Tier VIII Heavy Tank Great Britain

Caliban

Tank ID 51537

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

The Caliban is a project of the Royal Military College developed in 1962. The vehicle certainly was not pretty, but it was supposed to feature excellent movement characteristics, reliable frontal armor, and a powerful gun. The project turned out to be too complicated and expensive, and its numerous innovations did not guarantee any advantages over the vehicles in production and development. Work was discontinued at the drafting stage, and no prototypes were built.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,500

Weight

40.7 t

Forward speed

33 km/h

Reverse speed

12 km/h

View range

370 m

Signal range

750 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	130	35	35
Turret	250	80	50

Engine: Meteorite Mk. 202 · 750 hp

Radio: SR C45

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

QF 6-inch Caliban

Calibre 152 mm

Reload time 25.0 s

Aiming time 4.1 s

Dispersion 0.58

Rate of fire 2.40 /min

Ammo capacity 25

Shell types

HE · high explosive Damage 638 / 850 / 1,063

Penetration 135 / 180 / 225 mm

AP · armour-piercing Damage 450 / 600 / 750

Penetration 219 / 292 / 365 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

2,146

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

3,122

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

4,033

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)

Avg. damage 1,301

Avg. spotted 0.82

Avg. kills 0.86

Avg. defence 0.48

Exp. win rate 51.14 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

55.08 %

Avg. WN8

2,192

Battles

10,635

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 98 of 228 at Tier VIII

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

#	Player	WN8	Battles	Win rate
1	Dualistiq eu	4,022	103	63.11 %
2	Perfectible na	3,940	106	62.26 %
3	skill4ltu eu	3,901	169	58.58 %
4	NewMultiShow eu	3,794	255	61.18 %
5	Yzne eu	3,719	190	62.63 %
6	gyonifiu eu	3,688	195	58.97 %
7	iyouxin eu	3,673	119	62.18 %
8	mailand eu	3,566	137	59.12 %
9	Quickfingers eu	3,474	267	60.67 %
10	GuoChefFroto na	3,425	165	62.42 %