Charioteer

Modules

Tier	Gun	Penetration (mm)	Damage (HP)	Rate of fire (rounds/minute)	Dispersion (m/100m)	Aiming time (s)		Weight (kg)	Price ()
IX	OQF 20-pdr AT Gun Type B Barrel	226/258/42	230/230/280	9.52	0.35	2.3		1282	180000
VIII	OQF 20-pdr AT Gun Type A Barrel	226/258/42	230/230/280	9.09	0.37	2.5		1242	120000
X	105 mm AT Gun L7	268/210/105	390/480/480	5.94	0.35	2.4		1282	290000

Tier	Engine	Engine Power (hp)	Chance of Fire on Impact (%)		Weight (kg)	Price ()
V	Rolls-Royce Meteor	600	20		744	14000
V	Rolls-Royce Meteor Mk. IVB	650	20		744	16000

Tier	Suspension	Load Limit (т)	Traverse Speed (gr/sec)	Rmin		Weight (kg)	Price ()
VII	Charioteer Mk. 6	30.55	34	0		6500	22000
VIII	Charioteer Mk. 8	32.5	36	0		6500	32500

Tier	Radio	Signal Range (m)		Weight (kg)	Price ()
VII	WS No. 19 Mk. II	450		40	21000
VIII	WS No. 22	700		40	25000
VIII	WS No. 19 Mk. III	550		40	22000

Compatible Equipment

Compatible Consumables

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Has turret, low profile and excellent camo values
• Good top speed, fast and highly mobile; good power-to-weight ratio
• Fearsome gun for its tier: accurate, high penetrating, firerate makes up for the low alpha
• HESH premium rounds with awesome penetration (210 mm); can one shot tier IX SPGs (480 alpha)
• Above average penetration on normal HE rounds (105 mm)

Cons:

• Poor gun depression
• Paper-thin armor and low HP pool
• Very fragile engine; often gets set on fire
• Slow turret traverse; however, the hull is also turns a bit slowly

Performance

The Charioteer is a really powerful but balanced tank destroyer with very serious pros and very serious cons either. First, it has 3 very serious pros: its gun, mobility, and camoflage. The Charioteer has one of the best TD guns of its tier, basically a Centurion Mk. 7/1 gun (AT-version L7A1 gun) with much better rate-of-fire, excellent penetration (268 mm), accuracy, aiming time and dispersion values, but with realtively low alpha damage (average 390 HP). The gun has no premium APCR or HEAT, instead HESH rounds, which is high-explosive rounds with slightly better penetration (210 mm in the Charioteer's case). The normal HE shells also have above average pen (105 mm) The second pro is its mobility. It has very good power-to weight ratio (about 22 HP/t) and top speed, but also acceptable acceleration and turning speed. The third and last pro is its low profile, and its amazing camouflage values. However, it has 3 serious cons: poor gun depression, paper-thin armor and prone to module damage, especially engine.

If you want to support your team, use your speed and mobility to be able to fire from the most advanced locations and quickly relocate before opponents can return fire. The Charioteer is not for close range combat; It's a medium and long range killer. Your job on this TD is to deal as many damage and kill as many (important) opponents you can, before being lit. However, your camo is not as good as the Rhm's, you can hide in the lowest bushes and provide serious and also deadly long-range fire support with a gun that can quickly deal with tier 8 and even 9 tanks. Sometimes the HESH rouunds is can be handy: example in end-game when you want the destroy the artilleries (with one shot), or other vehicles with paper-thin armor.

Early Research

The top Radio and Engine will be unlocked if you elited the pityfull Challenger, or through most of the other tank lines at tier 6, so equip them right away. The Type B barrel will be unlocked if you researched the AT 15. Unlock the tracks first. It's not needed to equip the 105 L7 top gun, as it weighs the same as the Type B, but the remaining load on the stock tracks won't give enough room to install much equipment. You can equip Binoculars and Camo Net, but not Ventilation unless you stick with the Type A barrel (it's 40kg lighter then the Type B).

Suggested Equipment