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Conqueror
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3,600,000 Cost |
1850470 HP Hit Points |
65.13/65.530.54/68 t Weight Limit |
- Commander
- Gunner
- Driver
- Loader (Radio Operator)
650950 hp Engine Power |
34.3/12 km/h Speed Limit |
2426 deg/s Traverse |
9.9831.11 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio |
YesYes Pivot |
// mm Hull Armor |
254/88.9/69.9254/88.9/69.9 mm Turret Armor |
AP/APCR/HE
AP/APCR/HE Shells |
660/4400/260
1060/4400/1200 Shell Cost |
280/280/370400/400/515 HP Damage |
220/252/47259/326/120 mm Penetration |
r/m ▲
10.17 r/m Standard Gun ▲
5.31 Rate of Fire Standard Gun |
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Standard Gun
▼
Standard Gun
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2847.6 Standard Gun ▲
Standard Gun
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Standard Gun
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2124 Damage Per Minute Standard Gun |
m ▲
0.33 m With 50% Crew: 0.409 m ▲
0.33 Accuracy With 50% Crew: 0.409 m |
s 2.1 s 1.9 Aim time |
3032 deg/s Turret Traverse |
360° Gun Arc |
-10°/+15°-10°/+15° Elevation Arc |
5035 rounds Ammo Capacity |
2020 % Chance of Fire |
m 400 m 400 View Range |
m 550 m 750 Signal Range |
Additional Statistics
(Top Configuration)
Camouflage
- Stationary: 4.9%
- When Moving: 2.6%
- When Firing: 1.1%
Terrain Resistance
- On Hard Ground: 1.06
- On Medium Ground: 1.25
- On Soft Ground: 2.21
Dispersion Change Values
- Turret Contribution
- Rotation: 0.1
- Shot Recoil: 3.84
- Suspension Contribution
- Acceleration: 0.12
- Turning: 0.12
With 100% Crew
IX
3600000
The Conqueror is a British tier 9 heavy tank.
Developed from 1949 through 1952, this tank was intended to confront new Soviet heavy tanks. A total of 185 vehicles were mass-produced from 1955 through 1959.
A potent continuation of the support tank class of heavy British tanks, the Conqueror plays like an overcharged version of the Caernarvon, featuring a significant jump in firing speed and some small improvements to general characteristics. It is unfortunately burdened by having the Caernavon's exact same hull, which is no longer even vaguely good for a tier 9 heavy. Like Centurions, it is also highly prone to ammo rack damage. However that would appear to simply be the price one has to pay for playing one of the best and most surely damaging support tanks in the game.
The most surprising aspect of this tank is the introduction to HESH shells on its top gun, a nasty surprise for poorly armored tanks such as Lights, a few TDs, and some Medium tanks. Not that HESH, like all HE shells, does not have any normalization, which makes it difficult to penetrate sloped surfaces. In addition, tracks and other spaced armor easily block the HESH shells.
The Conqueror leads to the Super Conqueror.
Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables
Modules
Tier | Suspension | Load Limit (т) |
Traverse Speed (gr/sec) |
Rmin | Weight (kg) |
Price ()
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VIII | Conqueror Mk. I | 65.5 | 24 | 0 | 12000 | 31500 | |
IX | Conqueror Mk. II | 68 | 26 | 0 | 12000 | 62000 |
Tier | Radio | Signal Range (m) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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VIII | WS No. 22 | 700 | 40 | 25000 | |
VIII | WS No. 19 Mk. III | 550 | 40 | 22000 | |
X | SR C42 | 750 | 40 | 54000 |
Compatible Equipment
Compatible Consumables
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Incredible gun - good dispersion, very fast aim time, quick rate-of-fire, high penetration.
- Mobile and responsive, even more so than M103.
- First heavy with HESH for light-skinned vehicles to deal heavy damage.
- Very solid turret
Cons:
- Weak hull armor for a tier 9 heavy.
- Ammo rack located in lower plate often breaks.
- Zero indirect-fire HE resistance.
- Large target
The Conqueror can be a fearsome tank once fully upgraded and is a significant improvement over its predecessor
Early Research
Focus on upgrading first to the turret and the top gun, the L1A1. Once you have the L1A1, the Conqueror really comes alive and feels much more like an end tier heavy tank should. The gun is fast, accurate and deals a respectable amount of damage for a tier 9 tank.
After getting the turret and the 120mm, you can choose between the engine which is also on the centurion7/1 or the tracks.
