Conqueror Gun Carriage
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Conqueror Gun Carriage
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6,100,000 Cost |
530106 HP Hit Points |
55/6026.08/60 t Weight Limit |
- Commander (Radio Operator)
- Gunner
- Gunner
- Driver
- Loader
- Loader
810810 hp Engine Power |
34.3/10 km/h Speed Limit |
2424 deg/s Traverse |
14.7331.06 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio |
YesYes Pivot |
// mm Hull Armor |
HE/HE
HE/HE Shells |
2450/2850/2740
2450/2850/2740 Shell Cost |
1000/1350/7201000/1350/720 HP Damage |
59/74/37059/74/370 mm Penetration |
r/m ▲
1.3 r/m Standard Gun ▲
1.3 Rate of Fire Standard Gun |
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Standard Gun ▼
Standard Gun ▲
1300 Standard Gun
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Standard Gun ▼
Standard Gun ▲
1300 Damage Per Minute Standard Gun
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m ▲
1 m With 50% Crew: 1.239 m ▲
1 Accuracy With 50% Crew: 1.239 m |
s 6.1 s 6.1 Aim time |
88 deg/s Gun Traverse Speed |
60° Gun Arc |
-0°/+45°-0°/+45° Elevation Arc |
2424 rounds Ammo Capacity |
2020 % Chance of Fire |
m 290 m 290 View Range |
m 750 m 750 Signal Range |
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The Conqueror Gun Carriage is a British tier 10 self-propelled gun.
A proposal to mount a 234-mm howitzer on the chassis of the Conqueror. The power unit was placed in the front. Existed only in blueprints.
The Conqueror Gun Carriage marks the end of its British self-propelled gun line.
Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables
Modules
Tier | Gun | Penetration (mm) |
Damage (HP) |
Rate of fire (rounds/minute) |
Dispersion (m/100m) |
Aiming time (s) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ()
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X | B.L. 9.2-in. Howitzer Mk. II | 59/74/370 | 1000/1350/720 | 1.3 | 1 | 6.1 | 2919 | 340000 |
Tier | Engine | Engine Power (hp) |
Chance of Fire on Impact (%) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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IX | Rolls-Royce Meteor M120 | 810 | 20 | 744 | 92000 |
Tier | Suspension | Load Limit (т) |
Traverse Speed (gr/sec) |
Rmin | Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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X | Conqueror Gun Carriage | 60 | 24 | 0 | 22000 | 80000 |
Compatible Equipment
Compatible Consumables
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Ridiculous front armor coupled with spaced armor on the sides greatly reduces splash from HE shells, and scout tank shots wil
- Large splash radius with HE shells
- Very high damage, but not as much as T92
- Superb gun arc sweep
- High shell arc
Cons:
- Painfully slow aim time and reload speed
- Armor is only on the front hull, the superstructure that houses the gun is only 50mm
- Lowest shell range for its tier
- Least accurate gun in the game
- No gun depression, making self-defense difficult
Performance
The Conqueror GC is much like a buffed T92 in some ways. This includes the better ammo capacity and armor, as well as HP pool. However, the gun has pitiful range as well as slow shell travel. This forces you to get closer to the front lines, and your armor is enough to protect you from incoming shells. Another reason to be near the front lines is it's accuracy is the worst in the game. When scouts arrive or your teammates fail to hold the front line, the Conqueror GC has the speed to escape and run. The important things to remember is that to stay undetected near the frontlines, bounce scouts' shells, and knock out as many tanks as you can with the Conqueror GC's awesome high alpha damage.
Suggested Equipment
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.
USA | IIT1 HMC • IIIT18 HMC • IIIM7 Priest • IVT82 HMC • IVM37 • VM41 HMC • VIM44 • VIIM12 • VIIIM40/M43 • IXM53/M55 • XT92 HMC |
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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