missing.


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