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GW_Mk_VIe (Stock)

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Totals
3500 Price
90 Hit Points
6.45 / 6.5 kgWeight
Crew
  1. Commander
Armor
22/14/14Hull Armor(front/sides/rear, mm)
0/0/0Turret Armor(front/sides/rear, mm)
Maneuver
66 h.p.Engine Power
50 km/hSpeed Limit
16 deg/secTraverse Speed
Firepower
410 Standard Shell Damage
53 mmStandard Shell Penetration
19 Time for Complete Loading
12 deg/secTurret Traverse Speed
Communication
320 mView Range
265 mSignal Range
II
G.Pz. Mk. VI (e)
3500
In 1940, German forces captured approximately twenty British Mk. VI tanks. The captured vehicles were used for training purposes until the fall of 1942. In November it was decided to develop an artillery on the basis of the captured Mk. VI. In 1942, modifications with a 105- and 150-mm field howitzer were developed. All these artillery were lost in the defense of France in the summer and fall of 1944.

G.Pz. Mk. VI (e)

Stock

Level Gun Weight (t) Average Penetration (mm) Rate of Fire Dispersion at 100 m Aiming Time
gun III 10,5 cm leFH 16 L/22 490 53/104 410/350 3.16 0.84 6.5
Level Engine Weight (t) Engine Power (h.p.) Chance of Fire on Impact
engine I Rolls-Royce I-6 250 66 20
Level Suspension Weight (t) Load Limit Traverse Speed (deg/s)
chassis I Light Tank Mk. VIB 2000 6.5 16
Level Radio Weight (t) Signal Range (m)
radio II FuG 2 0 265

Gerät 803B

Speed

Level Gun Weight (t) Average Penetration (mm) Rate of Fire Dispersion at 100 m Aiming Time
gun III 10,5 cm leFH 16 L/22 490 53/104 410/350 3.16 0.84 6.5
Level Engine Weight (t) Engine Power (h.p.) Chance of Fire on Impact
engine II Meadows ESTL 250 88 20
Level Suspension Weight (t) Load Limit Traverse Speed (deg/s)
chassis II G.Pz. Mk. VI (e) 2000 8.5 18
Level Radio Weight (t) Signal Range (m)
radio III FuG 5 0 310

Compatible Equipment

Small Spall Liner
Camouflage Net
Coated Optics
Enhanced Gun Laying Drive
Medium-Caliber Artillery Shell Rammer
Binocular Telescope
Toolbox
"Wet" Ammo Rack Class 1

Compatible Consumables

Automatic Fire Extinguisher
Chocolate
100-octane Gasoline
105-octane Gasoline
Manual Fire Extinguisher
Large First Aid Kit
Large Repair Kit
Small First Aid Kit
Small Repair Kit

Player Opinion

Pros and Cons

Pros:


  • Highest caliber and hardest hitting gun among tier 2 SPG's
  • Excellent range for its tier (~850 meters)


Cons:


  • Poor gun traverse
  • Worst accuracy amongst tier 2 artillery
  • Very slow aiming time
  • Very slow reloading time
  • Weak radio


Performance

A decent Tier 2 SPG. Note that the long range of the gun is somewhat hampered by a radio that cannot reach far. This can lead to games where allies advance out of radio range, leaving you with no targeting information. The 105mm howitzer, while being a rather large gun for the second tier, even on artillery, pays for its range and damage with a reload time that can be defined as abysmal.


Early Research

  • Nothing carries over from the Leichttraktor.
  • First, research the Meadows ESTL Engine.
  • Now, research the G.Pz. Mk. VI (e) Suspension.
  • Finally, research the FuG 5 Radio.


Historical Info

The G.Pz. Mk. VI (e) is based on the Mk VI British light tank, produced by Vickers-Armstrongs in the late 1930s.

Some Mk.VIB light tanks were left behind by the British expeditionary force during the Dunkerque evacuation and Germans captured them damaged, but more or less intact. In 1940, 6 of them were rebuilt by the Germans to carry a 105mm leFH 16 howitzer and a MG34 machinegun.

The howitzer was enclosed in a thin (11-22mm thick) superstructure and the vehicle was open-topped. In fact, the superstructure was thicker than the hull armor. The new improvised self-propelled gun was crewed by 4 men and powered by the original Meadows V6 (87hp), allowing it to go as fast as 50 km/h on the road (but only 20 km/h in terrain).

