FV215b (183)
FV215b (183)
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[Client Values; Actual values in
5 Cost |
2000400 HP Hit Points |
60/6435.48/64 t Weight Limit |
- Commander (Radio Operator)
- Gunner
- Driver
- Loader
- Loader
800800 hp Engine Power |
34.3/12 km/h Speed Limit |
2424 deg/s Traverse |
13.3322.55 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio |
YesYes Pivot |
// mm Hull Armor |
AP/HE/HE
AP/HE/HE Shells |
2250/8000/1900
2250/8000/1900 Shell Cost |
1150/1750/17501150/1750/1750 HP Damage |
310/230/92310/230/92 mm Penetration |
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2 r/m Standard Gun ▲
2 Rate of Fire Standard Gun |
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Standard Gun
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Standard Gun ▲
2300 Standard Gun ▲
Standard Gun
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Standard Gun ▲
2300 Damage Per Minute Standard Gun |
m ▲
0.4 m With 50% Crew: 0.496 m ▲
0.4 Accuracy With 50% Crew: 0.496 m |
s 3.4 s 3.4 Aim time |
1616 deg/s Gun Traverse Speed |
90° Gun Arc |
-5°/+15°-5°/+15° Elevation Arc |
2020 rounds Ammo Capacity |
2020 % Chance of Fire |
m 390 m 390 View Range |
m 750 m 750 Signal Range |
Additional Statistics
(Top Configuration)
Camouflage
- Stationary: 10.3%
- When Moving: 6.3%
- When Firing: 2%
Terrain Resistance
- On Hard Ground: 1.15
- On Medium Ground: 1.34
- On Soft Ground: 2.3
Dispersion Change Values
- Turret Contribution
- Rotation: 0.38
- Shot Recoil: 5.75
- Suspension Contribution
- Acceleration: 0.25
- Turning: 0.25
With 100% Crew
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The FV215b (183) is a British tier 10 premium tank destroyer.
Project for a heavy SPG based on the Conqueror Mk II tank with a 183 mm gun and rear placement of the traversable turret and fighting compartment. The vehicle was designed to counter Soviet heavy tanks at long range (up to 1,829 m) and should have been able to withstand return fire from 122 mm guns at a distance of up to 500 m. After the development of 193 mm Malkara anti-tank rockets—which were a cheaper and more efficient choice for countering the IS-series tanks—the vehicle lost its relevance. The project was canceled shortly after a dummy vehicle was built.
Assault tank based on the Conqueror chassis with a 183mm gun mounted on it. The project was cancelled in the 1950s and it never saw military service.
Known as the "Death Star," this tank destroyer is well-known for its apocalyptic gun. Especially when loaded with premium shells, this monster is a death sentence to any tank and you must avoid frontal combat with this tank at all costs unless it's reloading.
As a downside, the FV215b (183) can only turn its turret 45 degrees either direction. The gun has a horrific load time and low ammo capacity, comparable to SPGs, and is not very accurate. So as long as you can outmaneuver its gun range you will be able to destroy it.
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 | 183 mm L4 | 310/230/92 | 1150/1750/1750 | 2 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 5400 | 335000 |
Tier | Engine | Engine Power (hp) |
Chance of Fire on Impact (%) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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X | Rolls-Royce Meteor Mk. 12 | 800 | 20 | 744 | 50000 |
Tier | Suspension | Load Limit (т) |
Traverse Speed (gr/sec) |
Rmin | Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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X | FV215b | 64 | 24 | 0 | 12000 | 82500 |
Compatible Equipment
Compatible Consumables
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Unbelievable raw gun statistics: mind-boggling damage-per-shot, overkill penetration
- HESH Premium rounds with the damage of an artillery; can one-shot many Tier IX and below tanks
- Very wide fire arc vs other British TDs or even TDs in general
- Excels at peek-a-boom while sidescraping due to decent armor and rear-mounted turret.
- Fantastic turret armor
Cons:
- Worst reload time of any TDs in the game (28 second with 100% crew)
- Poor gun handling: aim time is pretty long, dispersion bloom from any source is extreme; very poor accuracy
- Very limited ammunition storage (Only 12 shells)
- Extremely poor mobility due to terrain resistance
Performance
This vehicle is very different from its predecessor. The 183mm gun is still immensely powerful(as powerful as the 180mm gun on the Object 261) and has a turret as well. Due to these facts, the vehicle is capable to spread fear and unorganized retreat under its opponents on close and middle distances, making it a quite powerful defensive unit. Nevertheless, these advantages are only useful in urban battlefields, where flanking operations are often unavailable for the enemy due to cover from the own team.
On open and plain maps players should strictly avoid to lead a push in the first few minutes of a round if they do not want to get blown up by artillery fire and flanking medium or light tanks. Furthermore a player should look for good cover, where one can fire from . In case of the necessity of a push always stay in the second row and try to get flank cover from other tanks. If your teammates do not react or even refuse to cover you, try to use the landscape even more in order to avoid as much direct enemy fire as possible. When this is not possible, have an eye on the positions of the enemy and those of your team members and go to positions, from which you have natural cover from your team members (because then they will spot the enemy before they are able to spot you).
Finally, if you have AP loaded, and you have a nice IS-7 in your sights, let the gun crack and see him lose most, if not all of his HP. Also, using gold HESH rounds, the FV215b (183) can easily turn an astray battle entirely in your favor. However, with only 230mm of penetration and a tendency for tracks and other spaced armor prevent penetration, the HESH shell is the ultimate in randomness and can only be used with careful aim or deliberate acceptance of 500 damage per shot. When using HESH avoid the sides of Russian heavies as they have thick spaced armor and always aim for weakspots when faced with the fronts of heavies, TDs, and even some meds and lights (E50/E50M and T54LW respectively) as if you were firing AP to maximize damage dealt and possibly get a penetrating hit and do full damage.
Early Research
Vehicle is elite in its stock configuration.
Suggested Equipment
Gallery
Historical Info
Historical Gallery
Historical Accuracy Errata
The (183) is only used ingame to distinguish it from the other FV215b.
- The 183mm gun was never supposed to have ability to shoot AP shells; only HE and HESH