Suggested Equipment
VentilationRammerand a Spall liner to help mitigate the effect of incoming artillery fire. A vertical stabilizer is often not needed due to the excellent handling of the gun even when firing on the move.
Gallery
Historical Info
Development history
The chassis for the new tank was taken from the A45 Infantry Support Tank, started in 1944 shortly after that of the A41 Centurion. After the war the project was relocated to that of the "Universal Tank" design of the FV 200 series. The 200 series was to have used a common hull for all uses (self-propelled artillery, armoured personnel carrier, different varieties of tank, etc.). One tank type was to be the heavy FV 201 of 55 tonnes, armed with an 83.4 mm gun also known as 20 pounder.
In 1949 it was decided to bring the armament up to 120 mm. As this delayed the project, in 1952 the FV 201 hull was combined with a 17 pounder-armed Centurion Mk 2 turret to give the FV 221 Caernarvon Mark I. Twenty-one were built with the Mk III 20 pounder turret as the Caernavon Mk II. The FV 221 may originally have been intended to be the "Main Battle Tank" member of the FV 201 series, but with the success of the A41 Centurion such a vehicle was no longer required. In either event, the Caernarvon was only used for chassis development work serving in troop trials. In 1955 the first Conqueror was produced. Twenty Mark 1 and 165 Mark 2 Conquerors were built including conversions of Caernavon MkIIs. Production continued until 1959. It had lost much enthusiasm once the Centurion was upgraded to an L7 105 mm gun.
The gun design was American, the same as used on the US M103 heavy tank; with separate charge and projectile, as would also be the case in the Chieftain that followed. The charge was not bagged but in a brass cartridge, which offered some safety advantages, but reduced shell capacity to 35 rounds.
The armour was very heavy for the time, especially in the front, where it was seven inches (178 mm) in the horizontal plane. Unfortunately, this, along with the weight of the huge turret required to house the large gun and the very large hull volume, made the vehicle very heavy, giving it a relatively low top speed and making it mechanically unreliable. Also, few bridges could support its weight. However, rather like the Second World War Churchill tank, the Conqueror had exceptional terrain handling characteristics and proved to be as capable cross country as the lighter (and on paper slightly faster) Centurion tank.
One feature of particular note was the rotating commander's cupola, which was at the heart of the Conqueror's fire control system, advanced for its time. The commander could align the cupola on a target independently of the turret, measure the range with a Coincidence rangefinder, and then direct the gunner on to the new lay mechanically indicated to him by the cupola. In theory, when the gunner traversed to the new lay he would find the target already under his sights, ready to be engaged. Meanwhile, the commander was free to search for the next target. (The Soviet bloc also used similar devices, such as the TPKU-2 and TKN-3, on all of their post–World War II tanks though theirs did not use a rangefinder.)
The system may have been inspired by a similar device, without range finder, installed in WII German Panzers which was apparently highly successful, but was not repeated in subsequent tanks until an updated electronic version of the same idea appeared in the American M60A2 variant of the Patton series.
Variants
FV 222 Conqueror ARV Mk II The variants of the Conqueror tank and developments directly related to its development are:
FV 214 Conqueror
- Mk I
- Mk II
- Mk II/I/H[verification needed] - rebuilt Caernarvons
- Design study of Conqueror chassis with limited traverse turret mounting 183mm gun. Wooden mockup produced.
FV 221 Caernarvon
- Mk I – prototype
- Mk II - experimental series, 21 built
FV 222 Conqueror Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV)
- Mk I - 8 produced
- Mk II - 20 produced. Weight: 57 tons. Winch capacity: 45 tons (direct pull).
Surviving vehicles
In the United Kingdom, Conqueror tanks are displayed at the Bovington Tank Museum, and the Land Warfare Hall of the Imperial War Museum Duxford. Other tanks are in the collections of the Musée des Blindés in France, the Royal Museum of the Army in Brussels and the Kubinka Tank Museum, Russia. One is privately owned in the United States as part of the Littlefield Collection. There are also two MkII ARVs at the Military History Museum on the Isle of Wight in an unrestored condition. A MkII ARV is held by theREME Museum of Technology, although it is not on display. There used to be a Conqueror at Base Vehicle Depot Ludgershall - a gate guardian named "William". Now believed to be at the Isle of Wight Military Museum. A Conqueror was used at the Amphibious Experimental Establishment AXE, at Instow in North Devon UK, for beach tank recovery practise.