M4A3E8sherman：comparison with T14 expanded slightly

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comparison with T14 expanded slightly

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{{TankData|Tank=GB51_Excelsior
|Unique among heavy tanks of its tier, the Excelsior possesses many great strengths contrasted by an equal number of great weaknesses. Some of these features include strong front and rear armor yet paper-thin side armor, a fast firing yet poor handling gun, and greater side gun depression than front or rear gun depression. Heavily dependent on circumstance as well as the prowess of its driver, an Excelsior can be either an easy kill or an unstoppable juggernaut.

|InTheGame_pros=
* Very strong front and rear armor (on the turret and hull)
* Fast and maneuverable - comparable to tier V mediums
* Very good side gun depression
* Preferential matchmaking; only sees tier V and VI battles
* Side armour coupled with side spaced armour effectively makes it 60mm thick

|InTheGame_cons=
* Poor penetration
* Poor base accuracy and aim spread
* Side armour gets overmatched by 90mm guns
* Inconsistent gun depression (less at the front and rear than at the sides)

|InTheGame_performance=
The Excelsior has a number of odd characteristics that lend to its situation-dependent nature. With roughly 115mm of frontal armor and no considerable weak spots, the Excelsior's frontal hull and turret are completely impenetrable to even many tier Vs without the use of premium rounds. This armor has almost no sloping however, and the Excelsior's side armor is so thin that it's easily overmatched and penetrated even by sub-par guns. What this means is that should an Excelsior come face to face with an enemy that can penetrate its frontal armor, there is almost no way the Excelsior can be safely angled to make the armor more effective than it already is. In addition, the Excelsior's large, flat, mantlet-less turret prevents it from being any more well protected hull-down than it is when fully exposed. Accordingly, it works best in city streets, where the front and rear armor is far more exposed than the side armor. On narrow streets there is little room for flankers to exploit the thin side armor.

The Excelsior is quick for a heavy and is capable to keep pace with many mediums. Since the Excelsior's 75mm gun has very poor penetration, a player must take full advantage of the tank's speed to attack weaker flanks of heavily armored enemies. The gun is also inaccurate and suffers from poor aim spread on the move. Because of this, the Excelsior is really only effective at close range and is not good for taking shots on the move.

====Compared to Similar Tanks====
The Excelsior is very similar to the [[T14]], the American tier V premium heavy tank. Both are well armored, quick (for heavies), and feature similarly weak 75mm armaments. Generally speaking, the T14 is less "lopsided" than the Excelsior. Its hull armor is weaker, yet it can be angled more effectively. In addition, the T14's turret is smaller and well sloped, which allows it to take advantage of hull-down positions unlike the Excelsior. Although both are fairly quick in a straight line, the Excelsior easily outmaneuvers the T14 with 12 degrees/sec more traverse speed. The T14 accelerates faster overall due to a slightly greater power/weight ratio and far superior terrain resistance values.

|InTheGame_research=
All modules are researched with the tank.

|InTheGame_equipment=
Medium-Caliber Tank Gun Rammer, Enhanced Gun Laying Drive, Improved Ventilation, Toolbox,

|InTheGame_Equipment_Builds=
The Excelsior benefits much from an enhanced gun laying drive, which mitigates the 75mm gun's poor accuracy and movement spread. A gun rammer and vents are also help to make the most of the mediocre gun. The Excelsior can be played either as a medium or a heavy, and if the player choses to play it like a heavy then a toolbox can be used instead of the rammer or vents if the player finds that they're having their tracks blown off often.

|Gallery=

|History=
After the Dieppe Raid in August 1942, there was concern that the Churchill was not as good as expected and a tank to combine the infantry and cruiser tank roles was planned.
While two lines of tanks were still policy, there was interest in standardizing on common components. The design used the Cromwell's combination of Rolls-Royce Meteor engine and Merrit-Brown transmission. English Electric built two prototypes on a Cromwell tank hull the first with the suspension of the US M6 Heavy Tank and the second with a widened Cromwell track and armoured skirts. The design included extra armour and an Ordnance QF 75 mm gun. When the problems of the early Churchill models were worked out, the project was dropped. The second prototype vehicle is on display at the Bovington Tank Museum, UK.

|HistoricalGallery=
image:Exc 1.jpg
image:Exc 2.jpg
image:Exc 3.jpg

|Ref_references=

|Ref_sources=
https://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/tanks/gb/heavy_a33.htm

}}

Tank:GB51 Excelsior - 修訂沿革

M4A3E8sherman：comparison with T14 expanded slightly