Earlier it was believed that these SPG's were never actively used and spent their "life" in Belgium as training vehicles. However, now it seems they were transferred to the Artillerieregiment 227, fighting near Leningrad in late 1941, where they apparently survived until 1942. The full German name of this vehicle is 10,5cm Selbstfahrlafette auf Geschützpanzer Mk.VI(englisch).


Historical Gallery

Germany
Light Tanks ILeichttraktor IIPz.Kpfw. 38H 735 (f) IIPz.Kpfw. 35 (t) IIPz.Kpfw. I IIPz.Kpfw. II IIIPz.Kpfw. 38 (t) IIIPz.Kpfw. III Ausf. A IIIPz.Kpfw. II Ausf. J IIIPz.Kpfw. I Ausf. C IIIPz.Kpfw. II Ausf. G IIIT-15 IVPz.Kpfw. 38 (t) n.A. IVPz.Kpfw. II Luchs VVK 16.02 Leopard VIVK 28.01 VIIAufklärungspanzer Panther VIIISpähpanzer Ru 251
Medium Tanks IIIPz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. A IIIPz.Kpfw. S35 739 (f) IVPz.Kpfw. III IVPz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. D IVVK 20.01 (D) VPz.Kpfw. III/IV VPz.Kpfw. IV VPz.Kpfw. IV Hydrostat VPz.Kpfw. V/IV VPz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H VT-25 VIPz.Kpfw. IV Schmalturm VIVK 30.01 (P) VIVK 30.01 (D) VIVK 30.02 (M) VIIPanther/M10 VIIPz.Kpfw. V Panther VIIVK 30.02 (D) VIIIPanther mit 8,8 cm L/71 VIIIIndien-Panzer VIIIPanther II IXE-50 IXLeopard prototyp A XE-50 Ausf. M XLeopard 1
Heavy Tanks IVPz.Kpfw. B2 740 (f) IVDurchbruchswagen 2 VVK 30.01 (H) VIVK 36.01 (H) VIIPz.Kpfw. VI Tiger VIIPz.Kpfw. VI Tiger (P) VIIILöwe VIIIPz.Kpfw. Tiger II VIIIVK 45.02 (P) Ausf. A IXE-75 IXVK 45.02 (P) Ausf. B XE-100 XMaus
Tank Destroyers IIPanzerjäger I IIIMarder II IVHetzer IVMarder 38T VPz.Sfl. IVc VStuG III Ausf. G VIDicker Max VIJagdpanzer IV VINashorn VIIE-25 VIIJagdpanther VIISturer Emil VIIIFerdinand VIIIJagdpanther II VIII8,8 cm PaK 43 Jagdtiger VIIIRhm.-Borsig Waffenträger IXJagdtiger IXWaffenträger auf Pz. IV XJagdpanzer E-100 XWaffenträger auf E 100
Self-Propelled Artillery IIG.Pz. Mk. VI (e) IIISturmpanzer I Bison IIIWespe IVPz.Sfl. IVb IVSturmpanzer II VGrille VIHummel VIIG.W. Panther VIIIG.W. Tiger (P) IXG.W. Tiger XG.W. E-100
Self-Propelled Guns
USA IIT57 IIIM7 Priest IIISexton I IVM37 VM41 VIM44 VIIM12 VIIIM40/M43 IXM53/M55 XT92
UK IILoyd Gun Carriage IIISexton II IIISexton I IVBirch Gun VBishop VIFV304 VIICrusader 5.5-in. SP VIIIFV207 IXFV3805 XConqueror Gun Carriage
Germany IIG.Pz. Mk. VI (e) IIISturmpanzer I Bison IIIWespe IVPz.Sfl. IVb IVSturmpanzer II VGrille VIHummel VIIG.W. Panther VIIIG.W. Tiger (P) IXG.W. Tiger XG.W. E-100
France IIRenault FT 75 BS IIILorraine 39L AM IVAMX 105 AM mle. 47 VAMX 13 105 AM mle. 50 V105 leFH18B2 VIAMX 13 F3 AM VIILorraine 155 mle. 50 VIIILorraine 155 mle. 51 IXBat.-Châtillon 155 55 XBat.-Châtillon 155 58
USSR IISU-18 IIISU-26 IVSU-5 VSU-122A VISU-8 VIIS-51 VIISU-14-1 VIIISU-14-2 IX212A XObject 261
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